Weekly Artisan; 1910-05-07

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRl\ND RAPIDS r fUllLIC tE;Ul~RY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••MAY 7. 1910 NELSON -MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Oak. If you have not one in yonr store, a simple reqnest will bring you ourm.agnificent new Cataloatue of 12x16 inch page groups, show" in4 suites to match. With it, ~ven the most moderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. ~ •• a.a a.a p •• • •• _. •• •• _. ._.._. i··· ... --.., LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. .. .Cat.alo-g-u.e-s-.to De-al-e.rs- -On.ly...---..- ..----. _.. -- _. .. .- ..--.. ---------------- - - .._~ Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bini' J Eye Maple Birch !Zu4rtered Oak and ClrC4JIIan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS PUllLIC LIEnARY 30th Year-No. 45 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MAY 7,1910 Issued Weekly SPANISH AND MOORISH FURNITURE Historic Styles That Have Exerted a Great Influence on Most Modern Designers. ~pal1l"h fUl rllture r" '>0 ,h ,trnctrve, ,,0 unIque, "0 ')panz,lh, that It hardly need" to be labeled "made 111 ~paIn" -Whether old or new, It proclaIm" Itself as truly as do ca'3trneb and lace mantl1las Those who are very fortunate may own an occasIOnal pIeCe, other", less ",0, find VISIts to museums and "hops of 1l1terest Pos"essIOn IS not always nrne pornts m the hapP1l1ess of a lover of old fUl1nlture, and thl3 is well, for the collector's spInt IS more umversal than the collector s purse The amount of old furmtul e, Spalllsh or otherWIse, berng relatIvely small, It IS perhaps proVIdential that all are not PIerpont Morgans Collect1l1g would be even more dIffi-cult than It IS now, and the profes'\wn of ye fakrr of antIque" would put honest men out of busrness As It IS the supply IS never qUIte equal to the demand, so there IS always the Lest of pur"urt, and no really fine pIece ever goes beggrng All aUf Important museulms have collectlOns of furnIture whIch rnclude Spamsh examples, usually cabInets and chest'3 SpanIsh furnIture may be seen from tIme to hme rn pnvate collectIOns and many people own old chaIrs whIch show Spal1lsh mfluence Most of the artIcle,:; belong to the Span- Ish RenaIssance and WIth the pOSSIble exceptlOn of the chaIrs are more or less Moonsh in feeling. The :Yroorrsh element rn the furnIture of Sparn gIVe'3 It a dlStl11Ct character and I" the chIef rea'>on for ItS great tascrnatlon Spam~h drchltecture, pottery, metal work, etc, are rnterestmg In the same way, It IS ImpOSSIble to separate from them that atmv,phere of 10 mance assOCIated WIth everythl11g HIspano-.:vlore"que Spam rn 'her glory seems to !rve once more In thos~ mar-velous cabmeb of wood and metal, and to Ibrrng before the eye of the beholder the days of FerdmanJ and Isabella, of Charles V and Phlhp II, and If the hIstory of the Moorrsh mvaSlOn and expulSIon be of mterest, such romantIc figure'> as Ibn-Al-Ahmar, Abu-I-\Vahd-IsmaIl, Yu",ef II, Abul- Has-san, and the great BoabdII, and others WIth names dIfficult to pronounce and almost Ilillpossible to spell Some one has saId that all Moorrsh archltecl ure IS a '3ort of "grandlo",e Jewelry," and thIS IS true of a great deal of furnI-ture found m Spam, partIcularly of cabmets and chest'> where fine metal Vv ark IS usually conspIcuous The ~abmet elevated on hIgh turned or carved columns IS a characterrstIc pIece and as one or more examples are ltsually found m ('very museum and in many prrvate collections, IS as typIcal d specImen a" could be selected ArtIsts often brrng back from sketching tripS such pIeces, and the mere possessIOn of otle m no wIse mdlcate'> a mllllonalfe There IS, naturally a great difference rn the relatIve beauty, rarrty and value of the,:;e artIcles. Some are much more elaborate m deSIgn than others, also there IS a ,.Ieal of dIfference rn the materrab used \Vood, Iron, and horn, for Il1stance, are a less costly combrnation than wood, ivory and SIlver Gold, lrkewbe IS an expenSIve addl- TYPICal Cab~net of the Spanish Renaissance tlOn There are many varratrons and many subdIvblOns of thIS partlculal style The cabrnet Illustrated IS an interest-rng example of the can ed Renals;,ance ty pe One type I" qUlte plarn apparently, but the whole front lowers at the turn of a key and reveal:" an exqUlslte ll1lay of ivory and metals wlth ornamental bosse", And there are many vanatlOns of thi" beautIful style. Iron IS used most attractively at tImes and the rnlay includes bone, horn, shell, and occaslOl1ally pa1l1ted decoratlOns Color IS sometlme3 in-troduced beneath the shell in the manner 0 late Boulle and 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---, ..- _._ .. - t and the effects thus obtallled are extremely \ aned The general construction IS much the same, namely an elevated chest-in fact, the connectlOn between the chest and the cab-met seems to have been closer 111 Spalll than elsewhere Many cabllleb were then, and are still, called chests, as for mstance, the elaborate piece of furnIture III the Sutton col lectlOn whIch IS l1lustrated here ThIs suggesb a chest ot drawers rather than a cabmet, although It has the dmp leaf which IS found on the chest-cabmet Every part of the workmanahlp IS exquIsite and meludes llllay, pamted orna-ment, llltncate metal work and an elaborate llliay of '>11\er, ivory and shell. From her possesslOns m the onent Spam Imported ebon, and Ivory and other co~tly adjuncts to furnIture makmg The elaborate metal work which today IS the 1110",tmtere"tmg part of a great deal of this furmture 1<; Spa111 " mo..,t Important Lon-tributlOn to furmture maklllg \fany chapter" couLl bt \\ rIt-ten of ::\foorIsh metal work and ItS relatlOn to the SpanIsh RenaIssance Dama,:>cenlllg, melo-work, and kmdred crafts had long belonged to Spam, follow1l1g clo"ely on the \loon..,h lllvaSlon In Granada, the city of the \foor'> \'> ere fa"hlOned many of the most elabOlate chests and cofter" and long after the MOOrIsh expulSIOn, GranaJa \vas "tIll the centel at fine cab met V\ ark Those who VISit the \lhambra toda \ can trace many slmllantlb between the V\all decoratIOns of thIS famous palace and the embelhshmenb of old Spam"h £1..11- mture The Gate ot JustIce and the Gate of Judgment recall m a grander, bigger waj certa1l1 mot1h m mla\ and metal rehef, and whole arch1tectural and Jecoratl\ e ~cheme brIng.., to illllnd the compan",on already Cited that It IS all a grandlO..,e kmd of Jewelry In some of the most t) plLal cabmeb, the deep hd when lowered reveals I111mature arche" colonnaJes. and doors, suggestmg that much of the furniture h arch1tec-ture in lIttle A famous Enghsh CrItiC m cle"cnbml; '>uch spec1mens says, "They are blzan e and altogether rather bar-barous, but nch and effectn e" Barbarous they are undoubt-edly, but w1th such a fascmatmg quahty that many collector", would rather own one than a whole colon) of other cabmet~, although the work of France, Italy, Holland and rlandcr" 1'3m no way d1sparged Spam owed much to the"e countne"', par-ticularly m the sixteenth ancl seventeenth centunes Charle" V, anxlOUS to outdo h1S rOj al [yrother-m la \'V, FranCIS I. and reluctant to be snrpas",ed by Hem) V III, both great patron" of the arts, mVlteJ v\ orkmen from all the llTI-portant centers of Italy, Flander~ and France In the c1tles of Seville, Toledo, Valladohd and Vargas, \ Is1tmg artlsam establIshed their crafts, and amon~ the number were \\ ood carvers, tapestry weavers, marqueter" anJ goldsm1th" 1lem-l" h and ItalIan lllfluence are consplCUOU'i In much of the fur11l-ture of th1S penod. on the othe1 hand, Spa11l~h mfluence I~ ~ ... _8- ... DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. OAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. .. -----_.----------• .a ~een m a1mo~t as great a degree m certam FlemIsh des1gns Charle" \, 1t \\ 111be remembered, wa" a composite royalty, be111g kmg ot Spam, Emperor of Germany, Count of Flanders and Duke of Burgundy The 111tercour~e between the CQun-tnes, pohtlcall) speakmg, was close and this re1atlOn natur-all) 111fluenced more or less all the arts Se\ eral turl11ture de'i1gns appear to have traveled back and forth, as 1t were, gammg and losmg \\ 1th the process, particularly the "tra1ght-back h1gh chalf of the seventeenth century The 111fluence of the Flem1'ih cane cha1r on the furl11ture makers of Europe has been mentIOned The leather cha1r of Spa111 equaled 1t 111 1mportance Both had hIgh backs and carved legs and braces, but there the resemblance ended The Spalll"h des1gn cons1sted of a sturdy frame of oak, chest-nut or v\ alnut, a back completely encased m leather, turned Manufacturers of -.,..------------------ ------_._--------- -- -- -- -- ---._-_._----------_ .._--------_. -- - - - - - - - - ... Pitcairn Varnish Company ... I Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. ... __ .a_a_ .. _ ...... t -- ... - _. WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 • _ ••• •• a.a ••• __ •••••••• Ash for Catalog "J" ACCURACY, DURABILITY, ECONOMY Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. • Let us tell you about it. jII I•t II t fII I •~- No. 181 Multiple Squ.re Chisel MortiseI'. WYSONO « MILBS CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREBNSB OR0, N. C. -- ..~ ---_._----- -----_. __. stretcher"" a carved underbrace and hoof feet The leather was usually decorated Cordovan held 111 place With large natls In the pure Spalllsh type the seat was hkewlse of leather An lllterestlllg fate pursued thlb chair, together with the cele-brated Flemlbh deblgn Enghsh furlllture makers combined the back of one With the feet of the other, ",ometlmes usmg cane, sometimes leather Amenca 111 the late seventeenth century usually had Spalllsh feet grafted on Flemish frame-work With a back and a seat of cane The blendmg of the Made by Upham Manufacturing Co • Marshfield, WIS. two models usually worked for good. for m the hands of skIlled craftsmen the best pomts of the two were retal11ed The SpanIsh foot was more graceful than the FlemIsh, whIle the general constructlOn of the FlemIsh chair was better E nghsh furniture makers gamed lll'ipJratlOn from both m t<helr famous Jacobean designs of VI ood ancl Cdne A Span-i'ih "peClmen IS now III the Mu 'ieum of Fl11e Arts, Boston It has the hIgh back of leather, the hoof feet, the carved under-brace, the beautIful nall headb and other dlst1l1ctIve features It IS a fine example of an mterest1llg type Another chair [S ••••• _ •••• a.a _ •• as ._ of Enghsh 01lg1ll and shows a mmglmg of Spal11sh and Flem- Ish motifs The feet are Spa1113h, the frame and other details are pure FlanJerb ThiS attractJlve piece IS now spending a comfortable old age m Salem 111 company With other seven-teenth century things .:vIahogany was known 111 Spam at any early date, and Esther Smgleton, m her big furniture book, gives an inter-estmg quotatlOn beanng on that pomt In a dialogue in an old Spalllsh book pubhshed late m the "Ixteenth century she finds the followmg "'How much did you pay for thiS escntOl io?' "'More than It was worth forty ducats' " 'Of what wood IS it?' " 'The red IS mahogany (caoba) from Ha\ ana, thiS, which IS black, 1:0ebony, and the white is Ivory' ., 'It IS certa1l1ly very cunous, and the marquetry IS beau-tifully made' " 'Here b a buffet (bufete) of a better workmans'hlp , " '\\There was that made?' " 'The buffet and the chairs came from Salamanca'" "Another author of the same penod tells us," writes Miss ~l11gleton, "that furniture makers Imported from the Indies much ebony and mahogany, of which they maJe escntorios and mesas (tables) of the most beautiful workmanship "Thus we have dJrect eVidence that mahogany was used by Spalllsh cabl11et makers before 1600 It has been sug-gested that, In consequence, v"hen furl11ture was made of ma-hogany, dunng the next century, ~t came to be called by the name of tho'ie who fir"t used that wood. and that the 'Span-hh' table wab merely a mahogany table" An early reference runs m thIS way "Set me fine Spal11'ih tables m the haIl, See they be fitted all Let there be room to eat I\nd order taken that there want no meat See every sconce and candlestick made bnght That Without tapers they may give a hght Look to the presence are jihe carpets spreacl, The dalb o'er t'he head, The cushIOns on the chaJrs, And all the candles lIghteJ on the stairs? Perfume the chamber" and in any case Let each man gIVe attendance m hiS place" In thl'3 old rhyme an entire mtenor IS depicted-the daiS, the cushlOned chalfS, the carpets 'ipread, the Ibnght sconces and pohsheJ candlesticks, the hghted tapers-and Imagina-tion Will add the people and the costume", a brave, gallant company m very sooth - Vlrgmia Robie, 111 "The House Beautiful," Chicago , 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN .- ... NO OTHER ._._-_ -..~.__ .._. . . -.. SANDER ... .... . makes it possible to dispense with hand sanding. Our No. 171 Sander produces a finish on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings that would be spoiled by hand retouching. Ask for Catalog 'IE" No. 171 Patented Sand 8elt Machine. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C.. t ~ Grand Rapids Personals Thirty Years Ago. (From the MIChigan Artisan December 1880) H. G Dowell has engaged With Frank ~Ienter of ChICdt;0 for another year. Wl1lIam H Jone", of the Phoenix FurnIture compam. I~ cnroute to CalIfornIa M. L FItch of the ::-Jelson-1Iatter com pam ,1'0 pa"'''lI1g thL holiday season 111 Grand Rapids E H. Foote, secretary of the Grand Rapids Chair com-pany, has returned from a tnp to Iowa George D Conger of the SlIgh lurl1lture companv re-cently toured \lVlsCOnSIl1 anJ 1\IlI1nesota W A Drown, travelIng salesman for the \ e\\ England Furniture company, is at home for a few Jay'" R \IV Corson of the Berkey & Gay FurnIture lompam is preparing for a tour of the markets 111 thc eastern "tate'" Frank Bercry and A -\ Barber, tray elIng "alesmen at the Grand Rapids Chair company, are at home for a fe" da\ ~ J H Bell of J H Bell & Bro , Pittsburg, paid a \ ISlt to Grand Rapids recently, and placed lIberal orders for furniture A S Herenden of t'he Herenden FurnIture com pam Cleveland, was the first buyer to arrn e 111 Granel Rapids tIll" season. George I Bicknell ha" retIred from the "en Ice at the Phoel1lx Furmture company and returned to hIS former home in Boston. Charles \\T Jones, a successful "ales man, has engaged to travel for the Phoelllx Chair company of Shebm gon dUrIng the coming year C H. D. Arcus, supenntendent of the Grand Rapid'" Chair company, was presented With an elegant "Ih er tea ser- VIce by the employes of the company on Chnstmas day E N Foss, agent of the St '\lban" (Vt) \IanufacturIn~ company, IS 111 the City, "ellll1g the Common Sense dry kIln (\1r Foss \va;, elected to a ;,eat 111 congre'3S In :Ma;,;,achusetts recently -Ed ArtIsan) An Incident of Thirty Years Ago. \ dealer 111 furl1lture from a bIg town m the MISSissippi \ alley, wIllIe enjOy mg an after-dll1ner Clgar at the Palmer house, Chicago, was approached by a manufacturers of desks "I have a good lme of office desks I would lIke to show you." "\\ here are the "am pIes ?" the dealer inqUIred '\t my \\ arerooms on the west Side," the manufacturer IemarkcJ The man from the big town on the rivel encompassed hlll1..,elf \\Ith a long overcoat and went out to face a ragmg storm \\ Ith the manufacturer After a street car nde and a long \\ alk, the\ "topped before a rIckety old IbUlldmg, when the manufacturel led the way up several wmdlillg stairways to the 10ft, dark and Jirty. "Here the) arc-fifty m number," the manufacturer re-marked "ThrO\'\ open a wll1dow or two and let a httle lIght mw the room," the dealer requested \\ hen thiS had been done, the clealer looked the stuff over and shook hIS head "The panels are warped," he remarked "I can soon repdJr them," the manufacturer replIed "But quite a number of panel" are splIt, I notIce," the dealer contIllued "I don't thmk you could mterest me in \ our cle"ks l\Iy adVIce to you IS to rent a store and sell the desk" at auctIOn You could not expect to sell [he lot to the trade The manufacturer deCIded to accept the advice glven- \fJchlgan :utIsan, December 1880 -----------------------------------------------------... "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY .... H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .,. ..... . . WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 " 1 .....---- -.., You cannot find better Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer I than we could furnish you right now. i Write us. I WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH . COMPANY .._------------ ---- - - ---------- . Fighting the Demurrage. }I1chlgan shIppers are not alone m the1r Oppos1tJon to the code of demurrage rule., sanctlOned by the mterstate com-merce comm1S~10n and adopted by the vanous state railroad comml"slons Protests are heard from shIppers in all parts of the country. PartJcular obJectlOn IS made to the clause requJr1ng shIpper" to gIve bond for the pay ment of accrued charges It 1S branded as an ImpOSItIOn LOUIsville shlpper~ have Jeclded to fight It Protests have been met by railroads flor freIght charges which are declared to be Illegal under the mter~tate law The:t\ ew England Board of Trade of Boston has appomted a commIttee of SIX to prrotest to the mter,>tate comml"SlOn against the rules whIch allow only two days free tll11e for unloadmg cars It IS probable that the commISSIOn WIll take the matter up in Washmgton Junng the commg week when the commIt-tee appomted by the Amencan Railway AssoclatlOn will meet m Washington to prepare a ,>et of mstructlOns to be 1ssued by the raIlroads m connectIOn with the operatIOn of the rules About the same tJme a commIttee of private car owners WIll meet m vVashmgton to present a petJtlOn to the com-misslOn askmg that body to modIfy the rule3 WIth respect to cars pnvately owned. Procter & Gamble are takmg the imtiatJve m the matter, and 1t will be argued before the comm1SSlOn that when a pn-vate car IS stamlIng on the side tracks owned by the company whIch owns the car, It IS no longer in publIc servIce and It is nobody's busme",> when 1t IS unload~d Followmg the adVIce of the commIssIOn, the raIlroads have refu"ed to make any change'> or any exceptIOns in the demurrage rules upon the theory that change'> mIght be em- " - ------------------~ played to bnng about dl~('1lmmatlOn m favor of ,>olmeshIppers if any change" are made 1n the rules, 1t WIll Le by orJer of the commbSlcn or of a court Recalls Marcus Stevens. One year ago Marcus Stevens, leadmg dealer m furmture 111 DetrOIt, dIed and was buned by many mournmg fnend~ and acquamtance" Before passmg out of life he prov1ded m h1S w1ll for the contmuance of hIS bus1l1es~ for the term of five year'>, the actJve management to remam 111the hands of h1'> trusted lIeutenant, C A. Brockway and :\I[r Chidsey The hou"e plOspered but recently vahd cla1ms agamst the es-tate amountmg to $30,000, unknown to the executors of the Ii\ Ill, were filed w1th the commbSlOners of the probate court and allowed The presentatlOn of these cla1ms wh1ch are held by ~Irs Stevens and other relatJves of deceased, will ne-ce'> Sltate the cIosmg of the ibusmess, the ,lebts of deceased are '>0 large that the a~sets w1ll be absorbed It 1S hoped that cap1tal may become 111tere;,ted so as to penm1t the bUSI-ness to contmue WIth Messrs Brockway and Ch1dsey -}I1ch- 19an Art1san, February 1881 Metal Veneers. Fredenck Koskul, the deSIgner employed by the Berkey & Gay FUr11ltUl e company, has 1I1vented anLl patented a pra-ce"" for producmg metal veneers A metal fUll b pa1l1ted or lacquered, then varmshed, then mounted and subjected to hydraullc pre~sure The process 1S a novel one and should prm e of gl eat value to the owner -~lch1gan ArtIsan, Janu-ary, 1881 .......- .. .. ... ---------------.. .._---_._._. ----------- ... _- ... MOON DESK COMPANY DESKS OF MERIT I....----- MUSKEGON, MICH. . ---..---_. -----------------------------------4 •• f 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------- ... _.. ...-_.. 1 F. Parthi~~--1 1034 Grand Avenue CHICAGO WAY DOWN IN OLD VIRGINIA. Somethinli of Richmond and Its Furniture Man ufacturing Interests. RIchmond, Va, :.vIay 4 -RIchmond 1:" a prett, Clt, of 100,000 inhabItants and wIth the annexatlOn of th~ suburb Manchester, wIll have 130,000 It IS bUllt on selen hl1ls and the people here are nearly always gomg up 01 dOl' n a h111 A large manufactunng and whole"ale bus1~ess IS done through the south, but It IS not especIally noted m the furnIture hne The retaIl center 1:" a busy place, ha' mg t,,,o bIg busme<;.., streets, Ma1l1 and Droad :\Ionument a, enuc, the be'3t re'31- dence street IS one of the finest m the countr} The CIty 1:" gr'OW1l1grapIdly and 1,0 show1l1g much of the northern enter-prise. There ane about 50 fUlmture concerns J01l1g a bUSI-ness of about $1,000,000 a year There seems to be a good openmg here for manufactur-ers of brass and 11 on beds, furmture and other such lInes The south IS a large field and well worth gomg after The six trunk lIne ral1roadi3 gI" e ample :"hlppmg faclhtle". "I/'h the James nveI, makes watel connectlOns "lth ~ orfolk, Bal-tImore, \Vashmgton and other pomts The bankmg accom-modatlOns are first class and the chamber 01 commerce IS very energetic m boommg the CIty. The clImate i" very good The wmters are nllid and the summers are pleasant and not too hot There IS practlcally no wholesale furmture trade here and there IS room for a house of that kind. There are wholesale hou"Jes m almost every other hne of business The RIchmond \Voodworkmg compan}, 14 ~ orth Seventh street, has a factory at lVlancheste1, mak1l1g "aI ehobe-" offie c .,'."...""--------------. __.--_._._-----, Doetsch & Heide r Co. Telephone, LIncoln 796 1534-1544 Greenwood Terrace CHICAGO Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames TO Reach OUR FACTORY Take Clybourn Avenue car to Ashland Avenue and walk three blocks North to Greenwood Terrace, then turn East Into Green-wood Terrace. Or, Clybourn Avenue car WIth transfer on South-port Avenue car, thence over Southport Avenue to Greenwood Terrace and walk West ... . .. . Manufacturer or Willo'" Furniture SEND FOR CATALOGUE tables and de:"ks They have put m new machmery and sell all over the country They have been out of the casket mak-mg busmess for a year, but are now makmg them, as well as tobacco retamel s George Pope IS pre"Ident, Everett B :\100re 'Ice pre"Ident, RIchard H :\100re secretary and treas-urer R G Lowman 15 the new general manager ThIS plant 1:"qUlte complete and 1'3kept busy The :\1anchester Furl11ture company, a branch of the RIchmond Cedar company, at J\Ianchester, gave up bu.sines'3 about a year ago and the plant IS st111Idle The James Rn er Furmture and Mattress company at l\fanche<;tcr make" 10unge'3 and couches and has put on a new hne of parlor SUItes They al e domg a very good business LeViIS SmIth who"VVas "Ice preSIdent and general man-ager of the RIchmond \Voodworkmg company, has left that concern and 1<;now WIth the government sh1pbUllding depart-ment m the PllllIppmes The ;\mellcan Cabmet :\Ianufactunng company of Man-chester, are makmg kItchen cabmets and .school desks The .\mcllcan FurnIture and FIxture company, 2817 Les-ter <;treet are makmg office and bookkeepers' desks They ha' e recentl} enlarged their fonce and made many changes in the plant Bl1'3mess IS saId to be so gooJ that they can hard- I} keep pace" Ith the orders Charles G Eckert, a cab1l1et maker here, recently cele-brated h1.o 95th bIrthday He has lIved 58 years in Rich-mond and expects to reach the century mark He walks six ml1es a day, does not use glasses and is strong and hearty. The Home Furmsh1l1g company of 217 West Broad street, are gett1l1g ready to move to theIr new store at 123 Broad street, where they have a larger bU11d1l1g. The '\ ocll-Anderson l\Ianufactunng company of Dan- ,Jile \~ a , mak1l1g fllrl11tllre, have made an aSSIgnment, with habJiltles and assets each about $40,000 TheIr capItal stock IS $100,000 The Mayo SpeClalty Manufactunng company has been incorporated '''Ith a capital of $5,000, to make a patent com-b1l1ed invalId chaIr dnd bed They wJil buJid a factory S P Mayo IS preSIdent and treasurer, Harry B Owen, .secretary, ACTa} lor, manager Toler & Sons are making a hne of furnitUl e at Man-chester The PItts Furl11ture company, retaIl dealers of 1429 East Ma1l1 street, have recently moved to theIr new location, at \Vest Broad and J effersol1 streets The firm recently 111- creased theIr capItal ~tock from $30,000 to $75,000 \Ian) a fellow get:" a skate on who was never 111 a rmk ll1 hIS hfe ~-------------------------------, factory at EnnIs, Tex, whIch was about to be moved to Ternll, Tex Lauerman Brothers, fUl111ture dealers, have foreclosed a chattel mortgage on the fUlnitUle, bedding, etc, m WhIte's Hotel of l\lannette, Wb The goods were sold at auctlOn and bId m by the mortgagees. The Century FurnIture company of Grand RapIds, MICh , have theIr new factory nearly completed. They have let con-tracts for the dry kIln to cost $2,000, engme house, $2,000 and a coal house that wIll cost $500. The Fred STucker Fur111ture company of Colorado SprIngs, Col, are remodellllg theIr store V\Then the Improve-ments are completed they wIll have two floors and basement, 50 x 190 feet clear of obstructIOns. It IS claImed that the Stearns & Foster company of Cm-cmnatl, 0, makes more than four tImes as many mattresses dS any other mattress makmg concern m the w01ld TheIr factory was establtshed SIxty yeaI sago. E E Thompson, a wealthy farmeI, has bought an mter-est m the retaIl furnIture store of Hawkms Bros, of Sprmg-field, Mo. The firm has been reorganized and is now called the Hawkin" Bros' House FUl111shmg company. Raubold & Lambm, manufacturers of fancy fur111iure, pIcture frames, etc, of ChIcago, have mcorporated, WIth capI-tal stock fixed at $30,000 J. B. Nachsheim, F. J. H. Lambm dnJ Albert F Sauer appear as the mcorporatlllg stockholders C H ArmItage, representing the MIchIgan Fe1tlllg company, of Grand Rapids, is gomg about the country Jem-onstratmg the manufacture of felt mattresses He occupIed a wmdow m Foster's fur111ture store, Terre Haute, Ind, last week. The Atherton-Byard Furniture company of HaverhIll, Mass, have offered a SlIver cup for tlhe wmners of the pen-nant m the Grammar School Baseball league, composed of club" representmg eight towns in Mame, Mas"achusetts and New Hampshl1e. The Wlsconsm ChaIr company of Port Washington, VVIS, propo'Sed to bUlld a large warehouse on the opposite side of the nvel from theIr factory, provldmg the CIty council WIll grant them pellTI1ssion to connect It with the mam factory by a covered bndge. The Etowah Fur111ture company of Gadsden, Ala, whIch recently 'Suffered a small loss by fire, has been incorporated by SIX brothers named Howle. They WIll enlarge theIr bus-mess m Gadsden and may establtsh a branch store at Ala-bama CIty CapItal stock, $4,500, all paid Ul. The I X. L. Furniture company of Salt Lake City, are just completing the largest warehouse m that CIty It is located m the rear of the store, built of reinforced concrete, six stories, 87 x 165 feet, has metal doors and window casUlg~ and is supposed to be absolutely fire proof The cost WIll be $85,000. On complaint of several manufacturers and Jobbers, S. S Maxwell, a furniture dealer of Nashvl!le, Tenn, was arrested and jal!ed on a charge of obtaining goods by false pretenses Tlhe complamants allege t'hat he lllduced them to gIve him creJlt by misrepresenting hIS finanCIal ablltty He was re-leased upon givlllg ball for appearance for trial The retal! furnIture Ibusiness of C C. Fuller & Co, Hart-ford, Conn, has been taken over by the C C Fuller com-pany, incorporated under the laws of Maine by A L. and Sherman Lougee of Salem, Mass, and Henry Betson of Dan-vers, Mass Mr Beston is in charge of the store The busi-ness was establtshed by C C. Fuller, formerly of Willimantic, Conn., in 1878. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS L J O'Bnen of Ansoma, Conn, has been granted a pat-ent on a foldmg stool C G TohI11 "ucceecb T. C Clark m t.he undertakmg bUSIness at Bethany, fl't'"' J 13 Jetton "ucceed" J. J\I Love m the retal! furmture busmes" at Mayfield, Ky. Charle" S Fame, manager of the C S. Pame company, Grand RapId", b tounng Europe. The Palace FunlltUl e company of Manchester, Conn, has filed a cel tlficate of c1I~solution. Theodore Kyson has purchased the furniture store of Andl ew Peter'3on of Rousseau, Mml1 The ~Watertown (WIS) Table SlIde company has let the contract for a new dry kIln to cost $4,000 rl he Badger }< urmture company of IndIanapolIs, has filed notIce of an Issue of $30,000 1ll preferred stock. C A Baker ha" sold hIS furnIture store at Holdredge, \Tebr, to J R Roseborough and 13 A Dausken. Em ton ~ \ \ hlte has succeeded Charles C Pollllll a" manager of the Bustol (Conn) Fur111ture company. A LudWIg and J A Cook of Mbsoula, Mont., has pur- I chased the furUlture store of E. L Russell at LeWIston, Ida Fredellck I"orsythe has purcha'Sed the Dewey interest m the retaIl busllless of Dewey & Mann of vVatertown, N Y The ~partan FurnIture COUlpany of Spartanburg, S C, ha\ e moved mto the store formerly occupIed J. W Alexander 'vV J, ),1 Sand J R CallIson have Ulcorporated the CallIson FurmtUl e company of J\1Jddlesboro, Ky. CapItal "tuck $50,000, WIth $35,000 paId m The Valley CIty Desk company, Grand RapIds, has let the contract fOI a new dry kIln to cost $3,000 The Taylor Beddmg company of Taylor, Tex, has been mcorpOJated by Amor Forwood, D. F Forwood and J. J Thames. S D SmIth, formerly of the People's store of Rockwood, Tenn , has pm chased the new furmture store of l\I C Kmg In the same town. 1"he plant of the Eagle Furmture company, bankrupts, of Green"boro, N C, IS to be advertIsed and sold at auctIOn by order of the court. H L Han"en ha:; sold tlhe Lltchvl!le (N Dak) furmtUl e stOJ e to Sarsten & Sortland, a new firm composed of S G Sarsten and S J. Sortland. The manufacture of 1attan furniture has reached con"Id-el able ploportIOn:; and is expected to become an Important llldustry in the PlulippInes. S Davidson & Brothers, wholesale and 1 etaIl furmture dealers of Des MOInes, Ia, have Incorporated a" the Davld- '3on Bros' company. Capital stock, $350,000 The Emahizer-Splelman Furniture company of Topeka, Kansas, have let the contract for the erectIOn of d two story warehouse on Jackson street, to cost about $3,500. The VVIl1Jam Prufrock FurnIture company of St Loui3, Mo, are clOSIng out their retaIl busllless and WIll hereaftel elevote theIr attention entIrely to manufactUrIng furmture A II Benedict, formerly a furnIture manufacturer of Del-aware, 0, conVIcted of having deserted his WIfe, IS servllIg a term of SIX months in JaIl m default of $550 fine and costs The McKIbben FurnIture and UndertakIng company of Eatonton, Ga, will soon move Into a new bUIldIng, three stories and basement, that has been erected especially for their use. A company has been organized, with $10,000 capital stock, to take over the Perry-McCullough glove and mattress to WEEKLY ARTISAN ••• _a •• _ ••• - ••• - _----.-------------------.------- .. _.-_... ..---------------------1 WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the" Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~~::~~:~M~U:S~K:E:GoOrN, MICH. New York O£hce, 369 Broadway, L E Moon, Manager Il • __ -4 .... ...-_. -------------------------- ------~---------------- .... ... --- HORSELESS. HEARSELESS FUNERAL Big Black Automobile Carries the Corpse. rnder-taker and the Mourners. bemg buned hel e Only the falmly comes with the body and the} \\ ant to be taken qUickly and qUIetly to the ceme-tery \Ye can make Greenv\ ood 111 less than an hour In t\\ 0 hours the} can be on the tt am gOll1g home again. "Of course there are "till some persons who find 1t hard to accept 1t 111 place of the old way they have known so long One man 1ecentl} complall1ed that It didn't seem solemn enough and seemed ltke tak1l1g ltberttes with the dead, but to one such compla1l1t we ve had any number Qf congratula-tion" on the ne\\ method from people \\ho have said that It has ,lone a\\ a} with the most trYll1g features of what has aI'.\ a} s been such an ordeal, namely an out of town funeral "Before long the hearse" wIll begin to go Just hke the hansom cabs though for big local funerals I suppose hearse" \\ 111be used for a long time yet" •• a.a •••• - - a.a •• a.a •• - • Grand Rapids Crescent i TUB WORLD'S BBST SAW BENCH I Thel e was a horseless funel al at the Gl,ll1cl Cent I al "tatlOl1 the othel da} says the '\ e\\ 101 be ~un -"'u un u"ual was the o,cene that almo"t e\ er} hud} ~eell1ecl to £;1\e lt .'l0me attentIOn and e\ en the hOi '3e" '3J1ltted dt the ~trange looking vehicle, perhaps v\ Ith fee1111g" 01 ] ealou,,) at tlll'- l.\t est eVIdence of the pass111g of theu usefulne"" The center of mtere"t was the funel al car, a blg black automoblle bmIt some\\hat on the l111eo>01 .'1 1 lith d\ enne motor bu" It was an lmmen"e machlile and a.., It dre\\ up :'llently at a slde entrance other traffic had to halt fhe solemn black of It-> big ltmousme bod} ploclalJlleJ lh pnr-pose 111a way, but except for the tact that the drl\ er s ~eat was unusually hIgh, It nllght ha\ e passed tOi an e"U aOlCh-nanly large hmous111e car As soon a" the car had leached the CUl h the dr!\ el ahghted and stood ,leterentJall} at the 110nt ut the llJaclllne A moment later thele appeared the hmerdl pal t), led b} the undertaker and hIS men beanng the coffin The mourners, ,I paltv of ten, took thelr '-eab In the cdl these seats bell1g Illdl\ ldual chalrs ot black le,lther Ihen the front of the machll1e undel the ,111\ el " ~eat \\ a.., upened, the coffin was hfted up and shd 111 :\ e" t -om e tlO\\ tr~ \\ el e ---- put 111 the hearse part of the car and the front doOl s dosed Then the drl\ el and the nndertaker mounted the flont sea t, there wa" the "harp llng uf d \\ alllll1g bell, dnd a.., t Iaffic hdlted agalll the blg funerdl car ,,\\ ung around dnd mtu rOI-ty- second "tl eet. Thls -funel al car had sea b tOI t \\ eh e mOUl nel', 11l It-hmouSll1e part and coulJ Calf} thl ee on the dn \ el ~ '-Cdt Hence lt takes the place of a healse and thlee calflage" "'vVe ha \ en't had thlS very loilg," saId the dll\ er Ju"t before the funeral part} appeared, "but V\ ere already kept busy wlth lt about all the time. Only thlS mOJmng, fOJ ex-ample, we took a funel al to Ehzaheth and now thls aftell100n we are bound for Greenwood. "Yon see it fits III pretty mcely III the case ot long ell~- tance funerals Take the case of a funeral at Kenslco, up III Westchester or even \\T oodla \\ n Before lt used to be ne-cessary to take a tram, which meant a hearse and can lageo> at both ends, to say nothmg of the pUbltClty of lldmg m a rallroad car, that i.'l, unless the party was large enough and could afford the speClal funeral car the raIlroad operate'3 N ow we take the entJre funeral, ca"ket and dll. 1rom the hon"e or church to Kenslco m less than three hour" "Take the case of a person d} mg 111some othel Lit) and Built with double arbors. sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS ~. ._-_-O.F -GR.A.N..D_R_AP-ID-S-,-M-I-C-H-. -------.-..·..1. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 THE L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLA T ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-J AP ANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical expenence with the Furmture, Plano and kindred lines of manufacture enable us to know Just the kind and quality of varnIshes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already estabhshed trade with thiS class of customers through visiting them with fillers and stains, makes it possible for us to sell varnishes without additional ex-pense to us, whIch advantage we are dIsposed to give to our customers in quality. Send us aTrial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY Al ways All Right. Here IS somethmg from the E Ingraham Clock company, of Bflstol, Conn, that IS WOlth reac!Jng "AI~ ay:, all fight" come" \ ery near perfectIOn Bnstol, Conn, Sept 20, 190J Mr Z C Thwmg, Manager Grand RapId:' Veneer \York.." Grand RapIds, 11ICh, Dear SIr -vVe have your favor of the 17th, and note what you '->ay regardmg the 1mpOI tance ot keeping kIln record~ As a general propositIOn, your stand-pomt IS undoubtedly correct, but our kiln dryIng for the past two years ha~ been so UnIformly "atJsfactory that we have found It unnecessary to keep up the practIce, so far as the humIdIty and admISSIOn of fresh aIr are concerned. Of course we would not th111k of dl~pensmg ~ Ith the use of the record111g thermometer, and frequently test stock for dryne.,s when tak111g it out. The foreman 1J1 charge of thIS department IS thoroughly relIable and competent, much mOl e so that the general run of men who are entrusted with this work \ve are dr,ymg 1" plam red oak anJ yellow poplar in 5 to 7 days In vIew of the universally satIsfactory results obtamed smce mstall- 111gyour sy"tem It seems hardly necessary to keep a continu-ous record of the condItIOn, outsIde of the temperature To quote the old proverb, "The proof of the puddmg I~ m Lhe eat111g." If yOU desire, we will send yOU samples of our stock be-fore and after drY111g, that you may iudl!e of the results ~e are getting The writer recalls WIth much pleasure his viSIt to your City, and take" thIS occasIOn to extend his personal regards to Mr Thwing Yours truly, THE E INGRAHAM CLOCK COMPANY Philadelphia Base Ball Breaks Up a Home. Ju!Jan S GIbson, president of the GIbson Furmture com-pany of St. LOlliS, Mo, has filed across-bIll, in answer to his ~ Ifl'S applicatIOn for dIVorce, In whIch he alleges that his wIfe's attentIOns wel e alIenated by the Amencan League Baseball Park She gave hIm and her household no attentIOn, he saId, when the Browns were at home. He stated that Lloyd Rickard, secretary of the Browm, 'llgned the paS'les whICh gave hIs wife ac!J11lttance to the game'l and since 1905 she had been a constant "deadhead" patron of Sportsman's Park and became so constant 111 her attendance on the ball games that she was a queen among the looter:, and be-came known as a "fan." Whtle attendmg the hall games and watchl11g the fdmou,., "Rube" and actIve "Hobe" Ferns, he says, she neglected to take care of theIr home and thmks he should be gIven a decree l\Fr~ GIbson's charges against her husband are of a more sellOUS nature. Precaution A)1ainst "Dead Beats."' For the purpose of checkmg the operation;" of "dead beats," the common counCIl of Richmond, Ind , passed an or-dmance requiring the owners of moving vans to report to the poltce dally the names of all persons whose household effect, they have moved. The pohcp department promptly reports the names so receIved to the dealers m house furl11shmg goods and supplies The sy {em is working well A clock has more sense than a man \Vhen it's all run down it stops working Pleasure's almost anythmg we can't afford ----------------------- ---------- Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. 12 WEEKLY AR1ISAN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture- LIbrary Desks, Library Tables. LIbrary Bookcases, Combination Book. cases, Etc. Our entire line wIll be on exhibItion in July on the thIrd floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. CURTAINS AND PORTIERES. Suggestions as to Selections for Parlor, Library and BedrooIU. In fm mer tlme" pm tIel e" and curtam" '1'1 e1 e u"ed mOl e wIth the Idea of keepmg out dlaughb tl1<1n ten dCU)ldtl\C eftect, whIch b then chlct pm po"e toda'l \ bou t thc tlluc of Henry II of FIance the \\ melo\\ treatmenb begdn to assume a style that added beaull to the 100111,11 \\ hlch the) were hung, anJ each ::,uLceecl1ng 1 rench pcnod had a :ot) Ie ot Ib own, u::,uall} eldborate, e-,peClalh m the 1egllnc ot the LOUIS, whIch was -he chma" ot the decoratl\ e pellOc]" l1l hangmgs, tapestnes, fur111tul e, \ubu"..,on cal pet", etc In England a much hecll leI style \\ as In 'Iogue Those w\ho can atfol\l to do ::'0 often 1ely upon the h1~h class decorator::, f01 the selectIon and all ang emen t ot thell house drapene.., Qmte a:o good I c:oulb can be seClllcd l1l most cases b} the exerCIse of llld1\ Idudl good ta"te Hel e al c thl ee thmgs to be Iemembel eel b} tho"e \\ ho hke al thtlc thmgs yet cannot pal an eAtla\a~ant cleL01atOl :0 pnce 1. Penod st} It of hangmg::, belong onl) m a room where ever} thmg ehe h 111keepmg 2 Don't make the mIstake ..,0 C0111mon ot u"mg 11 tnch drapelles m a nonde::,cnpt loom no mdttcI ho\\ muLll the'l may appeal to a woman::, ta-,te, the) ale ll1Conglou,:> 3 Go as far a v'lay from them a-, pO""lble, no mattel what an uphobterer, vvho often calls hlmselt an mtenol dCLOl-ator, may tell you, for the effect, If } ou tdke hI;, ,,0ll1eumes en oneou.., adVIce, WIll be 111halm01110us Have harmony by all mean" 111the cnsemble, and d" cnr-tams add much to the decoratl've scheme, hay e thtm llght. and 111S1Stupon lt As an lllchca tlOn ot a propel decOl a t1\ e "cheme take a parlor for mstance Fll::,t select a matenal that I" 111peltLct accord wIth the wall" and be sme It IS the 11~ht color lor the 11ght, whether north, ..,outh, east Ol \\ e"t 1 hdt 10 a mattu ot VItal Importance as color mf1uences ) our c;en"e" to a v en great degree One color 1-' restful and anothel aggre"sn c Everyone vvIII recall be111g m looms \\ h1ch e'l en the OCU1- pant saId "worned her, she dId not kno\\ \\ h\ but the) got on her nerves" '1 Ie rea,on vvas slluple enough to the c;kIlled decorator, who knew that she haJ struck the \\ rong note ot color. In a sunny room perhaps "he had cl "trong, blatant red, when lt should have been a le..,ttu! COIOl lolol affech people more than the) reahze The parlol then may be suppo"ed to be a 100m facmg the south \\ lth cl pale de11cdte pmklsh glay on the walls, either paper or other matellal. For the wmdows use the same tone of gla) m SIlk, motre or whatever your purse can afford, anJ make the curtams long and straight. Down the front dnd dClO:o:othe bottom place a rose colored border and loop them back \\ nh a band of the same For the partleles take a ro"e COlOlcd ma tellal of the same shade Then there WIll be har-mon) , "tlength and contrast 1l one loom opens mto another have a perspectlve effect, dnd cion t the 111one room a colOl that Wll1 clash With that In the other, or thc effect vvIII be rumous to both Another room has a north hght, whIch IS cold and need::. \\ an11lng up A nch golden yello\" would be a correct C0101 note here tor ",alb and w111dow hangmgs. A golden brown \ alance \\ ould add to the effect.., of the curtams The por-tlCl e-, could be made of the same brown stuff, they could be plam 01 embelhshed With apphque, for tihere are many wa) 5> ot treatmg them. In the stores al e many temptmg matenals that al e mex-pen: on e, and a woman of dlscnmmatlOn should be able to se-lect the nght thmg For a hbrary take a color that IS restful, fOl here tlred dwl 0\ en\ 10ught nerves often need soothmg Hele have no tanc) drapelles or portieres, but "Imple, qmet elegance alone In bedrooms your fancy can run not for wmdow curtams, but be sure ot appropnateness and harmony, for that is e::.- sentlal \\ hen slmphclty 1S reqmred India stlk or pongee make prett) , soft hang111gs Cretonne IS appropnate, and llllen tapestn wlth cut out chmtz borders IS not new but good Japane:oe cotton crepe is 11ght and aIry, and fine un-bleached muslm w1th bands of cretonne m hlac pattern acros::. the top and bottom and dovvn the front and edged '1\ 1th ball 11111geIS extI emely effectIve. It hghter curtams stlll are reqmred a fine cream coloreJ "cnm \\ 1th a border of medal110ns of 1m1tatlOn \ alenclennes ldce under \\ 11lch a pale colored chma SIlk IS placed and an edglllg ot the valencIennes about four mches w1de sewed on lull gn es a 1abot effect that 1Svery cLllnty for a country house .:\Iam mexpenSlVe lawns anJ organdIes can be uttllzed as \\ ell \\ lth ruffled edges-for lace 111sertlOns You can get re-sults from dress goods as well as the 1egular drapery ma-tellals -X e\\ York Sun Xo man can m'l ent an eAcust: ongmal enough to be patented WEEKLY ARTISAN New Factories. MCDow of Ch1cago, proposes to cbtabhsh a veneer cuttlllg plant at Augusta, Fla John Mc1I111an 1S to manage a largc veneer plant that 10, to be estabhshed at Stockton, Ala The All R1ght Seat company cap1tahzed at $50,000, has been orgamzed to estabhsh a factory at Greensboro, N C The Kronhelln-S1ksy Ded-Chall company, capitalIzed at $10,000 has been lllcorporated to establish a factory III Cleve-land, Ohio Mach1l1ery 1S being installed in the plant of the Acme Manufacturmg company of San Marcos, Tex, wh1ch will be put in operation about the first of June. They will make fur- 111ture and show cases. The Commercial Club of Orange, Tex, have not yet se-cured the furniture t1hat they have been trY1l1g to get for a year or more They are now negotiatlllg wlth four dJfrerent M'1de by Upham Manufacturmg Co., Marshfield, WIS. concerns, in northern towns, that propo"e to move to Orange lf proper ll1ducements are offered. As a probable slght for another furniture factory, the "Blg SlX" furmture compames of Eva1bvllle, Ind, have pur-chased a plece of land flOm Dr "Theeler of Portland, Me, 0pPoslte the E Q Chalr company factory, near the Maryland street brhlge The land toucheb the Big Four railroad nght of way Furniture Fires. The Rehable Furmture company of Paterson, N J, lost about $15,000 by fire 111 thelr StOIe on Apnl 28 Fully imured Shtldneck Bros, fl1rmture and hardware dealers at Slame, Nebr, were burned out with a loss of $16,000 on Apnl 29 Partlally insured The plant of the VY1SCODbl11Chalr 'IVark", at Mound Clty, pi, was completely de",troyed by fire on Apnl 30 Loss, about $35,000, less than half insured. A factor} bUlldll1g u ~ed as a storehouse by A VV. B1Ck-rord & Co, carpet and rug manufacturers of Danvers, Mass, was burned on Apnl 30 Loss, $3,500; 1l1surance, $2,000. 13 DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION. Detroit, Mich., Mar. 25, Grand Rapids, Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen:- For the past eight months we have had in operatIon here one of your Patent Kilns and the results obtained therefrom have not only fully met with our ex-pectatIons but have far exceeded same. We have had no difficulty whatever in operating the kiln and the lumber carried through it is returned to us in fin0 conditIon. Yours truly, J. L. McDONELL, Supt . • 0U . :c CJ 'OOi .,C..~... ~ s,.c 0~ "o"lIil= to! ~ • G cO ,.. 0 <lot '0 q;; C II '0 ca S 0 ~ ~ ~ C') Z ... () 0 s.c - ~ 0 .... .. t-. e .I.I 0 ~ ..... ... ~"' 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN TRUCK TALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity ot construction fea-tures-- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get ou t ot order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. Screw Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Hand 618 North Front St. Keep line thll1~ 111 mll1d alway s, colol hdnllony, and don t ha\ e an} thl1lg ebe Don t use small low pIeces of fu rl1lture lf tall people are t,) II1hablt the place or where there are very hIgh ceIlIngs, for the proportIOn IS bad \Vhen human Ibemgs are of aver-age SIlt ha\ e the thmgs they desIre to take comfort m butlt to SUIt theIr needs, or look about, lf you go to a dozen places, tlIl } au find the rIght thmg Everyth111g m correct furl1lsh-mg lS a matter of proportlOn, and that one ldea should be kept firmly 111mind Don't use canopied bed" 111 small rooms You need all the ozone} au call get to a\ Old a sleepless l1Ight Don t use a double bed If two are to sleep 111the same room Ha\ e t\\ 111beds They are much more healthful, for lt one IS re"tless and dlsturbed the other lS not kept awake, and If one lIkes plenty of warmth and the other doesn't both can be satlsfied-dnd be the happler for It Don't hang plctures "tIt-LIt-toe," all 111a row" It becomes monotonous to the eye Don't pnt a plctnre wlth a \\oman ganbed 111 a vlvld scarlet ChantIcleer calm ed dl e% next to a pmk one Remem-ber color harmon} dga1l1 and hang one so as to offset the other and m an IIregular manner A good way to do IS first to pIck out the pIctures for each room, place them on the floor agam"t the wall where they are to go, and get the effect 111} our mmd's eye If the first effort IS not pleas1l1g change tlll the nght result lS obta1l1ed It wlll come wlth a ltttle practIce, and have the "ubJects correct for the drfferent rooms For a d1l11l1groom or ltbraly etchmgs, engravlngs and photo-graphs are alw a\ s good The parlor can be more preten-tIOUS In the Jm1l1g room cheetful } et dlgnified selections can be made For the bedrooms da1l1ty figures of pretty wo-men and chIldren should predam1l1ate Hints on House Decorations. \Vomen when on a hunt for \\ all paper otten get l ()n fused because they see such a \ allet), and finall} become -0 be\\ Ildered at the array that a wrong seIectlOn lS made ~\ small but lmportant hmt for the \\ onld-be buy er IS thb Flrst, ask far a d,lfk green paper, and look at lt \\ hether } on want it or not, slmply to focus the e} e~ In a fe\\ '-econds the sight wlIl bee ome rested and the \ arIetles that are pro-duced wlIl look better Every now and then turn to the green paper to relteve the stram on the e} e~ Don't select a large pattern for a small room. for It \\ III be out of proportlOn and decrease Its sue In a place ot thl" kll1J choose somethll1g small and damt} and the charm \\ 111 be enhanced Don't put hed\ y toned colors 111dati\. 01 mednlm ltg-ht rooms, no m.atter how much} au ltke them Often the sales-man, not know111g where the ltg-ht comes trom 01 ho\\ the room is situated, in ardel to make a sale 111 ges \\ hat he sees the customer fancies Don't me a striped papel 111 a pIdce \\ lth a hIgh cellm\:; A room of that descriptIOn "hould ha\ c a figl1l ed ;,Ide \\ all WIth a pattern of generou" proportIOns If the space admlt~ ot that treatment The same adVlce applte'o to matenals Don't use a carpet or rug that does not tone 1Il \\ lth the the walls Good decoratlOn should start from the floor up If the rug- lS green, the wall" could be a tone or two ltghter thus maklllg a gradual shad1l1g which IS 1Il good taste and harmonious The old time flowered carpets \\ Ith then \ anegated hues are accounted OD)ectlOnahle by modern standards If YOU have a carpet too good to throw a\\ a} "end lt to a dyer and have lt made the same color as the \'<all co\ enng selected 01 a little darker. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 -~~----- -~~~- I - [I It's not difficult to produce the popular effects required for MISSION FINISHED PORCH FURNITURE But Porch Furniture demands more than the mere effects. It demands durability under outdoor conditions. I I AURORA PORCH STAINS have been perfected after much study and experiment. They meet the NEW need. They resist the weather hke first class paint, yet retam the transparent beauty of high grade stain. WEATHERED OAK, MISSION BROWNS, MOSS GREENS, DULL BLACKS, SOFT REDS, AND OTHER POPULAR EFFECTS. W r;te for sample panel. To faclhtate prompt attenlion, address Desk No.3. MARIETTA PAINT 8 COLOR CO., Marietta, Ohio. Detroit Industrial Exposition. The great mdustnal exposItion to be held m Detroit June 20 to July 6, "nll be a mmlature world's fair A huge tem-porary expositIOn bUlldmg anJ the Wayne PavJ1lOn wJ11 con-tain an eleetncal sho~, a machmery display, a transportatIOn exhibit, a pamt, 011 and varmsh exhibitIOn, a food fair, an automobJ1e show, a textile exp0:OltlOn, a furmture dl.-.play and a host of novelties and speCIalties It IS estimated that the total value of exhibits wJ11 be between $1,000,000 and $1,500,- 000 Thel e will be more than 200 exhibitors anJ the splen-did support given the project assures the fact that the ex-hibitIOn wJ11 rank with Cleveland's expositIOn of last year as the two greatest CIVICexpOSitIOns ever held The temporary structures are to be hurned to comple-tion so that there wJ1llbe ample time to carry out the preten-tIOUS decorating and lighting plans that are to make the dis-play one of un:ourpassed beauty A great electnc tower Will be one of the many features of IllummatlOn and wJ11 attract the attentIOn of the hundl eJs of thousands of passengers on the boab pa..,smg up and down the Detroit nver. So that there may be no doubt concermng the meanmg of the towel, one of the largest electnc signs m the wodd wJ11 be set in place on the nver front, announcmg the name and dates of the exp0'oltlOn m herOIc letter') that Will be plamly vl:Olble from the Canadian shore That the exposItion Will be the greate"t CIVIC event in DetrOIt's history IS assured and the preJlctlOn IS freely made that more than 300,000 vIsitors wJ11 be attracted The pro-cesses of manufacture as weU as the prodlH'ts of Detroit's factone" wJ11 be displayed and the Iunmng machmery wJ11 I have a musICal accompamment from t~o large concert bands I No effort IS bemg spared by the committee of 275 manu- I facturers whose companies represent a capital of $150,000,- 1_- 000, to make the DetrOIt expo:Oltlon the 1110StImpOl tant epoch m the clty':o hlStOly. The Kendallville Cataloai. The Kendallville Furmture company ha:o Jl1'3t l'isued d catalog sho~ mg a lIn c of chairs and rockers for the I ecep-tlOn room, bed rOOPi, dmmg room and hbrary \\ 11lle t111, company does not make the lalgest lme m the country, the) make one which 1:0 ~ ell dlver"lfied as to style'i In Which the goods are produced, embodymg as It doe'i Chippendale, Co-lomal, Art'; and Crafts and Flanders \v hlle the fancy rocker lmf !>hows thirty odd deSigns, It IS ev Ident that they are all I" extensive demand Ev Idently the sellers of the company/s lme The receptIOn and bedroom chair "ectlOn Illmtrate'i twenty odd pieces, from which It seems that al-most any dealer could select goods Which would meet the re-qUlrement'i of hiS trade The dmmg room chair diVISIOn consists of some thirty odd piece", sevel al of which are CQ-lonial The bulk of this diVISIOn are m 'iuch active Jemand as to be con'olderecl staple 'oellers In the library diVISIOn the Flanders patterns are given pr0111mence and occupv some three page" which are followed by the ::\Il:oslOn patter~ls A few tables are made to match up With the good:o of both styles of design It is very e'ldent that the company has not tried to 'iee how big a lme they could make but selected pieces which are in steady demand from dealers generally m which they have apparently succeeded very well The catalog Will cloubtles'i be maJ1ed to all furmture dealers who are mterested The average clerk has hiS hopes raised more frequently than hiS salary 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SU.SC"'P'TION $1 eo P'E" YI<ARANYWHERI< IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHE" COUNT"'ES $2 00 P'E" Y.....R. SINGL.E COP'lEa SCENTS P"uaLICATION OFI'"ICE. 108-112 NOPlTH DIVIS/ON ST, GPlAND RAI"IDS, MICH, A S WHITE, MANAGING EOITO" Entered as lecond class matter July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids, MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE 10 L.EVY The raIlroad managers advance" age" about 6 pel cent on the a, erage, and stralgh" a} raIse heIght 1ate" eIght, ten or fifteen per cent, thus pass111g the load to the ,lwulder~ of shIppers The shIpper", are expected to pa"" It along to the consumers or make up by cuttmg wages 01 m case they buy what they ShIP, bve stock, gra111 and farm product" !Or m-stance) by lowellng pnces paId to the productr" ~uLh "hIp pers may be able to pa} hIgher freIght 1ates "Ithout le,,"e111nc, theIr profits IncIeed, the} hke the 1aIlroad'" may 111Uca"c their profits b} fix111g a wlde1 ma1g111 beh\ een them~eh C" and the producers \\ hell Iequllcd to pa, tcn PCI Lent mOlL freIght the} may cut pllces paId to plOc1ucCI. fiJtCLll pC1 Lcnt Thu'i the traders ma, make mone: b} the ach anLe 111 trclght rates But how about manufacttll el ~? 01 d111dllh I hc\ \\ oulJ be expected to pa",s the Increa "cd ])lll den dlo11g to thc retaIler" and they to the consumers That the: can do so under present condItIOns IS extremely doubttul Pllce" ha, e been advanced to a conSIderable extent and the LOlbUt11er" are not m the humor to stand much more Further ad\ ancc in prices WIll cause them to buy less In fact It 1;0 probable that hIgher pnces are largely responsIble tOI the pre"ent un-satIsfactory condItIOns of trade B} advanCIng \\ age" the raIl-roads WIll also make trouble for manufacturel ~ 111another \\ a} Factory employes WIll want hlghel vvage", to tollo\\ the e'(am-pIe of the raIlroads Be111g obhged to pa, hIgher trelght rate" and hIgher wages and at the same tIme unable to 111C1ed'e pnces on theIr products places the manufacturer" at a great disadvantage. TheIr profits hay e been 10\\ tor se\ el al } eaI" and novv they seem lIkely to be "Iped out enU1 eh 'j hell only hope IS that the 111ter",tate Lommel ce lom1111'''Ion ma \ refuse to approve the advance 111f1 eIght 1ate" o H L \VeIl11cke put a ne\\ one allcI a <;ood one 0\ el the retaIlers of South Calol111a recently \\ hen hc c1eLla1ed that "thel ene, er have bcen p10duced t\\ 0 a1tILle~ of ftll111- ture that were exactly ahke TherefO! ethel elan he no e,,- cuse for sellIng a s111g1epIece of fur111tu1c t01 the "allll pIlle as another' In other words, e\ e1y plcce IS a nO\ eln \a-ture make" no duplIcates 111wood ;\0 t"o "quare 111che" ale ahke There b also a dIfference 111the te"ttll e ot the £;1a 111 It is never the samc" Thele IS a ~ood "ell111g POl1lt In thl above How many sale'imen WIll recog111Le and u "e It" If congre'i'i enacts aId" authollLlng the Inte1stdtc Com-merce commISSIon to make a phySIcal \ aluatIOn of raIlroad property there WIll probably be a matellal cut 111 heIght Iates In the neal flltme r1 eIght rate" shollId be hIgh enough to pa\ faIr d1\ Idend" on 11\e capItal, but manufacturers, shIp-per" and con"umers 'ihoulc1 not be reqlllred to pay interest 011 \\ dtCI ed ,toch" and bond" nor on mane) lost 111any year", ago t]11ollg11 bad management or Ull\\ I"e raIllOaJ 111vestments I he Inter"tate Commerce C0111111ISi'llO\\n111 be fully JustI-fied 111 1etu"lllg to app10i e the aJ\ ance III fleIght rates Most ot the 1aIlroads hay e been and are 'itIll mak111g more than fdll plOfit", Then I eports show that they can well afford to ach ance \\ ages "Ithollt 111C1 ea "ing rates And an advance 111 1ates \\ 111probably decrease the, olume of theIr business and thui'l cut theIr 111come I hc C:;up1eme Court of the U11lted States ha", c1eclaled the l\etdI1eI Lumbc1 Dealers' a'iSOClatIOn of LOlllslana alld MIS- '1""lppl a trU'it-dn orgal11ZatIOn 111re",tIa111t of trade The r1eC1"IOn should sen e a'i a WaI11lng to SImIlar orga11lZatIOn3 111othel states and to some that cOver more than two states Tudgll1f; from present condItIons congress IS ltkely to ad-llJUln \\ !thout dOIng anythll1g of great Importance How-e\ cr. the} \\111, probably, ru"h through a lot of half-baked bIll" Jur111g the clOS111ghours of the seSSIOn and thus make mOl e \\ ork f01 the courts B(n d T\ll1tl.nd \\ III set a ~ang of men at W01k "pollsh111g ujJ thl handle ot the bIg flnt dool ' of the Hotel Ottawa, plepaldlOl \ to the openll1~ of the fUlll1tule sea",on, early In the comIng month \' e1\ C0111 pllll1 eniar} 1 em arks are heard concernIng the management of the John \\'Iddlcomh company The wise polICIes ll1augura ted by the fOl1ndel a1 e stnctly adhered to The fur11ltUl e coml111111lty at Sprlllg Lake, ::\IIchigan, is bu "II} engaged 111 sheanng hogs, ll1cl1lbat111g fish baIt and pI epa1111g to enJoy the open sea~on for mosqllltoes Those Kew England rallroad'i, when advancl11g passen-gcr 1ates, seem to g1\ e i'lhort hauls undue prefel ence They make the gl eater advance~ on the long haul.,. Charle\ Spratt was l11vltecl to the EmperOl's palace In Uerl111, to tell \ \ Ilhelm hI" plans f01 manag111g the ftU11l-tUle e"po~It1Cln 111Kew York 111the future. Insurgents 111the fUnlltllre trade can be quickly recog- 1117Cdby the dlscotlllt they offer to Job buyer'i TheIr 111sur-genc} I" aga111st a fall marg111 of pIOnt QUIte a number of the manufactUl ers of furl1lture are fill- 111g 111the dull sea'ion of traJe by opel at111g paI1:o of thell plant" on 01del ed work \\ III the Ie e"tablI'ih111ent of the lIquor trade 111 Rock-torclmake thai uty mOle attlactIve to the furllltulc 3alesmen? FIObabl} not The Doss (e) of the furlllture manufactunng InJl1stry ltves 111EvanSVIlle He is a competent boss, too WEEKLY ~RTISAN 17 Advancina Passenger Rates. Advances III pa'iSenger rates by the Boston & Mallle amI the New York, New Haven & Hal tford rallroad compames announced for adoption in the very near future are provOklllg splnted cntJClsm III the New England newspapers, and .'l0me doubts are expressed as to whether the Interstate commerce commIssion, vv1th wh1ch the proposed new rates must be filed thirty days before they can become effective, wIll applOve of the advance and whethe1 or not the courts would permIt 1t to .'ltand were a test case to be made The lllcrease 1S to be made III order to meet the cost of the 1ecent advances in wages to the company'~ employes, as frankly stated by the the rallroacl employ c" aclvanced wages, If the plOpo~ecl rate~ qhall stand It l~ conceded 111 1', e" York that the l'enn"ylvailla and othel "e"tern r(lads t ha 1. ha, e 1al "ed \\ ag e", are expected to take aciJon s1l111lar to that of the Ne\\ England roaeL New Furniture Dealers. Frank Burnett lS a ne\\ furmtUl e dealel at (;rold 11111, Ore The CentJal lurmture company ale new de,tle1s 111Lex-ington, Ky. A ~ ThO! stad \\ 111open a new fUl11lture "to! e at Star-buck, 11111n. Made by Lentz Table Co , NashVIlle, MICh. management, and 11.wlll probably range a10und 10 per cent, but it is not applicable to suburban passenger rates From Boston to Bangor, Maine, for 111stance, the raIse WIll be from $575 to $627-Just 10 per cent, to Portland, from $230 to $253, to Keene, New Hampsh1re, twenty-three cents, to Northampton, twenty-one cents, and so on, but on the long hauls the advance wlll be the more keenly felt, and pomts in Maine will, of course, suffer mon than any of the others reached by the Boston & Maine hnes; 11.1S est1mated that the passenger traffic in and out of Maine w1ll be forced to "give up" many hundreds of thousands of dollar" a year to offset P. Levy & Co, hay e opened thell new furmture store on Gl anby street, f\ orfolk, Va. B D Valverde & Sons a1 e new furmture dealers at Scran ton, M1SS Thomas 0 Loveles.'l has 1eSlgned h1S posltJon with the Rhodes-Pealce Furmture company at Tampa, Fla, and wlll open a furmture store for ll1mself 111 the same town Henry Levy, for ten years manager of the Rehable Fur-lllture company of Des Momes, la, has reslgned h1S pos1tJon to engage 111 busmess for hlm"elf He wlll open a new fur-mtUl e store at 207 \ \ alnut stJ eet, Des M0111e~, 111 June. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestion !II and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Se1."vice.Help Us to Malie It So. Just what B1Shop, ach e1tlS111g man hoped to an umph~h by the chmbmg ro~e~ he ha~ used ~o protuseh 111 the ach ertl ,e ment rep10duced elsewhere 1s more than I IM\ e been able to figure out It look~ to me hke one of those helO1c "eftort~' to "do somethmg" that mo~t al~ ays end~ 1ll a farce and a decldec1 lack of 1esult, \t an open111~, 01 fOl the ach ert1s1l1g of a 'ipeclal event where flowers \>,ere to be glven a\\ a\ thb des1gn might FOII'tIlt!! beDefit of oat of taWli ClUtom ...... we: eoaduct a completely CJl'famzod cor r.pondence ~t. and haYt! __ a "-ubful portfobD. ~ ~er 1000 .utharitaJlve .tyl. In Fltle furnltare. We Mbd tIuI p,..pud to your.dcIre. _ receipt of 25 cem. m pcII-tap. BISHOP'S Dining Room Furniture Sale Offe:rs ,ou the pm lege of mspcctlD~ th(' htrger"t and fiDe~t 110e (If r Ian Gel'SFurmtme In (land Raplds togrther "lth magmfitcnt hne" of 'la hoganv and Quartered Oak Dmmg Fmmturc In all the pop t1arshadc" and fimsh("s -dud III e, en \\ orth\ sh lc from the clas<l1C Sheraton,' the dlgm fied ·0010111al and the sImple homehke • MissIOD to the masterpIeces of modern dC"lgn Unbroken lmea o1fer unhnutcd ch01C(' ): ou can sel~et somcthmg ex aeth to "our taste and "'e "Ill set It &'ilde for dehverv when deSIred PrIces WhICh sa'\c ...ou from 2.J.to 33c-o dunng tills sale made JXlSSlblc b\ the large cash and quantth dIscounts at WhICh v.-e pUl'ebased these llIle<; gO'ern e'\erv grade of ful'Illture from complete "mtes In \llsslOn st,lc at $4lJ 00 and Ole Gemlme \fahogs1l' SUItes at $125 00, to sumptuous Chi nesc ChIppendale Mahoganv sUltes at $300 00 and up Some of the speCIal attractIons are ChIna Oabmets 1Il Quart(,l't'd Oak $1f 50, $21 00, $24 00, $28 00 and stIll finer ones at $32,00, $36 00 $tO 00 and up Butteta, QuarleJ'('d Oak $15 00 up Mahogam $27 00 up BnellS10n Ta.bles, Quartered Oak, $12.00, $18, $2l, $2i, $28, $3l and up 'lahogan' ""' $48, $M and up THE lIA ~pg():ME Q't ARTER !JAWED OAK EXTE ....SIO ... TABLE at the l~rt... _t,,, De ....... , .. he" towel HU ""n ..... e.. rr<>Ck .. ",hjl>boldlhelo;> "nd pfldeataJ I!I'Mly loplh,,~ II. ~h Y n.su..,d ,,00II: fl"t1'1!ct ...orkrn..... hp .... dbe ..ulfu nn." ."mbne quO with a n"''',l< ""y o.... prlee..OI\Y B/shop Furniture eo. IONIJI STRE.E.T "Just on tbe Way to tile Union SUltIOll" $29.50 have pac~ect, butlm m) Judgmcnt, d'i a LOl1lpelllllg teature for ,I dm1l1g room £urplture ~ale, It I~, to say the least, hardl) appro-pnate Anotherl "'eak pomt m tll1~ "ad' h thdt the l110~t mtel-est1l1g news £rol'l1 the buyers standpoll1t h m~erted at the \ en bottom If the I panels at the top and bottom l1dd been tran,,- posed, and the word1l1R started "$2950 for the handsome.' etc II1terest ~ould Inave been aroused "nght off the bat \~ 1t I ""finegar'sNew Warehouse. The furnltulre ~arehou'ie mentlOned b, the \\ eekh \r-tl~ an last ,v1l1t~r as planned by 1\ d1l,1l11 S \\ 111egar of the VVlllegar FUlnJture company, dealero, of Grand Rapld'i \v111 be completed elrlv III the summer It l'i located at the corner of Prescott and) S;uth Ioma ~treets, wdl be of hea\ y nl111con- II I I I 1~ a \ e1\ e:>.pen'l\ e acl start~ off \\ Ith a notice to out of to\\ n cuqomer~ That I enough to kill the mtere~t of local people nc:-ht a\\ ,1\ and ot cour'ie the paper circulates much more large-h m the Clt) that It does out of town The wordmg In the body of the advertl'iement I~ vcry pretty lIldeed Reads Just as smooth and mce as can be, but) ou must do more than offer people the 'pnvllege of 1l1spectmg , You mu~t make them ~lt up and take notice of what you have to offer ,1l1d 111 mlghh COI1\mung language at that fhe pnce~ quoted are too high The wnter understand~ Jlcrtecth that Bhhop handle~ 11H;h grade £urmture, but he abo knO\\ s that he ha~ 1Il0c1erdte pnced plece~ and these are the one- to thlo\\ up to catch mterest 1hen good salesmansh1p m11't lead the cu~tomel aWd) frum these and artfully show hm1 \\ 11\ the other'i al e much more to be clesJred \ 0\\ I have gOlle after thiS "ad" pretty hard, but not for mallce or because [" e a grouch on 1 have done It slll1ply be-cause tlll~ ach ertl~ement t) p1fies the sty Ie of 'dd' co many adver-tIser, affect and then \\ onder \\ hy results are so meagre For ~o()(ll1e,~ ql-e \\ hen \ ou \\ nte an 'dd", S \ Y SO~IETHIKG I \\ hen \ ou ~o attel a ,ale perconall) you can t su-:ceed by desul-ton tactIcs Sa) ~ometh1l1g' Truthtul but convmcmg Force attentIon (reate 1l1tere~t \\ here there IS only mdlfference The mo,t ~ucces~ful sale h that one \vhere someth1l1g not thought of I~ ~uggested and the su~gestlOn acted upon by the purchaser \ ou don t ha\ e to offer people on "opportu111ty to examme," etc \ \ hcn they \\ ant to do that they Will come Without an mVlta-tlOn " hat) our "ad' must do to bnng home the money Is to create de'me for ~omethmg not senously thought of Play It up ~o It w1ll be wanted "VVhen a person wants somethmg, he \\ III get It some wa\ So make your "ads' 1Ive and vlnle I \\ Ish some of you men would send m some "ads" and sug-ge~ tlOn~ Here I bang a\\ay every week, and nobody says a \\ ord '\ 0\\ 1t IS certam that you don't all agree with every th111g I Sd) and 1t\ still more certam that we could stir up a 11\eh helpful (h~CUSSlOn 1f somebody would start something 1 Il gladh gl\ e \\ a\ to am bod) at an) tIme, 1£ they wdl but send 111the ~tuff I am atrald that some of you would hke to, but ha\ en t bn1'hed up the nerve to break mto pnnt That remlllcls me of the first articles I offered £01 publica-t10n I had the matter 111 my head for a year, but put it off thmkmg that I "as exhlbltmg too much nerve to expect to get an) thmg pnnted Flllally one mght I sat down and rattled off a fe\\ page~ m an hour or so. and behold the pubh~her accepted it fhere you see I hac! lo~t a yeal of tlme-a year of confidence Don t let an) thm~ Ilke that keep you back You know I think ,ome 111lght\ clever Ideas are lo~t to the world because the man \\ ho th1l1k~ them hides thcm under a bushel \\ ell, as the ~treet faker says, "\iVho ehe want~ to say some-th111g' qructlOn dnd pral bcally fire pi oof It'" III be fOUl StOlleS, 75 x l3S feet, and the ",alls \\111 be faced w1th 1Ight red bnck to harmomze \\ Ith the Century Furmture company\ new fac-tor.' \\ hlch qanc!:" on an opposIte corner \Valter Clark, the well known veneer dealer, will occupy a part of the Winegar bUlld1l1g WEEKLY ARTISAN ~------------ •••• ---- ••••.••• ------------------- •••• -----------------------------------. 1 19 I~.-- ------------ ,---------------,-- -- _. -- ---------- -- . REMINDERS OF THIRTY YEARS AGO. Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for December. 1880. F D lIJ1ls will travel for D H Selleg this year. \,,[ebblng is down from ninety to seventy-five cents The Inanufacture of tables i'3 a new line at PIqua, 0 E 13 :'lann succeeds Charles Be"cher, at Boone, Iowa E H :'lahoney IS eqUIpping a new furnIture factory m Bo;,ton Mahnke & Lartz ;,ucceeJ the ChlCdgO PallO! Furniture company. E S Hemenway of Boston, IS on the road with a lIne. of parlor frames Stampen, Lee & Co, of ChIcago, have added parlor fur-lllture to theIr line Streit & SchmItt of CinCinnati, are m'italllng machinery In their new factory. J H Robbins has commenced the manufacture of fur- 11lture at Ossowo, Mich. P H Snook has erected a large additIOn to IllS furlllturc warerooms in Atlanta, Ga Charley Cox of New York, wdl handle Frank Rhoner'" goods exclUSively next year. Shearman Brothers succeed Shearman & Lakin, uphol-sterers, of Jamestown, N Y. LOUIS Ottenaud of St LoUIS, IS prepanng to engage in the manufacture of furniture. Bruschke & Ricke of Chicago, have Introduced horse shoe ornaments in their parlor frames. The HughesvJ1le (Fa) Furniture company have com-menced the manufacture of furniture George \N Archer, of Rochester, manufactUl es plano stools annually to the value of $25,000 J G Sextro, a manufacturer of fUI111ture 111 CinCinnati, l'i makmg a tour of the southern states Four thousand hands are employed UI Chicago';, one hundred and thirteen furniture factories Thomas Pickering of Pittsburg, Pa , failed so disastrous-ly that hIS creditors WIll not receive a cent A. H. Davenport of Boston, IS prepanng to manufacture ordered work, and has fitted up a factory for that purpose. Mr StebbinS of Holton & Hddreth, ChIcago, who manu-facture parlor furniture on a large scale, '" as In Grand Rapids recently A company has been orga11lzed In Rochester, NY, to test the practicability of uSing compressed air as a motor for machinery The Onel Cabinet company have completed their new GLOBE VISE and TRUCK CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Don't you want the BEST bench that was ever offered for the price, $12.00 (Subject to discount) This bench is 34 inches high, 6 feet, 3 inches long-front I5 inches; made of thoroughly kIln-dried hard maple strips glued together, 2 % inches thick. The balance-I 3 inches is soft wood. Can ship on receipt of order. --------------------------------~ factory and wIll ha\ e a new lme of 'iample;, for the spnng season' of trade Henry Hermann of ?\ ew York, ha~ dl'ichalged four hun-dred men and closed a part of hiS furniture factory on ac count of dull trade. Philadel phI a con tams 3,680 hands are employed were \ alued at $5,201,830 Gee, ge \\ SmIth & Co, of PhJ1adelphIa, wJ1l budd d place on thc rl\ er font, announcmg the name and dates of the operatlOll of theIr factory on January 1, 1881 Stock" ell, TIYIne & Co, of Gl and RapIds have JI'3'-,olved, A \\T TIYlne, JennIe Byrne and \lr'3 R \V :Uorns retmng C E Belknap had purchased a large mterest In the buslne'is Dunng the pa'it vear the Grand Rapld~ Chair company turned out on an a\erage of 1,121 chall' per day ThIs out-put wJ1l be 11l<..rea"ed to 1,500 per day dunng the com1l1g year BO'iton ha" a new chaIr company capItalIzed for $100,- 000 Cym" \\ akefield 1" the preSident of the corporatIOn The old W1l1Chestei factory at South .\;,hburnham has been acqUIreJ Seven manufacturers of furl1lture 111 Toledo, 0, employ 133 men, to whom IS paId annually $39,700 Il1 "'ages The capital Ime;,ted 111 the bU'i1l1ess IS $151,250 and the value of the product IS $136.000 LOUIS Wrampelmeler, preSIdent of the Wrampelmcler Fur111tUIe company, LOUISVille, ha'i e"tablI'ihed a '3chool of deSIgn for the workmen 111 hiS factory Le'ison'i are gIven to apprentIces outSide of work1l1g hours 221 furlllture factones 111 which The goods produced last yeal r·~r~~~--;aPidS cas~~~~p- CO.-1 2 Parkwood Ave., Grand RapIds, MIch. We are HoW puttlllg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases eVt'f offeree to the trarle These are finIshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple '" a light fin"h The,e //:,oodsare admirable lor polished floors and lurn 'ture rests J hey wiIJ not sweat or mar PRICES $4 00 per hundred 'i 00 per hundred FOil GNlnd RapId'. Sl7e 2~ Inches SIze 2~ \IIehe' Try a Sampl. Urder ..------------_. -----_._._._----- _.__._._------~ Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN OFfiCI Rc,-PTeSld~tlt T R Ia\lor Lake Benton \flOo VIce President D R Thompson Rockford MInn rrea~urer B \ ';choeneberger Perham \llnn Secretary W L Grapp Janesville Mtnl~ ' E\.FI L rl\ Ie CU\!\lIT r~ ~ ChaIrman Geo Klelll M~nkato \!mn 0 Simons Glencoe M111n, W L HarTIs \lmneapolls l\1mIl C Dalllelo:;on Cannon "ails BULLETIN No. 140. Association Jottings. The procled111g, hay e been 1l1dl1ecl 110\\ Ju \ uu I1ke them ~ If y Oul clue" al e 110t palcl no\\ h the tlml to do It 1\ 111 ) ou? Ans\\ el "Ye'3' ancl do It Ha\e yOU sent 111 \OUI sub"cllptlOn 10r the '!lcl1H::,ll1 Artisan so that you Lan !;et thiS department le!;u!ad\ TI not, attend to It today Any member hay 111g legl~latl\ e matter 111m111d "houlcl '3end It to the chaHmdll of the le!;I:-.latl\ e C01llmlttee at onLe nus I" \ elY Important \ttend to It no\\ 1\ hen you hay e d fight111!; chance, fi!;ht \pph thh tJ mall order competItIOn It yOU \\111 fight \\nh the matClI,d the assoCIatIOn fur11l"he", \ ou can do It \\ nh a "mile and a lIght heart and ha\ e the con"uoue;lle"e; that \ ou ale truh ,I bus111ee;s man and 111a"tel ot the conc1ltl0n 111\\ l1lLh \ on find ) our<,elf The soap club COm1lllttee \\ onld lIke to ~et the Jdta 111 the number of "oap dnlh m the to\\ n" ot 0111 \ allOU" me111- bere; It \\III ollh tdke a fe\\ 11111ll1te-,to find out ~o lonelh drop a carel to the "euetal\ \\Ith thl" 111fol111<ltlOn '1 hI" may not "eem Imp01 tant to \ 011 but It 1-' to the Ul111111ntce You are the onh <,OUlce th1U \\ll1ch \\e call get th1' 111101m,1 tIon Nm\ that all the COI1\entlOn 01del <,hay e heen delI\ e1ecl we can proml'3e our membels prompt ,hlpmellt on fill-111 01- ders II e hay e maJe !;ood on facton contract" and the de-layS \v1hlch have Clept mto OUI \\01k have been calhed b\ the a e;sembhng of cars ancl the conchtlOn ot calload t1 affic IIm\ - e\ er, local shIpments are COm111!; thru \\ nh I ea,onable promptness II e are espeCIally an:A10Ue;to gl\ e factone, No 8, 10, 14 and 2'1 an e~peualh large volume ot bU'3111ee;" thIS year All goods ordel ed at COI1\ent10n ,hould nm\ he dell\ el ed except111g F33 and ['4 and the goods that are bell1g lllclCle 101 ue; m FI0 1\ e want to cautIOn our membeh \\ ho hay e he-come a lIttle ImpatIent ae; to the dell\ en at the"e factone, 1\- e must rememher that It Ie; no ~mall Item to Iun '-penal deSIgn s thru '\ 0 facton \\ III guarantee Jell\ en 01 speual ordel good" m Ie ,c; than "l:At) lay s and It u ~ualh takes d lIttle longer The goode; made 1111<8, ee;peualh the bookca"e", \\ ele run tlhru the factor) m e;Lxty clave; and are nm\ 111tlane;lt A car of F33 is also m transIt In reference to the !;ood<' from F4, wl11 say that at can ventlOn tIme, we \\ ere not ad\ ]"ecl that thev had changecl thell patterns Cone;equenth \\ c made up our car orders from the old photos II hen the facton ad-vIsed us of the change, It was nece",san to \\ a1t tOl ne\\ pho-tos before orders could be filled whIch has Jela) ed thle; cal unt!l now They prom1:oed to make e;h1pment \pnl 29th The ach ertIsmg commIttee want:" to prepal e alaI ge Ul cular '3howmg up the \ anou e; 0\ er dl d\\ 111g, of themal1 01- der house matter II e want to u ,e alar!; e bOl der e;11Owmg the places of busmee;" of our vanous membel" 111 01der to show that the "mall dealer", can Jo as lalge, It not a Idrgel busmess, than the mall order house Our pre'3ent Idea b to al ran!;e a 111ee hordel ot the \ a110U'3 stores of our memher'3 a t the ba se of \\ h1ch \\ e \\ an t a small pIcture of the propnetor The'3e e;tores WIll be 111ten\0\ en m a landscape etchmg replc- ,entmg the ,tate 01 :\Imnesota Of course, we cannot do thh unle~, our member" 1ur111sh us WIth a pIcture of theIr ,tlJre and allo\\ u-, to get a half-tone cut made of It As a plC-tu re ot \ au I bu "me".., place Ie; a good thmg to have, we trust that the membel'3 \\ ho are 111tele,ted 111thIS movement wIll ha ',ten to send u ~ a pIcture of theIr \ allOUS stores ancl also 01 them,ehe, ]t \\e have enough co-operatlOn m thIS mat-tll \\ e \\ 111promlc;e to get out a pIece of ad\ ertIsmg lItera-ture that \ ou \\ 111be proud of Of course, 1t wl1l take several mO'1th, to prepare thb as It takes tIme to get cuts and draw- 111C;' made, but \\ hen fi111shed, we wIll be able to fur111sh them to Ollr member" for the cost of pres'3 work, papel and mk I he (omm11tee \\ ould lIke to have the OpmlOl1S of the vanou" memhel' \\ ho al e llltel ested111 thIS mo\ ement <,0a<, to pI ocluLe the he-,t campaIgn an,l cduccltlOnal c11Utial e\el hsued to the IUInltu1 e tIade J hc ploceecl111C;" hd\ e Ju"t been sent \ Ol! II e a"k our 1l1l!l1bCl-, to be Slll e to place them on file \,,dth the proceedmg" 01 )Olml1 \ eal " "Il that they al e hand) when you clee;lre m-j( l1matlol1 111legal d to the COl1\entlCln, the by-la\\ s or the lc ' l1,tItutllln S·uch the reports of the commIttees carefully 111\ our qlllet h0\1I becau,e the mag111tude of the work carned on at the usual com entlOn cannot be fully realIzed at the t1111ebeeau'3e of the hustle and bustle that go WIth conven-tIon, It \ ou are on an) commIttee, we want to urge you to m,lke 11 \ OUI speual bus111ess to see that the work entrusted tl) \ ou I, carned out II e all realI7e that unles" the work is clone, the m1t1at1\ e whIch our as",oclatlOn has taken wl1l not hay e the deSIred effect Carefully glance over the ItemIzed ~tatement of e:Apenses and receIpts whIch ,,111 show you, pos- 'lbh as \ au hay e not I ea1I7ed before, What It costs to run a pI Ogl e-,-,1\e as'OclatlOn If, by chance, your dues are not paId -,ee that they are '30 that the co"t of mal1mg and pnnt- 111gthe procee Img:o can be plOmptl) met If all OUI membere; clo th1e; \\ e can meet our obhgatlOns promptly Doe, the dealel \\ ho huys hIe; couches from a factory whIch 1" controlled bv Sear, Roebuck & Co thmk he IS gct-tmg hIe; couches at the same figure that Sears Roebuck en- JO\ ~ 1f he doe'3 not, why does he gl\ e them hIS busmess to el1able them to ncle t\\O hOlses at the same tIme ancl thus b\ the plofit that they al e mak111g off tlhe dealers, enable them to make ~eah Roebuck a closer pnce because of hIS busmess '\ ot anI \ that but bv gl\ mg such lactonee; hIS ~UPPOIt he IS made tel 1alC a pha"e (,f competItIOn that othel wIse woulcl not be II In ~uLh "IJ()!t-"Ightednes" ~ Notice. ()ne ot our member'3 \\ oulcl hke to be put 111 touch WIth a good mdn to take charge of a fur111ture and undertakmg busI-ne,," He WIll gl\ e 111ma good ,alan or a workmg mterest \n\ one knowmg ot such a man \\ III confer a favor by send- Ulg hIS name to the secretary \ ' ~~~ r 39 No 8-11 ThIs go cart has an enameled ~teel frame and com-pletel y closed bod V wIth raIged sIde9 and dash '1 he edge9 ha, e a mckel plated steel nm '1he pushel s are al~o mckel plated and there IS a fancy cross handle It has 10 Inch tmned wheels wIth '12 Inch rubber tnes i he body IS 14 Inches '" Ide and 24 Inches long The seat 19 6 A 9 Inche~ It ha~ an adjustable leatherette hood "lth plated hood spreaders With type 40c WIthout type, 2'5c Pnce of go-cart to our members $4.72 An Ideal Collapsible Go-Cart. F39 No 2 11 ThI~ go (art has an eAtta strong reInforced steel trame It ha9 double axes and braceb It IS 24 Inches long and 15 lUches WIde when open and 27 mches long 17 mches WIde and 7 mches deep when tolded It IS 34 mches h,gh to the top of the handle The seat IS 1 J Inches WIde It has round wood SIde ralls WIth Ulckel tIps The adjustable hood ha9 bnght plated hood spreaders WIth type 40c WIthout type, 25(' PlIce of go-cart to our members $3.95 A Splendid Value in Go-Cart. F39 No 4-11 ThIS collapsIble go-cart has an extra strong reInforced steel frame It has double axles and braces and contmuous mckel plated or fancy cross handle It has a reclmmg back WIth brIght plated steel rim edge and adJust-able dash for sleepmg purposes The round wood SIde ralls have mckel tIPS The adjustable hood has bright plated hood spreader When It 1S open 1t 1S 24 Inches long and 15 Inches WIde, folded 27 Inches long, 17 mches WIde and 7 mches deep With type, 40c Without type, 25c Price of go cart to our membels $4.20 -~ ~ - --------------------------------------------. ASSOCIATION ADVERTISING HELPS. To really apprecIate the value of thIS advertIsIng help department sit down and wnte up and layout the unIts dIsplayed on thIS page and see how long It WIll take you Then SIze up thIS page and see how long It ,",auld take you to get up an ad by USing these unIts Not only that but by USIng our uniform SIze of unIts, your ads are always unifolm ctnd you savf" In newspaper qpacE' In one Issue the cost of any one ot thesp unIts The average cut furnIshed by manufacturers takes up tw Ice as n~uch space by the tIme the pI inter sets up the de sCrIptIon In the average large type the space costs J. ou much male than these unIts do and your ad would look no bettpl ~ why ~t~dopt~hlS ~n~~z~~n your advertlSlng,_? _ A Collapsible One Motion Go-Cart. A Big Value Go-Cart. F39 No 6 11 ThIS collapsIble go-cart ha9 an enameled steel f,ame WIth closed bIdes and d<lsh It also ha~ double dAle and braces and an extra reInforced &pnng under the seat It haq a recllmng back and adJubtab1e apron front for sleepmg purposes Note the contmuous steel Pllshers The foldIng hood has brIght plated hood spreaders When It IS open It IS 24 Inches long and 14 III ( he" w1de folded 28 mcheb long 16 mches WIde and 8 'h mche~ deep F39 Ko 8 01 ThIS go cart IS up holstered In leather cloth whIch can be llad m green marOon or tan I he remfOl cl"d steel frame IS extra 9trong It has double axles and brace9 and contmuous stel"l pUbhers Tt has a reclmmg back and adJuqt able dash WhICh may be lalsed 01 lowered for sleepmg purpose" The flat steel raIl" ha, e tancv scroll ends The adjustable hood has "nameled spreaders It ha9 10 mch wheels WIth 'h Inch solId rubbel tlres ,Vlth type 40c W,thout ty pe 2r;c \Vlth type 40c Pllce ot go cart to ou! ml"mbers 'WIthout typl", 25c PrIce of go cart to OUr members $315 A Larje, Massive China Closet. A Napoleon Bed. rs No 3- 172 Th,q chma closet IS made of qual tered oak m the golden fin- Ish The desIe;n IS re-fined and artlstlc The closet 19 Velj> lughl y polIshed It has bent glas" end 9 and door French legs and I a r g e c cL r v e d claw fee t The top IS ornamen ted WIth a mll-lor of extra quality The frame 1S neatly caned All slwh es are adjustable It IS made by a factory wInch employS ~~~i1e i~;;orn.;bl~m~~f:11enced hIgh WIth t,pe, 40c rs No 9 - 6 2 1 T h 1 q beautltul Napole on bed 19 made of large f I a k y quarter - ed oak It IS 53 Inches hIgh and )4 lllch-es WIde and very hIghly polIshed '1'he roll at the head and foot IS Vel Y hea, v Thl~ IS a ver3- artIstIC' deSIgn 1 hese beds are made by a factory \\ hleh employs only lugh glade workmen and there are no defectq In materIal or workman9hIp It IS flmshed In golden oak and "'ll add tone and refinement to any bedloom 'Ylthout type, 2r,c Prlce of chma closet to OUI mem-bers $12.00. W1th type 40c vVlthout type 25c PrIce of bed to our members $9.92. ---------------- A Neat, Artistic Combination Case. I A Larlle Quartered Oak Writing Desk F8 No 0 01 natIon case ThiS combl IS made of quarte_ed oak The door has a ~well shaped glass 'l'he deSIgn IS ex-ceedInglyar-tIStlC and or-namental It IS neatly carved and tmlshed m a high grade manner The desk IS neat- 1, arranged WIth pIgeon holes and drawer Be-low the desk IS a swell top dm wer and a large cupboard The upper part contaIns a good 12 x 12 French bevel mnror The shelves are all adlustable A very practlcal pIece for the llvmg room F8 No 101 'Ihls wo t-mg desk IS made of larg'e flaky quartered oak and IS very neatly carved '1 he door IS well made WIth shaped swell tront and all "hel-ves are ad Justable 1'he desk IS nIce ly arranged WIth pIgeon hole" and drawer Be-low the desk I~ a swell s hap e d dra" er and a large cupboard It has heavy claw feet and the upper part IS ornamented WIth a 12 A 12 French bevel mIrror. WIth type, 40c W1th type, 40c W,thout type. 25c. PrIce of combmatlOn case to all! members $6.98, Plain Glass. $7.48 !'ancy Glass. vVlthout type, 25c Pnce of tlns wntmg desk to Oll! rnembf'rs, $ 9.75, Plain Glass. $1l.45, !'a.ncy Glass. Send all all orders to the Secretary, Janesville, Minn. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN No.9-Porch Chair No lO-Porch Rocker No ll-Porch Settee. Large size Oak Stat Green or MIssIOn FWlsh. Larg< size Oak Seat Green or \flsslOn FIlllSh Seat 40 wches long 17% Illches deep Oak Seat Green or Weight, 20 pounds WeIght 21'Iz pound. MIssion filllSh Weight, 32 pounds RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND, INDIANA Buildinas That Will Need Furniture. Residences- J C Danziger, 305 Durn" ",treet, DetrOIt. \llch, $10,000, John H Connor, T,veltth and Bagg ~treet"'. DetrOlt, $6,700, James Dunn, Comonwealth a, enue andFore"t "treet, DetrOlt, $6,750, Thomas R Sharp, 144 Palmer avenue, DetrOlt, $5,000, Herman KrolIk, ~lack street and )IcClellan avenue, DetrOlt, $6,000, C \\ Rodgel", Kel che\ al a\ enue and Gtlbert street, DetrOIt, $6,000, L C PokOl n), 321 )lel-nck street, DetroIt, $8,500, Anna Curner, 480 Grnmmond street, DetrOIt, $4,200, \\ IllIam Anderson, Oak Lane, Tren-ton, N. Y , $5,000, Charles EuslIn, 212 \\ alnut a, enue, Tren-ton, $4,000, :Mary V .:'v1cDonald, Oak Lane, Trenton, $3,500 Peter Thompson, 58 \Nll1tmore street, Harttord, Conn, $4,- 500, Mary Hogan, 102 )ladbon Stl eet, Harttord $3,500 )lr~ LIllIan Drake, 913 Freeman street, ~ eV' lork,), l, $9,500 MIchael J ::V1ulvehlll, 111 East 168th sel eet, ~ eV' York, $6,- 000, Mrs Charles Dickel, \\ hlte Plallls, ~ Y, $28,000, Rob-ert Young, 362 South T\\ elfth street, K e\\ ark, ~ J, $6500, E VV Scudder, Parker street and Ballant1l1e Park \\ ay, '\ e\\- ark, $26,000, \\ IllIam- S Harbholne, :;91 RIdge avenue, ),e\\- ark, $9,500, R A Heller, 904 DeGraw avenue, ), ewark, $6 000, George S Hobart, 599 Mt PlO"pect avenue, N eV'ark, $17,000, Henry Allsopp, 601 ClIfton a\ enue, ), ewark, $7,500 L E Roush, 17 Scheel a\ enue, '\ewalk, $5.67=), \\ L \\ al-nngton, Callnen and LIberty streets, Jacksom Ille, rIa, $4,- 000, A J Stnckland, FIfth and LIberty streeh, Jacbomllle. $3,000, CatholIc Bishop, 3647 \\ est '\ orth a \ enue, Chicago $15,000, Mrs :1'-lcBell, 201 East Alexander "treet, -'\tlanta, Ga, $5,500, A C I' oru, 164 Oak street, Atlanta, $3,500; E J. Clancy, 104 Booker street. Little Rock, Ark, $3,000, u H 1,orlaw, 214 East Third "treet, Little Rock, $3,000, G F Coober, 2906 Benton street, Kansas City, Mo, $9,000, J G ::vl urphy, 3621 Harnson Boulevard, Kansa" CIty, $7,500, Charles Morns, 3116 Central avenue, Kansas Clt), $4,000, Ida o Taylor, 319 Denver street, Kansas City, $3,000 C J Du--s, 3630 Park street, Kansas City, $3,500, \\ alter H Yas", 1258 A"hland street, Richmond, Va, $3,000, Ed", ard J Cook, 320 North Third Stl eet, Richmond, $4,800, Thomas Danaker, 2296 Lake of the bles boule\ ard, )'1111neapolIs, )l111n . $14,000, \\ J Keith, 421 Cl1l1ton avenue, M1l1neapolIs, $10,000, Victor J Anderson, 2020 Penn avenue, :MlllneapolI", $5,000, )1. I Go-etzenberger, 2621 South Emel son a, enue, )llllneapolI:::., $-1-,- 000, \\ H Evans, 2556 South Colfax a, enue, )I1l1neapolIs, ~4,2oo \lr:::. )1 L Stt wart, 625 \\ e"t EIghteenth :::.treet, Okla-homa LIt), Okla. $4,000, H S McKeever, 719 'Iv est Twenty-fir" t Stl eet, Uklahoma City, $3,500, J M Trenary, 1327 West ex V'enty -tourth Stl eet, Uklahoma CIty, $6,500, Frank Ulm- "chneldtr, Cramer and Falsom streets, J\ltlwaukee, WIS, $4,- 000 )lo~e.., Haa"e, 695 Orchard street, Mtlwaukee, $4,500 I ~arah "leI arland, 4030 Easton avenue, St. LoUIS, Mo., $6,800, H E Bruckner, 2261 Holly place, St LoUIS, $8,000, August Peopmuller, -J.520 Glb~on avenue, St LOUIS, $5,500; Gertrude Schuette, 223' -\delalde avenue, St Louis, $5,000; J. W. Fer-guson, 6232 ;,lcPherson avenue, St LoUIS, $18,000; W. H Rooney, 110 East 117th street, New York, $8,000; Anllle K SullIvan. 418 Ea"t Se\ enteenth street, Portland, Ore, $3,750, B T Stapleton, 600 East Sixteenth street, Portland, $4,500, )lr:::. Gel"ler. )Iaple and Palm streets, Portland, $3,500, G \V ;,Ieeker, 1940 C street, Lmcoln, Nebr, $6,000, George Jo,,1, 1725 Q "treet. L1I1colll, $3,000; N \V. Peterson, 1112 NOlth street, Peoria, Ill, $3.500, A F. \Vard, 900 East Nebraska a\ enue, j)eOlla, $3,000 E L Cottrell, Fall and Talbott streets, lndlanapolb, 1nd, $7,500, C A ShetzlIne, Leonard and IIel-lei man ..,tleets, Phtladelphla, Pa, $6,000; Leon Braker, St James ancI SixtIeth streets, Phtladelphla, $17, ~OO, Jacob Pott-man, 2808 Ken"mgton avenue, Philadelphia, $22,250, C C lam, Conklm and Cedar street." Philadelpilla, $5,000; P. J . \ld ...e..m. a. 7-J.h2 ShenJan road, Chicago, lll, $15,000, Arch-bIshop QUlgle), 123-J.\Vest Fifty-second street, ChIcago, $20,- 000, Charle" \1 Chamberla1l1, 5849 Ene street, Chicago, $4,- 000, C P Perne, 3217 Prospect avenue, LIttle Rock, Ark, $4,000, LOlus Hill, 2012 ~ orth Twenty-fifth street, Omaha, 1\ eb , $3,500, Charles L. Glasson, 2230 South Thirty-second "treet, Omaha, $3,000, Bhss H Headley, 1809 LalrJ street, Omaha, $3,000, A E Wiskstrom, 2402 South Thirty-first "treet, Omaha. $3,000, Joseph P. Reed, Dallas avenue and "IeacIe street, Pittsburg, Pa, $9,400, Dr. Thomas Hogan, Mc- UUI e and Shad) a\ enues, PIttsburg, $8,000, MISS F MeIster, 616 BrooklIne boulevard, Pittsburg, $3,500, P. J Fmnegan, 1 Balle) a\ enue, Pltt"burg, $3,500, 0 S. Parker, Gaylord street and :\ Inth avenue, Denver, Col, $7,500; B. W. Akers, 517 East Hill avenue, Knoxvtlle, Tenn, $-1-,000, Fntz Breest, "mth and Locu"t streets, ~ltlwaukee, Wis, $4,500; Joseph PfeJi'fer, Homer aId \VtllIams streets, Mtlwaukee, $4,000; Chnst1l1e Lendlll1g, PIerce and Hadley streets, Mtlwaukee, ,...--- .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 ---------_._------_._--------------_._._-------- These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue S.readinc Machine. Siucl •. Doubl. and Combination. (alented) (Sizel 12 in. to 84 in wide.) Veneer Pre ..... different kind. and .izel (ateated) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. t . - ... f ~ Hand Feed Glueinc Machine (ale1ll llCumull.) Many Itylel and lizel. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 GI.eHeater . .• --.... _ ••• a_ •• $4,000, E P Fntsc!lle, 818 ~'fcT'ar1ane avenue, Cmcmnatl THE MACEY COMPANY WINS OUT. U, $4,500, LOl1l"a Ble"l, 32Y \\ e"t :'Id1Jllan "treet, Cmcm-natl, $6,000, G :'1 Rogel", \\ oolper "tIeet and Calthage pIke. CmcmnatI, $6,500, E \\ Brooks, Uak Knoll, Pasadena, Cal , $3,500, A A NI"ser, Oxford Square, Los c\ngele", Cal, $40,- 000, J F Burton, Ardmore avenue and l'lfth street, Los An-geles, Cal, $15,000, B \V Frees, Rlbldoux Helghh, RlVel- "Ide, Cal, $10,000, :'Ir" Lawrence, HIll ancl 1hlrd street", ~anta l\!onlca, Cal, $8,000, D :'1cCarthy, 3514 \\ est Jackson boulevard, ChIcago, $26,000, .:\1r-, A F Carr, 6130 Rhodes avenue, Chicago, $6,000, Ronald c\ Foster, Pennsylva111a and Thirty-eIghth "treets, IndlanapolI", Ind, $5,800, James H Robert"on, 650 Congre% street, Indlanapolb, $4,000, S S }IcCOI el, Cla) and Bon Ton streets, St Joseph, Mo, $23,000, c\rthur Groben, 54 HIghland street, Buffalo, K Y, $7,500, Cathenne E Booth, 280 Bayne" street, Buffalo, $3,400, Rose FlIlkenstem, 31 SupellOr "treet, Buffalo, $10,000, Eclward (,attie, 443 ), orthampton c,treet, Buffalo,$3,500, \\ m P. Land-graf, 135 Hedley street, Buffalo. $3,500, George Fntz, 38 Leanllngton street~, Buffalo, $3,500; Mrs Augu"ta EndlIch, 994 Grant street, Buffalo, $6,800, Samuel S \\ Ilmer, Benner and Marsden streeh, PhIladelphia, Pa, $9,700, John ~1 Sn}- del, Butler and :bghteenth "tl eets, PhIladelphIa, $50,000, H L Dennett, 626 Carolme "treet, HOt1'3ton, TeA, $6,500 MiscellaneolUs BUl1dmgs-The CatholIcs are b11l1clmg a 'j:7'i,000 church and "chao] at 36-1-1\\ est North a\ enue, Chlca-gu addl ec,,, CatholIc BI"hop of ChIcago The \Velsh Calvm-l" tlL \1ethodl"ts are ]Jlulc1Jng a church to co"t $25,000, at 2917 21 11ftecnth a\enue, }1mneapo1Js, M1l1n The Dus1l1e"s Wo-men'" Club of LOlll"\ Ille, Ky, wIll erect a five story blllldmg on \\ alnut "treet at a cost of $lOJ,OOO The Lutheran Gal-gotha :'II""lOn IS buIld1l1g a church on Chnst1l1e Lane, 1\[11- waukee, at a co"t of $40,000 Paul :;,\lo21ck IS ImIldlllg a bnck hotel on Plankmton a, enue, MIla wUkee, to cost $22,- 000, \\ hlttler. Cal, has voted to Issue $80,000 111 bonds for a new hIgh school bUlld1l1g to be completed by September 15 \\ ea, er Blerre I" to bUIld a concrete theatre at Safford, Anz, at a cost of $40,000, Lehl, l:tah, has Issued $50,000 111bonds to! a new hIgh "chool bUlldmg St Andrews Cathobc church of Battle Mountam, 1\ ev , wIll buIld a parsonage at a oost of $25,000 A five story additIon to the Hamplen Arms Hotel, r~o" Angele", Cal, IS to be completed by September 1. The Palace Theatre company has a permit to buIlcl a theatre at 1137-47 Blue Ic,land a\ enue, Chicago, to LOst $125,000 South Bend, Ind, i:o erecting a "cho01 buIld1l1g, three stories, 78 x 100 feet, to cost $50,000 An Important Decision in a Case Involving Con-spiracy and Infringement. The more or less famous case of the Globe- W erl1lcke company of Cll1cll1natI aga111st the Macey company and Pres- Ident 0 H L. \Venllcke of Grand Rapids has been decIJed by the C111ted States court of appeals m favor of the defend-ant", the pl3Jl1ItIff'" bIll of complal1lt bel1lg dismissed for lack of eqUIty The deCISIOn IS of great Importance to Mr \Ver- 111cke and the Macey company anJ of conSIderable Il1terest to manufacturers of patented articles In an 111tervlew on the subject, last Monday, ::VIr \Ver111cke said' "ThJS SUIt was commenced several years ago on the al-leged ground" that the }Iacey company and myself had en-tered Il1to a conspIracy to 111frmge the Cll1cll1natI company'" alleged patent on sectIOnal bookcases and other acts contrary to law and conscIence The SUIt was so Widely heralded by I epresentatlves of the Globe- \Ver111cke company as a body blow that would put the Macey company out of busll1es" and pI event ItS customer" from obtall1mg addItIOnal sectIOns of ItS bookcases m the future, that we feel JustIfied m glvmg con- Siderable pubhClty to the deCISIOn at tl11s tune, 111 order that :'lacey dealel sand theu customers may kno\\ that we have not been gUilty of the acts alleged and that evel} customer. of Macey bookcases b fOI'e, er free from annoy mg thl eats by competitors. "Aftel I severed my active connectIOn With the Globe- \\ ell1lcke company and Sll1ce hecommg preSIdent of the \[acey company, myoId concern developed wbat seemed to be a mama for suing us upon vanous pretexts The deCISion and opmlOn of the CIrCUIt court of appeals leaves Ilttle or no room for doubt 111 my Judgment that the"e SlutS were com-menced With no hIgher motive than to ll1Jure me and prevent the Macey company from becommg a formIdable competItor. "Always conscIOUS of our legal and moral rectitude in every matter pertamll1g to <;lUr busmess, we are content to lea ve these questIOn" to the verdict of the courts and the sober Judgment by those of our friends who by their llberal patronage contnbuted to our success Weare pleased, of course, With the outcome of the IltIgatlOn, but It IS only such an outcome as we have anticipated from the first and it is certainly an equal pleasure to know that our efforts to do busi-ness on the square have always met with a hearty re3ponse from the trade and the public" 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN --~_._----._--~--------~ I• • I• I I• •I• IIt • •I II It II II II• - --~•i ManufadureR of Emboued and Turned Mould. lOCI, Embo ... ed and Spmdle CanIDR'I, and Automatic Turn,nCI. We also manu fadure a Jaree hne 01 Embo .... d Oroamenta for Couc.h Work. '256-'258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. " ._--------- _. .------~~~.---------------------------~~·1 FOX SAW DADO HEADS I,III I• I• I I,,I• I FOX MActii;~NT;;~".Y185 N. Front Street. ! I Grand Rapid., Mlch ! ,,- - - - ---- - -------- -- . .- - - - ---~ ~-- - I SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine Knlv..... Miter Machine •• Etc. We'll gladly tell you all about It. ~,-------------------------------------~ II HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. I III I• •t II II I,II III I II II• ..I. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SAWED l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLiCED fAN D MAHOGANY I"-----_._-----' ---------_._-------~~---~ ( Amencan Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up, Hotel Pantlind I I I J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. I 'A-- • . • • _ .. (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dmner Served at the Panthnd lor 50c IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. " - -- Shippers 'ViII Have to Pay. She ralh\ a\ wage ad\ ances, already made or to be made blt"l e the end 01 the} eal, are estll11ated at $100,000,000 hy II l Hro\\n ple~ldent of the r\evv York Central, who 111- dude" man} dlh ances v\ hlCh ha\ e not yet been settled WIth the 111ter"tate l ommerle lOmml'nlon statlsttcs as a basis, rall- \\ a\ \\ dge" undel the nevI' SCdle WIll reach $1,227,233,000 a \ ldl I h1" 1" all1\ ed dt b} e..,tlmdt111g the operat111g ex-jJln" e, ()t the ple"ent fi"cal yeal hom the monthly reports rI I : I l II J._JII ~: DeSIgned by C. H Chatfield, Grand RapIds, MlCh. 110\\ el\ aJ1able dpph 111gthe percentage of labor cost to total UjJLldtll1g e" pen "e" 111 1908, the latest year for whIch wage hgl1le~ lta\ e been pubh"hed, and add111g the $100,000,000 es-t1111dteJ ach ance 111 wages thIS yeal The $1,227,233,000 compales \\ltJh $1,072,233,000 111the fi"cal year 1907, whIch hoLl" the I ecord \1 ages \\ ere not leduced atter the 1907 panic, so that thl" } edl'" dClYanc( s dl e on top of those which were made in 19(){)and the earl} part of 1907 l'he proportIon of labor cost to total operat111g eApenses has 111creased steadily for several yeals Lumber Trust Must Be Dissolved. Last Monday the supreme court of the U11lted States ren-llel ed a deCISIOn declanng the Grenada Lumbel company and ,,()l1le ;; othel reLul lumber dealers 111MiSSISSIppI and Louis- Iana to be a con"plracy 111restraInt of trade and commerce and 111\ IOlauon of the :\IlsslsslPPI antI-trust statute This affilm'o the Judgment of the MISSISSIppI supreme court order- 111g the dl""oluttun of the trust The deci3ion is not ex-pected to hay e ally matenal effect on bhe pnces of southern lumber becau::.e thl" outcome of the case has been generally expected an\.l the dealers had been prepared for it It is said the Southern Pllle assocIation WIll be 1eorganized on legal hnes CARPETS AND RUGS AT AUCTION WEEKLY ARTISAN ----------._.-._---~---._- ----_. - . - -., Large Attendance at the Opening of the New York Sales. The carpet and Iug auctIOn of the Alexander Snllth & Sons' company openeJ la'it ::'ifonday before what was esti-mated as the largest gathenng of buyers m the history of the carpet and rug trade Representative" of both wholesale and retail hou'ies wele pre'ient from every sectIOn of the country, and were active blJders on the lob offered The first lot of-fered, consl'ited of one bale of 12-4 Nepperhan tapestry rugs 9 x 12 feet, all m one piece, three rugs to a bale I twas purohased by FreJencl<: Loeser & Co, of Brooklyn, after the goods had been bid up to $3100 The blddmg VI' as ac-tive for the honor of the first purchase, and m spite of keen competitlOn the first lot was secured by t'he above Brooklyn firm. There were 20 lob of 12-4 Nepperhan tapestry rugs be- Sides many duphcate lots, runnmg from 34 to 101 duplicates, in addition to the trr egular numbers of the catalog. The goods brought pnces rangmg froth $10 to $11 25 The next on the catalog consisted of 12-4 colomal velvet rugs, 9 x 12 feet, l11c1udl11gmany duphcate lots Pnces on these ranged from $15 to $1525. On the next offenng m the catalog, conslstmg of 12-4 Saxony axmmster rug.." 9 x 12 feet, the bidding was quite active, and pnces ranged from $13 to $13 50, one buyer tak-mg 27 lots at $1290 Rugs compnsed a large part of the first day's offering", and when pnces sagged off, large buyers were qUlck to step m and take up the good;, m bulk Several excellent bargains were picked up in the well known Nepperhan tapestry rugs, 12-4 good3, sizes 9 x 12 feet, bnngmg pnces as low as $10 to $11 25 each, as agamst a ltst pllce of $1225 Colonial velvet rugs, 9 x 12 feet, 12-4 goods, brought $15 to $15 50, as agamst a lIst pnce of $18 10, whlle 12-4 Saxony sold at pnces rangl11g from $1290 'to $13 50, as compared with hst pnce on Jan 1, 1910, of $17 Accordl11g to the terms of the sale, whel e carpet and ?Is borders are 30lJ together, 2,% cents less than body Will be charged on Saxony Axmmster border, extra Axmmstel bor-der, Savonnene and wllton velvet border. On velvet border, Paltsade border, best tape;,try, B Pahsade, and F PahsaJe border, 2 cents le'iS than border wlll be charged On 6-4 carpet and 6-4 stalr, double the pnce of 3-4 wldths Among the most actn e bldJers at the first day', "ales were the .;\ifalson Blanche. New Orleam, Fredenck Loe"er, Brooklyn, NY, Glmbel Bra", Philadelphia, Abraham & Strauss, Brooklyn, the Chicago House vVreckmg company, Chicago, the "Hub" of Washmgton, DC, J\I Donohue, Pittsburgh, Bernheimer Bros, Kan..,as City, Boston Bargam House, Dry Goods l:"mon, Hager company, Jame'i H Dunham, City, Acme Dry Good'i company, Sterltng Furmture company and J oske Bros company, of San Antolllo, Texas Other buyers were the Dayton Dry Goods company of Mmneapolts, Wilham H Block company, Incltanapoh.." Stlx, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods company, St LOUIS, Lowenstem & Bra, Memphis, "\V H Howlett, Kansa3 City, Mo ; Alman & Matt, Chicago, III , 0 Rot'hert, Altoona, Pa, Sanger Bros, Dallas, Texas, J H Hartley & Sons, Falrmont, W Va ,H D Thoma'i company, Seattle, vVash , Sterll11g Fur-lllture company, San FranCISco Practically the entire mtel est of the carpet traJe was cen-tered m the auctIOn sale Buyer;" 'however, VISited the other sale3rooms throughout the market dunng the day for the purpose of loob'ng over the new hnes shown W. & J Sloane 25 We are Special Tool MaBufacturers for the Wood Working Trade. Our SOLID STEEL MOULDING GUTTERS are the Best in the World. I I II SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson BlVd., CHICAGfl, ..--_... SAW, KN,_IFE AND_wT_OOL ..MA_NUFACTURERS __ .• announced that their complete hnes were on view and that prices had been named, but were subject to change at any mmute Without nottficatlOn It was stated that slight ad-vances 'had been named on tapestry rugs and velvet carpets Just what the advances amounted to could not be learned, however, for pubhcatlOn At salesrooms of the BIgelow Carpet company no prices were named dunng the day, and It was stated that It had not been Jeclded as yet when pnces would be offiCially an-nounced Buyers VISited the salesrooms m large numbers dunng the clay to look over the new hnes WhICh are on VIew and orders when placed were accepted subject to pnces to be named later. On Tuesday the attendance was well up to that of the first day, and blddmg was bnsk on most of the lots offered vVhenever pnces ..,lumped off, or blddmg became slow, rep-re3entattves of large concerns stepped m and placed bids for large lots, often secunng the same at pnces whwh Immediate-ly renewed the mterest of othel buyel s. Good progress was made m disposing of the goods, and m addition to thiS the numbers m the catalog were reduced by the WIthdrawal of certam goods Dunng the morll1ng hours of the sale, offenngs of large axmmster rugs were disposed of, and brought excellent auc-tIOn pnce'i On 12-4 aX1l11ll'3ters pnces ranged from $13 to $1475, and on 11-4 from $11 to $11 50 Pnces on 16-4 rugs were also deCldedly good, and some buyers who expected to pick up cheap lots, were dlsappomtecl At the afternoon sessIOn carpets were reached, and re-newed mterest was shown Iby those buyers who were walttng for these goods to be offered There was a long h3t of Pah- 'iade carpets, mcludmg duphcates These goods met WIth a ready response from buyers, especially where the patterns and coloring were good Next on the ltst came Manor tap-estry rug", rangmg from 12-4 through to 8-4 good3 These goods were followed by Phllhpsburg tapestry rugs in 12-4 to 10-4 goods Pnces on many of these ltnes were surpnsingly good, and well on a level wlth those of the first day's sale Late m the afternoon tapestry carpets were reached, and buyers settled down to work m earnest Best tapestry goods sold at pnces rangmg froill 48 to 69 cents a yard, and staIr tapestry from 45 to 50 cents In one or two cases, where the patterns ""ere poor, and colors off, pnce3 dopped as low as 38,% cents, the goods bemg taken m bulk by large buyers, such as Mal shall Fleld & Co Other buyers who purchased goods m bulk, when pnces dec1meJ were the Syndicate Trad- 111gcompany, Bloommgdale Bros, R H Macy, Martin Dry Goods company, A D ::\Iatthews' Sons, Fredenck Loe3er & Co. and the Adams & Doepke company The largest pur-chases were made by Marshall Field & Co 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN -----------------_._--------------- ---------------------- jU_ pi~~~i~p~i;~g'~~ L-AF'tGEST,JOBBERS Glass COlIlpany ANO MANUFAOTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art 6lass, Ornamental Figured 6lass, Polished and Rough Plale 8lass, Window Blass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautifullhan white marble. CENERAI. DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anythmg m BUilders' Glass, or anythIng In Pamts, Varmshes, Brushes or PaInters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of whICh IS given below • EW 'rO.E-Hudson and Vandam St •. B08'r0.--41-49 SudbuQ' St., 1-9 aowker St. CJUCAG0-44Il-451l Wabash Ave. CDl'OJ .. A'.rI-Broadway and Court Sts, S'.I.":.LO'U1S-Cor. '.I."enthand Spruce St., JIIDJIl'.EAPO:LJ8-500-516 S. 'rhird st. DE'rBOJ'J."-53-59 :Lamed St., E, GBA1IIDBAPJDS, IIICH-39-41 •. Divl.ion St. PJ'J."'rSB11BGH-IOI-I03 Wood St. JIJ::LWA'UKEE,WJS.--4911-494 lIarket st. • 0CKESo.n:.... T_WUder Bldg., 1Ia1n II BKohan..e sta. BA:L'rDI0.Z-310-11l-14 W. P1'att St. A Get Toliether Function. The epIcureans of the Seattle RetaIl Furniture Dealel" aSSOcIatIOn treated themseh e'3 and a number of gue,h to a fine banquet in the CommercIal Club room" reLenth t\fter the repast and the attendant flow of \\ It and humor, the pre~- Ident introduced S T Hills of the F S Hannon company, the guest of honor, who addre'3sed the banqueters on 'The RISing Cost of I\ulllture," a subject of ImpOl tance not onh to the buymg publIc but also to the furnIture dealer, for the greater the co,t of the fur'lllture the les'3 profit to the dealer Mr HIlls dlSctlSSed the pa,;t and present methods of cut-ting timber 111 the Ulllted States and commented on the enor mous and shameful waste of good timber by such method'3 He stated that the timber IS cut three tllne" a, ta"t a" the trees grow and that the annual cut IS about 430000.000 acre" He said that the estimate of standmg hardv ..ood timber m the Uillted States today IS 400,000,000,000 feet and that there dl e 25,000,000,000 feet cut annually, whIch means that the suppl) of hardwood timber m the LillteJ States, at the present rate of cuttmg, WIll be completely exhausted m the "hort penod of sixteen years Mr Hills "aid the CO'3tof fmillture IS n~mg and Will con-tlilue to nse mdefiilltely, and contended that the princIpal cause of thl'; rbe is the present method of deva,;tatmg the timber resources of thIS country He spoke ot the method of forestry In vogue m Germany for the la"t three ht1l1dred year'3 and that only by a s1l111lar method of forestratlOn III the United States can a rapidly approachlilg tImber famllle be averted. The speakel dl'3cu,;sec1 the ,;ubJ ect of "~peClal '3ale,;" and saiJ if any prospective Ibuyer of furllltUl e "ould walt until C:LEVE:LAJfrD-143O-1434west '.I."h1I'4 st . OllABA--llOl-llO'1 Howa.rd st. S'r. PA'UL-459-481 Jackson St. A'r:LA1n'A, GA_30-3lI-34 S. Pl:J'or st. SAVAJrB'AK, GA.-74S-749 Wheaton St. KAB'S.&s OJ'.I."T-Plfth and Wyandotte st •. BDJIIDJIl'GKAK,ALA.-lInd Ave. an4 89tl1 St. BVP:PA:LO,•. T.-371l1-74-78·78 Pearl St. BBOOB::LY1II'-'rh1rdAve. and Dea.n St. PJa:LADB:LPJDA-Pltca1zn Bldg., "'~b and 11th DA.VB~0.'r--410-416 Scott st. OKLAJlOJIIIAOJ'.I."Y, OE:LA"lillO-1l12W. :Plrst St. st •. ....I .J anuar) or } ebruaf) of each) ear, he could get any artIcle 111 the furl11ture 1ll1e at almost hl~ own figures He contended that the feature ot ",;peCial sale~"'had outworn 'IlS usefulness }Ir Hill -., addre-.,s opened new avenues of thought for furl11ture dealer" and wa'3 greatly appreciated by those pres-ent Ile re-.,ponde,l to a unaUlmous vote of thanks for his re-mark' 3 b) extendUlg an IllvltatlOn to the members of this as- "ocla tlOn to be the guests of the :l\Ianufacturers' associatlOn at a banquet -.,ome time III },Iay, whIch IllvitatlOn was prompt- I) accepted on the part of the retail furlllture dealers. The "get together" "pInt ha~ certaUlly seized the progressive fur- 11Iture dealers of thl'3 city WIth a firm gnp -PaCific FurnIture '[ rade Glorious Arizona. "It "a~ the first real vacatIon I ha\ e had S1l1ce I was a bO\ , . declared Charle" R SlIgh, pr(~'dent of the SLIgh Furni-ture com pan) , Grand RapId,;, who ha,1 Just returned from ArI-zona where he ,;pent about two months WIth Mrs SlIgh and thelr children "For wmter clImate," he contmued, "1 don't thlllk an) place III the V\;orld can beat Anzona It IS away ahead of Southern Caltforma The atmosphere IS warm and soft and "0 clear that human VISIOn IS much stronger than at an~ other place III the country That's why the astronomers go there to make ob~ervatlOns that are difficult m any other part of the countl \ \\ e ..,aV\;the comet there, qUite dlstmctly, \\ Ith the nakecl e) e long before It was VISible m other parts of the country It I'; ~ure1y a V\;onderful clImate The moon-lIght lllghts are ~ll1lply mdescnbably beautIful i'Phoel1lA I~ havmg a boom The government ha'3 been spendll1g eIght or ten millIon clollal" m IrngatlOn work there, Wood Sar Clamp Fixtures Pel' Set sac. . .. . -------------------------_._--_._---------- Sheldon Steel Rack Vises "t IIi Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H. SHELDON & CO ,ChIcago, III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bought of you a ltttle over a year ago are gIVIng excellent service We are well satlsfied w,th them and shall be pleased to remember you wbenever we want anythmg addItional m thIS !tne Yours truly. SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO .- -- _. __ . -_ _-- 30.000 Sold on approval and an uncon-dItional money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Inde.tructlble. We SO!tCltpnvllege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON & CO. I 328 N. May St., Chicago. I .. .. . .. - - - - ~~~~---------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO. MARSHFIELD, WIS. No. 2228 Toilet T.ble. SEND FOI{ OUR Dressel'S Chiffoniers Dressinli Tables Suites Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. M.de in o k, Bird's-Eye Maple, Mahol;!any, etc., and All Popular Finishes OMPLETE whIch will reclaim about 250,000 acres of land. .:\Iost land has been under IrngatlOn before, but the dam~ an VOlrs were not properly constructed, washed out fre uently and were not dependable The government IS dOIng t e work nght From my ob~ervatlOns I think the money expe ded In reclamatIOn work, not only In Arizona }but elsewhere, h S been well mvested Had the government used the hund eJs of mIllIons that have been spent in the PhIlIppmes m rec aImIng the and lands of the west it Wlould have done muc better for the country-It would have benefited whIte m n who know how to apprecIate advantages. "BUSIness m Anzona IS all nght as It IS m near! all of the far west I went to the coa',t anJ heard no complaInts, except In San FranCISCO where It IS rather dull In mo t hnes "Here at home our busmess IS good, we have sold mor goods thi<; spnng than m any prevIous ~eason." No. 2240 Toilet Table CATALOGUE an Increa"e In passenger rates It has been e'3tllnated that the mCI ease m wage<; granted raIlway employe" m the past <;IX months wIll amount to $48,000,000 per annum, whIch Advancing Freight Rates. Last .:\londay the Interstate Commerce Commls ion re-ceIved a batch of freIght tarIff<; from carner<; In the mIddle west wIth ea<;tern connectIOns, and the check111g of th tanff'3 <;0 far mdlcate<; an mcrea<;e all along the lme It IS eheved by the commiSSIon that before June 1 there WIll be Ina e \\ hat amount<; to a ul11form mcrease in freIght rates throug out the United States vVhen the demand" for Increased wages of raIlw y oper-ative" were met by the carners, some of the rallwa T pre'31- dents sad that in order to meet thIS new draIn on th Ir reve-nue' It would be necessary to Increase rates and thIS IS now bemg done The New York, New Haven & Hartford ecently granted an increase in wage<; to ItS trammen and t e "tate-ment was ma.de that the mcrea"e on thIS road alone a ounted to $500,000 per annum. The New Haven road promptly made Made by Manlstee Manufacturing Company, Manistee, MlCh. probably means that the pubhc WIll have that amount to make up for the can Ier<; The mterstate commls<;IOn WIll adjourn for the summer recesj) some tIme between June 1 and 15, and the new rates, If attacked by shIppers, WIll have to remam m force nearly a year before a decbion can be reached 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN NEW BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK Theatres. Churches. Schools. Hotels. Etc.. That Will Need Furniture. New York, :May 5 -"'\mong the bUlldmgs to be erected here that w1ll all reqUIre furmture of \ anou 5 bnd 0, there are about a hundred theatres and about 500 bUlldmg" for mm-mg p1cture shows Damel ['rohman h headmg a lompam to bul1d a ~ atlOnal theatre neal Central Park, "outh to co"t $500,000 It wl1l have club and lecture room" and \\ 111be controlled mamly by actors' "ocletles ~Iax R \ \ lIner ot the ThalIa theatre W11lbmld a JewIsh theatre and wof garden at Second avenue and F1rst street. whIch \,,111'Oeat 3400 people, to cost $650,000 The Parks and Play ground" a"'iOClatlon will bUIld a five story theatre to co~t $100000 at Rn lllgton and Cannon 'itreets Howard Broadstreet I~ "ecretary Percy W1lhams of the Colomal Theatre company will erect the largest vaudevIlle theatre III -\.menca. at 110\\ arel avenue anJ Mad1son street, Brooklyn The Phoelllx A.mu"e-ment company WIll bul1d a three otory theatre at -\.m'iterJam avenue and 149th street, from plans of archItect Thomas \\ Lamb, to cost $150,000 \V1llIam H "M:cElfatnck has pre-pared plans for a theatre to be bmlt at Seventh a\ enue and 123d street, to cost $650,000, fm ] ohn H Spnnger of the Grand Opera House It w111be eIght stones hIgh and "eat 3,300 people Adolph Zucker w111 erect a theatre and roof garden at Delaney anJ Suffolk 'itreets, to "eat 2,500 Schu-bert Bros are plannmg to bUIld a new theatre at 113 \\ est Forty-thIrd street AdelaIde P Ehnch, Jame'i 10' ~Ieehan and Edward S Slmon '" III erect a theatre to co~t $125,000 and seat 1,500 persons at 160th and Pro"pect "treet'i Fneden-rich, Gerston & Baer w1ll bUllll a $100,000 theatre at f'ru,,- pect avenue and 160th street, from plans by arcllltect E C Horne. The followmg schools are projected ~Irs Hetty Gleen ha'OgIven $500,000 for the -\.mencan Gnn er~It) of Chn~topher Columbus, to be erected on Fifth avenue at Central Park. to be free of all cost to pupl1s Later a great palace of art \\ 111 be added Countess Anme Leary has charge at her home 1032 Fifth avenue The Roman CatholIc church of the GuardIan Angel, 511 West Twenty-th1rd street wIll alter the rectory mto a church and school to cost $40,000 \rchltect Joseph H :0.IcGUlre has plan" for a fi\ e ~tore parochIal school at 79 Jackson street for the CatholIc church of St :0.Iary, cost $50,000 C B J Snyder, archItect, has plans for a CIty publIc ~chool K0 102 to be five stones, at 113th 'itreet and Second avenue, to cost $339,000 St Peter and Paul CatholIc church wl1l bmld a $140,000 school on Brook avenue near 159th street. from plans of ArchItect M J Garvlll The public schools to be bUllt are K0 95 at Clarkson and \Vest Houston streets, to cost $416,000, X0 10, an addItIOn, at South Third andKeap streets, Brooklyn, to cost $216,000 ~o 17 at Schenectady avenue, Eastern Parkway and Llllcoln Place, Brooklyn, to CO'it $300,000 and 1\0 165 at Lott and Hopkmson avenues, to cost $200,000 ArchItect C 0 Rich has plans for enlargmg Barnard col-lege by a two story addItlOn, at Broadway anJ 119th 'itreet, to cost $200,000 The New York InstItute for the Blmd at ThIrty-fourth street and J\mth avenue, have bought a farm of 110 acres on Central Park avenue between Yonkers and New York, on WhICh WIll be bUllt a senes of structures for theIr use ArchItects McKIm, Mead & \"'hlte have plans fOI three new bUlldmg:o for Bellevue hoslptal. to cost $2,750,000 The Skm and Cancer HospItal at Second avenue and Xmeteenth -------_._._----- -- -- - - ...-----------.., THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete I,ne of sam-plea are displayed In TLe Ford 8 JoLnson BuildlDl!, 1433.37 WaLuL Ave., in-c1udlnil a spec,al d.splay of Hotel Furniture. All furmture dealers are cordially invited to visit our building. .I. --_ ......I street, w'Ill enlarge the hO'ipltal, to cost $10,000 The 1:\ew York PolyclJmc ~ledlcal school and Ho"pltal have bought a plot fOl an addItIon to be 100 x 204 feet, on F1ftleth 'itreet. The ~Iontfiore Home ha'i bought 115 acres of land m the vvest Bronx and \\ III erect new bUlldmg'i as a home for aged people The follo\\ mg churches are planned The FIfth avenue Baptbt church, Rev Charle'i FAked, pastor, ha'i plans from -\.rchltect Bo"V\nrth for a new church to co",t $500,000, at For-t)-' 01xth "treet and Flfth avenue CongregatIOn B'NaI Rap-peport wIll remoJel the bUlldlng at 207 East Seventh street mto a :oynagogue It WIll cost $15,000 Harllson & SackhellTI have plans for a three story synagogue at Jefferson and MadI-son streets, to co~t $25,000 CongregatlOn B'~Ia1-Jeshurum WIll buJ1d a synagogue at Central Park \Vest and EIg<hty-seventh street The church exten:OIOn commIttee of the New York Presbvtn "'Ill erect a church and Sunday school at ave-nue D and "Fa'urteenth "treet, GlllOnport, the Bronx Holy-rood church at BroadvV1ay and EIghteenth stIeet w1ll erect a new church bUlldmg at Fort \Vashmgton avenue and l79th street The church extenslOn commIttee of the New York Pre'ibytery WIll bul1d a bnck church to co"t $85,000, at Pros-pect avenue and 1~5th street The Baptl'it church of the Re-deemer WIll bUlld at Valentme''i Lane and LeIghton avenue, South Yonkers, a church bUIld1l1g to cost $50,000 St PhIlips P E church WIll buIld a new edIfice to cost $150,000, at 213 \Yest 133d street Hotels- The Rlt7 Carlton Hotel company IS buIlding a 'iIxteen story structUle at MadIson avenue and Forty-sIxth street and WIll also erect another addItIOn next door Plans have been dra'" n by F ~I Andrews of 3 West Thirty-third street, for a ne", co"tly hotel at BroaJway and ThIrty-fourth street, to cost \\ Ith SIte, $10,000,000 George F Con~ldme WIll bmld a SlX story hotel at 147 WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood-ing the country. Oliver Tools "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 WIll take a saw up to 20' d.ameter Arbor belt IS 6' WIde Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Worka and General Officea at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH .• U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES - Ohver Maelunery Co.. Hud.on Termmal. 50 Church St. New York. Ohver Maehmery Co. FIrst National Bank BwldlOll. Clueallo. Ill. Ohver Maehmery Co • aClfie Bu~dlOll. Sealde. Wash. Ohver Maelunery Co .201-203 Deanallate. Maneheater. Enll We"t Forty-thIrd street. to cost $250,000. from plans prepared by Architect George F l'Ilham ArchItects George and Edward Blum have filed plans for a ten story fire proof hotel at 128 West Forty-seventh "tI eet, to cost $160,000, for the OlympIa Realty & Construc-tIOn company, LoUI" Pmcus presIdent Robert F ::YIurphy, Embossed Mouldtng Made by Waddell ManufactUring Co, Grand Rapids, MIch. of the Hotel Albany, has ha,1 plans drawn for a projected $8,000,000 hotel at Broadway and FortIeth street ArchItect J C Cooker has plans for a $25,000 hotel for Rogan & Callen-der, at Tenth avenue and 207th "treet B EbelIng, archItect, has drawn plans for a $25,000 hotel on Castle HIll and vVest-chester avenues, fo

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