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1. Michigan Artisan; 1906-02-25

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ~\~ 26th Year---No. " --y- • Elegance in Desks No. 1t 2 La.dle." Desk This unusually graceful Ladies' Desk is 40 inches high, 28 inches wide, and 16 inches deep; has a swell drawer front and is finished dull or polished. In Mahogany Crotch Mahogany $12.75 14.25 We ship (promptly and guarantee careful inspec-tion of every piece before it leaves the factory. Cadillac Cabinet Company Detroit, Michigan HAVE YOU RECEIVED THIS NEW McDougall Catalog? - j Write today for this catalog showing twenty-five original and beautiful designs of McDougall f\.itchen Cabinets at a wider range of prIces than ever before offered to the furniture trade. G. P. McDOUGALL ®. SON INDIANAPOLIS u.s. A. 2 The Ford al Johnson Co. Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Complete Dining Room Suites, Mission Furniture, Children's Go-Carts and Carriages, Reed Comfort Rockers. Our Dining Room Suites include Buffets, China Cabinets, Extension Tables, Side Tables and Chairs, all to match, made in Oak, all finishes; also in Solid Mahogany. SAlESROOMS: Chicago, New 1'0,.-1, BfJstOfJ,MOJJ., Cintinnati, 0., Frankfort, Ky., .Atlanta, Ga. MANUFACTURERS OF "Fiber Rush" and "Malacca" Furniture ALSO No. 3579% GENERAL OFFICES: Sixteenth St., and Indiana Ave••CHICAGO. ROCKFORD FRAME AND FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, PARLOR CABINETS MUSIC CABINETS DINING CABINETS HALL SEATS HAT RACKS HALL TREES SHAVING STANDS CHEVAL MIRRORS LADIES' DRESSING TABLE LADIES' DRESSING CHAIR With Patent Adjustable Fixtures LADIES' WRITING DESK GRILL CABINETS [, LAMP STANDS FRAMED MIRRORS L SEND FOR CATALOGUE , 26th Year-No. 18 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.. FEBRUARY 25, 1906. $1.00 per Year. THE RELEASE FROM BANKRUPTCY MADE MORE DIFFICULT. Bill to Amend National Law Provides for Delay of Hearing for Cr!editors' Benefit. A bill introduced in congress to amend the national bank-ruptcy law will gTeatly strengthen the prescllt measure. Sel1- [ltar Palmer of Pennsylvania introduced the bilt. The Palmer measure specifics that the p,ovisiol1s of the amendatory act shall not apply to bankruptcy cases pending \VhCll the new act takes effect, but stich cases shalt be adjudi-catc(! and disposed of conformably with the provisions of the act approved July 1. 1898, as amended hy Inc act approved Feb. 5, 1903. One of the oj-astic provisions LJ[ the a111.cnda-tory law is that c--ec1itors shall not he slopped from cnte,'ing their appearance a11(l joining in the petition or from Gling an original petition by reason of the fact that they havc as-sented to, or become partir,s to, a g"eneral assignmrl1t. OJ any other instrument or any proceeding for the pU;'posc of dis-posing 01 a ballkrupfs prope:-ty fa. the benefit of his credi-to: ·s or any of them. Mr. Palmer's bill will make it more difficult to procure the dismissal of a voluntary or involuutary petition ill bank-ruptcy for wallt of prosecution 0:' by consent of parties until after notice to creditors. To that end, the court shall, before entertaining- an application for dismissal, require the bankrupt to file a list unde .. oath of all his creditors, vvith their addresses, ;U1d shall causc notice to be sent to all such creditors of thc pendency of such application. The hearing will then be delayed for a reasonable time to aJlo\\' all creditors and parties in intcrest opportunity to be heard. Section 10 of the present law dealing with preferences is chang-ed so that where a preference cOllsists in a transfer, the period of four months shall not expire until after the date of the rc,cording or registering, if by law such recording or registexing is required or permitted, or if not required or per-mitted" from the date when the benefIciary takes notorious, exclusive or continuous possession of the property transferred The wag"e clause of the present act is amended so as to in-clude the salaries of the traveling· and city salcsmCll. Handling Customers With Complaints. Probably the greatest test of business capability and character is the treatment of customers who come to the store with complaints. Into!e'·<l.nce of complaints and display of temper Otl slight provocation always reveal a lack of the equanimity of temperan_cnt necessary to success ill retail business. In justice to the pitblic. it may be sai(l that fev\,' of them make com paints except for cause, and the manne, of their treatment Oil these r8fe occasions determines \",ltether yon are to retain their good wil1 and trade 01" fodeit both. It pays the:'efore to suppress all feeling of resentment, whether the complaint be justifiable or not. A little reason-iug and consideration will rectify the trouble in most cases \vithollt loss of trade or prestige, and not infrequently the po-litic rectification of a difficulty of this character will make the customer a friend for all time. He is the most successful dealer who makes even his own mistakes serve a business purpose. See to it that your clerks thoroughly understand your policy in this matter, for the tact-lessness of clerks is often responsible for the loss of CtlS-t0111ers. The dealer might \.vell take a lesson f am the depa~tment st()~-e in the matter of handling complaints. The big stores recog"llize that almost every complaint has an educational value. Ct1st~)111erS"vitb a grievance sometimes reveal incapacity or ca;·elcssllcsS where least expected, and the revelation may p;'ofit the merchant many dollars. They a~'c an eITective check on 10o~e bu,'-,iness methods 0;- slipshod workmanship, awl it is both just and politic not only to rectify the difficulty, but also to thank the complaining customer for calling the matter to your attention. Those who take a pleasu;·c in making complaints arc too few to merit consideration.-Ex. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANUFAr::TUIT£O UIfl.Y 8 Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. Z59·63 ELSTON AVEm2-16 SLOAN ST. CH I CAe; D. HOW MANY CALLS FOR INVALIDS' CHAIRS DID YOU HAVE LAST YEAR? Do You Know Where to Gel Them? We Manufacture the Largest and best line of these goods on the market. We furnish you catalogues free. Write us today. THE INVALID APPLIANCE CO. 619-631 N, Halsted St., CHICAGO. WOODARD FURNITURE COMPANY WOODARD FURNITURE CO. OWOSSO, MICH. Have you received our 1906 catalogue? II not. you should send for it by first mail. It shows the best values in medium priced bedroom furniture. in all the fancy woods and finishes. ROBBINS TABLE COMPANY owosso, MICHIGAN No. 402. Leaves stored in top. 1906 CATALOG MAILED ON REQUEST No. 301. Center column does not divide. L Patents that "old -------------- THE Posselius Bros_Furniture Manufacturing Company, of Detroit, Mich., would have everyone in the furniture trade to understand that their patents on their famous Victor Extension Tables are valid, and that they are determined to protect their rights against all infringements. The order of the United States given herewith is self explanatory. At a session of the _Clreuit Court of the United 'SteJtee for the Eastern DilBtrlct of Michigan GOntInu8~ and held. pursuant to adJou1"MIont, at the District Court. FOODa,in the city or Detroit, on Monday, the Elgnth day of January, 1n the year one ~housand nine hundred and six. Present the Honorable Henry H. Swan, District Judge. CHARLES W. NtINZ and POSSRLIIJS BROTHERS FURflI'l'URE: W\NUFAr.TURING CO:MPANY. Cl"lmplainantll In Equl ty • No.~'i':5 LINDOW EROTIUmS - BEERS COMPANY, nef'endant. This Cl!1l1secomin;:: on for haorine on this dll:/'. on pleadint:;s and [IT'()ofs, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed, that United States Letters Patent No. 546,447, ~rantad OctOber 22, _1895 to Charles W. Funz, i6 1I [':ood lInd valid patont. and the exclUB1ve d&!IS the:""in aI'e vested 1n tho cOl'lplainllllt.s. That \he e)(t.ans~ol\ tollles ",ade and sold by '.he defendant, 11k" tile slll!lple offered in (lvil1ellce, jnfr'inl~e cJ nim one (If 5aid patent. It is f\ll"ther ordered, adjul1r;ed a~l(l l1ecr'o0.d that the said defendants, their counsellors, atto!"neys. 1l01lci'lOl'S, nc;er>ts, S8l""llHltBand workmen, bO, ..n..d thel' are each and ever.y one of then perpet\lall~' anjoined fl"OMthe m3"'lufacturtl. fille or \ISO of' tnh]t1A. embodyinBin their structure tho 1n'lentl.on O~ the hereinbefore montioned patent. It. La furthor ordered, edjudcerl and dellre0d that the eOt'l[llalnanta ~'ecover age nst the SElid defendur,t the costs to ba taxed, IInd I.hM, t.he said. eOl"lpll11nantahave exeeut.ion lhel'ef',!ro THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT WILL NOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Caster Cup, a furniture Protector and a Rest We guarant~e perfect satis-faction. We know we have the onl~ perf~t ca~ter cup ever made. This cup is in two sizes, as follows: 2~ inch and 3 inch, and we use tbe cork bottom. You know the rest Small size, $3.50 per 100 Large size, 4.50 per 100 Try it and be convinced. F O. B. Grand Rapids. OUf Concave Bottom Card Block does not touch the sur_ . . .. face, but upon t.he rim, permit. llllg a clfCulatH;ln of :ur .u~der the bluck, thereby preventing moisture or marks of allY kmd. ThIS IS the only card block of Its kind on the market Price $3.00 per 100 . Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo" 2 .,,'wood A,... Grand Rapids, Mich AlilO can be had at LUSSKY, WHITE & COOLIDGE, llM13 lake St" Chicago Schultz & Hirsch Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FEATHERS FEATHER PILLOWS and BEDDING SUPpLIES 260 and 262 Soulh Desplaines Street CHICAGO ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCK1'ORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets \Ve lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. 5 L 6 New Go-Carts and Children's Carriages FOR THE SEASON OF 1906 Everyone connected with the furnitu:-e husiness knows that Detroit is one of the important manufacturing towns for furniture in the United States, and the business is growing ev-ery year. The Pioneer Manufacturing company is having a remark-able trade in children's carriages and go-carts, as well as reed and rattan rockers. It's '\vorth while to keep in close t011ch with this line. The Posselitls B~os. Furnitu:-e Manufacturing company, make:"s of the famous Victor "and other dining extension tables, aTC having great sales 011 these goods this year. They are leaders in dining tables. The Cadillac Cabinet company have an inte;-esting page advertisement in this i,.,511C. Keep tab on the Cadillac Cabi-net company and the \Volverine ~:lant1factllring company as well. The American Go-Cart company make go-carts that are sold all over the country_ Their children's carriages and reed and rattan chairs are also in the stores of many of the leading merchants. ItOOKWOOD and a general line of fANGY TABLES Write for Cuts and Prke5 PALMER Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1035 Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. Our new catalog, ready January 1st, contains the finest line of Go-Carts and Children's Carriages it has ever been our pleasure to present to the trade. See our line at the Chicago exhibition, 1319Michigan Ave. WRITE FOR CATALOG' A. American Go-Cart CO. DETROIT, MICH. The Palmer Manufacturing company is having a splendid trade this spring-heavier than ever for this season of the year. They brought out a large number of new patterns in January, and they are appreciated by the dealers every-where. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICN A COMPLETELINE Pioneer Mfg. Co... D~TROIT. MIC". R6lld furnitur6 Babu GarriaU611 Go-Gal1ll What Becomes of the Annual Output of Furniture. The furniture output of America for one year has been variously estimated from forty to sixty millions. The true amount is probably, now at least, nearer the latter figure. Grand Rapids alone furnishes ten millions of this'total, and that of a class of goods in the minority, as far as consumption goes, for the greatest s<lle of almost any commodity variable in g:-ade invariably comes f,'om tb(~ cheap and mediu-m grades. and medium grades. It is doubtful if over Fifteen millions of "vhat might be called guod furniture is sold 1n this country. As the con-sumers of this class of furniture are as a rule in easy circum-stances, there is ve;·y little of it destroyed. Fire, the great business promoter, plays kss havoc with the hOllSCS of the well-to-do than with those in moderate cir-cumstances, and the poorer classes. As a matter of fact, this fifteen millions of rille furniture sold last vear will be found nearly intact a year hence, during which time another fifteen millions will have been ;Hlded. One \vould. therefore, ordinarily suppose the time would come when everyone needing fine furniture would he supplied or at least so supplied as to decrease the demand. \Vbile prmperity stnys with 11S, <IS it has during the last live years, ell(lIlgh medium furniture users are oecoming wealthy, or 'well-to-do, to absorb a good share of this yearly Olltput of high gLade furniture. Such people do not continue to huy, but being furnished, remain so. Consequently the customers for each year are only in small part those of the preceding year, and the sale of fine furniture depends almost wholly Oil prosperity. Tbilt being the case, and the causes of destruction of such furniture heing limited, it remains that we are piling up in this country a stock of hig'h grade goods that must some da~y reach the limit. In other words, the fine furniture of tell yenrs ago, five years ;lgO, last year is still in use and the people who are buying snch today arc not those who buught before. 011 the other hand, assuming the output of furniture to be about sixty millions, of which forty-five millions consists of cheap and medium grtldes, destruction by one means or an-othcr is running a elose race with production. Firc, it is estimated, wipes out each year twenty millions of household goods, of 'which certainly fifteen millions is fur-niture. The ordinary process of wear and tear would eliminate nearly as lllUCh morc, and the new homes and additions to old homes, take care of the balance. It is :I cU.-ious p!l;lse of J1Uman nature that the well-to-do are the largest use:·s of insurance. The poor dealer with a small stock is not so apt to be fully insurcd as the rich dealer with a large stock, altha the small dealer with small credit, needs the insurance the most, if fire occurs. In the days then, whell prospertiy halts, the sales of fur-niture will dv,...indle very noticeably. The high grade stores will lower their grade; the medium grade stores wilt do the same, awl the cheaper o.nes will sell less and less. until the dangeT point puts them out of business. One quarter of the yearly output of furniture then is burned. Anothcr quarter is "vorn out. One-half remains jn.e~isteJlce. Tn otller words, we are adding each year thirty mll110ns to our stock of fUi"Iliture. How l011g can we keep it up: Just as long as the country grows bigger, and the people grow richer, and in precisely the same proportion. Emig:-;:lIlts of the peasi:wt class coming to this country use very little furniture. They kIlO\\, of few needs in such things beyond a table, a chair or t"vo and a rude bed. The second generation of snch people become furniture buyers. and are the largest patrons of the installment store". V cry often the thi,·d generation furnishes manv of our 'welt-ta-do and wealthy citizens. It would seem, therefore, that the acquisition of foreign population is a matter upon which furniture deale;-" should ha ...e. strong views. 7 The exports of furniture, compared to the production is trivial. Manufacturers in prospcrity pay tittle attention to any otber than home trade, but Vv'e hold the)' are making a serious mistake in neglecting the oppo;-hmity to export. Let there be a lull fo, only a year in our wonderful prosperity, and this fact 'will be brought strongly to them. The dealer has little or no chance to export, this being, of course, the province of the manufacturer, yet it is undoubtedl), to the advantage of every dealer, that there should be a large export business in furniture. No dealer yearns for low prices, al-though he, of cour"e, wants the lowest price at which an ar-tide is being sold. A lull in prosperity l;yould mean a less-ened demand, that is, a greater fight between manufacturers for that demand, concessions to get the trade and that means reduced prices. As the dealer adds a percentage to cost to get his pWht, that me:t11s profits reduced still fur-ther. In such an event an export trade fills the vacancy. Beyoud a few- office desks, and equipment, we export scarce-ly a million dollars worth. Vo.' e should ship at least ten mil-lions ot evcry sixty out of the coutltry. Twenty-five years ago the average house was considered suitably furtlished at a great deal less value than the same a vCLagc house of today. The working man of 1880 ha\'ing possibly furniture to tJle value of two or th1"(~e hundred dollars, considered himself well equipped. Today the working- man is satisfied with scarcely less than a thollsand dollars ·worth. Luxuries of those days are necessities today. You can filld pianos in morc than half the houses in America, and whih~ mother llsed the tv,,-enty-flvc cent broom. sister tod;}y use.s both t.he broom and the c:trpet sweeper. \Vhat becomes of clothes we can readily see, ""'hat be-comes of crockery, of carpets, of stoves, of bicycles and bug-gies is equally apparent, hut wbat becomes of furniture, to enable mOT(~ furniture to be sold, is ;m enigma to ninety-nine ont of the hundred. Some day, if we get Interstate Com-merce working smoothly, and railroads out of the coal busi-ness, and tl]c senate less of a commcrcial club, eve:-y house will he sumptuously fwnished, and what becomes of furniture 'will be beyond our knowledge. \V, ]. Calder, We Need More Furniture Cars. Almost eve;-y factol-y in Michigan, and probably many elsewhere, is se;-iotlsly handicapped in shipping by the lack of furniture cars. At certain times of the year this is more markc(l than at others. rn September for instance the movement of the peach crop in idichigan in'terferes large~ ly, not (111)' with the supply, but with the movement of cars At present the western :oads seem to have hidden their car~ from the factories, and we hear grumbling from all sides. )''fany of the cars are being used to move the spring supply of carriages. Cars have not been built espcial1y for th"e handling of automobiles, furniture and vchicle cars arc being pressed into service to the ddriment of the fU:'niture trade. This in t.ime, will of COHrse right itself, hut meanwhile the trade will have to possess its soul in patience. -"e~tln.' _Sch-mit s.. Co. "opklnl ud "a"liIt st.. Cincinnati, o. MAJC:lIltS 0 .. UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE 'OR LODGE AND PULPIT, PARLOR LIBRARY, KOTEL ND CLUB ItOOM This is one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables Price • • $21.50 THESE ARE THE ONLY TABLES THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTRUCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO ORDER ONE Choate~Hollister Furniture Company JANESVILLE, WIS. I, 5 Complete Lines of Refrigerators Opatite Lined Rnameled LineJ Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Send for new CATALOGUE and let us name you price Challenge Refrigerator CO. GRAND HAYEN, MICH., U. S. A, • The Northern Line Increases Your Sales Which is its great Business Building Quality and makes it a Permanently Profitable Proposition The NEW LINE shows many of the BEST VALUES FOR THE MONEY ever offered. If new CATALOGUE does not reach you, advise us and you will be supplied. Northern Furniture Company SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN. Manufacturers of Bed Room, Dining Room and Kitchen Furniture. rf 10 How to Attract Customers, In the olli.ee desk of a lnJH who sells cllrnplctc stores to people starling up in business for the first time there i.~ a drawer full of cards bearing in plain, black type, the inscrip-tion, "Keep YOUI' Store Looking Busy." To the retail 111ct"ch;111t this is especially applicable, says an exchange. The crowd follo,,"vs the C1'o\"d. The doctor, delltist, \:1\\'- yeT or Inerch,lllt, who seems tn bayc a slc<lc]:r fnll of p;ltrol1- age is the one ,-vila is going to Ret the scalteril1g" trade tll:lt eventually evolves itself ill to established customer,;. It may be that the appearances that lead people to helieve that a mer-chant is doing \vcll at the outset are llothing more th:l11 ,lp-pearanccs. It may be that he himself is w()lldering where the n(~xt month's rent is corning; tronl, and if Sl1ccess is ;:11- ways so hard for the begillllel' to Will; but that is entirelv ill-consellut'llti'll. The people who are Roing to make ;'onr trade, or not make it, do not know the condition of vl)ur a f fairs. They can and do judge only by extcrnal appe~lrallc(,s. If the merchant looks prosperous himself it is a Rood sig,tl. People do Hot like to have their purchases handled -hy a man who looks as if he needed the price of :t He\\' suit, or a liheral application of soap ,\llc! water That vour cnst()t1l('r,~ 11;\\-1..' confidence in you is OIlC thing that is ah-solutel\, (':".scnti;:l! be-fore you call \""in their rc:".pcct and business, ;;nd to win thc confidence of anyone it is necessary that you have the assur-ance of personality that comes of a "get husy" look and a g"en-e~ ally p:-osperotlS appearance:. P(ohably after the 1ll;\11 hilll:".lJf C()111CS the' Ijuestion or the store nppearnnce. The value of a clean, bright store to a 1l1erch;\1lt is so universally recoglli:-:ed as to need no comment hut there is Ol1e thing that the merchant can do with profit. TIc call put a "keep looking" busy" card on his desk and heed its advice to the lette'·. The merchant sitting in his store \vith his feet 011· the edge (It his desk waiting for business to come to him is not onE: to inspire with con6dence a prosepective customer who comes to his door. The sight or an idle man instamly cre-at\':". a bad imprcs.-;ion on the caller. The thought naturally ari:".es that the merchant is either incompetent or otherwise 1;\cks the (jl1alities that attract and retain patronag·e. But if he ··looks btl.sy'· 'when they c~111the impression is at once cre-ated that he is reliflble, and they give him their business. How a 111;111 may kcep himself alld his place of business lookillg bnsy i.~ a qucstion that will natumlly arise. Any 111;lnshould he ahk to concoct some scheme for the deception oj' his tracie, cn'l1 WC,'C this lH'cessary, which it is not. Rut if he he a man of resource, the kind of man to whom success is pos:".ible, he will P(l:"'sc,~sthe n~q\1isitc ingenuity to in some way cOllvey the "busy" impression to those who step within the door:". of his place. Tt may he that he will do, or it may he tha1: he will jndiciollsly stretch out the work in hand so that cllstomers may li11d him at it when they come to his store. .\ Y<~ryinteresting collection of very old furnituH' is con-tained in the museum of tine ;cts in St. Louis, 1\10. It is w():·thy of the attelltioll of manufactwcrs and designers vis-iting- that city. • HO"W IS THIS? Full Swell Front Quartered Oak' Polished Tops Send for our Catalogue of Dressers and Buffets just issued. Chas. Bennett Furniture Company Charlotte. Mich. No.340. Pdce $9.50. F. P. Mirror 14x24. Top 19x34. No. 341. Pdce $10. F. P. Mirror 16x24. Top 19x34, MAKER OF BOOTH'S COFFIN DIES. Man Who Prepared Assassin for Burial Dead at Washington. \Villiam ThoWBS Joy, the cabinet-maker 'who measured Booth, the a~sassin of Presic\('.nt Lincoln, and made the casket in which he was buried, died at his home in \~rashington Feb-ruary 2J, at the nge of 87 years. He \vas born in St. Mary's county, Maryland, and came to \Vashing·ton when 7 years old. He had Jivc(l there cOlllinonsly since. /\t the time he made the casket in which Booth \-vas huried. he 'was (~mploycd as a cabinet maker in the navy yard. Nashville, Mich. Michigan is famons fOT its dining extensi.on table makers, and one of the best of the hunch is the Lentz Table company of Nashville., Last year's husiness \vas the heaviest in the history of the house, and the orde;'s received for the first two months of this year exceed those of any similar months in the past. Thirty-five new patterns have heen added to the 7IR'T' I15'JI.l'l ? 7$· 11 lishes confidence and commands his trade. Several of our competitors offer customers discounts from card prices, but such offers usually create suspicions of unfairness in trade, and the would~be patron comes to tIS. It is the only propel' system for selling goods and is followed strictly in all depart-ments of this establishment." The Value of a Good Front. If a business man look prosperous it is a good sign. That your customers and business associates have confidcnc.e in you is one thing that is absolutely essential before you can win their respect and business, and to win the confidence of any 011('. it is necessary that you have the assurance of personality that comes oJ a "get busy" look and a generally prosperous appearance.-Ex. A Few Points to Remember. There is no advertisement for a business house like having men g·oing around bragging because they are working for it. A single talent man snpported by great self-confidence will No. 513 Dinin'i: Ell:lension Table, mamuactured by the Lentz Table Co., Na~hville, Mich. lme for 1906 and their new catalogue has been l~sncd. A ne..v wing on the south side of the factory, SOx50 fect, two stories high, "will be erected in the near futu:"e: also a new d,·y kiln with a capacity of 50,OeO feet. The company will ;11so put in a comj)lete ;.ltltomati\~ sp_·inkler system tlc·oug-hout the plant. A full line of dining extension tahles in quarter-sawed oak and lnahogany is manufactured find the company's sales increase stcndily every year. One Price Plan the Best. "\Ve adopted the one price plan to all, years ago," re-marked F. F. HUl1n, of Chamberlain, Johnson & DllBose, At-lanta, Ga" "and our experience has confirmed our belief that it is the only leg·itimate plan for selling goods. The man v.·.h. o trades ..',lith a two-priced merchant never knowOi whether he is paying high or low prices for his purchases. If he pays the low price, the concession obtained llltlst be taken out of some other customer who pays the high price. \Vhcn these facts are presented to a customer propei"ly the logic of the argument appeals to his reason and in most cases estab achieve more than a ten-talent man who does not believe in himself. Poverty and failur(~ are sclf-iu"!'··ited. Fear of failure is one of the most potent causes of failu:·e. Habit is a second natu:·(~; it is ten times natt1:-c. It never lets go of a man even in business. The need of sccnring success at the outset is imperative. T'ailurc at fust is apt to dampen the energy of all future at-tempts, whereas past experiences of success nerve one to future vigor. Discouragement is a ball and chain on the ankle of activ-ity. It prevents the wearer from "hiking" over the prison walls and is a badge of his own degradation. ~len ".·.j.th ability have their minds t;·aincd to observe and to make quick and accurate judgments. \\;hether correct or not, first impressions usually are last-mg. Hold your word as sacred as your oath. It is well to attempt much, providing one can do it well.- Ex. ------T"f ------ YEAGER fURNITURE CO. ALLENTOWN, P A. Upholstered Parlor furniture and Novelties A Large New Line of Upholstered Rockers and Wood Seats H We Make Our Own Frdt1JeJ', EXHIBITS C"IC4GO l'.Janufacturers' Exhibition Bldg, 1]19 Michigan Ave. 7th floor NEW YORK 333 to 14.1 Fuurth Ave., Corner 25th St. 2-d Floor VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No. 541. One of our new styles. MANUFACTURERS OF OFFICE TYPEWRITER AND STANDING DESKS IFfi/e at Mia far ttf'U.! Spring Cata-log! It'. MtJiled f!J dNler" onl)'. QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA Wt1ITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE :: EXTRA WIDTHS When writing for prices., mention widths required and kind of :figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana Factory Locations There is in the various otlices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railmad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tioll. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Aaent, WASHINGTON. D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE. A~.nl. M. A. HAYS, A~ent, 622 Chemical BUildin~. St. Louis, Mo. 226 Dearborn St, Chicaco. III ______ .... 1 Thos. Madden, Son & Co. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Best In America Our New Line of Davenport Beds are the very best that can be made Styles and Prices to SUIt Everybody Par lor Sui tes III Two, Three and Five Pieces made in Stationary and Loose Cushions One of our Big Sellers Our new line ready about January 10th and will be shown only at our Show Rooms 35 to 39 North Capital Ave.• Indianapolis, Ind. Write for Catalogue. J 14 Brief Mention. The Home 1Ial1ufactu:-ing COlllp:lIl)', YOltllg>\"illc 0 .. \\"ill manufacture furniture. Anderson & \Vintc;', mamtfaclul"c's ill Clilllull, T;~, il:l\'i.; new factory costing" $35,000. The Kendallville (Ind.) Chair cOlllpall:,:'s 11('W factory and pmvcr plaut wil! cost $20.0::10. The Gem City Cahinet company oj Quine,Y, 111., h:1S beell incorporated with $5.000 capit:!!. The Greenpoint lIJctallic Bcd comp:lI1y's lJLlilding 11J Chi-cago was damaged $6.000 ill a reccnt fire. A new factory will SOOl] be constructed ill .:\nv .\Ib'llly. Miss., of which C. \V. Young is president, The \Vhittemo--c Furniture c01l1pnny. :\Iilll):'d. X. 11 \\";1;; recently organized to Ill<lIlUfacture ftll'nitllrc. H. J, Sohrn wil1 nect a building two stori(':', llig'll to be used as it furnitu:·(, stlJ:'C ill Spokanc. \-Vasll. The \Vest Belmollt Furniture company, nl"g;Wlz('d in Ch\- cago on $6,000 capital, will 1l1;lIlLLiacturC fmllitt1rc. Himebaugh B:'os., ]amcstmvn, K. \'" lost their Llct{jry in a 6.re recently, Loss is $30,000, insurance almost totaL Rockford ",vill have a new furniture factory to be known as h::nutsson & Lundell. \Tission furniture will be manufact-ured. The factory will be ill the southern part of the city, and will employ one lWllu:'cd workers. It will be 150x128 icd, tll1"<2Cstories high. Op'CTation 'will be begun next fall with l\f 1'. Klll1t.~son as ll1;lnag·cr. ,\rthm Spieg-cl is the defendant in jlvc sllits fo:' damage.s hruug"ht by IOrJntr elllploycs of the Spiegc! House Furnish-ing: C01llP;llly of Chicago. Tile plaintiffs afe \Villiall1 S. I-Iut- Sfln. lacl)b Bcliuas, Owen :\fcCusky, S. V\'. De Vcre and A. l'ders. ;llld \vert:' liled by AttorJley Jacob Le Bosky. III their declaratiUl1s the men assert that :.'vfr. Spiegel sought tu compel them La \\"(lrk longer hours for less mOlley, and whcn t!ley rdused to do so, tIley declare he discharged them Since tltCll, they dcclan', they have been 11l1able to ohtain etl1- plo.Y1l1ellt. The Duke of Durham. Thc late \fr. \Vasbington Duke of Dnrham, :.\forth Caro-lin~ l. at lWllle known :IS "uncle \Vash.," 'who mauufactured tobacco products so extensively for a quarter of a century, t ~.". \ ~•. ,~ Manufaclured by Ndwn-Malter FUfnilure Co .• Grand Rapids, Mich. The Prescott Furniture :\:lallllfaetltrilig CI)[l1pany. whose factory was recently burned, will locate in \fah'('rn, /\rk The Pooley Furniturc company's facton' in Phil,l(lclphia will have a second story addition J50xlOO fcc"t. costing $1'<COO. Agitation fo:' a furniture i'actory in Salt Lake City !l:lS been started hy the lILlllufacturers' ,lnt! .\1e"ch:lllts' il.~Si)cia-tion. The Salamanca (N. Y.) Veneer and Panel COlllJl:tll)' was rc-cently organized and incorpo:';ltcd to manufacture panels and veneers. The new Stebbins 1.fanufacturing cOlllpally's plant HI Sturgis, Mich., has beg-ult operations. The floor space is 40,000 square-. feet. The receiver for the Majestic Bed :lllr! l\lallufaeturing COlll-pany, Springfield, 0.. has made llis fi:'st report and a dividCll(l of 44.95 per cent is declared. S. Karpen & Brothers had (I strike of s110rt c]llr,ltio!1 in their factory in Chicago. Employes \Hntcster! ,(gainst thc. installation of the piecewo~ k s:rstem. The company acccdo.:d to the demand of the employes. i" , " used to tell a quaint story 011 himself. "The first timc I t:-avcled abroad,'" he said, "I visited Brus-sel...;. nnu w("nt to see all the sights. In one of the public buildings 1 fOLlnel an ordinary armchair c<lrefully railed oiY and willi ;1 ck1in auoss its front. 'Being tired \",ith a hard morn-ing of tramping. T stepped O'\TCr the fence, let down the chain ill1(L with a big sigh of relief, dropped into this chair, the only one T h,l(l seen in the biulding, A guard in lace and buttons was 011 me ;It once . ., 'So sitting ill that chai.r.' lte hlustered, 'See the c.<lrd on the back? The Duke of \Vellington once occupied that chair!' "'\Vell. w"hat of it?' I returned as cool as a cucumber. 'I'm Dnkc of Dul"lwl11, and alive at that]' "This settled the matter. Du\;vn to the ground went that ilulikey. brushing the dust from my heavy American shoes with !lis hanclke"chicf of l-eal European linen, A way-up Fngllsh title \::<\tdlt's th(:1""(1\~\'uy time. I lwd my rest out in t1l;It solid old chair of the \Vatel-loo hero."-Sattlrday Even-ing Post. •., f" • -§t~M.J9HIG7}N Antiques. The table in our sitting room is 1110stlynude of glue, And if you put a book on it you'd break it right in two, The davenport's so wobbly that my mother has a fll Vv·henever callers .happen in, for fcar they'l1~sit on it. And when a fly walks up the wall the old piano creaks. There's nothing new in our house now~just shaky old antiques. The broken woodell trtll1dle bed where baby t~lkcs his nap \-Vas thro"·...n away when \\rashington was just a little chap. The dock looks like a cofflll, and its wheels arc made of wood, Tt's older than the Pilgrims, but it isn't any good. There's horsehail" all around the floor-the sofa always leaks. T wish we had some furiliturc tbat wasn't an antiques. Before tHy mother got this "vay our parlor thilLgS ,",,"as 11e\,,,· And yOU could sit on some of them ·without your g01l1g throug-h. But all the comfortahle stuff she's lately gone and sold, And ".·.o. n't have nothing in the house that i~n't ages old; 15 It is a small matter this, but it shows that we cannot begin building a house at the roof. The structure of science must start with a foundation ai1d the wal1s must rise upward in nn orderly manner and be buttressed on every side by la\v and principle. This is not a teaching that may be crowded into shreds and scraps of rhcto:-ic. The science of business is gold to him who masters it, but he will always have to Iny tl1e price in studY1ng a complete system and giv-ing it time for mental assimilation. The day is not yet come when "fixin's" can take the place of turkey. Right Smart "Crackers." Retailers in many parts of the south are "right smart chaps." \Vhen a farmer has had a particularly fortunate year with corn, sugar, fruit or cotton and feels like "swelling out." it is not unusual for him to go to his retailer and ask to be shown better things than the dealer carries in stock. "Yotl jes' go to Birmingham or Atlanta or 1Iemphis and look through the stocks of the big dealers and when you find a pic:ce tbat yOll want, get the name of the maker and the num-ber. I. will order it for you and save yoU money. The big No. 130 bed. manufactured by the Woodatd Furniture Co.• Owosso, Mich.. And if she gets much worse I know in just a few more weeks She'll take us children to N cw York and trade us for antiques. -Chicago .·\meriC.'Ill. Personality Come:; First. A salesman who kno\,.,.·shis goods and has mastered the art of presenting them is confidently aggressive in his work. lIe is said to have a forceful personality. Now this seems a case of putting the ca.rt before the horse, It is not alone bccaltse he knows his goods a1ld the art of presenting them that the salesman becomes a confident and aggressive \'v'orkcL Keither is it because of any such evolu-tion that he attains a forceful personality. The reverse of these things is nearer to the truth. It is in the p;-ocess of upbuildillg a forceful persona.lity that the saksman gets the knowledge of his goods and how to present them and thus gains the spirit of real seH-confidence, said a trade publication the other day. The personality is the root of all, because it is the expression of the man's high character in body, mind and spirit. It is in developing this character that he "Vins the mental force or influence which enables him to "make good" in every emergene)". dealers in the city must charge a larger profit than you would have to pay me. Ask to see the catalogues they keep on hand. Often you can obtain the information yOU need ;n that way," the country merchant urgcs. The plan has worked relnarkahly well in some sections, but the big dealers are learning the wisdom of concealing their catalogues and such information as the well-to-do farmer would obtain for the local dealer. A Successful Woman in the Furniture Business. VVaydown in Texas is a young lady in the furniture busi-ness. The store is locatcd in a tm"rn of the romantic name of San Angelo. Miss 1lamie B. 1\;orton is the owner and manager. This is as it should be. \-Vho can be a better judge of the furniture suitable for each room of a house? A woman in the furniture business? By all means! 1'I'by thcre be more of them. THE HAWKEY" KITCHEN CA&JNltT Original features. Desi,;tn. fillish Bnd cabinet work the best on earth, Prices range from $3.00 to $52.50. Exclusive sale given. Sold to dealers only. Price is a good salesman. Quality is a better one. We have them both Catalogue on application. Union Fu.rnlture Co.• BURLINGTON, IOWA: -- - -------- - No. 526. No. 525. White Printing Co. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. ~~,~ I THE UNION DAVENPORT BED JJJt:.L~~ I OUR LATEST AND BEST PRODUCTION ~~~--~=- __ -_. ------=-=--=--- =:..c:::::: Its operation is simplicity itself. Is strong and serviceable. Makes an excellent appearance with its handsome cushions. Has high grade spiral springs throughout, and spring edge all around. A PERFECT PARLOR BED Without being moved from the wall opens into a perfect bed. Send for descriptive matter and prices. We want you to handle this excellent article. UNION WIRE MATTRESS CO: 187-188 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO Metal Beds, Woven Wire Mattresses, All Steel Springs and Metallic Couches. L~ -~ JAMESTOWN, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain dnd ~artereJ Oak, Mahogany and BirdJe~ye Mapie. PERMANENT EXHIBITS -- A,. Chicago and New York , Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH In QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE and CURLY BIRCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK The Best Medium and mgh Priced Refriger· ators on the Market Ranney Refrigerators and Kitchen Cabinets are shown during the wimer furniture expositions at CHICAGO, New Exposition Building, 141 I Michigan Ave.; NEW YORK, Furniture Exchaoge, 43d and Lexington S"eets, A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES AT EACH EXPOSITION AND COMPfTENT SALESMEN IN CHARGE. SEE T"E SEVEN LINES LAPLAND CHIEF, OAK, Tile Lined. CHARTER OAK, ENAMELED, ASH, Whire Enamel on Galvanized Iroo. LAPLAND, OAK, Galvanized Iron Lined. MONITOR, ASH, Galvanized Iron Lined. CHARTER OAK, ASH, Galvanized Iron Lined. All with metal Ice Racks, Ajustable Shelves, Self Closing Doors, Removable Ice Chambers, and other improvements. MASCOT, HARDWOOD, Galvanized Iron Lined. RADIUM, HARDWOOD~ Galvanized Iron Lined. RANNEY REFRIGERATOR CO" Home Officesand Factories, Greenville, Mich CATALOGUES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION 'TO THE HOME OFFICE. POOL CARS FOR PACIFICCOAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY. SAN FRANCISCO, CAUFORNIA. make a specialty of distributingpool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. References, Bradstreet s or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloaderin Chicago Carloaderin Gr~d Rapid. J. M. Welling. 633 So. JeffersonStreet Gelock TransferCompany, 108 So. Ionia Streel. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE Davis Mfg. CO. ST. LOUIS Smith & Patenlw July 15, 1902. No_ 704'~. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of rails answer instead of having two stocks, one of regular, the other inverted. .... .,.It 'IT .... F No. 328 $3.75 All Iron net MAKERS OF METAL BEDS WITH STANDARD REVERSIBLE RAILS Standard Reversible Rail SOLID .. .. RIGID REVERSIBLE BEDSTHAT DO NOT WIGGLE RICHMOND Pillars, 11-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, 56 inches_ Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. \Veight, 67 Ibs. Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND, The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Write for Catalogue. Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN 18 ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-20 LYON ST., C;RAND RAPIDS, MICH. EIiTERED AB MATTER O~ THE SECOND CU"S Trouble is a great thing. It keeps us going. When a man is busy he has little time to act mean. The unsuccessful man in btlsincss is he who fears to risk failure. By the furniture expositions he attends, the wise dealer is known. If a man has money to burn, it's because he was too wise to burn it. Many a girl has secured a man' wages in an office by mar-rying him. Any time is joy-time to the man who looks for only the sUllny side of life. To keep a job, a salesman must not try to do less work than his associates. The wise man is not known by, the frequency of his ap-pearances in the bucket shops. A man named Pray recently desired to engage in a part-nership that offered great advantages. He would· not stand for a sign and for office stationery bearing the firm name of O'Neill & Pray. The manufacturers of furniture in Atlanta, Ga., have with-drawn from the furniture expositions. The great prosperity in the southern states renders it unnecessary for the manu¥ facturcrs to send their lines to the ex:position towns to find customers for their output. It is generally admitted that Grand Rapids is the lead-ing market of the world for case work. As case work em-braces about everything manufactured in the shape of fur-niture except metal beds and chairs, the rank of the market is the highest. "Quawality Kounts," is a "catch phrase that is used in the advertising of the Kennedy Furniture company of Chicago. Does it? Bed spelling does not serve the purpose 50 well as correct spelling. "Quality Counts" would look better and serve the purpose better. Retailers of furniture derive a substantial income from a well-equipped repair shop. A number advertise this depart-ment of their business. Following is a sample: Furniture Re-Upholstering. V'le wilt upholster a five piece frame parlor suite, clean and repair the frames, furnish gimp co:-d, sp:ing and filling at the undermentioned low price. The coverings are of fine art tapestries and Verona velours-a wide range of pat-terns to chose from. Workmanship guaranteed satisfactory in every way, $27.50. 7iR T I ~.7U\1 .",..,. , , 2 r. The Grand Rapids Furniture company of Thirty-fourth street, New Yrok, recently published the following well writ-ten advertisement: "The charm of a Louis XVI bedroom gathers beautiful ex-pression in our reproductions from this essentially French style. The twin beds, paneled in cane, the long dressing table with triplicate mirrors; the roomy chest of drawers; the Chaise lounge, in cane or upholstery, are all distinctive for a sense of absolute refinement and perfect taste, all bearing that certain hall mark of the G;·and Rapids Furniture company." Instead of supporting the movement for a parcels post law, President Frederick of the Kentucky Hardware assoc-iation urged the metnbers, at their annual convention, held in Louisville recently, to lend their assistance to the passage of an amendment to the postal laws providing for the transmis-sion of letters for one cent, and claimed that while matter of the first class represented bu.t a small proportion of the total weight of the mails carried it paid more than three-fourths of the total receipts of the government for carrying the mails. In his opinion, the parcels post would, if put in operation in this country, endanger the interests of jobbers of hardware. Is President Frederick in league with the express companies? The exorbitant charges enforced for services by the latter has caused the demand for a parcels post that will eventually be granted a patient and long suffering people, Quick wit is partly a natural and partly an acquireet gift. fhere is no man so bright, but that by the exercise of his brain he may become brighter. There is no man so dull but that he will grow duller if he does not cultivate what .wits he has. The story is told of a boy working for a mer-::hant who was sent to collect a bill from a firm known to be on its last legs. He realized the necessity of baste, and he urged payement insistently, Finally a check was given for the amount-some $250. He hastened to the bank, and it was almost closing time. He presented the check and was told that the firm did not have sufficient funds to meet the de-mand. He asked how much short the account they had there was and was informed that it amounted to $7. He had that much in cash and hastily deposted it to the debtor's credit. Then he drew the full amount and took the money with him. The next morning the firm which owed the money failed. Other creditors got little or nothing, but owing to the ready wit and promptitude of the boy, his company secured nearly all that was due. If that boy was not promoted he was not appreciated by his employers.-Oregon Tradesman, ANTIQUES FOR MRS. CARNEGIE. Rar.e Old Furniture Is Left Her by a Woman on Long Island. Some rare old furniture is left to Mrs. Andrew Carnegie hy the will of l\/lrs. Elizabeth ]. Vernon, which was offered {o, probate at 11ineola, L. 1., recently. :\hs. Vernon left an estate of $5,00;) real and $300 personal {Voperty. To Mrs. Carnegie and a Miss V'tlhitfield is left the fll: niture ~f a farm house at ~1i1l Pond Hollow, L. 1., and the will provides that Mrs. Carnegie shall have whatever furniture she may ·select, The furniture comprises many articles of old and rare design. To Henry D. \~rhitfield is left the farm. The money goes to the husband, Townsend Vernon. Will Fight Premium Houses. The retail furniture dealers of Ohio to the number of 200 met in Columbus recently to devise ways and means to pro-tect themselves against the inroads made in their business by the premium stamp and catalogue houses throughout the country which make a practice of giving fu:-niture as prem-lums. The Youngest Furniture Salesman. Here is the picture of Robert Pier \Voodard, three and a half years old, son of Fred B. \Voodard, president of the \Voodard Furniture company, Owosso, Mich, He is un-dt1ubtedly the youngest furniture salesman on the road, or rather, wlJO want!'; to go on the road. The grip he carries is a present from his grandpa, and he is as proud of it as though he had carried it fifty thousand miles, He is a bright little fellow and when he grows up to be a man he will make a record for himself and make the lll"oodard Furniture com-pany still nlOr.e famous as makers of good furniture, Retailing Furniture in Atlanta. The furniture department of the general store of Chamber lain. Johnson & DuBose, in Athlllta, Ga., occupies abollt 35,000 square feet and at its head is F. E. HUl1l1, formerly of Hart-ford, Conn. Fine and medium pri~ed goods are carried in stock mainly, which inventoried $60,000 on February 1st of this year. Tn the stock solInples of the best work from the factories of the l\elson-11atter Furniture company, the John \'Viddicomb compan.y, the \Vi\liam A.Berkey Furniture com-pany, the Oriel Cabinet company, the \Viddicomh Furniture company, and the Sligh Furniture company of Grand Rapids also from the factories (if prominent manufacturers in New York, Chicago and Iudianapolis \verc noticed. "Our trade comes from all parts of the south," :Mr. Hunn explained. "\~lithin the past week \"ie have filled orders from South Caro-lina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. and in each sale high g-rade goods were disposed of. \Ve keep a few cheap goods just to help customers in the store. These we purchase in Mt. Airy and othet' points in the south. The rate from Gr;tnd Rapids to Atlanta is $1.50 pel- hundred, a measure of protec-tion to the manufacturers of cheap furniture in the south. Vv'e purchase some heavy \.vork in Batesville for the counLy people that have gained riches by the cultivation of cotton and V,dIOSC ideas of the value of a piece of furniture are based upon the quantity of lumber used in its construction." The firm sells a great deal of mahogany and gold work, and there is a demand for a fair quantity of weathered and fumed oak. The people of Atlanta aspire to possess large aml costly houses. I t is not uncommon for a business man to put a large amount of his capital into a home. When he 19 makes such an investment, no furniture made is too good for him 01' apparently beyond his resources. Prices of Jute Advanced To Highest Mark. Reports from Dundee state that prices have again ad-vanced, jute sells at 21 pounds per ton, the highest price in tvvcnty years. The remarkable advance in the priee of jute has caused con:-iiderable comment in this country, and there is no doubt that buyers who looked for lower prices, owing to the large crop, are now placed ill a very ;nvkward position as their contracts for manufactured goods arc due. It is stated by responsible parties that JUany of the bag mills sent out their salesmen with instructions to take orders based on a belief that the very large crop of jute in India would enable them to secure supplies of ra\'.·.. material at a low figure. Many (ln1cl'S were booked, but \vhen manufacturers entered the market {Ot' raw materia1. they came face to face with the fact that not only would they be unable to get jute at low prices, but that they \vould have to pay very heavy advances O]l all raw lnatcrial purchased for early 5hipment. Believing that these prices would not be obtained they refrained from operating, and held off thc tnarkct, hoping that later on sup-plies of raw material would be obtainable at much lower pl"ices. The position wllich these manufacturers occupy is plainly shown when the course of the jute market during the past fev,r months is examined. Prices have steadily ad-vaned, although some of the conservative members of the trade believe that these prices are somewhat inflated; still it rC1l1rtinsa fact that jute cannot be purchased unless the high prices demanded are fully met. Contracts for bags and bagg-ing nre rapidly falling due, and if the manufacturers purpose living up to their contracts, they can only do so at a loss. Cables state that in Calcutta prices are extremely strong for all forward deliveries, and that supplies are by no means large. Short sellers of jute in the Calcutta and Dundee markets were wiped out sometime ago, and even the most conservative houses failed to provide for advances of such a l-adicat nature as those that have taken place on jute. Many buyers were caught short, as the large crop turned out by Bed "C:' manufactured by Charles Bennett Furmlure Co,. Ch81lolte, Mich. India upset their calculations, and those who figured on the natural results attending a large crop have found that they were entirely out in their calcul.ations. Albough the price of jute today is £21 per ton, conservative houses in the trade predict that further advances will be seen before a downward turn takes place.-N. Y. Commercial. 20 G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO •........................ 12.35 Noon bulf.t Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO 4.50 P. M. Parlor a.nd DIDln' Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Ca.r To Grand Rapids -------,--------'- Lv. CHICAGO , .8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ....•........•. , 1 :50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO. ~ihCSt~::~E~x~. Sun .. _. .. 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS.. • • . • • • . • • • . . . .. . 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, i:ihCst~~~}:'Et1x~. Sun 5.30 P. M. AT. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Parlor aDd Dining Car Lv. CHICAGO, ~iI1Clilt~~lD~~aily , .11.55 Night AT. GRAND RAPIDS ....••••........... 6.45 A. M. :Electric Lighted SI•• plnS Cat" Phone MlchlSa.n Ceatl'a) City Tlohet Olflce Pbone Union Station for Reeervation. lor Reaervatlon •• 119 Adam. Sl:I-eet Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European ......Plan Rates $1.00 and Up The Noon Dinner Served al (he PantJind for SOc is the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE, Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids :. _ 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m, Ar Philadelphia _ 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. AT New york -" _._ 4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. WE manufacture the larga est line of FOLDING CH AIR B in the United States, suitable lor Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers3nd all PUblic Resorts. . • . . We also manufacture Bra,s Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds. Cots and Cribs in a lar2"e variety. . . . •. Send for Catalogue and Prices to Kauffman Mfg. CO. AS"LAND, 0"10 • FOUR TRAINS CmCAGO TO 4ND fROM LvGd.Rapids 7:10am ArChkago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn AT Chicago 4:50 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Cbicago 10:55 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am Pl1l1n:an Sleeper, open 9:00 pm all 11:30 pm train ev~ry day. Cafe service on all day trains. Service a la cart~. Pere Marquette ParlQr cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. TItRff TRAINS 0 ET R0 I T TO-AND FROM Leave Gund Rapjds 7:10 am . Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Gund RapIds 11:15 am dally Arrive Detroit 3'25 pm Leava Grand Rapids 5:.lO pm Arrjve Detroit 101Js pm Meats served a 1. carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 am and 5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat TIlte, 25 «IIts. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H, ,. GRAY, DInltlCT PASSENGER AGKNT, PHONE 1168 Grand Rapida. Micb. Our New "and and foot Power Circular Saw No.4 The strongest, most powerful, and in ~very way th~ best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cutting, boring and grooving. CABINET MAI1ERS In these days of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in • • . . BARNES' Hand and Foot Power Machinery Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. ®. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Rockford. Ill. OUR NEW LINE FOR 1906 CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW AND NATTY CON-CEITS IN THAT "A LITTLE BETTER THAN SEEMS NEC-ESSARY" FURNITURE. Our Salesmen Have Photos. We Mail Catalogues. ROCKFORD CHAIR AND FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Refrigerators Yukon " EGonomiG AND 6hilkoot ZINC LINED AND WHITE ENAMELED '. There are excellent 'j' reasons why you should buy the above. The catalog tells you what they are. Send for one. The Michigan Barrel Co. 670 CANAL IT, GRANO I{APIDI. oIIIC". 22 The Hotel Knickerbock in New York to Be One of the Best. The Hotel Knickerbocker the latest Astor venture, now in course of erection at Broadway and Forty-second street New York will be a beautiful structure extc;rnally and its interior will be fitted up in very handsome style. Tbe building itself will be fifteen stories high, two stories being below the street level. In the basement will be a fine grill room. The ground floor cntnlJlce from Forty-second street leads into a spacious lobby, the attractiveness of which will immediately impress upon the visitor the artistic spirit dom-inating the whole hotel. Leading off th('. lobby is the main restaurant. This room is about twenty-two feet high, of-fering an opportunity for large sweeping effects. The ,"valls are in eaen stone and marble, hung with Flemish tapestries. The ceiling is in the style of Henry II. Tn the dining room are to be placed two electric fountain~ of colored marble and bronze, designed by Frederick l\.hc 1Ionnies, the famous sculp-tor. Adjoining the restaurant is the spacious flower room, in which a Francis 1 treatment has been used. The detailing is highly elaborate. On one of the walls will be a picture, ca~'ved and decorated arching beams. The hotel will have special facilities for serving large organization dinners in the banquet room. There are a number of private dining rooms on the sec-ond floor for parties ranging from ten to seventy-five covers. These are richly treated in cherry enamel in the Louis XIV and XVI periods. The contract for furnishing the hotel was let to the Pooley Furniture company. E. F. Pooley, president of the com-pany, has given the Knickerbocker order his special attention, in connection with his designer, Mr. Duer, devoting much time and thought to the proper selection of materials. Cir:... cassian walnut, prima vera., (white mahogany), French wal-nut and red mahogany are the principal woods used. Every piece of furniture has been carefully designed to harmonize with the decoration of the room in which it is to be placed. The question of the proper selection o~ chairs is one of the most important that arises in the equipment of a large hotel. Before awarding the contract for :5Upplying the Knickerbocker with chairs, Mr. Regan gave the matter his most careful attention. Sketches and samples of chairs were No. 513. Man~ured by the Palmer ManwactufiDgCo .. Detroit. Mich. "The Masque of Flora," painted by James "Vall Finn, with the assistance of Henry Fuller. A bas relief of Aphrodite by John Flanagan, a pupil of Saint Gaudens, will also be in this room. The ladies' reception room is in Louis XVI style, decorated in enamel and gold. On the Broadway side is the men's cafe. It is in French Renaissance, and will have, as a leading featuure, a large painting by Maxfield Parrish. The barroom on the first floor is in English Renaissance, calling for massive treatment and rich detailing. The offices of the hotel are located on the mezzanine floor. Here the woodwork is of mahogany, richly. but conservatively treated. The crowning work of the decorators is in the banquet and ball room, on the second floor, which will be without ex-ception the richest room of its kind in New York. It meas-ures 105 by 48 feet-one of the largest hotel rooms in the country. It has a seating capacity of 550, and the gallery will accommodate many mote. It will be in Italian Renais-sance, with beautifully enameled woodwork. The balcony, with entrance from the grand staircase, will be supported by submitted to him by the leading manufacturers of America. The contract was finally given to the combination of P. Derby and company and Ford & Johnson C01l1pany. In addi-tion to being artistic in design the chairs are of the most practical and durable workmanship. Many Df the ideas as to style, shape, finish, etc., are original with Mr. Regan. The designs are totally different from those used in hotels up to the present time. A Course In Salesmanship Would Be Beneficial. A number of Boston merchants have petitioned the school board for a course of salesmanship. This has incited the keen newspaper men, and their fancies have made many laugh. Yet the idea is a good one. Surely a large propor-tion of the young men and women in the schools will be~ come salesmen. Why should they. not learn something of benefit to them-something which they can apply directly -while in school. The suggestion is an excellent one, and might be wisely considered by school boards everywhere.- Ex. The T. n. Laycock :\1anufacturing- company have pur-ehase< l thirty acrt'S of land in Brig-htwuud, a suburb in the northeastern part of the city, and are building what will probably be the hlrgest factory in the country for the manu-facture of brass and iron beds, ' ..o..ven wire mattresses. cots and cribs. The buildlngs will be one story high, and already two million brieb have heen laid. It is expected they will be located in the new factory early in June. Smith, Day amI company will soon commence the erection of a large building in the rear of their present building on East \Vashington street. The new building is made neces-sary because of the consolidation of the Detroit branch with 23 assigned for the engagement, The recipient of the mes-sage meant to keep the appointment and wired that he would be on han(1. But he forgot to wind his alarm clock with the result that he overslept and missed the train he should have taken. It was a little thing-only the winding of a spring in a clock. Yet when he took the next train and hunted up the man who had written for him, he was informed that he would have been offered a $5,000 a year position had he kept his ap-pointment, but since he did not come, it had been assumed that he did not take any interest in the matter and another mall had been appointed in his stead. Another instance of where a little thing lost a man a splendid position and a prob-able fortune.-Ex. N~waTk. Ohio, Furniture Company's Handsome New Cata-logue. The Artisan is in receipt of a beautiful new 46 page cata-logue for spring issued by the Newark (0.) Furniture com· pany. Cuts of extension dining tables fitted with the Tyden No. 190 drew'r and No. 290 chiffonier, maDufaclu~d by Woodard Furniture Co., OWOSSCl, Mich. the Indianapolis branch, :rnd will be twice as large as the present building. Smith, Day and company have been very successful, both in Indianapolis and Detroit, and by uniting the two houses they will have one of the largest chair busi-nesses in the west. The main factory is at Baldwinsville, Mass., whence the chairs are shipped k. d. to Indianapolis, set up, finished and upholstered. The ne'.\' building will be ready for occupancy in Mayor June. Importance of Loo~ing Aft,er the Little Things. The salesman can ill affo:-d to allow the little things to take care of themselves. In the first place, they witt not do so, and in a short time they will become his maiiter. In the second place, learning to attend to them on the moment drills him into the habit of doing things immediately, which is when they should be looked after. This is one of the things which makes a successful life. It may seem unim-portant to keep an appointment to the minute. Yet there is a well authenticated case on record where a young man was asked to meet a prosperous business man, no reason being lock are numerous. The cover design is very attractive and artistic, being in colors-black, blue and gold on a white onyx paper. New Stations for the Louisville & Nashville. Official announcement is made by the Louisville & Nash-ville that twenty stations will be established on the Knoxvilte- Cartersville line, south of Etowah, where the old Atlanta, Knoxville and Nashville lines diverges to Blue Ridge and Ivlarietta and the new line goes direct to Cartersville. Five sta~ tions wilt be in Tennessee, onc on the state line to be known as "Tennga," a combination of the statc abbreviations, and fifteen in Georgia. Station houses will be erected at the ma-jority of the points, but some will be mere flag stations_ The principal Georgia stations will be: Kilburn, Oran, Chatworth, Ramscy, Fairmount, vVheeler, Canis ton, Ranger, Bolivar, Rydal, White and Aubrey_ When the new .line is open to passenger service the through trains will operate over it, and a local passenger train ,..·.ill be run from Knoxville to Blue Ridge_ The schedules are now being prepared. KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES Prices rl.!lht WRITE FOR CATALOGUE KAROfS fURnlTURf (0. EVANSVILLE INDIANA In writing mention Michigan Arti!\an GLOBE SIDEBOARDS are tbe BEST ON THE GLOBE FOR THE MONEY GET OUR CATALOGUE. '\lention the Mighigan Artisan when writing. GLOBE FURNITURE COMPANY EVANSVILLE. INDIANA BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. NO. 10. DRESSING TABLE. TOP 2Ox40. FRENCH PLATE 22x28. SELECT QUARTERED OAK, RUBBED AND POLISHED. Makers of lhe "SUPERIOR" Extension, Parlor and libraryJTables NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE E. Q. 1906 8MIT" C"AIR MAKE MONEY ====COMPANY MR- DEALER 1858 MANUF ACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER TUfTED LE4T"ER 4ND VENEER SEAT C"4IRS AND ROCKERS No. H5 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Finished Golden Office and Wareroomsl Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. -----EVANSVILLE,lND.,----- BY SELUNG THE D055f KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOAROS SAFES and WARDROBES Besl Boods lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evans¥iUe, Ind, The "Ell" FOLDING BEDS ~~tf:\R~,~,~~~ No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mant~1 and Upright ELI 0 MILLER & Co E.an .. ma.'ndlana • • \\.'rite for cuts and prices hmville Furnilure CO" Evansville. Ind. Manufacturers or tbe "Celebral1d Flowered White Oak Boods," BEDROOM SUITES CHiFFONIE.RS ODD DRESSERS; WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" Somethina Entirel} New Goods shown ill January ex-hibit at Chica-go. Ill., at No. 131"'Michi~an Ave., Jd Hoor and also at our factory s.al es-room at Evans-ville, Ind_ New Catalogue ,just issued. 26 Sorrows of the Auction Sale. When yOll desire to get a real interesting, cheap and at-tractive piece of furniture, try the auction sale. Such furni-ture oftentimes becomes interesting becau.se of the inhabitams in it. It is cheap because all people who attend auctions ex-pect low prices to prevail. The auction furniture, if specially made for auctioneering purposes, is as a rule pretty to look upon, hut is of a tinsel nature and the beauty is not likely to hold. But seriously .. there aTC some good articles of furni-ture avaiable at the auction ~ale. But these pieces are rare, and the patron who makes a practice of buying up second hand stuff must expect to buy considerable questionable stock before he gets a genuine bargain. Let us look at the different types of furnitu:'c sold at auction. It may be divided into several classes, Sometimes the home of a prosperous man ;s closed and the goods are advertised to be sold at auction, The placards are put out. The crowd comes and it is safe to assume that the highest bidders will secure some very good pieces of furniture, no doubt at very reasonable values. Then again it happens that first-class furniture dealers often want a <::lea'ringOllt of stock and they place their shop-worn atticlesin the auction room and sel{ them to the highest hi'dders. The buyers under these conditions usually get their money's worth. But there are auctions which are in-stituted solely for the purpose of disposing of auction-made furniture, just as there are men who make a business of auctioneering cheap and auction·made watches and suits of clothes. This is the kind of furniture yOU have to look out for. Then there js another class of second-hand fUl'n.iture which sells at low values in the auction room, including the kjnd gathered from the junk shops. This sort of furniture is of the lowest type. It is unclean and. usually infested with insects. In every city we may find th.ird and fourth rate second-hand furniture stores, and the articles or' furniture on snle in some of these places are of a questionable nature so far as neatness and real practical worth are concerned. The auction-made and the auction-sold furniture is not appreciated by the patron, even though it may have been purchased at a very small cost. For illustration, a friend of mine was obliged to sell some of his furniture at auction. lIe needed the ready cash. In a though less motn~nt, in his desperation, he closed a contract with an auctioneering firm. The firm quickly put out advertising matter of the character ex.hibited in figure 1, with the name of the firm added. My friend wJlOm we will call Mr. Sold, awoke one morni'ng to find him-self freely advertised as a seller of auction goods and all this was to occur from his reputable store direct. The 'advertis-ing was out and there was no help for it. The auction sale began and the crowd with its muddy feet and vile remarks tramped over the store, sat in the chairs, spat tobacco juice on the curtains,. and spoiled much material. Valuable pieces of furniture were ridiculed and sold at a third actual cost 01 making. A dozen times 1h. Sold would have stopped the sale and driven the mob out, but he needed the money, and besides he had made his contract with the auctioneer. The sale closed and a year passed, before Mr. Sold recovered from the effects of the auction sale on his business, Patrons were lost. Dishonest people claimed that certain articles purchas-ed at the auction sale were fraudulently made and in order to save tronble, Mr. Sold exchanged new for old goods in sever-al instances, because he afterwards learned that the auction-eer had, "run in" a number of pieces of "outside" cheap stock, (0 sell on the reputation of Mr. Sold's house with the regular goods. One of these "run in" pieces of furniture is shown in figure 2 and the panel work was in process of peeJing off when sent back to the store.Mr. Sold sent a new one in its place and said "never· again,". In figure 6 we see a copy of some signs he himself put out to try to make the public for-get the auction sale, Speaking of funny things in connec-tion with auction goods, one party upon opening a drawer ·in a stand he had purchased, found a little coffin packed therein with excelsior as in Fig. 3. The coroner was notified and upon opeing the casket it was found to contain the remains of a pet cat. Investigation showed that a lady's cat died and she arranged to have the casket for it and supposed that it had been buried. The servant had placed the casket in his wash-stand, intending to see about the hurial Hext day. Some-thing occurred in the meantime and the servant left. A few days after the goods went to the auction rOOIll.. In another case, a friend had purchased a bureau and oue morning while he was reading, puffs of smoke came forth from the drawer as pointed out by the arrow in figure 4. He opened the drawer and found a can o{ carbide. It seems that SOLD AND Co., HAVE" NO MORE AUCTION COODS. Au fNlnMo the llllrcatt forme.ly bclollp;cd to ;lll automobile ellthusiast. He kept the c;l:'bic1e ill the drawer for his acetylene gas light for the machine. The cover of the can had worked free and the moist air caused the carbide to send forth fumes, ·which if ignited \vould have produccd an explosion. Figure 5 illustrates the old story of the auction-made goods. Auction-made furniture is the the kind made to hold together until you get it home and set it up. After that, the length of the life of the article is indefinite. An acquaintance tells me that when he was poor he bought a bedstead in an auction house, and that on the very first night he us.ed it, the sideboards broke and he was tumbled to the floor as in figure 5. "An ObsNver." RETAILERS OF ATLANTA. Retailers of Atlanta Lack Taste in the Display of Furniture. Atlanta, G,L, contains fifty-two furniture. stores. Al-though lhe population of the city is but 100,000 the owne;'s of these stores see.m to he vexy prosperous. Thi.s i.s 8.i:> counted for hy the fact that a great mally retailers of fumi-tureitl Georgia and adjoining states carry small and infel'ior stocks and the prosperous growers of cotton, corn and irtl~t are compelled to visit Atlanta to find what they want. In many of the stores the stocks are not displayed to advantage. Lack of taste in displaying the goods is noticeable every-where. A few excellent examples of good work in this re-spect are noticed, however. The warerooms of the Walter J. \\Tood company, located on a corner, have an tire frontage of glass. From the street every piece on sale may be seen. Effective displays are made by M. Rich & Bro., the Car-michael Furniture company and the Rhodes Haverty com-pany. Money is plenty, collections are easy, the crop pros-pects good, and the conditions for a successful year of busi-ness perfect. The names of the retailers of furniture recent-ly compiled by the publishers of the city directory arc as follows: M, H. Abbott. F. W. Anderson and company. J T. Ash, Atlanta Wreckage company. L. S. Banknight. Bazaar Furniture company. S. Boostein. 21 Brown & Catlett. CarnpbeH & Brownlee. Carmichael company_ R. W. Coats. ]. M. Cooley. VV .C. Drake. J. C. & J. P_ Evins. 14 erring' Furniture company. J. T, Jones. Kentucky Furniture company. McDonald Furniture company. Chamberlain, Johnson & DuBose. M. Rich & Brother. H. A. :r'l'Iartin and company. C. H. Mason. J. A. Mason. T .E. Matthews and company. :vIatthews & Lively. Benjamin ~Iaxwell. J. A. :Minor. Morris & Byrd. G. N. Morris and company. New Home House Furnishing company. 11. H. ""'issenbaurn. J. T. Patterson. People' Furniture company. j, K. Polk. Porter, \\lrigley and company. Rhodes-Haverty company. J. C. Shirley. P. IT. Snook. Shirley & 11iddlehrooks. Ralkel- & Rhudy. A. Springer. A. J. Stewart and company. J. T. Stewart. L. & C. Furniture company. H. 1. Taylor. Thomas Furniture company. J, B. Turner company. \Vhite & Yancey. \Valter J. Wood_ G. H. Noodson. D. S. Wright and company. O. Zaban & Son. -- ------------------------ 28 HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 10 291 W. Superior SI., CtfICAGO. ILL. M;lNUEI'ACTUREItS OF Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Chiffoniers LADIES' DRESSII\IGTABLES to match Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Mahogany Veneered. Birdseye Maple, White Enamel Highly Polished or Dull Finish. We also make a line of PRINCESS DRESSERS from $13.00 up, In Quarter-Sawed Oak. Mahogany Bnd Birdseye MiIIIDle. Veneered Ii you have not received our Spring Suppl~ent, ask for it, SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL & K,.NAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Are Beat Ma.de, Bw Fillished. Best Values, All Made from Tho~Ollllhly Seasoned Srock No. 435 Dining Table Top ;4x54. Made in Qllarlered Oak ami Mahollany. run Pol_ ished. Nic:1releaffers • NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN Shelbyville DesK Company MANUFACTURERS OF Office Furniture MAHOGANY AND HdlTATION QUAR..TERED OAK, PLAIN OAK In Three Grade~' A fUll Line, Up-to-Date, EXhibited 1319 tl' EIGHTH FLOOR. Michigan Avenue CHICAGO tl' Write for Latest Catalogue. Shelbyville, Ind. ATLAS FURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y, DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS All the kids are in love with Spratt's Chair GEO. SPRATT & co. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS FOR EVERYBODY Send for Catalogue No. 88-Child's High Chair with Unger Safety Guard. Century Furniture Co. Factory and Salesroom 153-159 Canal sl., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF FINE Parlor and Library Furniture Odd Chairs and Rockers and Reception Chairs Exdmive and PlJre in Daisn INCREASED FACILITIES LARGER LINE We Would Like to Get Closer--to You Suppose now you were the boy and we the girl and you wanted to get a little -closer. '\Tell now suppose you do-we will tell you how. Buy a pair of our 5 pound Genuine 411Geese feather Pillows, size 20x26, A. C. A. Art or Linen Tick, any color, for $1.85. You will get closer to us and we will to you. Terms 5 per cent for cash 10 days. H. B. FEATHER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. THE HAND SCREW ====WITH "THE SAW-CUTTHREAD"----- THE threads on our Hand Screw Spindles won't strip because they are SAW CUT. They will last 50 per cent longer than the ordinary spindle with the lathe cut thread. We use the very choicest second growth hickory in all our Spindles and the best Michigan hard maple in the jaws. A trial of these goods will convince you of their merits. Send in your order. MANUFACTURERS OF CABINET BENCHES, FACTORY TRUCKS, ETC. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130S. Ionia St.,GRANDRAPIDS, MICH. Koenig s.. Gamer furniture Co. MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA. COMBINATION, UPRIG"T and MANTEL folding Beds Odd Dressers, !'rlnlless Dressers, Napoleon Beds in Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird'. Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 Mlllhlgan Ave. Offtce and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago, III. Factory No. 22 to 48Pratt Stud Catalogue ready March. nt. Sendfor it and mention the An;son. Tbe New 31 THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as Comfortable Simple PATENTED OCT. 20, 1903, ..PE.RFE.CT ff FOLDING CHAIR Th~ Acme of Perfeetioll in the line of Folding Chairs, PERFECT COMPACTN~SS whO!n folded. Hard maple. natural finish. \VRlTK FOR PR1CRS. 15M PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North M.anchester.. Indiana. DON'T READ THIS unless you are a MANUFACTURER, MILL-MAN lJf BUSIN"ESS MAN, in which case yOll would do welJ to carefolly consider the following facts. The St. louis i.. San Francisco R. R. betta known as the has built, or added to its system, over J 900 (nineteen hundred) miles of new railroad during the past five years and a1l traversing newly settled sections of the Southwest. NOW is the time to loc,ate your tactory or mill in this most prOSperous section. It will repay you to write TODA Y for full particulars regarding ind\lcements offered, abundant raw materials, excellent marken, etc. Illul/l"aud hooklet "Opporlllr.it;el" UW(fN~. M. SCHULTER, Indu.trlal Comndssloner, Fri ...... BldR. St. Loulst M~. Durable Neat are our specialty Office, Dininil and Directors' Tables Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for CatalOllue, Get lIlunpleuof BANQUET TABLE TOP DECORATIVE FLOWER!PLANT TREES fRANK NETSCm::RT CO 34 BAReLA Y STREET NI'W YORK ==, .=.----===----- Ask us for our Illustrated Catalogue No. 10. fRANK NETSC"ERT CO 34 BARCLAV STREET NI'W YORK HANGING BASKETS ELECTRIC DISPLAYS ETC. Embossino and DrOD Garvino Ma6hin6S Machines for a II purposes, and at prices within the reach of all. EyeryMachine has our guar-antee against breakage for one year "Rotar)' Style" for Drop Caf"vlngs, fmbossed Mouldings. Panels, UC. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Double daily train service to New Orleans. Send for a free deseriptive booklet. Connoots with Southern Pacific Steamship leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana. Send for free illustrated folder on Cuba. Through tickets, l'8tes, etc., of I. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON, PASS. TRAFFIC MaR .. CHICAGO, s. G. HATCH, GENERAL PASS. AG£NT, CHICACO. "lateral Style" for large CapaCity Ueavy Carvings and Deel;l ""f:mbosslngs. We have the Machine yOU want at a satisfactory price, Write for descriptive circulars. ------" I L 32 The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TllADE. MARK REGlSTU'.ED.) Th, t,,, i, NOW DEMOC;STRATED hevond a:l daub: that the sale ot O~E REX hl;ler Tllftd Mattress \yil~ cause inquiry suHicient to sell T\VO and so it goes on growing and enlarging ~'our business as ours has enlarged-OUR HEST TR,\DE. \V1'::c ~or our nc\v booKlet I'The King at Tdts," and learn al: aboul tbis Sp:cndic!. Mattress. We furnish these bealllifi.l1 little 20 page hooklets to Clls:omer~ fllld licensee! agents. Ge: om (erlI1~, 'twices, etc. \-Vrit\": right llQ\V. Don't ,Yait. A care: wi;] do. Anything- to sho\'," your interest. CHARLES A. FISHER & CO. 1302 Michigan Ave •• CH1CAGO. 1LL. PEORL1, ILL. :)T. LOUIS, MO. I.JNCOLN, ILL. MiNNEAPOLIS, .'I5/NN. Soil' l',1allt~f{i{ttl,-err under Lhen.!! Amerium lIJattreJj and CtiJbicJn C:;mporry. Old Furniture and Modem Copies. Genuine antique fumiture of the early art periods is be.- coming so rare th;lt few of the shops pretend to offer relics of the past, contenting themselves with excellent copies of well-known pieces of furniture by artists ..v..h.o in their day es-tablished a standard of excellence rarely reached hefore or since. There are antique furnishing articles, presented in large quantities in second-hand sta.res, but it should be re-membered that these, for the most part, possess none of the characteristics of beauty, without which an article is of little DrawinR-RoOIll of a New York HOUlle. value. There were periods in our own history, and in that of France and England, ,...h.en art was at a low ebb. Un~ scrupulol.ls dealers may dispose of such goods to the unslts-specting', but in the eye of a conlloisseur they would be quick-ly condemned. It is due to the scarcity of genuine colonial furniture to-day tJlat lD'J.nufactnrers have set themselves the difficult task of reproducting in solid wood the best examples of this period. Not ouly this, but the old English furniture, from which the early colonial makers drew a good deal of their inspiration. is being copied, and reproduced in all particulars, as pcrfect as the originals. The revival of the furniture-pieces of stich styles founded by Sheraton, Heppc1white and Chippendale dates partly from the time of the coronation of King Edward. That Cerel1l0lly stilTed all the old families to ransacking garrets and cellars for antique articles of ornament and use. A great many exquisite pieces of old furniture were brought out and exhibited for thc first time in a century. A few of the Sheraton and Chippendale pieces exhibited at the coro-nation were marvelous productions of these. two master artists in wood. Copies of them have since bccn made which will serve to establish a new popularity for this style of furniture. Imitation antiqlle furniture is shoddy and is of little value. Perfect copies of antiquc articles, made with the same care a11<1effort, in solid wood, even to the minutest carvings, are fully as worthy of our admiration as the originals. In fact. it is the only way that mo.;;t of us can enjoy these exquisite pieces of furniture, and '\,\,C must rest content with snch repro-ductions. There can he no Question about the artistic ;U1(l utilitarian value of the modern copies of the old-fashioned hall-dock, \\'hich to-day,· sell as high as $500 and $1,000, The mechanical movements of thc clocks are superior to the ancient time-pieces. They are made in solid mahogany, oak, or rosewood, and they possess the characteristics of the old pieces. Likewise the carving of the modernized English Btyles of furniture is as perfectly done as any shown on the few pieces of the original Chippendale or Sheraton. The essen-tial point to observe, however, is that the copies are genuine. 7lRTI..5'A.N ~. e • 7 ee 33 Imitation of the old furniture will not count, for such work can be done by inferior wood-workers without catching in any degree the spirit of the founders. It requires nearly as much taste and skill to make a modem copy of an old Chippendale or Shcraton chair as it did the Qriginal. It is owing to the genuine merit that the modernied antique furniture of the classical Eng{jsh types is found among those who appreciate tasteful environments in the home. The revival of these early English schools of furniture car-ries 'with it a knowledge of artistic surroundings, and some taste in disposing of the various articles in a room To carry ont the effect properly, it is necessary that there should be harmony in detail aJld environment. A room furnished with Chippendale table, T-Iepplewhite chairs, and Sheraton rocking chairs, with a nearly colonial sideboard, would hardly produce a pJe;lsing effect. It is better to fur-nish each room with the furniture of one period, carrying out the scheme of decoration as far as possible in every detail. This calls for money and a good deal of work in collecting It is 110t possiblc to go to any store. and select all of the appropriate artides for such rooms, but with a httle patience study, and proper selection, an old English bed rom, a Flemish dining-nlolll, and a library or parlor of colonial fUrlliture m'ay be rcproduced. Chippendale htrnitnre is best suited for the parlor and one or more bed roms. Copies of the original pieces abound in exquisite p<:ttlerns in eanred wood, suggesting very strongly the decorations of Louis XV furniture. Thomas Chippendale, the father of the style which bears his name, was greatly in-flueneed by the Frellch school of decorators of that and previous periods. He was a consummate artist and work-man, and instead of merely reflecting Frcn~h influence in his .vork, he fOl1nded a distinct school of design and crafts-manship. There. ,",'as a delicacy in his work which won genuine admiration. i\ good fleal of the so-called modern Chippendale. pieces arc far from possessing any of the original characteristics of the style, and they are not even attempted copies of tJH; genuine. Excellent copies of Chippendale chairs can be ob-tained to-day from $20 to $50 upirard, and when the room iiS entirely decorated \...i.th appmprintc furnishings of that period, Library of a New York Houlle. The furniture harmonizes well with decorations suggestive of the Frcnch the effect is excellent. modern wall-papers and SdlOOI. Even the upholstered scats in tapestry effects, if rightly selected, carry out the atmosphere of the Chippendale period. Sheraton fUI'niture is even more difficult to obtain that Chippendale, and many designers of modern furniture are forccd to wpply reproductions of the articles published in a few books and periodicals of Sheraton's time. There are 34 several elaborate books with excellent colored plates, dealing with Sheraton furnitu;'c, hut these books axe almost as costly as some of the articles of furniture. Only a few cop-ies of these rare editions are in existence, and some of the best modern copies of Sheraton chairs and tables were made from the designs thus furnished in book plates. Sheraton wascof.a little bter period than Chippendale, but llC represent-ed a distinct school of his own. His furniture is made princi-pally of mahogany and satin" .·.o. od, and inlaid work distin-guished most of 1t. NeaTly all of the 1111aidwork is of lighter colored woods, and 110t of ivory 'or other material which the orientals used for this work. Tbe wood was carefully se-lected and cured before being used for furniture, and conse-qJ. 1ently it seldom shows warping or cracking through years of con~tant use. Th,e sma)} pieces of ",..·ood used for inlaying were also thoroughly cured, and they have shown themselves to beproof against time and weather. In the Sheraton furni-ture _we find the decorations tending toward delicate lyre-like and twisted flute design:s, with the legs of tables and chairs turned and carved. A peculiarity of both the Sheraton and Chippendale furniture is the 1l\.lmbcrof secret drawers and shelves, many comparhnents being separated by double ' ..a..lls, with ingenious places between for hiding artlcles of value. Secret springs and catches hold these false sides togetheL For centuries! valuable possessions have been held in these secret drawers, and the articles of furniture have passed from oue family to another with no suspicion of the existence of the great compartments. Material for many good romances has thus been unearthed by the unexpected discovery in a secret drawer of a Sheraton desk or bureau of some will or valuable paper document. The modern sideboa.:rd was not in existence in the days of Chippendale and those said to be of this school were made in later times. The sideboards of that period were simply tables intended for holding a few glasses and plates. Sheraton probably designed the first of the modern English style of sideboards! and his designs were of a rather simple nature, compared to the elaborate affairs in vogue to-day. Sheraton furniture is as eminently designed for bedroom and parlor .as the Chippendale. They also fit well in some dining-rooms and libraries, but, as a rule! they appear too rich and delicate for such use. Better adapted to library and dining-room is the furniture of the, Flemish school, which has become in recent times ex-tercmely popular. Here the severe simplicity and solid com-fort so essential to the library and dining-room reaches its artistic development. The Flemish- -furniture is distinctly simple ami artisbe, and above all representing just what it is. There is no inlaid work to suggest the cunning hand of the artist in colors; no delicate legs and chair arms to make one uncomfortable when leaning the whole weight in chairs or rockers; no pretense to ornate hand carving so fragile that a rough hand might mar it. Onthe contrary there is >itrength and solidity, comfort and ease, in the strong, square legs -of chairs and table, and true beauty in the bold handcarving fashioned to suit the weight and siu of the furniture. One should not associate copies of pure Flemish furnittl'."c with cheap, hand-carved, clumsy tables and chairs. On the contrary, everything is in the right llwpmtion, and suggestive of early Dutch ease and comrort. \Vith the dining-room all(l library furnished with such articles. the walls decorated with handsome Delft ware, the windows leaded and small, and shaded with short quaint clirtaills, one realizes that the Dutch atmosphere, \'vhich must penrade the place, is both easing to the mind and eye. After the garish colo'·s and bright lights of the more modern rOOI11S,it is restful to re-tire to a library hlTn-ished 111 such Flemishcom{ort or to l~at a peaceful meal amid such surroundings. The great lesson5 to be learned from the early English furniture arc abundant enough if oueha!> the taste and money to select pieces copied according to the original designs. There is harmony in all of the· decorations, and not dis-cordant lines and curves drawn without reason 0, purpose. There is a dominant central motive in all of the designs of these early schools, and this is constantly kept ill view, and not overshadowed by minor details. There tS sitnplicity in structure as well as artistic carving and decoration, and notwithstanding the patterns of elegant inlaid work, there is no showy effect which blinds the eyes to the intrinsic worth of the omamentation. The colorings, whether of the natural woods highly polished, or of paints and stains judic-iously used, are all subdued and quiet in taste. There is no confusion of glaring effects in reds, blues and pinks. The net result is that the furniture is restful to the eye. If we accept as true, that colors, as well as music, have a psychological value in influencing our nerves and mental state, we should make a more judicious study of our physical surroundings . It is said that our sleep, appetite and mental activity arc all affected by our color surroundings to such an extent that nervous disorders can often be cured by making the_ right 5clections. This has been tried ill London hospitals with ex-cellent success. Why should we not, therefore, find in our homes the best method of favoring our nerves and minds by improving our environments according to well-defincd laws (>f natu:--c?-House Beautiful. • IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING 'poIiSDHING VARNISHES " OI:TFlOIT "ACTORl' GOODS CANADIAN "ollCTOl'll' YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO I1'ULL POSSIBILITIES OF 'fHIS CLASS OF THE TEST BY GIVING Us A TRIAl- ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED. NIW YORK "'HILADE-LPHIA BALTIMORIl FAOTORY AND MAIN OFFIOE, DETROIT CANADIAN 'ACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT • .- VARNISH MANUFACTURERS (OHIO .... CINCINNATI SAM 'R"NCI.CO WE HAVE GROWN TO THE LEADING POSITION AS MANUFACTURERS OF CHAMBER FURNITURE BY MAKING THE BEST SELLING LINE -a line good enough for the most exacting and not too good f01" the average trade requirement. We issue no catalogue. Our salesmen show photos. SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SAVE FREIGHT Why go west for CASE GOODS when the BU RT LINE will satisfy tbe bulk of the trade demands of tbe average dealer, witbout necessitating delays in shipping. Chamber Suits, Sideboards, Chiffoniers. Dresser. and Toilets. Write for Catalo..ue. BURT BROS., 2000 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. - -------------_ ..... _.- -- --------------------- 36 "Cyco" Bearing SWEEPER The kind with the demand established and constantly being expanded. Not the "Just as Good" kind. but the BUT. The kind that sells ItSelf and always pays the dealer a good profit. Our line for 1906 will be the largest, most complete, (and contains more valuable mechanical improvements that experi~ ence alone can produce) .that has ever been o:lf"eredto the trade. You don't have to waste your· time talking the Bind! to sell 'it, as its reputation i. too well known. The adverti'ements of the Bissell in high class magazines and newspapers for the year 1906, will practically reach the entire reading population of the United States and Canada. Write for our spring offer. BISSELL CARPEr SWEEPER CO., GrandRapid., Mich. (Largest Sweeper Makers in the World.) B'RANCHES: NEW YORK (Eastern office.; saleSloom and export dept.) 'Jol) Wauen St., LONDON, ENGLAND (Officeand warehouse) 38 Wilson St., FlnsbUty, E. C. TORONTO, CANADA, (Office and factory) 18-20 Pearl St. PARIS, FRANCK, (Officeand factory) 42 Rue des Vinaigriers. LUCE No. 121 BUFFETS possess the Individuality of desigu and the careful construction which is characteristic of the Grand Rapids product. CATALOGUE UPON RE&(UEST. LUCE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. ~-- The Fable of the Lady in the Moon. A few years ago it was discovered that the man in the moon has a companion, and of course it is a woman. Since then it has been discovered that the man aforsaid is a busi-ness man, and that the young lady is his stenogrnpher and typewriter. Now this young lady is a steady reader of the Lunar )ilorning' Ke\vs, and having read that her sisters in the same line of work on the earth were supplied with typ~- writer desks, she demanded of her employers a six weeks leave of absence: in the famous new airship Neptune that she might make an investigation for herself, ami purchase whatever seemed best for the office. Of course her request was granted, so she started one mOOIl-light night, and early the next morning landed in )'l11skegon. Immediately after walking down the gang plank from the ship she looked up and to her astonishment she read the sign on a great factory building "The Moon Desk Company," and manager Stevens, hat in hand, standing in the door-way ready to gored her. Of course Stevens was as surprised as the young lady, but when was he ever known to be any-thing hut the politest of gentlemen, especially La the ladie,.;, She handed hin} her card, was invited into the office and show rooms, '..a..s delighted at the beautiful roll flat top and type-writer desks, made a selection of a half dozen of the fllW::.i took a sail on 1\.fuskegon lake with 1\.'lr. Stevens, dined ,vith him at the Occidental; said she did not care to visit any other places on earth as she did not think there were ,l1ly so charm-ing as lvluskegoll any\vay, and took the same ship she ...:.ame on back to her home, "vhere she landed next morning and surprised the man in the moon with here wonderful experi-ence. Of course the g'oads were packed and shipped by the same ship, and by ten o'clock in the morning they were unpacked and set up and the happiest man between Mars and Jupiter was the man who has in his employ that steno- . grapher and typewriter. Obituary. Earl Theodore Church, for thirty-two years president of the Charlotte, Mich., ::\.'lanufacturing company, died recently. As he was riding home to his farm, about one mile from the NO. 714. Has raised panels all around and between pedestals; wide pedestal drawersjcenter drawer with flat keyed lock; double writing beds; heavy pilastersand roll top arms. Drawers varn-ished inside, have movable par-titions, deep drawer partitioned for books. Overhanging or bracket front. Golden oak finish, rubbed and polished. Very heavy massive desk. Pigeon hole case is supplied with card index drawer with follow block attachment; letter file drawer with index, J2 all wood pigeon hate boxes, private compartment with flat ke~'ed lock. [.MOON DESK ,COMPANY Muskegon, Mich. city, on February 6, his horse became frightened and ran away, throwing him from his buggy, and he received injuries that resulted in death on \Vednesday, February 14th. He was 71 years old, and had been a resident of Charlotte since 1854, and was one of the most honored and respected busi-ness men of the city. Fa,· nearly twenty years he was president of the Merchants National Bank and president of the Eaton County Saving Bank since its organization. He ,vas deeply interested in everything for the betterment of Charlotte, and freely gave his time, money and talents to that end. He \vas prominent in masonry, having filled many of the chairs in blue lodge, chapter and commandery. He leaves a wife and one son. The business of the Charlotte 1bnufacturing company wilt not be' affected by,the passing of M!". Church as it is one of the best managed and most substantial institutions in the state. .Messrs. Smith and Higbee who have been the active managers of the business for years, will continue in their respective positions. A good man has gone to his rest and reward, and his memory will be kept fresh in the millds of many who are left to mourn his departure. SLIDING SHOE. Something New Under The Sun. The Onward 1lanuiacturing eOl11pnayof Streator, Ill., will within the next sixty days begin the manufacture of a sliding-shoe to take the place of the old style wheel caster, for use on furniture, etc., and which can be lIsed in hundreds of other places where the ordinary rolter or wheel caster is a nuisance or cannot be used. This new device consists of a circular disc or shoe of stamped, pressed or cast metal, highly polish-ed or enameled, or of porcelain, with flat bearing surface and edge turned up all around. \Vith these sliding shoes the heaviest table or piano will move easily and smoothly on a wood floor without marring it in the least, or 011 a carpet or deep pile rug without a wrinkle when rug is laid on highly polished floor. O. C. Little of Menasha, Wis., is the invent-or. 37 . 38 The Refrigerator Season will be here very soon. If you have not yet receiveda set ofour CATALOGUES and PRICES for 1906 a postal card will bring them to you by return mail. We make a full line of Zinc-Lined, White Enamel, and Opalite lined, and Porcelain lined Refrigerators of any size desirable. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. New York Office,35 Warren St. MUSKEGON, MICH. Muskegon Mich. There is ahvays something doing- ill :\1tlskegoll. It'.-; a city filled with enterprising hn:-iin('ss tHeH, who think th('l"(' is nothing too good for ::Vfuskegou; ilnd if there is a manu-facturing concern any\vbcre that is looking for a better location, their town is the place to locale. Today 11uskegon has a number of very large m;\1wfacturing institutions. and they are all flourishing and prosperous. Among these m:I.Y' he mentioned: The Alaska Rdrigerator company, which came here [rom ;\·Tichigan City, Jnd. Cnder the skillful management (li' J 1-1. Ford it has g-rOWIl to he one of the larg'est refrigerator manufacturing' concerns in the world. To empty their gTe;lt warehouses vV(juld require a train nf freight c,lrs more than a mile long, and they arc fl1led :ltH.! empted l'\'cr)' yeaL The IVlliskegon Valley FlIrllitllre company has long- been famous for the beauty and excellence of its ware;; con,~isting of odd dressers, chiffonier;;, wardrobes, ladies toilets, dressing tables, etc., in the finest figured quartered oak and inlaid ma-hogany. This company, h<l\'ing tired flL "paying tributl' Muskegon Valley Fumiture Co. .-- MUSKEGON. MICH. ------ Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods unto Cae:'iar," in the shape of rent for space in Grand Rapids rwnitl1re exhibitiol1 buildings, \vere anlOllg' the ijrst to gO into the ('nterprise of putting- \1P a huilding for themselves, ;ll()ng with other enterprising manufacturers, frOlll Greenville Sntrgis, and otber cities, and the result is the llew manu-facturing" huilding on Ionia street, Grand Rapids, which 11a,,; ;dread:y reachecl the sixth story, and will have 011e or two morc. Tt will he completed in June ready for the July exhibits. The :\Iuskegon Valley Furnitl1re cOlllpany always at the top of the heap, \vill locate on the top oor, and have a show room alld a display of goods that will be the envy of many others who boast (d their sl1periority in all things pertaining to rurnitnrc. 'rile Sargelll manufacturing" company manufactuTe all ex-cellent line of bacheloT's cabinets, ladies desks, extra larg-e chiffoniC'r". r,dling chairs, etc. They arc enjoying a fine tra(\t'. The industrious salesman has hut little time in vI:hieh to pound hi:-; ri\'al with a hammer. The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON. MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers ------ AIIlO Manufacturers and Exporlers of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for house and street use. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM Vat Uer Matter Is? FIans Hammerschmidt had a grievance against a iurniture merchant in his town~August Hunsberger, and proc.eeded to expres." himself after this manner: "I dold yau vat del" matter is. :'I.'1r. HUlls berger. Trec weeks ago .l l>oughtan e1eg;l11t mahogany dresser, chiffoJlier and gomnlOde to go 1llit del' brass bed. uod paid you h'('c hundred and fedty dol-lars for him already. You dold me everytillg" aboud dat fur-niture was der very best dot lJlOJlC}" could puy. Now.l gOll1e in to tell you dOlt t\vo oi uer drawer pulls Oil del' dresser, olle ORRUGATIONS ou del' cbiffol1iei' ;Lud (lile tIll the g0I1111HH..h!eai aL-eady got lnuse and COl1leoff arld spuiled der drawer fronts h~rscratch-illg. dem so hadly dot dey looks like del" duyvcl h'Hl been nc-cllpying dot hcclruoll1 illste8.d uf me unci my vife. Nnw. V,lt you going to do apullt it, already? You either lied to me or you daml kno-w your pceSHess, by jimminy! Did you n,ever hear of (kr ]"O\"'Cf patent drawer pull h5tener madc by clcr Grand Rapids Brass gompany? Der dam.age to dotfurnittuc is at least sdenty-five dollars. and if you had sold me furn\.- tUfC mit dem Tower fasteners on der polls dey would neter haf come off, und I would haf no gomblaint to make. Gus-taf Kllol1enberg, "...ho keeps der furniture store up der street. told me aboud dis, and showed me der leetle fastener's, and how dey are put all and hold de pulls so dightly dot noddings but a nre ()r an earthquake can loosen 01' make dem gomc off- And Gust(lf totd me dey co::,t him noddings at all, and so yon must bay 111esdenty-:five. doltars, or Twill neier 1my anoda dollar's vorth of goods from you agalu, but will gif rtll my drade to ~fr. Knol1enberg." The eut shown here'''''ith illustrates the Tower patent iast-eller, the absence of which on J\Jr. fJanunerschmidt's furniture c8.used ;ill the trouble and cost August HUllserger $ 75. The hil1dsight of "ome furniture dealers is rather expensive, but it's a good <:d1..\c\tor. A Visit to Klingman's New Store. lit the Ill'W Klingmall retail store one finds a very pleas~ ing' arrangement of fUTl1ittlfe. The various styles of furni-ture ;lre shown in their proper setting. The l\,'fissiotl furni-ture is displayed, for illstaltCe. in a room with red burlap 011 the w~tl1s. plate rails, with steins and other appropriate pieces of c]lill<Land proper pictures, thus showing the intend· ing purchaser the fUl"lliture as it really looks in a 110llie ;\t- 11losphere. Z\Iany other rooms are furnished with pieces of differcl1.t pcriods, each kind in a ruom by itself. 011 ;111 UPIH:r!lO()t· there is :t series of room::, il1u:;trating fine pa:'lor hrnitllre. The DuBarry r(lOll"t with its I"ose tapes-try w;:dl eoyering and gold furniture is very attractive. Din-ing rool11s ill old Ellglish and 1\fissiotl style are also hand-some. The bedroom furnished in Circassiall walnut is soothing in tOlle. A display of fwe upholstered goods was very in-viting, the softness of the upholstering of a beautiful dan,:!,· port w-ith its brocaded satin and velvet design was v.::r)' V'/t>1- come to a tired sight~{'.er. A hedroom furnished in tuna mahogany W;lS seen but not admlred as much a:; th.~ ()t\H~rs The leather goods was very fittingly placed in a room with restful green walls. The store is certainly kept 39 tip III a p1c,lSillg way, ;Llld appearances count for much in the :;<\\C o[ guods. Trade Notes. Joseph Kolmus, a cabinet maker of Utica, N. Y, died re-cently. The rea cock Couell company of Lexington, N. c., has been org,mized to manufacture couches. The Mississipi Seatillg company, Jackson, Miss., has been organized to manufacture desks and chairs. The Rodkev Table & Furniture company will manufacture ttlrniture in Pittsburg. Capital involved in $40,000. The Root Furniture company of Shelbyville, Ind., is or-ganized with a capital stock of $15,000 to manufacture furni-ture. Tbe William A. Berkey Furniture company of Grand Rap-ids have extended their corporate existence t ..,ienty years. Capital stock is $85,000. \\rilliaIll Alward, nigllt walchman at the St. Johns Tab)e company, St. Johns, Mich, fell down the elevator shaft and was injllred internally. Recovery is lhought to be certain. II ellr)' P. \Vetmore, for a long time (oreman of the Smith, DolY and C0111pallY'sfactory in Detroit, died a io... weeks ago of heart disease. He original1y came from Os-wego, N. Y., and was employed ill the Jirst furniture [;.lctill"Y· in Detroit. . The Purniture 11allufacturers' Association of Evansville has elected new officers as follows: President, John Jour-dan; vice president, Gus Stoltz; secretary and treasurer, J..l. VV. Breger; directors, A. F. Karges, F. A. Riehl, Harry Schu and \tV. A. Koch. It was stated at the meeting that the Evansville export furniture trade for J;lI1uary this year shows Manufactured by lhe Century Furniture Co .• Grand RaPIds. Mich, a gain of 14 per cent over the same month last year. All the factories have orders eu{mgh to run them six months to a year. The uprooting of jealousies among competitors; the recog-nition of the fact that marc profit would result from seiling goods at a fair margin than by engaging in a senseless wa:'fare in prices; friendly co-operation under which business can be trans,)eted npon a healthy basis, should be the aim of the re-tail associations rather than in engaging in fruitless efforts to des.troy the catalogue houses. _. - -_. _.- -------------------------- 40 ·:f~MIF ..HIG7fN 7IR- T I.s'.7I.N \Clt<I!P:t. e sr- ~ SAMPLE OF GOOD ADVERTISING. L Sofa Bed KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LINE THAT SELLS AND SATISFIES. The following new catalogues are now ready: No. 17-B WARDROBE COUCHES No. 17.0 DAVENPORT SOFAS No. 17_L LEATHER WORK No. 17_M MISSION and ARTS & CRAFTS No. 17-8 "SIMPLICITY" DAVENPORT SOFA BEDS Review your files and if you lack any of the above. ad-vise us and we will supply the deficiency. Our goods glVe the dealer highest profit and prove a lasting advertisement. Jamestown Lounge Company, JAMESTOWN. NEW YORK Miuiotl Davenport -.. 41 Goods Bearing, This Trade Mark are Profit Getters for You. SUITES. SIDEBOARDS. BUffETS. BOOKCASES. "All RACKS. Blue Prints for'"the asking, Manistee, Mic:1. The ::\hnistee Matlllf,lCltlring company·s catalug1.lc for 1906 is ollt, .11H] shows mally new patterns in sideboards, buffets, chiffoniers, dressers ,princess dressers and eot1l-llHldcs. .:\!;-\l1'lge;· Chas. Elmendorf sai(l "our sales in Chicago in )al1l1:tr}' were douhle those of ally previous <:xhibit at any espo."itiol1, and Fcrlmray (J:"de:·s have exceeded those of any February ill the history of (mr company. Vie have engaged the services of a lWW s<.\.leSm;111 in ChicagD. T-inlothy O'Donnell. <l youllg ellcrgetic s,desman, who is doing finely, lnaking 10t:-; (If hicnds ,l11d :-;cllding In mally orders. Not- ,,'ithst<lllcling Grand R<lpids is kllO\\'ll the world o\'e;- as the Furniture City, we 1wve a jim' trade \vith the retail stores the,,, who frequcntly hlty in car lOb. They know how to app;'eciate good l'dichig,lll .\lade furniture.'· Built for the Grand Duke Alexis. .\1r. Htl11J1 (Ii Atlanta was ill a reminiscent mood recently, ;1I1(1 the visit of the Gr:llld Duke Alexis of Russla was re-called. "Tt Wib more than thirty years ago when my father, (11C11 the 1H:ad of the ILfm of Hnnll, Spencer & Smith, engaged in the Jlllsill;:SS of malluf:!ctllrirlg furniture in Rochester, N. Y. r('cei\"t~d;w order to build a clJilmber suite, to be used by the dnke dnril1g: his stay at Cine of tlw hotels at Nia!!::l','a Falls. Tilt, linn 1llimIJtactu;·"d only higb g'-ade work, and occupied t1,I: lactor}' reC\~nt\y sold by Copeland & Durgin to Lal1gs1ow, I'(iwler & Cn. Dnrgin was in the employ Of the firm as a fnreIll;lIl. The WO'-klllCll were mostly Germans-men highly skilled in the t'·adc. A snile was designed that r.epresented a ('olllhil1:ltl()]1 of Ii Ill' cahinet work. ornamented with carv-in~"" tapi.':-:.tries ,mil panels covered witll blue silk. in hox plaits. One of these p<lue!s, the lal'gest of three placed in the he,lcl and in(lt rcspectively, we~e ornamented as stated, affording relief to the clark wal11l1l wood used in the construc-tion. The t-irm rect;ived $1.500.80 fnr the suite." THE LEXINGTON 1\;1"0 ,iga~ Blvd. &: 22d 51 CHICAGO, ILL. RetuTnisllf.ld and le-fiu~ ·d :IJrollg!w":. :"f\\- :\1 ~lln.v:ell\ ,,;1 t Th' fllnlillJr" dCXt:"TS'llCS,-i-i. 1.01"l\tr~. :lli)sl con \'el\iel\;I~' sit><8ied t () 1 h <' ill ,II: \lr~ ,\i~J'la\' hO'Jses. Inler-State Hotel Go, E. i-'::. ~_:nle\ Pres.: T :vt. Lliler. V. Pres.: L. I£. h,-ey, Sel"' rre:'\~. Chicago Lct'.er. TI1(' dlic;lg(' lll:' keto ill P~'nc(-rl1l :l11lC r); mind ;11 thi~ writing tlH~ F,,!lr\1<l'-" .:;t'!nl l·:\\ill.l~· sucn'<..'d,,('l 1:,1<..' ,,",r~'HI' Utt" J"1l\1;L":Y 1'\\ lliln:-l' ~C"~"l1 I."r,"al 111:lllttr:I\'tul'r,; - "~I' \.vit.hOl\L l':\cejJti()n 1H-,':'y (nl lh", 1,,1 U l \ 'I ill " dUll il 111 1"- prcssiOll~ j'card all :\1e ;qJlilni:~lil' :,\)"tll thl' "ttt!'Hlf,; {"t" 19C{), The deaih of JO,"Cp)1 Phil1ipc;I"J. prl.'pn~'ii'l· ld :\\"J w~ll known Chicag(: ,dep,,· tH1Cm ~1'iH'~, :~t lllTlitll lla]';;tcd ~l n:t~ and Jeffv;'<.on :-,-t1"('et ;llHl 11',;:)[t11 Vi' 'U·. ,."c((pied at ] 1';1, SJlril1g~, .\: k" Ull lilt: 2hll ill~r Tlw (hTl;I'-'erl h,ld hL'L'11 suffe;'n from diabite:,> fl,r ",'tlwtI1l1C .\1 Ph:,lLpi,l1 \...:' 11ighly rl.\"lH'c/l'd awl kid bri'l1 ;Il h\1~inL'''''- tllt' jla_~t \\\'e11.>, year;;. II ... wa~ !'onh:r-lh c',' yc;lr~ ul 'lg'..: ;end l~;I\T~ widuI\ alld (Olll' c:hildn:'ll Tlrv FUllL" :t! t ~kL"~ I'I,'/ce rht,',~o:I:IY from the hume 4327 (j ;;11d Ulll1lcI·<Lrd. I'l\ The I'::nl \let~ll H('d ,>:,nlp<t11y OJ;, l'alD, !~l.;Ir,' ll()\\ 111 tlh' h;:wd,,-, "j' ,<eCC1\'er.;I, petlliull 111 ]);lllkrnpICI 11:1\'il1;'>:"1;('(':\ iiled ill ll1(' L'nitcd Statc:-; CUll'! 1U Sprillglle\d. Il', hy "i-'IlL' of the cn'ditOLs, '1'li<.' :1:;S('l~ (Ii tJkqid CPlI1lP;ilJy :lr\' rl'}><!n-cd al $12,COO an(l it"; !iabiliti..:s ;Il $2\)"C(L:, r II Urdl'; t" <"::01 this cnmp,llly to mil,';: iu phnl ("':In Plano (,' l'a11:l. r111111- her ",f citizC'J1S in the latt\", l'lty ~\.1b"l'hihc(l t,: t!l(' :clli,:,1 stock, not knov"i11g anytbing alvl\1( the C(\llqnIlY'" li;\hiht\ ..,~ IV. I. 1:e1lar, secrt;Hy of tll(' (',)1]'p:ll1y \\"<1"- ill Cllicl.'02·' lhi~ week, and staled th~ll \\-. J, Farl-,rbl' 11l(l\'ll1p: ~l)l·lt ,h, defullct company is no,\" nllt nt lbl' cUlIlpany. :(lld t1J;' ,17(· husincs,; will be continucd alld tbe name changed to the Pan:) },\cta\ Bed C()1l1P;IIlY He ,,;\y tile nc\\' ceoI1lp:l 11.1 \\'il; p.1y tllC c\;lilll," ill illil. R. A, Ford, genera! ,,:l!c:, nHllagc' all'! ptl -ch;LSing- :I~l'l' of tIll'. Ford & ]o]rll:-ion COJll[,:Ull}' iICC<dllp;JJlied hy .\Jrs, Fr)ni has becn stopping in Fl ra~(), "1'",;1", and \'lunlty ",uu January 1. <111(\ is, expcctl:d til rcturn t" Chi,'ag" ;<I)"11t \') iI The Fo,"d & Johnsoll CI)llljl;,lly arc l1l:tkiug lwtabL iw pl"o\-"cmellt.-; at \lichigal1 City, hy the ;)(lditiCln I\i ;ltl"Ull'r story to lactory C, the st nl~tnrc ~tt prcsellt being n,"'l s[llrie,~ ;lIH! in size sixty-tin' by three hundl"t'c! seycll(yll\",' -reet Thl' plant i'1r111crly belong-cd tu the \VeslL'l'n CauL' S('ating com p;.I11y, ;\11<[ i" 111)\\" de\"oted t,) the l"I:'1111);\,:tufe "f the I,h-e rHsh, lll:l!<lCCa, and mi,,,,,j"l1 \U niL1 l·. al~lo El;ll;:illl.( diuini.: room blbles, buffeh ,llHl china Cdlilll'\s ill ~{)'Iid mahogany L ,~l·lld':11'.!.' ,,\;l t1:cil' llC\\'·']xt;: :) ,gL' Ci!:,I'<Oil' ii' l~hv t ',tell' The .."L'l1tr;ll ii'll' ha~ added lll:lny 11C\\" p,llterll"- tn th,er ,Iqnrt- IH<.'11T ,'1 "jll t(OP rlc,~ks cS]leeialiy 1',1 {lle 1')1\' nJlk The c' 01111',II;, ll;l" llC\\' line 1:1 l::-'j.H'W" 'tl'l" c:ahi11l:> ,~1l(! ~L:',lld,~ \\ilil:h \\,\\1 illtn('<.t tll..: lr;"l\e. ,~illll)licit'y and ~l ','n:..;t11 ~''''1Ilin6 [1;' --ked fCiltUtC." "i these g'"1(]'-' Thcy al"e l~ladc ill phil ;,IH1 ',lIan,'rc'd ,qk "nl! hirch alltl l11al](1<;l:lY Tl:e depanmeJlt (of "r'til~": dlai -,:; i:-,- ;1]<.0 big ,UI(/ tlll' lilh' rjl iice /;Ihlcs i,,-, I;,rgc Ii':,'] ("'t·;· \ new "tille of t'.'ach~'--s deck~ in ',k i" :-;til', ;11t- .II't'1' eatn1"\'. Pi\"e thOl1S;llHl c: P~l'" Ill' [fit' c t:l!c-g-,,~' wil! !>(' '('I,t lJlll: hy tlJl" (:'01l1P;U1.y I l;lll!'l' 1:\ r,,:-'-, , ,lrl' now "l'IHlill,Q' l\tH tll\,',r lk\I' cat:d(lR\H~ to tI',l t1'adl'. The cl!;lm1Jcr :-;uite Lilt" i~ ;:~I;,rgc :1:-; CCllHllli\t1d r'tw,I line (If desks in ([u:I"tcl"l'd I>,\K ha~ be('11 ('nl,:,:-g:cd, llan'I,,' Hr')~ .. ;1:(' 1ll,lilillg S;n~l11il'''- tl) the l":!ck of illitatilJ/J ";l;I,-tl"'" <l,\'ecl '1;1];:" printed (11"]J;ll;l'~- ,',~ it is used on cert"in Pll''''L'~ <,' tl1l'ij- I,ine \11 (Ii tilL' Il,lll];:C ;.;':')(1." a;-c 1l1,'Jk ll\ ~,,!id q],; I',-,,(,d, the bene!" g';:r!t' heing of solid gennine 'l:~' cl' -:';I·...·..:cl ll;]];:. while The pl;\in, (l,lk pi('l:es a1"(' printed ::Ild lil"i"!red \\';tI1 their select i11l':u:tiull (waner ~a\\'ed oid( l\:'illterl {[i,-,'l'tly (ill tlle \\"(jud, S;'Yi111lt'~ (lll;s!r..:cl nil the \I'"c,d \\'ill ;~l~" 11": ~"'llt upon application 'j ']e I]l'\\ ctral"gllc of tl1C F,,'(] S-.:. JuhnS(lll COlnp;ll1Y will Ill' ':e t ",,,111 and \,.-ill be tlle "alll..: ill f~\rm a11(:] cove,"" as their ;l!\LS ~n'l)lJk1t1l'l1t The wlj'l!c I:',I-'! & JolllJ,~()lJ CiJllllXlllY line \·,il': Ill' ,,-ho;\\'11 C()11lplctc ;11](1 l'In1J:'(jCL' "brJlll t,\'O hlllld:'ed lU'-'.'L'~. T'"c;l"l1rer \Y I,'. J<'1111:-'-(011 s;ly"- th ... J;\lll1ary :-,ca':;(H1'S ]lll."iJh''';~ i", ;J!tc;cd Ilf :\ }'l';lr ag,) :lEd he\icI'cs tbe voll1]l1e {il \l\1~illl>" lhi" yca-- \\":Ll1 he exceplilmaliy ~t:()llg f! \. _-\linL:ll1 ()f Alimal] & SchncideL CloJlH)lissi(Jn 11lU"- ,-1l;lllt, "p,'nt till' ]lr,~t:l1l month ;,11Ohio, [lldi;\ll<l al1dKent'.1cky. \\,- \"t~111<11l ~ay~' .. ] 11:1\"1.I.'ud ;1 vcr}- slati~iactory t;-ade 1>t1l 11 ll:1,~ be,'11 CIIIlI~l1ed tel the l<lrg<'r cities. 'r1';ltle {,11 cas( ,~'''lU~ lr<l'-" hCCll !i.g'ht (lll aCCillllll of the a!l\';ITlCl':'-' nude, ;HH! ,II ;-ilt' c'm:t1icl' citic;.;" f i!jl1l1d tlJe (\":11e1':-; had ~t()ckcd up on ..-:l"-l' L(""lds hefore tll(' ;'ai"-c. SCC-(.l<I1'y (:-red Sike::; on t]I\' Sike,; Chair" C(\ll1p;tliY . durl1cd ll1,' 2Uth i1ht. hum a (\\'., \l'eek tnp ill the e;l:-;\' \h Sikes "ll('lIL "-",11dil\),,: at tll..: l'(llll11any'" [;ICtOry and ,!i;-;, , \'isill,'c! a FOll NDEn HIS8 Reduce Your Stock at a good profit Or sell en-tire stock at cost. "THE NEW.IDEA MEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO WRITE FOR TERMS. :1L:l1lhn of die iarger cities, "\\'e h;lve bccll ch;\llgll1g tlling-s :11 "!11)(] ;;r ,:lll p1:11lt SI, tll,a ol.1r capaCity will bc incr<.'aseU clll1sider:,hly" said he. "The t"ad~ outlook intht~ e<ht is ..:,;:cdlcl1t. L,"cT"yb,'xly is <lllticip:,:tiJlg ;, hig spring husincs;-; , ['-, T, Plimpton leaves ~ILardl ht for :J.' trip to Oril,aha. _\lillueap()lis. St. Lonis and othcr c.itics. T1H.' Casb Rn,yers t:'lliun First :\ati',nal SociClj-", one of the lwst \()),,\\"11 Chicago COI1CCnb in lhec()\1ntry i,:; ill the hanr.\;.; ,,[ ;l 1·,·..:o.;ll"C:" lhe Unitcd States Ci!llT"t. l!'l\'ing" ;IJlPointed Ld\\'ill l);lY tu t!l,lt positiol1 :'<Ir 1);iS, "tale;; thal ~250,OCO '"epi"t'Sl:lll" the ;\SSe[S in 111e,"chnlldi'::L' :tnd that therc 1."- an l";ltal al1Hll1nt in liabilities, T11(' Ca"h Buyers' t~lliun is the largest e,,-opcr,lti\"c COH-eeI'll 111 .\nlcrica. 11 \vas organized lhree years ago in the 'il1<->, it W;l" ,,;aid, of the ~Tanchcste1- Co-operative society of EIlg'I:l11d Shares were s(lld at :510 each to farmers and others t\J1"i!11~:\1"I\t lh..: u,untr)'. [t is said $1.027,000 or st.wk wa,., ,::(j'1 ,! Charles A. Fisher & company are sending out six thousand return poo;tal carels to the fll'11itllre trade, the cards showing several of the \vel1 known cuts of the COmpil1l)'. Julius Kahil, the bead of the concern gave up ;; position as departnH:llt m;l11a.c;er f,)r Sears. H.oehllck & Co" to o;'g'an-ize the Cash nt1y('r:~' Union lie took the old ulliull, i)rgan-ized in IS::.;5.and got ;\ :\ew Je"scy charter for his company of $5,000,:1CO. lie divided the ."tock eqnally in preferred and COOlmon swck, selling the prdencd to shareholders Kahn controlled the company lie p;'ovided that the common stock, which he resen'cd as paymcnt fnl' his services in promoting tl1l' COllce:"ll. ilave equal voting powers A ]apanCiIe Interior with the preferred, :\ small sh:neholdcr, Cbades Smith, is secretar:y of the C0ll1P;\I1y The 'llll::;,-other director lives in Orange, :\. J. l1is residence in \;ew Jeney being a necessary charten pru\"isiull The Sanitary Steel Folding Bcd company. 12 sOllth Jefferson street. Chicago, is removing its plant to Elklnrt, Ind., nnd wiil occupy tbe big plant fornlerly operated by the Elkhart Raihv'lyFrog' company. The company will he ell-tirely recognized and he;"eafter \'v·ill be known as The Sanitary Specialty J\Hg-., eOmp'I1lY. The officers of the tlel,.Vcompan:y will be as fnllnws: president, ClJarles Sidway; vice president and sales manager, L. X. Bachand; gC!l('ral m;llJaget·, L E. Grotenl1 n:"s Tile l1el~' COTupall)' ..v.ill commence operations about "[\1:l1'el, 15- and will be in full s\ving about April 15. A force of OIlC hundred twenty zl'e men v,rill be en1.ployed. Xew machil1cry will be instailed. TlJ(' Sanitary Steel Folding Bed company bas been located in Chicago the past f-ive years, and \'ice president l1achand, who v,'-as the head of that company says the moye to Elkhart is the reSlilt of strikes with which Chicago i.~ so frequently afHicted. The iittle cla,~silie<1 direeto:-y of the Chicago furniture n1.arkct heretofore k1lown as "3,Ianahan's Director)"" is now issued under the name "Red Line Directory.'" lIolinger Seymore botlght the bouk of C. F. ~I'[anahan bd,,)t'e the Jaltuary seaSll1l and will continue it on more aggressive lines. The Director}' has been puhlishe(l and distributed at thc Chicag-n e"hibits [0:' nineteen years and furniture buyers have come tn rd('r to it as a lived habit. The booklet is thoroughly indexed and classified so that the list of Chicago manufacture,s of any particular furniture article can be "spotted" almo."t instantly. The Red Line Directory is puh-lished at 303 Security lmilding- city. Lyman L:nhrop of the Lathrop company is making a short trip through the cast. Ed. Dwyer of STcAnsh Dwyer company, accompanied by "Hank" Johll~on, will spcnd a week at ~It. Clemens early tn 1\'1arch. 1\[r. Dwyer at thi.'" w"itillR is havi11g :l touch of rheumatism aud \\"ill have it built out at !lIichigan's famous ,\'~tc.''' ·,"esort. The New Somersault Davenport, The Fnion \Vin: IVlattress company 184 ~'lichigan Ave" Chicag'o, with it:-' usual enterprise. is Ollt with anot'her novelty, This time it is it davenport bed, of a high order o.f merit. Il' is equipl1ed '''lth tel11pore(l spiral spi'ings, throughout, with "spring edge" all aroun(1 and is complete with extra quality luxurious eusbions. The cOllstructlon in hygeuics throughout, \vith cushions arranged so tlnt they can be easily removed. \\"ithout being moved from the wall, it can be quickly transformed [rom the d8yenport into as perfect a bed as one could desire. The advance sale of this excellent article is very large and there is every indication that the sale for 1906 will be ,a record breaker. Full de:-:crij1tioll and prices ,vill be mailed promptly on application. The new c<ttal,)gue is in the printer's 118nds and will be mailed about April ht. It ,,,,ill s110w a large number of new pattern 111 artistic ir011 beds :ll1d children's beds with a Hlltrlbet" of Hew articles ill the line of springs. Good Stuff. ffi The l'\ational Furniture company of Atlanta, Ga., has steadily incresascd its otltpl1t of chamber suites, sideboards, hall racks, parlor desks, and ki.lHlred goods in 111ahogany, and JJg"lll"edo8k, and lInds a ready sale for the same in the sonthern states. The styles are attractive and the work sub-stamially constructed and well linished. Over 200 hands are employed. Rich Japanese Furnishings, The homes ot Japan are noted for their lack of fUfnish- 1l1g' /\dvoc8tes of tbe simple inexpensive plan of furnish-ings \\"uuld bc gratiiJed Ivith the appearance of rOOtrls like those of a \-,"calthy lad)" of Japan illustrated below. All AmcriC;ln manufacturer with a lllOdern p'lant would probably be ahle to :=.upply all the furniture needed in Japan. Commodes with toilets a:'e greatly" preferred by the peo-ple of the southern states. "Fully ninety pef cent of OUf sales of chamber suites contain commodes with good-sized mirrors. mostly of the landscape pattern." remarked the man-ager of a large furnitme factory Hear Atlanta. "'The suites cost the huyer C(msiderably more than suites without toilets, we 1Ia\"e no re;J.son for objecting- to the preferences of those \,",,110 eventually hu}' the good,;: for lIse." j , 44 Koenig &. Gamer furniture Co. MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA, COMBINA nON, UPRIGHT and M~NTEL folding Beds Odd Oressers. Princess Dressers, Napoleon Beds in Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 MiGhigan I\ve. Office and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago. III. Factory No. 22 10 48 Pratt Street Catalogue rUl<{)' Aiarrh NT. &nJ for ir alJd melilioll the Anisall. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS American G;)-Cart C~ 6 Alaska Refrigerator Co .38 Atlas Furniture Co. .29 Barnes Co., W. F. & J.. . . .21 Bennett, Chas., Furniture Co. .10 Berry Bros. 34 Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co .36 Bockstege Furniture Co... .24 Burt Brothers ... 35 Bosse Furniture Co. .25 Cadillac Cabinet Co. . . .. Cover Century Furniture Co., Gd. Rpds .. 29 Century Furn, Co., Jamestown. Insert '-~hallenge Refrigerator Co... 8 Choate-Hollister Furniture Co. 8 Chicago Wood Finishing Co.. 3 Evansville Furniture Co.. 25 Evansville Metal Bed Co. . .. 24 Fisher & Co., C. A. . .32 Ford & Johnson Co. 2 Friscc System. ' ._ 31 Globe Furniture Co. , 24 Orand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 5 G. R. & I. Railway.. . , 20 Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co.. 30 Grand Trunk Railway. .20 Hoffman Brothers Co. 12 Horn Bros. Mfg. Co. ,28 30 ..31 4 . .. 41 .43 .24 . .. 20 Ca. , .. 30 28 . .... 36 1 .13 . 21 . 25 .. 44 37 20 6 Hot Blas~ Feather Co. Illinois Central Invalid Appliance Co.. rater-State Hotel Co. Jamestown Lounge Co. Karges Furniture Co. Kauffman Mfg. Co.. Koenig & Gamer Furniture Lentz Table Co Luce Furniture Co. McDougall & Son. G, P.. Madden, Son & Co. Michigan Barrel Co. Miller Co. Miscellaneous Moon Desk Co. Morton House Murphy Chair Co .. Muskegon Valley Furn. Co. National Furniture Co. Netschert Co., Frank Nelson·Matter Co, Norquist & Co.. A. C. Northern Furniture Co. 9 Overland Freight Transfer Co .... 17 Palmer Mfg. Co. 6 Peabody School Furniture Co.. . .31 Pere Marquette Railway .20 38 .43 .31 .. Cover In3ert Pioneer Mfg., Co.. 6 Posselius Bros. Furniture Mfg. Co. 5 Ranney Refrigerator Co Insert Richmond Chlir Co.. . 17 Robbins Table Co 4 Rockford Chair & Furniture Co ... 21 Rockford Frame & Fixture Co. 2 Rockford Union Furniture Co. 5 Royal Chair Co Cover Sargent Mfg. Co.. .38 Sheboygan Chair Co. .16 Schultz & Hirsch Co.. 5 S-helbyville Desk Co .28 Sligh Furniture Co.. ..35 Smith Chair Co. . 25 Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. . 17 Schmidt & Co., Henry.. 7 Southern Railwa.y Co. . .. 12 Spratt & Co., Geo. . ..... 29 Stow & Davis Furn. Co. . .31 The New Idea Men. . ,41 Union Emb:::lssing Machine Co ,31 Union Furniture Cc. . .. 15 Union Wire MJ.ttre;;s Co. ., 16 Valley City Desk Co. . 12 White Ptg. Co. . 16 Woodard FurnLu~·e Co. 4 Yeager Furniture Co. .12 MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS Good Commission. On side line of (llnliture specialtes. Big sellers fot' holiday trade. Address ('[;'Iir ::\-111nson. Clinton. Iowa. 9-25 if. \\_\:'\TEU:_._\ :-",1. 1 FurllilurE' Man t.o rHK' \"Ilar,'-:" (It fUI'ni\tll·,· ,],.'pal'lllwnt in 1arl<", 0.'1, l,nrllr,'nl Bon·, 1~ ll'i.Io-~ fl")l1l \'lli(-a"',1 )'I"'H Iw ,1Ill,· I." siwak C"l'ln'll, "",,1 " Ih', ~',ilp;;n"," .,\rldrf's!'. I,;(l\\-C\l'd I' ]\-rllH~n). Hamm'lnd. Ind. ~-~,-)-lr When You Think About Publishing a New Catalogue Think of Us. WE MAKE THE BEST ENGRAVINGS. WE DO THE BEST PRINTING. WE BIND SUBSTANTIALLY. WHITE PRINTING COMPANY. 2 to 20 Lyon Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. f,,'------ • THIS PUSH BUTTON DISTINGUISHES THE Royal Morri
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