Michigan Artisan; 1908-06-10

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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. A!kfor CATALOGUE E. • 1.~II :j i, 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,," " "I • ~UNS LInE A "WAGON 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 • ---------------- ---. 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 • MICHIGAN ARTlSA;\J These Specialties are used all Over the World Veneer Prene8, different kinds and sizes. (Patented) 1 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, I 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••. ...._--_._---- • -------_._---------...., Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS , 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 • , !..._-------------- 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 , l EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICll. Cltlzea. PhODe U.a .- •• llANO RA PUBLIC UDlURY 28th Year-No. 23. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JUNE 10, 1908. $1.00 per Year. { i 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. 4 yIICHIGAK 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. ' ~ .. , '. ,- . ARTISAN 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. ___ ." •. ' ,._. c;,_. ~.,':;''j •• ), ~, • 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. '-J MICITIC;\I\ SPIEGEL A PHILANTHROPIST. Proposes that Food be furnished Children of Podr Attending Schools. I 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 !\RTISAN 5 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 r WOOD FINISHI~G • MATERIALS 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 be furnished. , -----+------------------------. 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 ------- MADEBY-~----- UnIOn [MBOSSlno MACUlnr Co. Indianapolia. Indiana Write lor Information, Prices Elc. • ---.-------------.---_. __ -..i• 6 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 . ARTISAN 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- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 7 , 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 ---_._---T-O-L-E-D-O, OHIO • 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? 8 MICHIGAN p-EL- (TRACE: MARK REGISTERED) ARTISAl\ PAINT AND VARNISH REMOVER Things don't grow without nourishment. Manufacturers do not increase their facilities unless there is a growing demand to supply. In point of sales, Ad·el·ite Paint and Varnish Remover is tar ahead of any similar preparation on the market and our new, thoroughly eq1.lipped plant enables us to give better service than ever before. You will find that Ad·el·ite contains more energy to the gallon, has fewer dis-agreeable features and brings better results than anything you can get. Eats down through any number of old coats of hard paint, varnish, wax, shellac or enamel leaving the surface in perfect condition for refinishing. Send for Free Sample. STA.E CHICAGO .. • 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. Every Purchaser Satlsfied There's a Reason HARD-WOOD FRAMES MAlLE-ABLE IRON CA.UINGS Duplicate and Triplicate Orders THE One-half Our Trade MICHIGAN TRUCK M.M.& L.Co. HOLLY, MICH. .ow MICHIGAN AH.TIS!\.N ._~_._----_._-------------_._--- 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. h- . . ._~ __i 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 --------_._------------------., ARTISAN 11 •I 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. L• ~ .....---:.:: --::;.-- ~ ~ "" 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 .......-------'------ 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.) • 535 Michigan Trnst Bnilding, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. • 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. ~ • 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. ******** * * ****** * * * * * * * 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. 16 i\UCHIGAN y--------------- • 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 • 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. • 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 . • ~'---- :\ell CHI G A X ARTISAK --------_._-----------_._--. 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. .--------_. ----~._---,-~ B. T. & B. Style D, KnifeGrinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry. .-----------------------~ I , 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. SEND FOR 419·421 W.l'lft .... th St., C"ICAGO. ILL 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. l-t ~ .- I, ~te~~en50MnI~(.0. j Wood I South Bend. Ind. ,, Forming f I ,, , Cutters 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 I 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:- 17 • 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 made in the early times. 20 MICHIGAK ARTISAN •, Drawer Knobs In Maple, Birch, Oak or Mahogany. High grade. Nicely sanded. Choit:e of faftemngs. Write for catalogue and samples. I t "enry Rowe Mfg. Co., I NEWAYGO, MICH. I NO. 20. COMMODE. BUTTON. No.21. DAAWEA KNOES. • I 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 MICHIGAK featl1er bed figger lak mine is a lot I1W gracefuller dan clem 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." ARTISAN 21 • , WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA M.nuf",""" nf TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRrCES AND DISCOUNT • ,,..--- "" If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. 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JV. l'etf'ie, our aqents jor Canada. _____ Offi_Cf8, Toronto, Montreal anciVanlJouvet'. .. 22 MICHIGAN 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- ARTISAN 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 MICHIGAN 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. ARTISAN 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 (Concluded on page 26. ) 23 24 MICHIGAN ARTISAN I lOG. 110.112 I nort~DiVision ~t.~;;~.~ I Orand Ra~ids I 10ft. 110, 112 nort~Division ~t.j Orand «a~ids I OUR BUILDING , • P RINT E R5 B INDE , R 5 I ~ ! R~ I R I 5 tI! Michigan Engraving Company :: White Printing Company I Michigan Artisan Company • EN G R A V ER5 PR[N T ER5 B I NDE R5 Erected by White Printing Company, Grand Rapids, 1907. ::VIICHTGA:-J ARTISi,C\ r_0 r -- . . ----r I Pittsburgh PI~b!~nd2~~ss I Company Plate Glass. Mirrors. Window Glass. Ornamental Figured Glass. WIRE GLASS, tbe Great Fire Retardant. 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CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-REUABLY h-o_. . • . 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." ,GF====~ ~ o (, 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 i, .IN~WI II I list. of Buyers PRICE 25 CENTS READYJUNE 15, 1908 LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS NEW LIST READY JUNE 15 LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS NEW LIST READY JUNE 15 Wrile for it. Remit Amount. MmHIGAN ARTISAN CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. NEW LIST READY JUNE 15 ~--_._-------------"• r WOOD'S PATENT LOOSE CENTER COUNTERSINKS --·-----AND BORINOBITS NO. 5 COUNTERSI/.jP; STYU 7 BORIHe BIT STYLE B TAPER COUt/TERSINK Carried in $tock in a\l sizes. Cenlen "re adjusta.ble. and can be fet>laced "'I very llI:lall cost when bwken or worn out. Write today for com-plete Catalo2'ue. MORRIS WOOD & SONS, 2714 LAKE ST" CHICAQO. ILL' 1 ralm6r'S rat6nt 61uino GlamDS Mr. Manufacturer: D... you ever c:onsider what joint IdwnQ: OOllts} The iIe]».TaroTs and wooden wedges, if YOU use them Md many do, are a large item of eJlpense accounts; bUllhis i~mlsU «unpaJ"ed to walle aCJ:Ounls of wcdmea who weill" them oulwilh a hammer, aDd then a large Der cenl of the joints are failUles hy the iOlecu,ity of lIu~melDS. RE.SUL T. it hll8 !o be done <wet again, if poemble. If yolt Ule indeIJendentscrew ciampa the result is better, but slower, altogetber too slow. Let ulitdl you of 6QIDethingbelter, PALMER'S CLAMPS. \II steel and iron. No wedaes. no separalon. adjust to any width. damp instantly yet securely, releases eveQ laster. Positi~y one-third more work with <me.third less help. In !leVenUzes up to 60 inches, any thickneSli up to 2 inches. 200 lact"orieJlin 1906. Why not you in 1908 ~ Althou~ wid by dealers everywhere let us $eIld you particulart. It E. Palmer IiSons. Owosso. MiGh. FOREIGN AGENTS: Proiedile Co., London, EruOOnQ. Schuchardt & Scbutte, BetJl.II, Germany • ~ . • :vrrCHIGAK "Rotary Style" for Dl'op Cnr\'lngs, Embossed :\(ou1dingl'l, Panels. l\lachioes for all purposes, and at prices within the reach ot all. Every machine has OUl'guarantee against brenkuglP for ODe yopnr. "Lateral Style" for large capacity heavy Con'logs aDd Del'll' Emb08slngs. We have the Machine you want nt a l!iati81actory "price. Wnte for descriptive clreulars. Also make dies for all makes of Mp,~ chine8. VNION fMBOSSINO M4C"INf CO., Indianapoll., Ind. ..II SPECIAL TIES: ~f'YEfl'~QUARO.AK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W, Main St" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA III, __________ . ..:i ARTISAN 29 .,---_._----_. -----------. THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL GLUE HEATER Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes and prices. WEATHERLY CO. >----_.---- __ GRAND RAPIOS, MICH. 1 ..--- .. FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine Knlve." Miter Machines. Etc:. We'll gladly tell you all about It. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. 185 N. F.oot St.eet. Grand Rapids. Mic:h "-- .. ._-------.. I 10uf5 babn !I DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 15. Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN II II I'-----_._--- Citizens'Telephone 1702. PETER COOPER'S. GLUE is the best in all kinds of weather. When other manufactureu or agents teU you their glue is as good as COOPER'S, they admit Cooper's is the BEST. No one extols his product by comparing it with an inferior article. Cooper's Glue is the world's standard of excellence. With it all experiment begins, all comparison continues, and all lest ends. Sold continuously since 1820. Its reputation, like itself, STICKS. Peter Cooper's glue is made from selected hide stock, carefully pre. pared. No bones or pig stock enter into its composition. In strength it is uniform, ,each barrel containing the same kind of t glue that is in every other banel of the same grade. I ORIN A, WARD GRAND RAP' OS AGENT 403 Ashton Bldg, • CITIZENS PHONE 9333 I~--_._------------_.•.. _____ .....;.,J 30 MICHIGAN Lectures Before Engineering Classes. J. R. McColl, formerly associate professor of steam en-gineering at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., and now con- J~t~ {~ 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

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