Michigan Artisan; 1909-02-25

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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"Ninth Year-No. 16 FEBRUARY 25, 1909 Semi-Monthly • --~I I, ! "j,t~hthe Button-a~dRest" ROYAL CHAIR COMPANY STURGIS, MICHIGAN •• r-Aulsb;~~k& Jones Furnitu~~Co~--- STURGIS, MICH. I'------~---------- YOU can make more money out 01 our nationally advertised Royal M;;;ris Chairs tha-;;-Y;;ucan by buying the unknown, unguaranteed kind. Our advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Everybody·s. Munsey's and Cosmopolitan are read by eighteen millionpeople. Royal Morris Chairs are the best selling proposition in the lurniture line today, They are unlike any other because they are either upholstered or with loose cushions, with footrest or without footrest. Write us today lor catalogue and proposition lor your town. ASK FOR CATALOG SHOWING THIS SUITE COMPLETE Oak and Mahogany II -----------' • ..M ------..-- - r!I -------------- "The Better Make" • • I,I, WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECESIN OUR UNE. Bedroom ·and Dining Room Furniture -----SUITES TO MATCH.----- Nelson - Matter Furniture Company GRANDRAPIDS,MICH. Faclory and Salesroom, 37 Canal Street Catalogues to Dealers on - Heavy Plate Paper. ..----:-c----,." ...~...,..~..",'..",..'~". ~- iI . DINING .EXTENSION .TABLES OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY ARE BEST MADE BEST FINISHED VALUES All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICH. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 1 • I >---------------------------------_.-----------------------------------_.------------~ ! ===(om~~n~~ : SHELBYVILLE, - INDIANA II I,II , M!I:'{UFACT{:RERS OF ! OFFICE FURNITURE III , I ir II Write for latest catalogue No. :::8Jj{ .------------------ ...__._----_.._---------_._- I! WHITE PRINTING CO. I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1 . I I HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COrlPLETE t"--._-----------._----._------------~ >-------_._--------------------------------------_._------' _________ . -..c.. __ ~ z MICHIGAN ARTISAN • One Car Load of these Desks .ready for shipment. We want to move them quickl,Y. These prices wiHdo it. Get your share of this Desk~rgain_ Order today. These Desks are built of plain India.na white oak, Lave three~ply 'panels and aTe thoroughly well con-structed. Medium Gold,en Oak gloss finish. Notice full pan_~led bask. center drawer with lock, brace betweell'pe,~_e~tal anq single wall. Price No. 242. De.k Price No. 342F Desk. $11.00 8.00 • • Terrns 2% 10 days; Net 30 Days. F. O. B. Cars Factory. Rowlett Desk Mfg. Co. Richmond, Indiana No. 242 Roll Top Desk. Size--42 inches long, 30 inches wide, 48 inches high; weight, 145 pounds. No. 342F Flat Top Desk. Entire Base same as No. 242. Size-42 inches long, 30 inches wide. 31 inches high; weight, 100 pounds. ' We have almost Two Thou-sand Desks in our warerooms which we are offering at an extra large discount. Write for catalog and prices • No. 400 Dresser. ~~ Oak and Bird's Eye M~jlle and Maltogany. Top 22l[(6. Plate1:lOx36. A.k few .... priClCl. Itia too low toqaote in a trade paper • It is not so much the goods you buy that brings you value as the goods you sell and are the- means of selling more. St.ar goods advertise themselves . ,,--,;,- The- dealer who sells one Star begins an endless chain be~ause you cannot stop it from selling more. Why? Because Star veneer used in their construction is the best that money can buy. Because Star veneer is MATCHED AND SELECTED, making a pleasing and attractive effect. Because Star styles are made by designers of reputa-tion. Because Star finish cannot be surpassed. A trial is all we ask. The goods speak louder than talk in print. Applications for catalog welcome. Michigan Star furniture Co. Zeeland, Mich. • oil 29th Year-No. 16. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., FEBRUARY 25. 1909. $1.00 per Year. Officers of the National Retailers' Association. The recently elected officers of the National Retailers' Association are the following: Prc!jident-M. J- Mulvihill, St. Louis, Mo. First Viee-Presidcnt-C. E. Osgood, Boston, Mass. Second Vice-Presidellt~C. E. Rosenbury, Bay City, ;>ilich. Third Vie-Prcsident-G. 1\', Sandberg, Chicago. Treasurer-A. D. 1IcQuilkin, Fort Dodge, la. Secretary-l\ilark P. Goodlett, St. Louis. Executive Committee~George H. Gilar, Indianapolis; \V. D. Farley, Battle Creek, Mich.; VV. F. Saecker, Appleton, "Vis.; 'A'. L. Grapp, Janesville, :Ylinn.; C. C. LaFollette, Thorntown, Ind.; E. A. Snead, Clifton Forge, Va.; John A. Thompson, Chicago, IlL; M. N.orman, Grand Forks, N. D.; T. R. Glass, ~otwa, Okla. @ * @ Pleasant Relations With Manufacturers. In his exaugural address to the convention of the Nation-al Retailers' Association, recently held, the president, Col. Foster, referred to the business relations existing between the retailers and manufacturers as follows: DUring the past year our relations with the furniture man-ufacturers of the country have been of the pleasantest char-acter. They are coming to understand us better and we are coming to understand them better. Vi/hen their attention has been called to any complaints that have been transmitted to national headquarters, they have been quick to make reply, and these replies in every case throughout the year have been in the spirit of desiring to do all that they could to meet the just requirements of our organization. 11istakes occur and shipments have bcen sometimcs made that should not have been made, but investigation of such instances have nearly always resulted in showing that the manufac-turer has been misled by incorrect ratings in the cr~dit rating books of tl:e furniture trade. @ * @ President Mulvihill. The National Retailers' Association at their recent con-vention, elected M. ]. Mulvihill of St. Louis, president. Mr. Mulvihill is a leading retailer of the 110und City and widely known in the furniture trade.. He is an able business man and will prove a wortby successor of A. J. Conroy, Co!. Foster and others who have filled the presidential office in the past. @ * @ Manufacturen of furniture who have pursued the policy of quoting a flat price of fifty per cent discount to the retail trade have been requested by the National Retailers' Asso-ciation to discontinue the same as it is no longer of value to them. @ * @ A standing committee of the National Retailers Associa-tion will endeavor to persuade manufacturers to use uniform sizes in catalogues. New Ho~e for "The Ark" at Riverside. Cal. The Ark House Furnishing Company h; to have a home in keeping with the importance to which the business has grown. Fred H. Freeman and Samuel S. Patterson have purchased a lot and will commence in the very near future the erection of a modern business bl,ock with four floors 104r72 feet. The Ark Furnishing Company have secured a tcn years' lease on this block, dating from next August. It is expected to have the building completed by the first of August. The lot has dimensions of 104 feet on Eighth str~et and 160 on Lemon. The building will have a Hoar space of 1,000,000 square feet. The structure will be of pressed brick. The front will be of plate glass. Electric freight and passenger elevators \,-villhe installed, and otaer equipment in keeping with an up-to- date store. Mr. Miller of thc Ark, has shown excellent judgment in his choice of a location, as the site selected is without doubt as close in as could be found for a builJing such as is needed for the busines£ done by the Ark. @ * @ Officers of the Luce Furniture Co. The Luce Furniture Company, of Grand Rapids, held its annual meeting recently and reelected the former officers and directors, .as follows: President-G. 1\'1.Luce. Vice-presIdent-Mark Norris. Secretary~trcasurer-A. S. Goodman. Manager-John Hoult. Directors-A. S. Goodman, John Hoult, P. C. Fuller, J. Edward Earle, Van A, "\lallen, Mark Norris and Gregory M. J.uce. The company has had a very successful year and has pros-pered under the existing management. 8 * '" Twenty Thousand Inspected the Store. Ou Saturday, February 27, twenty thousand persons in-spected the branch store of Cowperthwait & Sons" ,on Third eveUlle al1d 121st street, New York, and listened to a band concert. During the week of the opening fifteen thousand people visited the store daily. The h,ouse was established one hundred and threc years ago and the business has de-scended from father to son. The new building is five stories high and ten storics long. @ * @ David J. Powers, founder and for many years president of the Vnion \Vire l\'1attre>ls Company, Chicago, died re-cently. He was born in 1814 and had lived in Chicago since 18G8. @ * @ The National Retailers' Association, in convention at St. Louis recently, adopted a resolution advising retailers to withhold patronage from manufacturing houses owned wholly or in part by mail order mcrchants, 4 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Mail Order Business in Foreign Lands. A New Packing for Furniture. Consul Moorhead, located at Acupulco, Mexico, ,has inves_ Retailers of furniture will soon receive goods packed in a tigated the business condition of that section a'h:d,conclt1de.~ new material manufactured under a. process recently patented that a mail order trade with the United States c64f.d be cre- by W. E. Elliott of Grand Rapids. A company JUS been ated. A large amount of advertising matter sho'd)d be dis- formed for the purpose 0f carrying on the business under the tributed as a preliminary to make sales. Catalogue'S, printed name of the Elliott Packing Company, of which VV. R. El-in the Spanish language should be mailed to the home?--of the liott is president; Vv'. D. Bishop vice president; Charles F_ people. In Manzanillo there are many opportunities tb'~- Powers secretary and A. C. Dennison treasurer. A factory tablish trade among American as well as Mexican residen. will be erected in the near future. In France the first requisite in the creation of a mail orde-rJ"\' @ * @ business is the catalogue.-J, , @ * @ Added Suites in Mahogany._ . I ,. The Michigan Furniture Company recently brought ou(a line of chamber furniture in mahogany that is taking well, Colonial patterns with a few Napoleon beds constitute the new feature. They continue their line of oak and ash 'and The Michigan Star Catalogue. The Michigan Star Furniture Company of Zeeland have issued their 1909 catalogue of chamber furniture, It is a halldsome book and ShOVi'Sa complete line of chamber furni-ture made in oak, binl's-eye map1cand mahogany. This is not,a high ,priced line, but it will be hard to find a highet" gCrhd~line -fbF:the prices put 011 the goods. It is a nice cata- Made by Palmer Manufacturing Co, Detroit Mich. are now in better shape than ever to take care of cU!:itomers' wants. In some patterns of oak and ash they have a large stock, made up in anticipation of demands for prompt ship-ments, so dealers can have their wants supplied without delay. They have issued a little booklet of some of the most attractive patterns which will be sent on application. @ * @ Sligh Factory in Full Operation. Among the Grand Rapids furniture manufacturing com-panies that enjoy a g'ood trade is the Sligh Furniture Com-pany. Since the close of the January exhibitions the travel-ing men have been sending in so many orders that every de-partment of the great fa.ctory is filled with workmen. Never in the history of the company were so many employed as at 'present. The new styles are so choice that the yisiting huy-ers and the buyers at hOll1e were attracted to them at first glance. Of course the Sligh construction and finish leave nothing to be desired. l logue, worth preserving, one that should be kept at hand for daily reference. @. * @.> Items Omitted. In ascertaining the cost of goods many merchants omit charges for such items as inspection, removing excelsior, scratches and trivial breakages that cannot be charged to the manufacturer_ Freight, cartage and handling are charged to the cost account as a matter of course, but such minor items as mentioned a.re over.looked;· involving losses in sale'S or very narrov,' profits, @ * @ I spent seven days at the Louvre l\laking notes of the lovely chef d'oeuvrcs, Now for fear that don't rhyme, Let me tell you that I'm Nat -French, but a furniture mover. MICHIGAN , TIllsincss with the manufacturers of furniture ill Detroit is fairly good,and improving as the sVrillg advances. The Pos-s<: litls BrothersFllrniture .Jlalll1fachlring Compally Jl<tVC n catalogue in the hands of the printers and h will be ready for mailing by l\la,rch 1. The Palmer \la.llllfactnring Company are preparing a ne,,\' catalogue-the best one they have ever ol<.:red to the trade ALany of the new patterns are choice desigr;s. Trade is very !{ood. The Pioneer )'lallufacturing COmp;111y, manub,ctllrcrs of reed chairs and rockers and children's carriages, report busi-ness illqcasing riglH along. The Detroit Rack CompallY, 1llul1ufac(-nl"crs of metal furni-ture, lni: racks, costllJlH'ni, invalid tallIes, Sbl~ds, chairs, etc .. h,t"ve contracted lor a catalogue. '.-\'hich will be ready for mail-ing abont the middle of March. The Detfoit Cabillet Con:p81lY had a good trade in Grand Rapid!'. ill J;tlluar-y and ordns <'rc cOlning in every day. J. C. \\.Tidmall & Co. fcport sales good, in brill ;\11(1 c1inin~ r00111 furniture. @ * @ J. F Shone succeeds Crc.,;sy & Sholle ill the furnitnre bus incss at Soutl, nCl'd, \Va.-;hil1gtoll . IIII .I------,---_._-----------_ ..I. r, --~------------'---·-!· Murphy Chair Co.I! I LINE II .----- III II ,I I Dll'tROI'I, MIca. ~ Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go.Carts. -, ~ PlOnm nanufa(turin~ (om~anJ Full lill-8 Sk()!l"h OIil?! af, f,he faclQ1·Y. MANUFACTURERS -------1 ! DETROIT, MICH. COMPLETE '-=-------,-------..----' ARTISAN The Cost of Transacting Business Varies. To the cost.oi.the goods purchased of the manufacturers Fraye!'. & Seifert of ~l()bi1e add the expel1se of- 'freight and cartage rllld npOn tlle total amount base the prices for which goods afe offefl':d fo customers. The firth ·does not know 11o\v it is pOi;siblc to include in the cost of an article every item of expel1se until it reaches the l{a-ndsof the customer, for the rea SOIl that the figures co.tlld _not be ascertained untll all article sh.il.ll have been sold TllC volume of sales may be Do You Know Why I !Smile? I Have the Grt:latest Household Invention of the Age. The Kindel Kind- That's All. brgcr in one year than another, and the expense of transact-il1[.!; business varies in accordance tlH::rewith, @ * @ Satisfy Customers. Hayes & Seifert of 1110bile, Ala., never allow a customer to become dissatisned. If, after purchasing an article, the cUSw tomer desires to return the. same, the firm alJows him to do so and hand him a check for the amount paid. By pleasing the trade and making every transaction satisfactory, the firm has bui1t up a great al,d profitable volume of business . rI II '-------------, PALMER MFG, CO, 115 to 13fl Palmer Ave., DETROIT, MIOH. Matlufacturers of FANCY TABLES PEDESTALS TABOURETTES for the PARLOII ,AND LIBRARY Our famousROOKWOOD FlNlSH IlIOwtI in populanty every day. NQthiD~like iI. Write for Piet1U'eS and Prices. Pf!destal No. 412 J 5 6 MICHIGAN Tracing Stray Freight Shipments. . Annoyance, delay and expense are the results of the lost frt1ght shipments, and while the blame for loss in transit 6rten rests with the transportation companies, in some in-stances it can be traced directly to the negligence of the consignee. For instance, a consignment of two cases of builders' hardware is made to vVallace, Brown & Co., Dartmouth, N. H., via P. R. R. and·B. W. railroad. In the course ofa week or so the shipment reaches its destination and a postal notice is sent to the consignee, who apparently ignores same, as no notice of 1t, and the shipment is placed in storage. The consignee wal; not ready for his shillment, 50 did not take the troubl'e to reply to the postal notice, or have de-livery made. A month or so later he calls up the warehouse and in a. peremptory manner inquires after his goods. From his offhand description he is told that they know nothing ARTISAN gone out word is received stating that shipment numher one has been received and the transportation company requests that you withdraw your claim as delivery has been effected. As the shipper, it is necessary to render credit for the duplicate shipment when it is returned, and as often is the case, have to stand the charges both ways. With just a little patience and consideration, a great deal of unnecessary ex~ pense and trouble can easil'y be avoided. By this it is not meant that a shipper should be reticent about tracing shipments claimed "lost in transit," but that a customer should not be too hasty in his demands that a duplicate shipment should be made, or that shipment should be traced before it has had sufficient time to reach destina-tion, until the railroad company has had a chance to make delivery. When a reasonable time has el"apsed then it is time to go after the railroads. A number of excellent systems have been dev.ise1, which, Made by Palmer bIlanufa.otw'j.ng Co., Detroit, Mich. about this shipment, and he rings off in high dudgeon. The shippers ar~ requested to place a vigorous tracer after the shipment, and after a great deal of delay the railroad company writes back advising the shipper that tbe shipment is on hand at destination unclaimed, and to please advise of same at once. This is not always the case, but from actual' observance has proven to be th e way with about two~thirds of the cases in which shipment ,vas lost in transit. In other cases the shipment has been delivered and "lost" at the plant of the consignee, and after some considerable correspondence is found, shipment having been on hand dur-ing the whole. procedure of tracing, presumably mislaid by their receiving clerk. \Vhat can a shipper do? He receives numerous requests to trace or dupolicate the original shipment. He has received no report of delivery from the railroad company, so there is nothing left but to duplicate the shipment and enter claim against the transpor-tation company. A few days after the second shipmer..t hM if they receeived the proper attention frotn the railroads, ivould facilitate matters greatly and ~fford' the shipper some little protection. One of these systeths inclt.des a recording device that with one operation makes a "d:acer," "acknow-ledgement" and the stub for use of the tra~ing derk. The tracer for the transportation company, thehcknowledgment to go to the party requesting tracer; and the stub remains in the book for ready reference of the shipper. This system is a good one, if it 'always received attentiorl, being inexpen-sive and efficient, as it furnishes all the infonbation necessary for the use of the various pp.rties concerned. Something that will keep the shipper advised all' the time of just what is being done is necessary,. ,nbt alone for his protection and information, but for :l'he behefit of his cus-tomer. Among various systems that are rlpwiii Ilse is th.e regis-tered tracer system, that stands out prontin'ptly among the rest. As the name indicates, each trac,er iSr_gistered, and as it meets with prompt attention from ;the altferent railroads when properly filled ont by the party tr~dl\lr it keeps t11c MICHIGAN shipper informed as to just what is being done with this particular shipment. These tracers consist of a cover, red in color, to better distinguish it from other papers, bearing a printed designat-ing number, there being no two tracers of the same number, the inside of the cover providing abtank form for full de-scription of the shipment being traped, including informa-tion as to name of shipper, corn;~ and designation, etc., which inf.ormation is filled in bp the party tracing and is practically a copy of the bill of lading or shipping receipt issued covering the shipment. Attached to the inside cover are ten record set5, each con-sisting of a thin sheet and a post card underneath, the thin sheet being permanently attached to the tracer, and the post card perforated at the top and easi.ly attached, the pri.nted form on the several sets being identical as to the thin sheet and the corresponding post card. Each set bears its individ-ual number in addition to the tracer numher. \ sheet of carbon paper is also attached to the tracer cover. These sets are for the use of the railroad agents in show-ing their record of handling shipment, the tracer above de-scribed being of sufficient size to permit shO\",ing the move-ments of a shipment over five railroads, each road using two of the sets, one to be filled ont by the forwarding agent and the other by the road, showing delivery to connecting line. In filling out the tracer forms, the tracing clerk affixes a one cent stamp to each of the post cards and a two cent stamp to the cover, addresses all the post cards to the party desiring the immediate information and also filb; in the ad-dress portion of the cover. It is then forwarde,d to the agent at originating station. ,..h..o fills in the first set, deposits it at the postoffice and for-wards the tracer in "R. R. B." (railroad busine%) envelope by baggage mail to the agent of the initial road, where the shipment leaves such road, who in turn fills in set 2, and for- \",'ards post card and tracer in the same manner as set 1. Vv'hen set 10 has been filled in, whether ten cents ,vere nec-essary or not, it is detached and dropped in postoffice and the tracer itself Jisposed of by folding the cover in such a way as to disc:lose the l·eturn address portion of the tracer, and a rubber band put around the tracer and same deposited in the mails without enclosing in any envelope. By addressing the post cards to the shipper he is inform-ed, as the tracer advances, of each movement of the ship-ment, and can scc whether the railroad company is giving the tracer proper attention. If any agent has neglected his duty the shipper knows just who it is and where to make complaint. By this method he is in ;1 position to bke the company to task regarding any inattention, through the fact of his having the evideNce at hand in bl'ack and whitc, in the form of his tracer post cards. The post cards themselves may be scnt to the consignee after having been filled ill by the agent, as the retttfll of the registered tracer to the shipper gives him all tac information required, though a trifle delayed, of course. but complete and ready for his file. Some system as above, while more expensive than most systems now in use, would seem to be the most satisfactory and economic way in the end for tracing shipments, as the fact of each tracer being registered and a set filled in and returned as the tracer moves along, keeps the party tracing informed, giving him a base to work upon, and in the end is bound to bring results quicker than by any othcrmethod. As results aTe what is wanted from a tracer the system which secures them, even at a slight increase in cost, is really the cheapest and most satisfactory in the end.-Travel-ing Man. @ * @ The American School Furniture Company is ('.vide1ltly prosperous. During the current year the company will erect a large extension to its factory in Grand Rapids. ARTISAN • Ideal Refrigerators If, !!I 1,! II CJI The handsomest and bes' cheap line of refrigerators made. CJI Printed on White Birch in Imitation of Quar-ter Sawed Oak, in eIlects which beat the hnest originals. CJI The line, tbough short, is quite complete. It includes 4 sizes, single door. one double door. one side icing. three apartment house and one four door, all either zinc lined 01 white enamel. CJI The goods are well made with f(i inch inside box and charcoal sheathing insulation. Every dealer should carry this line, as it sells on sight. Send for Catalog and Prices. I Grand Rapids Refng. Co. I Grand Rapids, Miohil!&D • 7 1I It It, I II I I,I ItII I II!,III , !:I 1 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN On short notice we can load a freight train with assorted lots of Big Six Asso-ciation goods. Q!1iek deliveries and low rates of freight guaranteed. Our goods are the best of their class. A trial order will prove the truth of this statement. The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequaled facilities for ship-ping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be dispatched direct over the great railroad systems of the East, South and West. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforohes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in imitation golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of MantC'1 and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees! China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, imitation mahogany and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the «Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. Cribs. Wire Springs and Cots. Made by The Karges furlliture Co, Catalogues of all lines will be furnished to dealers on application. ~, ~ ev11 C H 1 G AN A R 1"1 s' A 1;1 9 Made by The Bockstege Furniture Co. Made by the 'Vorl-d Furniture Co. BZDS e:.VANSVIl-l-E., IN 01 ANA .sEoN C> F" 0 F'I C ""'-..,"-"'-'-0 G> U c:- ---"" -'----------- ~ I I,, I .. 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING PERFECT WORK at Right Prices PROMPT DEUVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN ---------------- ~._-- -- MICHIGAN Old Painted Furniture. In a recent number of the House Beantiful the subject of old painted furniture is discussed under the c;lptlon "Some Good Specimens of Old Fashioned Painted Furniture." by Rose Standish Nichols. The vogue for painted furniture has been revived during thl:': last twenty-Live years \vith the popularity of the Coronial style and has be tome especially popular in the last fC'\v years. \Vell made and original specimens hav(~ been found in out of the way places. Angelica Kauffman. the well knO\v artist. "vIlo was so sought aEter in London in the latter part of the 18th century, was responsible for the popularity of painted furniture at that time, al-though she ,vas not the originator. Her work was done 11nder the gn'at cabinet makers of the time, Adams, ShemtorJ, HeppJcH/hite and Chip-pendale, They were very enthusiastic over her designs of garlands of flowers, landscapes, chastl' figures with floating classical draperies and many minor forms. Angelica also palnted a marble mantel for Sir Josh11a Reynolds. Italian painters were also employed for this work and \vere very skillfnl in it. Their decorating was done on satinwood. Pergo1e~i "vas the best known of these artists. He was an assistant to the Adam::; brothers and \vas very successful. T'l1e motive" hc, used were garlnnds and baskets of {lm','crs. medallions endOsinl2; landscapes, shepherds. shcp-henlesses, cupids, dc. Later other artisans took np this kind of dec-oration but on a simpler scale. Ordinary woods were painted either plainly or to imitate tllC graining of rare woods. Japanning as it \va~ called was often done It consisted in using turps instead of oil to mix colors and was really only painting. The Japanese and Chinese use lacquer in their proC'-ess of japanning". Their method spread to England and then to New Eng-land in 1755. Painted furniture \vas imported to America be-fore the Revo{ution Tom England in the nortll and from France in the south. 111] 797 an English chair manlthc:turer in New York advertised to do "dyeing, japanning, wallgec work and bamboo ·work after tile nc"'t'st London patterns" ARTISAN 11 or such pieces as CfI<iJrS, st.'ttees, etc. Often furniture was made to harmonize with the wall coverings of the room it was to occupy. The solid wood \Vin]sor furniture was popular and with rattan and split bottoms \va:j often seen in dra.wing rooms, libraries, dining rooms 311d bedrooms and for piazza 11se in surnffier. During the eighteenth century the p,tinted decoration We Manufa==------------------"'l' Largest Line of fOlDlno I (nAIDS I I I, ! ! I II i- ~ _l i in the United States, suitable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and aU public resorts. We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cots avndarCireibtsyi.n '" large Send for Catalogl4l and Price; to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO Made by Palmer Manufacturing Co" Detroit, Mich. ,If furniture was dCl.:;::dclIt. In 180tl it was used by "the third class of gentry." At tllc pn~sent time there are t\',.7O artists in thi.~ line in Vennont and 13'ostnll who arc doing splendid work in reviving old styles and traditions. Clws. B. Ingalls (Jf \·\!indsor, VL, a m<ln of 80 years. is very successful and has instructed 11iss ),1. C. [-lard}' in the work, who follows in his footsteps and is in husiness for herseH. Shc copies hi" ideas and originates ncw combinations of styles. @ * @ Improvements by the Lentz Table Company. TIle Lentz Table Company of Ka.shvil1e, Mich., are pre~ paring to erect a brick boiler house, 40 x 30 feet in size, in \\'l1ich they will install a new 125 horsepower boiler, to b(' lIsed in connectic)Jl with their present steam plant. They wilt also creet all additio,l to their warehouse 50 x 70 feet, and two stories high The upper story \-vill be llsed for finishing and the \mver story for ~~torage. The Lentz extension tab1c.s ,\1"(' sl1b~tantial1y IT,(\dc ard the bu"iness h;IS grown so stead i!y th;tt fr('(jl.1clltly ilrpr()\'l'lnellts in the shops or enlargements JJ\11SI: be made. The latest addition will relieve their fInishing ann storage rooms which \\Terc greatly congested; and en-able t1,e compallY to 100ld two or three cars a.t thesamc: timc instead of one tlS at presf'nt. @ * @ Help the Unfortunate. "The only way" to do an installmQnt business successfully and to retain the respec.t of customers in the opinion of Black Brothers of Joplin, 3.'10.. is to carry the accounts of customers when there is lJeed of jt. Collections should not be neglect-ed. Laxity creates contempt in the minds of people to whom lenieney is extended in the settlement of accounts. This does not apply to the deserving unfortunates. 12 MICHIGAN BUSINESS' MAWS RUBAIY AT. Awaket For morning's cares must be begun', The shrill alarm is fierce as any gun. ReeaH the maxim old and true that says It is the carly bi.rd t~at gets the bun. Dreaml11g when sleep's soft hal1d lay on my brow, Methought I made a l1e\V and solemn vow To cease the strain. \A/hen sUddenly a voice, In acccnts harsh commanded, "Do .it now!" Profit and price wages, interest al1d Tellt, Credit and cash; details that won't relent Next week, next year, some day, perhaps, I'll quit, Bllt now my busy pencil counts per cent BllY and sell and sell and buy again, Do-wn to the office, SUn, steet or rain, Adding, subtracting, balancing the cash Speculating on the yearly gain. o time turn backward in your hasty flight. I need more time from dewy morn till night. Tomorrow, aye, tomorrow, I've a note That falls due at the bal1k and money's tight. Today the trust raised prices on my ware. Already they were higher than 1s fair. However, it's a business maxim true The llrlce is fix{'.d as doth the traffic bear. I'd like to get acquainted with my wife And get a bit of leisure in my life. But, spite of all my work, my plans go wron.g And keep me always hamcs1ed to the strife. Al1d then my childrel1 three of them in all, It surely is the bitterest of gaIt To leave the house at morn before they rise, Returning after sleep has made its calL Ledgers, day books, cash books, journals, files, Book accounts, receipts and salesmen's wiles; These are the texts of fiscal aptlC\.\de On him who learns them well Dame Fortune smiles. Last year, when things were gOillg fairly well, EYents came up that no one could foretell And plunged me down to desperation's depths, Transforining heaven into gloomy hell. "All things come to him who waits," they say, And joy will come to him who leams to pray_ To "wait" and "pray" I'd like to add "and ~lave" And always a!-iksthc question 'docs it pay?'" I drink, ahl yes, the cup that cheers, they say, Ent not the cup that cheers for me, l~ay, nay. I drillk whenever, be it day or night, It's some advantage in a business way. @ * @ Lower Duties Demanded Retailers should be very much interested in the leglslatioll affecting furniture, carpet, matting and kindred goods pending in the congress of the United States. Manufacturers of fur-niture ha,ve filed petitions with the national law makers ask. ing that material rcdUdions be made in the duties levied upon ltlmber and mirror plates As the high duties assessed upon these artldes are charged by the· manufacturers to the retail-ers, it is for the ilJterest of the latter to support the former in their efforts to obtain cheaper materials. With cheaper lumber, glass, hardware and finishing materials at their com-mal1d, retailers ,,,auld be cnabled to purchase goods for their stores proportiona_tel~Jess tl1an the prices they are paying at present. . ,.'""'. ARTISAN Help the Salesmen A number of manufacturers in preparing catalogues for the retail trade, supply full detailed descriptions of the pieces illustrated, ·as well as sensible argumcnts presenting the sdl-ing qualities of the piece, Many s,alesll:cn, kuow so little about the goods they are expected to 'sell that catalogues con-taining descriptivc matter is of great valuc'to,tl1ern'ifthcy are, disposed to make use of the same. A inclnufacturero( couches describes the processes by which the springs \1scd in his g~lOdsare made and te,mpered; the fabrics woven and col-orcd; the wood lIsed ill the .frauvyS- ,s~asolled and cut; the ma-chining. tooling and finishing-, " Cqstomers, especially women, who purchase most of the furnitme sold by retailers, appre- Made by Michigan Star Furniture Co., Zeeland, Mich. date such details greatly and the knowledge gained of ho\\-' an article is produced fmnishes a theme for discussion when the fair sex meet. It is not a bad plall to publish the reta11 prices of the pieces lllustrated in catalogues The nlan-ufacturer sells to the retailer for from 25 to ~O per cent less than the published prices. @ * @ Bevelers and Silverers Desire a Higher Duty. The bevelers and silverer.s have filed a petition with the ways and means committee of the national house. of repre-sentatives for a large increase in the duties levied by law upon mirror plates of small sizes il1lporte,d from Europe. The granting of the petition is opposed by the importers a~ the increase asked for would seriously affect their business. The silverers and bevelers pradicall:v el1joy a monopoly in the manufacture of mirror plates of larger sizes and have grown immensely rich within the past ten years, or since the enactment of the Dil1gley tariff hill. Any addition to the duty Upon small sized plates would cause' an ine-rease in the cost of framed mirrors which would be paid by the retailers of furniture handling such goods or of fur-niture conta'ining mirrors. The interest of -the retailers in this campai'gll' clearly lies with the importers. -------------------------------- - - MICHIGAN ARTISAN 13 Peacock Feathers in Fashion. 1',{any years ago the peacock feather ,,,... as considered as ar-tis tic a decoration as cOHld he found. TJJis was when the arrangement of rooms was sim.ple, a good style \·vhich is returning to fa\'or. The eTa of the overcrowded foom with r(lCOCO ornamentation, 'with endless cushions, bric-a-brac, and ill-as-sorted pictllTcs was a fearflll era 11l house decoration. Possibly the genius of \Villiam 11orris did more to submerge it and bring back elegant simplicity than the work of allY other man. [0 those .":Icplc days one OT three long- peacock feathers in a Colonial or East Indian vase were e!lough decor<ltion flor a mante!., tl1e c':.'nter (If a table or top of :1 low bookca~c: This fashion has returned. The peacock feather in ;111 {)\'ercrllwded room i.~ahsurd. [t lends- it-self only to Jilpancs~ treatrnent. Arti,;tic women realize this an {I they <Ire USillg this limited 111tmber in the best of the ol(l V;IS{~S they ha\'c. If one is the ff)/"- ttl1l:lte possessor of all East Indian jar, lhen, with the j}e~\- cock feat1,cr added, one -whole corner of the room is :tlreacly decorated. Made by Michigan Star Furniture Company, Zeeland, Mich. @ * @ Rothschild Will Erect an Addidon. Another State street department store is about to break through to "'lnhash ~I"enlle, Chicago. Rothschild & Co have obtained :l nindy-nine year lease on the property at 267-2(}9 \\Tabash avenue and h;\ve deposited a cash bond o[ $.10,000 as a guaralllee that they will crect a modern fIreproof building there. The intention of the !ll"ln is to put tIp a twelve story structure costing- $5CO,000 The l:wd ,vas leased for the firm frorn the heirs of the late Rev. Dr. \\li11ia111 H. Rydec The rental \"ill rise from $12,000 a y<::ar for the Jirst decade to $14,000 and $16,000 a year. This means a transaction of $5,000,000 or more, and it also means that the store of' Rothschild & Co. \vill be~ome one of the largest in Chicago and one of the largest. in the west At present the store takes up the entire east side of State street. between Van Buren street and Jackson boulevard. with the exception of the Leiter property at the Jackson boulevard end. Tt is believed to be the firm's ultimate aim to get the whole hlock. The land just leased has :::I. frontage of f(nty-tive feet in \Vahash avenue and a depth of one hundred seventy feet. @ * @ School for Salesmen. Before entering upon the sale of period furniture it. "vould be well for dealers to open a salesmen's school forllve or six months. Executives and salesmen should unite in the study of the furniture of the periods ('specially the draperies and window ;:llld ""vall decorations that ate 11(',Cessary to create a harmonious interior. Salesmen so instructed become quali-fied to discuss the dassic ideals in home furnishings, relieving the mind in a measure, of the humclrlI11l details of utility, con-struction and prices. Illustrated Lectures on Furniture. l'dany evidences of the ignorance prevailing on the part of the public as to furniture, the which of which it is manu-· fadu1"ccd and the processes of making have suggested to a leading merchant of tbe cast the ad\'isability of giving a series of lectures in a public hall with lantern slides, to illustrate the same, on the subjects mentioned, keeping the lecture free fronl 811 atmo3pberc of a commercial n;tture. The merchant quoted instanced the case of a \'loman, ordinarily well in-formed, who cxprc~sed the thought that the figure in quar-tered lumber ,vas produced by tile -hllislllng lnatcrials used. ,.----_._---- ..--------., III Henry Schmit fJ Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET ST~. Cincinnati, Ohio makers of Uphol.stered Furniture foe LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL alld CLUB ROOM Another had understood that all mahogany was of a deep red color. Reputable dealers are ever trying to inspire custom-ers ,,,,ith a desire to possess high grade furniture, and the de~ livery of illustrated lectures setting forth tI,e truth about the \voods used, the several proceSSes employed in finishing, the cutting of veneers and carvings and the works of the great designCl"s would serve the end sought to be attained. @ * @ Out of Town for the Winter S~veral of' the lItanufaclurers of furniture in Grand Rap-ids arc spelHlil1g the winter in warmer dimates than 1Jiehi~ gan. \V.H. G:ly and V·../.A. Gunll are in France;'John 1), (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted celluloid as a base lor Ollr Caster Cups. making the \)<;:5tcup on lhe market. Celluloid is a grt~at Improvement over bases made (.If other material. \Vhell it is necessar:y to move a JJitce s17pporte<J by cups W:lth cellll10id bases it call be done With ease. as the \-lases are per-f fecIJy smc,olh. Celluloid does not sweat and by the use 01 tht"se cups I tahles are never manerl. These cups are finillhed ill \TOld"ll Oak and White M~ple, finished 19"ht. If you lI'ill t'ry (/ sample Qrder of these r!()odlJl/olt wiU d<>lIircto" 1ndJe tk&m in quantities. I pRICES:Size 2%' inches $5,50 per hundred. I Size 2U inches .. , 4.50 per hUDdred. >: ___f._o._fl. _Gra_nd_Ra_pid_s, TRY A 8AJlP~M ORDl_fR.__ t .-.4 Case in Cuba; H. S. Jordan in Florida; E. H. Foote in Ar-gentine; John A Covode in Texas; Willard lla,rnhart in Cali-fornia; A \V. Hampe in Europe, and Albert Stickley in \Vashington. @ * @ \leyers Brothers late of Iowa have purchased J, W. Shep-ard's stock of furniture at Sheridan, Oregon, and will add un-dertaking and embalming, 14 ---~----------------- ESTABLISHED 1880 :.1ICHIGAN ARTISAN ,"UllI.ISl'leC lilT MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE IOTlojAND 2.$TI1 0'" EACH MONTH Oprpr'CE-l08.110. 112 NORTH DIVISION ST .. GRAND RAPIDS, t.'ltCH. !!'lTER£O IN THE P08TOFFICE AT G~AI\IO IU,PlDS, MICH., 0'.8 SECONO CL...S6 MATTER. The merchants of Xew York have tiled a petition with the service commission asking for an investigation of the methods pursued in the transaction of business by the express COIil~ panies. Information is sought on the subjects following: Inequalities in charges-such as different charges over the same route in opposite directions; different charges for equal distances; extra charges for delivery in excess of tariff rates; delays in delivery; failure to notify shippers of non-delivery; delay in returll1ng undelivered goods;' delay in settl'ement of claims; disregard ,of specified routing; unreason-able requirements as to methods of packing; delay in account-ing for collections; refusal to collect and return "empties" and similar practices. In their petition to the service com-mission the merchants call attention to important facts: "Ow-ing to changes in business methods and conditions, shipments by express instead of by freight in many classes of commod-ities have greatly increased, the use of the speedier exprcss service having become practically compulsory. Because of this forced substitution of express carriage for freight car-riage, a very large volume of commodities which formerly paid freight charges which amounted to but a very small per-centage of the value of the merchandise, now pay express charges of such an amount as in many cases to consume the entire margin of profit on the commodities, the ordinary seil-ing prices of whic:i cannot be varied to include abnormal transportation charges, In consequence the annual aggregate express charges paid by a 'merchant 'have gradually increased from an almost negligible amount to a heavy item which represents an actual loss, inasmuch as the outlay can seldom be covered into the selling price. It is therefore of much importance to merchants that the charges exacted for express service should not be excessive, but on the contrary should be as low as consistent with a just return upon the capital' neces-sarily employed in efficiently carrying on the express busi-ness." It is claimed that the net earnings per annum of the express companies equals in amount their capital invest ~d. With the territory divided and co-operation enforced in raiding the public the aid of the legislatures and the courts is needed to remove the burdens laid upon shippers. + + During the campaign preceding the election of president of the United States the orators employed by the sp.eakers' bureau of the republican party emphasized very strongly the qualities possessed by Mr. Taft gained during his experienc~ in public life. He had been enabled to qualify himself to successfully administer the office of president by services on the bench, in diplomacy, in the administration of government in thePhillipines and extensive travel, advantages that had been denied to Mr. Bryan. The speakers rung the changes continuously on the subject of quality and the result of the election proved that quality is as valuable in politics. as in business. Quality wins in the long run. + + Two firms located in a city not far from one of the great exposition towns occupy adjoining stores. The members of these firms are so friendly that it would seem that the mem· bers are descendents of one family. Whenever one merchant has a call for an article that is out of stock, he does not hesi-tate about entering the store of his neighbor and helping him-self to what he needs. Harmony and neighborly interest has been maintairlcd between these firms many years, and -in the practice of these virtues a fine example is afforded to all merchants of the city. + + A revival of the plan to establish a furnitur"e exposition at High Point, N. c., is reported, Statesville and Lexington should fall in line. Either one of these places is as available for exposition purposes as High Point. Greensboro has good hotels and better railroad accommodat' ons than High Point. If the people of Greenboro shOUld decide: to go into the ex-position business High Point would experience a frost as blighting as if in midsummer. + + A strike of truck drivers is imminent in New York and mallY merchants have urged manufacturers to fill their orders with all possible dispatch. The teamsters are sat-isfied with the w~ges pajd, but seek to compel the team Owners to employ none but members of the union. The mer-chants' association is supporting the team owners in their determination to employ whom their interests or t:leir incli-nations prefer. + + The severe weather prevailing in all parts of the United States during the past month affected trade unfavorably and travelers on the road have not booked generous orders ex-pected. AU are confident of a better business later, however. + + The figures are the first when seeking cheap goods. quality the selling price is not + consideration with customers When looking for goods of so important. + The business of a firm in Wheeling, West Va., was in-creased 25 per cent in one year, resulting from the judicious expenditure of $600 for advertising. + + A very successful merchant says he examines carefully the advertisements in the furniture trade papers before giving attention to the reading matter. + + Articles offered for sale for nominal sums are appreciated by the public. "Vhen given away customers do not consider the same of any value. + + A retailer disposed of three hundred kitchen cabinets recently after advertising the same pr.operly in a single issue of a daily newspaper. + + The eye is attracted by an advertised price, and it brings home to a customer the problem of whether he can afford an article or not. + + Advertising is profitable when backed up with suitable window displays and goods sold for prices marked on the salesman's tag. @ * @ An E1Iective Display Line. An advertising manager for a successful mercantile house in Illinois contents himself and obtains results by usi:J:;igone large display line and the name of. the firm in the new~p:a.per's. The line rea.ds: "See our show window5." MICHIGAN Origin of Ornament. A mo!-;t interesting series of six books on the broad subject of "Decoration," published ill London from lSS2-1886 by Sampson Lov·/ has been acquired by the Ryerson "Ptrbtic Library of Grand Rapids. The books are iUnstrated '\vith dntwings of styles of ornameJlL t]le interiors of hmo'll" Couch No. 3155-Made by Hafner Furniture Co., palaces and p,dntings, sculIJt1re <lnd art m~lI1t1filcttlrers. Space is given to the various styles in furniture and home decor-ation. and one subject that is discussed is the origin of orna-ment. It is said that the Egyptians \vere not the originators of the style.s of ornament used by them but merely used what came to them from an island in the Atlantic called Atlantis which layoff the coast of Spain and opposite the entrance to the 1Tediterraneal1. Colonists from this island came to Egypt after the overwhelming deluge had ·nearly submerged the land which is said to be the Azores of today .. now mostly submarine. Atlantis was the nurSe and fosterer of civilization and the colonizing power of the antedeluvian world. So Egypt received the arts and architecture of the island ready made as did Phoenicia. These people are said to have lived before the building of the oldest pyramid in Egypt. Art, sculpture, painting and the decorative arts of the earliest years of Egyptian art \'Vcre found showing a matur-ity, consistency and conventionality too systematic to be entirely originated by them. Other people had done the exverimenting and the Egyptian works arc simply perfected examples of another people's earlier accomplishments. The other eastern countries such as Syria" Assyria, Persia, India, Asia I\'Iinnr and Greece received the arts from Eygpt. From Greece they \verc carried by the Etruscans ",,-ho were a Dorian colony to Italy. In dte new "".-orId, ),Jexico and Peru received seven survivors of the deluge who founded seven tribes. Expl'orers have compared the art of the ne ..\., world with the old and tbere is no question about the resemblance between them. Mexican antiquities in sculp-ture were more crude while that of the East "were developed by trained artists of the mother country imported to Egypt. The 1lexicans and Peruvians were handicapped by the Jack of proper tools and shownl no skill in "realizing delicacies of proportion or refinement of detaiL" Their works 'Nere mere-ly imitations of architectural and ornamental forms they had been familiar with in their own country. In the "west the arts spread to Japan and }'Iongolia and ill the east to Rome, England. Spain and the countries of northern Europe. It is thoug"(lt that in the future when more exhaustive research has been made that the ongin of ornament may be ~'J,aced to one common source. @ * @ One for Salamanca. Furniture will be manufactured in Salamanca, N., by a company capitalized for $40,000. @ * @ Improved hotel service i., sought by traveling salesmen in the stat~ of vVashington. The aid of the legislature has been asked. In other states there is room for improvement. ARTISAN 15 "Knowledge is Power." So is money. when properly used. To know what one w;mLs- i-s- thc first step to success; to Know- w"H-et:e. to get it i" next. F.very business and professional man realizes this. It is not cnough to know where something ;;just as good" is to he had. Tbe "just as good" is seldom marc than a mere f\1rnitmc dealer to know where he can get dependable excuse. "Only the best is cheap." It is a fine thing for the l1P!whtercd fmniture. The illustr8tioll of couch No. 3155· IT1adc by the Hafner Furniture Company, Chicago, is it case in point. This couch is 30 inches wide and 7t inches long-wide enough for the average person and long enoug-h for a six-footer_ It is well made, stylish and right in every way, including the price. The Haf-ller Furniture Company have been making dependable uphob;tered furniture for more than a third of a cen-tury and will he pleased to mail their latest illustrated catalogue to any reliable furniture merchant on appl3- cation. @ * @ Booklets May Be Used With Profit by Retailers. W. H. Curtis of Brown, Curtis & Brown, Syracuse, N. Y., is not satisfied ..v.ith the results of his expenditures in adver-tising sales by circulars. Booklets arc more valuable for the purpose named, but the use of catalogues in his city is im-practical for the reason that the ma.nufacturefS change their 5tylcs so often. If the lines were changed but once a year, there would be a larger llse of catalogues. @ * @ Post-Lenten Weddings. Following the Lenten will be the wedding season. Many brides to be will not wait till the popular month of June fOf the "two hearts that beat as one" ceremony and wise house: ft1rni~hers have already commetlced the spring campaign for i '" W~'l1 furnish y<>UI Mme eompkl~Iy....<1 attmdivelyand .ave you one-third to one.halfm the <:<&. .lb-n _11 give you libernl time in which to I"'YJot!he R'JO"lo BI: 1M low rate 01, "'Y $1.00 each-.k. .~ [t'. a mighty IiklSi pl'OP'l'ilian-the tIIOOI thornugbly libetal. lIlOA : ... tidaeloty plan of omditoltered by lilly home Mniohi~ institution in Anwi<:.a lo<lay. You eojoy !he full ".. rl the gwb while po.yiDg lor them in small -lIr po.ym<:Dls. There is ~I, a home ouW.ttiog concern in the Unite<! Stal"" that COD cql1<l\ our pnceo·'l2ol on$, and jlllt now <Iurinlllhio great ~k ..Ie the laving in priee ;. in evidence IIuouihout eithet entire W>T$. Whether ymI wish to fl,rni,h one rO:ltn or a h""", ~~. we will save you a comiderable"oum and givc you Iibml <%edit be:sidta. Gmlc to .it!..", store. lei us fieure with you- Sample Fumitv.J'f'J Sale a Boon b) HmMfitters business with sweethearts. A very pretty illustration and a fev,,- sympathetic remarks treating of this subject is used in the advertisements of the ""Vinegar Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, as follows: @ * @ Extended His Trade by the Use of Circulars. A prosperous dealer in furniture located in Decatur Ill., addressed personal letters to the farmers living within a radius of 150 miles of Decatur, announcirJ5 a clearance sale of goods, with satisfactory results. He had used circulars ;end waJl advertising succcssfulIy, but depended majn]y upon the newspapers for publicity. @ * @I Commercial fraternities will erect a hotel for the use of traveling salesmen, to cost $50,000. at Little Rock, Ark. 16 MICHIGAN ARTISAN EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE, IND., February 25.-Thc furniture mall-ufacturers of Evansville report that February has been a very good month for them from a trade standpoint. The month was much better than the previous month, and February wa.s a better business month than allY month in the past year. In-dications )loint to a very god sluing and summer trade. The local plants are under operation practically 011 full time and a nice lot of orders have been received. The Standard Chair Company, located on \Valker street, has gone into bankruptcy. The concern waS organized about seven or eight years ago and had a capital stock of $75,000, and it was geilerally supposed the company was doing a very 1,ice bm;,iness. Six of the creditors tiled the petition asking. for bankruptcy proceedings, and when the case came tlp be-fore United States Commissioner J W. \¥artmann there was no protest. A short time before the filing of the petition in bankruptcy a petition was filed by several of' the creditors in the circuit court, asking that a receiver be appointed to carryon the business of the compal2Y. The assets and lia-hilities of the company have not yet been madc public. l\bdison J. Bray of· this city has been appointed trustee in bankruptcy and three appraisers have been named to ascer-tain the value or the stock and plant. The gcneral opinion is that a company will be organized to take over the property at some futnre date and operate it. A meeting of the Evansville Furniture IVlanufacturers' As· sociation is called for Saturday night, February 27, at the office of the Crescel'.t Furniture Company for the purpose of electi.ng officers. ]{ugh C. Schmitt, of the Stoltz-Schmitt Furniture Com-pany, says that business is picking up nicely and that trade ought to improve a whole lot from this time on. "Gus" Stolt.z, of the company, has just returned from a business trip to Louisville, Ky. \\rilliam A. Koch, of the Evansville Metal Bed Company and the Advance Stove Works, has returned from a busines~ trip through Texas and the southwest. He thinks that trade conditions are improving in that section and he believes the present year will be a very good one for both stove and fur-niture men. Mr. Koch is orte of the most enterprising rnanu-facturers of this city. :v1ayor and Congressman-Elect J Oh11 vV. Boehne who is in terestcd in several furniture factories here; Benjamiil Bosse, who is at the head of the World Furniture Company, tho: Bosse Furniture Company and the Globe Furniture Company, and A. F. Karges, of the Karges Furniture Company, were among the <l~legates from this ci.ty to the hi.g tariff conven-tion held at Indianapolis, a few days ago. Edward Ploeger, of the Bosse Furniture Co.mpany, ~ays that all the plants of the Big Six Carloading Association a.re running on practically full time, an·d are enjoying a good bus-iness. They have received many orders on the strength of their new catalogue. H. H. Schu, of the Crescent Furniture .company, and the United States Furniture Company, reports trade picking up very nicely. Over three million feet of lumber have been received by the local furniture fac.tories by river during the: past month" and some of this has been unloaded at the wharf. Most ,of the lumber came from l\Iississippi and Arkansas, Eli D. Miller, of the· Eli D. ::l1iller Company, manufactur-ers of fine folding beds. reports business getting better all the time. 1ft. Miller' business has grown from time to time and the volume has become so ~reat that a new addition to the factory will be built some time this year. The "Eli·folding.· heds enjoy a big sale all over the United States: /' Among those from this city who attended the'National Re- - - tail Furniture Dealers' Ass.ociation convention ~JSt. Louis, a few days ago were: \Alilliam HeYlls and] oh'n,W: Heyns, of the Heyns Furnittlfc Company; Fred A. Gumberts'of the: R. & G. Furniture Company; Eli D. Miller of -the EI'i D.Mille'r Folding Bed Compal'Y; John C. Hedderich of the Jourdan- Loesch Furniture Company; Joseph A. Zipperan(l'Jos'cph IL· Beeks, of the Eccles & Zipper .Furniture Cp.Q1:p<l-nLY.'.;B. and G~ E. Finke, of the Finke Ft1rniture COn1-~~fn'y"<I.n~l'JolJn C. Becker They report a mighty interestink"c611V'eiltion. ... ".i.~i",: '. __ '.'!' .-, The Furniture Exchange bui.lding, in codrs:,e:~oLer~ction."at the corner of Vine and Fourth streets, is nea_hn'~ ~omp(etf9j~: and will he occupied some time along abutlt~tBe' middle:'{1of." , '~ ' '~' ";+i:F;ye Made by Manistee Manufacturing Co" Manistee, Mich. l\-farch or the first of April. Workmen are now engaged in finishing the interior. Most of the office room has been spoken for and the building will be fined from top to bottom ell the opening day. Practically a1l the furniture and stove rr.anufactttrers of the city wi.ll have exhi.bi.ts in the new build-mg, The nc\.'ifstructure will be the finest business building in the city and will reflect great credit On the men who have built it. Mayor John W. Boehne will resign his position on March 1 and will go on to Washington, D. C. to be s..,vorn in as menl-ber of congress from the first Indiana congressional district. Be wiiI he succeeded as mayor by John]. 1\olan, the present city control~er. ,Ma.yor Boehne has served oved three years and has n:ade the best business mayor the city has ever had. Bes'ides being interested in several of the local furniture fac-tories he is a heavy stockholder in the Indiana Stove Com-pacy, -..vhose plant is located in this city. It is predicted by his Ir.any friends that Mr. Boehne will make a brilliant record in congress. Fred Stoltz, of the Crown Chair Company, is well satisfied with the way business is moving along. He is doing a nice business alld expects a very active season. Other chair fac-tories here are running on praeti('.ally, {nlltime. Trade has been gradua.lly getting better with them since the first of th~ year. C. W. B. :,1I CHI GA N ART I SAN 17 r-----------------------------------'---·--------~ II a _...II. FIVE COMPLETE LINES OF REfRIGERATORS RIGHT I, III Opalite Lin d. Enamel Lin d. RICES Charcoa Filled and Zinc Lin d. Send for J w CatafiigfJf dnd let UJ !l WI! )'011prife. Odllen~efteri~mtor (0.. GRAND HAVE ,MICH" U, S, A. Zinc Line movable Galvanized Stationar ......_--- -------_._-+_. A Test That Failed. A prominent dealer, while sojourning in Grand Rapi s in Jannary, related an incident in connection with the sa e of a Jine of ;lrts and crafts furniture as follovv'~: "A cust Hl1('T examining a. chair, in which the front legs were canstr cted .;eemingly to project above the arms, expressed the op nion that the construction was fraudulent Altl1l.1ugh I h.i(ve 501(: fllrniture many years and claim to have some skill in d tcct-ing bad work by the manufacturer, the piece looked g~n line, ;~nd T expressed canlidcl1cc in the manufadurer. 'I ou1<I like to hit tha.t block just once \'.,:ith a hammer.' the cu:-;- tomer relnarkcd. 'II it is an honest leg T will pay fa the chair,' he contillued. ~ly curiv.;itv \vas ap)lIsed and b lie\' ;ng tl~at I could not lo!'e in such a"trial, 1 h:mdcd the n an [! 'ntcl,et. Striking the piece it srr-art blow. the bloLk 01 th.: arm of the chair flew to pietes <Ind proved that the man was right. The block had been suck into t11e arm ove the reg. I reported the incident to the manufacturer of the hair who ~ent a new piece to replace the one <hm:l!:.!,"ed by the rna~l '.\'ith the hatchet." @ * (§) Early English and Mission Popular in St. Louis. ~L J. Earle, manager of the 1Iay-Stcrn Compan , St. Louis, !IT0., sas that mission furniture is "just getting a old" upon the people. Early English is also grO\ving in po 111ar-ity; it is much called for. People are buying -entire. uites for the dining room in early English and in some instanc s the ~;\lrestyle is purchased for bedrooms. @ .... (§) Works Well, To ascertain the cost of the goods retailed by 1\1. R ch & Brpthers, of Altanta, Ga., the 61'111 connt every item f ex-with Re- Ice Tank. Iron Lined; Ice Tank. ----_._----, pcnse entering into the handling of the goods from the time S;:Lmeare bought until they have been de1ievered in the homes of the con"umers. Freight, cartage and delivery are included. The system 'works well. @ * @ "A Long Way 'Round." By an indirect routc. of transmission riews has been re-ceived of the loss by riTe and water, sustained by the YOll11g Furnitl1re COIlTpallY at Cala.is, 11c. The telegram announcing this fad was filed at St. Stephin, N. B. The loss is $2,000. @ * @ To Invade Buffalo. Th(~ l\lay-SteTn Company, of Cillcinnati, ",,'ith branch [lOuses in 111<l11y <:ities of thc middle west, ~\re llegotiating for a store on )Jaill street in Buffalo, preparatory to opening a store of house furnishing goods in tb.:!t city. @ * @ A New Exposition Company. The Ford & Johnson Company, of Chicago, have sold their interest in the exposition building at 1435 VVabash ...venue, Chicago, to the \Vestern Exposition Company. @ * @ Manufactures Parlor Furniture. Elizaheth Simmet is a successful manufacturer of parlor furniture in Shamokin, Pa. @ * @ Hou"e & Hermann of \Vheeling, W. Va., expend from $5,000 to $6,000 annually in advertising the sale of goods, and declare that the investment is profitable. Their sales amount to $250,000 annually. IS MICHIGAN ,,~--------------------------------------- II The season for banquets i. now here. Our Banquet Table Top is just the thing fo1' banquets. ARTISAN ----_._-----------------, I OUR LARGE NEW LINE OF DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the- American market 'when prices and quality are considered. Stow 8 Davis Fumiture Co. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I.._---_._------------------------- IN THE ATTIC. Here in the musty attic air \Vhere gray wcbs quiver to and fro, I slowly climb the creaking stair I knew so wetl in time ago, And there beside the papered pane \iVhcrc s11ll1ight shifts its misty rays, J-ln<l (111 old friend once ag;lin The trtl1ld~e bed of childhood days. o trundlc. small, I hold so dear, Half bidden is your nut brown \'1'<ooc1; Tbe soft gray dust of yesteryear Has draped you ina velvet hood. The spiders toil with steady -zeal, And as they swiftly rise and fan The.y--link you with the spinning wl1eel .'r.l1at rests:, beside the mouldy wall. o treasured friend of otherd8Ys \-Vhat memories you now a\·vake-; I watch (in dream) the sun's'last nys. And figures _wierd :the shadows make. And once again I'm tucked away A-laughing, rompin'g, quiltedheCl)l, And hear once more through twilight gray A dear voi.\~<:. :ilngi.ng me to shOot\). @ * @ A Shop Mark Campaign. \\"hen a manufacturer decides that the quality of Iii:; work is so high that it deserves an emblem or name by Vdl1Chconsum.ers may distinguish it from otller makes <1IHl fully resolves to - enter Upon 'a campaign of publicity, he should take into consideration the condition of the market and the strength of the dealers selling his goods. He should count upon strong opposition from the start, as the dealer holds steadily to the right to purchase goods from whom he pleases alld to conceal their names. Not infrequcntly dealers inform patrons that the stock they purchase is manufactured by themse1Yes. In discussing tbe experiences of a large manufacturing corporation in enforcing the policy of shop marking their goods, an official of the same. s;dd: "\Ve counted the cost carefully belore we entered upou the campaign, expecting to lese considerahle trade, and several of. our oldest and most valtled customers closed their accounts. But having determined to attach our trade mark to every piece we turned out, our only course was to pursue that policy to the end. A great deal of corres- '''.' City s.le.room. 4th floor. Blodgett Bide. •• pondence resulted, in whicb we set up the claim that having expended vast sums of money ill perfecting our line and in presentlng its quality to the public through thc employment of the magazines, it would be unjust to ourselves to permit the marketing of our goods unless our shop mark had been attached to the same.' Two prominent firms joined in a demand that their orders be filled with unmarked· goods or cancelled. \Vc Made by Manistee ManUfacturing Co., Manistee, Mich promptly notified the firms that -while "':e greatly regretted to do so, their orders should be cancelled. \Ve r('.cognized the fact that the firms would have 110 difficulty in obtaining goods. but not our goods." @ ... @ Advance· Datings. In conversation with a leading manufacturer of furniture in Grand Rapids recently. he ren~arked: "A great n:any dealer;; are askillg for advallce d~tings on order!>, but when they ar~ informed th"t the shirping of tbe goods will be 'at our con~ venience,' they tlsrally say, 'Oh, well, send the goods along a;; fast as possible; don't delay our shipments.' This fact in-dicates that many_n~erchants are not overstocked with goods:' ~----------------- --- MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~----- -----------------------------_._--._---"" ! IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR I liT'S AN ALASKA III II II Thi. MOW,"the Alalka: Circulation We Sell to Dealers Only WRITE FOR CATALOGUES OF OUR Opal-glass Lined Porcelain Lined White-enamel Lined Zinc Lined REFR1GERA TORS The Alaska Refrigerator Co. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS Muskegon, Michigan New York Office: 35 Warren Street. L E. Moon,Mgr. ..---_._------- Over 850,000 Alaska ·Refrigerators Sold Since 1878 DESIRABLE FEATURES OF THE ALASI<;A REFRIGERATOR Small 'Consumption of Ice Maximum Amount of Cold Dry Air Absolutely Sanitary Provision Chamber Simplicity of Operation Perfect Preservation of Food All the above features :are necessary in a satisfactory refrigerator, and the Alaska has th~m. They are sold on their merits ooly. They stay sold and make satisfied customers. ['I ~,~ MEllt lIMIN(j -INSIlIE MHUlEI! mE : - {HARWAL SIIU HIlMi _ WOODENHEns - PE8BIED UURUlAl -..., (ll4fm.ul SIlUltilNfi ~{lUTSlDEPMlHlHl (ISE • 20 MICHIGAN ARTISA~ ~------_._--------------------_._----------------------~ ~ l;l •I'l '"~ !5g" ~• ,!i I i II ~ ~ <tI I .. •:~ I ~ I'l "0 '0 ~"• :g £ ] <:> S' •~ '"~•" 0 . .~, I .. J --------------------------- ----- MICHIGAN JACOBEAN STYLE. By Grand Rapids School of Designing, Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. There is such a variety of character in the United States. mnde up as it is of a combination of all other 1lations, there necessarily must be a ""i1riation of effects ;11 the designs of furniture to men the demand of this variation of ch;\racte~'. ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK There is. for iustancc, a class or grade ot character tha.t de-mand;; decoratioil or some show of elCR;<lnu' Or grandeur that j" not fOllml ill the sombre, shaded 111abogal'v of the Colonial: nor straight and upright (fames and 1111:Lssumlng finish of the lvfodcrn English. ).,rt5 and Crafts or l\1i55iol1; nor can this demand he satisi7(,(/ by the overworked LOJ!is XV. For thj.~ clcniand of a straight. npright and honest VranclCl1f to which T refer. the Eliz;dwthan sccn~s to fill ('very rcqnireillent, fnl' there is d~conttioll aud rich show ill the can-'ed CO)U11111<;. arches and n;oulding anI a qui(,t gr;:ll~d(,L1r ill its dull shaded snrface. The Etiz<l,hethan, J;l'('obeall and English Renaissance are hut different nan~es(or the same period style, the Elizabethan preceding the Jacobcal'. but the two \vere '30 closely identi I~C'd as to make them practically syll()l·,ymous. As early 3<; Henry Vill skilkd workn:en from Fninee, Italy and Flan- Jers \",ere imported to eurich and adorn the cathedra.l~, castles and mansions of tIle cobility amI add grace amI dig-nity to the English conrt. Thus, this revival or period ot ;ictivity that 'we (;a11 English Rell:~iss;1l1Ce l,ad a progressiv.: growth throngh the reigns of Henry VIU, Edward VI, :rv1ary. Elizabeth and James I. This was a peri,)d that prodtlced gTe"lt mCJl ill llearly every profession and \valk of life. Suc.h bi"toric figures as Sir '0/ alter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake and Shakespeare were products of this pc-rioel, Grill ling Gibbon:~ 1648-1721, was !be most prominent sculptor, carver and design- :::1' ill England at this time. His work i:i of ~urh a high "tand· ani that it is still used as models by the Ell'!'lio.;h draftsmen. This style whelJ canied to perfection in every way pro (luces all effect of e!r"·;ll1cC'. The vvalls wert: generally pan eled fr0111 floor to ceiling' ill <I rterangll1;\1' p.'Ucrn. The cell ing was also paneled, hilt in geornetric pattef11S that were il1 keepinr;:!; with the over doors alHlmantels. The furniture was elaborately ta,l"vcd :uA is admirahly suited for beds, ca"", work. tables and mantels. Chairs were of a solid and sub-stantial cOl1struction, hut give one t11e impression of a stiff and rigid uncomfortable seat. ARTISAN 21 The aCCOmp8Jllying plate page shows the treatment of a d,inil1g Jlall, suit.able for a hne residence or country seat, of which so many bxcellent examples are springing up all over the country today. Tbis room is:: intended to Tun tbrough two stories of the.' llOLlSC, as was the practice in the larger baronial halls and manors of England of the period to whid, we refer. Tlh~ dwracteristic f~ature, namely, the musician's gallery, IS sho'wn in our skdtcb, while the blank wall above the mantel is covered with a~apestry showing a medieval hunting scene. The mantel and:: shelf should be' marble, but it would look well carried out! in oak. The sideboard, although Jacobe:lI~ in character, is 4esiglled to meet the modern requirements ..)f :11e dining room[. It is not intet~ded in our illustration to reproduce faithfully :1l1 existing' modbl, but simply to show the adaptation of thi~ period of desigl~ to the beautifying of a modern and up-to <late residence. @ * @ Bambo~ Will be Propagated in Calibmia. Bamboo. a irery valuable wood, grown largely in the orietlt, will be piropagated in California. The ~ational Plant Llltroc]tlClion Ga~den at Chico, has received 140 tOl~5 of bam-boo plants, rep~eset1ting all in:port<tnt variet:cs. The entire smipmeut was gathered in Japan and China by \VilJiam I-lill o~ the department of2.gricl1lture. Tbe iarger portion of the Uamboo consists of timber varieties, but there are also a few brnamental varieties included in tbe ~i:5 ship-ment. A great: many of the plants were obtained from the Yokohama .l\tlr~erv company. The varieties that were se-lected for Chicd il!~ll1de thos~ of deep orang'e and deep green colors. These two varieties are said to be e:opecial1y useful for the blliJdi.ngj of front yard fen"'e~ as )vell as in the manu-facture of furniture. The wood is very strong and tough an<1 makes a clurabl~ and ligbt furniture. Ten freight cnrs were rcqt1it'cd to tra.lJ!sport the plants from San Francisco to Chico. .--------- ; ! • IIII II ----------~ !I I III ON SAl.E IN FURNITURE EXCI-IANCE, CHICAOO. ~._----.,.._------ . The "EUI" FOLDING BEDS ~~tFrTR~I~N:~g No Stock cpruplete without the Eli Beds in Mantel and Upright. ELI 0.,M'ILLE A·Q' , CO• EWvritaenf.ovriclluets, aInnddpiraicne8 T-·-------·------·-------·----·---------------~II II II II ,II , I I, I It II I III IIIII • 22 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Cone All Springs Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. Single Steel $200 E.ach Net $2!!! E.ach Net We manufacture a No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. full line of Single and Double Cane SEND US YOUR ORDERS. All Wire Springs. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis. ...----- BEDROOMS OF THE FLAT. Conditions That Might Make One City Lover Move Into the Country. If anything could make me want to move into the coun-try," she said as she turned back the bedclothes of a bed she had just made at 11 P. M. in a city flat, ;;jt would be this end-le:=. s, dC'l"nal making up of bed5 at 1l1ght. ;;The time to make up a bed, of course, is in the morning. You throw back the bedclothes tirst to give the bed a good airing and then when yon get to it yOll make up the bed, and there it is finished and with cverythlld trim and neat and inviting; ready to be slept in and grateful in its invitation, and yOUcan get into it without preliminary trouble. "So in the country, where you have real bedrooms big enough to contain real bcds and in .vhich yOll can makt~ up the beds in the regular, usual, orderly way, following a cus-tom inbred in women, handed down to thcm through many generations fro III which it is hard to depart. But 11m\' see what we have to do in our flat. ;'Vv' e have only one bedroom in which we have a regular bed, and that is a single bed. Vie can make it up in the morning in the regular proper "vay, <:nd really I like to go in and look at it after it is made up. All the rest of om beds are couches or lounges or beds of some sort that yon have to dismantle in the morning and make up at night. "Vv'e do air these beds, to be sure, but then we have to fo.ld up the bedclothes and store them in the bed or lug them off to some storing place, not to be brought out again till it's time to go to bed. Not until then can \ve hegin the bel\making in the flat. "Then when it would be a great calm pleasure to walk off into a pleasant bedroom and there find the bed ready and waiting for you to simply jump into it you have to get up and drag out bedclothes and lug them around from room to room and drag out couches and lounges and twist ~\l1dturn and dig over them to, make up beds before you can lie in them. "So it goes every night, night after night, endlessly'; and this making up of the beds at the wrong time, with its endless dull routine nigl1tly labor grinds on me; I hate it. Still we stay here, and here I suppose we shall stay, because we love the city and its life and light. But if anything could make me want to move into the country it would be to escape this everlasting endless making up of the heds in the city flat at night,"-Ex. @ * @ Value in Booklets. :Mr. )''1argwarth, buyer for l,uckey, Platt & Co., Pough-keepsie, N, Y., believes it would be profitable for retailers to issue booklets occasionally for the educational value such publications possess. One calling attention to the many var-dies of cabilletwoods used by manufacturers with a brief his-tory of the art of makng furniture and treating especially of the period styles, properly illustrated, would create in the: minds of readers the desire to possess better things in the household. @ ... @ It is claimed by those who ought to be fully informed on the subject that the manufacture of looking' glass plates is not, and never has been, a profitable industry in the United States, The erection of additional plants for the purpose f)f e"panding an ~mprofitable i11dustry go(',s on, however,and more millions are added yearly to the ill-spent millions of the past evidently for the pnrpose of increasing the losses annual-ly sustained hy millionaires control\lngthe industry, Goo:i money is thrown after bad by millionaires, perhaps-not. @ * @ \Vhen you hear a IIlan exploiting events of the past just recollect that it's easier to remember than to think. MICHIGAN ARTISAf l~l Luce-R~d-m-o-n-d'-Chair-ctmpany, Ltd.l BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGANI I ' I MANUFACTURERS OF I HIGH GRADE I Office Chairs, Dining Chairs I Reception Chairs and Rocker,1 Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites I Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark anll Tuna Mahogany, Birch, ~ird'5-eye Maple, Quartered ,'Oak and Circassjan Walout II I ___ I 1 !UNlotN FUR-r.UTUREco:-l !, ROCKFORD, ILL. I ! ( China Closets ' I Buffets Bookcases I: We lead in Style, Comtrudion : and Finish. See our Catalogue. t OUT line on permanenl exhibi. I tion 7th Floor, New Manufact- I I I urers· Building. Grand Rapid~. t ~~ __ i--------- -,. , I : I MA:-;UFACTURERS OF i! HARh~WOOD VLUENMEBEERRS &. II II SPECIALTIES: I ~'l";EfE'l'lQUAR. OAK VEN EERS I MA~OGANY VENEERS I ~ HOFFMAN I ROTHERS COMPANY I 804 W. M in SI" • • FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I , ~-----1- _ 1..- , --------------- --_._----~ II II! ,,I \ I II III II II III III No. 542 I ~-------------------------------------,. ,! GED. SPRATT &, CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. f\hnufacturers of Cbairs and Rockers. A complete line of Oak Diners witb guarter sawed veneer blcks and seats. A Large line of Elm Diners, medium priced. A select Lme of Ladies' Rockers. Bent and higb arm RockeTS witb solid seats, veneer rail seats, cob-blerseats and up-holstered leather complete. High Chairs and Children's Rackers. rou will get jn on the JU'MI.nJ floor whtn you buy from us. No. 542 Oak, Solid Seat. Price, No. 540% Same as No. 642 on' y Quartered Oak Ve neer Seat. $18 ~~;. --_._---. III III I III! I -------,. 23 24 .,.- I III III I II ",II I MICHIGA!\' ARTISA!\' '---------------------- '---_._---'---------_.-.~I -------_.__._-----------_._----------~I f " "~ ~ .! ,~ • 0'" '•"' '"' :J ~ ,S g '~" ;":1 ~ ~0 • • ~ 0 '~! .~•s i,'I) .\1 I C III G A 1\ I ! ~-----------------------------------r-------------------;----------------------------l RICHMOND CHf\IR CO., ~ichmond, Ind. I , I j I I Catalogues to the Trade. : I I L TheDe::-;o:p::i:i::.---------:~:~~~(~::~i:-l~,-~.~-.~O!>~.-o:0kHe.e~,~~:-:;:: IvIr. Carnegie had such <\ merr) tIme \\lth the \\a}~ and (LlY whell he COllld pndt'ce ~O cheaply as the trust of to-day. }Iealls Committee that he 'wishes to repeat it before a (0111- '\fter the orgy of chc,lpne:>s £lorn ",,111ch ML Carnegie miuee of the \Vhole of all Americans upon the sti,te of t>IC cluergcc! tnumphant the country required almost ;\s many L~llion. -:\.11'. Carnegie casts his eagle c.ye ahcad-a long way years for rect1p~r:!tion as it is now taking months after a ahead-and sees the dawn of a new eTil, jll wh.ich all prices ",'oTse dcpreSSiojl, and. the result \vas thc._cstablishl11.cnt of \.,rill be regulated by an industrial conrt. \,Vith profOllnd the trust, whose trade. :M r, Carnegie says. \",ill be reg;ulatcd solemnity be remarked-looking O\1t of the other eye-that hy a court of p ices, the most momentous change in history is now working itself Mr, Carnegi 's plan is, of course, beyond criticism, a1- out. The change £roln the system of home work, each man though even he admits that, likc the Tnter-State Commerce owning his tools and his product. to the factory system. \\"hen Commission, hi.'i court of prices "may make mistakes.''' He he sells his bhor instead of his prodnct, hee;mse he works takcs no indivi( ual interest in the effect of his plan. It is, with ,L1lother man's tools and produccs for the account of therefore, with ntire detachment that he will take the fe\\' the owner of the tools. was less tllOll1Cl1tnl\S than \\':l,:t ?rr, hurdles hefore 1 is plan CHI be accepted in its entirety. vVill Carneg'ie detects as nO\",' proceeding'. This is a big~er proh- his court of prices settle the prices for all se1lers of iron, for Jem-211d therefore a men'ier jest-th:JIJ evell the tariff proh- instance, or anI, for the tm3t: If the prices are as low as lem, about which ?vIr. C;\r1lcgie succeeded in setting' the the trust C;I11 'lion] it will do all the business, since there country hlllghing. although snl11c of the smiles were on the call1lOt be two )rices in the same l11arket. Thus the com·· wrong side of the mouth, \Ve need harrow 110 anxieties. petitors would 1 e starved to death. Or if the court's price is i\h. Carnegie is going- to have the tariff settled hy a COlll- high el10ugh fo the tmst's competitors to thrive the trtlst missinn, and after \-\'e get the llew tariff the trlbts will be w~lIld he aggr,<lt dized intolerably. Suppose the court's price c0I111H_'l1cd to ~;cll their products at prices sati:~faet()1"Y to all. faded to rev]v trade-would the court mandamus COtl- The trnsts wilt still exist, since we C<111not aholish t!lenl. sumers to bUy?lsuppose the unions advanced wages-would Hnt we call control them. the conn aelvan e prices? Or would the court fix wages as well as priees? lIn that case would not the court of prices A supreme industrial COU1"twill have to be created. he ahout all the e is of the United States Government? \Ve and evelltl1f1lly will hflve to P;lS'i upon prices-- ·disgu:.;;e suppose, though that \.fr. Cal'llegie spoke rather as a prophet this as wc may. This is I:\'Cll :t larger question th:lll thall as an ad\' eate of price regulation.-N, Y. Times, the tariff. @ * @ It is. Also it is the biggE-st qucstion S;IVC one. There i~ nothing more fundamental than the quc>'tnll of price.s, save the question of morals. Some. especially the Socialists. have thought the qnestioll of morals included the question of prices, hut IVl1". Cal'llcgie distingtt.ishes <\lH] settles the ques-tion of priccs upon purely economic considerations, hegin-ning by abolishing competitioll. Personally compdition was good enoug'h for him, \\"l1en he was in trade "he Cllt prices to keep the mills going," but now the Steel Tnlst "refuses to make any conccssinlls which will put their idle 111C11 at work." The Steel Trust is practically omnipotent. hence the industrial court to arrange prices Ior it ;lnd ib con-sumers "to their mutual satidactioll. It would he a pity to discus.;; seriously this newest devel-opment in the new era in which old principles ;lfe of no ac-count. Spenking solely according to traditioll it wilt be recalle<l thflt thc cra of unrestricted and uneconomic com-petition ",:hich T\'lr. Carnegie n~cal1s with such unction s;ltis-lied nohody but himself. He sold cheap goods for a profit, and his wages aggregated less than his prices, as appears r\ 1\ TIS A r,; I DOllble Cane Linle "Slip Seats" -the latest and best method of double cane seating. Patriotic. That l<ent~tc 'ians l~avc a very high regar9 for their nati\-e natc is itlllstrat·d by this anecdote told by onc of them: Occe a Ken uckian died. So a near ro;»ative went to the Inn1 tomhstone! artist to arrange about an inscription on the deceased's ton;l~lstone-. After (Iue co -~itatjon the near rclati-ve said, "Carvc 011 it. 'He's gone to a better place' "I'll carve 'lie's gone to heaven,' if yOll want nle to," r~· marked the tonlbstolle artist, "but, as for that other illscrip tion-there's nOli bctter place than Kentt1ck:v1" @ * @ ~rowers Engage with Woodard. J 011\1 E. Rrntver & Sons have el1tered into a contract with the \Vondard rt1rnitllre Comprtny 01 Owosso, 11ich., to design 111e;l· rim'S of tr~djum and high gl'ade bedroom furniture in the future_ The illrst line fro111 111e crayons of the Bnnvers ".·.i.ll be ready for exhibition in July next. 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ._--_._-------_._-~ I ~._._-------------- II I Hafner Furniture Company ESTABLISHED 1873, 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches Box Couches Adjustable Lounges Davenports Bed Davenports Leather Chairs and Rockers C<\.TALOG UPON REQUEST No. 3130 COUCH-Size 30 inches wide and 75 inches IOllg. A beautiful design, of generous dimensions. Heavy hardwood frame elaborately decorated with carvings and mouldings. The two-inch haIf-roulHl moulding that extends along the lower edge is finisl1cd cross-banded. Large winged clawfont legs. American golden grained qua.r-ter- sawed oak flnish. The upholstering is plain \vith ruffled sides. This conch is double stuffed with stitched spring edges. The filling is of tow and cotton felt top. Heavy white canvas duck bottorn. Hafller warranted steel s'j)ring construction, having 28 springs in the seat and 9 in the head. Shipped.1(, D., legs off, and weighs about 125 lbs. Price, No.1 Leather, $25.00. Samples shown at Man-ufacturers' Furniture Ex-change, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. Price No. 1 Leather $25 I ~----------------------------'--------------------.------ ------------------------~ Amusement for House Furnishers. Under the title HOld Fashions and New," the Chicago Evening Post of April 27 welcomes the return to that city of the manners and customs of the early seventies, when walnut furniture, marble mantel pieces, illlookil1g hat racks, excelsior mattresses and ingrain carpets were used ill old fashioned houses, with basement dining-roolr.s and \ong, na.rrow front halls. The remarks of the Post upon this subject affords amusement to modern borne furnishers. Olie paragraph CO:l-tained in the article reads as follows: "\\lith the .old fashions go a calmness of outlook, a serene creed and a serencr disregard of all troublesome modern facts. It is possible that this serenity is the attraction which is draw-ing present interest back to its phy::,;:cal surroumlings. At allY r~te, there is a dec:ded turning toward tl"e n"<Jrb'e IP~I1- tels, the heavy silver, the china and any of the rea.'ly heauti, rul exceptions to t\;<tt rule of undeniable u~11ne!;s. The quiet bOl1seho~ds, which have defied the mission invasion a11d looked upon the colonial as prjn~ev:al1y out of date are now calmly Finding themselves (;11 the boullClaries of good style again. This swing of the pendulum the older generation will prob-ably accept as ur:en;otiorally as it accepted the swing in the other direction. For it is merely standing stilL But if nur felicitations Op011 their quiet vindication are not out of place, we would like to tender them Inost heartily to the old fashions and hope, for a while at least, that they may save us from the ne'.'!." good cabinet work is m.anufactured in the west. The best furniture for hotels is made by V"r. J. Sloan & Co. of New York." The manufacturer and the dealer exchanged smiles, "Would yOlt advise giving the contract for the furniture for this house to that firm?" "Certainty.' "Perhaps you do not know that Sloan & Co, buy the goods they handle-that the firm does 110t manufacture?" "Indeed ?" "Further, and that the firm purchases a large part of -their stock from my company." The architect adroitly switched the conversati611 frOm fur-niture to carpets, f\lgS and curtains, and it was generaUyeon-ceded that the Sloan compa.ny should be considered when placing orders for such goods. TI~e fumiture ..v.ill be mad~ in Grand Rapids. @ * ® Roll Top vs. Flat Tcp. There are those who claim that the roll top desk is wan-ing. l'ersol"'ally we have always liked the roll top with its convenient pigeonholes a_nd its protecting sides against which you can shove an acculrula.tion of papers. But a numher of business offices are takin'i" out their near Iy new roll tops and putting in flat tops. Advocates of thi~ move say it keeps you from letting the papers accumulate. • ultivates disp<ltch and gets the work throt1~h faster. It seems tl1<lt whatever tends to put the work throt1.lh faster has the flrst call these days but there are certain ;ld-vantages to the roll top which should not be overlookecl--es peciil\ly tllC place on top where yOll pile up the dictionari('<; and directories ancl basket:> and magazines and newspapers and "ackages a11d other things \Vhile the oc('upants of 6;\t top desks may have fc"ver things piled around they h,we not as a rule succeeded in ('](pl"ining to the roll top man just where they put them.-Colliers. @ .... @ Will be Made in Grand Rapids. An official of onc of the 1tl'f1litt1fC manufa.c.turing ho1.tse~ of Grand Rapids visited Chicago recently, and seeking the aid ofa local dealer, called upon the owners of a hotel now under construction. The architect of the structure was called ii1. and when the furniture m"ker and seller made known the:r desire to furnish the hotel, the architect remarked: ":';0 MICHIGAN ~-----_._----------------_. ARTISAN ---_I .1-----_._----- ~---- ---- ~--------_r__i ---------------------., ! , Sligh's Select Styles Sel~and Satisfy II MANY NEW FEATURES ADDED FOR SP~ING SEASON. , I I I! III I !I, I iI II ,II II II I j IIIII IIII III I ...---------------------- SIDEBOARD No. 278. QUUltered Oak Finish. Polished Top. French Beveled Mirror. 18x40. Size of top. 24x50. Height, 68 inches. A Heavy Colonial Design with Solid Ends. $18 50 One Drawer Lined. Price - ~ • The Maniste~ Manufacturing q:ompany I MANISTEE, • • MICHIGAN I ,, ! Our New Line of ! Sideb~ards, Buffets, Dress¢rs, Chiffoniers, Bachelor Wardrobes CjJ Combination ~nd Princess Dressers and Com-modes are the best lever. CjJ Write for our Spri~g of 1909 Catalogue. It will "SHOW YOU WHERE TO GET ON." CjJ The Best Dealers tre after our stufl. Are you one of them? ----, :-----------------<1 --~ II III ,I I j I EVERYTHING FOR THE BEDROOM (Medium and Fine Quality). Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and BuchanalJ Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for catalogue. I.-._----------------_._------ ._--------_._---~ 28 MICHIGAl'\ KNOCKERINO WANTS FACT. He for One Would Not Hurt Another Man's Credit. Mt. Knockerino walked witbout knocking into the office of a husy acquaintance, deposited himself on the edge of the busy acquaintance's desk, lit a cigarette witilOl1t asking the typewriter girl whether she liked Turk smoke al~d unfolded himself: Hay-a, there, old workhorse! See you're working your head off, as usual. Bad habit. Injurious. Ought to relax. Why don't you take a little trot down to Florida? Or Cuba? Or Porto Rico? How's that? Haven't the time? That's ·whatthey all say. That's-- Oh, say. talking about Florida, d'je know Lilat Jil11-- Oh, .well, I guess jim'll slip me the money some old time, but they tell me that Jim isn't such a prompt sUpper as he might be. Jim's all right, I guess, and all that. Jim thinks, I im-agine, that just beCalS(~ he's been having a bit of trouh1"e with his wife-huh? Hadn't beard about it? \Vhy, everybody kne\'" all about that, I thought-that he's excusable for over-looking these little matters, but- By the way, talking about the domestic gag, have you heard that Ed Giddap's wife's gone back to her folks OLlt west sorriew~1(:re? Had a wireless on that last night. Didn't knock me off the bench or anything, that news. I kind o'figured right along that sooner or later Ed would be nailed with the goods. Ed, you know, had been handing-it out to his wife for years that his every night downtown ll100chings arousd were due to the fact that he belonged to a "';vhole passel of lodges a11d things, but a while ago, it "eems, she sort of "vised up and found that Ed didn't belong to any other lodge except the Tenderloin Sleep Duckers Associa-tion and the Bed Haters Society, and from hitting that trail ",he got hep to all the rest" of it, so that when Ed got home to the Hat from his office one evening last week he found little Mrs. lTclpmatie had done gone away from here, and Ed went roaring and blubbering around and telling every-body his troubles, including the janitor and ',the cop on the beat, abollt his troubles, and he only got the hoot, of course, which a felJow is bound to get when he becomes bleaty about his family troubles and all 0' that. General opinion seems to be that Eddie got just whflt he's been due for a long while. Sbe took the young 'I1n5 along with bel', and that made Ed crazy of course, cilld he's been walloping the old red eye to beat the band ever since it hap-pened, and the first tbinghe kno\vs he'll he balding down one of those little wbite cots with the green rabbits doing wing dances for him on the foot board. Say, T see you've got one of those calendars of the San Lnis Obispo Gold Mining Company stuck up over your desk. Did you bite all that stuff too? Ha, ha! V\t'ell, well! So you got busy with your little llibbler and took a knaw on that bait, hey? Ho. ho! \Vell, you haven't got anything ou me. I bought about fourteen pOllnds of those shares for seven cents a share, waiting for that sure thing rise to 80 cents within sixty da~rs, but r haven't got it any more-leave it to 'your little ptay~ mate Ethelbert not to have any of it any more. I stuek around for about a month with mine and then 'I sold it to Jack Sophtsky for nine cents a share, and ever since then Jack has been 'ltaking me to the Peary glare every time he's seen me. Don't think, old horse, that I'm trying to tip you off that Jack is the dandiest little comeau on the whole Isle of Man-hattan, but if yOU happen-ha, ha i-to have ally old Jlunker-ino certificates for anything from a pfltellt chimney cleaner to a borax mille in ::\1"0 :"'lan's LalHl kicking around and "vant to unload the stuff why all you've got to do-ho, ho!-i:, to pin Jack against the walJ in some shadowy corner and tell him what grand papers they are, and he'lI-- ARTISAN Talking about grand papers, I was ill a little game of draw the other night, and Al Notuck was in the game, and, say, you ought to've seen the cards that fellow pulled from one end of the evening to the other, and yet he was the biggest loser of the session. I never saw such mitts as fell' that guy's way during that seance, but he always caught the fine finfulls when nobody else had a thing, and you could have heard his wailings for blocks. One time he picked up a pat straight flush, trey to the se\'enof hearts, and though there were eight of us playing nary a one had anything worth making it good enough to stick along when At opened the pot, and tatk about the noise the cat animals get out of their systems when they're tossing raw meat into the cages! Al just stood up in his place and belle red like a. bull buffalo in a horn to ham scrap with the next in line as boss of the herd. Fellow hasn't got any right to play cards at all if he can't make up his mind to stand the gaff wben the-- Say, that girl that does your type, ...riting-sh~sh! lower, please-pianissimo-she's kind of a looker, isn't she? Sly dog, old boy-naughty, naughty! Leave it t9 you not to have any valentines "ruund you in your hours ~f labor. . . But watch ant, old top. have a care, have a care! Hear about Fre'ddy Cuttupp? \Nell, Freddy came reat close to losing his happy home and things over that peacherino of a tJ·pewriter girl he had in his office till about two weeks ago. You see, she came down to the office one morning with a fine and dandy Directoire dress under her coat. She was going to a party or something after office hours~that's ,...hat Freddy said in explanation, anyhQ\.v-that's what they fill say-and so she wore the swell" Directoire scenery to the office so's she wouldn't have to go home to change. But Freddy's wife happened to zephyr into his office along toward the noon hour. First time she'd been in Freddy's office for a month of Sundays, and of course she had to pop in when Freddy's shorthand girl looked like the Queen of Sheba on her way to a clam chowder party. Freddy's wife took one peek at the gorgeous apparition in the Directoire fixings alld then she let out a series of piercillg remarks that almost blew Freddy out of the window, and as for the dreamy eyedtypewritist, why, she just picked up her doll rag::; and did a Marat:lOtl without stopping to send a C Q D, and shchasn't come back yet, they tell me. Freddy's wife's dope wa!; that the typewritest was all togged up that way so's Freddy could take her out to luncheon in style and things. \Vell, you know Freddy's wife is the one with the bank wad-she put Freddy in business, you know, for he didn't have a change of cuffs when he mar-ried her-and Freddy had to do the marrowbones thing then and t"here ulltil four dollars worth of arnica didn't do his knees any good aftcr he began to take treatment for it, and ever siilce he's been going around looking like a Vv'isconsin lumberjack all the blacklist and the willter half over. Say, y'ought to see the typewritist he's got in his office now! If she wasn't born at l"t:ast nine years before Edgar Allan Poe evcr saw the -light of day then she was born last Tuesday week, alld you can hear her creak as she walks. She's got a chart on her that looks like a Cape Hattera::; storm signal, and \""hen Freddy dictfltes a letter to her she's so deaf that she has to rest her head on the top button of his vest to, hear him, and oh, it's great, fine-ho, ho! Serves'him right for letting his wife visit bim at his office. Man who permits his wife to visit him at his office is bound to have to nudg-c across with a heap of explaining sooner or tater, and- But here I- am forgetting all flhout the thing that I just happened to breeze in to ask you about. Now, I hope you'll get me right, old chap, when I tell you that I never in any circumstances do the slink thing to find out about a mau's business- and his credit anti all like that, but this is a place where it's a matter of dollars-and quite some dollars-and :'1 1 CHI G A K ART 1SAN everybody appears to have a better line 011 t11(, thill~:; than I've got, awl it struck me that maybe yUtt were hcpperino to some of it. It's this way: Joe OPCll111iU's been sliug-iw!; a proj)n"iti()ll at me 1<lte1y that sOl1lHls good frull] a whole lot of angles for ;[ moncy tlJillg, and I\-e been doing plellty of listening iu him, at tint. ollly-~ \Vdl, you know how it is. These yarns reach a fellow, you k110\,", and they sort of make him feel like ducking', 110 matter how good the thing looks. ]'\O\V I dOll't kllnw <ltl:ytltillR about Joc's h~\bits or any-tbing of that sort, but since I've been listening to his hot line of gnff ;Ibot't this good thing be ,vants to have me joiu along ill with him why I've sort of kept my cars and eycs opel', yen kJ:o",,', and there are !:iOtl1C fellows who ;=pill it that Joc's chief ;:3.';et is tl1,:t :lbility of his to t\lrn loose a lot of scutb hrcezc. ?lIet two or three people who told me ill sO mally \vords th8t Joe pl~nted the hOfllct on 'em when they \vent intu good looking things with him, and these folks were there with the mal1et for Joe big-g'cr th<111 piledrivers. NO\.\, I iJ,tte to listen to this l,ind of stuff <::llU T make it <:I practice to sort of b~:,t it aW:ly £rom whc1"e sHch talk is go-ing on, but fif COU1"Se.when one of thc.se fellows '\\'e11"t ,"hc,\(l and unreeled it that Joe before he carne to XCVI" York at nll had got into some kind of tronble with the authorities Ollt ill Cincillll8ti OV('1"SOllle queer \l;lper tl1;:t he sifted around <imong his friends, why, J ;wcl to listen to protect myself, didn't J: Fellow th;\t told me. this appeared to 11;\\,(' a\\ of t11(' cleta-ils down p;:\t, amI he said th:lt ]ue had h;\d to light like a wildc;lt trl keep uut qf ;\ ~uit of striped clothes on that occasion. \\1('11 this :;ort of ga\'c me some jolt, I'm free to admit, and H,\ND CIRCULAR RIP SAW MORTISER 2') then when T heard that Joe il<ld gone tbr_ough \vitb S0111e deal with yOU, wl1y--- Ho\\"s that: Joe's all to thc good, and as bOl1e.,;t a man <!:-i ever yuu did business with, and you'd trnst him with everything J/Oll had. allt! all like tl1:'lt: \-Vell, h'gce, 1']11 sure gl:ld to hcar that, J honest am! l\-O\"'- that yoU say that I'm sorry I mentic)Jled thosc little hits of information that Jriftcd my way, re;ll1y. It doesn't make any difference now, either, that one fellow sort of hinted to me that Joe. who's married and keeps a swell' est<iblishmellt here, you knO\v, has a wife ~llld children di\'ing in poverty out in Omaha ri;;ht at the present time, <HHl 1 don't heiieve a word of it, e\,ell if this fellow th8t did slip me this piece of illformatio11 claims to have been acquainted with Joe twenty years or so. Darned peculiar, isn't it, h\lW tl~ese strange yarns get around about a mall? They just seem to be in the air, that's all. Nobody ever repeats 'em, except in the strictest con-tidellce, as I am now, but still they float around, and the first tiling you knO\v they're public property just as ntuch ;lS if they'd been published in the lle\VSp;!j.l('rS. \Vel1, old pal, don't feel br~d ahu\1t it because YOll"ve ]learly talked me de8f, dumb (lnd blind, because I assure yOll T like it, and the only reason I am now going to beat it is because --11a, ha!-·you appear to\'e lold me ;:,bout all you know, \\'('11, s'lollg. @ ! @ No. 4. SAW (ready for cross-cutting) i\pplic;l.tiolls for 75,000 square feet of floor space ill th~· llC\Y furniture tclrplc, Gral'd R;ljlids, have hecn recei\'e(1. The erection of the building durillg- the currcnt year is <lS:;'I1"'-'(1. ----------------------------------------, !! COMBINED MACHINE Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money with less capital invested, He can holJ a better and more salisiactory trade with his customers. He call manufacture ill as good s;tyle and finish, and :d as low cost as the factories_ The local cahillC't maker has been forced into only the dealer's trade and pr()fit, because of machine manufactlJred goods of factories. An outfit of Hames' Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, reinstates the cabinet maker wltJladvantaj{es equal to bis competitors. If desired, these machines will be sold on trial. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do_ lJescriptiv# calalQg'ue and price li8t free. W. f. &. JO"N 84RNES CO.• 654 Ruby St .•Rockford, III. HAND TENONER No.3 WOOD LATHE .,._-----------_._----------------------- 1:II , III ,I , I:I FORMER OR MOULDER No.4 SAW (ready for ripping) No: 7 SCROLL SAW 30 ~lICHIGAN ARTISAN M,de by NELSON-MATTER FURN. CO. GRA.ND RAPIDS, MICHICAN ------ --- _. - MICHIGAN ARTISAN 31 ,..- ------------------------------ ----~ THE BIG WHITE SHOP L______________________________________ _ J I I j We Furnish Every Article of Printing ! II Needed by Business Men II , I , . .; I ! I : I : : , I I, 'I t I I , II :: I I I ! I ! I I ,: I, I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I•I II WHITE PRINTING COMPANY I 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, I ! Grand Rapids, Mich. I r - --------------------------------------------------j THE BIG WHITE SHOP • • 32 j\IICHIGAN ARTISAN ..-----------------------------------------------_._------ .... ! I IIIIIII II !I II , III I LI -~~-,. ~_o_t. LtncOln_'_._O_fIl_ce_c_hai_._r. __" Group of Lincoln Relics IIII I!II I! II II, IIII III I ~ Sketch by Robert Leibuis, Student in Grand Rapids School of Furniture Design. iog. MICHIGAN ARTISAN "I spent mo:-'.t of the evening last night tlg:'Eing 011 this. Oneo£ your clel-ks must have added it wrong. I\ty figures are there on the paper attached. Just make Ollt a refunding slip, please." The c1e:-!,. alert, deftly ran over the fig'ures with her pencil point. This drew a frown to the man's bro"". "Dei you say that you paid this bill?" she asked. ;;Yes," he replied, and then continued. ;'):'ou see I didn't J1Oti('e the mistake UHtJ I got home last night and ~ot to ~--- -"" I! Grand. Rapids Caster Cup Co. ! 2 Parkwood " ••.• Grand Rapid•. Mich. ! :I I:III , We are !lOW putting out the best CaSler Cups with cork bases l:n"r j offereci to the tmde. These are llnisheil1l1 Golden Oak and \Vhlte Maple in a light fini~h. These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn-iture rests. They will not sweat 01" mal". PRICES: Size 2U inches $4.00 pel" hundl"ed Size 2X inches" 5.00 per hundred Try a Samplf. Order. F. O.B~Grand Rapids. 33 'Sketch by ~-------------_._----' thinking," ahout it. Then t did !'omc multiplication of my O\Vll and came dO"\Vllhere to have my overcharge refunded." "Tt i:s queer." commented the cle:-k thoughtfully, "be-cause this bill and ticket pas!'ed through the bands of three or four before it was O. j('d. Just let me go ove1' it." Slle figured rapidly on a piece of sC:'atch paper, the man at first assuming a loftily disinterested position as if sure of his ground. then gradually he began to get interested in her ligures. Suddenly be grew red in the face as the column of I-ignres grcw in length. Th~n l~e exc!aimed: Robert Leibuis, Student in School of Designing. the Grand Rapids Scenes at the Complaint Department. The girl behind the complaillt desk sat down heavily dur-jng a momentary lull in the "kickin5"." She smiled I and patielltly pushed back a strand of light hair that persisted ill covering her eyes. "Tired?" asked her colleaguc. ·'Xo. not much," she answered, and then both of the tele-phone bell" rallg almost angrily. The girls wearily piCked up the receivers and listened, an"wer-ing. politely nCl\~ and then allc! P~llct-uatJng- the one-stded conversatlOn :with occa:-;ional questions. "SlIe certainly was Jong \vin<led. ,. laughed one of the girh as she laid down the receiver and steppe1 to her place at the desk. A big wotnan, with ;{ big hat and throat, started ill on her talc of woe. The clerk listened 1"rspectfully. "1:-; it furniture polish ?" she aSked 6nally. "J don't kno\v," was the answer of the complainer. "I bought it a ,",'eek ago. Tbere wa!' a \voman dethon-strating it downstairs and I bOltg:lt som0. It was real cheap." "Sure it's not a furniture cleaner?" persisted the clerk. "That I don't know. I said once. IL; something yon rub on and then rub off again-that'."! all I know about it." "\Ve11," said the complaint cJerk, "is there something wrong with it?" "How" do I know?" returned tbe \"'oman :Illgrily. "I haven't secn it yet to try." "(), nondelivery?)) was the quiet answer. "1 will han;~ it attended to for you right away," and she passed on to the next in line of complaints, leaving the purdtaser off the un-delivered polish or cleaner semi-satisfied. A woman of unmistakable Irish birth was leaning belliger-ently over the desk, her face red with stifled wrath. ITile clerk, not .at .all jmpressed, stepped close to her i and gently asked: "\'\.That is it, madam?" i------r..:::::.-_~ -----.~ "5h-oo-re," burst out the woman, "sh-oo-re '-"-:::::::--:-::~"""'" an' I bought it last Chursday. It was a tall, skin- --- '-- nylike clerk \vid light hair. O've niver seen the loikes uf utt t' buy a thing' an' niver set oies on 11t again!" "\Ve can adjust that ail right, madam," the girl smiling-l}' replied. "The clerk you purchased this pan from probably is off duty today. \\Then she returns we'll look up the ticket aud trace the goods." "Thrac:c the goo<ls, elll" almost shrieked the \'v·oman. "Ye'll thr:Ic:e no goods if Oi ever get my oies on that clerk. So she's absent today, eh? V,/ eJl, Oi'll come down and identify her \'\..-henshe docs turn up," and she stalked off angrily into the crowd muttering" loudly: '''An' she tuek me dollar fer it, too, will ye be lave it!" A tall, almost athletic looking man with many irregular whiskers pushed his way to the desk and usurped the Irish woman's place. "They have made a mistake in footillg up these jtems," he began a little pompously. "The whole Dill is :W cents too nJud!. and r 'would like a refund. He gravely handed over the itemized bill to which "vas attached a neat column of figures. "I must and got S-J-. <lpolog-izc-I see that T have multiplied It":, my mistake-I beg your pardon." 26 by 4 And he 34 ~[ I CHI G A N ART I SAN r---------------------------- •• •II ---------_. ----N-o-. --:1-3-23--- . . -l was lost in the crowd before the girl had a chance to get her breath. 'That fellow JlTobably spent most of the night figuring that out, then spent 10 cents car fare to save 20, and only to find that it was all his mistake. The;'c's lots of them do that." "r just bought a dress," she began with a queer quaver in her voice, "and T paid $10 on it. I've lost all my money, and haven't car farc to get home with. Can I get some money here?" There was a suspicion of a tear on her eye-lash, and her tone was strangely appealing. "1 know this woman," a clerk from the clothing depart-ment said, "she is a customer of mine, and 1 know that she is all right. I offered to let her take $2, but she wouldn't accept it. Can't she get part of that deposit money back and have the balance charged to her. "Certainly," replied the complaint clerk. "That can he ..-------_. I MUSKEGON YALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY •III II I --~_._--~ MUSKEGON MICH.,. , CotOniol SalleS 1011post Be~s O~d Dressers Chilloniers Wardrobes lOOIes' !OUeiS DreSSing lables MOhogany Inlnid GOOds h--- Line on ... Ie in Manufacturers' Building, Grand R.apidt.. .1i No. 1322-55 inches long; 32 inches wide; 47 inche~ high;· weight· 275 pounds. 1\0. 1323--60 inches long; 32 inches \vide; 47 inche', high; weight 300 pounds. Moon Patent Typewriter Attachment; desk and ma-chine can be used alternately without disturbing papers. \Vriting bed, 5-ply, built up. Ten pig. eon hole boxes. Center drawer. Square edges. Typewriter shelf 26 inches high when in positio:r.. for use. Roll top s"\veep arms, tip top and writing bed 1:% inches thick. easily adjusted. Just give me that receipt, and I'll have it changed to $7 instead of $10 and have $3 returned to you with a bill for that amount. You may mail in the balance of the payment on your suit when you g.et home." "0, dear," sighed the woman without car fare. 'II have my daughter with me, and we live about sixty· miles out in the country. I don't know whether $3 is enOl,1ghto take us both home." "\Ve will find out for you," the clerk returned patiently. ;'Just sit down there until we trace this ticket and get the tl1oney." "\Vell, I never!" exclaimed the beneficiary almost angrily. "I never!" thought it would be all this trouble. This is worse than begging for ear fare-it's earning it." And she flounced into the chair set for her with a scarlet flush on her face. ITer aside was followed by an interruption from a florid faced man who abruptly stopped in his tracks and shouted: "What chance is there to get an elevator· going down? \~l1l.at's tIle use of having 'em if they're always full?" "It's only one flight to the main floor," the clerk suggested cheerily, "and the stairway isn't crowded." The fat man snorted like an angry bull. "I've come all the way down from the sixth floor on just such foolish hopes," he said bitterly in a tone intended to be scornfuL "Now I'm going to ride if it takes all night to get an elevator thafs not paCk£d like a -sardine box." By the time the compl int girls had a chance to laugh a little at this sally the big g ng on the nearby post had rung, and already the clerks on t e great boor had begun to cover ..----------,---1- I I Morton --~ House ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 aod Up. Hotel PantJind (European PI.. ) Rat •• $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. The Noon Dinner Served al the Pantlind for 50c is THE FINEST IN 1HE WORLD. ...._------------- --J-.-BOYDPANTUND, Prop_-~f, MICHIGAN ARTISAN the counters ;)11(1table" with floorwnlkcf sallied oyer to the the tall girl. "Has the trading SLlIl1p lady been in today:" he asked. ").rot yet," laughillgly ans\vercd the girL "\-Vho do yOll nH~,lll:" asked the complaint girl"s friend, helping her on with her coat. "0, we \vere jllSt talking about the old lady \\"!lo COllles in here every Saturday. She tears madly up here ;llld says that she has been 'shorted' Olle trading stamp. \Ve always offer the dark hlue complaint desk duster". The and smiled at ...--- I• I Big Rapids Furni-ture Mfg. Co. BIG RAPIDS, MICH. SIDEBOARDS BUFFETS HALL RACKS •I'- Tn Quartered Oak, Golden and Early English Finish. No. 128. Price $12. :1 o.tf 30 days f n. o. Rig Raptds. her one. but she \vi\] never take it, no matter ~lO\V quickly 'lie get it over the connter to her. Then she says that she 'will never trade in tbis store again. But she always comes baek-always 'works the kick about the st.amp and ahvays walks off without it. I'd feel kind of wrong, I g-uess, if she didn't show up regularly. \''"e're all used to her, and I guess she's a good enough old soul, even if she is a crank." The big (Irc lights go om one by one. The stre;1111of buyers is supplanteel by a stream of salesmen and girls, and the comp1<lint elesk is left alone in the big store with only an old s,,,,ceper WOman behilHI the counter, and she is as crusty as the disappe;ning complaint clerks arc paticnt.--Exchange. @ * @ FOUR CHAIRS SOLD FOR $7,200. Top Price at the Auction of Talbot Taylor's Furniture. A suite. of four chairs of the period of Louis XV., with carved and gilded frames, upholstered ill "R;lllvais tapestry, lcrrned the chief feature at the dosing se.<;:;;o11 of the sale of the Talbot Taylor collection in New York. The designs or the tapestry represent scenes fr0111La Fontaine';;; Fables aftcr Oudry, The bidding started at $2,000 for tile lot and rdse quickl) to $7,100. There was a pause of nearly a llli11l1!C and thCll T-I. O. \V"atsoll said $7.200 and 110 one went :tny hig-ber The next pie~e sold was a. threefold S\Tecn of the sa111(' period in a gilded frame of similar design, 'with ,L';laze<1 upper panels and lo\\'er panels in Bauvais tapestr~' in designs copied :-lfter pastorals by Boucher. This went to r. ]. Smathers fOe' $2.450. He bought in :lddition to the SC1"('cnt\\'o chairs of the same period similar to the Duvecl1 set, for which he paid $3,600, a,l1d some notable specimcns of Louis XIIT., Louis XIV., Flemish and Ttali;ll1 Renaissance Iurnit11H" as weJ1 as some ',,"ood can'lugs of au earlier date. Kotahle among these was a divan of the period of Louis XIV., with carved oak frame, taver legs and shaped stretch-ers, upholstered in old tapestry au point, for .·.v..hich he pad $525; a Frellch divan of the sevenlcenth celltm}', resembling somewhat in design the old alcove beel and upholstered in tl'(' \erdure Flemish tapestry, which he secured after a spirih'll competition for $400, and a French four-post bedstead of the Hfteenth century, with caryed panels ,vhich were originallv 35 part of a judge's tribunal in a provincial court of justice, which cost him $395. Another of :\Jr. Smather's purchases was an elm",rood f1rawing tnble of the LouisXIV period, with turned and twist- (·(1 legs and extending leaves. It was started at $100 and hrought $315. He bought also the only specimen at the sale- ()f sixteenth century Italian carved oak, a massive arm chair, with bigh back, ormnamcnted ,vith cherubs' heads in relief .~. nd conventional foliage and upholstered in red Genoese cut velvet This chair, although it was specially praised by the auctioneer, huug fire at nrst 'and it was with considerable difficulty that all offer of $25 lvas secured for jt. Three or four persons discovered. at this point that they ''''anted it badly, and it was finally knocked down for $370. He secured also one of the armchairs l1pholstered in old Cor. dova leather. five of ..".h. ich were offered. This was a "winge] .'Jrmchair" of nnique design, and had it not been for the fact that the leather on the seat wa.s split would have brought the !"Jighest price of the group. It went for $1~5, while all of the ethers brought more A. C. James paid $210 for oue and $170 for another and $200 for a third, and Eastman Johnson se-emed one which had been purchased from Duveen Brothers [or $145. .A sixteenth century Flemish table of carved elmWOOdwent to J. H. j\Torgan for $400 and J. T. Tower paid $130 for a T.'lemish armchair of carved oak, with caned seat and back. The only piece of Chippendale offered was a mahogany c:lbillct, carved in Chinese style, with canopierl top and glazed front. It '\\,as divided into three compartments and stood on eight legs It was a combination of t\vo designs figured by Cbippcndale on plates CIX. and eXT. in his "Gentleman and Cabinetmakers" pnblished in 1754. It ,vas purchased by J. O. V"{right, a dealer, for $1,000. ]. B. Lenventritt bought a chaise longue of the period 0' T ouis XIV., upholstered in tapestry au poh~t, which was said to be one of the earliest existing examples, for $365, and Mrs, E. H. Frisbee seemed for $800 a pair of console tables of the period of Louis XV. of carved <ll1dgilded wood with tops of Volette Breche marble. l\1rs. Frisbee bought also several specimen;; of early wood carvings of saints and angels, among \vhich were two of the seventeenth centurv with polychro-matic decoration, for which she paid 595 each. A. V. Dick- <:on bought two plaster pa.nels of carved oak in Italian Ren-aissnnte design for $170, and a French panel of the flfteent}> century represetlting the "Lord's Snpper," for $85. One of the best of the Louis XVI. cow modes, of which seYe!·al were offered, was hong'ht by \Vorthington \Vhitehouse ..----_. ------------_._-_ ._. ---~ •IIII III !III IIII •L -'--__ . ...1 Fred J. Zimmer 39 E. Bridge 51., Grand Rapids, Mich. Maker (If HIGH GRADE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE WrUefol' Cuts and Price8. Every Piece Guarillilteed PERFECT . for $163. It was the work of a provincial ";abinetmaker, and was inlaid with apple, pear and peach wood~, A LOllis seize .divan of carved oak with festoons around the lower rail and loose cushions of old red eut velour went 10 P. Armour Valentine for $.375. R. S. Kl1ight paid only $170 for a commode of tulip wood and marC]t1ctcrie with ormolu mounts, which the auctione~~ 36 MICHIGAN ...--------------------------------- ARTISAN Michigan Furniture Co. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Manufacturers of CHAMBER FURNITURE Mahogany, Quartered in and Plain Oak. Odd - Dressers in Birch and Imita-tion Mahogany. The best goods for th~ price on the market. Write for prices. No. 118Dresser, Mahogany. I...-----. ~aid was worth $2,000, and ':V.orthington Whitehouse was th~ ~uccessful bidder for a Louis Seize boudoir suite of walnut with carved seats and back. It cost him $180. Another commode, of the Louis Quinze period, went to Mrs. H. S. Phillips for $100, and Mrs. C. D. Dickey purcha3ed a Louis Quinze sofa in a caned, gilded and painted frame, with loose cushions in old brocade, with t\ivo armchairs and three side chairs to match, in separate lots for $295. An escritoire, style Louis XV., sold for $560; a small sofa, with Oriental carvings and Be3-uvais tapestry, for $1,950; a fourfold screen for $1,950; and a threefold screen for $1,200. No. 118 Chiffonier, Mahogany. l The total amQunt realized by the: sale was $100,000, .Miss Hamilton paid $167.50 for a Louis Seize carved wal-nut side chair upholstered in old Flemish tapestry and a Louis Treize armchair with shaped walnut frame blought $130. It went to L. \""l. Sprague.-N ew York SUllo @ * @ For Sale at Once. The best paying complete House Furtiishing business in Michigan. Old established, good prices, a gold mine for a hustler. Address "Bargain," care Michigan Artisan. Nov. 25th-tf INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Alaska Refrigerator Company' " , 19 Aulsbrook & Jones Company '.' , . Cover Barnes, W. F. & John Company., .. ,....... . 29 Big Rapids Furniture Company..... . ,35 Bockst,ege Furniture Company.. . 8-9 Bosse Furniture Company .... ,....... . 8-9 Challenge Refrigerator Company,......... . : 17 Charlotte Furniture Manufacturing Company Cover Ford & Johnson Company , , . . Cover Globe Furniture Company., .. ,....... . , 8-9 Grand Rapids Caster Cup Company. . .33 Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company ,...... . _ 7 Hafner Furniture Company.............. . 26 Hoffman Brothers Company., . , . . . . . . . . . .. . 23 Hotel Pantlind .. , , , . _... . , .. 34 Karges Furniture Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8_9 Kauffman Furniture Manufacturing Company _. . , .11 Lentz Table Company, .. _ .. 1 Luce-Redmond Chair Company, Ltd. . . . . 23 Luce Furniture Company _. _. . Cover Manistee Manufacturing Company. . . . . . . 27 Metal Furniture Company...... . .,. . . , .8-9 Michigan Engraving Company .. _. . , . . . .. . 10 Michigan Furniture Company _ _ , .. ; . , .. ; .-: 36 Michigan Star Furniture Company , : ... ;. ,';',.;, .'. 2 Milter, Eli D., & Company. ..21 Moon Desk Company...... . .. 34 Morton House.... . . .34 Murphy Chair Company. . . . . . . .. 5 Muskegon Valley Furniture Company.. . .. 34 Nelson-Matter Furniture Company.. . . . . ..... Cover Palmer Manufacturin2" Company.... s Pioneer Manufacturing Company. 5 Richmond Chair Company. . . . . . . .. 25 Rowlett " _ ,. , . ,. 2 Royal Chair Company , , . .Cover Schmit, Henry, Company ,. . ..... , , . .. . .. 13 Shelbyvill,e Desk Company , . , ..... , 1 Sligh Furniture Company., .. ,. . .. 27 .Smith .8£ Davis Company.. . . . _ 22 Spratt. Georgej -& Company." . . .23 Star Caster CUP Company" .. , . . 13 Store For Sale .... ,....... . .... 36 Stow & Davis Furniture Company.. . . . . . . . .18 Union, Furniture Company (Rockford).; . , . . . .23 White Printing Company. . , . , ._ _ 1-31 Woodard Furniture Company............ . , Cover World Furniture Company.,.............. . , .... 8-9 Zimmer, Fred J., " , ;,., ..35 I~- - I I -~ --- --------~ f------- I ------- . No. 892. 48x30. VISIT CHARLOTTE AT ANY TIME GRAND RAPIDS Furniture Exhil,ition Building CHICAGO ] 92 Michigan Avenue CHARLOTTE MAKES GOOD TABLES CHARLOTTE MFG. CO. CHARLO'ITE, MICH. - . --i • W oodard Furniture Company OWOSSO MICHIGAN Manufacturers of High Grade Medium Priced BEDROOM FURNITURE In alithe Faney Wood. and Finishe._ Line especially strong on Circassian Walnut New eatalCligjuat out. If you have not received one .end for it. - "''1 . BUY ! II III III III ~II Ik k DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS BEDS WASHSTANDS PRINCESS DRESSERS CHEVALS ' SIDEBOARDS BUFFETS DINING TABLES CHINA CLOSETS SIDE TABLES 'I 4 IN ALL THE CABINET WOODS AND DIffERENT fiNISHES ====OF==== .~The Luce Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. h--. --' I I • A Large Selection- • Our lines have recently been greatly enlarged and strengthened and when you see them at 1433-1437 Wabash Avenue CHICAGO You can not go away dissatisfied. Chairs of sterling quality---from cheap and medium to the highest grade. You are cordially invited to drop in and see us. THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. Chicago New York NewHaven Cincinnati Atlanta,Ga. Louisville,Ky . • - ,

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