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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Eighth Year-No. 23 JUNE 10. 1905 Semi-Monthly
SATISFIED CUSTOMER
No. 163 SAND BELT MACHINE.
is the best proof that
our Sand Belt Machines
are what we claim for
them.
Other c US tom e r s
claim they do m 0 r e
than we claim for them.
They will do for you
what they have done
for others.
Let us tell you more
about them.
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j The Best Truck-- The Strongest Truck
WYSONG &. MILES COMPANY, CedarSt.andSou.R.R •• GREENSBORO, N. C.
This is the famousGillette Roller Bearing Factory
Truck-the truck on which it is said, "One man
can move a load of 3000 pounds while with
the other trucks it takes three men,"
This is the truck that is strong where others are
weak-the truck that has an unbreakable
malleable iron fork.
This is the truck YOU are looking for if youwish
to invest in rather than waste money on factory
trucks.
Gillette Roller Bearing Co.
ORAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
The Light•• t Running, _ __
"Lonll •• t L....tlnll Tru,," "
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Our trucks have the large center wheels revolving
on turned, taper bearing axles, just like a wagon.
Eight No
Regular
Sizes
Box
Bearings
Built oLbest materials, Mi~higan hard maple bodies and high grade castings made to special
patterns, our trucks give best returns for your investment. There is nothing about them easily broken
or that mig-ht get out of order. Tust built in quality. Better sendfor ~atalog and pri~es.
Grand R.apids Hand Screw Company
HANC eCREVVS. BENOHES. OLAMPS
918 Jefferson Avenue. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN
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Here are a few specimens of our Colonial, Glass No~Kum~Loose Knobs
NEW DESIGNS. LOOKS LIKE CUT GLASS. SEND FOR PRICES.
No. 194. Diam'j 1% inches. No. 195. Diam. l~ inches. No. 196. Diam .• 1M inches.
GRAND RA>,;...;.' PIDS BRASS CO.
No. 175. Diam., % inches • GRAND· RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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MICHIGAN ARTlSA;\J
These Specialties are used all
Over the World
Veneer Prene8, different kinds and sizes. (Patented)
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Hand Feed Clueing Machine (Patent
pendin(J.) Many stylel and .izes.
Veneer Presses
Glu~ Spreaders
Glue Healers
Trucks, Etc" Etc. Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine, Single,
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Double and Combination. (Patented)
(Sizes 12 in. to 84 in wide,)
CHAS. E. FRANCIS & BRO" Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind, No. 6 G1u.H •• t••. ...._--_._----
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Wood·Working
Machinery
and Supplies
LET US KNOW
YOUR WANTS
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SPEAKING OF WOOD FINISHING
MARIETTA
STAINS
Marietta Stains not only in-clude
the famous Oil Stains,
first perfected by this com-pany,
but the beautiful Mis-sion
Group and the Acid
Stains. as well as man y
special Stains. Here are the
big sellers:
Golden Oak Oil Stain
MahoQsny Spartan Stain
Old Bnlillish Spartan Stain
Fumed Oak Acid Stain
Cathedral Oak
Early BnQlJsh
Weathered Oak
Anlwcl"p Oak
Flemish Oak
MATERIALS
Has it ever occurred to you to stop and
ask why the Marietta Paint and Color Com-pany
sell more Stains and Fillers than all
other manufacturers of Stains and Fillers
in the United States?
The fame of Marietta Stains and Fillers
has circled the globe.
There must be a reason for this-and
there is.
Marietta Wood Fillers have no equal.
Marietta Stains are used wherever a high
grade and perfect effect is dosired.
THE MARIETTA
PAINT & COLOR CO.
MARIETTA - OHIO
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MARIETTA
FILLERS
MARIETTA PASTE
\VOOD FILLERS are being
used by thousands of furni-ture
manufacturers with per-fect
results. They are made
from pure silex, thoroughly
ground and treated by a
~pecial process with pure
kettle boiled linseed oil, and
pure linseed oil Japan as a
binder. The ingredients are
treated after a method of
our own invention, which
produces most satisfactory
working qualities. These fil-lers
are made in two grades,
Spartan and Standard.
WHITE PRINTING CO,
I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I
HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE
2 MICHIGAN ARTISAN
Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e
an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ
TUE LATEST device for handling
shavings and dust from all wood-working
machines. Our nIneteen years
experience in this class of worl, has
brought it nearer perfection than any
other system on the market today. 1t
is no eXperi1tlent) but a demonstrated
scientific fact, as we have se'veral hun-dred
of these systems in use, and not a
poor one among tll-ent. OLtr Autmnatic
Furnace Feed System.! as shown i'll, this
cut, is the tJ1..ost perfect toorking device
of anything in this line. Write for our
prices for equipments.
WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL
DETAIL WORK WITI-lOUT EX-PENSE
TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
i-.~ ~_O~UR AUTOM_A_TIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM
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EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE
BLOWERS ALWAYS IN
STOCK.
Office and Factory:
208-210 Canal Street
GRAND RAPIDS. MICll.
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PUBLIC UDlURY
28th Year-No. 23. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JUNE 10, 1908. $1.00 per Year.
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Fakes and Real Antique Furniture.
The test of antique furniture, as a dealer remarked, is 110t
the look of it, but the difficulty of hreaking it up. The most
cOllscicntious imitator would hardly have the patience to put
furniture together so permanently as our ancestors did.
Even the current high prices wonld hardly suffice to pay him
for his trouble. Nevertheless, since the test of breaking up
cannot readily be applied, much faked old furniture exists in
this conn try and ahro<1d.
Sir Pllrdon Clarke, director of the lvIetropolitan 1-fnscl1l11of
:Kew York, explains the matter in so far as Elizabethan oak
is concerned, and he speaks here partly in his proper profes-sional
character as architect. According to him gossipy
Horac:;:'. 'Valpole, nearly 150 years ago, \vas responsible for the
first revival of Elizabethan furniture. Harry set l1p imita-tion
gothic fnshions at Strawberry Hill, and all England went
hunting for Elizabethan furniture. As it ''';as discovered that
the village cabinet makers still kne\'" how to build furniture
after the fashion they had iollO\ved in good Queen Bess's
timc, much new Elizabethan furniture was made during' that
revival to supply the deficiency in the original stock.
Then came Sir 'Valter Scott, threescore years ago, and
Iva11hoe started 'l1lOther gotbic fashion-a fashion, says Sir
Purdon, which led in religion to Ritualism, in painting to
Rossetti and Burnc-JollcS, and in furniture to "restorations."
Liknvise all England went
bunting for Elizabethan
furniture again, and the
process of time :having
impaired the supplement-ed
stock left over from the
earlier reviVed, and the
village cabinet makers be-ing
still hand workers and
some of them still quite
Elizabetban in their meth-ods,
a deal more Eliza-betha11
furniture was
made then, S0111e years
ago Sir Purdon went
through England for the
government upon this
matter and paid domicil-
Iary visits in the shires
north, west and south. In
any number of cases it
Sketch by Otto Jiranek. was ql1it(~ impossible to
tell Elizabethan furniture
of the [lrst and second revival from Elizabethan furnitttre
of Elizabeth's own reign. Often IJttt for the latter date
marked on it yOU 'would have sworn that a given piece was
of the original \;intage.
The supply of Elizabethan furniture seemed amply pro-vided
for. But this is not the end. Unscrupulous persons
bribed underlings and attendants, and got photographs of
characteristic pieces. Then these unscrupulous persons set
v.. , ,j
up a factory across the seas in Holland for the making of
more Elizabethan furniture. They are still making it there.
It is shipped to dealers in London who ply a discreet but tidy
trade, They plant the stuff bit by bit in rustic rural places
in the north a11(1\vest of England. The respectable people
who take lodgers in summer give house room also for the
season to a piece of Elizabethan furniture made in Holland.
It poses as a family piece, and is duly provided with a pedi-gree
dating back one knmvs not hO\",' many grandfathers. At
the end of the season, if the piece is unsold, it is retu'rned.
If it is sold, at deep sacrifice of homely sentiment, the dealer
and the respectable vilager divide the profits. The lodger-who
may be an American-takes the piece home, and starts
it all a career as an heirloom.
So, according to a co1-1ector who is a sort of Ulysses
among his kind, the ingenuous Italians prepare Florentine
chests. They plant their modern chests in the sea sand by
the Adriatic, where in a short period they take on the most
admirable look of age and are plentifully rusted as to the
metalwork. Then they are sold to Americans or others as
relics of days mediaeval.
In spite of which sllceessful tricks, according to a Fifth
avenue picture dealer, the American buyer of art objects-as
of other things-is, as a rule, the most intelligent, the least
likely not to know what he is getting when he gets it.-N e\v
York Times,
"Hints on Household Taste" published in 1868 by C.
Eastlake exercised a great influence in America and England.
Eastlake advocated a return to Gothic styles of construction
though greatly improved compared to the earlier examples.
Other styles were gradually discarded and a movement was
made to simplify the Gothic, straight lines exclusively being
used. The c011struction became more perfect and machinery
was largely used for spindles and turnings, After the war of
the rebellion furniture making received a great boom. From
1860 to 1868 the increase was' $68,000,000 or 20 times the
value of 1860. In 1876, at the Centennial Exposition, the
Eastlake or early English style was exploited. The western
factories got their llrst foothold in the east at that time.
I-I. H. Richardson of Boston, this COUlltry's most famous
architect, ,",,"asresponsible for the popularity of the Romanes-esque
style in furniture and in a few years it was generally
adopted. The style lost its beauty in the hands of the men-ufacturers
of the cheaper grades of furniture.
The colonial style is the only one truly American. It is
very beautiful with its combinatioll of strength and simplicity.
The Americans can be proud of the rocking chair, bureau and
chiffonier which are their own invention-then unheard of in
Europe,
Veneering came into general use in the eighteenth century.
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A Rapid Mortiser.
The \Vysong & Miles Co. having met with stich remarkable
demand for their Automatic MUltiple Mortiser from manufac-turers
of 11 ases on an extensive scale, have l1owproduced the
machine hown in the accom-panying
itlustration to meet the
demand df those who wish to
obtain tble same high resulU,
but whose work does not call
for a machine of so large capa--
city and so expensive a machine
as the automatic 'multiple ma-chine.
This :.ro. 168 machine is
an e,xtrcmely rapid automatic .I
machine and retains all the ad-vantages
of their multiple ma-,-
chine aside from the fact that'it
makes but one mortise at a
stroke. In other words, the
action of the cylinder is auto-matic
and as no clamping of the
material is necessary there is no
loss of time clamping. The in-,.
stantan'eous action of the guage
due to the automatically appear-ing
and disappearing stops e,n-abies
the operator to move the
material to the desired pla~e for
the next mortise the instant the
chisel is withdra .v..n from one, 56
that these square mortises are
made one after the 'lther with
the greatest speed. Special at-tention
is called to five points of
merit:
1. Its speed is only' lirhited
by the speed of the operator.
2. There is no neces.sity ,of
marking off the places for the
mortises.
3. There is no clamping of;"
the material neces3ary. This
alone saves two-thirds of the-operator's
time.
4. The chisdbeing in a verti-cal
position, the operator can
more closely observe the .work
and see the chisel as it enters
the work.
5. The movement is automa-tic
by power, Hlus working with
the greatest rapidity with which
the chisel can be. passed into th~
wood. '
The chisels are threaded at
the shank so that the chiscl may be instantly awl, accurately
set in or out to suit the bit and this is far sUpe'r1()r to plain
shank fastened by the set '"5crev.r.
Without the chisel, which is quickly. removed',- i,t ~js'all
excellent Automatic Boring Machine,accomplish\ng, its work
with extreme rapidity and automatically spacing' d:(' holes.
A more complete description of· tbis jm.1-c,-"lin~:l11ay1?e.,had
from the manufacturers,' T-h~ \Vysong ~&-Mile's.Co.,. Cuiar St;
and Southern Railroad', Greensboro, N. ·C. ' ~ .. , '. ,- .
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The Henry s~Holden Veneer Co.
No. 23 Scribner street, Grand Rapids, make a speciality of
binI's eye maple. This company carries a large stock of
beautifully figured bird's eye, besides a large stock of fine
Th~S~jeofMoh~ir ...
The production of mohair is ':b~c.om-ing~:n,.irol}Orta:qtindus..:.
tryon the P~ci~~. c:~ast. Tile gqa,t YV{.~~:t:S,;U~ll~ll'..pYo. .at:their' ~
clips and derive a decided advantage therefrom ·in the, IT)-?king,:
of sales. The Lebanon (Qrego.n).po,ol, disposed of the clip of
3,000 goats, rceen,tly fOf 180 C(~ntsper pOjlnd.
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figures in mahogany, walr~ut; quartered oak and birch. In
quartered oak they have about a half million feet of fine
veneers cut, 1-20 inch, which is much heavier stock than
many othe:rs make. They ask all furniture manufacturers
visiting Grand Rapids to call and inspect their stock. They
also carry in' stock birch and popular crossbanding and rotary
c~-t qak; also birch, maple, basswood, popular and gum
dra~~r bottoms. , Scdbncr ,'or \Vcst Leonard cars pass all the
le:a'dil~ghotels and take you: right to the door of this company,
not more', than five or six'minutes ride. Henry S. Holden
ha~ been in 'the've·neer.business many years, and knows what
is; best in· e,;erythill:g .in· v~l1e'ers, and has the stock.
. "The Spartiv,'tds w~rc partial to silver furniture in the four-t~
elltli. cen'tury. KGlgEdward the first's coronation chair is
c1~~~acteristic of 'tJle period with its rich gilt.
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MICITIC;\I\
SPIEGEL A PHILANTHROPIST.
Proposes that Food be furnished Children of Podr Attending
Schools.
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11,'1. ]. Spiegel, the chief of the big furniture establishment
bearing his name, located at 182 \Vabash Avenlle, Chicago,
has a heart filled with human kindness, and his ~lOvelllellt in
the board of education for furnishing food to poor children
attending the schools, is characteristic of the man. His plan
is to obtain an a11llUal appropriation which win' enable the
hoard to properly feed school children who do not receive the
right nourishment at home. I
It has the approbation of almost every chari~abk society
in the city and is now being ·worked out in a schobl by one ot
these organizations at its own expense. ~dr. Speitel advances
the belief that if the board could afford to furnish Isome of the
children with nourishment they do not get at horq.e the entire
educational plane of this class of pupil would be liaised.
A resolution setting out these ideas, presented ro the board
members, was referred to the school management committee
for consideration.
"I believe if these children 'were given good; substantial
food such as milk, bread and butter and \vholesqme meats a
great deal of good could be accomplished," said Il'vIr. Spiegel
to-day. "It is among the poorer classes \vhere i low menta!
conditions are found. It is the lack of .nourishrnent of the
proper kind that causes this. T~lis plan' is now :being prac-ticed
in other large citieo;-and 1 believe it should'be installed
]1 ere. The backward children are nDt oply harmfll] to their
own advancement but to the advancem~nt of children \\lho
have to asssociate in the class, rooms vVlth them.~'
The preamble and resolution offered by 1Jr. Spiegel
follows:
Vv'hereas. In certain sections of our ,city the: educational
work in the public schools is very greatly hampered ,:llld the
progress of all the pupils is seriously retarded, b(~cause of the
impoverished condition, mental and phys.ieal, of ~ome of the
pupils (entitled to public school advantages), d~le to want,
lack of nourishment, and the absence of proper care; and
\Vhereas, It is the opinion of th.ose expert inlthe conduct
of public educational systems that to alleviate suell conditions
is to promote the efficjency of the schools jn a most far-reaching
a11(l beneficial manner; therefor<=:. be it~
Resolved, It is the sense of. this board· that i~ cause to be
made a thorough and exhaustive investigation into such C011-
ditions, together with the best remedie·s to bei adopted to
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remove Or relieve them, including what has been done in
other large publie sehool educational centers, -and also ,'v hat
legal restrictions and powers apply to this board and con-cern
this subject matter.
The American Blower Co.
The steady growth of the business of the American
Blmver Company, of Detroit, has made it necessary to
inerease their foundry facilities, and they have recently pur-chased
the foundry operated by the Northwestern Foundry
and Supply Company, manufacturers of cast iron soil pipe
and fittings and plumbers' specialties. This foundry will be
operated in the manufacture of castings, blowers, exhaust fans
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FILLERS. STAINS. POLISHES. ETC.
t]I If in trouble with finishing materials, now is the
time to let us put you right.
f:[ We match all sample~ submitted and fill all
orders promptly.
GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHINGCO.
55-59 Ellsworth Ave .• GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
engines and heaters, and will dispose of all the soil pipe and,
fitting patterns and foundry equipment complete, also a large
stock of finished pipe, fittings, belltraps, etc" to the right
party at a genuine bargain. Here is a chance to make some
money.
Royal White Maple Polishing Varnish.
The Royal Varnish Compal1Y, of Toledo, have recently
brought out a white maple polishing varnish which several
of the leading Grand Rapids furniture manufacturers, after a
thorough test, have prOlLoutlced the whitest and finest polish-ing
varnish on the market. There is 110t a particle of resin
in this varnish and it dries to recoat every other day, and can
be rubbed and polished in four or five days, For plain white
and birdseye maple it is very useful. Samples for testing will
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The Universal Automatic
CARVINO MACHINE
=== PRRFORMS T·HR WORK OF ===
25 HAND
CARVERS
And does the Work Belter than it can be Done bl' Hand
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UnIOn [MBOSSlno MACUlnr Co.
Indianapolia. Indiana
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FURNISHING THE BUNGALOW.
MICHIGAN
The Plainest of the Plain the Rule to Follow.
"As plain as poverty" is a simile quite out of date. As a
matter of fact, persons with full pocket books are now among
the most eager purchasers of house draperies, furniture and
wall coverings of the plaine,st description.
For the moment the plainest of the plain is the fashion in
the country houses morc or less removed from the bcatca
Toutes of travel. Also cottages, camps and bungalows more
or less secluded are tremendously in favor.
So far as appearance goes a man of fortune and a book-keeper
earning $2,000 or less a 'year are now housed alike in
some, parts of the north woods and in nearer districts of
New England. The former uses his primitive-apparently
primitive-habitation for perhaps two weeks. in the year; the
latter sends his family up for a three, months' stop. That's
one difference between the two cottages.
Another difference is in the, cost of furnishing-the two
with apparently the same results. In one instance a force of
men from a New York establishment
noted for fitting out caUl/try places in
suitable and picturesque fashion arrived
on the scene and did up the job; did it
well, too. There was no glitter, no silk-cn
tapestry, no gilded furniture" no pink
and blue French effect in drawing room
or elsewhere in this two story bungalow
situated six miles from a railroad station,
near a mountain lake and surrounded
with first growth trees.
The furnishings of the house matched
the surroundings as perfectly as though
the turf, the water of the lake, the
leaves and bark of the trecs, the mould
of the wagon road had been carried to
New York and matche,din the shops.
The latest fad, the decorator told the
owner, is to furnish mountain cottages
so as to give the, effect of severe simplic-ity.
"Rough finish, brown tones, materials
of coarse fibre, woods showing the nat-ural
grain and all absence of paint are
considered more stylish than convention-al
fabrics, polished woods, satin papers
and the like," the decorator said-said it
doubtfully, knowing his customer, when
he took the job.
('Go ahead," was the answer he got.
He went ahead, with the results de-scribed,
Which were obtained at a cost of
several thousand dollars. Visitors to
that' bungalow last summer raved about its artistic furnish-ings-
when told who the decorator was.
The same effects, fortunately for the man who sends his
family to the wilds for economy's sake and is in the habit of
giving high priced decorators a wide berth, can be had. at
comparatively small expense if one knows what to buy. Ma-terials
heavy, durable, quiet toned may be had in the shops for
half a dollar a yard which challenge in style goods costing
half a dozen dollars a yard. The effect of the one is mostly
stylish as the effect of the other, although the one is nlostly
flax, the other mostly raw silk. Here is the story of the
furnishing of a bungalow set up by a young married couple
handicapped by having an income which would scarcely be
enough to keep the wife of the wealthy bungalow owner in
hats!
The bungalow, in the first place, was not built by them or
for them. They lighted on it one day in taking a trip across
lakes in the Adirondacks. At one time, they were told, it
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was the headquarters of the foreman of a lumber camp.
By building an extension kitchen and servants' rooms the
house would have enough space to accommodate half a
dozen persons, they decided, and for a nominal sum the young
husband got a lease of the house, for three years. Early the
next spring he and his wife appeared in the vicinity and pro-ceeded
to make the house one of the most admired in a
neighborhood of rich men's camps. \-Vhat the>.' did anyone
ean do.
An astonished workman was engaged to rough plaster the
walls. He was hurt whcn his sugg.e.stiOl1of smoothly plas-tered
white. walls was "'iaived aside.
"The roughest plaster you can mix, and only a trifle light-er
in tint than common mortar." was the order.
"Vhen finished the color was a cross between a brown and
a gray, and the rough uneven effect was attractive. Common
'''iood stained in a dark oak color was used in all the rooms
in crossed four inch wide strips in the ceilings to give a lat-tice
effect, through which cottld bc seen a smooth white plas-tered
ceiling. There was not one inch of wall paper in the
house.
Floors and doors were stained in an
oak color. In the rich man's bungalow
much of the furniture was full of angles
and had an unpolished surface. Dull
finished, angular furniture predominated
in the bungalow of the young couplc,
much of it made on the spot. Thus in
the living room there was a three and a
half foot wide and six foot long settee
finished with a high back and arms,
which the owner knocked together with
the aid of a workman, and which is a
joy to the eye.
It harmonizes perfectly with three or
four massive, well made pieces of mis-sion
furniture sent up from New York,
and is more pieturdque than any settee
shown in the ).Jew York shops. The
seat cushions are of dull green arras
cloth, rough and stylish, which ean be
purchased for $1.25 a yard. It is fifty
inches wide.
So judicious is the mixture of hea\'y
well made pieces of furniture from good
shops with heavy roughly made pieces
made on the premises that the average
visitor puts the entire, outfit down ::is
having come from a city establishment.
"Where one can go out and cut down
saplings without saying 'by your leave,'
the possibilities for putting together ar-tistic
bits of furniture are immense," the
tenant explained. "I was lucky enough
good carpenter in this neighborhood who
give mc a couple of hours work now and
Sketch by Otto Jiranek.
to find a pretty
would and could
then."
The underpinning of his table is made of young trees strip-ped
of their bark and' stained walnut color. The top is
made of smooth board fitted by a carpenter and then stained.
The table was built in the r00111and can't ever be taken out.
The dining chairs came from a city shop find are of dull fin-ish,
walnut tint.
Window seats, small settees, odd benches and stools made
on the premises are in most cases an improvement on the best
grade mission designs from the best shops. In all the sleep-ing
rooms woven wire metal cots sent from New York were
chosen by the young couple instead of iron bedsteads. When
these arrived they were reinforced with a headboard and a
footboard made of lattice work of small branches stripped of
bark and treated with a white varnish. Even after paying a
carpenter to do most of the work the m01!cy saving was con-
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i ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VARNISH
White-the Emblem of Purity--our White Maple Polishing Varnish is Pure-and the
WHITEST GOODS on the market. It dries to recoat every other day; can be rUbbed
and polished in four to five days. Ask for testing samjle.
ROYAL VARNISH COMPANY
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siderable and the results ·were far and away beyond what the
best iron bedsteads could give.
Chairs and settees and divans l]ad plenty of cushions, hut
then~ were 110 upholstered pieces of furniture in the home.
The cushion materials, cO\1ch draperies, portieres and rugs
were selected \,,1ith an eye to the strictest economy compati-ble
,~-ithstyle.
Shaiki rugs with two~toncd color effects in plain designs
are not expensive although the suggest oriental rugs of ten
times the value. These and other makes devoid of decided
patterns, presenting rather mottled effects in greens or in
golden browns, or dark browns, or dull reds, or any other
subdued tint, were chosen simply because such designs are
among the latest styles for country retreats of persons of
means and artistic leanings.
Then as to draperies. ~Ionk cloth-a heavy, rather rough,
loosely woven material, fifty inches wide, in all sorts of fol-iage
greens and brow11s, is among the best of the fabricR
whith combillc hemp and wool in the weave and are popular
for portieres and couch covers, and it costs only $1.50 a yard.
Then there is heavy burlap in eents and browns and greens,
which costs $1 and less a yard. There is Mocha canvas at
50 cents a yard and Guildhall tapestry at 75 cents, both of
which are fifty inches wide. and can be had in all sorts of art
colors.
Caracas cloth, a variety of whlch lS a soft ecru drab color,
is among the best and most stylish of the 50 cent, fifty inch
"vide materials for either couches or doors, and among the
window and door draperies of newest design is 1\Jaracaibo
lattice in green, brown, old bille, red and other shades at
$1.75 a yard. Similar to this is Castlebon lattice, fifty inches
wiele and costing 75 cents a yard.
In the cottage referred to the 1vlaracaibo lattice was used
almost entirely for sofa pitlow covering, the mesh of the
weave, not unlike the old fashioned sampler canvas, offering
a chance to introduce coarse fancy stitches of contrasting
color.-New York Sun.
Expanding the Exposition Idea.
A jobber of Iowa suggests that manufacturers and jobbers
be invited to exhibit their lines to attendants upon the next
convention of the retailers of furniture held in that state. Any
little old town in Iowa could furnish several hundred acres
of floor space for the accommodation of the exhibitors. The
scheme is better than a three ring circus, where the spectators
see many acts, but fail to remember or enjoy any feature of
the performances.
Engaging in Market Gardening.
Quite a number of former employes of manufacturers of
furniture in Grand Rapids llavc[)urchased small tracts of
land in the suburbs and engaged in market gardening. An
independent livelihood is assured and yet considerable time
will be afforded for work in the factories when needed,
Will Represent the Bavarian.
H. F. Huntly, an old-time furniture supply salesman, haS'
engaged with the United Bavarian Looking Glass Company
Sketched by Otto Jlranek, Grand Rapids, Mich.
as their representative in Michigan. Mr. Huntly is widely
a.nd favorably knmvn in the trade.
Forty-five Hours.
One of the largest furniture manufacturing corporations
in Grand Rapids increased .the working time of their men
from thirty-six. to forty-five hours per week on Junc 1.
Nearly a full force is employed.
Vve think fine modern furniture is expensive, but what
·would we tlljl)k of paying a sum of $45,000 for a table of
thyme wood as Cicero is said to have done?
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Jor.es in Politics.
Cyrus E. Jones of the 'Jamestown Table Company was
elected a delegate to the Chicago convention to nominate a
candidate for president. In mentioning his election the
Jamestown Post said:
"1fr. Jones has for years been a prominent figure in the
politics of this community and has aided many men in their
own political ambitions without ever seeking any public
honors for himself. He has not only been devoted to Rept1b~
lican success but he has given generous assistance in many
a civic movement and in many an industrial enterprise for the
good of the city 'of Jamestown. It is not surprising that so
loyal a friend should have had the support at Olean of a large
and energetic delegation from this city. The selection of Me
Jones is a fitting recognition of the merits of a worthy man
of business whose ideals arc lofty and whose purposes arc
commendable."
The Muskegon Carving Co.
The 11uskegon CarvingCo.mpany have recently removed
to Lowell, ~lich where with increased facilities they are pre-pared
to turn out aU kinds of furilit-ilre wood carvings. Their
catalogue shows a great varietyoLdesigns, suitable for all
kinds of furnitme, wood mantels, interior wood finishing, etc.
They', are prepared to fill orders promptly, from original
designs of their own, or from sketches furnished irom the
pencils of other designers. Manufacturers will do well to
correspond 'with this company.
A Valuable Table.
At a sale of the art collection of the late l\rlarchioness of
Conyngham in London many valuable artides' were disposed
of. Among them was a French table in Louis XVI style.
The table was oblong i~ shape of tulip wood with a reversible
top inlaid with sprays of flowers in marqueterie and an ebony
and ivory chess board in the ceutre and decorated with twen-ty-
two square plaques of old Sevres porcelain, which sold for
2,205 pounds.
Damaged by an Explosion.
Colby & Sons furniture store in Chicago was badly dam-aged
recently by an explosion. while workmen ,were repairing
the gas meter. Several employes of the firm were injured
by flying bits of glass. The damage amounted to $45,000.
The use of chairs extends so far back into antiquity that
110 definite elate can be named. Egyptian wall paintings of
1400 B. C. show chairs not much different in style to those of
OUf own day.
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WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY AT BARGAIN PRICES.
Hav!n~ purchased the entire Elkhart, Ind., plant of the HI1D1phreyBookcase Co., we are offering al bargain prices the following A~l woodworking tools:
Band taw, 32 in. Crescent.
Band IIlW, 36 in. CI"el!~Rt.
Ba.nd saw, 26 in. Silver, iron lilting table.
Back~kDife]al~, Wbitney.
Borioll' machine. 72" a-spindle Andrews.
Bonnllmachine, 3_spLndle horizontal.
Borel', No. 2\ bench, Slaler & M,u.deD.
Boring'machine. No. Z}\i Gement hon-umIat.
Carver, 3-spindle. with coulIlershaft.
Cabinetmakers' 8i\W, double cut-off.
Chair \>ending press, Swartz,
Chamfet aliter with iron frame, taYe 48
:dOLati~n.
EdHin~ saw, 36~ll:18! with aaw arbor.
Cut-off /laW machine, Clement double
Glue jointer, Ml'en. with COunle(Bhaf!. jilt saw, complele with regularequLpmenL
moter, MyeN glue.
Jointer, 20 in. Porter hand_
Cwr.espondence solicited, Price
and de~ccipbQn on application.
Jointer, 8 in. hand with 4-~ided head.
Knife grinder. 32 in. Buffalo automatic.
Lathe. Whitney bacl.:_knife with counter-shah.
Lalhe, Trevor automatic 41 2\1 between
centers.
Lathe, 14 in. cabinetmaker's EIl~n.
Moulder, 14 in. Hermance, 4-sid"J.
Molder. sinlil'.hd. Smith. F-6 with 4 in.
4-s1'ld hd.
Moulder, styleF-6 Smith, one side 'With
cap sash.head.
Mortisei' and baret, double-end automatic.
Morbset and borer, Co.burn imp. blind
.tyle.
Planer. 30 in. Clement sinllle cylinder.
Planer and matcher, 24" ~inllle cylinder
4_roU, matches 141 J. A. Fay,
Planer, gnll. cyL surface 20xO to 6 in.
Con'l &. D.
Rip saw tab~. with counte:n.haft and saw.
Rounder, two_spindle with. countersh~ft.
Rod, pin and dowel machine No.2.
Smith, with heads
Rod a.nd dowel machine No.2, Elil'aIl
power feed.
Shapero sinllie spind. Co1laday with fric-tion
C. s.
Swinll saw. eomplete with saw and r~.
equip.
Sander. two_spindle with counter.lhaft.
Sander, 36 in. Columbia triple-drum_
Sander, 42 in. Columhia triple-drum.
Sti.::lcer,14! Hermance with rellular equip.
Sander, 30 in three_drum £\ilan.
Saw table, 38x63 in. woOO.top.
SawfIlble, 29x30ill. cul-olf, rip and 8 in
laW.
Scroll saw, iron h. wood top, Cord'sm'n
& Ellan.
Saw table, 3Ox48 in. with. s1idinlil'\liUlli!""
ShaPero .illile-SPindle. table 37x42 in ,
£¥an.
Sander, Young's new edlle. iron frame
and lop.
Stave bolt equalizer wilh two }O'I saws·
T ru~k~. 38 miscellaneous fa~!()ry trucks_
Tenoner, AmeriCllon double end.
Tenoner, stnare ~ C<mJesman & Ea-an
with cut-off attachment.
Tel1Ouer, &eU-feed blind :e\at. J. A. Fay.
T efl9ner, 6" double head, H. B. Smith.
Tenoner. hand-feed blind slal.J A. Fay.
T enoner, self-feed adiufta.be blind slat.
Twi€t machine. SbawYer.1 28 in. tent .•
10 in. SWIil'.
Woodworker. Pa.rks combined lathe, rip
and cut-off saw. s!lape,r. ele.
-C-. -C.-W-O_RM.._ER-M-A-CH-INERY CO., 98West Woodbridge SI" Detroit, Mloh.
A Handsome Chamber Chair.
Harry Jordan, president of the, IvIichigan Chair Company,
is a chair maker by .inst.inct and indination. He has been
engaged in the business of making and marketing chairs so
many years that their making is the easie.st proposition imag-inable.
It is said that he would rather l11"ke a wood scat
chair with a pocket knife than to dig ten acres of potatoes
on his very productivl:'· farm on \Val1oon lake. Some \veeks
ago a husiness engagement brought him to the plant of the
\l\rbite Printing Company. The fast Hll1Jling machilJ(;,ry used
for many purposes i·n tbe printing art attracted incidental at-te.
nticn, but when his eye rested UpOll a Colonial wood seat
chair, worked out by hand by a mechanic of 1830, other thing's
in the factory interested him no more. He read the history
of the chair and its maker at a glance. Its impexfect con-struction
did not conceal a beautiful idea in its dC3ign, amI
MT. Jordan developed a longing for the chair that nothing
but its possession would satisfy. The chair was seen in his
carriage one morning and the roadster Ivlr. Jordan drove \'\'as
headed hWl<Lrdthe factory of tbe 1\licbjgan Chair Company.
Designer ;,rash joined President Jordan, Treasurer Garrett
and the selling force of the company then in the city in a
discussion of the qualities of the chair, and then it \vas placed
in the room of the desig·ner. A new chair W;tS brought out
in which the best features of the old were incorporated. Tbe
sample is a beautiful specimen of the, chair makers' art and
when the fall season opens in the latter part of the current
month it would be safe to ,vagtr the. company's factory
against a dilapidated; box car that it will he ;l hot scHer.
Mechanics of ~he Future.
111 an addres:;. deliver'ed at :l111Cdil;g of the 1Ianttfaetur-crs'
Association of Grand Rapids, held rec(:ntly, R \V. BUt[(:i--
field, president of the Grand RaJlids Chair Company, re-called
the years wben 'furniture was made at horne, when the
track' of the fatll~.r was taught to the sons from generation to
generation. \'lith the advent of ","ood '''iorking machilH~ry
the village cabinet shop of years gone by disappearc.<l, like-
\vise the apprenlice system. In the main the IT'tanagers of
the great plal;t3 of tile preflent learned the trade of their
fatbers or umlcl' the apprenticeship system. Speciali;tatioil
prevails in the factories and the managers of tbe future will
be, products of foreign lands unless a general :movemcnt
shall be 'inaugurated at once having for its purpose' the train-ing
and preparation of. young n~ell for positions of responsi-bility
and trust. !!.lr. Butterfield ~HJvocated the adoption
of manual training and trade schools 8S a part of the educa-tional
system of this country in order to provide the mecban-ics
and managers of the factories of the future.
Furniture is first mentior:ed in the hook of Genesis.
;.Joah's ark was mack of gopher wood.
•
Irwin ~n ..he Chair.
At the annual meedng of the ~Janufacturers' Association
of Grand Rapids, held on the night of May 27, R. \V. Irwin
of the Royal Furniture Company, "fitled" the toastmaster's
chair mentally and physically, greatly to the pleasure of tho..,·~
present. The prindpal address .vas deliveredby R. W. But-terilcld,
president of the Grand Rapids Chair Company. D.
VV. Tower of the Grand Rapids Brass Company was re-elect-ed
president, and D. H. Brown of the Century Furniture
Company vice president. In Grand Rapids the makers of
furniture arc eyer found fLrst and foremost in every move
ment in3ugurated for the c.ommou goocL
Annual Outing.
The Cincinnati Furniture Exchange will eat, drink and be
merry at Carthage, 0., on Jl1l~e 27. .--------------_.-..
MORRIS WOOD·& SONS
20th G6nturu Gutt6r Grind6r
For grinding solid steel cutters or cutter heads.
Grinds every tooth alike so that all teeth cut and cutters
are in perfect balance. Does not require a skilled hand
to keep your cutters in perfect order. We make the
cutters also Write today for full particulars and
price to the mattufactur~rs.
MORRIS WOOD & SONS,
2714-2716 W. Lake St., Chicago, 111.
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10 MICHIGAN
Boss Pays for Broken Bones.
\~lhell is an employer responsible in damages for accidents
to his employes? is a question which has been filling the
dockets of state and national courts above almost any other
one cause of litigation.
Chicago aiolie averages 20,000 accidents a year which are
grave enough to call for police I"c])orb.. As the chief indus-trial
city of the nation, the proportion of these accidents du~
to the operation of its industries and its lines of transporta-tion
is enormous. These 20,000 ac'cidents a year, too, are by
no means the fuHlist out of which action for damages against
employers may come. Hundreds of them are not reported
to the police.
The English common law lies at the bottom of the doc-trine
of liability of the employer, though decisions of the
courts and statutes framed more definitely in determining
the employes' rights have served to modify this common law
acceptance in many respects. Some states here and there
have overturned the principles of the common law by express
statute, but in a general way this ,bearing of the common law
rights of the e.mployc is observed.
Of the general situation Dr. Lindley D. Clark has said in
a recent bulletin of the bureau of labor: "The great volume
of litigation on
the subject has
not affected re-sults
of a corlclu-sive
character-mainly,
perhaps,
because of the
fact that it is
largely an effort
to de,termine the
boundaries be-tween
the risks
assumed untler
the law by an in-jured
employe
and the unlo.wful
negligence of the
employer in cau-sing
or permit-ting
dangerous
conditions to ex-ist.
The defini-tions
of these
factors 0 f ten
have not been ac-curately
drawn, nor have those formed been so generally ac-cepted
as to secure uniformity.
"Again, the view forme.rly prevalent favored the entire
assumption of risk by the employe, while the gradual growtb.
of the doctrine of thc duty of his protection by the employer
has given rise to a variety of decisions and statutory enact-ments,
with the result that we now have in the United States
a body of law and practice that is in effect largely of the
nature of a compromise."
This question of the liability of the employer largely rises
out of circumstances which point to the employer's indiffer-ence
to preventive measures which would protect the em-ploye.
That measure of prevention generally is determined
as sufficient if it may he shown that the preventive is such as
the employer himself might use if he were working in the
place of thc employe. In the case of corporations the su-preme
Court at Washington has held that such caution and
foresight as careful, prudent officers ought to exercise for pro-tection
of employes should read the corporation clear of neg-ligence.
But while courts of review have discountenanced instruc-tions
of the lower court which have seemed to impose great-e.
r than ordinary precaution upon the employer, the determi-nation
of this (rordinary" precaution depends almost entirely
Sketch by Otto Jiranek.
ARTISAN
upon the nature of the employment. The switchmen in the
great railroad yards of Chicago are e.ntitled to more measures
of protection than are necessary in the same road's yards in
a country tow11; miners in a gaseuos coal mine are entitled
Sketch by Otto Jiranek.
to more pre.ventive measures against accident than arc miners
in the pit where no gas arises.
In a line of work where ordinarily the risk is slight, the
duty of precautions on the part of the employer be.comes un-usually
emphatic if suddenly a temporarily dangerous condi-tion
arises. Some of the specific findings as to liability
under certain circumstance.s are cited by the bureau of labor
as interesting in their bearings.
Where a dangerous occupation has been reasonably modi-fied
by precautionary measures, the employer still must bear
in mind that youth and inexperience in the work may make it
peculiarly dangerous for the young person.
If a scaffolding be the place of working for the employe,
the employer is responsible for its materials, construction,
maintenance, and the ~afeguards which shall be ordinarily
reasonable. But Han occasion require that thee employe
construct a scaffold -as an appliance not in general use, an
injury res.ulting may leave the employer blameless.
New devices that tend to better work and greater safety
constantly are disarranging the perspectives as to the em-ploye,
rs' liability. A new tool or new machine which comes
out effecting these things naturally cannot be forced into
superseding old tools and machines that are reasonably safe.
But their existence may tend to exaggerate an employer's
liability in the eyes of a jury.
The cost of such innovations enter into account, however.
If it is shown that to adopt these devices entails a prohibi-tory
cost, the old devices necessarily are reasonable. As in
the Alabama case of accident caused by a low bridge, it was
shown by the defendant railroad that a new and modern
structure not only would have entailed great expense. to the
company but to have built a birdge sufficiently high would
have caused lasting
inconvenience to the
general public.
One of the first re-quirements
of the
employer is that he
shall provide reason-ably
safe tools. If
through time and
long use these tools
become unsafe with-out
impressing the
fact upon thE:, worker
the- employer's liabil-ity
inc-reases. The
-employe may notify
the employer of the
situati.on and the em-ploye,
r may hire a
third party to put the
machines and tools in
Sketch by Otto Jiranek. condition. But if a
MICIJIGAN
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ARTISAN 11
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Any Practical Mechanic
appreciates the importance of simplicity in machinery.
Our No.5 Table Leg Machine
is far sl:IperiOl \.n siml)\idt)' 0\ cOlistnu:tlol1 over any other make of
machine, )'et emhodies all the latest improvements, special attention being-called
(0 the Cutter-head, the Variable Friction Feed and the OacillatiltK
Cauiage.
COll~ic1erthe above, and thell bear in mine] that this machine tl.1nlS
round, actng-nn, hexagon, square Of any other shape, all with the same
cutterhead. Also, that one man ,..ith it can (10 the work of six or eight
hand turners-and we guarantee the work to be satisfactory.
Don't you need sllch a machine? Then write
c. Mattison Machine Works
~. 863 Fmb Street. BELO.IT, WISCONSIN. , • _.J
preventable accident occurs, foHowing this worK the employ-er
may not shieH himself behind his agent.
But liability follows only when the employe is llsing tools
and machinery or working in a position to "vhich his duties
as an employe sent him. If of his o\vn volition he leaves a
machi.ne at which he has been working and undertakes to
run another machine aod is injured, he has no recourse.-
Jonas Howard.
HAWAIIAN MAHOGANY.
O. J. Barker Approves of Its Quality for the Making of Fur-niture.
"The Hawaiian :"lahogany Company has ·the goods," was
the, terse remark made by O. J. Barker of the firrn of Barke~..
Brothers of Los Angeles, the biggest futlliture firm of the
west. when asked what be thought of the Ha"vaiian wood for
the furniture trade, and "...hat prospects the company had.
"The Hawaiian Mahogany Company has the goods, all
right ..but they 'want to get busy. There are furniture makers
in Chicago and Grand Rapids waiting for that material. There
are piano makers all over the L~nion who will "vant lots of it.
Quarter-cut oak is bringing $92 a thousand, and the experts
figure that there are only thirty years' supply in ~ight. Af-rican
mahogany brings $96, and the dealers are glad to pay
that for it to get it. A Seattle firm has just made a contract
with mahogany men in the Philigpines at $96, and glad to do
it. The Hawaiian company has the goods to sell, just the
kind the cabinetmakers are scouring the earth after.
"Now, they waut to get in modern machinery and put their
wood on the market. They ought to get some experts to
point out \-vhere they arc wa~til1g valuabie material, too. I
saw material that they at(~ going to sell by the foot that is
generally sold by the pound, the finest kind of wood for ve-neers.
I don't want to talk too much, but yOU can say that
that company certainly bas the goods."
:"'1r. Barker is enthusi.astic in his praise of the quality of
the cabinet material being taken out by the koa lumberers of
Hawaii. He is an expert in woods and from what he has to
say regarding his trip to Hav,,'aii it is probable that he has
closed a contract for a supply of koa. He. would not con-flnn
this, however, rekrri.ng the i.ntervi.ewer to the company's
managers.-PacificAdvertiser, Honolulu.
All About It,
Having spent ten days in England, Editor Nind of the
Journal will spend the next ten years in relating his obser-vations
and experiences "in the old ,vorld."
ART ON THE SAFE DOOR.
Should There Be a Rural Scene Painted on the Strong Box?
"1 wonder if anyone can tell me why it is customary to
paint on the Iront cloor of a safe some sort of a rural scene?"
he asked as he left the business office. "Almost all safes
ha\'e a lake with a couple of trees in the background or else
Sketched by Otto Jiranek, Grand Rapids, Mich.
a field with a stake and rider fence emblazoned on the door.
"Perhaps it is to give the idea that peace and quiet of the
country type are to be found within the safe. There may
be some idea of soothing the mind of the beholder doubly.
Just ,,,,here the custom started I do not know and what the
significance is also is unknown to me."
A furniture store has beell started in 1·farshfield, Oregon ..
by Perry, Montgomery & Co.
12 MICHIGAN
VENEER IN THE PLANING MILL
There is today mort interest manifestt:d by not only arch-
{tecL~,but the general building.public as well, as to ho".·..wood
work in a job of milt \-york or anything -of the ki11{l-matches
tip and harmonizes, It doesn't do now to .ma'ke part of a .iob
out of one kind of oak, for exan:ple, and part out of another so
~hat, instead of being in harmony, there -are ghriug eontrasts.
People want practically the same kind of oak, al~d the same
kind of grain or figure that wil1 harmonize all through the job.
~11 this work, in carrying out the idea of harmony and hlend-'
ipg wood together in a job, veneering is' of great a:)sistance.
The reason for this is that usually the veneer from an oak
Hitch or, if it is rotary cut, the veneer horn any different
blocks, is piled together. It comes in wider sheets than the
general width of oak 1umb!;r, consequently one cannot only
SOME SAMPLES OF VENEER CONSTRUCTION.
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A Poor Way. Unevenly.B..Janced. A CDmllWn
M.islake,
Good -'.ply The Bert Method.
Con~uaion
secure hetter ~'idth, hut can sect,re successive pieces that will
go well together much easier from well-handled and well-cared
for veneer: stock than from a lumber pile where the product
of many different logs enter. Of course, if a man is careless
about his veneer stock and piles it up indiscriminately with-out
regard'to mixing texture or color it will be just as bad
as piling lumber which contains all kinds of grain and figure.
But where 'any reasonable pains are taken in handling veneer
it is comparatively easy to get stock that will harmonize
nicely to make any, given job, no matter whether the job is
mill work, ,mantel work, or cabinet work. Of course, these
points should'be kept in mind all the time, and the man who
selects and puts up the veneer should go to a little extra
trouble, if ,necessary, to have all the work harmonize. In
fact, this is:one of the firstessentials to a good job and is just
as important as selecting good veneer of nice fisure to begin
,..i..th.
The Jobs That Are Different.
The planing mill man every now 'and then gOes up against
some new problem in connec:::ti()11 with veneer. This is merely
because the average plailing mill man is not an experienced
veneer man and veneer isn't old enough in the planing mill
bus-iness for the average man to have become thoroughly
familiar with all prases of it. As a result, doing vencer work
in a planing mill is more or less experimental all the time.
There are new things to be dOlce which call for experiments
to be tricdor rather for the doing of work that has not been
done heretofore, and consequently- it all partakes something
of the nature- of an experiment. There is a certain amount
of risk, too, of course, and at times there is failure and dis-appointment,
but the man who keeps his eyes open and
studies his btlsiness carefully need not make so many failures
even when attempting work he has not done before.
Veneer Work :Ind Moisture.
One of the puzzling things to every veneer man handling
veneer is just how mueh moisture a door or piece of mill
ARTISAN
work will stand and how to do the veneering so as to be
damaged the lea.'it from -incidental exposure to moisture-.
Sometimes an outside door is made and after being put into
use awhile the velIeer comes off and then there arises doubts
about the use of vene,ering wherever it is exposed to moisture,
Really a trouhle of this kind is not so much -in the vctl{.'CT-ing
as it is fault in finishing and caring for the datIl' after-
V\:ard. /tn outside door, one that 1S exposed somewha.: to
the weather, should have both the face and the edges well
protect:ed with -either paint or .special outside varnish and it
should be more heavily coated than if used on the inside.
There is probably 110 vcceer door that will stand direct ex-posure
to rain and sunshine without some shelter and 6laud
it very long~ The a. verage outside door, however, in a. bUl1C=.-
ing that is good enough to call for a veneered door and mill
work has a porch or some shelter and protection to the door
and while it may be sprinkled with rain now and then it
doesn't get beat up against as hard as if it were simply a part
of all unprotected wall in a building.
Occasionally on inside, work where apparently there j,:;
no special exposure to moisture there is a trouble develops
in veneered panels which suggests moisture. Sometimes, too,
there is an absorbing of moisture in the body or core and this
causes trOUble, btlt ;It other times, and probably morc fre-quently,
the trouble comes from the presence of moisture in
the core when the vellccring is done. Ji the core or body on
which veneering is done is not thoroughly dry it will in the
course of tirr.e, wIlen it dries out shrink in width and the
veneer face which is generally dry .\',,:illbe too large and wilt
buckle or bbster up making it Jook like it had been exposed to
moisture when in reality the trouble is due to shrinking of
the_ body or core supporting it.
The Best Me~hod of Construction.
One of the puzzling things to the average planing mill
man llsing veneer is what constitlltes the.bestmcthod of con-structing
panels, or rather constructing the body of veneered
work. There has been f.very kind of effort imaginable made;
some have glued veneer right on to the, face of an ordinary
board, the grain of the board and the veneer both funning
the same way, and at times both the veneer and the 'board
being made of the same kind of wood. At other times the
board, or the core body on which the veneer is laid, is made
of lumber and th~ lumber turned crosswise of the way the
veneer runs. Another method is to make panels out of three
thicknesses of veneer, the center one turned crosswise, and the
face and back lengthwise, Then there have been variations
on these methods. SOhle use just the face, veneer On a
thick core; some use it:'ou'boththe face and the back; some
use the face and groove· the back of the core so as to take
eare of whatever swelling 'or shrinking tp~t might develop;
some make up the core body outo£ narrow strips· glued to-gether
to make up whatever size is wanted, and some 'tvork
one variatio'o and some another so that among them all it j"
difficult at times to decide on just what is the best metho(i of
construction for any given panel or piece of mill work.
Five-Ply Work.
Probably the best general method of construction is what
might be termed doing five-ply work. Ordinary veneer
panel men figure that any odd number of plies works all
right, that is, three-ply, five-ply, scven-ply., etc._, because it
gives an even balance on each side of the center piece or core.
This theory is good, too, but in practice it must be trimmed
and fitted to the \vork being doue. For example, theoreti-eally,
three-ply work should be practically as good as five-ply,
especially on this work; and 'yet When one does three-p1)~
work and the face wood is exceedingly thil11 it is equivalent to
two-ply, provided the back is thi~k, but if the back is. thin it
really isn't three-ply'at all, but it is simply facing up the cen-ter
eore with thin stock. This occurs especially in the use of
mahogany veneer cut unusually thin, but also happens in the
MICHIGAN
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ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BETTER THAN OUR
ARTISAN 13
Gum and Cottonwood Drawer Boftoms
Dried by the "Proctor System" Machine. (We will describe it to yon.)
Prompt deliveries of DRY STOCK rain or shine.
WALTER CLARK VENEER CO.
(Something nnheard of before.)
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535 Michigan Trnst Bnilding, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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use of oak vceeer, becat:sc a sheet of oak veneer cut one-sixteenth
of one-twentieth after it is g1tled down and finished
off is not much thicker than a piece of paper. There are
several cases in mind right now where people put nIl doors
with big panels and made them \"..h. at \vas termed three-ply,
just made a corc or center with thin strips matched and glued
together, run ('.ross,vise of the door and then faced on each
side with thin veneer. Frequently these palH'.ls went bad,
and after considerable experirnentil1g it '1ivas found that the
only way to be sure of them holding was to make them (i\,('-
ply instead of three. The logic for this is found in the fact
that face veneer, where it is thin, really doesn't atls\ver as a
ply in forming a body, because there is practically no body to
it. Consequently, one must make up a three-ply body out of
some common veneer or out of a core of lumber faced on each
side with veneer. Veneer cross banding this is called, and
then on to this can be glued the face stock. This is easy to
unden;tandif you will just consider the real work first with-out
the fact and fig"ure that the face is nothing more than
painting or a thin coating, because it really doesn't add
materially to the strength. Then yOt1 build up a three-ply
body finish it off nic.ely, and if you put on your face in good
shape it \vill stay there.
This point should be taken particular note of by all plan-ing
people who do veneering, bec;,1.useit is a POillt that is
stumbled over oftener than any other one point. It applies
not only in door making, but in all kinds of veneer work
where the facing is done in thin velleer. It costs a little
more primarily to do work in this way, but it is the ollly way
to get a good job and it is cheaper than having "\york C01l-demned
and having to do it over.
Thick Veneer a Mistake.
Speaking of thin veneer, it is quite a common mistake with
some planing mill men to think that the thicker they can use
their veneer thc better will be the job. This ,,,'-ould be all
right if there was llothinl{ elsc to consider but the possibility
of rubbing through the face in the process of finishing. Also
it does all right if one is n.sing sawed venC"'f except that it is
more expensive. But when it corns to using cut veneer,
generally the thielen'er the stock the more the grain is split
in the process of cutting and the more likelihood there is of
its showing np cracks and bad grain after it has been finished
and stood for quite a while. Even' if it is turned right side
out and is smooth on the outside, by the time it is sized
down and finished off this outside face is cut a"way and if one
would work down the hody of the vencer to where the grain
has been disturbed or ruptured more or less in the process of
cutting, when this grain dries Ollt fairly it is likely to show a
lot of fine cracks and if it is a very particular job, neatly pol-ished,
these will be very lloticeable. Cenerally speaking, the
thinner you can work the veneer so as not to be in any dan-ger
of sanding it 'through" in"finishing the "l.;etter "thej"6h: If
not 0111yccists less to make this 'thin veneer, hut it has less
cracking and disturbing the grain In cutting it, it glues down
closer and the glue penetrating the entire body holds it better
than jf it was a thick body given to warping and setting up
strains in the course of time. So instead of fighting shy of
thin veneer Olle should really court its use by experimenting
with and c1eaninl{ off and fitting up cores so that it can be
used nicely ",'ithout danger of sanding through, then you will
be getting c1cHvnto veneer work you are proud of anu you
will have fewer failures and more good jobs to show.-St.
Louis Lumberman.
THE WINDOW SILL MIRROR.
Rarely Seen in New York, but Plentiful in Philadelphia.
Every once in a while you see one of them in New York,
but not often. They are commoner in Brooklyn, but are no-where
to be seen in the profusion that you find them in Phil-adelphia.
J\Jeaning, of course, those mirror devices people
have on the sills of the second floor windows to give a tip
011 who is coming up the street or down the street, or more
important, who is at the front door. They strike the average
observer as rather provillcial idea because he thinks in-stinctively
of the shut-in person whose only p1c:asure is in
seeing \vho's on the street. But they're very helpful in tell-ing
when a caller is getting neM, so that the woman of the
house has time to make a hurried toilet and be calmly waiting
in her very best when the visitor comes in. Also, they give
a chance to sound the not at home warning to the servants.
The furniture industry in this country was formerly con-fined
to the east, Massachusetts being the principal manu-facturing
center.
ROLLS
The "RELIABLE" Kind.
THE FELLWOCK AUTO & MFG. COi
EVANSVILLE, IND. ~
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14 MICHIGAN ARTISAN
MICHIGAN
A QUEEN THROWN IN THE DISCARD
OWNER OF DEPARTMENT STORE WEAKENS HIS
HAND.
Beauty a Valuable As£et in Trade.
Millions of dollars are spent by merchants annually in the
effort to draw people into their stores, and yet it is stated in
the newspapers of New York that the managers of the depart-ment
stores of that city have entered into a combine to keep
Sketched by Otto Jlranek, Grand Rapids, Mich.
people out of their establishments. It is hardly necessary to
state that a woman is the cause of the commotion, and the
incident is related as' follows:
"Rosa Timble, seventeen years old, 84 Lenox avenue, is
so beautiful that her attractive face threatens to deprive her
of a chance to earn her own l.iving. Discharged from one
of the largest department stores in New York after working
only a few hours, today she sought in vain for employment
as a salesgirl, but the story of her disastrous beauty seemed
to have bla<::ed her way to disappointment. Furore among
employes and turmoil among customers crushing to the lace
counter to view the beautiful face of the girl drove the su-perintendent
of the department store to discharge her because
the pushing and surging of the curious cfCl\vds delayed the
transaction of business. The story of the experience of this
dazzling beauty reached the ears of superintendents in other
department stores and with a regretful but admiriug glance
and tone she was bowed from each store where she sought
employment."
lvliss Timble should not worry over her future. \Vith
the right kind of management fame, wealth and position are
within her grasp. Any live merchant of the west l.vould en-gage
her services to draw people to his store. Her em-ployment
would depend upon her ability to preserve the
beauty nature has endowed her with. To the merchants of
the west and south the attitude of the merchants of ~ew
York toward Miss Timble is amazing. Such stupidity should
be rewarded by the attainment of the end sought-empty
stores.
Government Contract Progressing.
The Luce Furniture Company is making good progress in
filling the contract recently entered into \",ith the general
government for tables., desks and sideboards for the use of
officers at army posts. Early in Maya considerable quantity
of white work was delivered to the finishers, and shipping
may be undertaken whenever the war department shall so
order.
ARTISAN 15
Good Use of Envelopes.
S. G. and P. Stein of Muscatine, Iowa, make better use
of their envelopes than is usual with the average dealer in
furniture, On the left side there is printed a fine cut of their
large four-story building, with the location beneath. To the
right of the cut the card of the firm, neatly displayed, in red
ink, reads as follows:
******** * * ******
* This is From the
* OLD RELIABLE FURl\ITURE STORE *
\\There Quality and Prices
are Right.
S. G. and P. STEIN.
******** * * ******
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* *
* *
* *
The business was established by tbe present owners in
the year 1854, and is famous for the enterprise and integrity
that has ever prevailed in its management. That a business
may be advertised effectively by the proper use of the address
side of an envelope the sample at hand proves beyond ques-tion,
Employment for Three Hundred Men.
The Luce Furniture, Company of Grand Rapids employs
300 men in the operation of their factory, or twenty less than
one year ago, when the company's business was very good.
The shops are ope,rated fifty-five hours a week.
Not So Bad.
The business of the Sligh Furniture Company of Grand
Rapids during the past six months might have been worse
but for the seventeen orders for furniture used in new hotels,
all of which have been filled.
A Power Veneer Press
of Pra&ically Unlimited Capacity
Material lowered on truck. top beam. raised,
leaving the prec;:sready for another set of plates.
QUICK. POWERFUL. STRONG.
Clamps for Every Line of
Wood· Working.
We are atwaY8 glad to mml iUt/6lrated
printed matter giving full paJ'ticlIla1'il,
Black Bros. Machinery Co.
MENDOTA, ILL.
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ARTISAN
TUIS .MACUINE MAKES TUE MONEY It makes a perfect imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print from, and one operator and a couple of
boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so-called machine or pad~ on the market.
Tba(s why it's a money maker. It imitates JJ:erfectly.
50 50
Machines More
Sold Satisfied
Last Year ManufactulBls
PLAIN or QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY.WALNUT, ELM. ASH or any other wood with open grain.
"----- WRITE THE
Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mich.
FOR PRICES AND FULL FAFtTICUL-ARS. ME:NTION THE: MICHIGAN ARTISAN •
Government Testing Shops.
In several countries of Europe, public testing shops, estab-lished
by the government, serve a good purpose to invention,
science and the arts. \\Then the builder of a machine COlT.-
pletes his task he ser:ds it to the testing shop, where it is
put into operation under the observation of skilled mechanics.
After it has been perfected in construction it is returned to
the builder to be marketed. Vv'hen it shall be installed in a,
factory the purchaser knows he can d-::pend upon it. In lik~
manner articles compounded of various materials (wood fill:
ishing goods, for illstance) are tested by the government and
sales are easily made thereafter.
Will Re-engage in Manufacture.
The Johnson brothers and Charles A. Hauser, who retired
from the Cabinet Makers Company recently after disposing
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A Well Established Manufacturing
Business for Sale
A modernly equipped factory, especially
adapted for the manufacture of office desks
and furniture, is for sale.
The business is in active operation, and
an unusually good operation is offered to any
one desiring to engage in the line of business
mentioned.
Address P. O. Box 50.
RICHMOND. IND.
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of their shares of the capital stock of the company, purpOSe
re-engaging in the furniture manufacturing business later in
the current year. Carl Johnson is spending a few weeks
in Sweden. On returning he will study the markets of the
metropolitan district carefully for the purpose of ascertaining
the needs of the furniture trade. The, business will be lo-cated
in Grand Rapids.
Will be Missed.
When the furniture salesmen gather in Grand Rapids on
June 20 to attend the. opening of the se'ason, quitea·'number
of good fellows will be missed on account of the activity of
the grim reaper of human life. W. M. Lyons, Harry L. D.yer,
Frank C. Shelly and George B. Barstow will Tiot be present
to meet and greet the trade. Gthes equally prominent in the
seaSOIlSof the past will be missed. ,
Death of Philip Stein.
Philip Stein of the veteran firm of S. G. & P. Stein of
Muscatine, Iowa, died at his home in that city recently. Mr.
Stein was an honorable business man and !:tis demise is -great-ly
regretted hythe people of eastern Iowa to thousands of
whom he was known intimately. In the funi.iturc trade none
commanded morc rcspect and _affection.
Excellent Sales of Upholstered Work.
The upholsterers of Grand Rapids are well provided with
orders, thcir sales during April and May exceeding their .ex,-
pectations. Qu-ite a number of special orders of goods for
hotels, lo"dgcs and soeieti~s h,elped to swell the _volume or
sales .
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Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools [P,;e·r1:n~1a~~~'~:t
Baldwin. Tuthill eEl. Bolton
Grand R.aplds, Mich.
FLiers, Setters,
Sharlteners,
Grinders,
Swages,
stretchers,
Bralin" and
Filing Clamps.
Knife Balances,
Hammering
Tools,
Investi~ate our
Lme.
New 200 page
Catalogue for
1907 Free. ,•
Bolton Band Saw Filer lor Saws !4 inch up.
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These saws are "
made from No. 1 I'
Steel and we war-rant
every blade.
We also carry a
full stock of Bev·
eled Back Scroll
Saws, any length
and gauge.
BOYNTON ex. CO.
Manufadurertof
Emboaled and
Turned Mould
ingll. EmboH-ed
and Spindle
Carvin .. , a Jl d
Automatie
Turnil12l.
We also manu'
fal!tule a JUlIe line
of Emb.oued
Ornaments for
Couch Work.
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CATALOGUE
Write Oil for
PrIce Llat
and dilleoont
31-33 S. FRONT ST•• GRAND RAPIDS
Collection Service Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts.
H. J. DANHOF. Michigan Manalier.
341-348 Houseman SuUdln •• Grand Rapide-. Mich.
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~ .- I, ~te~~en50MnI~(.0. j Wood
I South Bend. Ind. ,, Forming f I
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Wood Turnings, I I We offer exceptional value in Reversible and
T umed Moulding, I One·Way Cutters for Single and Double Spin-
Dowels and Dowel , dIe Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices.
Pins. , I Greatest variety to select from. Book free. ,,
Address
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Catalogue to Manufac- ! SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS
turers on Application . MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. • • • •
OFFICES:
CINCINNATI--Plckering Building. NEW YORK--346 8roadway.
ROSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICACO--134 Van Buren St.
GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Chadakoln Bldg.
HIGH POINT. N. C.--Slanton-Welch Block.
The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service covering the
FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES.
The most accurate and reliable Reference Book Published.
OrJginators of the "Tracer and Clearing House System:-
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18 MICHIGAN
ESTABL.ISHED 1880
,"UBL.ISHII:D .v
MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO.
ON THe: 10TH AND 25TH Of" EACH MONTH
OFFICE-lOB, 110. 112 NORTH DIVISION ST •• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
ENTERED "'8 MATTER OF THE BECOIilD e~AIS
Manufacturers should not "view with apprehension" in
this year of politics, the opening of furniture expositions in
Evansville and -Philadelphia. The great furniture expositions
will continue in Grand Rapids, Chicago and New York as in
the past. The expositions opened in recent years in St.
Louis, Atlanta and High Point, have not ,affected the attend-ance
of buyers upon the sales in the big furniture centers,
and the interests of manufacturers in general will be 5ub-served
by the exhibitions to be established in Philadelphia
and Evansville. There is room for all. Of the forty thousand
dealers in furniture and kindred goods in the United States
not more than five thousand visit the expositions. The
number of such buyers is steadily growing, however, on ac-count
of the educational influences of the expositions and the
advantages of market buying becoming more generally
known. In the not far distant future the office buyer will
be rarely met with.
There is much room for improvement in the manufacture
of billiard tables. Attention is given mainly to the beds and
cushions. Any old style, provided the construction is strong,
seems sufficient for all requirements by the builders of tables
for billiard players. The impression prevailed for a long time
that the construction of a: case for a grand piano upon artistic
lines was an impossibility, but within the past year or two
the fact has been demonstrated that graceful, beautiful lines
are as susc~ptible of application to the piano case as to furni-ture
for the parlor, the library and the dining room. The
billiard table makers would find a larger market for their
goods, if they were to employ designers and substitute grace
and beauty for the heavy, ugly loo.king lines that everywhere
characterize their products. Especially would there be a
larger demand for tables for the homes of the rieh and the
well-to-do.
It is within the power of every producer of articles which
excel in useful qualities to fix more or less stable prices for
his own product. His effort is naturally to fix prices at "-
level which will bring him the largestvohune of business and
therefore the largest aggregate ·profit. He must have due
regard for the effect of existing competition and for the
possibility of developing new competition. He must con-sider
the cost of distribution, and the cost of maintaining a
selling organization, with necessary advertising.
°to °ta
Not having been burdened with business during the past
six months, manufacturers have been able to devote consider-able
time to politics. It is presumed that many of their num-ber,
imbued with patriotism, will continue their efforts to
"save the country from ruin," whether trade revives or not.
After the spasm of November 3 next, manufacturers will have
much time to prosecute their business and a lasting revival
may be looked for,
ata ato
There should be no conflict between the manufacturer and
the retailer. Natura-lly the former seeks high prices and the
ARTISAN
latter low prices. The aim of both should be to prevent an
excess of supply and demand. Overbuying is injurious to
the manufacturer as well as the retailer. Overproduction
demoralizes markets and eliminates profit.
°to °to
Good salesmen are necessary for the manufacturer of high
grade goods. Their intelligence furnishes an important part
of the service which the high class manufacturer renders to
customers in return for the net profit he receives, which is
usually less, year in and year out, than seven per cent.
atO eta
During the year 1907 the manufacturers of Grand Rapids
operating 450 factories, produced goods valued at $48,000,-
000, distributed $13,000,000 in wages and purchased materials
for use in the construction of goods valued at $25,000,000.The
showing is a creditable one for such a year.
Manufacturers find it to their advantage to send high
grade salesmen to the exposition towns to meet the buyers.
"Dubs" are worse than useless when brought into contact
with the great merchants that attend the expositions.
It is said that Burbank, the wizard of nature, has grown
a new vegetable that contains a wood staining compound
that will match any color by one application. Wonderful
Burbank!
One word of eleven letters indicates the tendency of the
furniture industry. It spells "improvement.'J
When the manufacturers of wood working machinery find
it necessary to increase working hours in their shops, as is
the rule at present, business conditions grow better.
°ta °to
The John M. Smyth Company of Chicago disposes of re-turned
goods sold on the installment plan by auction.
John Widdicomb a Public Benefactor.
The city of Grand Rapids is indebted to John \Viddicomb
for _valuable grounds donated for a public park. The tract
is located on the river front, adjoining the Kent works of the
John Widdicomb Company, and its value is not less than
$25,000. It contains twelve acres and when the plans tenta-tively
adopted for its inllprovement shall be carried out, the
pa'!'k will be one of the most beautiful of the many public
parks in Grand Rapids. Mr. \Viddicomb is a public-spirited
citizen and his generous contribution to the welfare of the
city in which he has spent practically his whole life is char-acteristic
of the man. He has never closed his purse to the
worthy when in need, and his public benefactions are many.
Mr, Widdic:omh, within rec.ent years, has taken an interest
in public affairs, and the city has benefitted by his services
on the boards of pubic works and estimates. Without doubt
the new pleasure ground will be named in honor of the donor,
although he would be the last man in the world to suggest
that it be designated as the John \Viddicomb park.
No Reduction in Output.
The Valley City Desk Company of Grand Rapids is clos-ing
the sixth month of active business of the current year.
There has been no redul;tiQn of the Qutput.
! OUR SPECIALTV
I BIRD'S EYE MAPLE ( Made and dried right, and white. Samples furnished on aPPlication.)
500,000 ft. 1-20 inch Qnarter Sawed Oak carried in stock. Come in and see it. Birch and Poplar
erossbanding and rotary cut. Oak. Birch, Maple, Basswood, Poplar and Gum Drawer Bottoms.
PROMPT DELIVERY. ALL PRIME STOCK.
FIGURED WOODS. MAHOGANY. WALNUT. QTR. SAWED OAK. BIRCH.
MICHIGAN
HENRY S. 23 SCRIBNER ST., HOLDEN VENEER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
ARTISAN 19
AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY.
Plant and Product of the Oliver Machinery Company.
A very important industry, created in Grand Rapids within
comparatively recent years, is that of the Oliver lhchillcry
Company. Its inception is due to 1. \V. Oliver, "..·ho Com-menced
his career as a manufacturer with the production of
a few special tools for
·wood workers. From
time to time he made
additions to his line
and gradually devel-oped
a large and im-
!portant business, its
ramifications extending
to all parts of the
world. The business
was in due time incor-porated
under the name
of the American 1v1a-chillery
Company, but
later, on account of an-other
corporation as-suming
that name, it
was changed to the Ol-iver
lbchinery Com-
Sketched by Otto Jiranek. pany. Two years ago
the company purchased
a spaciom; tract of land in the northern division of Grand
Rapids and erected large, modern factory buildings contain-ing
75,000 feet of floor space. The main building covers an
area of 120x 300 feet, three stories high, with a >vide gal1~ry
800 feet long. It is very strongly constructed, heated by the
Sturtevant· system, e1ectr-ically lighted (when necessary) and
so planned as to provide for rapid and ecollomleal operation.
The Grand Rapids-Muskegon PO\ver Company supplies the
electrical current used in operating the machinery, elevators,
sa\\' mill and other equipment of dIe plant requiring power.
Other buildings used are the pattern shops, the saw mill and
the hand Sicrew factory, in which seven kinds of hand screws
are made.
The first floor of the main building is on a level with Cold·
brook street,. the second v,,,ith the tracks of the Grand Trunk
railway, which afford great conveniences in receiving material
and sh~pping the products. Opposite the factory the Mary
'Vaters field is located, 'Vhen improved, as it \-vill be in
the near future, visitors to the plant and the operatives em-ployed,
will have opportunities for enjoying a beautiful park.
The Oliver Mach-in~ry Comipany manufactures a line of
wood working machinery noted for the excellence of its con-struction
and design. Not only are mal'y special conven-iences
provided, but the mechanic arts are so employed that
the various machines please the eye as well as satisfy the, re-quirements
of the operator. J ointers, ~)laners, sanders,
lathes, trimmers, saw benches, swing cut--off saws, variety
sa",...tables and baud saws are the main features of the tools
produced. Quality is placed before price. A wcll con-structed,
reliable tool is more economical to operate, there-fore
more profitable than a cheap, faultily built, unreliable one.
Quality is the only competition in which the company enters.
A heavy foreign and domcSitic trade caBs for the operation of
the plant on full time. ]. \V. Oliver, the founder of the
company, is the president of the company, and A. N. Spencer,
a gentleman of large experience in his occupation, is the: vice
president. Both are practical mechanics, who devote their
whole time to the business of the corporation. Branches
are m<:lintained in Manchester, England, and New York.
Urges a Differential Tariff.
A. H. Revell. who sells furniture extensively in Chicago,
has spent several months in Europe. \Vhen interviewed by
Made by Clarence R. Hills, Grand Rapid$. Mich.
the representative of a newspaper published in London re-cently
he stated that he had come to the conclusion, after a
study of the tariffs of several continental nations that the
United States must have recourse to differential tariffs if
American trade is to hold its own in the great commercial
war among the nations, the signs of which are beginning to
show, according to Mr. Revell, on every hand. Mr. Revell
will present 11is views to the. commercial organizations of
)Jew York and Chicago before the re-assembling of cOngress
in the hope that favorable action on the iProposition outlined
may follow.
Couches, tables and thrones of gold! silver or bronze were
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Mrs. Simpkins' Grand Rapids Empire Furr.i:ure.
"De odder afternoon," says Mirandy, "de Daughters of
Zion met at my h~use, an' after we had done settled de world
an' de flesh an' de devil, as Bt'er Jenkins says, we sort of got
to prognosticatin' 'bout ourselves, as women will when dey
wants to discourse 'bout somcthin' dat has got Teal heart
throbs in hit.
"Pretty soon somebody threw a bombshell into de camp
by axin', 'Whut does a woman need mos' to make her happy?'
"Humph,' says Sally Sue, "hit don't take nobody dat was
bawn in a caul an' has got de gift of prophecy to answer dat
question. Hit's money. Jest gimme a money puss dat ain't
got no bottom to hit, an! head me toward de department
sto's, an' you'll heah me singin' hallelujah all de way.
'Vas, Lawd, an' I'd eat chiken salad an' ice cream tor
breakfast, an' I'd wear flower bamlets an' yatler shoes, an'
bead challls, an' a longery shut waist wid seemo' effects in
hit an' dat's all dat I'd ask to make me puffectly happy. For
wh'ut does de hymn book say, "Dth hath no sorrers dat green-backs
cannot heal."
, 'Hit sho'ly would be grand,' 'spons T, 'not to have to wor-ry
'b0\.1t de rent, an' to be able to. git a who1c outfit at one
time so dat yo' hat wouldn't be shabby by de time yOU wuk
round to gittin' a new pair of shoes, an' yo' shoes wouldn't
be wo' out so oat you'd have to set sort 0' bench legged to
hide yo' feet under yo' skirts befo' you got enough to git a
new hat; but still, for all dat, hit's kind of proned in on me
dat dere is jest one thing in de world dat money won't buy
for a woman, an' dat's happiness.
" 'De mo' you gits, demo' you wants, an' when you quits
worrying' 'bout de rent youse got to start to worryin' 'bout
yo' husband spendin' money on some lady dat ain't edzactly
of the hefty build dat you is; so whilst I wouldn't decline a
fortune if ole man Luck was passin' 'em around, still I'se got
my suspicions dat maybe I wouldn't be no mo' care free dan
I is now, when I ain't got nothin' mo' dan de price of pork
chops on my mind.'
" 'Dat's de. true. "vod,' spoke up Sis Hannah Jane. 'Dere's
Sis Minery, whut was a moughty light hearted gal whut
could shake her foot' wid de bes' of 'em when she didn't have
but one muslin to her name, an' she had to wash dat out ev'ry
time befo' she could go to de Saturday night ball, but dat is de
mos' mournful est lady dat you can meet up wid now dat's
she's married to Bill Hoskins, whut is de foreman at de plan-in'
miHs an' is got money in de bank.
". "You sho' is a happy woman, Sis l\linervy," says I de
ader day when I drapped in to see her, liwid a husband dat is
so before handed."
"'Far from it, Sis Hannah Jane," says she, "for IV!r.
Tomlinson is twict as well off as my husband is, an' de drives
two horses, whilst we can't have butane."
" '''But,'' says I, "look at all yo' fine furniture an' chainy."
'" "Mrs. Simpkins has got genuine Grand Rapids Empire
furniture," 'spans she wid a sigh, "an' hand-painted ehainy."
". "But yo' sho'ly is got grand clothes," says I.
'" "11rs. Jones gets hers from Sixth avenue," 'spans she,
"while de bes' I can .do is Eighth."
"'An' dat was de way hit went, an' I couldn't find nothing
dat Sis Minervy took any real pleasure in except dat she had
dc money to always be a doctorin'; an' she warn't even satis-fied
wid dat becauze she knowed a woman dat had a cancer,
while the mas' she could git up was de rheumaticks-'
"'Nawm, I ain't a~disputin' 'bout money makin' a woman
happy, for God knows 1 done see so little of hit I don't know
whut its effect on my system would be; but I jes states dat 1
ain't never seed a rich woman yit dat ain't forgot how to
laugh.'
"'As for me,' says Gladys Geraldine, whut is young an'
romantic an' has got whut some folks call soulful eyes, dough
dey looks to me lak de eyes of a dyin' calf when she rolts
them up, 'dey ain't nothin' necessary for my happiness but
jest love. Jest gimme de devotion of one who loves me for
myself alone an' I'll be puffectly happy. Oh,' says she, 'whut
can ally woman want mo' dan to see de love light burnin' in
her husband's eyes, to listen to his words of affection, an' to
feel his kisses on her lips?'
"'Humph,' 'spans Sis Elviry, (I specks dat is moughty nice,
an' fer a husband to act' dat way sho' is rare enough to mak,_'
it lY',OUgl1tyI.'.ntertain1n' fer de woman dat has drawed dat kind
of a curiosity in de marriage lottery, but I'se done took notice
dat you cau't run a house on love, an' hit ain't long befo'
you'd lak to pass up de kisses for some fried steak and on-ions
"'Dat's so,' says Sis Marthy, 'clere's Sis Rebecca, whut
sho'ly is got de Jovingest husband dat ever was. He love
her so good dat he can't bear to go away an' leave her for a
whole day whilst he's at work, so he don't do nothin' but set
at home whar he can fea!?t his eyes on Sis Rebecca at de
washtub, ,,,,,har she's got to make de livin' for de fambly.
"'An' ev'ry now an' den he walks over an' gives Rebecca
a kiss, an' calls her his "darlin~" an' his "angel" .and his "pre··
cious dove," but hit don't look lak 51S Rebecca thrilled none
under clem caresses, for she say to me dat she sho'ly was
tired of havin' a man under foot, 31/ dat too much love talk
kind of heaved her stomach, an' dat she was thinkin' 'bout
leavin' her husband an' tyin' up wid a man dat would show his
affection by wukin' for her instid of passin' out soft talk.'
"'\-Vell, says I, 'money's moughty good, an' love's mough-ty
good, but to my mind de thing dat makes a woman happi-est
is to have somebody dat anderstands her.
''I'se moughty fond of Ike when he brings me home his
pay envelope of a Saturday night, an' I sho'ly does have ~
flutterin' of de heart when he tens me dat he thinks dat a
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straight front yaller gals is.
"'But de tin:e when I des fairly lays down an' Yvorships
him an' thanks Gord for his mercy in send in' me such a jewel
of a husband is when 1 gits mad an' spanks de baby an' kicks
de cat, an' he calls hit nerves; OT when a dressmaker sends
home my new frock an' hit hikes up in de frout an' down in
de back, an' \von't meet, an' I sets down an' cries, an' instid
of tellin' me dat a woman of my age ought to act wid a little
sense and not be a fool, lke doubles t1p his list an' he cusses
dat dressmaker up hill and down dale an' tells whut he's gain'
to say to her, tllltel he makes me so sorry ior her dat I say
maybe de dress can be altered, after all.
"'Yes, Lawd, dat kind of sympathy is whut makes a
woman happy, an' ef she gits dat hit don't make no difference
whedder she gits anything else or not.'
;; 'Bless Gord for de true word,' says Sis Sairy. 'As long"
as my husband pities me for havin' to wear an ate dress, I
don't care whedder hit's ole or not. Hit is his not carin' an'
his not seein' dat a lady of my pussonableness ought to have
fine clothes dat makes me sore.'
"'Dat's so,' says Sis Elviry. 'An' dat we women need to
make 11S happy is to have de right word said to us, an' carl-siderin'
how cheap words is, an' how much money hit would
save men, hit's a \vonder dat husbands is so economical wid
'em.'
"'1'1en is fools,' says Sis 1Iinervy.
"'\Vhut would we do ef dey wanr't;' axes r."-Dorothy
Dix in Chicago American.
A Florentine Mosaic Table.
1'Iark Twain in his book ;;The Innocents Abroad," de-scribes
the beautiful \'vork done by the Florentine artists in
mosaics:
"Florentine mosaics are the choicest in all the world. 1'101'-
cnce loves to have that said. Florence is proud of it. Flor-ence
would foster this specialty of hers. She is grateful to
the artists that bring to her this high credit and fill her coffers
with foreign money, and so she encourages them with pen-sions.
She knows that people "who piece together the beau-tiful
trifles dic early, because the \',lark is so confining and so
exhausting to Jlalld and brain, and so has Jecreed that aU
these people who reach the age of sixty shall have a pension
after that! T have JlOt J1eard that any of them have called
for their dividends yet. One man did fig·ht along till he was
sixty, and started after his pension, but it appeared that there
had been a mistake of a year in his family record, and so
he gave up and died. These artists will take particles of
stone or glass nO larger than a mustard seed. and piece them
together on a sleevc button or a shirt stud so smoothly and
with such nice adjllstment of the delicate shades of color the
pieces bear, as to form a pigmy rose with stern, thorn, leaves,
petals complete, and £lit softly and 85 truthfu!ty tinted as
though nature had builded it herself. They will counterfeit
a fly, or a high·-toncd bug, \\,·jthin tlw cramped circle of .,
breast pin, and do it so neatly that any man might think a
master painted it.
;'It saw a little table in··the great mosaic school in :rIorence
----ealittle trifle of a center table-whose top was made of some
sort of prccious stonc, and in the stone was inlaid the figure
of a flutc, with bell-mouth and a ma:.-:y complication of keys.
No painting in the "world could have been softer or richer; nO
shading out of one tint into another could have been more
perfect. 1 do not think one could have seen "where two par-ticles
joined each other with eyes of ordinary shrewdness.
This table top cost the labor of one man for ten long years,
and it was £or sale for $35,000."
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COSTLY FURNISHINGS OF AN AMERICAN PALACE.
Former Senator Clark Spends Millions in New York.
The French palace that Senator W. A. Clark of Montana
and New York has erected at the corner of Seventy-seventh
street and Fifth avenue has so far been a house of mystery_
The portals have been assiduously guarded from the outside
world.
"\Vait until it is finished," the senator has always said
·when appealed to for permission to inspect it. Recently,
however, the writer was permitted to spend a half day in the
most costly private mansion in America.
The house has been called "An old man's fad," and so it is.
Every piece of marble, every piece of granite, every piece of
wood, every piece of bronze, the work of every laborer, every
art object, and every purchase and contract has had the per-sonal
attention of the owner. The house represents the man,
carries out his ideas, reveals his tastes. \-Vhen in New York
Senator Clark spends days within its walls, watching its pro-gress,
giving his ,opinions, passing Upon or rejecting pieces of
work or bids for work.
In conception and interior the Clark house reflects the
best examples of French architecture of the period of Louis
XV!., and in construction and appointments it combines the
comforts of home and the conveniences of the most luxurious
hostelry in the world. Viewed from the street the building
strikes the observer as too big, too massive, for its ground
space and its residential surroundings, but when one's point
of view is from within, the street and the immediate neigh~
borhood are forgotten. The vista that opens to the vision
is over a woodland of trees and a chain of miniature lakes.
Central Park lends itself admirably to the occupants of the
Clark mansion and supplies a foreground not excelled by any
palace in Europe.
The architects must have taken this into consideration,
as did Senator Clark when he conceived the idea of expressing
his ambition by the erection of the finest private residence in
America; It is nine stories, each story ranging from 'heights
of nine to seventeen feet, from the Turkish baths beneath the
ground to the laundry under the eaves. Nine stories, massed
with every conceivable adjunct of convenience, comfort, lux-ury,
and possession dear to the heart of man; nine stories of
storied wealth and mcchanical device unsurpassed in the mod-ern
construction of house building.
"\Vhen Senator Clark throws open this house to his friends
it will take all his time to show them through it," the writer
remarked, after half a day's pilgrimage.
HIt will not be necessary," replied the escort. "He may
touch one of a hundred buttons and call a servant to do his
bidding,"
The mass of wires that assemble in the headquarters of
the service room is so .large that one can scarcely touch hands
around it. Five millions of dollars is the estimated cost of
the house, irrespective of its furnishings. Some of the items
may be roughly set down as follows:
$400,000 for bronze work on the roof.
$140.000 for plumb;ng.
$140,000 for the heating plant,
$1,000 each for Greek marble columns, of which there are
scores.
$2,000 for a single ornamental design on a mantelpiece.
$15,000 to $40,000 for the woodwork and gildings of many
of the rooms.
$12,000 for the entrance gates.
$10,000 for a freize.
$20,000 each for the furnishings of the bathrooms, of which
there are fifteen.
$50,000 for uncut and unmined marble of a single quarry.
But cold- figures give only a relative conception of the Iav-
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ish structure and its appointments. The mere expenditure of
money was far from the thoughts of Senator Clark when
eight years ago he dreamed
of the palace now a reality.
His conception was of a
home that would be a
treasure house of his art
works and a fitting expres-sion
of his love of the ar-tistic
and architecturally
beautiful. He planned elab-oratety,
turned his ideas
over to practical men, and
scoured the world for in-terior
decorations, whole
rooms, ceilings, tapestries,
statuary, porcelains, paint-ings
and bronzes that would
be a delight to his eye and
a joy to his senses the rest
of his life.
Step through the bronze
gates and enter this stupendous residence. It is well worth
the trip, even though the courtly halls are not completed, nor
the great galleries hung with paintings, nor the white marble
statues in place in the rotunda. The. porte-cochere that over-hangs
the entrance has been compared to the upper set of :a
pair of false teeth, and the simile is not ill chosen, though
the resemblance is lost in the immensity of the sheer walls
that rear themselves 100 feet from the ground to the top
of the granite tower. An iron stairway leads down to the
kitchen floor, the basement, and the sub-basement. To the
right, set below the flOOf, are three 250 horsepower boilers,
drawing from an eighty-ton storage vault, five to seven tons
Sketch by Otto Jiranek.
Sketched by Ott.o Jira.nek, Grand Rapids, Mich,
of coal a day, to light and heat the entire house, run its ele-vators,
its eighty-ton cold storage plant, its dumb-waiters, its
vcntilating fans, its pumps, its laundry, and propel three sev-enty-
five-kilowatt dynamos, furnishing 4,200 lights. Eight
men on night and day shift is the crew of this department.
The pasenger elevator is as large as you will find in a big
hoteL It will carry twenty pcople, and is of the plunger type
its shaft sinking into the ground ninety~eight feet. In the
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dynamo room is a marble switchboard fifteen by eighteen feel
in size. .
In this sub-cellar, facing Fifth avenue, along the entLre
front of the house, is a Turkish bath, steam rooms, shampoo
baths, sprays, showers and dressing rooms, lined with Carrara
glass, with tiled ceilings and glass mosaic borders, and orna-mentations
of artistic design. Just outside these spacious
rooms is a filtration plant, the air from the street percolating
a screen of cheese cloth filtered through iron tubes to every
part of the house to be finally drawn off by a huge fan ill the
roof.
Senator Clark
could give a
house party of
half a hundred
people, entertain
them in his four
completely equip-ped
dining rooms,
and extend to
tIt e 111 adequate
facilities for en-joying
the great
swimming pool
and Turkish bath.
Th<: great ban-quet
hall is on the
second noor and
completely occu-pies
the w est
wing of the house.
seventeen feet high. Its atmosphere is one of massive ele-gance.
It is a "woody···· room, a characterization peculiar ,to
many of the rooms of the house. The .valls are paneled wlth
English oak and heavily carved in the style of the Henr~ .IV.
period. The cellIng
js a solid mass of
carving, and the huge
mantelpiece, set off by
life-size figures of
Diana and Neptune in
Numidian marble, is an
art work in ltseH. A
frelze of Normandy
stone, ten feet wide,
encircles the room,
close to the ceiling.
The stone lends itself
beautifully to carving,
representing scenes in
hunting and fishing,
,..i..th an underlying net-
.vork beneath fIgures
of fi s h, gameco('.ks,
birds, guns, oxen,
horns, bows and ar-r.
ows, roebucks and
deer, ds,ftly worked
into the design so that
no particular figure assumes protrusive importance. There
are eleven disks of plain Sienna marble set in the frieze.
which are severely beautiful in contrast. Over the door is a
panel that may be utilized as a coat of arms of the owner or
perhaps of King Henry YI., from whose reign the room takes
its character.
The breakfast room is on the third floor, opening west-
·ward and is a solid mass of English oak carved heavily of
the .b:rancis 1. period. It is a veritable cabinet of 170 panels,
no two alike in design, but all harmonizing. Directly <'lbove
the breakfast room upon the third and fourth floors are pri-vate
dining rooms, belonging to the complete apartment
Sketch by Otto Jiranek.
The room is fifty by thirty-five feet and
Sketch by Otto Jiranek.
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Sl11tes that occupy the ",vcst wing of these floors All of
these d1l11l1grooms have mdtvidllal pantries and chIna closets,
and are connected directly with the serving rQOI11,off the
kitchen on tbe ground floor by individual electrically propelled
dumb-waiters, speaking .tubes, telephones, and a service ele-vator.
The two apartments were originally intended for the
use of Senator Clark's married sons and daughters.
These apartrnents contain every convenience and luxury
known of the model, up-to-date New York apartment house.
The reception rooms are octagonal and of solid mahogany
heavily paneled. The salons are of satinwood, paneled and
exquisitely carved. The entire suites are fl1lished in wood,
walls and ceilings, each room of different design and charac-ter.
Opening off the main dining room on the second floor is
a rotunda, ',Nhich Senator Clark has called a sculpture room.
This circular vestibule, which is somc thirty-six feet from
floor to vaulted ceiling, is set with eight llresche violet col-umns,
unpolished. The walls arc of creamy white Mary-land
marble. A balcony cove, at the toP. is accessible from
the third floor and the organ 10ft. The statuary room is
paneled in IVlaryland marble and set with Chippolano pedes-tals.
The room opens to the south into a COn5ef\,'atory of
solid bronze and glass, thirty feet high and twenty-two feet
'~ljde.
Opening to the north from the statuary rotunda is the
main picture gallery, ninety-five by twenty feet, two stories
high. The walls are of plain Istrian marble and :Norman-deaux
cornices. A western wing of this gallery is sixteen by
forty feet, and is the second floor of still another art treasure
house, which will be devoted exclusively to Senator Clark's
collection of Faience pottery. In the loft, at the south end
of the main gallery, will be placed the largest chamber organ
in the country, the instrument having sixty-two speaking
stops. Out from the east side of the main gallery extends
a superb promenade, ninety-five feet long and twen~y feet
wide, a classic hall ornamented by twelve Chippolano columns
unpolished. The ceiling of this splendid room is of carved
American oak, a large space being ldt for a canvas which is
yet to be put in place.. It is said that this canvas will be the
work of an American artist, not yet selected. Broad panels
along the walls w1l! be set wjth six priceless tapestries that
Senator Clark bought abroad. \iVhen completed this central
promenade will equal the ~tatcly hall of any palace in Europe.
The colonnaded hall makes a direct communicating prome-ml.
de between the main gallery and the grand salon facing
Fifth avenue.
It is impossible to enter this lovely room without feeling
the masterful impulse of the old world artists. The eye ir-resistibly
rests upon the immense canvas of Fragonard that
forms the entire ceiling-the largest canvas, it is said, in
America. Cupids. blue sky, and garlands embellish the
Greek figures at the sides and ends of the ceiling. The tex-ture
is soft and the coloring old and rich in tone. Age is
imprinted upon the work of art, and beauty of color and del-icacy
of expression stamp the canvas a masterpiece. \iVhat it
cost the senator to pluck this old world piece of art from
some grand salon of France is merely conjectural, but if he
were to divulge the price it would startle the imagjnation of
even this money-mad town. The ceiling has an appropriate
setting, fot' the entire room is "lifted" from a French palace.
It is a salon of the type of Versailles, of the Louis XVI.
period. Chaste in design, the pilasters, moldings, and cor-nices
are embellished in gold leaf, and the curtain brackets
are exquisite molding of gold bronze. The heavy white
enameled doors fairly breathe their old world art, though in
state of perfect preservation. The gold bronzed furnishings
arc art v..'orks in themselves, conceptions of Bircard of Paris.
The mantel alone is the product of Senator Clark's Maryland
quarry, but to the uninformed has the appearance of pure
Carrara marble 500 years old, so soft and satiny is its 'texture
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26 MICHIGAN
and 50 exqUistte and chaste is its sculpture work.
whole room is a dream in creamy white and gold.
The petty salon be-yond
is an elliptical
room of white enamel
and gold of the period
of Louis XV. There
is still another room in
the suite, styled the
morning room, which
has a heavily carved
ceiling of American
oak and will be set
with fOUf immense tap-estries.
Paralleling the
great corridor and di-rectly
connectiong tho::
statuary room with lhe
petty salon is the main
hall, sixty feet long and
ten feet wide, set with
pilasters of Maryland
marble and Norman-deaux
vaulted ceiling.
Opening into this haB
is the grand stairway, which comes up from the ground floor.
A sweeping staircase of Istrian marble, apparently unsup-ported,
makes the ascent a leisurely climb, In this spacious
stairway are blended almost every known marble from the
world's quarries. The balustrade is of bronze and gold and
is rich ill character. The main elevator is at the side of the
stairway, and it is highly probable that the stairway corridor
will be hardly more than an abode of statuary-a thing of
beauty in itself.
The third floor is devoted to Senator and Mrs. Clark's
suite, the large library and one of the complete housekeeping
apartments mentioned, besides two guest rooms.
The private suite, of the senator and his wife are not os-tentatious
rooms, although large, light and beautiful. Sena-tor
Clark's bedroom is finished in English oak with delicate-ly
carved wainscot and cornices. The walls are satin lined.
Mrs. Clark's room is similarly finished, with a conne.cting
boudoir and spacious bathroom and wardrobe closets. The
bathrooms, both of the senator and his wife, and of all the
guests, are exceptionally large, entirely tiled in Carrara glass
and the ceilings, and the showers are incased by plate glass
inclosures. The library on this floor is a spadous room
some forty feet long. An antique fireplace, taken from an
old Normandy castle, is a distinctive feature, as is the antique
ceiling, transported from an old castle in France. It is
dark and rich in design, though severe and classical in line.
It is the senator's idea -to make this one of the most at-tractive
rooms in his house. The walls will be lined with
bookcases and filled with the choice volumes he has collect-ed,
which are at present stored in his spacious apartments in
the Navarre flats.
Directly above the library on the fourth floor is a room of
almost equal size, which the senator has set aside for an
"Oriental Room." This room is yet in an embryonic state,
but in it the senator will gather his choicest specimens of
Oriental art, Thc nursery on the next floor is a most com-plete
establishment. It consists of two departments, a
"night" and a "day" nursery. The rooms are spacious and
will be lighted by large windows, and contain every modern
and hygenic appliance known to modern equipment. As the
senator and Mrs. Clark have but two small children, the fa-cilities
of these spacious rocims will not be overtaxed. There
is an adjunct to the nursery department in the tower, where
there has been set aside a room which can be used in the
event of a quarantine.
The rest of the fourth floor is devoted to guests' rooms,
Sketch by Otto Jiranek.
ARTISAN
The of which there arc twenty-five. in the house. Nearly all of
these rooms have spacious baths connected and are -finished
in either American or English oak, heavily carved and pan-eled,
There is also a complete housekeeping suite, before
mentioned, on the fourth floor.
The fifth and sixth floors contain the rooms and accomo-dations
for thirty-five servants. The eastern wing of the
house is devoted to the men's quarters, and the western wing
to the quarters of the women servants. The laundry is on
the sixth floor, and is as large as many public laundries. The
freight elevator makes all of these rooms accessible to the
basement.
But perhaps the pride of the senator is his own suite on
the ground floor. This princely group of rooms includes
the senator's office, a reception room, and a library and a
magnificent lounging room, the latter of which is a veritable
old style English hall. It is ninety feet long and twenty
feet wide, and is done in the domestic Gothic style, as dis-tinguished
from the ecclesiastical Gothic. The room is sev-enteen
feet high, and the most notable fature in it is an im-mense
fireplace in thc Gothic style of French Normandeaux
stone. The ceiling is heavily beamed, and the wainscoting. is
carved oak. One-half of this room is devoted to a billiard
room, Opening from the lounging room is _asmall hall lined
with mirrors, which connects it with Senator Clark's private
suite. This suite is done in heavy St. Domingo mahogany,
embellished with a gold bronze frieze and fixtures of the Em-pire
style.
It would be, hard to imagine anything more impressive
than the conception of design in this ground floor suite and
its approaches through the corridor of solid marble from the
massive vestibule of bronze, facing the colossal vaulted stair-way
at the entrance. This corridor on the first floor leads
straight across the house to the entrance by the porte-cochere.
Beyond the driving entrance is a vestibule large enough to
accommodate several teams while their occupants are de-scending
prior to their entrance to the house. There is
also room in this vaulted vestibule for several automobiles.
To a man with $12,000,OQO a year income the construction,
furnishing and maintaining of such an establishment is not
such a very large item after all. As a. matter of fact, Sena-tor
Clark maintains at present four complete establishments-one
in Los Angeles, Cal.; one in Butte, Mont.; one in Wash-ington,
D. c., and his present home in New York. Stored
in these houses and in various art galleries are his collections
of paintings, porcelains and tapestries, which he has assid-uously
gathered for the last ten years.
In order to carry out his plans and reduce the building of
this house to a businesslike proposition, Senator Clark eight
years ago organized a realty company, and made his house
an incorporated concern. On Long Island he built a com~
plete woodworking and marble cutting establishment at a cost
of $150,000. This establishmeflt has been in operation con-tinually
for eight years, and it is probable that it will require
two more years before the work is completed in all its de·
ta.ils. Senator Clark's expellditures have run as high as $2,-
000 a day for months at a time, and there. has seldom been a
week when there have been less tha.n 200 skilled laborers at
work upon the various details of the structure. In order to
continue the work unhampered, Senator Clark purchased out-right
a large granite quarry in .Maine and another in Mary-land.
The vast quantities of copper used in the construc-tion
of the house were taken from Senator Clark!s mines in
:Montana and brought on to bis plant on Long Island, where
it was cast.
So the house itself is practically the product of American
material and American workmen, an achievement that in it-self
is creditable to Senator Clark, and adds materially to
the public's interest in this all-American palace-the highest
expression of Ame.rican artisanship in the building of a pri-vate
residence in New York.-Times.
:YIICJTIGAN ARTISAN 27
ig~piQs,f\ic~
Strictly Business.
The presidcllt of a prominent and successful furniture man~
l1factnflng corporation is notci.l for his loyalty to the interests
confided to his keeping and the energy displayed in develop-ing
and strengthening the business. On the occasion of the
annual meeting of stockholders 18st year (Ill amusing incident
occurred. Seated in one corner of the assembly room a
salesman was writing a letter to his girl. 10";hen the
stockholders entered the president noted the presence of the
salesman, and pointing toward him, remarked: ;;Yol1ng
Brown is so infatuated with a beer maker's daughter who lives
in Milwaukee that he probably \',1ould not cease his love letter
writing if a charge of dynamite were exptoded under his teet,
He would take his '\vriting materials \vith him while the up-lift
was in progress.!'
\Vhen the stockholders \vere seated, Sniffie.pcffer, the ora-tor
of the company,
fearing that no o-ppor-tl1nity
would be pre-sented
for unloading a
deliberately can n e cl
speech, sprang to his
feet, set his oratorical
motor in ni.otion and
for a half hour monop-olized
the time 01' the
stockholders. \¥hen
Sniftiepeffer had con-cluded
his remarks the
president arose and
cohn)' TCnl'-l.Tked: "A:~
1'11. Snifflepeffer has
~
1~/emptied his gas bag,
If yOU wiH now come to
, order and proceed to
tral1sa<.:t the busi.n<.',ss
Designed by Clarence R .Hills.
fOI' which we have
met." A snicker from the corner recalled to the memory of
the president the nearness of young Browll, and a glance con-finned
the suspicion tbat he was unduly amused.
"Say, Browll," the Ipresident remarked, "you get out.
The seriousness of tbis business you do not appreciate. You
are a good lover and a fair salesman, but you have not learned
the alphabet of finance nor the proper Inonotone for oratory.
Come back in an hour and learn finance and oratory from
Snifflepeffer.'!
Brown accepted the suggestion of the president and "got
out."
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Another for Boyd.
Query: \¥jll the Colonia) club house, Grand Rapids, be
fitted up for hotel purposes and placed under the manage-ment
of J. Boyd Pantlind for the summer season of 1910?
Mr. Foote Predicts a Good Season.
E. H. Foote, treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair Com-p;
l11y aml pr",sident o[ the Imperial Furniture Company, pre~
diets an active season of trade after the opening of the Grand
Rapids market on June 25. upon the general improvement
in business, the crop prospects and to the fact that seventy-five
per cellt of the dealers sold cOllsiderably more than they
bought during the past six months, he bases his opinion. Mr.
Foote docs not think the presidential campaign will disturb
SketehlXi by Clarence R. Hills, Grand Rapids, Mich.
business to such an extent as occurred in 1896, when many
orders ,,,,ere placed to be filled only in the event of the ele.c-tion
at Major McKinley.
Buss Furniture Planers.
Thc Buss 1vfachine Vv'orks of Holland, Mich., manufacture
a general line of wood working machinery, including furniture
,planers that hav~ sold largely. These may be seen in suc-cessful
operation in prominent factories of Grand Rapids, Chi-cago,
Evansville, Indianapolis <l11cl other furniture centers.
Manager Buss guarantees the quality of machines built in the
Buss works.
28 MICHIGAN ARTISAN
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Lectures Before Engineering Classes.
J. R. McColl, formerly associate professor of steam en-gineering
at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., and now con-
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Designed by ClarenceR. Hills. Grand Rapids.
nected with the engineering department of the American
Blower Company, Detroit, has been delivering a series of
lectures before engineering classes of the technical schools in
the middle -west. The subjects dealt with arc the move-merit
and heating of air for heating, ventilating and drying
systems; the theory and practice. of blower design and instal-lation,
and kindred topics. The lectures are illustrated by
means of stereopticon views and arc followed by animated
discussions on the part of the students, who invariably evince
great interest in the subjects presented.
Dry Goods Houses Under Fire.
Complaint is made by rctailers of house furnishing goods
against the dry goods houses of S1. Louis and Chicago for
offering articles of furniture or sale in the general catalogues
which it is their custom to des tribute to the trade. As Mar-shall
Field & Co., Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Scrugs, Van-dervoort
& Barney, Fanvcll, Butler and others maintain fur-niture
departments as parts of their establishments, buying
large quanties of .furniture legitimately, it seems somewhat
strange that their efforts to make sales should be condemned
by modest, unpretentious competitors doing business in many
sections of the west.
A Monster Dining Table.
An agreeable surprise-awaits the buyers arriving in Grand
Rapids during the coming month. One of the prominent
furniture manufacturing corporations, noted for the elaborate
luncheons s:!lread before· their" guests, as well as the excellence
of their products, have installcd in their dining hall a mam-moth
round top center table, with a sideboard, buffet and
chairs to match. The table measures eight feet eigbt inches
from side to side and the center contains a large round mir-ror.
The style is Mission, the finish weathered, in keeping
with the decorations of the room.
Few Spaces Open.
During the past month applications for space in the furni-ture
eXDosition buildings of Grand Rapids have been received
in such numbers as to assure a full and complete exhibition
of the products of the factories. A few desirable spaces re-main
in the great furniture exhibition building managed by
p, ]. Klingman. Applicants for the same should communi-cate
with the management at once.
The earliest chair in Nineveh wa.s made without a back
and with legs terminating in lion's feet or bull's hoofs.
ARTISAN
Power Supply in Future.
One of the questions which vitally concerns every man is
tha.t of the future sources of power supply. It is stated that
our anthracite coal fields will hold out but fifty years
longer, and that in a hundred years the bituminous coal
will he gone~ Natural gas and petroleum fields are be-exhausted
rapidly. But there remains one source of
power which should never be exhausted-the cheapest
and the one without waste. "Vater is a magnificent
source of power. In the arid sections of the country
water conservation for irrigation purposes is being
studied arid applied. ·Vole think the canals may be uti-lized
for power purposes without loss to the men de-pendent
on the water for irrigation purposes. It is
claimed that it may interfere with navigation, but this
is not an unsurmountable obstacle. The establishment
of power plants does not necessarily bar navigation, but
methods may have to be altered. 'Vater power applied
in the form of electricity will, we think, supply the
needs of the future adequately.
Will Manufacture Pianos.
A. n. B
- Date Created:
- 1908-06-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 28:23
- Notes:
- This view of Monroe Avenue features streetcar tracks down the center of the road. The Rathbun House hotel is located on the right center of the photo. Soda water is advertised at one the stores in the foreground. H. M. Stowe's Hat Store is in the background, on the right.
- Date Created:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- This is a replica of the first cabin built on the west side of the Grand River. The original cabin was built by LaFramboise about 1806. The replica was erected in Fulton Street Park.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Sketch of Island #1 in the Grand River. Native Americans are shown living on the island. Canoes shown in the river.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The image shows a fire truck that was photographed in front of residences. Two men are seated in the vehicle, and five other men are posed beside it. The men appear to be wearing ordinary shirts and trousers rather than fireman's uniforms.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse at a Christmas party, with about 50 young children with adults in the background in a large ballroom.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two young men posing with the partially assembled model airplanes.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Building with smoke pouring from the front windows. Cook Paint and Varnish Company, Research Division, probably in Kansas City, MO.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Kroger grocery store exterior at 245 Michigan NE.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Large banquet hall with men and women seated at tables with flowers and candles.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A large machine in the process of installation in the factory.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A woman identified as "Miss K. Handley" poses in a formal gown on a staircase.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- An open-weave fabric on a frame.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four General Foods cars, 1948 Plymouths, with drivers in their suits and ties standing by each one. The cars are festooned with signs advertising Post Krinkles, the newest breakfast rice treat. They are parked on a hill overlooking the Grand Rapids, looking west, likely from Belknap Hill with St. Adalbert's Basilica visible on the left.
- Date Created:
- 1949-08-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two men and three women standing in front of the an array of boxes of footwear products from the Mishawaka Rubber and Woolen Mfg. Co. with the "Ball Band" trade mark, in front of the Stanton Store in Stanton, MI, on M50.
- Date Created:
- 1937-07-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- An interior photo at the 20th Century Bowling Alley located at 206 Federal Square Building, 29-33 Pearl NW. The man on the left dressed in a shirt and tie is leaning over and observing the sanding machine being run by the man on the right, wearing bib overalls. Additional bowling alleys are in the background. Several overhead lamps hang from the ceiling
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group portrait of four men including Colonel Knox and Senator Arthur Vandenberg.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Portrait of Alvin C. Hamer, signed and dated December 13, 1944. Hamer was book collector and the owner of a bookstore.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- 121-125 Monroe. F.W. Woolworth came here in 1911, built a new store in 1939 which replaced the building with the clock tower at the corner of Monroe and Pearl. Near view of Woolworth facade, with mostly women workers in light colored blouses and long dark skirts standing in front of the crowded display windows and the doors.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four men sitting and knitting
- Date Created:
- 1950-05-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- One woman sitting
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Soldier kneeling with pack and rifle in front of him
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Woman playing piano as two men and one woman stand behind it
- Date Created:
- 1949-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two men shaking hands next to two women
- Date Created:
- 1939-11-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man seated in chair
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Boy drawing at desk
- Date Created:
- 1947-04-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Steam engine and car at accident scene
- Date Created:
- 1950-04-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Four women looking at a book
- Date Created:
- 1944-04-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Men standing next to three trucks, in front of coal piles, with train tracks in the foreground.
- Date Created:
- 1938-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Side view of a man wearing a suit and bow tie, with a pipe.
- Date Created:
- 1949-12-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man sitting at desk
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- South player 12 posing with ball
- Date Created:
- 1947-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Action shot of game with Aquinas player carrying the ball
- Date Created:
- 1947-12-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Twelve men sitting and standing around table
- Date Created:
- 1938-12-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Woman seated with golf clubs
- Date Created:
- 1947-04-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
- Date Created:
- 1935-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Volume 1, Number 7
- Notes:
- Robet Loomis gives a brief summary of his early life until 1852. In his diary, he records the weather, his financial information, various meetings, and writes about his spiritual life.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A photograph of Lyman Parks, dressed in a suit and tie, speaking at podium. A sign behind him says "Construction Start Button" at the top and "[first word obscured] ...Office Building Grand Rapids." Two men with white hair sit in the foreground, facing Parks.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Snapshot of Milo Brown, dressed in a suit and tie, and seated in a chair in his office at Brown's Funeral Home. A side table next to him is piled with books and magazines.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ------~-----------------,/1
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FREIGHT RATE INVESTIGATION DELAYED
After Outlining Rules and Metbods of Procedure, Commission Adjourns tbe Hearing
Uutil Wednesday, September 7.
The Interstate Comme1 ce comm1S"LJn's hearIng on the
proposed advances 111 freIght rates was opend in the cus-toms
house, N (W York Clty, last Monday l110rlllng and after
a general statement of the lmes along which the commission
",111 proceed In takmg eVIdence Judge G M Brown, the
chief exallllller, en tertamed a motion to adJou1 n untll Sep-tember
7 It was understood that thIs woulJ be done, in-a'imuch
as the notIce of the hearIng was served on the ral1-
roads only last week.
Judge Brown defined the pos1tlOn of the comm1SSlOn
"Both oral testImony a\1d statIstIcal exhIbIts wIll be allowed,"
he 'ia1d, "and, although there V\ 111 be no undue haste, It also
mu~t be understood there ",111 be no undue delay 'vVe want
to vet at the facts If the carner~ can prove they are en-tItled
to an advance they ought to get It If It can be shown
they are not entitled to it, It should be demed
"Everyone mterested ha'i the nght to be represented
whether they be earners, shIpper:" the people in general or
the commisslOn The eVIdence, I take It, WIll be lalgely sta-tistical
Both SIdes wIll be subject to cross exammation in
order that the full truth may be learned."
As soon as the appearance of the railroads had been re-corded,
C C McCam, chairman of the Trunk Line associa-tion,
made the motion to adjourn One of the shippers in-terrupted
the presiding examiner to request that the hearings
go on at once. Their viewpoint seemed to be that the delay
under existing schedules is one of the reasons which has
made the railroads lose as much time as possible in getting
to the actual taking of evidence.
But Judge Brown decided that the motion to adjourn was
not unreasonable inasmuch as the burden of proof seemed to
rest upon the railroads, and it appeared that some consider-ation
should be granted to them in taking their evidence.
He also announced that the western hearing in the trans-
Missouri case will be held in the federal building in Chicago
beginning on August 29.
The roads whose incomes in the freight advance ques-tion
are to be looked into at the New York hearings are all
east of the Mississippi river and north of the Potomac. Not
all of them were represented at the heanng yesterday morn-ing,
because many had been notified that an adjournment
would be granted.
After the adjournment, Mr McCain said he had noticed
m one or two of the mornmg papers dispatches from Wash-mgton
"containmg estimates whIch purported to be from the
commIssIon and whIch gave the figures for the increase in
l11come'i that would result from the advances"
"The figure named as a total." said he, "was $500,000,000
As near as I can get at It from what I have been able to pIck
up It Vi ould be much closer to the actual to drop off one
CIpher, and even then It would be above what seems lIkely.
"It seems that somethmg hke $30,000,000 would repre-sent
the ll1crease whIch '" ould come to all the raIlroads in-terested
1"1"1 ant to 'iay thIS at thIS tIme so a'i to correct a
mbtaken ImpressIOn before It has a chance to settle mt,:) the
mmds of those who ale watchmg the outcome of the com-miSSIOn's
hearing
"The trouble seems to be. that they have conSIdered the
advances as applYll1g to all classes of freIght. and they have
figUrEd on an advance of 16 per cent throughout ThIS is
malllfestly inaccurate, because only a part of the classes are
being dIscussed"
Fewer Idle Frei~ht Cars.
The fortlllghtly bulletin of the AmerIcan Railway associ-atlOl1,
issued August 13, showed that in the two weeks ended
August 3 there was a decrease of 29,030 m the number of idle
freight cars in the UnIted States and Canada, bringing the
total idle list down to 102,781, '" hich is more than 30,000 cars
less than the number idle at the begmning of July There
were on Aug. 3 fewer idle fre1ght cars than at any time since
the ~econd half of last ApliI The ll1creased demand for cars
during the two weeks was principally for box cars, although
the number of coal cars in use also showed a substantial in-crease.
Flat cars", ere the only class of equipment in which
the idle list was increased between July 20 and Aug 3
Grain in the West and South has been moving to market,
and has called into use many idle cars which had been side-tracked
dunng previous weeks and months.
No argument is necessary to sustain the proposition, that
It IS bette1 to keep an article in stock than to give it away.
But the wise way is to put a price on the piece that will move
it, if it has become an old settler.
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in fact few English concerns are better known there than
the Ohver t,1achmery company Later he established a fac-tory
at \lanche"ter to comply with the English patent law.
The errand RapIcls busmess began in a very small way in
the IJlchIgan Trust buI1dmg Several moves were made to
accommodate It<, growmg requIrements before the company
finally located m It,,; present beautIful and commodIOus quar-ter,,;,
corner Colclbrook and Clancy ,,;treet,,;, OpposIte Creston
park In 1900 Mr OlIver started under the name of the
Amencan J\lachmery company. WIth seven workmen to man-ufacture
hIs own machIl1ery In 1902 he was jomed by S. D
Thompson, the treasurer, financial and office manager and
credIt man of the present company. In 1904 A N Spencer
came tn, who had been for thIrty years WIth J A Fay & Co,
of CmcmnatI WIth his advent the scope of the concern
\\ as \\ Idened It went largely mto the manufacture of wood-
\\ orkmg mach1l1 ery, untIl It has become one of the leaders
of the II oodworkmg Mach1l1ery Manufacturers' association.
At thIS tIme the name was changed to the Oliver Machinery
company In 1907 the company was Il1corporated with a
capItal stock of $150,000 Mr Ol1ver IS president of the
company and Mr Spencer vIce preSIdent. secretary and gen-eral
sale" manager
The factory. WIth ItS large and aIry building, its modern
equipment and 150 employe,,;, IS Mr Ol1ver'~ special pride
1t IS the Ie..,ult of hI"; practIcal expenence and of his sixteen
} ear" of tray el The trade-mark "Oliver" is known and rec-ogI1l7Cd
all 0\ er the world, partIcularly m connection with
certam t} pes of machines, as the "Oliver" wood-trimmer or
the "011\ er" UnIvel sal double arbor saw-bench; also with
manual tra111111goutfits It IS the only concern which makes
a complete patteIn shop equipment
11r OlIver IS not only an inventor, he has always been
able to sell v. hate\ er has been produced for him by others,
Dr 111hI"; own factory, and at the same time he is a man of
\\ Ide busmess expenence and tntuition.
lIb puhlIc "pmt has never shown itself more conspicu-ousl}
than \\ hen he gave a large pIece of ground near his
WEEKLY ARTISAN
OLIVER MACHINERY COMPANY
An Institution That Ships Its Products to All
Parts of the World.
The Ohver \JachIl1ery company IS pnmanh the out-growth
of the Inf;el1Ll1t}, the ~kIII and the energy ot Jo,,;eph
W OlIver ::\11 011\ er wa,,; born 111 O"wego. ~ Y m 1864.
J. W. Oliver, President.
of good old revolutIOnary stock ""hen tourteen he came
to Grand RapIds. In whose schools he \\ as educated
HIS fir"t pOSItIOn was WIth the DI"sell Carpet $\\ eeper
company, where he remameJ one year He then entered the
employ of Buttel V\ OJ th & Lowe, where he ma "tered the ma-
Chll1I"t'" trade
:!VIr 011\ er n("(t ~pent twO} eaI ~ on the \\ estern pLu!1"
Plant of the OlIver Machine Company.
and then rdnrned and stal ted ll1 to develop sam,. mechaI1lcal
ldeas of hIS own He m\ ented and patented a number uf
mach111es, whIch he had made ll1 \ allan" part:, of the coun-try
Dunng the palllC of 1802-3 ::\[1 OlIver e"tabhshed a
branch at Manchester, England 1here hI" IngenuIt\' "hcl\\ ed
ltself m the novel metlYld he adopteel at mtrodnc111g hIS nu-ch111ery
He bad se\ eral wagons made, ,,;pecIally adapted to
the purpose, on whIch samples of hIS mach111es were earned
to the very doors of prospectIve purchasers Then he \\ auld
set them up, explaining and demonsil atlng theIr operatIOn.
In thIS way he covered from 20,000 to 25,000 mIles with
horses throughout England, Scotland and Ireland, WIth the
result that no Amencan concern in the eng111eer111g field and
factory, whIch IS now one of the city's most extensive and
completely eqtlIpped playgrounds
1he O!tvel Mach111ery company has branches nDt alone
l!1 thI~ country at New York, ChIcago, Pittsburg, New Or-lean"
Seattle antI Los Angeles. but in Manchester, Paris.
Chr,qIana. IIJlan \'aple.." Antwerp, Bombay, Argentina and
Crugua}
Even the gIl'l with the rosebud moutl> has lines no
carver can exact:1y reproduce.
It IS hard to make money and friends at the same time
Il1 the fnrmture busmess.
WEEKLY ARTISAN 5
Tests for Kiln-Dried Oak.
By Valence m the \Vood-Worker---To tell when oak IS
thoroughly klln-dned reqUlres not only a person who has had
COllSIderable expenence both m handlmg and \'; orking of the
wooJ, but one who also has keen observll1g po", ers, for some
men could handle and machine oak for half their lives and then
not be able to do much more than make a reasonable guess
Men accust'lmed to handhng and maohmmg kiln-dried oak
gradually come to know when oak IS reasonably dry, first, by
the weIght of It, It seems heavy or hght accorcllng to Its de-gree
of Jryness ThIS may seem queer, a'i all oak is heavy,
yet there IS a somethmg m the weight whIch catches the at-tentIOn
of the keen, observmg and expellenced man Second,
by the smell of a newly-cut piece A keen nose IS more es-sential
in detectmg the condItion of oak than a dozen eyes;
yet it reqUIres an expenenced n'JSe and a keen olfactorv nerve
to detect t'he dIfference between good alr-dned and tho~oughly
kiln-dried oak ThIrd, by the way the oak machme'i Shav-ings
and sawdust commg from thoroughly klln-dned oak con-tain
more powdered wood, the dust floats m the aIr very
easlly and can be detected all over the machme room, unless
the blower bystem IS m excellent condItIon Fourth. by not-mg
the condItion of some test pIeces after they have been in
the hot-box a few hours
These test pIeces may be of dIfferent deSIgns Some may
be about ,Vs-in thIck, l8-in or 20-111 WIde, and about 1-111
long These are to test for shrinkage If the lumber IS thor-oughly
kIlned, there will be no apprecIable permanent shrink-age,
although If the measurement IS taken immedIately after
taking pIeces out of hot-box, whlle they are stlll hot, a dIffer-ence
in sIze WIll be noted, even if the lumber is klln-clned,
the shrmkage will be 14-m or ,Vs-111 to t'he foot. but If al-
10we,J to cool for a few hour'3 111 some cool, dry place, they
WIll resume their origmal sIze Other test pieces may be
74- 111 or 7~-ll1 thIck, 3-in WIde, and 4-ft or 5-ft long
These should be jomted to a gooel glue jomt before putting
into hot-box If the heat changes them enoug'h to spOll the
glue joint, It IS pretty certam the pieces were not thoroughly
kIln-dried Yet thl'3 test. 11k<: all the others, reqUIres an ex-penenced
man ?\ eIther an old man 111dotage, a young man in
knowage. a woman, and, I might adJ, a ~reenhorn or a
"pink tea shadow," has any hcense to deCIde by tests whether
or not oak IS thoroughly kiln-dried
The only SUl e way, and the most SImple way, to tell v, hen
oak IS thoroughly bln-dneJ, IS to kn')w that the oak", as 111
the proper bnd ')f a kIln, the proper length of tIme. and the
bIn properly handled, then, WIth the foregOIng tests, we may
have positIve assurance that It IS thorough 1) bln-dlled ~ote
that I say "the proper kmd of bIn" For there are sem es
of kIlns that would nr.t JI y oak properly e\ en If gn en mnety
day'3 at hard labor. as we all know to am sorrow who have
ever tned to huy thoroughly krln-dned oak from some mll1<,
back 111the timber belt Of course, oak mav be dned m the
woods just as thoroughly as m the healt of a cIty but the fact
IS apparent that few saw mIll men, eIther m the Clt, or for-est,
know what a furmture man or cabInetmaker really means
when he says "thoroughly kiln-dned" Yet we are pleased to
note an mcreasmg tendency on the part of the sa"" mlll man
to get pObted upon a subject whIch clld not used to concern
hIm, and whIch dId not formerly enter mto hIS business, as
most of the factones chJ their o\vn kiln-drY1l1g after buying
the saw mill man'" pr')duct
Tha t the ploper bIn-dry 1I1g of oak has for years been a
problem to the average mIll. is a well-known fact, and that
1:'he problem is yet unsolved by a gl cat many mills, IS attested
by the great variety of kilns 111 use and likewise the great
vanety of successes they have Yet in the light of present-day
knowledge we can now take green oak, eIther nver or
forest tImber, put It 111 our dryblns, and 111from one to three
week';, dependmg on thIckness, take It out thoroughly bln-dned,
WIthout eIther mold or honeycomb to contend wI1:Ih
This can be done \vlthout the expen"e of a patented kiln, yet
It reqmres a kIln some\\ hat chfferent from the k1l1el we used
to see and whIch could be called "sweat-boxes for manufaetur-lI1g
honeycomb"
In the future I may. deCIde to wnte an artIcle telhno ,.., some
of the secrets of dryll1g green oak WIthout jihe eVIl of honey-comb1l1g---
the secrets whIch some people claim to have pa-tented,
but whIch canot be patented Some of the measunng
1I1struments can be patented, but not the part that dnes green
oak
Furniture Fires.
The plant of the FleXIble Veneenng company, Paw-tucket,
R I, was burned last Monday Loss $10,000, well
covered by Insurance
A H Reese, fm nltUft dealer of Austin, Tex, suffered
a loss estImated at $7,000 to $8,000, by fire 111hIS store on
August 12 Insurance $3,000
A storehouse owned bv the NatIOnal House Furnishm<Y o h
company at Gloucester, 2\Ias'3, was b111ned ""Ith a loss of
about $9,000 on August 12 r11'311a1nce $6,500
FIre, stal ting from a mystenous cause at mldmght, de-stroyed
the furniture stock and "tore of M I Lull, on Fern
HIll, Tacoma, Wash Loss $1,500 on "tock and $800 on
bUlldmg In"urance $500
The four story carpet store of the Grant & McKee com-pany,
PIttsburg, Pa, was damaged to the extent of about
$18.000 hy fire on August 15 The los", whIch was more
from water and smoke than from the blaze , IS fullv~ msured
To Prevent Warping of Gum.
A plan ""hlch many furmture manufacturers have fol-
Io", ed to good advantage and empbyed VI, here red gum, oak,
mahogany 01 oth er wood" al e used, I" to .leslgn the article m
such a manner that the WIde pIeces may be remforced, and
thus prevent any warpIng or other defectc, showmg up In-stance"
have heen known whu e red gum hoards 18-m Wide
ha\" been glued together and made mto 36-m desk tops The
tops wcn filmly cleated on the bottom, held to place a" well
as an} other wood and gave ~ood satisfaction Thl'o lumber
had been standmg on the sticks for about a year Another
manufacturel, who uses red gum for drawer;., an,l panehng,
guarded ,1lSdmst the tendency to shnnk and 'owell by the apph-cation
of a couple of coats of shellac lllslde and out, and foun,l
that the \\ ooel beha\ ed Itself as well as any that could hay e
been used In thl" Il1stdn( e plam-sa wed gum was employed,
and plam-",lwtd matcnal 01dmallly gl\ es more trouble than
quarter-"a wed ---Government Bulletin
They Show New Tables.
The Dd\ ls-Buely Table company, ShelbYVIlle, Ind, have
jU'ot Issued a fall supplement to theIr spllng catalogue of
1')10 whIch "hould be 111 the hand" of all furmture .lea1ers not
only bel aUbe It "hO\\;., 48 ne", c1e"lgns of hbrary ta1J'es. de"k
tahle'o, "tand tables dnd tabourettes, hut because lL gives the
nunl',trs of 43 deSIgn" that have been dlscar]n I c rlj con-tinued
"1I1e0 the "pnng catdlOlSuE' \'1 dS Issued l"Ie ,uppln
ment IS accompamcd b) a pnce hst whIch apphe" to hoth the
spnng catalogue and the fall supplement
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Manufacturing
Grand Rapids, Michigan
All Knobs and Pulls have the
No-fium-Loose Fasteners
rI Waddell COlIlpany
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The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood
in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in
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CREDIT SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN BANK ON
By C. E. Whitehill of the White-Galliher Co.• Muncie. Ind.
NInety-mne pel cent of the bus1l1cs", of thIs countly be-ing
done on credIt. the Importance of thIs SUbl ect becomes at
once apparent When asked by our bankel yesterday
whether we were getting much out-of-to\v n busIness, I re-plled
that the 1ap1d growth of our nevv lucal busmess had
kept the credIt department too busy Up to thIS tll11C to
tap the interurban fields He asked vvhat om credIt depart-ment
had to do vvith It and "as told that fulh 90 per cent
of the homes are furnished on credit. and that It is a vvaste
of money to cater to the small minority
Yes, our credIt department has been kept bus\, for if
there is any department of a house fur11lsh1l1g store that
ought to be kept busy it 1<; this one \Ve belIeve thoroughly
in the definite contract system Only a few days since an
ordinary note fell due, on which a responsIble pal ty II ished
to make a partial payment' The credIt manager asked
whether he should gn e Cl echt on the back of the note He
was told, by all means, to make a ne\\ note Do \ 0\1 kn'lv
wlhy? So there would be a defiJ1lte term \' hen the lnlance
would fall due---a certain knO\, n tIme to present a note fOl
collection Has your banker evel asked "Eo\\ long do IOU
",ant it for?" He was looking fO! a due peliod \\ hen V ou are
expected to Inake payment a time \\ hen v ou \\ oull clther
have to "settle" or glVe a rcason why
Are you doing bmines" on a bank1l1l?; basis' If not you
would better get busy "But I am not runn1l1g a bank"
some wiseacre will say Maybe not And the man who
makes the reply never will Another man would ask---"What
do you mean by a bankmg basis'" I mean just that I
mean a House Furnishing Bank1l1g Business in \\ hich you
loan the legal 70 per cent of YOU1dCpos1tors' money and take
therefor commercIal paper with l?;ood security having a defi-nite
due period and a sound recom Se for recovery on failure
to pay
What Jo I mean by your depositors' money? I mean
the money you have borrowed from your faIthful bank, or
your trust111g fnends I mean the merchandIse entrusted to
you by jobbers and manufactulers. all hol,ll1ll?; \OU to ac-count
for the faithful chscharge of duty
What do I mean by tak111g commerCIal paper with l?;ood
",ecunty? I mean you are not faIthful to your trust unless
everyone with whom you open an account IS taken J11to that
httle pI ivate loom, where, after cal eful J11C]Uvll into hIS dhl1-
lty to h'lUhlate his debt as lt falls due, hIS name is plOpe1ly
affixed to a bmdlnl?; contract calculated t.o makE' every stock-holdel
and 1.1 edItor of ) am bU"'lllC,,<"d.bsolutely 'Occur"
As to the form of thIS contract if you are selling to the
c1d<.,St:oIt mav he an ordl11ary note endorsed by a responsible
In open, hnldel nut If you are deahng WIth the masses, by
all means make a lease note, whereby the goods sold become
the best secnntv and the terms of payment can be so arranged
as to smt eve 1v \Dcome Then there WIll be no 10s5.
}'lore than 99 per cent of the people will pay If you only
gn e them a ploper chance, and I can prove it Our losses
fOl the fir"t t.h1ee of the past SIX years aggregated less than
t\\ o-fifths of one per cent That means more than lllnety-
111neper cent \\ ere honest.
nut } our broker IS wise You ask him for $10,000 and
he sho,\ s \ ou ho\\ to get along with $5,000 When this falls
due "hat happen'i' Do yon ~o to the bank and pay h?
Hand'" up \0. anel neIther dId he expect it You reduce
the loan $1,000 and renew You borrowed the money for
00 clavs and pal It all in three years, liquidating a little at
defil1lte intervals
\ 0\\ \\ hen the next man earning $10 per week comes in,
open an acount WIth him at $100 per week and
he'll pal IOU 1f---lf you do just what your own banker does
\\ ltll } ou and I kno'" you are honest Every time that note
comes due you VIllI have to go to the bank or the bank will
come to ) au DId you ever know anyone to escape it?
'\ or cld \ ou el er know any bank to lose money on a ban
e'{cept th10ugh IVaI thless security? Neither will you Sell
on1"l good goods Make them stand for the faithful perform-ance
of the p10per tel ms of agreement ThE'n you cannot
lose For the merchandise plus the after payments WIll be
\\ 01th mOl e than the actual loan
New Grand Rapids Hotel Proiect.
Chades H Leonard IS conside1 ing a plan to supply the
need of g-reate1 hotel capacity which IS felt in Grand Rapids,
j!d1tlculady dlllll1l?; the furniture sales se3S0n" It i", pro-posed
tn convert. the Leonard bU1ldl11~ at the corner of Com-mo
ce ewd Fast lulton St1eets into a large hotel, and, perhaps,
hllll,l an addition on adjoining property owned by William
\ Gunll The bmldll1g is now occupied by H. Leonard's
C:C)J1S as a \\ hole",ale Clocke1y store, the Grand Rapids St't-tJonen
C0mpanv and the Macey company, the latter using
the "'el el, "ton portlOn for storage and show rooms If the
hotel pI oJ ect IS carried to completlOn the present occupants
of the hmlc1l11g IV111probably move to the Leonard building
that fronh on l\larket and ()tta",a streets
Round en I g'lass chl11a closf'ts were originated by the
ldtc (,harle'" \\ Black The first purcha<:;er was a Mrs,
If ch ce of PIttsburgh, through Hugh McElveen.
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Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality
Our Motto:
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GrandRapids Factory Notes.
The John D Raab ChaIr company i" filling a large order
for chairs for the new U. S Grant hotel of San Diego, Cal
The Sligh, the Nelson-Matter and the John D Raab
companies have booked orders for furniture for a new hotel
in EI Paso, Tex
The Gunn FurnIture company reports a constantly in-creasing
demand for their sectional bookcases and filing sys-tems
The factory is being operated with a full force
During "home coming week," beginning next :\10nday,
the mam buIlding of the Nelson-:YI:atter plant will carry a
banner inscribed· "Established in 1849 Furniture Has
Been Manufactureel Here for Over Sixty Years."
Messrs Mueller and Slack and all the traveling sales-men
of the Mueller & Slack company are out "on the road"
and all report good busmes,,---much better than a year ago
They find a great demand for their new line of chair", up-holstered
111 Jenim s
The bmldmg vacated by the Century FUl111ture com-pany
when It moved to it" new factory is owned by the Ber-key
& Gay company, who wIll not rent it aga111 They wIll
use it to reheve vanou" departments of their plant that have
needed more room for a year or more.
D C McNamara, who recently took the p'lSltIon of
sale,; manager for the Marvel Manufacturmg company, re-ports
that the demand for chairs l'i greater than the '3upply
at present---that the oreler'3 are coming in fa'iter than they
can be filled, though the factory i'3 bemg worked to the ca-pacity
of the present force
A ugust IS usually a dull month for the "men 'In the roaJ,"
therefore some of those repre'ienting Grand RapIds factorie-,
wIll not "tart out on their fall tnp'3 untIl after "home-comm~
'" eel<:" Those who are out report faIr bu"me'i'i, though many
of them are hothered more 01 le'3'i by not find111g the buyer'3
at home One of the veteran'i wrote to hl'i hou'ie the othel
day that "the vacatlOn habit is cel taml} glOvving am::mg
th e dealers"
The Berkey & Gay FurnIture company''i di"play of din-mg
100m furniture wIll not be 111'ihape for inspection during
home comlllg week The '3how rooms occupy the two upper
floOl '0 of the mam factory building and during the past two
weeks It wa" found necessary to grve the filllShlllg depal t-ment
more room and there was no way to do It except by
encroachmg on the show rooms, thel efore the exhIbit of din-mg
room 'iUlte'i and pleCe'i has been dIsarranged
The largest lllle will not "en vvell unles'i It IS made nght
and priced fight.
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To Open New Coal Fields.
Here's an item that may be of interest to manufacturers
who are uSlllg IndIana, OhlO and West VIrginia coal: The
C111Clllnatl, Hanllltort & Da} ton raIlroad, now controlled by
the BaltImore & OhlO, 1'3 to be extended from Ashland, Ky.,
opposite its pI esent termlllal at Benton, on the Ohio nver,
to the southern horder of PIke county, Kentucky, 147 miles
['he undel taking would CO'it $14,000,000, and enormous coal
depO'ilts 111 PIke county would be tapped The need of rail-road
transpOl tation IS all that prevents the opening up of the
tern tory, and If the ne", hne l'i built, the C111cinnati, Hamil-ton
& Dayton wIll become an important coal carrier.
It IS a poor pIece of case work when the drawers do not
run smoothly and evenly both ways.
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LADDER AND SPECIALTy COMPANY, ATLANTA GA.
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FREEDMAN CONVERT ABLE DIVAN BED
A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Success.
Full size bed in divan space.
SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT.
Supersedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds.
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES.
FREEDMAN BROTHERS & COMPANY
Manufacturers of Upholstered Furniture. Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO
Effect of Western Rate Reductions.
It is the opllllOn of R B M1ller, traff1c manager of the
Harnman lines III the Northwest that if the order of the
interstate ComnllS"lOn 1ll connection with its decisions as to
rates in the coast rate cases, is made permanent, it will prove
detnmental to Jobbers and manufacturers m the interior and
coast cities who made the complamts upon wh1ch the com-mi'
3sion acted.
This he believes will be brought about by opening to
sharper competition with the east and middle west, the job-bing
districts held by the coast and western interior. Mr
Miller bases his opinion on the reduction proposed in the
difference or "spread" between carload and less than carload
rates on commodities shipped from the east to western deal-ers
It will enable the eastern manufacturer or jobber to
lay his goods down at an interior retail point w1th smaller
freight charge than his western competitor can meet by re-ceiving
his goods in car lots, paying loadmg and unloading
charges, interest on stock held for reshipment and the local
rates on sma1lllots to the towns of inland retailers Discussing
these features, Mr. Miller says:
"The effect of the proposed orders on the business of the
complainants and the business of Pacific coast merchants is
problematical, but the indications are that neither the coast
nor interior jobbers will benefit. On the contrary, the pro-posed
change in rate conditions would benefit the central
eastern and middle west jobbers.
"The establishment of less than carload commodity rates
from eastern points, which is prov1ded for in the orders of the
commission, wJ1l. at least to a certain extent, establish new
conditions, and tend to encourage the buying of goods by re-tailers
at interior points direct from the manufacturer or the
eastern jobber, wh1le hertofore they have placed their orders
w1th e1the1 PaClfic Coa:>t or interior Jobbers."
New Furniture Dealers.
C 'I Nelson 1S to open a new furniture store at Gully,
Minn.
Bender & Leavens are new furmture dealers at vVood-lawn.
Pa.
A. L Breckenndge is a new fmmture and hardware
dealer at Brookstone, Ind
Alex Lamar 1S to open a new furnIture store at Holding-ford,
Minn, m September.
R E F1sh 1S makmg arrangements to engage in the re-tad
furn1ture busmess at W mner, S. Dak.
P1ttsburg partIes have purchased the Crow~Howard
bUlldmg on East Main street, ConndlsvJ1le, Pa., with a view
of opening a new furmture and carpet store.
The Sterhng Furmture and Carpet company, of which
Richard Oppel 1S secretary and treasurer, has opened a stock
of house furmshlllg goods in Springfield, O.
S. D. Romey, an enterpnsmg dealer of Richmond, Ind .•
has joined J. C Welty in organizing the Welty-Romey Fur-niture
company for the purpose of openmg a stock of furni-ture
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa
S. H. Haddock, A. M Petty and H. V. Yoemans have
incorporated the Haddock-Petty company to open a new store
in Macon. Ga Cap1tal stock, $5,000, w1th privilege of in-creasing
to $25,000 by a two-thirds vote of the stockholders.
A merchant must be a pretty good fellow when his com-petitors
speak well of him.
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Movement Is of Much Importance to the Oriental
Rug Trade and Industry.
The movement to prohibit the use of amlme dye" in
oriental carpets and rugs, mentlOned m the \Veekly Artisan
last week, seems to be of much importance, to maunfacturers,
exporters, jobers, dealers and users of those products of the
east. It is now reported that the use of aniline dyes is
certain to be discontinued entirely and that the makers are
to return for thair colors to the vegetable dyes. which from
reasons of cheapness and economy of labor, they had m a
measure abandoned While this measure is hke1y to call
forth anew dlScussions of the relative ments of the tv, 0
coloring matters, ]t seems to furnish d guarantee that carpets
from at least certam parts of the east w]ll be made of vege-table
dyed fabrics
Persia, which in 1908-09 exported carpets to the value of
$3.848,900, is apparently the leader in this movement, al-though
the same rule is being enforced, perhaps with not the
same stnctness, In the neighbonng carpet makmg countries
and at ce~res of the trade in Asia Mmor The Persian govern-ment
seeks to forbid the use of aniline dyes through a court
decision ""hich declares that begllllllng with the seventh of
last month no carpets w]ll be passed by the customs authori-ties
"If dyed with aniline or any coloring matter in the com-position
of which aniline is to be found" As 4921 per cent
of rugs of Persian manufacture are sent to Turkey to be
resold often as "Turkl"h rugs." and 4690 per cent are sent
to Russia to appear afterward in many cases under names
given by Russian traders, the wide e"tent of this ruling be-comes
obvious.
"The profession," says John Kimberly Mumford m his
books on rugs, "IS hereditary in the east, and the tricks of it
are handed down as almost sacred legaCies from father to
son Each dyer, or better, each family of dyersfi has some
peculiar and secret method of proc!ucmg different ~hade~.
and there was a sharp nvalry until the European came upon
the scene with hi" coal tar and his chemical formulas Smce
that time the native dyers have been a brotherhood, of which
the pnde of every member and hiS more than reverence for
hiS colors are the bond and creed" He believes that the
alllime dyes of the west are no substitut", for hiS dyes, that
many of the glanng hues have no durability, and that in
carpets thOi oughly wetted they will run and ruin the fabric.
Madder is the basis for a multitude of the reds in which the
be"t expressIOn of the OrIental dyer's skill is undoubteJly
found. One of the oldest secrets of the east is the makmg of
a rich and enduring vermilion from sheep's blood Kermes,
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MARTIN BROCKMAN, PreSident
Manufacoorers of
Parlor Furniture Frames
1509-1511 North Halsted Street
CHICAGO
Telephone Lincoln 5685
g Our New Line is now ready. When in the
market, do not fail to see it.
g Our Specialty is Overstuffed Chair and
Davenport Frames, English Style.
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Grooved, Pointed and Spiral
DOWEL PINS and DOWEL RODS
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a variety of cocus insects found on oak trees about the
Mediterranean, several dyewoods, onion skins, ivy berries,
beets and many other plants are also used to obtain red. 'fhe
basis of blues is mdigo; of yellows, Persian berries, turmeric
dnd saffron and sumac roots. In fact the distinctive character
of the old Oriental coloring system was that "nearly every
tIngent was of vegetable or animal origin, and that similar
ingredients were employed for mordants or fixatives."
It was against the disuse of these old coloring matters
and the substitution of the mineral dyes that the Oriental
colori~ts have made vigorous protest. The Persian govern-ment,
appreciatmg the injury that might result to the coun-try's
principal industry, has listened to them. It has taken
before quite as stringent measures as that announced last
month, but it has not always carried them out impartially and
consistently The introduction of aniline dyes began with the
success that attended their manufacture, especially in Ger-many.
This colormg matter has been employed, but as hun-dreds
of bales of the first rugs so dyed were seized and
destroyed its use was abandoned until within the last two
years, when the unsettled condition of the country made
government surveillance upon the manufacture and sale very
lax.
Every inducement to the use of mineral dyes seems to
have been offered by industrIouS agents of European manu-facturers
One of the reasons advanced for the recent threat-end
German trade invasion of Russian and British zoneS
was that Germany would find in Persia a sale for her dyes,
and anothel \\ <is that "he wanted a free hand if German capi-talists
~hol1ld deciJe to open carpet factories at Ispahan or
Shiraz
The enfOi cement of the new prohibitory rules must neces-sarily
curtail German cm'amerce with Persia. One of the
effects of the manufacture of aniline dyes has been the pas-sing
of vegetable indigo as an article of commerce and the
almost entire disuse of madder as a basis for red dyes. The
question thus presents an interesting commercial as well as
mechanical side, but it is perhaps its very practical phase,
the fact that in future our Turkish or Persian carpets may
stand the same tests of water and sunlight as did the work of
ancient dyers, that will make it of the gratest interest in this
country
Saving in Vain.
According to the following story, economy has its pains
as well as its pleasures, even after the saving is done
One spring, for some reason, old Eli was going round
town with the face of dissatisfaction, and when questioned,
poured forth hiS voluble tale of woe thus:
"Marse Geo'ge, he came to me last fall an' he say, 'Eli,
dis gwine ter be a hard winter, so yo 'be keerful, an' save yo'
wages fast' an tight:
"An' I believe Marse Geo'ge, yas sah, I b'lieve him, an'
save an' save, an' when de winter oome it ain't got no hard-ship,
an' dere was I wid all dat money yes' frown on mah
hands !"-Youth's Companion.
WEEKLY ARTISAN
Care of Brushes.
Never let brushes lay In water-it kills the spring of
the bristles. After using brush, wash it out with benzine,
turpentine or other thinners, and soak the brush in raw lin-seeJ
oil. Lay it out on a flat surface or hang it in a vessel
filled with raw oil Do not let the brush touch the bottom,
or the bristles Will turn.
Old brushes can be easily cleaned by soaking them in a
strong solution of pearline water for 48 hours, and washing
them out afterwards With water. This will not affect the
bristles.
If partly worn brushes are cleaned as above they make
the best kind of brushes for the use of shellac, as alcohol
softens the bristles in a new brush, and it soon becomes
flabby.
Creosote oil is a good cleaner for badly used brushes.
If the bnstles m a brush are weak, use the brush in a
turpentine stain for a whIle before puttmg it m paint, and it
will be benefitted.
Varnish brushes should be kept m varlllsh at all tunes,
but care should be taken that the bristles be entirely covered
with varnish, and that the brush does not touch the bottom
of the pot.
Varnish brushes, when not m use, can be kept in good
shape by dipping them in wax that has been dl1uted with
turpentine. In thiS way a valllish brush can be put away for
months Without hardening the bristles, but care should be
taken to wash the brush thoroughly before using agalll.
To straighten the hair m pencil brushes, pour a little raw
oil on a piece of glass and hold a lighted candle under glass,
draw pencil through the hot oil several times, and the hair
will straighten.
Rockford Chair and
Furniture Co.
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
Dinina Room Furniture
BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES
Library Furniture-Library Desks,Library
Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases,
Etc.
Our entire line will be on exhibitionin July
on the third floor of the Blodgett Building,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Look out for moths. They will attack bristle as well as
camel hair goods. Put a few moth balls in the drawer or
boxes.
Use glue-set brushes for applying shellac and spirit var-nishes.-
Ex.
Small Initial Payments.
From the Home Furnisher, pubhshed in Boston, by the
Home Furnishers' association of Massachusetts-The folly of
selhng goods on very small initIal payments is frequently illus-trated.
It would appear as though some dealers have practi-cally
no regard to the amount of the first payment but Wish
merely to sell as many goods as possible on lease.
If times are good and parties are able to keep up their pay-ments
without difficulty, all well and good. If the head of
the family loses his job or moves, chances are that he will
throw up the furniture or move it without consent.
In a recent popular case it was discovered that a large
quantity of leases represented this class of sale and the de-preciation
was found to be remarkably large. Leases are
generally looked upon as safer than open accounts and this is
true if they are taken under proper conditions. However, we
have seen many leases which would average much poorer than
open accounts.
A dealer placing goods on open account is likely to look
up pretty closely the ability of the purchaser to pay. Many
houses selling on lease do not look further than the first pay-ment,
dependmg on the security to guarantee payment. When
they find that the signer does not earn sufficient income to
keep up his payments they are "up against it," because in
many cases the goods are not worth taking back, and a judge-ment
against the lessee would be fruitless.
Wood roar Clamp Fixture., Per Set SOc. ..:
PMent Malleable Clamp Fixture ••
E H SHELDON & CO • ChIcago. Ill.
Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxtures WhICh
we bouCht of you a lIttle over a year ago are glvmR: excellent serVIce We are
well sattsfied WIth them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want
aJlything addltlonallh thIS lIne. Yours truly.
SloaxClt", Iowa. CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO.
30 000 Sheldon
Steel Rack
f VI.e.
Sold on approval and an uncon-dItIonal
money back guarantee
SHELDON'S STEEL roAR CLAMPS. f
Guaranteed Inde.tructlble.
We solICIt pnvllege of sendmg samples and
our complete catalogue
E. H. SHELDON & CO.
328 N. May St •• Chicago.
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New Catalog and Pattern Book.
Samuel J Shl1TIel & Sons of Mtlton, Pa, manufacturers
of cutter heads, cuttel s, kl11ves, blt'i, and other "ooel cutt111g
tools, have Just Issued a catalogue and pattern book that "Ill
surely be of convel11ence and ,alue to all "ood "orh.111g
mechal11cs and lumber dl essers The firm has an en \ lable
.. • If aT. •• • • •••• , I •• -- • • .. I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST"
BARTON'S GARNET 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
and Chair Factories. Sash and Door Mills, Rauroad Companies. Car Builders and others wul consult their own interests by using it. AlIO
Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams.
MANUFACTURED BY
H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa .
.....
WE HA VB planned a great general ckarallcc u.le ud have slaUi!htcrcd
prlcell to the lam t' Not only are our <'lIbr .. IOampl.. Inu Dch ..:Icd but
advance Fil.ll ,hlpm¢:lb :u well In all gr;u:lu ud hnq ot shplc funuturc you
wJI f\nd wonderful reductions and matehlc5& vall.lcs
Throughol.lt the 6tor~-small slates-attachcd to hundreds of tpe'CI~ bar
~hnns-tcll you tbe story In doHars and cents 1 lu 'black and. wh te- n plain
figures
Our
CreditSystem
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WOWt $lto$t50 .. Wk
$250 $15fo$25DeilOld
WORTH $21t1$3 .. Week
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Trading SlaIDp'
Double SlamPl
With Mornan.
Purch.aaea
SmgJe StallJlM
After Noon
"The Slates ShoW" the Savings"
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18.50 ~"'"' 979
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Sov.... ] hondst._d""i!'" III
por...~ed qo=<r<d aU ll"d.
eo&nlSh,,,,hl,,,geoa .". ;<:, .h'p"d fenth bed
Rock.,.,.
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am Unuuolr 800<1 ue.
Reproduction of a Full Page Advertisement
1eputation for the excellence of thelr deviee:-, In fact they
are recog11lzed as the leaders in their l111eof products The
book contains 224 pages and is profusely Illustrated with
pictures of the different styles of cutter heads, cutters. j oint-ers.
moulding cutters, planer knives, carving tools, etc, and
several pages al e filled WIth patterns for mouldings, panels,
floonng, cetlIng, Sld111g. ship lap, wainscottIng, etc. Every
opel ator of a wood working machine, all machIne room fore-men
and factor) managers will gain valuable information by
JeaJll1g the book Send card, askmg for catalogue No 30, to
Samuel J ShImel & Sons. MIlton, Pa
A FURNITURE MAN DESCRIBED IN RHYME.
From the Michigan Artisan of January. 1881.
If you want a recipe for that popular mystery
Kno\\ 11 to the trade as a furniture man
Take from the styles that are mentioned in history,
RenaIssance, Eastlake and also Queen Anne.
Jumble together. of each get a smattering,
Antique and modern, the old and the new
In a huge glue pot (be careful of spattering)
MIX wlth 111gredJents I'll mention to you.
The cheek of a man whose designs are practical,
A conscience of rubber out of a can,
~ style or address that is melodramatical,
A vOIce lIke "Ah Sin's," that is childlike and bland
A knowledge of ebony (once known as cherry;)
Gold leaf that's not tainted with Dutch metal stain;
The purest gray draw111gs (that's genuine, very,)
ShIpped by rail direct from a Southern moss plain
Maho~any solid (that is the veneering)
And rosewood from walnut is easily made.
ExcelSIOr for stuffing, so soft it appearing-
You'd th1l1k it pure down, as upon it you laid
Burlaping deducted, but never returning;
To do the square thing is your honest intent.
If they never go back it will caUSe no heart burning;
Composition with debtors (cash 20 per cent.)
Add to these elements perfect sobriety,
Love for your neighbor, your rival in trade.
To the whole of mankind add a dash of propriety,
Stir it up well-the concoction is made.
Let it cool slowly and drain off the scum,
And a "furniture man" is the residium.
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WEEKLY ARTISAN
Accommodating the Crowd.
"On my aast triP west," said the commercial traveler,
"I put up at one hotel that has New York hates beaten to a
finbh on advertIsmg About 1 o'clock m the morning I was
awakened by a sound as of cautIOus scufflmg in the hall. I
got up and looked out. Two men were moving beds and
mattresses.
"'House is so full,' on of them whispered, 'that we've
had to take beds out of two double moms and put them up in
the parlors.'
"The next morning the first page of the local paper
chronicled the late arrIval of guests at my hotel and the subse-quent
shifting of beds to accommodate'them I pomted out
the headlines to the first customer I called on He laughed
"'Did they repeat that performance last l1Ight,' said he.
'Tlhat lS their top-hne stunt. They give it on an average of
twice a week They move beds around just for the fun of
the thing It is the best kind of advertisement Travelers all
over the country tell one another that the hotel is so popular
that folks have to sleep in the parlor, then everybody stops
there I'll bet you never heard of anything like that, not
even in New York'
"He was right I never did, not even in New York."
New Bed Covers.
Among the smartest of the new bed covers are those
of printed dimity or French stamped damask These are
made with a border m gay colors to match the wall decoration
and on top of the bed have a large wreath or oval of flowers.
The covers are made long enough to hang over the bed, al-most
to the floor. all arounJ, and are drawn up over the
bolster roll
Another good-looking cover is 111cream-colored embroi-dered
net over a figured damask in all-over pattern. The
toning I'> a soft ecru ThiS, too, IS brought over the roll that
is used by day.
Many women who have cotton spreads patched by their
grandmothers are bringing them out in thlS day of printed
coven This is only po sible when the coloring is harmon-
10US, as many of the old qU11tS sh0Vv wonderful stItchery and
little> ta<.,te Those quilted 111all whlte in intricate designs
are artlstic even to modern notions
Glue.
In meeting all demands of the trade there w111be found to
be a variety of demands on glue The cabinetmaker must
have a grade of glue for hlS work which must show a good
body test, should be light in color; must be a glue that
does not dry too rapidly, yet not too slowly The furniture
maker demands a good grade of glue wlth a high adhesive
test. also a good test for sweetness, and it must not foam
while using
It lS generally supposed that for gluing wood pure hide
glue is n~cessary, but this is not always the case. There are
a great many glues for wood. mixed part hlde and part bone
glue, and there are some grades of such being used for
wood work and giv111g entire sa tJsfactlOn.
Glue suitable as a cement for Vv ood should be of an
amber or brownish-yellow color. clear, Jry and hard. with a
glassy fracture, not too brittle, but somewhat elastlc Placed
111cold water, it should "well and absorb conSiderable water
wlthout actually dlssolv111g, though it remain in the water
forty-eight hours It should dlssolve at a temperature of 145
deg F.-Ex.
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The L. Mac E. VARNISHES
BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH,
QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH,
WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES;
WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES,
FLAT ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-JAPANS, Etc.
DIPPING VARNISHES
NOTE-Our many years of practical expenence With the Furniture, Plano
and kindred lInes of manufacture enable ue;to know Just the kind and qualIty of
varnishes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an
already established trade with thIS class of customers through vIsiting them With
fillers and stains, makes it possible for us to sell varnishes Without additional ex-pense
to us, which advantage we are disposed to give to our customers in qualIty.
Send us aTrial Order.
THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY Philadelphia
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New designs In the Louis XVI Style.
WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES.
No. 1711 No. 1705-1705
GraQd ~apids Brass
GRAND RAPIDS, MIOl-i.
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A Bride". Trouble in Buyinl1 Furnitun>.
A young couple, with thirty days experience 1n matn-mony.
arrived in a certain city of world-wide fame, located m
the state of Michigan, for the purpose of establishmg a hom('
The bridegroom was a June graJuate m one of the learned
profession, and the ink on his sheepskin was stlll wet The
young couple spent the first joyous week m lookmg OVEr
the city and hunting for a house A great many were in-spected
and the young woman learned that It '" auld not re
possible to lease such a house as she had lIved m at home
for $20 per month The bUIlt-in fUI niture. the electtlc lIghts,
the five sleeping and three bath rooms she had hoped to
possess were not to be had for the pnce mentioned \
modest flat of five rooms wIth one bath and h\ a bedrooms
without electric lights was finally selected and a tour of tIte
furnishing stores foIIowed FinaIIy the goods were dehHfE d
greatly to the young woman's disappointment The leather
covered dining chairs were in many colors-one in green
one in red. one in tan, one in black and so on The buffet W'1S
of a different pattern than the one she had selected The
brass beds were "iust horrible" and not the patterns she had
purchased. She informed the urbane. oleagmous, suave and
condescendingly obliging delivery man that the gooels Un-loaded
at her door belonged to other person<; and requested
that worthy to take them away "I shaII do nothing of the
kind," the "gentleman" replied "The stuff was put in the
wagon and I was ordered to dump here And here it i" If
yOU have any complaints to make go to the office; I'll hear
none."
The dear young thing went to the office and hubby 'Nent
also Hubby needed a law suit jmt at that moment and was
ready to begin the practice of hi" profession then and there
The "complaint" adjuster listened to the young woman's tale
<00.
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of woe Sympathetlcally and put Up the usual adamantine but
hnIIlantly polIshed flont Mistakes have been made in fiIIing
her order and the salesman would be discharged at once. It
\\ ac, learned \\ hen too late to correct the mistake that the
salt sman had sold to the lady several articles that were not in
stock, that the samples she had Inspected were already sold
to another part, , duphcates had been ordered and if the lady
\\ auld klndh put up with the thmgs delivered for a few days
she wonld recen e the styles she had selected The adjuster
demonstrated h1S competency m thIS instance. but the young
\\ oman had an experience with that particular house furnishing
firm \\ hlch she wlll not fall to relate at every opportunity
dUJmg the next forty} eal s Was it worth while for the house
fUID1shmg company to furnIsh the experience to the lady?
Kiln Dried Lumber.
\Yhere the klln is depended upon for seasoned lumber,
tho e IS a v, a} to determine its fitness for use by taking sam-ples
of the stock, weIghing, then baking them Take the
piece" separate. vvelgh them immedIately, making a memoran-dum
of the \\elght ancl the exact dImenSIOns of each piece
Then put them mto an oven or dry heater of some kind, bake
them for say twenty-four hours, or until it is known that there
IS no mOlsture left in the \\ ood Then take them back and
weigh them aQ;a1l1,and note if there is any appI eciable differ-ence
in the \\ eight after baking them and before By ming
delrcate scales such as can be had from any drug supply
house, one may get a very pOSItive test this way. Where it
I~ founel that the vveight IS reduced as much as 4 per cent by
bdkmg, it is eVIdence that the stock is not thoroughly dry and
should go hack into the kiln This i" a thorough test, but
may not be easy or quick enough for some -Ex.
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No.9-Porch Chair
Large size. Oak Seat Green or MIssIOn Finish.
Weight, 20 pounds
No to-Porch Rocker
Large size Oak Seat. Green or MIssIOn Flmsh.
Weight 21% pounds.
No. l1-Porch Settee.
Seat 40 lUches long, 17% lUches deep Oak Seat Green or
MIssIOn fimsh Weight, 32 pounds.
RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND, INDIANA
Fraudulent Failures.
From the Home Furnisher, official organ of the Home
Furnishers' association of Massachusetts.-During the past
few years there have been a great many fraudulent bankrupt-cies.
seemingly more in New England than in any other
locality.
By fraudulent bankruptcies we mean where the party has
gone into bankruptcy after having bought heavily fvr a
number of months back and when the'" petition was filed it
developed that the stock all belonged to someone who had a
secret pledge. The result was that the assets ultimately
found their way back to the bankrupt through some relative or
friend and the creditors got little or nothing.
vVlthout Illtendlllg to, many dealers have helped along
this practice Manufacturers of course are glad to sell all
the goods they can and their salesmen, in their eagerness to
take orders have often extended credit to parties who were
well known locally as being in SUSpiCIOUScircumstances
Local dealers have III many cases refused to put the manufac-turers
wise on the ground that they deserve to be "strung" if
they sell such parties
The re"ult is that ~ Ithm a short time a new "tore would
be opened and stock really sold at much le"s than a legitimate
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STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY
NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
(PATENT APPLIED FOR)
We have adopted cellulOid as a base for our Caster Cups, makmg the
best cup on the market CellulOid IS a great Improvement over bases
made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported
by cups wIth cellUlOid bases It can be done with ease, as the bases are per
fectly smooth CellulOid does not sweat and by the use of these cups
tables are never marred These cups are limshed In Golden Oak and
White Maple, limshed 1Ight If you Wtl! try a sampls ordsr of thsBt
goods you w.ll dsurs to handl8 tftBm tn quanttttS8
PRICES: Size 2~ Inches $5.50 per hundred.
Size ~UIUches •• 50 per hundred.
f ()b Grand Raptds TRT A SAMPLE OIWllJR
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dealer could buy it. If this dealer haJ been a little less selfish
and had warned the manufacturer he would have prevented
the demorahzation of prices in his vicinity. This has occurred
so many times that dealers have begun to feel that the bank-ruptcy
law as administered is a farce.
The nrouble lies deeper and is due usually to the granting
of credit to people of no moral responsibility. The retail
dealers fail to realize the enormous injury done to their busi-ness
by this practice. If they did they woulJ undoubtedly
co-operate actively with the manufacturers to prevent fraudu-lent
bankruptcies.
Every failure, even although it is an honest one, wOl"ks a
certain harm to the local dealers Usually stock is sold to the
highest bidder who is not compelled to pay more than 50 to
70 per cent of the value.
He is then in position to undersell his competitors and
until that stock 13 cleaned up prices are demorlized in that
locality.
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Loyalty and Jealousy.
These never go han,l III hand The man who is jealous of
his wife is never sure of her loyalty to him; likewise the Wife
to her husband. It is the same in business Some men who
wei\Sh three hundred pounds are so small that they rattle
around in a peanut shell and get lost becau"e they have "0
much room These men are seldom 'iucces"ful m bUSllless
It takes the broadminded, generous men, With big brams and
great hearts, who recognize that this is a great big world,
With many in competltlOn with them, whose fnend"hip IS
much better than their enmity These men are not afraid to
show their competitors through their showroom'l, a" the Sligh
Furmture company did dunng the recent furmture exhibition,
when they gave a reception to 400 salesmen, dealers and
manufacturer'l, thereby maklllg a hO'lt of fnend" who wiII al-
~ays have a good word for them, or hke the Piqua Furniture
company, whose letter appear" in the adverllsement of the
Grand Rapids Veneer Work'l on another page of this issue
of the Vfeekly Artisan. It makes good readlllg "A word
fitly spoken is hke apples of gold III pictures of sdver "
Where there IS a wiII there i" lot" of rubbish in a furni-ture
factory that may be sent to the fuel vault".
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WEEKLY ARTISAN
MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY
SUBSC"'''TION $1 eo "E" YEA" ANYWHE"E IN THE UNITEDSTATES
OTHE" COUNT"'ES $2 00 "E" Y.....". SINGlLECO"'E. 5 CENTS.
PU.L1CATION OP'P'ICE, 101-112 NOftTH DIVISION ST, GRANO RA~IOS, MICH,
A. S WHITE, MANAGlINGlEDITO"
Entered .. lecond cla .. malter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids Michigan
under the act of March 3, 1879
CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVEE LEVY
QUIte naturall}, thele b some JllltatlOn among pIC'c!ULU'-,
manufacturers, mIddlemen ane! retaIler" hel e m the 1 mted
States over the latter-day system of Fedelal, State and mu-nicipal
regulatIOn of busll1ess in almost evely field and from
top to bottom But see hoVv they do thmgs over m Germany!
Violators of certam provIsIOns of the pUle food lavvs there
can be pumshed Vvlth 1Ife Impnsonment at harJ labor \
German-American busme'iS man of ChIcago I ecentl} returned
from a visit to hIs natn e town of Plauen, tells a \Vashmg-ton
newspaper reporter that the mspector" there eAamme
even the toys in the stores to learn whethel 01 not they are
painted with some substance that mIght m1ure the chl1dren
They examine everythmg from cookmg utensl1s to slate pen-cils.
An ice-cream dealer was I ecen tl} taken m to court and
severely reprimanded-although not Ipunlshed-for ha\ mg
in his possession a freezer that was imperfectly tinned.
"The authorities," says thIS observer of the operations
of German law, "do not seem to be eager to send an offender
to jail if he is acting in ignorance {; suall) , when they dIs-cover
that he is selling some article that IS mJunous to thl
public health, they explain the sItuatIOn to hIm and \\ al n
him to be careful 111 the future However"\"\ hen the} find
that he is dehberately attemptmg to sell gooJs that cIo 'WI
pass the laboratory tests, they Impose sevele penalties"
Really, when "\ve come to make companson "\,Ith the
regulatory paterna1lsm of foreIgn countlles the "l-mted States
has not been so dlastlc m this lme of Federal, State and mu-nicipal
legislatIOn as many of u<; have been led to be1leve
At any rate, we don't condemn the 1Ife impnsonment "\IOla-tors
of our pure food laws In fact, "e have much to be
thankful for. The disposItion here IS to make the laws 1eason-able
and fair alike to the public and the bus mess interests,
and popular sentiment in general favors ngld enforcement
of the law.., once they are enacted. EUlope has gone much
farther than the United States in thIS pal ticular-and Ge!-
many Seems to have gone "the lirmt" The present out-look
here IS for much more 1adlcal legIslatIOn than "e ncm
have The only thmg that WIll prevent It 1<;;a stnct ob-servance
of the regulatIOns already made
Some of the plOmment ral1road men seem dete1l11lned to
bling about government ownershIp of ralhoads. steamhnat
hnes and other puhhc utl1ltles The late"t 1110"\ el11e11t111 that
,-hrectlOn IS made by President Rlplty of Cll1laQ,u-C,reai
::\orthelll fame, who IS urgUlg ral1road employes to vote
against the re-election of congressmen who supported what
he calls the antI-railroad or anti-corporation laws, recently
enal ted and to stand s0hdly agamst the election of any man
"ho I" knm\ n to favor further raIlroad regulatlOn :;\1r Rip-
Ie} I" )Je11e\ eel to ha"\ e acted as "pokesman fOl other railroad
111anager~, some of whom have endorsed hIS position and ad-
\ ["ed theIr emplOyes to follow hIS adVIce. By making the
regulatIOn of rallf'1ads and other common carriers a political
I'-,,,ue, .:\lr RIpley and his fnends surely invite dIsaster for
the 111tcre"-t<;;whose method~ can not "-tand investigation and
defeat 1o! the candIdates that they may support By oppos-
In£; I easonahle re£;ulatlOn they VIrtually declare that the rall-roach
cannot plOsper unless allowe,-l to exploit the people by
\"\atenng stocks manipulatlllg combines and 1aising rates to
all that the traffic can carry If they can make the people
hehC"\ e that "uch is the situation, government ownership of
the lallroclC]s ,,111 come "lthin a few year., The people, how-n
('I \"\111not helle"\ e It Recent experience has shown that
tbe 1,1Ilload" can prospel under stlict regulation Nearly
all the la"" 110VvIII fOl ce "ere opposerl and declared un-rea"
onahh lll1practlcahle by MI Ripley and other railroad
1l1dgnatc--, hut 111o"t of the wads have done very well under
£;0"\Clll111e11tregulatlOll Only those whose methods of man-agement
wel e had ha"\ e suffered
Retailers of furl11ture WIll find it advantageous to spend
a day 01 tvvo 01 be1ter stl1l, four or five days, in Grand
Rapld"- next" eek, when the SIxtieth anniversary of the in-
COI pOI atmg of the cIty ,,111 be celebrated They will not
onh he granted opportu11ltIes to lylace orders advantageou~-
h, 1>ut to "\\Itne'os a remarkable demonstration of civic pride
and 10\ alt} to the fur11lture CIty It will be a thoroughly
Cn10\ dhle occasIOn becau<;;e the business men of Grand Rapids
al e ,pendlllg the money to make it so Thirty thousand
£OI111elreSIdents of the CIty wJIl "come home"
The manufacturels of Jamestown, NY, will gradually
I educe the" 01 k111ghour~ per week untIl a fifty-four hour basis
I" leached '\ 0 reduction in "ages WIll he made, but it
"uuld 110t he 'ourpnslllg If the manufacturers should elimi-nate
the aged and 1l1col11petent of their workmg forces.
Co tam manufclctlll el ~ of furmture do not care to "bother"
\\ It'1 01 ,]el' fOl hotels ],eCaU'3e it mten upts their regular
11 adt 1hlOu£;h "omehody'" "hothermg" the goods of these
ll1anufaLtuI el s al e gOIng mto new hotels pretty steadIly, just
the same
Kmg Gem g e of England purpo"es rcfurnishmg the castle
at \ \ 11ld,,01 "Roh' C aldel, who knew George intImately
\\ hell a bo}, ha" already maJIed to hIS old friend assurances
of hI" kllldly I ecollections and profound conSIderation.
I he 1l1anUfclctlll er \\ ho \\alts for the jJllce lJ"t of his
llJl1 petIto! to he cllstnbuted, that he may "cut under," often
leal n" that neIther hI" cle<,lgn<, nor hI" cut prices brIng the
t 1a Ie hoped fOl
\1dn"\ of ill c manuLlcitll ers of Grand RapIds have pre-pal
ed fioat" to l11ustIate theIr llYlustr} in the civic pageant
un \\ ednl..,c1a}, !\ugU"i 24 home coming week
11\ e thou."l11d 111erchani<, dOIng hU"lnes" in MIchigan
ba \l proll11"ecl to \ lSlt Cd an,l Rapid" dIll ing home coming
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS
Edwa1 d Ryan IS a new undertaker III Dubuqllf', Iowa
G W Thornlllgton has engaged m the undertaklllg busi-ness
at Glenwood, "Vis
F R Hiatt has purchased the retail furniture business
of J M. Kingdon at Culleen, III
C H Pahlman, furl11ture dealer and undertaker of Ma-nne,
III , has sold out to John Kettel
Frank Rob1l1son of McLeansboro. 111, has purchaseCl
GIlbert A Taylor's furniture store at Carmi, Ill.
T1]e Century Furniture company of Jamestown, N. Y.,
offers creditors 25 per cent in settlement of claims.
The manufacture of steel furniture is a new industry at
Celina, 0 , started by Mersman Brothers & BranJt.
Robert J Baggs is the manager of the Marietta Chair
company's recently opened branch at Kansas City, Mo
Hemklin & Son, furniture dealers of Elk Point, S. Dak.,
have sold out to the Union County Investment company.
The People's Furniture company, dealers of Richmond,
Va, have increased their capital stock from $20,000 to $48,-
000
E E. Smith and F B Patterson are recent additions to
the offite force of the Maddox Table company of Jamestown,
N. Y.
The Cappel Furniture cmopany of Middleton, 0., has
purchased the furl11ture stock of W. H Probst & Son, of the
same town.
The firm of Cates & Davis, furniture dealers of Burling-ton,
N C, has been dissolved Mr. Davis continues the
business under the name of the James A. R. Davis Furni-ture
company.
H. H Hiester furniture dealer of Bluffton, Ind., has
moved his stock into the store formerly occupied by the Bee
Hive company.
The J W. Sheets & Sone; company, dealers in furniture
and wall paper in Milwaukee, Wis , have incorporated. Cap-
1tal stock, $5,000.
An addition 50 x 150 feet, four storie:;, i" being erecteC::
to the F W Hanpeter furniture factory of St. Louis, Mo,
at a cost of about $25,000.
The Ch1cago Store and Office Furniture company, dealers
of Seattle, \iV ash, has been incorporated by A. ]. and Clara
J Sidder and Max Marcus
The Allen Furl11ture company of Deeland, Fla, is erect-ing
a two story brick building which will be ready for oc-cupancy
early in September
Robert Carn, furniture dealer of St. Augustine, Fla, has
sold a half interest to Arnold R Kelly, who has the repu-tation
of being a southern hustler.
The contract for furnishing 6.359 chairs for the Houston
(Tex) auditonum has been awarded to the American Seat-ing
company of Chicago at $10,840
Percy G. Mayhew of Grand Rapids, M1ch, has been
granteJ a patent on an inventIOn called a mattress fil1er
The dev1ce IS intended for use in stores
The George W Scott Undertaking company of Chicago,
has been mcorporated by George W Scott, Cora EScott
and Joseph B Graves Capital stock, $5,000.
Frank Holmes, furnIture dealer and underraker of La
;\loile, 11l, sold out recently to Clarence E Tlean. Now
Mr Dean has sold the business to F H. Clear.
Arthur Kalstner, flllniture clealer of 1709 Fond du Lac
avenue, MIlwaukee, Wis, has let contracts for the erection
of a new four story brick building to cost $16,000.
L J H1ll, salesman for the Fanner Manufacturmg com-pany
of Cleveland, 0, has become a resident of Grand Rap-
Ids, Mlch, havmg settled his famlly at 78 James street.
Frederick Cappel, furniture dealer of Middleton, 0, has
incorporated his business under the name of the F Cappel
Furl11ture company, with capItal stock fixed at $25,000.
~\ petition m bankruptcy has been filed against REImer
& Son, furniture manufacturers of 32 Howard street, New
York CIty Liabilities estimated at $10,500, assets less than
$4,000
The Newton, Weller & Wagner company, wholesale
dealers in house furnishing goods, of San Antonio, Texas,
will open a retail department in a separate buildmg on Sep-tember
1.
The Osterman company, dealers in household goods, of
Akron, 0, has been incorporated by I ]. Beusch, H G.
Schaibly, S J Kornhauser and W. N. Osterman. Capital
stock, $25,000
The Hartman Furniture and Carpet company has pur-chased
a lot 50 x 92 on LaSalle street, near Thirty-ninth
street, Chicago, on which they will erect a building to he
used as a distributing station.
The Dobbs Furniture company, dealers of Tyler, Tex,
has filed a voluntary petition in bankrupt('y. LiabilItie'i are
scheduled at $18,429; assets estimated at $28,181. The pe-titioners
claim $4,500 as exemptions.
Samuel B Sterns, born in Russia 45 years ago, for many
vears a furniture dealer at 557 Bowditch street, New Bed-ford,
Mass, died on August 12, leaving a widow and three
sons, who will continue the business.
Denning Fitch, Albert E. Branton an 1 \;[1 s Rose Fitch
have incorporated the Fitch Undertaking company, capital-ized
at $10,000, to take over the undertaklllg business of the
late W111iam D F1tch of Madison, Wis
Ira E Fritz, who has been manager of the W. P. Dor-man
furniture store at Galesburg, nl., has purchased a half
interest in the establishment and the name has been changed
to Fritz & Dorman, the People's Outfitters.
The Basic C1ty (Va) Furl11tiuree company was fined
$25 and costs recently on a plea of guilty to the charge of
VIolating the ch1ld labor law of the state which prohibits
the employment of orphans under 12 years of age in any fac-tory,
workshop or mine.
The Chittenden & Eastman company of Burlington, la,
has made arrangements to establish a branch wholesale fur-nIture
house in Des Moines, la. Matthew Q Giffen, who
has been with the Chittenden & Eastman company for sev-eral
years, will manage the Des Moines branch
The annual mi,lsummer outing of the Home Furnishers'
aSSOCIatIOn ot Massachuseetts, was held last Vlednesday at
Paragon Park, near Boston, with 175 members in attendance
ThIS aSSOCIatIon, orgalllzed several years ago for the good of
the gEneral furlllture trade of the Old Bay state, is one of the
strongest trade organizations in the country
The store of the Etowah Furlllture company, Gadsden,
Ala, was closed recently on a writ called a "hquor IllJunc-tIon,"
or search warrant The petItioners, J l' and E 0
Howle, were arrested on suspicion of havmg bquor on the1r
premises, but were released, giving bonds, and allowed to
reopen the store Whether they will be allowed to keep 1t
open or not depends on the outcome of their trial. If con-victed,
they must quit busllless.
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EVANSVILLE. INDIANA
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SALESMEN~S EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
Comments and SUKKestions on Some Points That
Ha ve Never Been Settled.
If 1Iusmess methods are to become an exact science-dud
that IS the 0111 ectn e of all progressIve commercial houses
- "omcthmg must be done to settle the vexed question of the
"ale"man's expen sc account
\\ hat yyIII the house "stand for" in the way of its repre-
"entatn e's personal expenses ?-that is the question. There
can be but one an S\\ er The house 'ihould pay such expenses
as are calculated to promote and increase its busmess; noth-mg
more The mdulgences, extravagances and whims of
It'i emplo} es are negli~lble in a thorough business system
And It i'i only by a thorough business system that any house
can teep lts place 111 the front ranks
A summarv of the legltnuate expenses which a house
should pay for its sale'imen would include transportation,
hotel bills, excess ba~gage, porter hire, and expressage. Com-mon
"ense \\ III dictate when extras for emergency cases
should be alloy\ ed
It is a question whether the laundry item should be in-cluded.
It IS true that a salesman's clean linen and neat ap-pearance
reflect credit on the house, and for this reason the
item of laundry, when accompanied by the receipted bill or
y oueher, may be presentable. On the other hand, if laundry
ic:; to be admitted to the expense account, why not barber
bills, baths, shines, and the expense of keeping clothes in
repair-even the cost of new clothes?
Such expensec:; are eminently personal. A man with pride
in himself and vi·ith sufficient ability to earn his living ex-pects
to keep himself well groome d He could not mingle
"ith the bll"me'i'i \\ orId unlec:;s he did If he is not able and
\\ lillng to pay for getting him'3elf shaved, and his linen
laundered and hIS trousers pres'ied, does he not rather be-
Ions; to the cIas'i of red-'3hlrte~l muscular toilers than to the
"alecman''i more s;entlemanly c1ac:;s?
\\ hen the 'iales manager buys a dIamond for his personal
adornment. he bm s It already cut and ready for the settmg
1"11 t the "ame pnnclple applicable to the engagmg of a sales-man
J The hou.,e hires Mr Jones on a liberal salary or com-ml"~
lOl1 to repre,ent It on the road, It follows as a matter of
cour"e that Jones, beSIde bemg- a potential business winner,
I" clothe,-l and pre"entable, and ""Ill keep himself so.
l'heatllcal mana<;ers haye 'lllnplIfied the problem They
pay the ~tar who I" able to draw bU<;lne,s d good round sum,
and the stal 1<;expected to furnl"h the costume'3 and dress
the part He can afford to Jo it for the salary he gets And
by the "d111e I ea-0mng a competent salesman will admit that
he can afford to pay f01 llls clean lmen, his shmes, etc, out of
hl" comml"SlOn'3 If he IS not reallLl11g enough on hIS com-mISSIon.,
to em el these tnflIng personal expenses he would
he \' be to "eek dnother hn<;mess connection
i\ 1 eputahle h'JUse expect~ to pay its repre~entatlve'" ex-pence'
<it d good hotel There 1'3 a certalll advertIsement for
the film 111thl" ontla), and al<;o, the comfort and conven-
Ience afforded the sale<;man in '3topping at a first-class hotel
matella11) affect hIS sales These matters of advertisement
and convemence must be recognized as positive values, not
to he tampered \\ ith aD) more than the rolls of bill'3 in the
film's money cha\\ er They ale actually worth so much of
the firm's money
There are salesmen and salesmen-and '3ome of the other
kinJ are in the habit of chargIng in their expenc:;e account $4
per diem hotel bill while they really have little to do with the
WEEKLY ARTISAR 19
ARE YOU A SATISFIED CUSTOMER?
The Temperature of
the" ABC" Moist Air
Dry Kilns can be var~
ied to suit the different
grades of Lumber and
changes in the weather.
Any degree of humid-ity
from clear and dry
to a dense fog can be
obtained at will.
AMERICAN BLO'¥ER CoMPANY ---- DETROIT. ~IlCH
USA
"ABC"MoiSt Air Dry
Kilns are very simple
in design, construction
and operation, being
readily applicable to
the varying conditions
of every day operation.
The highest tempera-ture
practical is obtain-able
with the least ex-pense
for fuel.
Read the regrets of the Lowell (Mich.) Cutter Co.:
"Weare pleased to state that the Moist Air Dry Kiln which you installed for us has proven very satisfactory. Our Kiln is of six trucks
capacity and we are taking various kinds of lumber from our yard and drying it 10 a very satisfactory manner for our work in six days time. We
find the arrangement of this kmd of kiln very convenient for drymg sleigh panel stock, and only regret we did not install one a long
time ago."
N. B. Since the time this letter was written the above company has purchased another "ABC" Kiln. "Actions speak louder than words."
Send Address for new Treatise-Dry Kilns for Timber Products.
I~ Ablest Engineering Organization in the Blower Business, operating three large plants devoted
exclusively to the manufacture of Fan System Apparatus and the allied lines.
hostelry in question except to write letters to the firm on its
<=;tatIOnery and to lounge in its office of an evening. They
have perhaps engaged a room for a dollar a day in a cheap
place, and are getting their meals at a cheap restaurant, there-by
perverting $1 or $2 a day of the firm's money to their
private uses.
If anyone should confront such a salesman and accuse
hIm of embezzlement he would be utterly dumbfounded
Probably he would offer one or two lame excuses for his mis-appropriatIOn
of the firm's funds. The first excuse is that
"what the firm doesn't know won't hurt it," which is too
puerile even to merit criticism; the second excuse customary
under such cIrcumstances IS, "Well, if I am wIlling to ex-penence
the discomfort of hving m a cheaper place when I
might enjoy the advantages that the firm pays for, that is
my lookout!"
But It isn't the salesman's lookout. It is the lookout of
the salesmanager, who has virtually been robbed of money
furnished to faClhtate hIS representative's gettmg sales and
"keepmg up appearances"
Any system of esplOnage which the firm may seek to
employ to guard its mterests m this respect is useless C.:ln-scientIOus
salesmen would hardly endure a spotter in the
person of the hotel clerk, even though such might occasionally
be useful to detect instances of fraud. And even if vouchers
could be obtained from the hotel management tallying with
the Items in the <=;alesman's account of his hotel expenses,
these vouchers could not be relied upon, since it is in the
interest of the hotel management to avoid compromising a
guest.
Some firms have solved the problem by securing a rate
from all the hotels which their salesmen patronize. This
plan. beside forestalling a possible "padded" account, is also
economIcal A hotel rUn on the American plan at $4 a day
will often concede a rate of $2.50 under these circumstances,
whIch also makes it suffIciently easy to ascertain whether
the salesman was actually entered as a guest at this hostelry.
It IS to be regretted that such Items as railroad fare,
sleeping cat and parlor car accommodations, cab hire, etc., are
<=;usceptible to such an amount of jugglmg on the part of the
occasIOnal unscrupulous traveler. Some men will continue to
ride all mght in a smoker or accommodatIOn coach and charge
up the cost of the sleeper they didn't take, to the house.
There IS apparently no recourse for such abuses, but it is
\IV ell for such a salesman to remember that each act of this
kind is apt to be noted by some fellow traveler and circulated
to the detriment of his reputation among salesmen if not to
the injury of his standing with the house Further, he will
find the strain and fatigue of traveling on the road sufficiently
exhausting without these minor discomforts whIch accrue
fr0111the habit or reniging on the expense account If he is to
get results as a salesman he must feel fresh and unfatigued
after an all night's journey. All the advantages which the
most lIberal house allows him are important in influencing
his sale<=; It is a truism that there can be no divergence be-twem
the 1I1terests of the employer and the employed.
The salesman who falls into the habit of padding his
expens. account is morally defective, and in a measure irre-sponsIble
VVhatever glittering results he may obtain, his
ability is offset by the ugly counter consideration-his un-trust
worthiness Sooner or later, the padded expense ac-count
gives itself away, the suspicion<=; of the firm are aroused
and the integrity of the salesman challenged.
"What shall we allow for entertainment expenses?" is the
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CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS
If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give
us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but
Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make
more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines Hood-ing
the country.
Oliver Tools
"Oliver" New Variety Saw Table lIlo. 11
WIll take a saw up to 20' dIameter Arbor belt IS 6' WIde
SendforCatalog "B" fordata on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood
Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work
Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc.
OLIVER MACHINERY CO.
Worka and General Off,cea at 1 to 51 Clancy St
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A
BRANCH OFFICES -Ohver Maclunery Co • Hudson T ermlna!. 50 Church St. New York
OLver Machinery Co • FilS! Nabonal Bank BuudInll. ChIcago, III • Ohver Machinery Co ,
PaCl6c BuudInll, 5oatIle, Wa.L , Ohver Maclunery Co .201-203 Dean'llate. Manchester, Enll
never settled query of the sales manager Th1S 1S the most
dublOUS entry m the salesman's expense account E\ en
when such expenses as theaters, suppers, etc, are leg1tImate
and result m gettmg busmess, they evidence a cond1tlOn of
affairs which the house must necessanly deplore If Jones
& Co are selling shoes they ought to get orders on the ment
of the1r goods, as compared w1th a competltor's hne-not on
the strength of the COnVl\ lal mc1matlOn of the customer's
buyer It is an eV1I that the hablt of treatmg and enterta111-
mg should enter mto the commerCIal equation.
The buyer who makes a practIce of acceptmg hospltaht)
in return for the 111fiuence he may exel t m landing a sale lS on
the level of the man who accepts a bnbe for pohtlcal favors
And the salesman who admits himself obhged to dIspense '3uch
dubious hospltahty is VIrtually m the posltIOn of the gIveI of
bnbes, unless, of course, eAceptlOnal CIrcumstances dlter the
case. The salesman who offers wine suppel s and theatre
tickets as an inducement to hIS customel, face~ the lmputatIOn
of some fault 111hi" own methods of salec;mansh1p EI"'e \\ h)
c;hould he not have closed the sale b) ord111ar). legltImale,
commerclal enterpnse?
One old whlte-halree! \ etel an 111the 1 anks of ~ctle~l11all,
who has an enVIable l)dnk account d'i a re'3uIt ot .fa ) eau;,'
effol t on the road, make'3 It hh boa 'it that he ha'3 nl \ el ~n en
a customer so much as a Cigar, 111 the entIre lOl11Se of hl'i
expenence He IS not a c;tmgy man, If you are recen ed a'i a
guest at hIS home you WIll be elaborately cnterta111oo, and
generously treated, but the "governor," a'i the ho)" call hI111,
holds It as a matter of pnnclple that tl eat1l1g a'" a method I::'
beneath h1S dlglllty
"I can get sales, because I 'iell good ~oocb-dnd bt.cau::.c
I know how to prove then mellt to an) mdn who WIll stand
upon two legs and argue the questIOn WIth me." ThIs IS the
SaveLabor
"OLIVER"
No. 16. Band Saw
36 Inches.
Made WIth or WIthout
motor dnve Metal
lable 36"x30" W,ll
take 18" uuder the
gUl<le-tUb 45 degrees
one way and 7 degrees
the olher way Car-nes
a saw up to '%"
WIde OutJlde beanng
to lower wheel .hall
when not motor dnven
We1lllu 1600 lb. when
ready to sh,p
U Tempers
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~O\ e1nOl ~ . \ el ~IOn of hl'i succes'o "I wouldn't give so much
d-, a ugarette butt to mfluence the bIggest order that was
e\ er entered on a book \Vhy? Because I would feel that
the CIlSarete butt was worth mOle commerClally than my
capaclt\ as a salesman"
'lhe gOy ernOl'c; IS an eAcepl10nal case, of course There
;u e occa ~IOn'i \\ hen the best and most self-respecting sales-mdn
ma\ tleat to all antage and not feel that he I" gIvmg a
bllbe In c;uch mstancec; the Sale'i111an's expense account may
contaIn an Item for entertaInment-but It should always be
acc lmpallled \',lth an Itel111zed '3tatement as to what the enter-talnmlnt
lOmpll'ied and WIth the same, pOSItIOn and any
pel tment facl'i cancel n1l1g the reclpwnt of hIS hospItalIty
Some house'i have been suffICIently enterpnsl11g as to
abohsh the Ite11117ed expense account altogether, allowing a
1easonable marg1l1 for the salesman'c; expenses and throw1l1g
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him on his ov"n devices after that margin (which is usually
a generous one) has heen exceeded The plan has its virtues
and obJectlOnable features Perhaps the virtues of the sy"-
tern pledommate In the first place, It does away wIth any
SU"plclOn whIch may eXl"t between the house and the sales-man,
obvlatll1g any possIble temptation to inflate an expense
account, then, too, it is a time saver, both m relation to the
"alesman and to the bookkeeping department in the home
offIce Every man wIth experience on the road knows the
amount of time and mental effort necessary as a result of
havll1g to balance an expense account daily; and the head
bookkeeper in the house knows that it comprises a 90mpli-cated
detail which he would gladly eliminate As to the ob-
Jections to the system, the principal one is that it is a less
accurate method of accounting than would eXIst, supposing
salesmen's expense acounts were invariably "on the square"
The salesman who thinks that little leakages in his ex-pense
memorandum do not matter "because the firm is rich
anyway," is a short-sighte<1 business man When the little
leakages are taken in the aggregate, where from 20 to 200
:"alesmen are mvoh ed, theIr sum in the course of the year
makes an appalhng dIfference in the matter of dividends and
the abilIty of the firm to extend its enterprise The wealth of
the firm which he represents IS one of the salsman's assets-
It represents growmg importance and more readily accom-plished
sales as a result of which that same salesman will
draw bigger commisslOns next year And since the wealth
of any firm is threatened by these wholesale leakages in ex-pense
money, isn't it for the salesman's own advantage to be
careful m stoppmg the leak so far as his own are concerned?
So long as the itemized eeXpense account exists, the
hou:"e must mtrust its funds to the salesmall1, just as the
United States government intrusts the interpretation of its
la ""s to the various executives of the bench. The sales-man
who is sagaciously figUring how to Job his laundry bills,
wme suppers and other indulgences onto his expense account
err,; m three ways first, he has not the interests of the firm
at heart, whIch are Identical with his own best interests;
secondly, wl11le he shows hImself clever in minute details in
mal11pulatmg hIS accounts, he is perverting his quahty of
cleverness, whIch would be better expended in getting new
busll1ess for the firm he represents; thirdly, he suffers moral
degeneration, WhICh has Its commensurate effect on his phy-sical,
mental and selhng abIlities
EIther abohsh the ItemIzed expense account altogether,
or, 1f necessary, reOl ganize the system so that all superfluous
or doubtful entries v{lll be ehmmated, making an exception
of entertamment, laundry bills, etc, only when <convinced
that the Clfcumstances warrant the expenditure If pOSSIble
arrange WIth hotels to house your salesmen .at definite and
reduced rates, reqUlre, if conSIstent with all other condItions,
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THE ~nd.tpARLOlt NEW.LU ~ BED r
Need not be moved
from the wall.
Always ready wit h
beddmg in place.
So simpl., 80 easy, a
child can operate it.
Has roomy wardrobe
box.
CHICAGO. Erie & Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor.
that the salesman travel on mileage, which, much the same
as a check book, affords vouchers for the demands upon it;
allow for reasonable et ceteras, and hire only salesmen whom
you are sure are salesmen and not sponges -J. W. Madison
in "Salesmanship."
An Important Court Rulinli.
"A deCIsion of lllterest to all lllstalment dealers i3 that of
CIty Court Judge Hodson in the suit of Mary E Butler against
the People's Furlllture company, Buffalo, which was affirmed
by Justice Woodward on July 13. The action was to recover
$358, the amount of money paId on furniture bought on credit,
Mr. Butler claiming she was entitled to a return of all the
money paid.
Mr. Butler claimed that after her furniture was taken from
her by the company for non-payment of the regular instal-ments,
the company faded to gIve her the required notice of its
intended sale or an opportunity to make up back payments, as
1equired by law.
Judge Hodson held that Mrs. Butler's husband, who had
contracted for the purchase of the furniture, had waived his
rights under the statute, his contract reading that all money
paid should be considered as rent for the USe of the goods.
The suit was dIsmIssed WIth costs agalllst the complainant."
The above IS quoted from the current issue of the Cabinet
Maker and Upholsterer and is instructive as showing in one
instance the rights of the furniture dealer were protected by
the courts, says the Home Furnisher of Boston. These cases
all turn on statutory law so that a New York case would not
be a gUIde to Massachusetts, but a number of points in refer-ence
to condItional sales have never been adjudicated by our
courts. The Massachusetts courts have held in one instance
(in reference to thirty day nottce) that the purchaser or lessor
can not waive his rights That IS on the same theory that an
employee on a raIlroad can not hold a company harmless on
account of injuries caused by its negligence.
The laws are usually made to protect the purchaser and
he is not allowed to waive them, but as Michigan laws are
more hke those of New York than those of Massachusetts, it
is probable that the Buffalo decision will be considered good
in this and most of the other northem states.
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THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU
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... Everythmg m Palnt Speclalhes and Wood F1Ulshmg matenals. Flllers that fl11. Stams that satisfy .
Buildinlis That Will Need Furniture.
Residences-Cleveland, 0 -Dr. Gaston, 1467 East 105th
street, $6.000; Frank Gusser. 3709 Poe avenue, $3,000; W. G.
F1Jgle 15327 School street $3,500; Wilham Morris, 2010 East
Eighty-Ninth street. $7.500; Mrs W. B. Weideman, 3111
West Sixteemh street, $f!-,200; Kathenllic Knloblach, 3917
West Thirty-Third street. $3.500.
Columbus, O.-W. D. Norton, Ninth avenUe and Oregon
street, $5.000; M. B. Wheeler. 1216 Hunter street, $4,000;
Elizabeth Burgett, 479 Champion avenue, $3.500; Harry E.
Chiloote. 629 Dennison avenue, $3,000; Mrs. Grace M. Pixley,
473 Linwood avenue, $3,500; W. A. Theado. 552 Wilson ave-nue,
$4.500; Mrs. Sadie E. Harper, 150 Lane avenue, $3,500;
Clarence H. Graw, 2650 Terrace avenue, $3,000.
Mobile. Ala.-Mrs Lula Truetel, Marine and Shormer
streets, $3,300; J. S. Robbins, Lawrence and Poe streets, $4.-
000; Mrs. W. W. Gill, 72 Monterey place, $3,000; T. L. Moore,
Broad and South Carolina streets, $4.000.
Evanston. Ill.-Margaret Milne, 1719 Ridge avenue, $12,-
000; Joseph Hanan, 815 Madison street, $4,500.
St. Louis, Mo.-W. C. Burns, 4405 Arco street, $4,000;
G. L. Buettner. 3449 Iowa avenue, $4,800; Addie A. Dailey,
5375 Washington avenue, $5,000; E. H. Brochaus, 4314 Taft
avenue, $3,000; Lotta M. Dutton, 5344 Terry avenue, $3,800;
Lucient A. Paule, 4051 Russell avenue, $6.600; Philip Cheney,
3100 Keokuk street, $3.000; H. C. Thompson, Lockwood
Farm, Clayton, $30,000; Joseph Boehm, 5070 Delmar boule-vard,
$10.500.
Dulu1Jh, Minn.--M. Rustad, 290 West First street, $4.-
000; John Erickson, 416 West Fourth street, $3,300; Hugh
Cahill, 1168 West Sixth street, $3,000.
Denver, Colo.-Stephen Leberelr, South Emerson and
Cedar streets, $3,000; W. E. Rice, Dahlia and Tweenty- Third
streets, $3,500; Mrs George Stover, Eighteenth and Race
streets, $3,750; Ada Mason, 1248 Elati ~treet, $3,400; Mrs.
FannIe Levy, Knox court, $4,500; Mrs. S. M. F. Sweet, Eighth
and Vtne streets, $4,800
Youngstown. 0 -Dr. H A. Zimmerman, 680 Illinois
a\ enue, $6,500; Frank Helwig, 292 Saranac avenue, $3,000; D.
H Frazer, 420 Laclede avenue, $3,650; W. P. Canfield, 94
Lora avenue, $3,000
Topeka, Kan -M P Wahle, 1332 Buchanan street, $3.-
000; W V Borst, 704 Tyler street, $6,000; William E. Gebby,
1124 Washburn avenue, $30,000; E. H. Crosby, 901 Harrison
street, $20,000.
Fort Wayne, Ind -A A. Bowser, 1130 Oliver street,
$10,000
Milwaukee, Wis.-Joseph Dold, 1511 Twenty-sixth street.
$3,000; R. Wtnterstein, Newhall and Folsom streets, $3,750;
Mrs. F A Cody, 176 Eighteenth street. $4,800; Dr. Lorenz,
Twenty-sixth street and Grand avenue, $7,000; Kerend Drozl-wski,
'vVtndlake and Grant streets, $4,000; Mrs. Laura Kieper,
Cherry and Forty-seventh streets, $6,000; Mrs. E. H. Lorcuce.
1280 Twenty-Third street, $4,500.
Kansas City, Mo -Z. F. Briggs, 5436 Central avenue, $5,-
500; Barry FUlton, 2711 Forest street, $5,000; D. J. G. Eagle.
137 South Elmwood street, $3,000; F. H. Thwing, 1418 East
FIfteenth street, $10.000; Robert Nesch. 3821 Gillham road,
$12,000; W. H. Ashley, 324 Agnes avenue, $4,000; H. N. Han-son,
3218 College avenue, $4.000.
Detroit, Mich -F. C. Hayden, 608 Lathrop street, $4,-
000; W. E. McCorquodale, 286 Gladstone street. $3,800; Ara-helle
Gray, 216 Sibley street, $6,200; Anthony Plach, 320
Trombley street, $3,600; F. A Tottle, 223 Philadelphia street,
$5,000; ohn Morehead, Owen and John R. streets, $5,000.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Mrs. N. B. Miles. Grace and Newton
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WE HAVE NO PRETTY THEORIES
ABOUT STAINS OR FINISHES
THE MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR co.
MARIETTA, OHIO.
Making stains for practical men
has been our job for many years.
And long before we became
makers we were USERS.
Above all, our products are
practical. They WORK. The
results in your finishing room, if
streets, $3,000; A. J. Johnston, Park and Thirty-first streets,
$4,100; Paul Bisesi, Merrill and Virginia streets, $4,400;
Howard T. Gnfflll, 3163 North Delaware ~treet, $5,500.
Omaha, Nebr.-Henry W. Dunn, 4156 Cuming street, $3,-
000; E A. Tracy, 1331 South Tenth street, $3,000; R. M.
George, 2727 Emmet street, $3,000; Mlllnie Pearl Epeneter,
506 North Fortieth street, $5,000; Louis Lehman, 1410 Wirt
street, $3,500; E. W. Dixon, 426 North Thirty-eighth street,
$30,000.
Louisville, Ky -John S. White, 434 West Ormsley street,
$10,500; John Gass, 1239 Bandstowl1 road, $6,000; John B.
Wintersmith, 1407 St. James court, $7,000.
Cincinati, 0 -W. T. V. Cramer, Avondale, $10,000; Mrs.
Anna Hanlon. 294 West Fifth street, $3,000; Samuel Schaner.
Forest avenue and Carthage pike, $4,000; Henry Heitmeyer,
Hatch and Fuller streets, $5,000; Theodor V. Bly, 1511
Windham avenue and Reading road, $8,000; Fred Schwieder-
Harrison avenue, $4,500.
Youngstown, O.-Leonard Sawvel, 402 Woodbine ave-nue,
$5,500; D. M. Weinberg, 238 Millicent avenue, $10,000.
Pittsburg, Pa -Thomas Bingham, Shady Lane and Alper-son
avenue, $6,500; Mrs. G. Logiodice, Pal'k and Shetland
avenues, $3,800; S. G. Baldensperger, 812 Sheridan avenue,
$19,000.
Charlotte, N. C- J. E. Hammersley, 601 Kingston (Dil-worth)
avenue, $3,800; Dr. W. M. Robey, 506 Kingston ave-nue
(Dilworth) $4,000; J. B. Spen-ce, 467 Kingston avenue,
(Dilworth) $4,000.
Peoria, Ill.-C. C. Williams, 156 Columbia terrace, $5,000;
George Raleigh, 920 Third street, ,$3,500; Ray D. Fearn, 1004
Pacific street, $3,000.
Atlanta, Ga.-]. P. Grane, 36 Angler avenue, $3,500; Mrs.
C. F. Dernell, 151 Logan street, $3,000; J. H. Morehead, 20
you have the right kind of finishers,
will be the same results as we
show on our sample panels.
You are not experimenting when
you buy stains from us. Ask your
best finisher about them.
Send for sample panel to desk No.3.
Washita street, $3,750; Lemmon Purcell, 289 Ormond street.
$3,000.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Mrs. W. L. McLean, Queen lane and
Wissahickon avenue, $9,000; Albert Wackerman, 859 Church
lane. Germantown, $3,600; W. P. Pritchett, 6203 Germantown
avenue, $4,000; Clara M. Schwartz, 1740 North Fifteenth
street, $6,000; Rev. John F. Graham, Fifty-Fourth and Vine
streets, $6,800.
Miscellaneous Buildings-The Atlas Amusement Co. are
building a theatre at Nineteenth and Martindale streets, In-dianapolis,
Ind. The Episcopalions are bUIldings a church to
cost $45,000 at Central and Sixteenth streets, Indianapolis.
The Catholic Bishop of Omaha, Neb. has a permit to build
St. Patrick's church at 1412 Castellar street at a cost of $45,·
000. The Druid Hill Presbyterians are building a $30,000
church at 779 HIghland avenue, Atlanta, Ga. The Catholic
Bishop of Buffalo, N. Y., is building a $20,000 church at
Rosalia and Hertel streets Topeka, Kan., is erecting a ward
school building to cost $42,000. l" .. --..... n.
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OFFICERS-PreSIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , Vice PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn ,
Treasurer, B A Scheeneberger, Perham, Mlnn , Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville, Mmn
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChamDan, Geo Klem, Mankato, MmD, 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L
Harns Mmneapohs, Mlnn I C DanIelson, Cannon Falls.
BULLETIN No. 164.
UPWARD AND ONWARD
A Paper Read Before the Indiana Funeral Direc-tors'
Association Held at Indianapolis, Ind.,
by W. F. Evans of Brownsburg, Ind.
Before I get through wIth this paper yoU may wIsh to say
to me, what a little lad, whose patIence was sorely tried, said
to a preacher "once upon a time." It was a hot Sunday
morning. The class of little fellows had been together al-ready
for an hour and were tIred. Just before dIsmIssal a
preacher came, and common courtesy demanded that he be
asked to make a little talk He arose and said: "Well child-ren,
I am glad to see ypur sm~ling faces, but hardly know
what I want to say to you" Just at the end of these words a
little fellow on the back seat got up and said: "Why, mister,
just thay amen and thsit down." Maybe you will wish you
had said "amen" and "thsit down" to me before I get through
and. maybe I wi1l wish you had.
I have purposed to say say a few things upon the theme
"Onward and Upward" from the funeral directors view-point
These words are certainly fuM of meaning. It matters not
what our avocatLon in life may be; if we do not take these
words as our motto, our life WIll be a failure We can't stand
still; but we must move upward or downward Certainly the
most of us realize that we are not livmg up to oUr capabIlities
and our responsibilities. Of course, we can never reach it
in ,this life. but if we ever keep in mind the motto "onward
and upward" we will be a great deal further up perfection's
ladder when time is called. With the poet lets say:
"Press on, there's no such word as fail,
"Press nobly on, the goal is near.
"Ascend the mountain; breast the gale
"Look upward, onward~never fear."
There is a great fie[d Ear work and advancement in our
profession. Look back twenty years and see what has been
accomplished. Look forward twenty years, If you please and
you will see that we will have to make even greater progress,
if we would keep abreast of the times
Let us look to our morals. If we expect to elevate the
morals of our profession, we must keep our own above re-proach.
It has been said that "a chain 1S no stronger than
its weakest link." Do we want to be that link? I say no.
Josh Billings has said, I believe, "If yoU wish to train a
child in the way it should go, go that way yourself" So if
we expect our profession to grow morally. we must grow that
way ourselves.
How about our growth mentally? Are we marching "on-ward
and upward" in knowledge, or do we rest our laurels al-ready
won, when we get our license. Stop! I hear some one
say: "I haven't time to keep forging ahead" Look at the
spare moments, look at our trade journals, text books. etc.
Do we read about o'ur business or profession? Suppose our
famIly phySICIan would say to us that he never read any more
m the magazlI1es or text books How long would we call him
as a doctor) Suppo"e our attorney would tell us he dIdn't
need to read any more to keep up WIth the new laws and new
deCIslOns---that he knew enough. What one of us would go to
him when we had a funeral bIll to collect through the courts)
-\ga1l1, If our mInIster \'.lould tell us he never studIed the
Bible or ne,er looked at a text book, haVIng to do with
pubhc speakmg? How long would It be before we would
want hiS reslgnatlOn? And yet how many there are Just as
indIfferen t to\'. ard success
The world moves, ne\'. condItIOns arIse, new problems
have to be solved If we keep up with the procession we
must be prepared or else gIve way to some one who is. They
say, "opportunIty IS a boat loaded and ready to have for a
foreIgn port This is the last boatt out, too. All aboard I
vVhen opportunIty knocks we must be ready to open the door
or else gne "Way for another to pass through.
The worLl demands action. Where the heart is, there is
the treasure vVhere the ambItion lies there is the opportuni-ty
for us All thmgs are pOSSIble to bram, grit, and character.
The duty to our profession .and our fnends IS to always
be at our best You no doubt realIze that our best efforts are
brought out by those superior to us. We are always folbw-
Ing an Ideal It behooves us to set our ideals higher and
hIgher and keep marchIng "upward and onward," even If we
meet in our pathway dIscouragements and CrItiCIsms from
fnends and foes.
:\letropolItan lIfe 111 the last few months has been trying
to use our professlOn for commercIal purposes. Let us build
the profeSSIon so lt cannot be assaIled in this manner. Raise
our code of ethics hIgher, so it will crowd but the riff-raff.
Make our assoclatlOn stand for something. In Rome, to be
a CItizen was better than to be a king. If we keep this motto
before us, what need we fear from the octopus, the trust or
the vVyerhauser mIllions?
And now in conclusion, may I ask what shall be our atti-
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FT. WAYNE, IND.
HARDWOOD LUMBER
S~~~D } QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY • •I
WEEKLY ARTISAN
marks every table in the Stow & Davis lme. Masterly designs, sturdy oak, and
rich, glowmg mahogany are fashioned by our skillfulworkmen into
Our Bank and Office tables display the same care and ment in their burtding-the
care that appeals to paying customers, whether they be home-keepers or
business men.
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See our line. Tables and Banquet Tops. 4th floor, Blodllett Blell!.
tude to our professIOn, and the dut1es 1t may enJom? Shall
we g1ve way and 1etrograde or shall we mm e "onV\ard and
upward?" I thmk we ought to take a pO'i1t1ve stand for
progress -:\/[ake ourselves artists of the first rank by doing
the work set before us and do 1t well.
Yes w1th Herbert Kaufman we saY'
"Do it, keep on and hop on-get thru it
"Don't stop m the road or hop like a toad,
"From th1s s1de to that, or fly hke a bat,
,'W1th your head ups1de down,
"T111 your brain rattles round.
"Of course there are boulders;
"But you have broad shoulders-
"A tug and a stnde though,
"'N 111move them aside so.
"Deep ruts? To be sure.
"Toward the end, though, they're fewer
"Jot this doV\n where 'twill stay, for you need it all day
"What's got Vi 1thout effort is WOl th what 1t cost
"The eas1ly gamed thmgs are easlly lost
"When the road 1S worn flat,
"Y ou can bet your best hat,
"That 1t leaJs to a place where too many are at
"If you don't go on thru 1t,
"You'll live on to rue it.
"Somebody who 1sn't a quitter Vi 111do it
"He'll laugh as he hambles h1s v"ay tltru the brambles,
"He'll know that the b1g things of Me must be won
"He V\on't mmd a stumble, (It Likes t1me to grumbl::) ;
"He won't care a hang 1f he does bark his shin
"E l' won't be defeated, because he's 0\1 erheated;
"He'll leap on and keep on untll he gl>t'i in."
Stories of Two Bosses.
I went into a store la,t week, says Oliver P Perkins in
Buck', Shot. which I have always comidered one of the best
111 Ind1ana, but 1t looked so much bnghter and every clerk and
everyone wa'S so cheerful that when ] walked Into the office, I
said:
"Well. old man, what card have you been pulling from your
sleeve this time?"
"He sa1d, "\Vhy do you ask?"
"Because the store arrangement 1S so new and everyone I
come in contact with looks good and acts prosperom"
"Am light glad "10U noticed 1t," he "a1d' "the story isn't
very long and I don't mind glVing it to."
"One afternoon last week I inVited everyone connected
with the store to meet me in thiS office at 'I p. m. sharp. When
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Stow & Davis Furniture Co.,
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we were all seated I sa1d, 'Well, what would you say 1£ I told
you that I had disposed of th1s old store and would take charge
of a new one? 1\0 one an5we1ed for a long time, then one
man said, '1 hope that you will take me"to the new store.' 'You
are to go, I answered. and so are the all the rest, and the making
of this new store 1S up to everyone here The new store will
be conducted in the present bUlldll1g and wh1le I'm to be man-ager
you must come to be more and more as if you were my
partners. I want your advice and suggestions. When you
leave this store tonight I want you to beg1l1 thinking on how to
make it b1gger and better and glve me your ideas.' It is
working much better than 1 ever dreamed and the ginger that
is being put into thiS really new store-well, you noticed it and
that's enough for me"
The next day I met a man "on the road" whom I have
known for a long bme He was in the hardware business as a
clerk and propnetor for more than thlfty years. He is now
over fifty years and is doing his fir~t work a, a traveling sales-man.
"The very hardest th1l1g for me to do," he said, "is to
get the price my home Llemands for the goods You see when
1was in business, 1argued that a sale lost was a (lollar lost and
I always cut the pnce a llttle or as much as was necessary to
make the sale and now 1t'S mighty hard to get the price I ask
for I was never accustomed to domg business that way.
"When my clerks would come and say that Mr Blank liked
a cel tam range or cornplantcr but would not pay the pnce and
had made an offer, 1 would say, 'Spht the dIfference if yOllcan,
1f not, do the best you can.' "
H1s former rca;,oning IS the real reason that he'b traveling
today.
Fighting a Shipping Trust.
The Ind1an TI aJe J oumal, of Calcutta, an off1cial organ
of the Bntl"h colon1al government, makes the following an-nouncement
m regard to the rates on sh1pping which affects
the entlre V\arId "A sh1pp1l1g-nng ord1nance has been pub-lished
by the government of the Straits Settlements It im-pose,
a duty of 20 per cent on freight 111 all bills of lad1l1g.
Shippers outSide the nng get the duty returned to them, but
tho<;e InSide the nng do not It is thus hoped to force the
shipp1l1g conference to break up, the alternative being a heavy
tax on S'h1pments Power 1SgIven to recover deferred rebates
to the extent of 10 per cent or such larger amount as may be
fixed by the governor in councll The ord1l1ance will be dis-cussed
by the leglslatlve counCIl in August In the meantime
It IS pOSSible th<lt efforts will be made to reach a settlement
amicably Colomal feellng is strong aga1l1st the ring and the
gorvernment proposals are cordially approved."
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OUT-DOOR "WITHDRAWING ROOMu
The Garden9 Furnished. is One of the Best Parts
of the House.
(By Esther 'Slllgleton)
Fortunate is he who looks out from hlS terrace with its
mossy parapet, where the peacock perchance shakes out its
purple glories to such a world of his own Roses are cluster-ing
on the wall, or fllllging out thelr fragrance below in the
sun, mingled with the rare perfume of the aromatic azalea
Along the edge of the lawn, his flower-border is gorlSeous
with the queenly lily, the dark-blue monk's-hood, the tall
hollyhock. the spiked veronica, th e red lychnis, radiant
phloxes, proud peonies, the tall spires of foxl:;loves and lark-spurs.
and a multitude of fair denizens of the parterre Rich-ness
characterizes the whole, and the Isentinel yews, the
hedges and box edgings are there to give order and distinction
with the right degree of formahty that belonfSs to the struc-ture
that i" adorned The mural sun-dial the splashinl:;
fountain, the sheltered arbor and the fragrant pergola, all
have their places in "uch a garden N or need the landscape
and the woodland with the llake be contemned These lie
outside the enclosed gardens. and all are beautiful and en-trancing
in their degree and place The final fact is simple.
after all, and the gardener must make it his own It is that
the house and the garden are the two parts of a single wh'Jle,
and happy is he who can best int('rpret their sweet relation-ship"
This description from the pen of a modern 'writer seem s
to have gathered into a nutshell all the salient points of the
decorative, yet homelike l:;arden, where form. color, scent and
sound produce a soothing, though inspiring, effect upon the
senses land the mind A garden "hould iJ:Je.in fact, a retreat.
a place where one loves to linger, to rest, to reacl. or to work
A garden. according- to the opinion of an old authority.
"ought to lie to the be"t parts of the home, or to tho"e of the
master's commonest use; so as to iJ:Jebut hke one of the rooms
out of which you step into another."
A garden i" really a sort of grassy "withdrawing room,"
"In the garden drawlllg-room all the furniture is grown The
carpet, indeed, is swept, but it springs itself out of the floor
which it cover" Then, too, if it should become anywi"c
worn. we have only to leave it alone and the patches mend
themselves The curtains, moreover, of the garJen room (in
the shape of variegated surroundlllg greenery) do not wear
out. and they see to their own spring cleaning or renewal
It is true that you cannot .indulge a re"tless caprice in a fre-quent
shifting about of ornaments (seen in, say. standard
roses); but then they cannot be upset and are not easily
broken. Again its all1ly patterned walls and luminously
decorated ceilings, though these last certainly sometime" let
the water through, are always provided free of cost, and
woven according to the latest design. And when the hour r"·,..-------------~
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Don't risk being
Tyden Lock on your
It means business for you.
without the
tables.
Ask your manufacturer for it when you
buy divided pedestal dining tables.
Many a sale of a dining suite has been lost
to a dealer simply because the Tyden Duo-
StyIe Table Lock was not on the table he
tried to sell.
The sale went to his competitor who had the properly
equtpped table.
Don't run thIS unnecessary risk-the table you buy
can have the Tyden Lock without extra charge. 'I---_._-_._---_._------~------~- ---.....
comes f01 the hfSht" to be put out anll the blmd" drawn down,
th1" IS e, er punctnally done by inVIsible milllstrants who
f01get nothll1g, and sen e us faithfully wlthout needing tire-some
dIrectIOn". or expectll1g any wages at alL"
The above description would "eem to imply that no furni-ture
is necessary In a gal'den, but the enjoyment of the most
perfect l:;arden e, er imagll1e,l would be incomplete without
some pro, l';lOn fOt re"t and comfort 111 the matter of seats and
shelter
'\n oU writer speak,; of
"::\1y gal den "'" eet enclo<,ed wlth '" aIles strong
Embanked "'Ith benches to sit and take my rest"
And in :vruch \clo About Nothmg. saucy Beatrice IS
enticed
"Into the pleached bowel,
\iVhel c honcy,;uckles npened by the sun
Forbid the "un to enter"
] n rel:;ard to the furnlture of a gal den first come the
essentIal part~ of garden archltecture. such as walls, gates,
gateposts and balustrades of the teaaces. The walls are,
perhaps, the most Important factor m the whole, and should
be "olid and lofty, '" lth a beveled coping and end in pillars,
the p1l1ars ornamenteJ With balls or some other device at the
top "\ lches should be aVOIded. for they gather dirt and dust
and "erve no purpo"e The walls, however, should be covered
WIth flowermg Vll1e~ or creepers Gate" of wrought iron
dlway" be"peak good taste Pa, cd stone or bnck path" set
flat dmong the glas.., are nc, el out of place, nor IS the gravel
\\ alk WIth a nedt edgmg of box or grass, or some "imple
flower that blooms close to the ground. "uch as the pansy.
vVlth regards to ornaments and "embellishments-the
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sun-dial on its pillar marking no hours save the bright ones
and the fountain, throwing high into the air its refreshing
:,pray or tinkling sweetly as it drops from the mouth of some
fantastIc bird or animal into a baslll, are always true to the
spirit of the garden However small the little paved court
may be, a fountain is never out of place"
Vases and statues are "embellishments" that have no
natural affinity to gardens "Statues and such things are
added for state and magmficence, but are nothing to the true
pleasures of a garden," wrote Lord Bacon; and he was per-fectly
I ight Such decorations belong to the stately garden
of the grand Italian style with its terraces and statues, tem-ples,
theatres and va:,es, or to the Dutch garden with Its
evergreens clipped into the shape or monsters or animals ac-cording
to the dogmas of the topiarian art which was ip
vogue in England and this country in Georgian days; or to
the simpler garden with itc:: formal walks, clipped alleys,
'3moothly shorn bO\" ling gree ns and geometrical arrange-ments
of flower beds that resemble carpets and rugs
In the early eighteenth century, Batty Langley orl1a-mented
flowcl-gardens with fragrant flowers, fountains and
beautiful statues, and advised:
"That the intersections of walks bc adorned with statues,
large open plains, groves, coves of fruit, or evergreens, of
flowering shrubs, or forest trees, basins, fountains, sun ..d..ials
and obelisks:
"When in the garden''3 entrance you provide
The waters, there united, to divide:
First, in the center a large fountain make-
Which from a narrow pipe its rise may take,
And to the air those waves by which 'tis fed,
Remit again; about it raise a bed
Of moss or gl ass; but if yoU think this base,
With well-wrought marble circle in the place"
As a contrast let us take a charming and sequestered
garden of seven or eight acres planted about the beginning of
the eighteenth century, belonging, not to a stately villa, but
a small cottage the "habitation of an ancient maiden lady,"
and thus described by Sir Walter Scott· "It was full of long
'itralght walks between hedges of yew and hornbeam, which
rose tall and close on every side There were thickets of
flowering shrubs, a bower, and an arbor, to which access
was obtained through a little maze of contorted walks call-ing
itself a labyrinth. In the center of the bower was a
splendId platanus, or ornamental plane-a huge hill of leaves-one
of the noblest specimens of that regularly beautiful tree
~ hich we remember to have seen In different parts of the
garden were fine ornamental trees which had attained great
size, and the orchard wa'i fille~l with fruit trees of the best
de'3criptlOn There were seats and trellis-walks and a ban-queting
house."
SuggestIOns for furnishing a Dutch garden de luxe may
be found in the following de'icriptions of the famous one
dt net Loo, still the favorite royal residence in Holland.
The garden was de'iigned by Marot and this account of it
was written in 1699'
"The hedges are chIefly of Dutch elms; and the avenue'3
of oaks, elms and lIme'i The figures into which the trees
and shrubs are cut are, for the mO'it part, pyramids On the
walls fresco pallltings are introduced in various places be-
1\" een the trees Jn the al bor walks of the queen''i garden,
are 'ieats and 0pp0':llte to them windows through which views
can be had for the fountains, 'itatues and other object'i in the
open garden The parterres in the queen''3 garden are sur-rounded
by hedges of Dutch elm about four feet high. The
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seats and prop work of all the arbors and the trellis-work on
the fruit tree walls are painted green All along the gravel
walks and round the middle fountain are placed orange trees
and lemon trees m portable wooden frames and flower-pots
about them"
Another idea well worth imitaJting was seen by Madame
de Sevlgne at a French chateau m 1675, when she wrote to
her daughter as follows'
"There i'3 a grove of orange trees in great tubs; you walk
there, and they form alleys in the shade, and to hide the tubs
there are two lOWS of palisades high enough to lean on, all
aflower WIth tube roses, jasmmes and carnations. It is as-suredly
the most beautiful, the most surprismg and the most
enchanting novelty imaginable"
In all periods people of taste have enjoyed the wild
garden Lord Bacon included a heath in his series of beauti-ful
gardens, and wished it
"Framed as much as may be to a natural wilJ.ness.
Trees, I would have none in It, but some thickets, made only
of sweet briar and honeysuckle and some wild vine amongst;
and the ground set with violets, strawberries and primroses;
for these are sweet and proper III the shade. And these to be
in the heath, here and there, not in any order I also like
lIttle heaps in the nature of mole hJlls (such as are in wild
heaths) to be set, some with wild thyme, some with pinks,
some with germander, that gives a good flower to the eye;
some with periwinkle, some with violets, some with straw-berries,
some with cowslips, some with dai~ies, some with
red roses, some with lilium convallium, Safe with sweet
williams red, some with beal's foot, and the pke low flowers
being withal sweet and 'iightly Part of w~ich heaps to be
~ itch standards of lIttle bushes prieket uponl their top, and
part without; the standards to be roses, juniper, holly, bear-berries
(but here and there because of the Stffil11of their blos-som),
red currants, gooseberries, rosemary, b ys, sweet-briar,
and such lIke But these standards to be k pt with cutting
tl1dt they grow not out of course" I
The accomplished ElIzabethan courtier J,ould, therefore,
have approved of the pretty wild garden. 1
Gautier's idea of a garden wherem natrtre should have
full lIberty permItted the twigs to interlacell themsevles ac
cording to their own fancy, the plants to c eep and clImb;
the mO'3ses to cover with their patches the runks of tree'
the lichens to enCIrcle the statues WIth their gray bands; the
bramble'3 to bar the walks and arrest you with their thorns;
the wild poppy to raise its red spark near thel untrained rose;
and the IVy to rove at its will and hang wrfaths ovevr the
balustrades of the terraces Moreover, full li1ense was grant-ed
to the nettle, the thistle, the celandine, tre burdock, the
nightshade and ,all the gIpsy horde of undisqiplined plants-to
grow, multiply, invade and oblitclate everv trace of culti-vation
and turn the flower-garden into a minfture forest"
One delight of the wJld garden is that it admits of the
owner's transplanting any wJld flower or shrulbs found during
his walks in the woods and fields, even to ne1ttles, briars and
thistles. I
The simple seat with lattice canopy 'v]H be more pic-ture'ique
when the creepers have covered itl A rustic seat
would also look well This kind of seat 1'3al~ay'3 appropriate
except in the 'itately garden where 'itone r marble i'i re-qUIred
The wooden bench i'3 effectIve in f rm and can be
painted any color, hut it needs '3ome pots or Ivase'i of hloom-ing
flowel'i by it'i side Hickory furmturc lis also 'iuitable
for the 'Yimple garden
Wicker table'i, '3eitec'i and chair'3, 1 stained green,
and chairs and table" of wood pamted green we
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also find appropriate, and for gardens that ha' e com-paratIvely
lIttle shade the hooded" Icku chaIr u"eJ "0 much
aJt the seashore Jll Europe and which the ..:Dutch call "\\ 111
ChaIr," IS a 11T1O')t useful addItIon Ru')tic lawn ,ases that
cost a" lIttle as $3 and tree seats from $15 to $30, can be
placed almost anywhere
Turnmg now to the question of the summer hou"e (
arbor, the poet Cowper's pretty IdEa of turnmg h1" lIttle
greenhouse mto an out-of-door sittIng-room mIght be ImI-tated
by those wh') own such lUXUrIes In 1786, he wrote tr
a fnend "When the plant, go out, we go in I lme it WIth
mat'3 and spread the floor with mats. and there' ou "hall "It
WIth a bed or mIgnonette at your sIde and a hedge of hone'
suckle'3, roses and Jasmme" He also had another lIttle room
of which he spake as follow s "I wnte m a nook that I call
my boudoir, It IS a summer house not bIgger than a sedan-chair;
the door of It opens into the garden, that IS now crowd-ed
WIth p1l1ks. roses and honeysuckles, and the wmdow into
my neighbor's orchard"
A portable pavJ1lOn that can be ea')lly erected IS a good
investment Anyone can SEt up a pergola and moreover, at
a tnflmg cost Pergola pJ1lars, lIke fences, arc ncm ..,old 111
sectIOns, pIllars at $650 each. cro"s panels at S;. and pole"
3lt seventy-,five cents
The tent, the SWl11g ane' plenty of cu"hlOns for those who
lIke to SIt on the grass sh '"luld be I11cluded m furl1lshl11g a
garden, and last but not least comes the hammock
"When you hang lIke viahomets coffl11, bet" een earth
and heaven, you expenencE a sense of personal detachment
from the ord1l1ary condItIOns of lIfe whIch. ho" ever easJ1,
realized, is simply u11lque You lIe upon the } leldl11g- aIr
and look throu~h a mynad of leaves pierced here and there
with lIttle rays of lIght, into IIlI1TIltable "pace It i" then,
moreover, that you best hke in the special "tIllness of a
sequestered garden"
Trade Dnys in Texas.
Texas is borrow1l1g a bIt from Fn!:;land and the older
European countries 111 the matter of "market day s" at the
county seats and other Important bUS111e.,..,centers -\ cItIzen
of Dallas, intel vIewed reCEntly b} a \Yash111gton reporter
described in brief a new scheme of the board') of trade and
ot1her commercial organl7atlOns dm" n 111 that" Ide-a" ake
country
In order to encourage better method') of fal l11111g.fl Ult-raisll1g
and kl11dred I11dustnes, he says the commcl cIa I 01ga11l-zations
arrange for trades days 111 count} "eat... and other
important towns and citIes These trades days are held
monthly or bImonthly, when exhIbIts are made of farm pro-ducts
of all sorts As to the results, let the Texan tell them
in his own way'
"From all the surroundmg country the best that the land
ralse'3 of farm ancl orchard product'3 and lIve stock IS assembled
for show purpo"t" Inclclentally, the exhIbItors have a chance
to get together and to exchang-e Ideas on sub1ect" 111 "hlch
they have a common I11terest and become better acqual11ted
The show lIkeWIse affords a good market for the products ex-hIbIted
Of course, they are run on a SImpler plan than the
or,lll1ary faIr, and so trades days are of more frequent oc-currence
They are gall1mg- in popullarity all the tIme"
AJI thl" may be a return to "first pnnclples," a gettll12,-
back to an old order of thmgs-one mIght almo')t say, to
archaIC methods, but the plain truth IS that in the later-day
development of busl11e'3s openatIons we have 111 "ome partI-culars
drifted a mJ1lIon miles away from the thoroug-hly
natural and the emmently practicable. Producers of farm
products all mer the country have come in very large meas-ure
to adopt a S}stem of dIrect marketing through commis-sIOn
houses m large or Important dlstnbutmg centers---a
scheme that most certal11ly has ItS dlstmct and emphatIC ad-
,antages But there I" always a good home or nearby mar-ket
and the neglect of these has in far too many ll1stances re-
"ulted to the JIsadvantage of the producers They cannot
ledrn too much ahout local and "urroundll1g condItions They
canot see each other and exchange ideas any too frequently
-\ncl the} cannot afford to take It for granted that the far-away,
'bl!:;' market')" III always be the best for the dIspOSItIon
of theIr product') -\nd, mCldentally, merchants are benefitted
b} tl ades clay ') "hlch tend to the marketmg of farm products
at home
Here IS an example set by the farmers of Texas that the
producers m every state of the Ul1lon mIght follow with ad-
'antage and profit The old "market-days" and holidays of
the south, were a most Important I11dustrlal and commercIal
factor "holl} a part h om their socIal and neIghborly features
The Jay of theIr usefulness IS by no means past
Card Index a Business Essential.
\ convenient filll1g system is now looked upon by large
corporatIOns as a busll1ess memory They have been won over
\\ Ithm the past few years to the letter cabinets that are made
to meet the requIrEments of heavy corrspondents and oldfa')h-toned
letter file'i are bemg 'iupplanted by cabmets that contam
compartments for the vertICal fill11g of letters and other busI-ne".,
documents By a SImple cardmdex a volumlUou" corres-pondence
can be cared for and at mstant demand a gIven letter
or paper can be turned to
1hIS system "as stnkmgly Illustrated recently dunng the
tour ot mspectlOn of a party of engmeers and city officials of
the \ ,hoken Dam comtructlOn whIch IS to furmsh New York's
ne" "ater supply One of the vlsltmg engmeers was told that
maps "ketches, ')peClficatt
- Date Created:
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
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- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Registration card completed during the registration of women for war-time service by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense - Michigan Division, April 27 - May 4, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Women's Defense Unit Cards (Grand Rapids, Mich.)