Weekly Artisan; 1910-12-10

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS, MICH .• DECEMBER 10. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ___ J .,,.--_.. • ••• ---. __ ••••••••••• a.a ••• _ •••••••••• _. __ •• a.a ••• _ ••• ~ Write it down That we will show a long line of Turkish Rockers, Morris Chairs, Floor Rockers and Mission Patterns on the 4th floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, III.,and on the 2nd floor, Furniture Exchange, Grand Rapids, Mich. Then, when you arrive, come in. We will do the rest-if quality, design, and low price appeal to you. Our 1911 Catalogue is ready. If you didn't re-ceive a copy, a postal will do it. TRAVERSE CITY CHAIR COMP ANY Traverse City, Michigan '----_._- ----- -----_. __ a .. __ • _ It - --..l WEEKLY ARTISAN I I I SENSATIONAL NEW OFFERINGS I I BIG PROFIT IN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY I I MEDIUM PRICES I .... _. . ., If you want to make money in the furniture business, buy quality, brain labor-durable fin-ish, artistic designs, prompt (expert) shipments. Cheap imitations at a few cents lower price never pay BECAUSE THEY DON'T SELL. The North-ern motto-- "WE SELL ONLY QUICK SELLERS" means expert workmanship, no more cost to you, and two or three dollars more from your cus-tomer, with a quick sale. OUR NEW DESIGNER during the past year, has almost entirely made over our line, and we shall show at the winter exhibitions at Grand Rapids, New York and Chicago, SOME STRIKING NOVELTIES tha t every furni ture buyer will want to see. Half our new catalogue to be issued in January, will show new designs. These new offerings will only emphasize and develop to a sensational point the fresh and popular styles shown last summer-such as our white enamel bed with cane head and foot boards, our beautiful colonial bed in imitation mahogany on gum, to which the retail trade has taken very readily. Our forthcoming designs are SIMPLE, CLASSIC, ATTRACTIVELY NEW; we shall show finishes never before offered in medium grades of furniture-in short, we shall give you BRAINS FOR YOUR MONEY, and make the NORTHERN the LEADING BEDROOM FURNITURE HOUSE as for years it has been head and shoulders above all competitors on dining room suites. SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. • 1 I• - -~-----------------, 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN I LUCEFU~~!1~~[~OMPANYI ,I ,,, II ,,, II II IIIIIIII I II I III , I II Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I and CHAMBER FURNITURE. I Catalogues to Dealers Only. II ... . ... ... . . ... .. . . .... . ... . ... - ---- .. .. .. ~ Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bmf J Eye Maple Btrch ff2...uarteredOak ana CtrcaJJtan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 31st Year-No. 24 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., DECEMBER 10, 1910 Issued Weekly PERIODS OF ACTIVITY FOLLOWED BY RELAX Morals and Tastes and General Character of Nations Reflected in the Designs. Styles. Ornamentation. Construction and Finish of Furniture. By Arthur Kirkpatrick Styles in fUlmtnre are plortnced 01 formed m periods of activ1ty and penods of 1 elax; penods of advancement and peli-ods of renaissance-a tUlle when new tl1lng" are formed and a time when old things are cop1ed. In "vVhat is Beautiful m Furlllture and Why," I have tl eated of the penods of actlvity, and I now will endeavor to dep1ct the character, style and de-velopment of the relax penods-the pre\ a1lmg 1deals and phi-losophy that proceeded LoUls XVI. Truth seems to be of a prog1 essive character. A hero in the feast days of the Roman::, n1lght be con'lidered a dl nnken the hcentlous 1deal, that the complete works of Byron and 13Ulns a1e not nov\ obtamable, many of their poems being con- 'lldel ed too vnhia1 01 1mm01al for pubhcatlOll. , ,Ve quote these lmes from Ohver Goldsm1th's poem, "The T1aveler," COnCe1l1111g the p1evalent character m Italy of this period' "Small the bhss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bhss is all the nation knows." This does not mean that the style was not beautiful. It simpl} means that Louis XV 1e1gned in the hcentious age, and glutton today, or a hero III the age of cl1lvalry, a murderer. Thus, w1th the de\ elopment of the human cha1acter, that which 1S nght, beautlful and tl ue must change in accOldance w1th the mental att1tude of the age. The1 e 1S no standa1 d of beauty III des1gn other than the reflectlOn of human character, and when the reflectlOn of that characte1 forms a pellod st} Ie, that style should be most ap-propnate and sUltable for the people of the time it was de- I signed Therefore, the LOU1SXV style and ph1losophy, w1th I all 1tS gilt and ghtter, it gayety, CUlves and crookedness, is a pure style and may be copied and 1ecopied but ne\ er improved I upon. It was final and complete III 1tS age, for 1t represents a I cond1tlOn and development III soc1etv tl ue to its time. The most promment deS1&ne1s of th1s style and age had the1r fam- 1ly scandals, and even the poetlc gelllus, the h1ghest mental activity of the time, wele so affected by the sensual bhs" or poets, people, ph1loSLJph}, styles of furlllture and government \\ e1e m accord. The Changing of Ideals. The L0111SXVI was one of those periods that represents a 1ela'\:, a fallmg back upon the featm es of the classic; a 1ena1ssanle 01 rev1val, a tlme when the des1gners, groping m the dark, we1 e feellllg about for new lllles that would sat-lsfy the changlllg ::,oc1alcond1tlOns. For the art of every age 1'0mtlmately connected w1th the changmg character and de- \ elopment of ideals, and even in these periods of relax, the style in furmtUl e 1S the reflectlOn of the prevailmg or domi-natlllg Sp111tof the nation. It 1S httle wonder that the d1aughtsmen received with open arms suggestlOns f1om the newly unearthed art treas-ures of Herculaneum and Pompeii, and this accidental dis-eO\ e1y and uncO\ el m~ of these two citles and the growirtg WEEKLY ARTISAN Your Continued Success Depend on the QUALITYof Your Goods- It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that it counts for or against you future trade. Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant advertisemen of your rehabllity. Our tables resist wear-quality is built in, along with th style and hand IUbbed finish that make our designs so attractive. Our new catalog, showmg some of the handsomest Colonial and Flander dmers ever built, IS in press. You Will just naturally want these t0p-notchers your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES -----------------------1 COIOlSand decmated WIth gIlded carvings and metal mountsl at ddmt} bO\\ kneJt') at Ilbbon, bows and arrows, torches'l dustels ot \\al tlophles, dnd shIelds WIth wreaths of laurel lea \ e:-,and lo:-,ec, 'J he LOUIS XVI -,cloll took the form of the 0\ al m ellIpse m-,tead of the cncle as u~ed by the Greeks. Designers of the Period. The leadmg de;,lgner of thIS penod was Jean Henry Rlesener, who \\ dS bm n m Gladback, Germany, m 1735. \\ hen qUIte young he went to Pans and became an appren-tIce to the ebom'it, Jean FrancOl;, Oeben, and remamed in his employ until the master's death. Rlesener's work must have been an Important part m the busUles~ because m 1767 Oeben's \\ IdO\\ marrIed the pupIl, Rlesener It IS not known just \\ hat pIece;, \\ ere deSIgned by Oeben and what by Riesener because m many ca'ie'i we find that they both worked on the same pIece The "Grand Buredu du ROl" was begun in the workshop of Oeben m 1760 but was not fimshed until 1769, a lIttle 0\ el t\\ 0 } ears after the death of Oeben, and was c,H~ned b} Rle-,ener, \\ ho wa~ noted for hIS fine marquetry \\ UIk mlald m deep tones on mahogany. HIS first work "how~ that he followed the Ideas of Crescent and Cofferi, but he soon changed hI') mode of ornamentatIOn and constructIOn to meet the developments of a new lme of taste which de-manded a radIcal change from the rovmg, happy decoration and cun ed outlmes of the pI evlOus reIgn. He became so pro-fiCIent that hIS work was notIced and admIred by Marie An-tOInette, for whom he worked as chIef deSIgner and cabinet maker for twenty years. The Comparison. The LOUIS XVI style IS consIdered one of the most re-fined of the penod styles, but a modern style that is almost a copy of a claSSIC perIod shows an effort on the part of the people to apply an ancIent deSIgn to a new character or mode of livmg, but even thIS ImItatIOn IS characteristic of the time, for the court and socIety played at farming and the artists pamted for them playful pas tonal scenes. They were heartily ashamed of the prevaIlmg social ideal and tned to cover it by pretended admlratlOn for rural vIrtues. The furniture, whether ebony or black walnut, was pamted white with gilded carvmgs, thus CO\ellng the dark reahty WIth a brighter out- \\ard show. However thIS play at purity could not satisfy the pro-gressIve change of socIety, check the coming revolution, nor save the king his head, and so it was and so it is today. The prevailmg character or ideals of the time are portrayed in the style of furniture. dIscontent for the nevel endmg CUI\ e') of the pI ecedmg Ielgn. fOlced or mVlted a chang e. i\nother eftectn e ml1ucnce at the time \\ "" .1 ll\lI11beJ oJ lOmantlc no\ el" \\hlch e>.-tolled the SImple hte (bad" to the land) ac, the e,a)m~ IS no\\, stOrIes of anCIent breece, "hep-herd" and e,hephelde~"es, hIde dad, heated b} the ;,ummel sun and fanned by the bleeze, vvhlch the (ourt attempted to ImItate m bllihantly aIrayed, snug fittmg attne ot sIlk, "atm and lace It V\ as propel to C011\ebe upon the beautIes of nature, to admIre rustic SImplICIty and the iSlandeur of do-mestic vn tue;" and to some extent, play the pal t ThIS play at I ural hfe, whIch was so conspICUOUSm decoratIOn and pamt-mg, was but a thm veneel upon a tl1\ olou;, and \\ d"tetul hfe of luxury, an outv\ al d show of modest) upon an 111\\al d de- ;,Ire for leIsure and extravagance A glarIng pasteboard mask would be more approprIate, more fittmg the pohte deceIt that prevaIled It can ea'illy be figured then, that a style developed under e,uch a condItIOn IS lIttle ')hOlt of ImItatIOn and thele I') noth-mg that reple"enh the chalacter of the people e"cept the de- ,,1\ e to !Set away flam the cm ves and ImmOl al II ookedness at the precedmlS" reIgn. vVhen the beautIful ::\![dlle Antomette was told the people of Pans wele clym!S for hread, hel leply was to ~et them cake ThIS was not IgnOlance. It was d deep cuttmg ;,arcasm So blmd wele the Rovalty that dare Joke m the face of levolu-tlOn ~o accustomed to the gay, frIvolous JOy llde that they could not heal the complamts of the rIdden The style seems to have been a renaIssance, a reVIval m every sense of the word except m the sohd character that prompted the O1liSmal Louis XVI Furniture. In the sty Ie of LoUIS XYI we have carvmg, turl11ng PIO-portIOn and con'itructlOn of the Pompel1an Columns and pIl-aster;, WIth Roman capItals appeal ed m both archItecture and furnltUl e Rectangula1 and oval shaped panel'3 surrounded by calved mouldmlS";', coveled the SIde wall:-, and cellmgs at the rooms and the ends and front~ of casegoods The corners of these panel" fmmed an Important palt The) \\ere genel-ally of a e,eometllc patteln, centeled WIth a Jo~ette Wreaths and festoons of delIcately carved and undel cut flowers draped and adol ned the nchly finished fUImture. Chan and table legs tapered toward the feet and were either spIral or fluted The fiutmgs were often filled with a tri-Ieaf or husk pattern for some dIstance down from the top or up from the base, and sometimes from both top and base, leavmg a plain fluted spact< 111 the center. Very often both the base and cap were richly ornamented Much of the furniture was painted in delicate WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 "Many retaIler" In these days approachmg the holiday sea-on" find themselves out of stock, the result of too much con-ervatlsm m placmg orders," remarked a leadmg manufacturer r Grand RapIds "These merchants have bought but two or Lree pIeces at a tn11e and expected the manufacturers to carry 11(' goods they mIght need m stock Quite a number of these erchants have learned a lesson on the problem of obtammg oods for the commg yedr and other will do so I know of an rder for twenty four post beds that was mcreased to fifty for tock Other orders al e m larger volume than m several years A Ively season of buymg may be antICIpated m January." '!- * * The ArchItectural \Voodworkmg company of Philadelphia. who recently took ovel the old plant of the MIchIgan Barrel company on upper Canal street. dre no\\< employing about 160 men here They are stIll operat111g theIr PhIladelphIa plant A new engme and bOIlers and consIderable new machinery wIll be Irstalled 111the plant here dunng the winter, thus incredsing the capacIty so that the number of employes may be mCIeased to 275 or 300 m the "pnng The old office bmldmg IS bemg re-modeled and an addItIon 3,5 x 70 feet wIll be erected and used as a show room The company manufacturers store fixtures, m-cludmg show cases dnd clothe" cabmets When the new show room hds been completed and filled wIth samples, It may be opened '" Ith a receptIOn for the manufacturers and busmess men of the CIty * * * * The annualmeetmg of the stockholders of the Onel Cabinet company wIll be held next month, but no change in the dIrector-ate except the electIOn of a successor to the late Charles W. Black IS expected Manager R S Warren. who was :VIr Black's assIstant and is now aelI111111stratorof hIS estate. valued at $190,- 000, nearly all of w'hlch goes to a brother and two sIsters, of Cmc1l1natI. 0 , 1" expected to contmue as manager of the factory The company wIll have then usual large and attractIve lme with mdny new patterns m theIr show room" next month * * * * The large Leonard bmldmg On Commerce street. WhICh has been occupIed by the 1\Iacey compdny. for show room and stor-age purposes. WIll be vacated soon. the stock bemg removed to th new bmldmg erected as an addItIon to the :\1acey plant out on South DIvIsIOn street The Leonard bmldmg IS well located, aIranged and fitted for the dIsplay of furnIture and Charles H. Leonard announces that he would be pleased to rent it as a whole or m sectIOns for that purpose * * * * Fredenck E HIll, desIgner of the Impenal FurnIture com-pany, dunng hIS recent tour of New England, had the pleasure of inspectmg qmte a number of pnceless pIeces of antIque furni-ture and "hIpped to hIs home In Grand RapIds a very rare pedes-tal card table wIth a foldmg top, whIch had been in the posses- 'sion of members of ::VIr HIlI\ famIly upward of a hundred yedrs It I" constructed of crotch mahogany and age has en-hanced the beauty of the figure and color Mr HIll's home con tams several very chOIce specImens of antIque furniture, in-cluelIng two mag11lficent beds m mahogany. several colonIal mIr-rors. a foot warmer and other meful artIcles used by well-to-do families m the revolutIOnary penod :\Ir HIll's studIes of the r<lre and beautIful thmg, "~en rlurIng hI" tour \\111 he applIed 111 THE "IZ":Snde:t PARLOR. NEW"" ''':BEDJ I Need not be moved from the wall 1 Always ready wit h beddmg in place. So simpl., so easy, a child can operate It. --_31 ,9 Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO. Erie & SedgwIck NEW YORK. Norman & Monitor. a measure to the new line of the Impenal Fur11lture company. * * * * The Luce I"urlllture company WI\! enlarge its refreshment serVIce to buyers of fur11lture in January, hav111g acquired the 100m necessary to do so through the enlargement of their fac-tOly The space used 111show111~ the 1111eWIll be greatly in-creased and a photograph gallery has been provIded for making pnnts of the company's line on the premises * * * * M N Peck. who 1epresents the line of the Estey Furniture company, WIll also have the line of the \Valte-Fuller Cabinet C'lmpany of Portsmouth, 0, m the gdllery on the first floor of th~ Fm11lture ExhIbItIon bmldmg, in January * * * * 1'1ed Gardner, the well known furmture salesman of Chi-cae- o, represent111g the "Mayhew :\lanufactunng company of Mil-waukee. was 111Grand RapIds last vlonday and Tuesday. visiting Ceorge Calder and other fnends * * * * The Luxurv ChaIr company \\ 111IMve d large number of new pdtterns of the fdmous LUAu1y good" on dIsplay next month on the first floor of the FUr11lt111e IExchange, Grand R:lpids, and 191 \IIchlgan avenue, ChIcago * * * * The Walter Clark Veneer company has a large and fine stock of oak, poplar. bIrch and gum veneers. of various thick-nesses, m stock, and can fill orders at a moment's notice Their large warehome at the corner of South 10ma and Prescott street" IS locaterl on the raIlroad, SOthat shIpments may be made over all raIlroads but one 111GI and RapIds WIthout transfering th(' cars * * * * Z Clark Thw111g of the Grand RapIds \ eneer Works. who went to New Yark recently, IS now In the south-down in GeorgIa-for a "olomn In whIch he will l1lIA pleasure and dry kIln bm111ess * * * * Robert R. Robel bon, plopnetor of the Royal Varmsh compaDY, Toledo, 0 , spent several days m Grand RapIds thl" week. through compulSIOn. LaGnppe held him m ItS deathly embrace. * * * * The Grand RapIds ChaIr company WIll open thell exhibIt of ne\\ patterns on January 2, 1911 Dinner will be served The company are clos111g the most successiul year in theIr hi "tory. * * * * Roy S. Barnhart of the Nelson-Matter Furniture company, '" ho has gone WIth a pal ty who expect to eclIpse Ex-PresIdent Roosevelt's expenence m ~fnca, crossed the ocean all nght and cahled back that he would saIL for Afnca from 1\1arseilles FIance, on December 3 It WIll requIre about three week from 1\12,-"el11es to 1each the part) \ final destlllatI'll1 The deSIgner who can make fr('aks th,lt \\ III ')e11 IS a very dC\ el mdlYldual 6 DINING SUITES WEEKLY ARTISAN "EFF"and "EFF"in GRAND RAPIDS b. DURING JANUARY WE WILL SHOW IN THE SAME SPACE AS BEFORE, 2d FLOOR, KLINGMAN BUILDING, A STRONG LINE OF DO NOT FAIL TO SEE OUR NEW DESIGNS. as well as OUR SPECIAL TIES for the CHAMBER, LIBRARY, PARLOR and HALL Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Window Card Suggestions. If you WIll examIne the II111dlm dl-,plal" oj bl-.!, ~t(Jle~ in larger cIties you wIll note ilom one to thl ee L;ood ~l/ed cards, neatly lettered, callIng attentIOn to some pal tIulla1 feature of the goods. These cards alvl d) s sa) "olume" In a very few words. They concentIate the thOlu:;ht of the ob-server, and, in an unobtt Ubll e II a), dll ect Imll 111to the stot e, where he can mOl e ca1efull) eAam111ethe al tIde" dhpla) ed The obj ect of the WIndow ca1d IS to tell In II 01 ds some sellIng point of the merchandIse that m1[;ht escape the eye Some very effective ca1ds have been made by takin£:; the colm ed supplements of room intellors, found In some of the fm n1ture trade journals and pastIn£:; them on heel\ I ca1dboald Ln-derneath the plCtmes \lllte 111 Ua)Ol1 ot hand-leitel short, tnte desc11ptive sentences. 101low111g a1e ~ome 111- ~criptions suggested by "N 01 thell1 1, U111ltme," fm ~uch Cd1ds, " . ITETO CHICAGO MIRROR tART61ASSar\ 217 N. Clinton Street. Chicago, HIs., U.S.A. -''-~~--~-~_.~~ .. that may be used to advantage by nearly all fur11lture dealers: "lhe D1alle1s of thIS Fur11lture wIll sltde as eaSIly ten ) eal s ft om now a~ they do today." "The RecollectIOn of Qualtty remaInS long after the pnce IS f01gotten." "Hal dly a Home 111Dundee but that would look better \Ilth aLIbI ary Set ltke tl11s." ~Idke YOU1 vV1fe Happy f01 ltfe wIth thIS Dainty Bed l{oom SUIte, $87.50." Learned His Lession. j\ \ elO dn of the local fU111lture industry 1ema1 ked. "Up- II al d~ of tlm ty-sn: yeal sago .:vI:a1tIn Lammert, the great dealel In fm11ltme 111St Loms, Mo, made hIS appearance at the office of the Phoe11lx Fur11lture company and met the vice president, O. L. Howa1 d Mr. Lammert stated that he had been engaged in the sale of second hand furniture and auction bUSIness a number of years, but had decided to enlarge his store and add a stock of new goods. Mr. Howard took him through the lIne, and when he returned to the office announced that he had sold th1 ee ca1 loads of goods to Mr. Lammert. Impl es"ed \\ 1th the Idea that hIS customer was a novice in the tI ade, he sympathetIcally 1emarked' "Mr. Lammert has ) et a gleat deal to learn In the fur11lture business." That M1. Lammert learned hIS lesson the mIllions he has "111ceacqui1 ed and the" ast business he bmlt up amply proves. l\fr. II 0\\ a1d resigned his office in the Phoenix Fur11lture com-pany 1111883 and went to Knoxville, Tenn., where he engaged 111the lumber manufactunng business, and was unsuccessful. later he returned to MIchIgan and for a short time managed the Converse Manufacturing company at Newaygo. He died at his old home in New York state about twenty years ago . III II -~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 ....... .. ..._ .. a.a.. a .. .. . I • • • • '" ROYAL FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DINING LIBRARY BEDROOM SUITES HALL CLOCKS IN "COLONIAL" STYLE NEW ADAPTATIONS READY FOR INSPECTION JANUARY 2, 1911 SHOWN AT FACTORY SALESROOM GRAND RAPIDS • I :I MARy~~ LI; $24 A DOZEN l OUS WEEKLY ARTISAN ""The Kind That Won't Come Off:' The Waddell \Ianutactunng com pam 1 cpO! t thclr bmmeo,o, as good It IS so p1actlc,t11y all the yedl round became they make the largest and 1l10q vdrled 1ll1e of \\ ooc1 ornament, In the world, and VI' hen the ne\\ additIon., ,u c bt1l1t next \ ear their capacity Will be practllall) cloubkd 1'hl'i h the onh tacton 111 the world makll1g wood knobs and pulls \\ Ith the nO-hum-loo-e fasteners-"the kind that won't come oft " No Doubts as to Its Merits. The Grand Rapld'i \ eneer vV01 ks "ad" in this isslle of the Weekly Artisan is vel y mtel esting readmg Eve 1y manufac-turer interested 111 dry m~ lumber <"hould look it up and read It carefully. There is a constantly increa'ill1(?, demand for the Grand Rapids Veneer vVork., loIn and then I eputatlOn I' now so firm-ly e&tabhshed that very fe\\ manllfaltl1l el s doubt that It IS all that is claimed for it and more Away Ahead of Last Y{'or. "Ben" Van Loo of the Zeeland I url1ltm e company ll1folTl1'i the vVeekly Artisan that up to October j1, th1S ) eat, their &hlp-ments were $2,) 000 111 e),.cess ot then ent1re ,ak., t01 the \ C,lr 1909, ancl thet e has been no slump III thcn blbll1eSS Slllce Oc-tober. hy carrying-rhe ONE~PIECE PORCELtlIN- LINED ~ONrJRD CLERNRBLE WRITE FOR CATALOGUE GRAND RAPIDS REFRlrrHRATOR (9 GRAND RAPID •...,.j\ff(-H. Mission. All quartered. Upholstered in genuine leather. No. 731. rjkr~1 HallufactunllR tat Grand Rapjds.Hich. ,..,I•I II• IIII •I •II III•I II ~._----------,--_._---_._-------- ... ... --... .. I n THE WESTERN UNIO!:'!..o!~LEGRAPH COMPANY 25,000 OFFJCES IN AMERICA Th. C np ~ I"A"SlllS n DUI I{S ",p lJ t n p sd ~ g \ LD ~ L5~ (j J <l J lJY o! he nd ROBERT C CLOWRY PRES Df:NT CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD RECEIVED AT Main Office No 13 Canal St. Grand Rapids Mlch 270 Cd" 30 it'lL Lenoir NC l10v 1st 10 Grand Rapids Veneer Co , Grand Rapids Mich. Send f~l specifications prices and contract for Kiln made of ~ood same capaci~y as that of Harris Mfg Co, of JOJL~son City Te~n to me care Greenville Chair Co, Greenville Tenn Joe C. Moore Form (l THE WESTERN UNIO~.~r.~LEGRAPH COMPANY 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERiCA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRAI\SIlITS ,\n(\ DEL[\fR~ m S b 0 nil. 11mt g t. J ab t~ wh ch ba c b en ass~Qted to b~ tl e sender 01 the tol owing me.l3:\ge :rr "no O ...: ~ua deu\.,,; e::. ~~ ~c ag n "p:<.!nJh~g ~ a no~ onn~O;ase "~~na"-~ct::,Cnf:r~~yD '" at~':'\ b~hllcb~~~~b'/I:1~~~~:::'t:::- ~eo~t I~ mssaeh-'lbee a db,th en h 0 n nn "nO e.en dnw ngwthnsxydy"3fterthcmes.s~geJslledwtllthcCompanytotallBmlason Tb" "ow lJ"RLPC ....l LD ME SAGE n<! <! of tll~ send .Iud tile conoj t on~ n:>me<! !love ROBEAT C CLOWRY PRES DENT BELVIDERE. BROOKS G,ENU\"L. U"'""Gt:R RECEIVED AT Main Office, Nu 13 Canal SI, Grand Rapids, Mlch 52 CH RA 27 Collect Greenville TellO Nov l8th.lO Grand ii.aplds Veneer Co- Grand Rapids Mich. lJalli'1g con~-ac~ for Kiln SUbmitted on third send pldns and spec. 'ico~iDns for Building tnis kiln of brick today and make l::a.medi'1tesrlpmen of rnate..l.a.l if possible. Greenville Chal- Co. \lU.1!! - - - -------------------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN • Would Protect Mer~hants. FolloWIng is a digest of a bill that the Iowa Retail Mer-chants' association will try to have enacted into law at the coming session of the legislature In addition to the new fea-tures in the bilI, it would repeal section 4011, of the Iowa code and substitute the following' "The earnmgs, Df a debtor who is a resident of the state and th<:>head of a family fOI his personal service or those of his famIly, are exempt from liability j or debt to the extent of 90 per cent of such earning~. and 10 per cent shall be subject to executiDn upon Judgment obtained for per~onal and family neces- SIties contracted for after July 4, 1909 " The bilI wIll not apply to all debts. but includes debts for personal and family expenses only. which are obligations of the highest character It WIll not leglslate against a class, but in-clud€ s everyone from the highest salary person down to the per-sop whose salary is not so large. It is aimed at the dead beat, tho~e who can pay but will not. those who earn enough to suppDrt theIr families and in addition enough to pay their honest debts. It will require persons of moderate income to live within their income and earnings and thereby teach thrift and economy It will subject to the payment of debts for family necessities only so much of tihe earnings OWIng a person as are avaIlable after exempting sufficient to properly meet the current expenses of the family. It will therefore act as an eradicator of any tendency of a person to live beyond his means. I t will compel a certain class of people to earn what they spend and to pay for the support oj their fal111hes before they use their earnings for needless purposes. Iowa is the only state that exempts a full 90 days' earmngs ano the effects on other states from legislation such as is asked by the merchant has been. to decrease garmshments and similar prvceedings, a saving of e:hpenSe to both merchants and con-sumer; to better the morals of a community by requiring the dead beat to be partially honest, by protecting their claims to enable the merchant tD extend credIt where It is needed and to help those desel ving it. The merchants of Iowa Insist that they are entitled to this protectIOn They furnIsh the debtor hIS necessities and they are entitled to have him apply hIe; excess earnings in payment of his own support. By leaving 90 per cent of v, ages Dr salary exempt, the bill protects the man who IS behll1d became of misfortune by putting ou~ of reach of hIS crec1ltor~ thl~ amount of his wages due. The merchant has supported the famIly and for this It is claimed he should be protected as fully as pOSSIble and nothing except a proviSIOn for present support should be superior to his claim. NEW DESIGNS I-N LOUIS XVI STYLE No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN , ... 10 Gothic style had no name until it reached as far south a'S Rome and Greece. The Itahans and Greeks used the word as some-thing crude, barbarous or coming from the north. Few people realize what it was to raise in those days so glOrIOUS a house as Ockwells. There was something in the operation analogous to the bUllding of a ship-the same need for seasoned oak, the same labour with saw and adz, the same pegging of joint and tenon, and so the structure rose complete and sohd. There was superadded the fine craft of the carver, WEEKLY ARTISAN OCKWELLS MANOR, BERKSHIRE, ENG. An Example of the Gothic on the Early English Style of Architecture. The history of Acres by the Thames, the land upon \\ hlCh Ockwells manor in Berkshire is bUIlt. dates back to the t\\ elfth century. It was at one time the 'slte of a hunting lodge of King Henry III. The land first came into the possession of THE GREAT HALL IN OCKWELLS MANOR. Reproduction of a Pen and Ink RenderIng by Frank Burton, a Student In Arthur KirkpatrIck's School of DeSIgnIng, Grand Rapids, Mich the family of N orryse or Norris, as a donation or fee from Elenore of Provence, Queen to Henry III. One will note that th1S house has stood through a turbulent period of English history, and the spears, dirks and knives, implements of human torture, that now appear upon the walls were then in use, as that was long before gun-powder appeared in Europe. The building is also a very good example of the early Gothic period. Gothic, you will remember, was first developed in the northern part of France !in the early part of the twelfth century. Therefore, this famous old building has stood as prac-tically the first of its examples appearing in England, and it is not likely that it was known as Gothic at that time, as the the lovl11g labor of the man who fashioned the cusped window frames, the magnificent barge-boards and the finals. Then came the glass stamer w1th his splendid blazonry, to flood the rooms with color, and the tapestry, often from distant looms, and the laches 1n their bower working at fair embroideries for the adorn-ment of the abode. Mr. Parker of Oxford, that eminent authority on iEnglish mediaeval architecture, who descnbed Ockwells about half a century ago, found the place then decayed from its former state, dJ!apidated and reduced to the condition of a farmhouse-now most happily regenerated-but he recognized its superb archi-tectural character and illustrated the magnificent detail of the admirable barge-boards and the remarkable perpendicular pan- WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 ..... ... ••• • ••• _ _ _ ... _,. 4 ..., --~ FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolutionlin Parlor Bed Conatruction. An Immediate Succeu. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. The sensation of last season's furniture exhibition and the "last word" in parlor bed construc-tion. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRA nONS AND PRICES. Full line shown during January, 1st floor, 1319 Michig .... Ave., Chicago. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. M.... ufacturers of Upholstered Fumiture. Factory, 717.731 Mather St., CHICAGO. .....----_._-_._---_._._._._. ---_._-_. _.---_... -----_. -----------------_._-------------------- ... elling of the timber gables, descnbmg its nearly perfect state as a house of the time of Edward IV , wIth Its grand hall, open roofed, its splend1d painted glass, and its antique aIr, and the quaint bU1ldingssurrounding the small courtyard, the hall being on one SIde, wIth a double wooden clOIster, one range over the other. The one feature that is purely English, not appearing in the French Gothic, is the hIgh wall panellmg. This seems to be so completely EnglIsh as to affect the nation even to this day, and the reason for the great export of office desks from this country, is that that piece originally was always designed in panel effects. All of the furniture that appears in Ockwells today is of comparatIvely modern design, and shows the effect of the blendmg of Norman, ItalIan, Flemish, Dane and Celtic designs, 1n whIch the effects of Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton are especially strong. Old Items Reprinted. From the Michigan Artisan for March, 1884-The manu-facturers of Grand Rapids WIll exhibit samples of their \\-ork at the exposition in New Orleans, whIch will open in Decem-ber next. A furniture manufacturing company operatlllg a plant lo-cated less than one thousand mIles from Grand Rapids, which boasted that It had earned nineteen per cent profit on the sales made durlllg Its first six months in business, is now bill-ing goods in the name of a receiver. Another instance of small capItal and lack of experience in business. C. E. Dunks, late of Detroit, has opened a stock of furni-ture at Flint. Joseph Skalla is about to commence the manufacture of furlllture at Niles, Mich. ..... ...... .._ ... A fire on the 12th inst., destroyed the factory of the Bis-sell carpet sweeper company. Loss, $70,000. Frank L. Bercrey of the Grand RapIds Chair company, dIed suddenly at CadIllac recently. John M. Smythe, an lllstallment dealer in furniture in ChIcago, has been sued by one Kate Jaskllls for $5,000 dam-ages, allegmg that Smythe broke into her house and took her furniture. C. S. Black & Son's furniture factory at Buchanan, Mich., was destroyed by fire recently. An extenSIve eAhlblt of furniture will be made at the New Orleans expositIOn by the manufacturers of Chicago. The Puget Sound Furmture company succeeds Clark & Anderson of Seattle. The gavel to be used by the president of the Republican National conventIOn is made of pieces of wood cut in every state of the Union. A train on the Grand Trunk railroad was speedmg across Michigan one cold night recently when the curtams parted and a man called to the porter, who was passing at the mo-ment, and remarked: "Can't you give me another blanket? It is very cold tonight." "Can't do it. Ain't got another blanket, boss." "Well, see what you can do for me," the traveler remarked while putting a round half dollar in the hand of the negro. A moment later the curtains of a lower section parted and a blanket leaped out and lodged in the hands of the col-ored man. "I thought I felt some one carrying off a part of my bed clothes last night," remarked the occupant of the lower sec-tion to the porter. "Dunno 'bout that, boss. The train run very fast last night making up time. Probably it run from under your blanket." po----_.W-o-od-a-.-.r-C-l..-m-p-F-ix-ture.,--P-el-' S--e-t--S.O-c-.._--.,__..-.---------------------------.., .. Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture •• E H. SHELDON & CO , ChIcago, Ill. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp Fixtures whIch we bou&,ht of you a bttle over a year ago are glVlUg excellent servIce We are well satIsfied WIth them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anythIng addItional In thIS hne Yours truly. SlollX City, Iowa. CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. 30 000 :~:~t~~ck f VI••• Sold on approval and an uncon-dItIonal money back &,uarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Gual'allte.d IndelJtructlbl •• We solICIt pflvl1ege of sendlUg samples and our complete catalogue. E. H. SHELDON & CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. .. . • 12 Rockford Chair 8 Furniture Rockford, Illinois WEEKLY ARTISAN How to Verify Oriental Rugs. To tell an Oriental rug from a machine rug loo\. at the:- back and at the fnnge. says a wnter In Country Life m \mellca The pattern of Oriental rugs 'iho'o'o distmctly through on the hack. for tht: same knots whose cut ends stand up to form the pIle cn the faCt of the rug show on the back as tiny loop" alonnd the warp th -caGS, almost conceahng both warp and \\ dt Of cour:oc Oriental rugs can be awl ha\:: been \\ u\ en \\ ith double pile, on back as well as on face, lIke the r10mes' ( Smyrna', bd these 'He as rare as May flO\\ ers In .:\0'0 ( mber Ihe' back of most Oriental rugs is flat and helrd, and thf pattern t11at on the face is softened by the mynad ways In WhICh the pIle re-flects the I1ght is stiff as that of a domestic Brussels rug on the back By way of companson turn 0\ el a \\'llton or a Bru'osels rLW The back is barren The wool is too preclOUS to be wasted there'". The construction IS such that the woollen pIle loop, gingerly into the upper part of the web only. leaVing the cheaper yarns to meet the floor Exceptions to thIS rule among domestIcs are rag carpets and Smylnas. whose warp IS thIn and tenuous and does not count III the design Jus1: as there are domestic rugs without pIle so there are Orientals The two types are Kehms and Ca'ihmeres (also called Soumaks). Kelims are tapestnes in weave, hke the more in-tncate Gobelin and Aubusson tapestnes or the still coarser N ava-jo blankets and Mexican serapes Face and back are exactly alike, both fla:t and wIthout pIle, except for the loose threads (<;ometimes clipped smooth) that on the hack show where the weft has wandered from block to' block of the same color. Where colors meet palallel wIth the warp Kelims like most other tapestries, show open slIts left by the ~apestry ;veave ano often sewed up afterward Kelims are much thinner than other rugs and are often used as portieres \Vhere they are to be used on the floor they should be lined. They are compara-tively inexpensive. A heavier rug wI1:hout pIle is the Cashmere The weave is curious. It consists in the wrappmg or twisting of the weft over pairs of warp threads in such a V\ ay as to bind them indis-solubly together The loose threads that mark the passage of the weft from block to block of color can be clearly seen on the back of the rug. Cashmeres are exceedingly durable but not as interesting in texture as pile rugs The colors are apt 1:0 be sharp, there being no pile to dull them, Oriental rugs as a rule wear their own hair or fringe-in DINING FURNITUR BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES. LIBRARY FURNITUR DESKS, TABLES, COMBINATIO and LIBRARY BOOKCASES. Our entire line will be on exhibition in on the third floor of the Blodgett B Grand Rapids, Mich. other words are ~e1f fnnged, wIth a fnnge made of the warp In all Oriental rugs that have a woollen warp t1 is an important and exceedmgly interestmg feature. T of the Cashmere is never heavy Especially mterestmg is the fringe of Belouches hal as It IS usually accompamed by a WIde band of (commonly called selvage). ThI' band is often am WIth bnght colored, t111Yfigures 111 broche or tapestry embrOIdery, Such a band has deCIded usefulness. It gu pIle at the tImes of gl eatest tenderness, for the web th naturally at the sides 1S open at the ends when specia are not taken to close it. In rugs with a woollen warp the ends are more 1 and the whole structure is more fleXIble and more syrr to the touch But the greater elasticity of woollen wa duces rugs that pull out of '>hape more eaSIly and that ar, abcolutely straIght, even when first woven ThIS IS a pa almost a deSIrable faut 111small rugs, but it ruins lar ThIS IS undoubtedly the reason why the warps of large al'11ost WIthout exceptIOn of the stIffer material. Most domestic rug'i have either no frInges or sewed Rcig carpets are self fringed, but the fringes al e decid interesting, So the fringes are one of the most importa In qUIckly dlstmguishing rugs of Oriental hand weave fr woven by machine in OrIental patterns Evidence of Frisco Confidence. San FranCIscans are prepalmg to erect a hotel to ( :;00,000 The orde1 for fUllllture WIll not be placed tl ciS It WIll not be needed until the opening of the Panar fair, \V hleh the San Franc1scans are confident w1ll be that city of the Golden Gate. FURNITURE MANUFAC ATTENTIOPI Send lor .amples of , Celebrated Nickel Sword Temperl BAND SAW BL Warranted In every par Best proPosItion on the FRANK W. SWETT Mfrs. of band saw blades , 1717·1719 W. Adams St.. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 A. PETERSEN & co. MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST MADE AND LEADING LINE OF OFFICE DESKS IN THE COUNTRY Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the PETERSEN DESK its leadership, I I1 f------------~-----------------'-----------~------------4 FULL LINE. Sale of Clark Antiques. last of the Clarke collection of old English furniture la'st Saturday at the American Art Galleries, New he results of the third day's sale amounted to $41,625, s larger than that of e1ther of the preceding day~. The llection brought $89,122.50. bids were generally considered low The price that the highest figure was a mahogany table of the Dutch 1ch was b1d in for $1,225 by H. Daniels, acting as agent. fas square and about the upper edge was a moulding of lesign. The lower edge was carved with a design of I leaves The legs were cabriole and the knees were w1th an acanthus design !\nother mahogany table of ~h style was ~old for $500 The rail was fluted and Ie fluting was a scroll. lahogany cabinet of the la~t quarter of th( eighteenth the upper section fitted with glass doors and the lower omposed of cupboards and two drawers, went to G W. lr $650. Mrs 0 H Ohn was the purchaser of a mahog- {ca~e and secretarv with glass door~ and three fluted The pnce was $560 !\ mahogany knee hole book- '1 glass door~ of Idttice work design and a top rail of form brought $375 Mr~ E Gould paid $550 for a Iy knee hole bookcase that was recessed in the centre glass doors w1th lozenge shaped panes old mahogany bedstead of the Chippendale styl~ was )y Koopman & Co, for $400 A beech ~ettee of the yle, one of the finest pieces offered yesterday. soleI fy [rs W Payne was the purdhascr The settee was made Irm of three chairs and the front rail curved to conform iea. The back was ca1ved w1th a shell pattern highest pnce paid for a chair was $500, offererl by a RIGHT PRICES. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 430 Armour St., CHICAGO, ILL. Miss Hayes for each of two mahogany arm chairs of the Chip-pendale style slightly GothIC. Brayton Ives bought two mahog-an:" arm chairs of the Chippendale style, one for $350 and the other for $175 A mahogany arm chair of ra1 e Chippendale d('- sign was sold to an agent for $350 Mrs. N. E. Church bid $270 for a mahogany upholstered arm chairs. The surface of it was fluted and the legs were carved in guilloches. A set of six mahogany chairs was sold for $600 to Alfred D. Guion. A mahogany double chair of the Dutch style, carved ",ith a leaf and pendant flower design, brought $675 Doesn"t'Like Holidays. "I don't hkc hohdays," said the methodical man, "they in-terfere with my worl~ I recogni7c fully the fact that days off, (Ie y s of abst111ence from labor, are necessary for our bodily and mental welfare, and I take a day off "eekly, my day being Sun-clay, but for many years I have worked on every other day in the weck regardles~ of holidays i\nything that breaks in on me 111 thi" observance is disturbing. "To begl11 with, we get up and have breakfast an hour later thdn usual There's an hour lost for me. And then on holidays we have d111ner in the middle of the day, this bemg a further dis-ruption of our usual routine, and then who can work after a hearty midday holiday clmner? i\nd then, besides, the whole atmosphere of the day is changed "So I am glad to have the day over and to get back to work m my sy"tematlc, orderly, methocltcal way. It is in work in my regular, accustomed manner that I find my great pleasure, wlth n1' regularly recurring day of rest on Sunday. Even after that d \y I am glad to tdke up work again, and I have no use at all for h0hdays." .. "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" ~ARTON'SGARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you WIll then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture 2hair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. AI", on's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ." !• ....... 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,. . .., III I, III ,II II~--------------------------- UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, ConfuudJon and Fmish. See our Catalogue. Our hne on permanent exlubi. lion 3rd Floor, New Manufact. urers' BUildillll.Grand Rapida. I,IIIII I• iI I,,, I,. ~ Booming Sears-Roebuck Stock. After notlllg sharp declines in nearly all quotations on the Ch1cago stock exchange, December 2, a financial editor on one of the Ch1cago papers added th1S' Sears, Roebuck & Co., declllled on the whole about a point. Of the stock Clement, Curtis & Co. say: "It has been our pleasure several hmes to have called attention to the growth and earnlllg poss1bilities of Seal s, Roebuck & Co. At the pI esent pe11Od, V\ hen there 1S much complalllt of business be111g only fall, t111'3corporatlOn shows the effect of its splen-d1d methods with a gross business m the month of November of $7,800,000, which is 20 per cent over last year. The) ear's bU'lllle"" wlll more than justlfy the llltentlOn of the company to dlstnbute $10,000,000 of surplus to the shareholders III new stock." '~']CHIGANENGRAVING CO.f!RANRADPIDS EVRNSVlLLL Evansville, Ind., Dec. S.-The newly organized Midland Furniture company", III place their 111lhal l111eon the market January 1. Couches and davenports wIll be manufactt11 ed. The manufacture of store furmture and fixtures ha" been commenced by the Evansvllie Store Fl:xture company. A new catalog l11ustratmg, descnbing and pncing the large line of the Karges Furmture company, w111 soon be ready for the mails. The Bockstege Furniture company are busy in filling or-ders for their tables. The manufacturing facilities ale so lalge and the ship-ping advantages enjoyed by the Globe Furniture company are so great that very little time is required to fill orders Manager Bosse reports an actlVe hade The company has sent the copy for a new catalog to the printer. The Bosse Furniture company's large line of \\ ardrobes and kitchen cabinets wlll be illustrated m a new catalog soon to be issued. Traveling buyers should bear in mmd the fact that Evan,,- ville is one of the best markets for medium and low p1lCed furniture in the world, and that "amples are on exhl1ntlOn 111 the Evans, ille Furniture Exchange e\ ery bus111ess day of the year. A sale"man's tough luck lS to WItness the consummation of a sale by a "turn over." ) WEEKLY ARTISAN IS THE GREATEST LITTLE BIG MACHINE ON THE MARKET. It is built with the same care, accuracy, and feat-ures that are embodied in "The Porter" Hand Jointers which are known the world over. The steel lipped ground tables which can be withdrawn from the cylinder; traversing inclines for guaging the cut; the tilting guage for beveling, mitering, etc.; and the Round Safety Cylinder are all identical features of the larger machines. When furnished upon the iron bed (shown in cut), any style of motor can be attached. The style of current, cycle or phaze is immaterial. The machine is furnished with or with-out the countershaft, or stand, just as is desired. IT IS THE IDEAL MACHINE for the cabinet room, pattern shop, manual training school or any place where small or narrow jointing or buzz planing is done. It requires but little power, small space and runs at high speed; and say~don't you know that 50% OF YOUR WORK is within the range of this machine. You ought to be inter-ested in this machine and our catalog T. will tell you all about them. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. , .. .. ._.. •• a.a •• • •••• _._._~ 15 16 of color al e sacrificed. If it is impracticable to prevent the e l1ployment of amline dyes and chemicals, It should be possible to compel dealers to mark their goods for the information of buvers The principle of pure food legislation is correct, and It should be extended to all products 1ll the sale of which there IS poss1blhty of fraud The purchaser IS entitled to know what he 1s gettlllg" WEEKLY ARTISAN PUaL.ISHEO EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY ; .UBlSCRIPTION $1 eo PER YEAR ANYWHe:RE IN THE UNITED STAT!!:S OTHER COUNTR,e:S $2 00 PER YJEAR. SINClL!!: COPI!!:S 5 C!!:NTS. P-uaLICATION O""'CE, 101-112 NOI'lTH DIVISION ST, GI'lANO RAI"'OS, MICH, A. S. WHITE, MAN...ClINCl EDITOR &nterell as leeolld clus matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rap.ds, M.chlcan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHIC ...GO REPAI!Se:NT"'TIVI!, E. LEVY In concluding his vcry interesting series of articles on thc subject of selling goods at retail, J. H Collins said "The typical buyer for a mercantile house is seldom an aggresslVe salesman." The typical buyer's mind is so filled with the vari-ous problems involved in his occupatIOn that the wise merchant should not expect much salesmanship of him. Retailer Jones has a mahogany bed that he sells for $21 Buyer Smith has nothing in stock to match it 111 quality for less than $2300. He must find a manufacturer who will supply his house with mahog-any beds as good as those that Jones sells for $21, that he can retail for $2025 J ones has the exclusive sale on a certain pat-tern of brass bed that cost him $25 delivered Smith's beds are shipped f. a b factory. He must put the hammer at work upon the makers of beds and obtain the f1eight concession that Tones enJoys The buyer must keep shoppc1s blFV 1ll the stores )f his competitors purchasing samples and getting prices, that he may be constantly mformed of what they are doing and be prepared to retain his trade In a hundred ways he IS ever )usily employed He must buy stock at right prices, arrange for shipments and freight tates, lI1spect the goods when -eceived; "0. K." or reject bill'i of manufacturers: carry on ~ Toluminous correspondence; recelVe traveling salesmen; studv-lp 1:pecial designs and engag-e manufacturers to produce the ,ame; plan the display of stock on the wareroom floor~ ~rl\a11- ageously and manalSe c1ose-out and specIal 'iales To t ec't~ 'lle I1ultifold dutie'i of his pOSItIOn would be a 1 ,dmo~t endles" ask. In the consideratIOn of :'.,ir Collms' statement the mer- 'hand1sing of ft'~niture alone has been referrpd to In certam ,ther lines of trade the dutIes of the buyer are evcn Inore 'urclpnsome than are those of the furniture ~uyer. It Plattei~ lot in what lin? of business a buyer may be employed, if he i~ ble to perfoL I his work successfully, 1J1~ elT'vl8")er shOuld be atisfied. He should surround hllmelf with a sufficient number If able salesmen to carryon his tt ac1e WIthout callmg hIS buyer o meet Cll~tr)mtrs Rigid enforcement of thc new law 111 Pel sla p1ohlblt1l1g-ne (xport of lUgS dnd carpet~, dYed with ei1111meshould afford 1e retail buyer proteetlOl1 ag-amst fraudulent practIces The bject sought hy Pet Slei-a 1 eputatlOl1 £Ot rehabiht}-h C0111- lendable Udsclupulouo, tl aders, ,Iccorclmg to the Jeport of 1C American consul at Calcutta, do not hesitate to sell rugs yed with aml111E'and washed In chlonde of lime solutton<; which ive the pecultar lustre characterIstIc of antique rug~ They o not tell their customers that the chemical treatment is de ructlVe to wool and rotton anel that durability and permanence Suppose a turn 1tt1! e dealer should take the article on ',} urniture for Christmas Gtfts," whtch appears on another page reproduce It 1ll hts advertisements or send a copy to a few hun-dred or a few thousand of hIS patrons, what effect would it lu\ e on hiS hohday trade? There are certainly some advertising lr1ea~ 111 It that are worth using A specral campaign of publictty in the interest of the manu-factllrers of furnIture and kindred goods in St. Louis will be organized preparatory to the semi-annual trade sale in February next The great variety of low and medium priced goods 1m.nu-factured In that city makes it an attractive market for a large number of buyers. Dont' push }our customer in the direction of the other feIIow s store by allowmg hIm to think that a bt.ch rocker pur-chased of you is sohd mahogany or an elm chiffo'lier i" quartered oak By the proper orgalllzatlon of his busines, . mwrchant can ehmmate fire sales, fake advertising schemes, ex-:es'live freight llld l "pH'S" rates long hours and the trade of dead beats. By treatmg a caller courteously and representing his goods honestly a merchant can count on future sales to nearly all of his customers. .'.,.n employe who can do one thing well is worth more to an employer than two employes who can do several things badly. To cut clown expenses and 1etam the volume of business one has acqmrecl is a problem that deserves serious consideration. 1he man of business who leaves a reply paid telegram un-ans" ered WIll sooner or later be a man of no business If a leader does not draw other trade it is a failure. Lead-ers do not produce profits. More Freight Cars Are Idle. ror the thIrd Successive time the fortnightly bulletin of the \mellcdn RaIlway aSSOCIatIOn's committee shows an increase in th nU111belof idle cars On November 23, the date on which the data tOl the report" as taken, there were 28,393 freight car's tdle on the lallwavs of the Pmted States and Canada compared with 1 ) '81 On \' ovember g, an mct Cd se of 101 per cent in two weeks TI'el e al e now as man} idle cars as there were at thIS time last veaJ Llghtel demand fOJ coal dncl fOJ stock cars were among thc factoh \\ hlch contrIbuted to the inCl ease in the idle hst in this fortnig-ht \\ hen the crop mOYeJ1ltnt began, nearly all the cars "hlCh had heen tdle dunng the 'iummer--at one time the Idle llsl leached 112,000 car"~-went uno service, but since the m"lc1k of October the demancI for care; h<$ become lighter. C\inre then there has heen a steady mcrea<;e in the number of freHiht cars which have not been in demand. WEEKLY ARTISAN nnouncementl II We beg to announce that the Companies known as The Globe Furniture Co. The Bosse Furniture Co. The World Furniture Co. e been succeeded by the GLOBE-BOSSE. WORLD FURNITURE CO. The purpose of this nge is to bring about the combined efforts of the three Companies. In doing so we can produce ter goods and render better services to the trade. Since the re.organization, we have built and re now ready for operation, an additional plant which increases our output 25 per cent. We w have four large factories with which to supply the increased demand made on us by the trade. Ir 1911 catalogue showing the most complete line of Bedroom, Dining Room and Kitchen Furni- 'e, is now in the hands of the printers and will be ready for distribution about January 1, 1911. your name is not already on our mailing list, we should be pleased to have your request for a Dywhich will be sent to you as soon as completed. We take this opportunity to thank all the :rons of the Globe, Bosse and World Furniture Companies for the many favors shown us during ~past, and we shall endeavor to merit a continuance of your liberal patronage, assuring you that will at all times use every possible effort to please you while offering the very best values, and ~best of accommodations, and convenience in shipping in mixed carloads. Our lines will be shown Chicago market, both at N05.11319 Michigan Ave. and 14I I Michigan Ave. and in the Furni-e Building, Evansville, Ind. In addition to this, our traveling representatives cover all the ter- ::>riesand will be pleased to receive your business through anyone of the channels herein named. Yours very truly, }LOBE-WORLD-BOSSE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA !! 0 .. " 4 i • , " . ..... 17 . ~ • 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes. Cupboards and Safes, in imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers. Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, i"litation mahogany. and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor. Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furmture Co. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . • • WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 II II II I II II II I Made by Bosse Furmture Company. Made by World Fumiture Company. Made by Bockstege Furniture Co. ~ ..•.......... • •••••• la a •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent, J R Taylor, Lake Benton Mlnn, Vice Pre<ldent D R Thompson, Rocklonl Mlnn, Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger Perham, Mmn Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesvllle MmH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Chamllan, Geo Klein, Mankato Minn. 0 ">'mons. Glencoe MUIll, W I Harns MInneapolis Minn I C Daruelson Cannon" alls MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS' ADVERTISING HELPS. Bulletin No. 179. The proper advertising of the mattress and bedding end of our bUSIness IS puzzlIng most of the dealers, because It is so hard to get the advertisIng cuts of this line If you want to advertIse a pillow, \\ here would you get the cut and if you sent to the factory for a cut, wouldn't they send a half-tone or a cut '-hree tlmes larger than you needed? Or if you wanted to advertise blankets, where would you get the cuts; hkewise wi th a qUIlt, and \\ hen It comes to getting cuts for your mattresses 'vheft can you get them? \11/ e have tried to assemble this kind of adHrtlslllg umts, which the average dealer cannot get l-rimsdf, for your use, and we trust that this effort in trYlllg to pur the members III touch with the hne of cuts, which you could not get very readIly yourself, IS what our members want. The extension of thIS department thru the averge lines of merchandise, which 15 handled In furniture stores, will depend upon the support It gets The advertising commIttee wants to do everything withlll It powe1 to help our membel s get just the kind of help they want, and therefore will appreciate suggestIOns for our advertIsing work. Yours for a heat ty co-operation THE i\DVERTISING COMMITEE. TUIlSIl SOFT, DOWNY PILLOW~ No 501 Our assortment of pIllows are filled with down, IIvcl goose and duck feMhers These feathers are cleaned hy a SCIentific process WhICh remOves all impurities so that we guarantee these feathers to be clean, sweet and pure All feathers cleaned by this process re-taIn their natural buoyancy and are not hrlttle nor lifeless The coverings may be had In all grades of tICking from the InexpensIve striped to the art tickil}g PrJ,ces lange from hiS cut furnIshed to our members WIth type for 40c PERFECT COMBINATION MATTRESS No 3 ThIS combinatton matt> ess IS one of the most popular m our Ime The center of thiS mattress IS filled WIth the best grade of excels'or and around thIS, bottom, SIdes and ends, IS a layer of dependable cotton, l'he tickmg IS securely bound of leather tufts and It IS of an extra strong weave and can be had m strtpe or plam Come and mvestl-gate our 1me When you see them we know you WIll buy, because we have Just what you wane lis cut furnIshed to our members with type for 40c ---------------- GOOD BLANKETS COMFORT ABLE COMFORTERS No 381 In our BJ'lnhet and Beddl11g lepal tment "\ou \\ III find Just the kInd of blankets that vou ma" nef'd V\ e have them WIth plaIn stl1pe some WIth border pink or blue some With bound edge of over locked stitching OUf tv,o tone bor cler blanket<;; are especlallv fme antl no matter Whether "\ou \"\ant a hl~h priced blanhet or a rnpdluHl pnced blanket \\ e can supply It and at a savlng to you No 375 The all around de- S11able kind filled With wlnte cot ton vanety of colors In greens browns antl blues V\ilth neat at-tractl\ e colonng In floral 1 eef or "lC't deSign ,"\! e have them In variOUS "l17eS so-ne edged .straight a»,.d SJnl( \\ Ith fancy edgIng Pllces ranging flam rhls cut fUlnlshed to aUI 111 l1IbelS 1\-lth type for 40c f]llS ut 1Ulll1she(1 to our member'" With type for 40c REVERsmLE COTTO~-TOP·AND· EXCELSIOR COTTON TOP BOTTOM MATTRESSES MATTRESS J 2, '1o) FI]ILd WIth the best cAccl- "" 0' eTI.:lld top and bott lTnWIth clL.1n n W Lot+ nl m 11-.. :-5 a r( vcrr..,lbl(" 11clt t s, If" durable IlMh' r tut , ,IPd 1 (I h l) ...t Itc>lH d C111 bp fnrnlS H (t in \ L I )l1h tl J l~'" of..,t lpe 01 pi MIl de 19'j I II! t rh flv( pun,] FXLlll< ut ~,tl, e l \(1 t Ie. lh..,t lOVel Iblf' nld..Ltre'\s on tIlO ma, klt at thl" prill Calt be bad In all , I( S r ,e "des and cmh are firmly , It hed '0 that thl Inattre's mu,t K' (P It ...l..,!.1 tp" It 1<., d, , 1 Y (lnr t11]e <:tnd "( 1- VI ( !1JIG nl£tttre",,, c.L1 L t)\V !)lILC No 2R Our excelsior cotton top mattress IS of e;,.cellent value for a cheap mattress It IS made ot a hght flaky e;,.ce1slOr that has been caretully prepared We ha~e an as-sortment of vartOUS ttckmgs and can be bought m plam or stripe It IS leather tufted, the tuftmg bemg ac-curate and the same distance apart and of the same tensIOn Buy one and you WIll be con,meed ot thc abO\ l statements [hi,;;; cut fUl nlshed to our members, With type fO! 40, Send all orders to the Secretary's office, Janesville. Minnesota. If units are ordered by :mailsend $.08 with order. Thl'5 cut furnl'3hed to our mE'mber<;; V\ Ith type fot 40<" Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealer's Association Advertising Helps. Bulletin No. 178. No. 43 No. 42 Crown Felt Hair Fibre. Crown Felt Royal Edge. The best cotton felt mattress of absolutely pure, natural cotton will not lump and IS equal to any mattress built of' its kInd covered In a German art tlck 25c extra. if made In two parts and $1 less if wanted In 3 inch box 'I1attress No TiCk No 4-6 3-6 3-0 42 8, extra speclal felt $F.OP $F.OP $O.OP 42% Imported Art Tick Royal Edge • I TT F.PT F.TT QUI celebrated hall felt mattress bUIlt In layers of curled haIr and felt wIll labt a lIfe tIme somethIng dIfferent, has .splendId selhng talk'" If want.ed In two parts 25c extra '\.nythlng maal' In standard \-"\eIght lVIattress No TICk No 43 8, hall felt 44 Royal Art tICk lolled hall felt 3-6 3-0 $0 TT $R OP 4 6 $0 PT edge . F T"r OPT OTT No. 69 No. 49 Crown Metal Box Spring. "'\0 6J SanltdlY Metdl Box Spnng Matues" ~o lick No \11 SJ7eS ACA Moss top 7 Cotton top 8 Felt top Royal tlCk, felt top Imported Art, felt top, 20 lbs 8 Halr top No ~ 49 Rex Couch Pad No. 49 50 51 52 54 wool fillmg wool filllng draped ends, wool filling cotton fillmg draped ends 1ll.IF M.IK A.AP A.KT A.PT ~pllng &9 7U 71 7J ,3 74 75 76 77 78 79 FOP rop I PT I PT MMTT MMOP Crown Rex Couch Pad. Pad. 8, Hair top No 1 Imported Art Halr Top No 3 Imported Art, Hall Top No 2 Imported Art Hair Top No 1 MEAP MAPl' lVlKOP MPT'l hInge, hInge. hinge, lunge, hlnge. No 63 No. 55 Crown ElDp-ress Pads. CroW"nDavenport Pads. Pad No Empress Pad 55 2 hinge, wool filhng $.A..KP Pad No 56 2 hInge, draped end, wool filUng APT 63 2 hInge no drape wool fllUng $A OP 57 1 hinge, draped front A.OP 68 1 hinge, draped front and ends A.IT 64 2 hInge draped front and end, wool fillmg KTT 69 2 hInge cotton A.R'I' 65 1 hInge, no drape cotton felt K.AP 60 2 hinge, draped ends .A..OP 66 1 hInge drape end and front cotton felt KPT 67 1 hinge, no drape, felt fillmg ETT 61 1 hinge felt K.TT 68 1 hlnge. drape front and end, felt filling E.AP 62 1 hinge, draped front and ends K.AP ------------------------ -- --~---------- 22 -_._-_._------------_._-----._-----------------------------., WEEKLY ARTISAN QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'T IT TOO BAD-People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lies in poor equip-ment. A little foresight in the beginning would have saved them dollars-a little more money in-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" equipment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools slight their output by putting in poor materials-employing poor workmen-simply to be able to make a httle more profit. "Ohver" tools are bUilt along machine toollines-careful-accurate-durable-safe. Some purchasers fall to Investigate thoroughly before placing their order. Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase something-they go ahead-find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thmking-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OUVER" No. 61 Surfaeer. .-., OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OUVER" No. 60 Saw Beneh. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT-OFF SAWS BAND SA WING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot National Bank Bldg , Chicago,lII. No 50 Church St., New York City. 1125 Welt Temple St .• LOl Anaelel, CaI. Pae:ific Bid •.• Seattle. Walh. i---------.---------------------------.---- Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Atlanta, Ga -So \V. SullIvan, 262 Myrtle street, $4,000; George P. Moore, 12 Mechanic street, $8,500, 1. B Eubanks, 18 Sells avenue, $4,000; L C. Townsend, 27 Royston street, $2,000; L. E. Bennett, 188 South GOldon street, $3,750. Buffalo, N. Y.-Thomas E. Newman, 2424 Delaware ave-nue, $3,000; Robert C. Batt, 893 Humboldt street, $4,500, Juha A. 'Wall, 238 Humboldt street, $3,300; George E. Bogar-dus, 112 Bogardus street, $3,000; Edward W. Lllllck, 13 MontI-cello street, $3,400; H. A. Landot, 118 Ashland avenue, $3,- 350; Mary Fox, 84 Burgard place, $2,800; Stanislaus Gladys, 26 Bridgeman street, $3,500; \V. H. Hotchk1<;<;, 190 Myrtle street, $4,500; John R. Jordan, 289 MIddlesex street, $23,500. H. A. Landot, 118 Ashland avenue, $3,350. Cincinnati, O.-A. J. Scott, 2430 Maplewood avenue, $3,- 800; Theodore Levy, 304 West Si:xth street, $3,000; Garfield Winbe1er, Morrison and Ludlow avenues, $4,000; W. F. DaVIS, Albany and Dury avenues, $5,000; L. F. Busch, 1342 '(me street, $5,000. Denver, Col.-Andrew Englehardt, Elm and Twenty-fifth streets, $3,800; Charles Satterlee, Birch and Twenty-thud <;treets, $3,500; WIlliam vVIborg, Steele and Tenth streets, $3,- 000; Clyde O. Epperson, 2220 Ivanhoe street, $4,000; S. H. Mower, Pear and Second streets, $4,000. Detroit, Mich.-George Tyre, 1546 Vinewood street, $3,- 200; Mrs. W. D. Busch, 248 Philadelphia street, $3,000; CYIil Lefevre, 381 GIlbert street, $4,400; John vVagner, 1012 FIeld street, $3,800; Grant A. Roush, 216 Alger street, $3,100; Ber-tha Menzies, 28 Butternut street, $4,000, Jacob Hernstein, 110 East Garfield street, $5,000; W. H. vVl1hams, 2462 West Boul-evard, $14,000; Albert Buelow, Baldwin and Mack streets, $3,- -" 325; F. J. vVhitney, 348 Cass avenue, $7,500; Edward De Coster, Boulevard and Buchanan street, $5,000; Emihe Rud-kIewicz, 338 HamIlton street, $4,500; John A. Mohler, Moran and FellY stl eets, $3,800; Edwin Goldberg, 119 Delaware street, $3,300. Dallas, Texas-L. E. Munzesheimer, Colonial and Len-way streets, $9,500; Mrs. D. McKay, M. D., 604 Ervay street, $3,550; J A. Traylor, 227 vVendelken street, $3,250; G. R. Holloway, 163 LIVe Oak street, $6,000. Duluth, Mmn.-N. C. Clarke, East Second and Twenty-fOUlth street::., $6,000; E. G. Walton, London road, $3,500; J. A. Johnson, 2084 Vi est Second street, $2,500; O. W. Ander-son, 204 East FIrst street, $2,500. Cleveland, O.-Leonard Mmtz, 1381 Lake View road, $6,- 500, J E Hewett, 3028 West bou1evrad, $3,300; Anna Urban, 13809 Dlenhelm road, $3,000; WIlliam Brek, 6225 V\T orIey ave-nue, $3,300 ; John Collms, 15415 St. Clair avenue, $2,900; J 0- seph Kumtzer, 3916 Riverside avenue, $2,500; L. Behrens, 1444 East 108th street, $3,500; C. W. Hauth, 9406 Woodland avenue, $2,500. Columbus, Ohio-Abel Linton, 480 East Thirteenth ave-nue, $4,000; Florence M. Jones, 1122 Oak street, $2,500; A. M. Hetnck, 749 WIlson avenue, $2,500; E. G. Wilson, 1029 Neil avenue, $2,500; J. W. Wright, 28 Indianola avenue, $3,000; C. r. Hausberger, 433 Luckhaupt avenue, $4,000. Colorado Springs, Col.-Percy Hagerman, 524 Mesa road, $2,500; J. C. Allen, 804 East Fontanero street, $4,000; C. B. Cozens, 1224 N01th Corona street, $3,400. Chicago, III , Herman Laurens, 1870 Sheffield avenue, $2,- 500, Ida Mertsky, 1620 Ballou street, $5,000; John Gustafson, 902 North Park avenue, $3,000; Charles A. Ruggins, 4458 \Vest North avenue, $25,000; M. Seaman, 2636 Windsor ave- WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. No. too DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 CENUINE LEATHER SEAT nue, $4,000; Peter Scheimer, 7605 Wabash avenue, $3,000; Charles Ringer, 7834 Marquette avenue, $3,000; M. J. Thomp- 'ion, 6408 Langley avenue, $2,500; A. J. Fitzgerald, 7126 Indi-ana avenue, $2,500; John A. Rippel, 1113 South Sacrament boulevard, $4,000; G. Person, 7735 Drexel boulevard, $3,000. EvansvIlle, Ind.-Dr. S. B. Lewis, 911 Upper FIrst street, $2,500; Mrs. M. Keegan, 1131Riverside avenue, $3,000. East EI Paso, Texas-C. F. Holyworth, $3,000. Grand Rapids, Mich.-John Devello, Cottage Grove and Vilas avenues, $2,500; Mrs. Nora Hefferan, 347 Paris avenue, $3,800; Jacob Dykehouse, Garfield avenue and Sibley street, $2,500; James Haven, 262 Robinson road, $2,500; Philip Peter-son, 428 vi\!est Bridge street, $3,500. Houston, Texas-J. H. Woods, $3,500; J. J. Settegast, $7,- 000. Hutchinson, Kan.-Mrs. Elizabeth French, 289 Sixth ave-nue, east, $3,000. Indianapolts, Ind.-John Gysie,Ritter and Burgess streets, $2,800; H. A. Wmn, North New Jersey and Twenty-eighth street, $4,200; W. J. Thisselle, $3,500; Hugh Murdock, 3051 Washington boulevard, $5,000; Robert L. Maize, 810 Wood-lawn avenue, $2,800; Fred E. Barrett, 2121 North Alabama street, $6,000. J acksonvi11e,Fla.-C. Brinkley, Lemon and Roselle streets, $7,200; J. W. Hill, Perry near Ninth street, $2,500; W. M. Archibald, Hubbard and Phelps streets, $4,500. Milwaukee, Wis.-WIlliam Smith, Clement avenue and Montana street, $2,800; Henry Dolge, 508 Lloyd street, $5,- 500; George W. Nelson, Twenty-ninth street and McKinley boulevard, $6,000; M. Sohr, Bolton and Wright streets, $5,- 250; Ben Greenwaldt, 749 Forty-fifth street, $4,000; Henry Kennecke, 760 Forty-first street, $4,000; Alice M. Grab, Forty-first street and North avenue, $4,000; Mrs. Mary Zander, Thir-teenth avenue and Scott street, $3,400. Minneapolts, Minn.-F. E. Tallant, 615 University avenue, $7,500; Aaron Lindquist, 3548 Bryant avenue, $2,500; John Carlson, 3008 Lyndale avenue, $4,000; Florence A. Pettibone, 1404 Washington avenue, $5,000; Carl E. Hagstrom, 3625 Bloomington avenue, $2,500; Selma Yonker, 2531 Irving ave-nue, north, $2,500. Kansas City, Mo.-Josephine Ellis, 3904 Euclid avenue, $5,000; John Peters, 3 East Fifty-seventh street, $3,000; J. A. Wilson, 4531 Chestnut street, $2,500. RICHMOND, IND. Saciamento, Cal.-Lester R. Nichols, $3,500; J. W. Keat-mg, $3,000. Spokane, Wash.-C. T. Steltz, 04114 Stevens street, $3,- 000. San Diego, Cal.-viV. M. Crouse, Front and Maple streets, $3,000; Mrs. O. H Colton, Front and Walnut streets, $2,500. Los Angeles, Cal.-A. H. Cogswell, 1244 Van Ness ave-nue, $10,000; R. R. McLaren, WIIton place and Temple street, $3,000; Dr. E. M. Palletti, 950 South Hoover street, $10,000; J. M. Berkley, FIfth avenue and Farlando street, $4,000. Oakland, Cal.-F. F. Harper, Hudson street and Boyd avenue, $2,850; Emma Vaughn, 1280 Fifty-ninth street, $2,- 550; A. M. Randall, Calmar avenue, $4.800; L. B. Reiff, 450 Boulevard Way, $3,500. Omaha, Nebr.-Mrs. D. G. Robb, 3188 Ames avenue, $2,- 500; A. H. Olmstead, 3321 North Fourteenth avenue, $2,500; Fred W. Hansen, 1807 Wirt street, $4,000; J. M. Hansen, Thirty-first and Huntington streets, $3,000; Martha Czerwin-ski, 3114 Spring street, $2,500. Washington, D. C.-Edwin C. Dutton, 3719 Livingston street, Chevy Chase, $6,000; Charles E. Stewart, 305 Sixth street, northwest, $6,500. Wichita, Kans.-Mrs. S. A. McClurg, 456 North Topeka avenue, $3,500. Youngstown, O.-Henry Roland, 380 Truesdale avenue, $3,100; Robert Russell, 216 vValdo street, $3,000; Carl Skoag, 446 Glenaven avenue, $2,800. Miscellaneous Buildings-Cardinal Gibbons has a permit for the remodeling of a church at 1739 Rhode Island avenue, Washington, D. c., at a cost of $75,000. T. H. Brook, archi-tect, is remodeling the Epiphany church, 1313G street, north-west, Washington, D. c., at a cost of $70,000. The Colored Knights of Pythias association are erecting a lodge building on Senate and Walnut streets, IndIanapolis, Ind, to cost $35,- 000. The Grand Avenue Methodists of Kansas City, Mo., are building a $125,000church. The Fraternal Union of America are erecting a $10,000 lodge building at 1436 Champa street, Denver, Col. King & Meisner are building a $60,000theatre on Monroe and Farmer streets, Detroit, Mich. C. Howard, Crane is building a $75,000 theatre on Monroe street near Cadillac square, Detroit, Mich. J. Jacobson is building a $20,- 000 theatre at 2040 Roscoe street, Chicago. The Hellene church society are erecting a $50,000 house of worship at 1019LaSalle avenue, Chicago. WEEKLY ARTISAN IT'S A HANDY PLACE TO GET OAK, POPLAR, BIRCH and GUM VENEER VARIOUS THICKNESSES. ALWAYS READY TO SHIP. PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS: WALTER CLARK VENEER co. SOUTH IONIA AND PRESCOTT STREETS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Furniture Fires. GIlmore & Palm's rug factory In Bloomulgton, II1., was totdlly destroyed by fire on December 1 Loss, S'6 500; partIally insured. Young Brothers' mattress factory In Lawrence, Mass, was burned on December 2, with a loss of $18,000, and only $5,000 insurance. L. N. Fowler & Co., furmture dealers at Concord, Mass., s11['ered a loss of about $4,500 by fire On December 2. Insur-ance, $2,000. The Mernt-Thompson Furniture company of Mt. Airy, N. c., suffered a loss of $4,000 or $5.000 by fire In their store, re-cemly. Partially insured. The plant of the Wiltz Veneering company, a very prOlO-perous concern of Norfolk, Va., was completely destr~«i by fire recently. It will be rebuilt immediately, new machinery having been ordered before the ashes were cold. The stock destroyed a large consignment of finished ven<:>ersready for c;hipment to Grand Rapids, Mich. G. H. Heckeroth's chaIr factory on North Randolph street, Philadelphia, was damaged by fire to the extent of about $25,- 000 on December 3 Fully insured. The Lenoir (N C) Chair company's plant was burned re-cently with a loss estimated at $60,000 to $70,000 and light insurance. About 100 men are thrown out of employment. New Factories. John Bobbitt is organizing a company to establish a new furniture factory at Allavista, Va. Business men of Savannah, Ga., have agreed to finance a new mattress factory to be located in that city. The MIdland Fur11lture Co., that will use the plant fe Iy occupIed by the IndIana Stove 'Works of Evansville, I to begm operations with a force of 150 men, on January 2. Blscher IS preSIdent of the company and J C. Stephen's tal y and manager. The National Chair company, recently organized Louis, Mo, by Joseph Yawitz, Edwin V. Glazier and ( has taken a long- lease of property on the corner of Mai Spruce streets, on which they will locate their factory. chairs will be their specialty they will also manufactun goods and other lines of furniture. New Furniture Dealers. M. Clark is a new furniture dealer at Chapman, Kan Van Allen & Co, are new furniture and piano deal ~ewark, N. J H C Smith will open a new stock of furniture and ware at Hagan, Va. Giddings Bros., general dealers of Colorado Springs have enlarged their quarters and added a well stocked ture department. The A. W. Brown Furniture 'Company incorporated $3,000 capital stock, are new furniture dealers in New Lc Conn Aubrey W. and Ethel B. Brown, William D. Harr George N. Putnam, are the incorporators. New Hotels to Furnish. The Lee Hotel company will invest $75,000 in a new building at Duluth. Minn. E. M. Stattler has leased ground in Oeveland anl erect a sixteen 'Story hotel. It will contain 800 rooms. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 By E. Levy, Representative. Chicago, Dec 8-There has been a change recently in the sale~ department of the Milwaukee Chair company, when J. L. J saacs took charge of their busmess In this city Previous to his new arrangement with this company he was for many years with the Simmons Manufacturing company as theIr sales man-ag- er in the east, with headquarters in New York City Mr. Kramer, the president of the company, IS dIrecting and manag-irg the busmess in its entirety Mr Isaacs will have as an as-sistant. George De Beer, formerly with the Criocker Chair company The salesroom has been removed to the third floor of the same building in which the line has been shown for a number of years, at 192 :\IIchigan avenue, bllt these are only temporary quarters untIl :\Iay 1, when they will move into the Karpen bUlldmg, whe1 e they WIll have their line shown in sur-roundings befittmg its elegance Your 1epresentative had the pleasure of looking over the line m which there are many new patterns, inc1udmg a large number of office chairs and, ettees in mahogany, oak and walnut, many of which arc designed to harmonize with the best c1a~s of desks on sanitary lines, and it is amazing to see the nllmber of styles that have been evolved. They recently Issued a handsome cataloglle whIch was planned and arranged by their secretary, Frank H Westlake It is a work of art and is a worthy setting for the fine chans shown therein. There was a meetmg of the recently formed Northwestern Furniture Club, composed of the leading manufacturers of up-hol" tered furniture in thIS section of the country, which took place on the evening of November 29, at the Great Northern Hotel. The most important business transacted was that of the executive committee composed of R Denne!. E Fenske and Maurice Tauber, who were authorized to employ a secretary for two years, they have engaged A. C Brown of Hastmgs, l\1Jc11l-gan, who has had many years experience with the National AssociatIOn of Table Manufacturers. It was a very enthusi-astic meeting and sufficient funds were raIsed to assure the stability of the association. J P Adair, for many years WIth the Ford & Johmon com-pany. who, as reported in these columns, recently formed a new company to manufacture furniture m thIS CIty under the name of the Adair company, has removed the plant from West Twelfth street to 1418 Wabash avenue, m the buildmg which \\as known as the News Boys Home for about five years They are overhauling the entire building and redecorating plrt of It. When it is in shape it will be well adapted f01 theIr require-ments and it is their intentIOn to arrange their product 111 an artI'tie manner and use the parlors as salesrooms The new quarters will be known as the "Furniture Shop" They will havt a complete line of furmture speCIaltIes which WIll mc1ude upholstered rockers, three piece SUltS, shIrt waIst, skIrt and utIlity bozes, packmg cases and many other specialtIes They havp introduced the hammereel brass effects and many of their pIeces are decorated In this novel style whJ1e all are unique and individual The "Furmture Shop" wJ1l no doubt prove an at-tractlOn to those in the trade who are looking for "something dIfferent" They expect to be ready for the January market The many rumors regardmg the retirement from business of the Delmelc; impelled your correspondent to See Rudolph GET TUEC7ITHL OGUE j.l'YOli %ncy Baney garllitilre~ fYou will ezyoy;Yelling the -Cine 0/ GRrIl'lD RRPIDS FrIN CY FURNITURE C~ GRRND RRPIDS, MICH. «~alogZles sent to prospective (fustomers. Imperial furnifure@ .. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Deimel of the KatlOnal Parlor Furmture company and Mr. Dei-mel has formally acknowledged the fact, and stated that they were hqUldatmg as fast as possible, and would retire from busi-ness as soon as theIr holchngs can be disposed of. This however he thought would not be for some months, as they have a large stock of raw matellals to work up, whcih, together with the goods already on hand, would aggregate upwards of $200,000 111"\alue. QuestlOned as regards hIS plans in the future, Mr. Deimel said he was going to take a much needed rest for some months and would not take up any business venture until after that tIme, and had not formulated any plans as to the business he """auld enter "There has been no sale of any part of the plant or bus111ess as yet, although It IS for sale," said Mr. Deimel "and we wJ11 dlspose of it in its entirety or in part." They will have a large display of their goods in their salesroorns In the 1411 bUlldmg on MIchigan avenue, next month, and will close out theIr stock as early as pOSSIble The addItion to the factory of C ChristIansen, cabinet bench manufacturer at 2219 Grand avenue, is completed and IS now occupied Mr. Christiamen is US1l1g it for a store house for hIS raw materials, and this leaves him considerable room that was occupied before in the older part of the factory, by these goods, and thus facilitates the progress of the work in the shop, which previously was very much congested. T J Segel of Jefferson Tex, has added a stock of furni-ture to his lSeneral store If hard work 1<;the <;ecret of <;uccesc; in sell1l1g goods, it is not much of a secret. ture pel iod wlll show seventy-five years of advancement. It will be the age of the machine rather than the hand-but the macll1ne gmded by a hIgher intelhgence Certain principles 01 de:'lgn "W hlCh are not the property of any period but the common hentage of all tImes wIll be set forth in this furni-tm e even more than they are today-proportion, beauty of lme, harmony of color, simplicity and repose. In studying the best furniture of today, we are impressed by cel tain chal acteristics which were unknown twenty years ago; first, a greater resppct for the 'Surface of the wood, sec-ond, a better hold on hlst01 ic design as applied to practical purposes, and third, a greater skill in workmanship. Modern furlllture m its actual making has made a great achievement. These Improvements were necessary in order to meet new con-dItIOns The seasoning of wood to prepare It for steam-heated houses IS one of the most important phases of plesent day fur-lllture makml:[ It is one of the new demand" in cabinet work, "ell met by the best furniture makers The old designers, "hoffi "e so greatly hold in esteem, knew nothmg of the kilns, the drymg rooms and the months of treatment which are a part of the best modern methods of work. The old cabinet makers prepared their materials with ev-ery art then known, but they dId not have to take into consid-eration steam or furnace heat The preservation of a great deal of old furlllture is due quite as much to the fact that it has never known the dry heat of a modern house as to good work. Beautiful old pieces of oak furniture when brought from England to this country often fall apart, and the fate which overtakes the old mahogany of the South is known to the dIsappointed people who buy furniture in New Orleans and other southern cities. Here is where the maker of faith-ful copies of old furniture has a powerful argument to ad-vance in favor of reproductions. The latter do not warp, fall to pieces, or slowly disintegrate. Particularly do the so-cdlled "Colomal" articles of furniture. the American Empire designs of the early nineteenth century, suffer from a dry at-mosphere Glue was used more liberally at that time than in the eighteenth century. Veneering seems to be especially affected by the "above seventy" temperature of the average house. It is not the heat so much as the lack of moisture that is trying for old furniture, also for plants, gold fish, birds and human beings There are radiator appliances now on the market to 'supply mOIsture and they are well worth investi-gation With the best heating arrangements moisture is sup-plied from the plant itself, and the "high fire" dryness which is necessary in a pottery but not elsewhere, is unknown in the houses where they are used. But until these better methods are universal the twentieth century furniture maker of old patterns has a great point in his favor. Not only does the re-production stand a high temperature better than the original, but It IS less affected by dampness and sudden sold All these conditions WIll be well controlled by the furniture makers of the late twentieth century-although it is more than probable that by that time methods of heating and cooling houses will ha\ e made such progress that the present precautions will be unnecessary. The vanety of styles will undoubtedly be greater than to-day, although several types which are now with us will be eliminated They are dying a long-drawn-out death and will be decently buried long before this century reaches the fifty mark Machine pressed ornament will have disappeared; glued on carving will have met a well merited oblivion. Mis-sIOn and craft styles we shall have in a perfected form. Sim-pliCIty will not necessarily mean "all straight lines." It will merely mean the absence of everything unnecessary. It is 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN WHAT WILL THE CENTURY DEVELOP? Mental Speculation as to Material. Style and De-sign of Furniture in the Future. \;\1111 the furmtm e of the Llte twentieth Lentllr) be Colol11- aI, mISSIOn or a new style) et to be e\ 01\ ed? \\ 111 It be ba"ed on histoncal tI adltlOn 01 on purel) stl uLtl11al hnes, of foreIgn or native woods? vVlll It, m ca:,e OUI "upply of timber I:' nearly exhausted, be of concl ete and If so of GI eek, Roman 01 Egyptian design? If the house of the futU! e be LOncrete, I:' it not 10glLal to believe that chaIrs, tables and bed"tead" WIll be of hke matell-al? It is qmte pOSSIble that the day \\ 111anl\ e \"hen all the wooden furniture 111the world" III he 111museum:, and people wlll regard It WIth the same CUllO:,lty and remotene"s that we now feel toward mummy cases But that fal dl:,tant day need not disturb us. The furlllture makel s of the late t\\ entleth centun ,,111 doubtless take the best that de"lr;net " 01 all tIme" ha\ e handed down to them TheIr \\ ork, If thIS IS the case WIll be a mere continuation of what IS now be111g-done If the progress 111 furniture IS as marked 111the ne'<t fifty yeal s as 111the past fifty, great things may he eApected POSSIbly by companson our own times will seem as helllg-hted as does the haIrcloth and black walnut epoch now to us. Will the future attitude tqwald mIssion furlllture be as our own toward those ponderous bedsteads. tho'Se unga111ly sideboards, those chilly marble top tables of the early seven-ties? Is taste merely a matter of fashion, or do we progress and retrogress? When we compare certain periods in decorative history with those of an earlier day we are forced to believe that at intervals all through the centuries there have been very blank stretches, brief dark ages which have occurred with almost mathematical regularity. The MId-Victorian epoch is one, our own haircloth marble another. Turning back a little, the aberrations of the French Regency may be mentioned-also the baroque period of the Italian Renaissance, the flamboyant Gothic, and the declining day'S of the Louis XV style Pen-ods of fine, strong work have been 111\ariahly followed by over-ela50ration, and finally by the gradual hU!ld111g up of another style, the pendulum swinging as far as pOSSIble in the opposite direction. Usually the new style has turned back to the foundations of purity and simplicity-sometimes on classic themes as the Renai"sance, the Adam and the Louis XVI; sometimes on structural hnes Of the latter class the mission development is a notable example. Whether we can ever achieve a natIOnal style in fm ni-ture makmg is an open que~tlOn Our inhented trachtio11'3 come from "uch widely ddferent SOUlces-v la England, France, Germany, Holland and ehewhel e The "sty les" of the past were created under a g-redt common Impulse. people working together, actuated by ideals and ambitions in common 'oN e cannot work ahke became \\ e do not thmk ahke I t IS doubt-ful if in the countnes of the olrl "mId condItions \\ 111 come again so as to make pOSSible \\ hat has been pOSSIble in in the past. In Amenca It would take almost a second flood to prepare the way f01 a natIOnal "tyle. The furnIture of the late twentieth century. hke our ar-chitecture. WIll not be natIOnal It \\ 111 be. as It I" tocla) a mIx-ture of the styles of the past, ~ood and bad-the good predom-inating. It will not be all mahogany any more than all oak There will be many kmds of wood 111use, pOSSIbly new combi-nations- if not actually new woods Inasmuch as methods of work are constantly improving, the workmanship of this fu- WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 probable that a period of weak design WIll mterevene, unles" history m furmtUl e making does not repeat Itself dunng thIS century, and no benighted era mar Its record. It WIll be a re-markable centur) if tIllS be the ca"e. Even the eIghteenth, wl1lch We thmk of as the hIgh water mark in all the mmor arts, had a dull, hfeless decade near the hfty mal k. In fact the central penod of nearly every century has not been up to the standard of the earher and later portIOn" ThIS was par-ticulal1y true of the mneteenth century WIth It" splendid open-mg chapters of arti"tIc aclllevement m France, England dnd America-Ib complete "lump about 1850, and ItS final triumph between 1890 and 1900 The gaUl has been rapid m thIS coun-try smce the closmg days of the nineteenth century If we dc, not retrograde about 1935 WIth a decade of dullnes" and exaggelatIOn between 1940 and 1950, we shall e"cape the fate of pI evious tImes IndustIial condItIOns are now so dIfferent from what they were at the begmnm~ of any othel centm y, and, a" thel e IS no defimte natIOnal "tyle, m the or1e;mal meanlll£;, anywhere, It may be that we shall aVOId the dI"astrous mIddle period. ThIS IS the age of the mrhvldual m all tihe arts The old bandmg together of the craft", of men tI amed to work ahke and to t111nk alIke, ha:o no part m the present scheme of thmg" And for thIS reason, not bemg able to reach any great height together, we may mISS the declme whIch ha" hItherto mal ked the work of men acting under a united impulse If the present clay IS one of mchvldualism in the arts, It is reasonable to think that the latter portion of the centurv will be even more so. Craftsmen will contmue on lines no~ fairly well established, elImmating the weak points, develop-ing the strong ones and handmg down the best traditions to the next generatIOn. If we believe Mr Ashbee and other English craft writers, we should predict a long period of good work both here and abroad. Craft furniture in America has been built up on structural lines-in the main it is refined mission, hand made and con-sequently expensive. In England the arts and crafts move-ment in furniture has been developed on rather dIfferent mo-tifs. It has turned back to the age of oak in England, pre-senting the simplest of sixteenth and seventeenth century motifs and adapting these to modern requirements. These old motifs are an inheritance of the English designer. He loves them and has a feeling for them that is unknown to us. Our inherited traditions as far as furmture is concerned lies along mahogany motIfs. Our arts and crafts movement in the beginnmg wa" to a large extent a protest against the ex-ce~ sive use of mahogany. It was also a protest against the debasement of oak as used in the cheap machine made furni-ture of the department stores Fifteen years ago it was hard to find anythmg really good in furnIture out'>Ide of mahog-any and Flemish oak. At that time good furniture wa:o very expensive. In spite of the mcreased cost of hvmg, the home maker of moderate means can do far better now than fifteen years ago. She has been greatly aided m thIS matter by the mis- SIOn movement, by the development of the cottage theme, and by furniture making in general. If one wel e to have eel tam pieces made to order the cost would be greater today than fif-teen years ago. The companson made is with the fini:ohed product dIsplayed m the :ohops. There are a number of st) le:o now on the market '" hich are far more expensive than the "Flemish oak" or the "mahogany" mentIOned-the latter not wry exact as to design and fearfully and wonderfully pol-ished- the bright French polish now happily gomg out even for pianos. But the gain in simple designs has been so great that the choice today is more extensive than it ever was, and THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUIlt With doublf> arbors. shdmg table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. ThIS machme represents the height m saw bench con-struction It ISdeSigned and bUilt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write os for descriptIve information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~ftJmMPIDS. the house bUIlders of 1980 WIll not be less fortunate. If furnIture makers contmue to revIve the designs of the past and go back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries as they are now turnmg to the sIxteenth and seventeenth, there will be some interesting Gothic revivals in the future. The Gothic centuries wIll open up a mine of beautiful things to the furnIture designers who can make distinctions between pIeces made for cathedrals and abbeys and those for homes. The cupboards, pre"ses, armoil es, buffets. etc., of the early fourteenth century hold much for our designers, and the won-der IS they have gone so long neglected. With the exception of the "Gothic Revival" in England, not particularly happy in its mid-VIctorian interpretation, and the earlier "Gothic craze" which led Chippendale and his contemporaries into such freak- Ish lengths, the great Gothic period as far as furniture is con-cerned has been allowed to grow dusty in oblivion. We can hardly take into account the clever forgeries 111 old Gothic chests and cupboards which appear from time to time in col-lections and have been known to find their way to our big museums. These, lIke bogus Renaissance marriage coffers and inlaid Spanish cabinets, belong to spurious works of art rather than to the ranks of furniture making. If we were to prophesy jihe furniture of a much later day than the one under consideration, a composite style might be predicted combining the grace of Colonial, the simplicity of Mission, the repose of Shelaton, the dIgnity of Jacobean, the refinement of Adam, the enduring qualIties of Gothic, and the splendid workmanship of our own day.-Virginia Robie, in "The HOUSE- Beautiful" Lots of designers who aim high break the ends of their crayons. 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN Buy the INVINCIBLE Line of SPRING BEDS AND BE PREPARED TO FILL THE WANTS OF YOUR TRADE FOR Standard Quality Honest Values Solid Comfort Durability SEND FOR CATALOG CONTAINING OUR LINE OF Spring Beds, Steel Folding Couches, Davenports, Cots, Cribs, Cradles, Mattresses, Couch Pads, Etc. MANUF ACTURED BY HENRY SCHOMER COMPANY, Furniture for Christmas Gifts. Utlhty presents at Chnstmas tIme may not to many people conl aIn the percentage of sentiment that they seek to Infuse into their gIfts, but, nevertheless, they are Imghty mce presents to glVe and to receIve Flowers, confectIOnery, perfumes, sta-tionery, and ephemeral tokens of remembrance plea"e for the nonce, but the sohdness of the furmtUl e gIft and Ih durablht, keep in mmds f01 years the thoughtful kmclness of some good heart at Christmas Take the extremely handsome Itbrary tables of oak and mahogany that are dIsplayed m furmture warerooms Just now Not only are they a thing of beauty, but every tIme the recIpIent SIts at the table to read he WIll hkely think of the donor The :.vIlssion hbrary table is especially timely as a present They are generally of oak fimshed m early Engltsh style Other kInds artistically deSIgned are on sale at very moderate pnces every-where, Then there IS our old fnend the Morns chaIr How many times will father, mother or fnend rise up and call you blessed for such a gift? No, they will not be hkely to rise Up-It WIll be too comfortable SItting down The chaIrs are generally m oak or mahogany finish, WIth reverSIble cushIOns of a hIgh grade of velour. There's a china closet of golden quarter-sawed oak that would make many a housewife's heart beat \\ Ith the 10y of pos-seSSIOn Or a bride's, eIther, for that matter ~Iatched WIth It en sUlte are made WIth buffet boards, polished so that their resplendent surfaces are all but practtcal mirrors Chiffoniers of oak and other woods are seen everywhere that are the acme of dainty design and ready service Very styhsh dressmg cases of quarter-sawed oak and other hIghly treated woods are on dIsplay MaSSive dIning tables, the hand- 533-534 So. Canal St., CHICAGO, ILL. ....omest of CIrcular patterns and capable of extension from four to eIght feet are beautifully suggestive of the ideal substantial Chnstmas gIft \nd what a comfort-breathing array of bedsteads on exhi-bitIOn 111 ,111 of the furmtul e shops High cla'ss brass beds of '111 pa"l11C; c!e:'lgn are selltng from $30 to $50 and some of the cun L' ot hedd and foot pIece are poems 111bed architecture. A RIp \ an WInkle sleep threaten:, all those who use these slum-ber enhancel s, for when spread WIth all theIr accessories they dre an mVltatlOn to bId dull care begone and take to the "im-ploved hay Inclosure" for eIght hours of sweet oblivion ::\ot forgett111g that Important Item of chaIrs, whose posses- ~lOn Il1d\ bnng J0) to the Il1lstress of the dm111g room and the parlor Some are very fine, upholstered 111leather Others of de~lgn separate from any sUIte are beautiful pIeces of workman-shIp Couches In all sorts of new upholstered designs are 111Vlt-l11gly dIsplayed everywhere There are handsome ones of lea-ther and others of costly velour ~1usic cabinets of quartered oak and mahogany finish are other temptIng Christmas pres-ents .\Iso parlor and den rockers that fairly invite the singing ot the "Cradle of the Deep" WIth swingmg motion m strict time. \\ hlle not counted stnctly articles of home furniture, roll-lop \\ ntmg desks are so akin that they suggest purchase at the YuletIde f01 the man who has to do a great deal of systematic work of a clencal fashIOn at home now and then They are made m several kl11ds of hIghly treated woods, and range m pnce from $23 to several hundred dollars Women's writing c!e"k- arc of many dainty vanetles,--Chicago Examiner rhc charter of the :\Ianetta (Ga) Chair company, bemg abollt to expire. has been renewed for a term of twenty years MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS John RIchcreek, furniture dealer of ::\1t Blanchard, 0, has sold out to Albert Locher. Hensel & Fastman succeed Louis Hensel in the furniture and carpet busmess at Chfton Heights, Pa The iEureka 1\1anufacturlng company, tables, have decided to move then plant from ~ ewcastle to Liberty, Ind. The Globe-Wermcke company of Cincinnati, are now oc-cupymg theIr new retaIl store at 128 Fourth street. The Bates- Wtlkinson company, retaIl furniture dealers, of Fort Williams, Ont., have made an a%ignment for the benefit of creditors. Irvin Jones & Co., have purchased the furniture, hardware and undertaking business of A B Cadwallader & Co of Gales-burg, Mich The Central Manufacturing company of Roanoke, Va., are bU5y filling a contract for furnIture for the capitol building at Richmond D D Lincoln, furnIture and hardware dealer of Quinlan, Okla, has sold hIS stock of hardware but will continue the furni-ture business R S Sloan has purchased Edwin C Stewart's interest in the Atlanta (Ga) Casket company and has become president and general manager of the business W. G Barry & Son have purchased the retail furniture business of A. L Mincer, at Sterling, Kan. The Barrys were formel'1y m the business at Council Grove, Kan. The Kennedy Furniture company of Birmingham, Ala., have decIded to close out theIr furniture business and devote theIr time exclUSIvely to the undertaking busine·ss. Paul Mattox has purchased Mr Russell's interest in the retml furniture bUSiness of Dunkerton & Russell at Bronson, Kan The new firm name is Dunkerton & Mattox. Owing to ill health C. W Fuller, furniture, carpet and stove dealer at West Dennis, Mass., has retired from bUSiness. He settled WIth hIS credItors at 60 cents on the dollar. The paymaster-general, ~avy Department, Washington, D. C , IS advertising sealed proposals to be opened on December 20, under ~chedule 3096, for furnishing 10,000 mattresses. \\1 S Jones, a pIOneer undertaker of Manchester, Iowa, dIed on December 2, at the home of his daughter in Cedar RapIds, where he had gone to spend the \"inter He was 78 years old Max Stemman, furmture dealer, of Korfolk, Va, has made arrangements for the erectIOn of a two story brick and stone building WIth plate glass front, adJoimng the Kootz block on High street Louis M Richards, a well-known furlnture salesman of Keene, N. H, has been engaged by Sprague & Carleton, ~hair manufacturers of Beaver Mills, same state, as their traveling represen ta ti, e. Aaron and Becky Burdick, who have been doing business as the American Furniture company at Lawrence. Mass., have filed a voluntary petitIOn in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $2,246; as-sets estimated at $1,300. J. Pusey Chapman, furnIture dealer of Aurora, IlL, is building a large pressed brick addItIOn to his store on Thirteenth stl"eet. WIth the addition completed he will have the largest store building in the city The liabilities of Harris Bartelstone & Sons, manufacturers of mIrrors, etc, at 750 Broadway New York, who recently made an assignment, are scheduled at $16,656. The assets have been scaled down to $4,100. Simon L. Warren and Louis Goldblatt, doing busines'S in Chelsea, ~lass , under the name of the First Furniture company, have gone into voluntary bankruptcy. Liabilities scheduled at $12,506; assets estimated at $6,740. J. H. Martin has purchased the furniture and hardware department in Henry Tandy's general store at Bartow, Fla., and turned it over to his son, Lawrence Martin, who wiH increase the stock of furniture and add rugs and carpets. N egotiatiom are reported as pending for the establishment of a large veneer plant at Beverly, a suburb of Grand Rapids, Mich The promoters promise to make a patented product that is expected to "revolutionize the veneer industry." The Crown Table and Specialty company of Argos, Ind., as been changed from a firm to a corporation, capitalized at $10,000 B. C Schoonover, M. L. Corey, E. R, Taber. Jacob Martin and G E Ellingwood, are the incorporators. James O'Brien, alIas H. YIiller, a bogus check operator, is in jail at Albion, :\f Y. charged with swindling merchants of various towns In the northern part of the state, among his vic-tims being A D Dally, a Brockport furniture dealer. The firm of A. & J Blanchette, furniture dealer'S, who have several stores in New England and use the Maple Leaf trading stamps, WIth headquarters in Norwich, Conn., have added an-other link to their chain by opening a branch store in Wor-cester, Mass. H. J. WJ1liamson, for many years the leading furniture deal-er of Norfolk, Va, wtll retire from the bu'Siness on January 1. turning the store at 563 Church street, over to C. Gordon Meyers and Walter F. Jenkins, who have been with him for the past ten or twelve years. The assets of the T. De Long Furniture company of Boy-erstown, Pa., who recently went through bankruptcy have been sold to the Boyerstown Casket company, who will remodel and improve the plant and put it in operation soon, making coffins, caskets and a small line of furlllture. G. S. Combs. for several years with the Little Rock, (Ark.) Furniture Manufacturing company, has bought an interest in the Adair FurnIture company of that city. of which he has been elected president and will be general manager of the factory. L C AdaIr IS treasurer of the company. Sedersky & Rapport, furniture dealers of Connellsville, Pa. have purchased the business, stock and fixtures of their com-petitors, Mace & Co. They will consolidate the two stores in the bUIlding now occupIed by Mace & Co., and will enlarge their stock of furmture, carpets and general house furnishings. Chandler's Carpet and Furniture House of Redlands, CaI., have purcha'Sed the Dunlay building which they will remodel and move into about the mIddle of January. The second floor IS dIVIded into about thirty rooms but the partitions will be taken out and the whole floor made into one room for the car-pet department. Orrin McCarrison, furniture and carpet dealer of Oshkosh, Wis., has filed a voluntary petitIOn in bankruptcy. He schedules hIS ltabllttles ot $7,712 and estimates his as'Sets at $15,256. E. T. Cole has been appointed receiver and a meeting of the credi-tors is to be held December 15. Too much credit business is said to have caused the failure. After advertismg for bids and readvertising three times, the Chicago council committee on city hall, have awarded the con-tract for metallic furniture and fixtures to be installed in the new city hall, to the Van Dorn Iron Works of Cleveland, 0., at $101,997 Among the hIgher bidders were the Metal Construc-tion company $109,918 and the General Fireproofing company, $114,900. - - ~ ~-------------. 30 WEE K L Y ART I SAN YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG JANUARY lOth If you place the order with us by December 15th WHITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I WEEKLY Handling Store Complaints. Problems which must be solved by every retall merchant be he m a small hamlet or in a large CIty, are those dealIng wilh complamts. No retaIl store is in exi~tence today which does not have complaints of all kinds to adJUSt. fw:) 0£ the gl-:al thlllg:o wl'ich the pubhc demands are good vall'e~ and good S\'I' Ice CompetItIon is keen and merchants are makin~ every 'll-dl'cement for the pubhc to buy When an artIcle whlrh helS lwcn represented to be of excellent quallty does not stand up and faJl~ to do the work for whIch It IS mtended, the purchaser dop" 1l0~ heSItate to return the article to the store even if It has been u~fd for some length of time In order that the ~tore may ma111tain Its high standard, all compla111ts both large and small should be carefull} and courteously adjusted. Perhaps the one thmg which the average 1l1dlvidual lacks IS the ablhty to clearly state the facts in a few \'yords. The business man wants the story in digestIble form He ha~ 110 pdIence WIth long drawn-out dIssertations and unnecessary eilu- "IOns What he wants is facts-just plain straight-from-the-shoulder talk, about the business concerning which the customer h:cs come to see him. There are hundreds of people throughout the country who arE' unreasonable 111their demanc1~, but who must sometIme in thE' fulure purchase more merchandise. ~II of these people "llOuld be carefully handled. Here is the de"criptlOn of a case which happened recently a'1d an explanation of the manner in which it was adjusted A 111an built a house and in furnishing it desired to purchase a kitchen cabinet, which was to be of a certain size. so that It might be installed between two walls. He went to a prominent store of his town and found exactly the style of cabinet, but not the SIze, that he wanted. The salesman told him that they had just the size he desired in the warehouse. He hesitated in placing the order, but was assured by both the floorwalker and the manager that he would get the proper size Thereupon he placed the order and left the store. This man lived in a suburb nine miles from the store and the cabinet was to be delivered to his home. Two days later the cabinet reached the purchaser and was found to be of the large size such as he had seen. He asked the driver to take it back and was met with the remark that it wa~ against the rules. "Well, what do you think I am going to do with it) It WII1 not fit the kitchen and I cannot afford to throw it away," saId the customer. "SeMch me," exclaimed the driver. "You will have to notify the store If you want it taken back." So it was taken out in the yard and allowed to remain there until the customer could reach the store. 'P" The Good Old Reliable Work Bench THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. For Many Years Made ExclUSively by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the Chicago Truck for woodworking factories. I--,--------...S-.en.d-.f.o-r.-C.at.a-lo.gu-.e. -..-..-..-.--.-----' ~ ARTISAN 31 ~_._.~---~-~._-_.-_......_. .-_.-......._--------------. ., Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 I We take pleaaure m mtrodUCllli to you our new Saw Table The base is Similar to wha we have been using on our No 4 Saw Table, only we have made ,t larger on the floor The falUDg and lowenDIr devJce IS the same as we have on the No 4 Machme. With lever and pitman The lever IS made of steel The arbor" made of I ~ -mch .teel. runnmg m long nng oumg boxe., and" for I-inch hole m saw. We furnISh one 14-iach saw on each mochtne 11w,lI corry a 16-mch saw .f demed. Table ISmade With a cenlerohde 12 mche, w,de WIth a movemenl of 21 mche.. It has a lockmg deYlce 10 hold 'I when you do nol Wl.h 10 use 'I, and has a delachable m,lre guage to be u,ed wben u,mg the shdmg-table. Can cross-cuI wllh lable extended to 24 mches, .Iso np up to 24 mches WIde Table h•• a removable throatlhal can be taken out when usmg dado It .Iso has two mitre guages for reaular work and a two Sided np quage that can be used on ttther stde of the s.w, more e.peetally when the table is bile<!. also a bltmg rtp gauge 10 be u,ed 10 eut bevel work when you do nol WIShto tIlt the table The top IS 40x44 mche, Countenhaft h.. T & L. puller.' lOx 14 mche •• and the dnve pulley 16,,5 inches, counter- ,haft should run 800 Makmg ,n aU aboul a. complele a machme as can be found and at • reasonable pnco Wnle u. and we w,ll be plea.ed to quote you prtces Address, ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., ~1.183 CanalSt., G.... d Rapid., Mid,' ..... A few days afterward he found time to calI at the store where he had pUI chased the cab1l1et. He went up to the furni-ture department, looked up the clerk from whom he had made thf' purchase, only to find that this man had left upon his vaca-tion Then he told his story to the floorman, who assured him that it would be properly adjusted at the office on the main floor. When he reached the office he again told hIS story, and the man ill charge asked him If he had the slip with hIm He informed him that he had and when he handed It to the adjuster, was told It would take from fifteen to twenty minutes to look the matter up. .... He sat down and waited fully forty-five minutes and then he again inquired at the desk if his matter had been heard from. The adjuster told him that they were havlllg some trouble in tracing it, but to wait a while longer. "But," said the purchaser, "can't you adj ust this simple matter for me quickly, so that I can look after other urgent business matters)" To this he was answered that he could not, as it was agalllst the rules. Then he sat down and waited a while longer only to hear that he would have to see the manager. He went to the manager and stated the case to him The manager then took up another hour of hi" valuable time .and finally ad-ju~ ted the claim. All told, fully three hours were consumed in straightening Ol1t this matter which could easIly have been ad] l1sted in fifteen minutes. A week later the driver called for the cabinet which he had r(fused to take back This case cost the store the trade of a well-to-do family and the sale of a $15 kItchen cabinet. This is plainly a case of unfairness toward the cmtomer.-Dry Goods Reporter . ... cents, No 2, 22@25, No.3, 15@17 Damar-Batavia, 12;1z @14 ccnh ZanzIbar, pUt e whIte, 75@85; sorts, 55@60; thumb SIze, 42@45. Mamla, pale, 16@18; amber, 14@15; nubs, 7@7;/2; ChIpS, 5@6 Smgapore, 7@7;/2. Cordage I'; m good demand and actual pnces on the bet-tel ~rades uf t\\ me:" are nearer to the pub11shed quotations than dt any tune smce September. '1 he burlap busmess IS dull owmg to the uncertainty as to the condItIOns at Calcutta Lack of faIth in the Indian Government's estimate on the Jute crop is a material factor m thIS market It IS generally believed that the yield will be neal el 8,000,000 than 7,300,000 bales as estImated by the gov-ernment offiClals QuotatIOns stand at 380 for 7;/2-ounce, 3 90 to! 8-ounce and 4.90 for lO;/2-ounce Calcutta goods, though buyers are :"aid to have secured some 100-ounce weIghts at 4 80 thl~ week Stocks of the light weights are saId to be 11ght Condltlun" m the hal dwood lumbel business are still un-eer tam, and unsatIsfactory to producers and sellers. Firmer pllces are reported at some pomts whIle weakness prevails at (,thel s PrICes al e much firmer on the higher than on the 10\\ er grade,;, but the demand is merely nominal and there is httle expectatIOn of lmplOvement until after the opening of the ne\\ yeal 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN .,. Miscellaneous AdvertiseIllents. WANTED FIrst class foreman finisher. Barnard & Simonds Company, Rochester, N. Y. 12-1 WANTED. Supermtendent in furmture factory wants pOSItion, mIddle aged man of vaned expenence, good mechamc, draftsman and machine man. Conversant With all kmds of cabInet work. Address "Craftsman," care Weekly Artisan. 12-10tf WANTED. A No. 1 men to handle strong and complete hne of sprIng beds as Side lIne, for Iowa, WiSCOnSIn, Illmols, MIchigan, Ohio. Must have acquamtance With furmture trade Ad-dress "SprIng Beds," care Weekly Artisan 12.1Otf WANTED First class machine foreman on furniture case work. State age, references, expenence and wages wanted. Address 'Real," care Artisan. 12 3-10 POSITION WANTED As superintendent for chair factory covermg all departments from dnving-up to the fimshmg department In detail. NIne years spent With one of the largest chair manufacturers In Umted States. Address E. H. H., 21 Milton-Manor, Buffalo, N. Y. 123-10 WANTED Supermtendent. One who thorougWy understands bank, ofuce and store fixtures, and speCial order work. To the rIght man thiS is a rare opportumty. Address, (statmg expenence and where you have worked), "SuperIntendent," Care of Weekly Artisan, Grand RapIds, Mich. tf WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and IllinOIS to sell Parlor and LIbrary Tables. State terntory covered and lines car-ned. Address "Map", care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Traveling salesman to carry a hne of Re,ed Rockers and Chairs m Indiana and IllinOIS. State terrItory covered and lmes carried. Address "Near", care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furmshine; best of references and at present engaged. deSIres a change. Thoroughly acquamted with the trade of New England and New York stat,es and can &\larantce results. Address C. A. R., Weekly Arttsan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if des1red. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. • New York Markets. New York, Dee. 9.-0wmg to the break m flaAseed pI Ices lmseed 011 IS weak and lower, though no change 1-, noted m the card rates. Raw 011, both CIty and western, IS quoted 9S @96 cents, smgle balled 97@98 and double bOlled 99@$1.00. TransactlOns, however, are made at lower figure,,-three or four cents lower m some m"tanee:,,-and a change m the' offi- CIal" quotatlOn:" IS expected to be announced tomouow. Business IS exceedmgly dull, buyel s apparently holdmg off, expecting a further decltne m pnces. Turpentme is also weak and sltghtly lowel, havmg de-clined about a cent per gallon dunng the week. Today's quotations are 78 cents here and 740 at Savannah. The demand is light. The goatskm busmess IS deCIdedly qUlet WIth a tendency to weakness and lower pnces, though no matenal reductlOns have been reported. ReceIpts are ltght and sellel s generally are hoping for a stIffenmg of the busmess. Shellac continues steady, only small fractlOnal changes being noted in quotatIOns TI ade IS of faIr volume, the bulk of it bemg of a routine ]obbmg nature. . Varnish gums ale s11ghtly hIgher, the firmness bemg at-tributed more to Singapore mfluences than to the \\ eakness of linseed oil. The advances are mamly on the ~Ianlla and lower grades. Todays's quotations: Kauri No.1, 38@40 III III• II I I I I• IIII III IIIII ,I•• III I I II•II•I •I• II• •I II II Jackson Brothers Burned Out. " ashmgton, DC, Dec. 9.-The furniture store of Jack-son Bros was completely destroyed by fire that started from an unknown ollgin at an early hour this morning, and raged for over four hours. An adjoining building was damaged to a considerable extent but most of the loss, which is now es-tllnated at $100,000, falls on Jacbon Bros., who are supposed to be \\ ell protected by insurance. II I! • fhe busme~s of Potter & Co, the oldest dealers in furni-tnre, c1rapenes and other house furnishings in Providence, R. r ha, been pnrchased bv the TIlden-Thurber company of thaJt: llt) Chal1e-, and ,Valter Potter, sons of the founder of the hou~e \\ 111 Icmam \\ lth the new propnetors who heretofore lMve dealt only 111 sllvel\\ are, Jewelry and interior decorations. Index to Advertisements. Bal nes v\ F & John (0111pany 8arton H J-I & ::,on Company Big Sn.. CaI Loatbng --\s~oclat1on Bock"ltege rUI nltul Compun\ Bu-.s ~achlne \Volks C'f'ntul'\ T"UInltul e ('ompany (hlcago ,furor and ~Jt G-Jass Compan\ (hiistianson C Dodds AlexandPI Compau, Fancj FurnIture Compau,} (.-l and RapIds Blo\\ PIpe and Dust Arrester Company 1 reedluan Blothers C"ompau) G-lobe vVorld Bosse FUlniture Company Grand RapIds Brass Compau)' Gland RapIds RefrIgerator Company Grand RapIds Veneer WOlk9 Ilupenal rurnIture Company !(arg-p.:; FurnIture C"ompany K111del Parlm Bed Company r lice T'urnltul e Companv I lice Redmond ChaIr Company Mal vel :Manufactunug Compal1j. 1\ietal FU1Dlture Company Th'Ilclugan EngraVIng Company 1\1:lscellaneous "'\01 tl1ern FurnIture Company 01lver MachIne! y Company Petersen A & Co Portel C 0 Machinel J.' COlnpany RIchmond Chair Company ROLkfoul ChaIr and Furnltua' Company Rockford Frame and FIxture Compau" Royal ChalT Company Royal rurnlture Company Schomer Henl y Company C,heldon E H & Co ~Ilgh r'urnlturp Company Stow & Da\.IS FurnIture Company Swett Frank 'V & Son Tannewitz Works TIa\erse CIty Charr Company "LnlOn Furultule Company 'Rockford) Walter Clark Veneer Company Ward, 0 A .. . . White Printing Company... .. . Covel 13 18-19 18 Covel 8 6 31 31 25 Cover 11 17 9 88 25 18 5 22 8 18 14 32 1 22 13 15 23 12 697 28 11 Cover 4 12 ••••••• 27 .Cover ......... •• 14 24 8 110 ~,------------------- II II II ---------_._--------_._---------------------- ... Buss Tilting Table Saw Bench f"rmshed with or w,thout Sorln!! Attachment. Weight Net, )200 Ibs. Carries Saws up to )8 inches in diameter Self-oiling bearings for countershaft and loose pulley--tight and loose pulleys 9 Yz and )0 in. diam.--drive pulley 20 in. diam., 6 in. face. rat e n t e d device for locking lhe table. Made so that the boring attachment may be added later without any machine work or expense whatever to user. The DUSQ MachI" ne W 1.r Manufacturers of Latest Improved Wood.Worklng Machlner)'. I ====1= ~=_=~==========O=r=I=~S=,Holland and Grand Rapids. MIch., U. S.A. .... .- .- - ..--------------- -_-...---------------_. ... ----- ----- .__ . -----_._---------- _.- ..- . ......... , HAND ('lRCULAR RIP SAW MORTISER COMBINED MACHINE Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer s profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can ma.ke more money wlth less capltal lnvested He can hold a better and more satlstactory trade wIth hIs customers. He can manufacture m as good .tyle and fimsh and at as low cost as the fdctones The local cabmet maker has been forced mto only the dealer's trade and profit, because 01 machme manulactured goods 01 factones An outfit of Barnes Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machmery, reInstates the cabmet maker wIthadvantag-es equal to hIS competItors If desired, these machInes Will be sold on frtal The purchaser can have ample tIme to test them m h,. own shop and on the work he Wishes them to do. Deaer,pt,v. eatalogu. and pr,e8 llat free w. f. &. JOHN BI\RNES CO. 654 Ruby St .. Rockford, III. No 4 SAW (ready lor cross cuttIng) No. 4 SAW-(ready for npplD&') N~ 7 SCROLL SAW II , . No • SCROLL SAW FeR.MER OR MOULDER HAND TENONER -.. ..... .. ------_.~~-----------~~--_._._._.~.-....-.....----- n ~'l A 1\TT) R ;\ rr LJ \r Ii l r\"'if flP; \:' lldJLhJ LIIJlLiH OUR AUTOMATIC FORNACE FEED SYSTEM ~ •••••• __ .- • La ••••••••••••••••••••••• T •• _ •• .a ••••••••• _••••• La. __ ••••••• Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE LATEST device for handling shavings and dust from all wood-working machines. Our nineteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hun-dred of these systems in use, and not a ;oor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in this line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cltlsen. Phone 1282 Bell. M.ln 1804

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