Weekly Artisan; 1910-10-15

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and I GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. OCTOBER 15. 1910 Manirtee Manufa&:uring CO. MANISTEE, MICH. No. 18 WARDROBE DRESSER. Quartered Oak. Golden Finish. Polished. No. 19 CHIFROBE. Quartered Oak. Golden Finish Polished. C] We provide for the ladies as well as the gentlemen with these medium priced com-binations. We issue a catalogue showing our full line of Chifrobes, Dressers, Chiffoniers, Buffets and Sideboards. Ask for one. ~SJ!-eciaIistsfg theFurniture Trade.. .MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO.GRANDRAPIDS 1 ---------------- .. ------------._" .~------------_._- - ". .--, I I NEW DESIGNS IN LOUIS XVI STYLE ! :, ---- I' I ' I ' I I : ! I ! I i I 1 i I I I II II I No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. Graqd Ilapids Brass <00. I GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. It Ij .... .... ..... ... I WEEKLY ARTISAN A Page From the 1910 Fall Catalogue of POSSELIUS BROTHERS FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN Send for this Catalogue and you will find the most saleable goods on the A'llerican Market today. Chma Closet No 3 Buffet No.3. This Line of Dining Room Furniture has sold and is selling far beyond our expecta-tions. The famous VICTORS are as popular as ever. The round tables are the talk of the trade in the large cities. Serving Table No 3 V',,:';:' -::::. DIRer No 3. ExtensIon Table No 604 C. Arm Chair No. 4%. 1 , 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... .,,I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY iI I,I I II II II, III ,,I II IIII I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ~... ---------------------------------~ I 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 tn Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bird' J Eye Maple Birch f2.!iartered Oak and Clrcaman Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. , GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 31st Year-No. 16 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 15,1910 Issued Weekly COUNTRY HOUSES AS A FASHIONABLE FAD Two Models Found on the Eastern For Use in The country house has become a fashIOnable fad N Ovv-adays It IS a refuge for the CIty bred man and hIS famdy, where he can "dnve dull care away." Such a home, located several mIles south of Maca ta wa Park, on the eastern shOl e of Lake MIchigan, IS that of a lady whose business and ioocial responsibihties are heavy and who has planned her house for use all the year lOund It has all the modern conve11lences w1t1h a number of extras; a dynamo room for power to pump hard and soft water and electric hghting and it IS an attractive house m every way. The location IS on a hilltop overlooking the lake, and commandmg a view Df the surrounding country for mIles The large hving room has windows looking Clast, south and west and m It Dne gets a three-qual ter VIew of the whole horizon. The owner's good taste is dIsplayed in many ways The woodwork and floors throughout are of 1naple, fi11lshed sdver gray and a more restful effect cannot be Imagined. There are two large porches, east and west and upstairs a sleeping p011ch for the owner who has an east room, so that she can see the sUn rise. In two bedrooms there are d1cs'Sers blUli In between the w111dows, the two long drawers com1l1g below the wmdovvs and the minor 111 a space below the small wmdow between the other two. It is quite in the English style and one tha 1111ghtwell be adopted more generally m the bU1ldmg of new houses. The furniture for the house has not yet been pur-chased and doubtless WIll be 111the beautiful sdver gray to harmonize WIth the wDodwork. There is a built-in SIdeboard in tthe dining room. The walls are paneled lIhe convenient 10catlOn for the refrigerator, a trunk hft and many other de-tails have been considered by the owner in her plans for thIS aiJtractive house. One of the fm niture manufacturers of Grand Rapids has a very attractive summer home at Macatawa Park. Its loca-tion on the lake front is ideal---Jonly a stone's throw from the water's edge. From the large front porch one steps into a large living room which is U11lque in its ornamentatlOn. The woodwork of the mantel is decorated wirh various brass furniture ornaments giving it a novel appearance. Other parts Df the room are similarly decorated, for instance, the back Df the cozy corner seat. Shore of Lake All Seasons. Michigan-One Planned The owner has traveled extensIvely and m hIS travels has pIcked up many odd pIeces Df brIc-a-brac. There are strange looking idols, pagodas, 111stnuments of warfare and utenstls for domestIc use, queer shells anu a large panel wood carvmg represent111g a scene on the Jjanks of the NIle WIth palm trees and tlhe pyramIds in the dIstance and camels and Egypban figures in tlhe foreground. lit is an interesting room to explore and brings visions of hfe beyond the seas, 111many foreign lands. Express Commission May Be. Next. The foldmg cnb of a baby was brought mto use to sustam the charge that the express compa11les are operated under a com-mercIal agreement, at ,,yashmgton Dn October 10. Charles L. Hamilton, a merchant of PIttsburg, offered a baby's cnb for shIp-ment from Chautauqua, N. Y, to CenterVIlle, Pa, vIa MaYVIlle The Amencan company's agent at Chautauqua IS saId to have refused, saymg "The Ame11can Express company has an agreement WIth the Adams Express company that prohIbIts our makmg dehvery at l\1ayvl1le of packages receIved at thIS pomt " The cnb went by another mute and the charge was $2.50, $1 50 to the Amencan company and $1 to the Adams company. The Adams rate from Ene to CenterVIlle IS $1 and the dIstance from Chautauqua to CenterVIlle, via Mayvdle, IS about the same. Complaint IS made that the mterstate CDmmerce commisslOn IS movmg very slowly WIth its investigatlOn of the outrages perpetlated upon the bus111ess world by the express compames It may be necessary to start a movement in Con-gress tD prOVIde for the appomtment of a board or commISSIOn 10 llave ]UlISdIctton over the management of the expres~ som-panies. Factories Are Busy. Manufacturers generally report an improvement in the de-mand for furnIture. The factones of Grand Rapids are well employed-a number to capaCIty. Ohio river factones are busy, espeCIally SD at EvanSVIlle, where the spring lines for 1911 have been completed and placed on the market. Catalogs WIll be is-sued early in the coming month The factones at IndIanapolis, Shelbyville, Columbus and other p0111tSin southern Indiana are busy. 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN _. . .. .. - ..- -------------" By E. Levy, Representative. ChlCago, Oct 14-Early m '\ovember "\h~~ \1111> Do~t sch, daughter of the late Joseph Doebch, of the Doetsch 8- Bauer compan), Chicago, wJ1l start out on the road to ~ee that company's many customers m the east and 111troduce then lme of parlor furl11ture frames vvhere not now placed Tl11'; IS MIs~ Doetsch's third attempt to meet the trade 111thl" VI a, and It has been her pleasure to not anI) meet \\ Ith "Ulll',,, 111the sale of their goods but she ha" alwa\ s telt gratetul 0\ el the manner In ~\vhlch all of her deceasec1 father's cu ~tamer" I ecelVed her and proved their appreClatlOn b\ g1\ 111~ orders as before Said :;\1lss Doetsch \1\ em-bara".., ment and t1111Icht) VIa.., "oon 0\ el c lmc VI hen I tuund how k111d and COIdial one and all VI el e \\ hen [ 111tlOducecl myself, and I was grahfied to learn the high e~teem 111 \\ hlch my departed father wa.., held by those \\ho knew him, many of them for more than a quarter of a century "Our deSigner, "\Ir Bauer, has not only 111CI eased the num-ber of patterns thiS "eason, but also I eahzed the I eCjunemcn h of the trade and has brought out With each succeechng ,,(;,,"on cl lme that has proven very saleable. and It IS bettel ami largel thl' season than ever Yes, I ~o out With lonfidence thiS time (ftu my past expenence, behevmg OUI l111e\\ III find g (eatel ta \ 01 th,111 ever I am g01'1g as far e,1~t as Boston, \\ hel e I h11gel eel a httle extra time when I VI as filst there, to wandel tlllou~h some ot the picturesque, ll1~ton~ narrow and \vmdmg streets ., Sinle the reductIOn of the two dally paper-, that VI el e formerly tvvo cenb, to anI) one cent a copy It I.., a I u11a!l, able fact that few people are now ..,een gomg to \\ 01k morl11ng"> \\Ithout a paper In their hands One cent h 1111ghh lIttle 111Ihelf, but It seems to hay e made a gl e,lt clIttercnce 111 the pUlcha..,e and sale )f mor11lng pape1s 1n tlll~ ut) Th1S reductIOn IS a notable exceptlOn to the rule of the mcre,1"ecl pllce of commochtle.., of all kUlds The Chicago Asbesto" Table :.\Iat company have gotten out some \ er) attractive pr111ted 11utter, vvhllh the) a1 c 11O\v ma1l111g to the tJ ade Th1~ l lm pan) ha"> entered on d natIOnal campaign of advertlsmg and al e domg a gl eat deal tovv ards educat1l1g housekeepers about how to presen e the beaut) of then d1l1ing room table tops whIch are so eas11) mall ed In "pJlled lIqUIds, hot c1hhe", etc J Klmmeth & Co, manufacturers of upholstered fUll11ture have completed arrangements for the adchtlOn of ,111othel story to their f,1ctory at 8.3;) :J\'"orth -Wood 'itreet It \\ as ollh a few yeals ago that they enlarged theIr plant fully a thml IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS. DOWELS. TOP fASTENERS and GlJlDES for Extension Tables. Also special stampings In steel and brass. Write for NO.KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET. Patent a~plled for. samples and prices 465 N. Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ". POLISHES Quality and Economy I Two excellent reasons for using the Excelsior or World's Fair Polish on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polish, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 25 years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices and send for sample before placing your next order. GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, 2312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. .. .. .~ more than the ongmdl sp,1ce u~ed anel already the space 10 too small tor the1r 1l1crea..,ed hade The; expect to have the bmlclIng lam pleted before the snow flIes 1 reedman nl o~ &.. Co , 733 l\i[athn ~treet, report they are I ecen 111gman) order" for their new sty Ie dIvan fold111g beel Tll1~ bed opens vvIth two movements, and h qUIckly and eaSIly opened dnd closed It cllffers matenall) from other foldmg couch beds, as the back of the d1van IS used as the head of the bcd and the' efO! e IS Just hke a regular bed when open, 111- as much as the sleeper has no upholstery to face "hen lY111g on either ..,Ide It IS splembdl) 11Iustratel11l1 a httle pamphlet they hay e recently Issued The pador frame fd~tones are all work1l1g on new deSigns tor the com1l1g season, and VI ord comes from the Sterl!ng F11111lture compan), that the) al e mak1l1g greater efforts than evel to show an exceptlonall) good 1111eof Engh~h patterns 111overstuffed chairs, wh1le they have many mOle patterns 111 three pIece 'il11te,,>than they hay e yet manufacurcd J\Iart111 nrockman of the camp an) does all then de~lgn111g and vou-ch e" tor the can ectne"s at style of every pa ttel n made The Zangel1e & Peterson cOlnpany ale al"o completmg all angements to show then new Ime of pallor frames at theIr factory, 21G4 0) bourne avenue, and they VI 111 be ready about \ovember 1 "\T1 Peter"on of th1S company has elone the greatel part of the dec,lgnmg of the1r lutput, ,111d1t 1" through hh expellenee anJ practical knowledge 111the productIOn of parler f1ame~ that much of the succe,,» of their 11l1e has beer achIeved \lthoug-h there have been many kIreb of fur11lture poh~l' put on the ma1ket \\lth111 the la~t twenty year"i,-thelr num-ber I~ leglOn-llone has taken the place of the old and rel!able "Excel ~lOr" and "World's FaIr" pol! shes manufactured for I-IIII .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 ._ . B. WALTER & CO. Manufacturen ot TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT upwards of thIrty years by the GeOl ge 'IV LIght l\lanufac~ tunng company, 2312 \\ e-,t Van Duren street, Chlca~o Althou£Sh the co~t of the 111gre(1Jent~ of theIr pohsh ha~ advanced 111 pnce con'olderably S111ce they placed It on the 111arket they have nelthel advanced the pnce nor '2h'lns-<II It" hIgh quaht} It 1, because the ul11fonn qUclht} of both of these polhhes 11d~ been ma111ta111ed that the} have contInued to sell to theIr lId cu-,tomers de'oplte the stlOngest competI~ tIon The manager~ of the <:ompany claIm thel e IS noth111g on the market at present that equals i'helr products 111econ-om}, both of tIme and quantIty reqUIred and WIll be glad to send 'iamples to manufacturers to PIO\ e theIr assertIOn \\ nte for sample bottle or for a tnal order of bvo, three or fi, e gallon can, which V'.111be sent at barrel pnces C ChnstIansen, who has been manufacturing work benches and other factory eqUIpment f01 many years In thIS city, and whose factory 1, at 2219 Grand avcnue, IS add111g a one story bU1ld111g,55 by 105 feet, to hIS plant ThIS addItIOn h beIng erected lust west of the plant and the west wall of the old bUIlcl1ng vv!I1 be taken do\'. n a" scan as the ac!cl1tI111 IS 111 concl1tlon to permIt of thh change It" 111add about 2j per cent to space at present occupIed and WIll gl eatly 1 eheve the conge"ted condltlu1 under whIch they hay ( been WOlk1l1~ £01 many months past It was only a few year" ago that alaI ge mach111e shop ot thIS uty tLll ned out from specIal dra W111gSof ,1r Chn stlan-sen'" desIgl11ng a mach111e to produce one lf the best hand "crews for V'.ood work111g factones nOl" on the market, and S111ce theIr sale commenced he has sold thousands of them, "hlch have g ont 111tOhundreds of factone-, throughout thl ~ country and Canada "l\!r Chnsilan"en a,,~oclated "Ith hUT recently, hIS son John. who hav111g learned all detaIl" of the bU~ll1ess ha~ proven an effIcIent aSSIstant 111the management of the bu-,mess Among the fUIl11ture buyers "ho ha' e \ I-,Ited ChIcago ~how rooms thIS week are \ Utt, PlOphetstoV'. n, III , C Nutt, J\Iendon, III . H \\ Krause, Storm Lake, Iowa, ;\ ]\1 Henderson. Story CIty, Iowa, H Bud. ]\It Pleasant. 1C'\\'l. ~ and II Hart :V!eh Ille, Mont, G A \\ achter, Pender, Neh New Factories. rI he Toronto (Ont) FurnIture company are erectmg cl f Il-tory ,It a CQ~tof $70,000 on Duffelm ~tJeet The Reed Shop, recently estabh"hed by V\ H ~ll11th IS manufactullng reed and rattan ftumture at l1H() ~Ixth ,tl eet San DIego Cal N L Kaudy of Stanley, \V 1", has been negotlatmg fOI a ~Ite on \\hlch he purposes to e"tabh"h a small furl11t1Jre facton at JnternatIOnal I, alh, J\Illln W J Hess, ;\ 13 }ontame and E K \\ agner have Inc01- pOlated the VVIllow Gra"s Rug company, capItalIzed at $100,000, to establIsh a factory at Green Day, WIS The Phoemx ChaIr company has been orgalllzed to take over and remodel an old fa'2tory and manufacture chalfs and medlllm grade fur1l1ture at Peterb01ough, N H The LewI,,- Weller ManufactUrIng company has been IWDr-porated by WIlham LeV'.IS. E J vVeIIer and others to make bed r00111furmture at PtlLa, "J Y CapItal stock, $10,000 .~ \ CanadIan organ manufactunng company IS reported to have deCIded to establIsh a branch fact01) 111 the "States," prob-ably at North ChIcago, whIch wIll employ 100 to 12:5 skIlled work-men. I " 1he Brown ChaIr and Upholstenng company. capltahzed at $20,000, are bwld1l1g a factory at Sherman, Wexford county, J\llch , and expect to have It 111operatIOn before the end of the year Otto R Muenter, Hugh and E H Cameron have orgamzed the Muenter Manufactunng company to take Dver the Idle plant of the \\ IsconS111 '\rt CabIl11etcompany at Fond du Lac and man-ufacture chalfs Officers of the Commercial Club .of Peon a, 1lI, have becn negotlatmg \\ Ith the En~lIsh \ eneer company of '\menca for the estabh ohment of a great furmture fact01 y 111 Peona The Enghch Veneer company of AmerIca LSdescnbed as "capltahzed at $2 000,000, WIth Its pnnclpal place of bus111ess 111Alabama" Department Store President Insured. Frank B. Culbertson, first vice president of the Spokane, \\ a,h, chamber of commerce, who made a f.ortune 1ll mlll111g operatlOns 111 the Coeul el' \lene chstJ ict 111 northern Idaho, has taken a hfe 111"tllance polIcy of $100,000, nam1l1g as the bene-fiCIary the department store of whIch he IS preSIdent He now carnes $225,000 of whIch $12j,000 IS 111 endowment poliCIes, the first matunng next year Others follow at the rate of $3,- COOand $10,000 e\Cry 12 month s The pohcy whIch is the larg-est ever Issued m the West undel the head of corporatlOn 1l1- surance, IS to protect the company's bUSIness, stockholders and credItors 111 the event of Mr Culbertson's death • 0U :c 0 'os) i ..~.. r: ... ~ "" 0 ::s ~ ...o. Ir.l Q • ~ III ~ ;. ::s ~ 0 ~ ~ ... It) Gl e It) ~ -; ~ 0 lI- ~ ('I) Z ~ (.) e "" - ..... «> .0.. s-. e I.I. ~ e ~ ... ~ ~ 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN t--- .•-------~--. MAKES AN IMPORTANT PRECEDENT -.------ --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1 Damages for Destruction of Trees Based on "Expectation Values." In an actIon for fire trespass on the Black HIlls 1\ atlOllal 1')1 est, broul:iht by the Umted States aga111st the \I1SS0Ul1 RIver and ~orthwestern RaIlway compan}, the JUt) ha" awarded damages to the government not only for the 1o,,, uf merchantable tlm ber but also for the destructIOn of unmer-chantable young growth ThIS IS regal cled by government officials as establIshing a very important precedent c.;o fa1 as is known at the Department of Agnculture, It IS the first t11ne that an} c('urt has recogl11zed vvhat forester~ call the "e:ApectatlOn value" of } oung growth as fnr111shing a baSh for the award of damages The diffIculty 111the "Yay of such an dward in the past has been that thel e vvas no way to [110\ e to the satlsfact10n of the COlll ts the money \ alue of the los~ suffered The avvald 111the South Dakota case follo'.' ed the pres-entatIOn of eV1dcnce as to the cost of WOlk 111 Ieforeot111g \'Vhich the government is actuallv dOlng 111 the Black Hills The amount claimed £01 the} oung gr'J\\ th l'urnecl \\ dS $12 an acre, and the claim under this item was allowed m full bv the Jury The total amount of damages c1a1mec] \va" :jl3728- 85, of which $2,63±.45 was for merchantable tlmbel destroy eel or injured by the fire It is recognized by foresters that the cost of artlficial reforestation WIll not alwa} s fur111"h a fair basIs for esti-mating the damage to forest reprod 11etlO 11 ,Vhere ne\\ gI 0'.' th can Ibe expected by natural sovving from seed-trees on th e ground within a short tune, artIfiCial plallt111g or sowing is an unnecessarily expensi\ e method To meet such cases '" hat are known as "yield tables" are be111g prepared By the use of these the loss can be shown in terms of the final crop and the time necessary to produce it Thus, If it is known t1hat ten thousand feet of timber per acre can be cut once in seventy years, it is easy to calculate the value of the crop when It is ten years old by dbCOUllt111g from its value when mature. In European countnes \\ here forestry has been long practIced th1S methud IS regulaJ1y ap-plied in selling, condemning or estimat111g damages on tore-t property. It is also used in insurance, which would be 1m practicable if there were not both an accepted bas1s f01 de-termining the loss suffered and a reasonably accurate know-ledge of the hazard involved. Post Card Advertising. Advertising the different departments by means of pIC-ture post cards has been found a profitable scheme by a small west side store, says the New York Times. Even so small a purchase as a five-cent spool of thread entltles the customel ----~-------_._.-- -----_._---- ------1 III III•I I• I '------~----- ----~CAN YOU BEAT THIS for $10.75 Mirror, 24x16 PI. F. P. Top, 32x20. Wood Knobs. t I IfI IIf IIfIIII IIII I ~•! -----_._-.-------------------------_ ..I. Satin Walnut or 1m. Mahogany, Dull. Mail All Orders to CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE CO., CHARLOTTE. MICH. t.o a fJ ee package of post cards, Vv hleh the saleswoman pre- ~ents \\ Ith the request to look at them before leaving th<; counter. The shopper looks. On the first card is the pidure of an l'11maculate kItchen that is furnIshed WIlh every appii·'l.11ce k IL \\ n to the most progressive cook "VISlt (; 11' l1lo(lcl kIt-ehel1," IS the advice printed below the illustratlOn. The second ea,ll 111\1te- 111spectlOl1 of wall paper, the third (); c;l1peb, and ,0 on through the entIre store. "Arc these photographs of departments 1rl yoU! own ~j )re ?', the cU:otomer asks "They are," the saleswoman replIes "Every depal L11,ell. 111the store dIstrIbutes photographs of every other depart-ment It seems a pretty good way to get customers intel-csted ., ----------------- . -----_ . ,I II I• III I I II I t IIII•I ~. ! I \~ , WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 Manufacturing Grand Rapids. Michigan All Knobs and Pulls have the Waddell COlIlpany No-fium-Loose Fasteners The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. ~._--------------------------------------------_._--------------------------- Grand Rapids Factory AHairs. Charles R Sligh, president of the Sligh Fur11l1ure com-pany, al rIved 111 Grand RapIds on October 7, after spend111g five ~ eeks 111the western mountain states and on the PacIfic coast :!'Iifr SlIgh IS largely interested 111 agricultural IrrI-gatIOn, m1l1111gand tImber lands 111 Arizona and Wash111f;ton and naturally gave much of his tune to those Interests. Ex-cept at Los Angeles, he found Ibus111ess In the princIpal CIties of the coast m a dormant condItIOn Dullne,s prevalb In San FranCIsco, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and Salt Lake ::\11 SlIgh spent a few days in southern Idaho, and was greatly Impressed WIth the natural and acquiled advantages of the regIOn About $60,000,000 have been eJl..pended in the devel-opment of irrIgatIOn plants and the country has prospered greatly SInce the gather1l1g anJ dIstnbutIOn of water wac; undertaken BOIse IS a !busy lIttle CIty Its banking and commercIal 111tere"ts are Important The ]obb1l1g busIness of the CIty amounts to upwards of $50,000,000 annually. The Blockmeler Plano company have made an angements to open a do'\ n-t0'\ n show room 111the Goodspeed building, Pearl street. The Grand RapId" Refllgerator company have 11l1der lomtructlOn an additIOn to the enameling sectlOn of their mammoth plant, w,lllch covers an area of 25 JI.. 130 feet, three ._--_.__._---_ .... stories hIgh The rapid growth of the enamelmg branch of the company's busl11ess necessitated the constructIOn of this addItion. It WIll contain 30,000 square feet of floor space Concrete is used in the walls The Architectural "\Vood Working company, who came from Philadelphia, to take over and use the dId Michigan Barrel company plant on upper Canal street, have a cataLogue in the hands of the printers and WIll be ready to book orders before the end of the month. l\Iessrs Mueller and Slack of the Mueller & Slack com-pany are both at home at once for the first time since the close of the July selling season. They 'both report having had satisfactory selling trips and the factory is exceedingly busy. The MIchigan Desk company, which, a few years ago, was 111 straIghtened financial clfcumstances, has just com-pleted the third year under new management and is now in a very prosperous condition The Grand Rapids company have added store fixtures of new designs to their line of products. A stock to be eloquent 111vanety must embrace all that 1S valuable in the fur11lture trade _1001 J•I ~, -------_._----._--- ._----------_._----- -------- ---------------------..., IIII PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS CO. LARGEST .JOBBERS AND MANUFAOTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass \NIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anything In Budders' Glass, or anythmg m Pamts, VarnIshes, Brushes or Painters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a !1st of \\ hleh ISgIVen below NBW YOBE-Hudson and Vandam 8t •• BOS'.rON--U-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 aowker St. CHICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. CINCINNA'.rI-Broadway and Coun st •. S'.r.LOmS-Cor. '.renth and Spruce Sts. MDrNEAPOL:tS-500-5l6 S. '.rhird St. DE'.rBOrl'--53-59 Lamed St., B. GBAND BAPIDS, MICB-39·4l •. Division 8to Prl''.rSBt1BGB-10l-l03 Wood St. MILWAt1B:BE, WXS.--f92·494 Market st. :BOCHBS'.rB:B,llI'.Y_WllderBldg., Mam Ie :Szohan,.. S*s. BAL'.rDtO:BE-310-1lI-14 W. Pzoatt St. I I.-.-.~~-----------~~-._---_-.~_-.-_--.--.-~--_-.-~~--------i > i CLEVEr.AllI'D-143G-1434 W•• t :rhUd at. OllolA.B:A-llOl-ll07 Howard St. s:r. PAtl'Xa--459-461Jackson St. A:r:r.AN"l'A,GA_3G-32-34 S. Pryor st. SAVAl'illl'AK.GA.-745-749 Wheaton st. B:AllI'SASCI:rT-J!'lfth and Wyandotte St •• BI:BMDrGHAJlI.ALA.-2nd Ave. and !l9th 8t. Bl7P:I'Ar.O,N. Y.-372-74·76·78 P... rl Sto BBOOB:L'Yl'l'-:rhird Ave. and Dean st. PHIr..ADBr.PJUA-Pltcalm Bldr .. Arch and 11th DAVBllI'PO:B'.r--fl0-416Scott St. OB:LAJlOMACrl'Y, O:s::r.A., lUO-212 W. :First St. 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN Own Your Own Electric Light Plant "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Engines Save 25% Direct-connected to any good make of dynamo. Can be run safely anywhere a steam line can be carried. No Noise. No Vibration. Economy. Efficiency "ABC" Engines require only one-half of the "ABC" Engines is the very high-the usual amount of steam. est attainable. Consume only one-fifth the usual amount Friction loss less than 4%. of oil. Will run constantly at higher speeds The wear is so slight that adjustments than any other reciprocating engine. are required only once in six to nine months. Lubrication of "ABC" Engines is ample at any speed and is not distributed under pressure. Oil is separated from water, cooled and filtered at every circuit. Automati.: internal lubrication by a pump and gravity flow. Get Lateat Bulletin, 288MA. AMERICAN BLO'¥ER CoMPANY DETROIT MIeN ----- USA Ablest Engineering Organization m the Blower Busmess-operatmg three large plants devoted exclusively to the manufacture of Fan System apparatus and the allied lines. An "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Engine, direct-con-nected to dynamo, making an ideal Outfit for Isolated Electric Light Plants. Mailed poatpaid at your requeat. Furniture Fires. A M. Foster's furmture store at Canbou, ~Ie , ,vas burned last Friday mght Loss, $7,000; msurance, $3,000 J A. Suggs, furniture dealer of Witners. Texa~, was bUlner! out completely on October '( Loss, $4,000; insurance $2 300 The stock and store of the FIrst Furmtnre company wel e damaged to the extent of $'t 30 by fire on Octobel 'I Loss full) msured. A blaze in the packmg room of the ~Ietal Furlllture com-pany EvanSVIlle, Ind, last week, caused a loss of $300 or $600 Fully insured. Potter & Co, furnIture dealers of PrOVIdence, R I, suf-fered a loss of about $30,000 by fire 111 theIr store last ~Ionday l1lght. Well insured John N. Kremer's furl1lture and hal dwarc StOlc at RICC s, 1\11nn, was burned on Octobel 10 Los~ $20,000, wlth com-paratively small l11surance Edward Shaw's stock of antIque furl11ture at 1t'2, "Meadow ~treet, New Haven, Conn, wa~ badly :"corched on October 4 Loss estimated at $1,500, no insurance. Tbe Higg111botham-Harns company's fUll11ture store at Rule, Texas, wa~ bUlnee! on Oct 7 The ~tock, ,alued at $18,000, is a total los~ Insurance on stock, $12,000 PhIllip Strohel\ fUll1lture factory at 82 ElIzabeth street, New York, WhlCh was burned out last June, had been rebl11lt ane! recently re~l1mee! operatlOns, was completely gutted again by fire on October 7 Los~ $55,000, partlaJlly l11~ured The plant of the H L Judd Curtam Pole ,ranllfactt1lI11~ company of MemphiS, Tenn, was completely de"tlo\td 11\ flle on October 8 Loss e~timated at $140,000 to $1 "lO,non pill tially insured The plant was the large~t in Ih lIne 111 the country, employing over 200 hands Few Idle Freight Cars. A decrease of 22,500 111the number of Idle freight cars on the raIlroads of the Ll11ted States IS 1 eported In the fortmghtly hl1llet111of the c\mencan RaIlway aSSOCiatIOn, Issued as of Sept 28 The ldle hst on Sept 14 lllc1uded 47,017G cars, al1d on Sept 28 o11h 2-*,328 car~ Thls IS the smallest idle lIst reported at any time S111cethe mHldle of last March, when all but 17,3-12 of the freight cars on c\mencan and CanadIan Iall way" were III de-mand \11 sectlon~ of the country except New England re-ported decreases m the number of Idle cars, and 111that sectlOn there ,\ as only a shght mcrea~e The demand for cars on the: crop carrymg roads contnbuted substantIally to the decrease 111 the Idle lIst which occurred dunng the last half of September Express Companies Go To Court. lmted C;tate~ ClrcUlt Judge Kohlqat of Chlcago has Is~uec1 d temporary order dgdllFt the Ill11101S~tate raIlroad dnd Wclrc-hou~ e COl1lmbSlOn and V\ 1lham H. Stead, attOlney general of the state, re:"tramll1g them fr0111 1l1terfenng ,\ Ith the bU~l11ess of the PaCific, the c\dal1l~, the c\l1lencan, the NatlO11al, the Welh-lar~ o and thc Ul11ted States Express compal11es ~o far as their 1ate~ al e conLel ned The companies deny that the bU~l11e~~ ) lelds profits and declal e that the new schedule of maX1l11l1111 -r clt-es-IS-con-fis-cat-Ol)-, -un~reaso.n.a_b.le-._. a--n-_d.~.unfai-r ------- IMPROVED. EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furmture Stores Send for C"talogne and Pnce •. KIMBALL BROS. CO., 1067 Ninth St., Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co., 717Commerce Bldg ,Kans," C,(y, Mo J Pe} (on Hunter Termmal BId'!:.Dallas Texas Western Engmeenng Specl1.1tles Co , Denver, Lolo ~ II ...-.... , WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 • - - - - -. .. _. • ••••••• 4 -. People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lies in poor eqUIp-ment. A httle foreSight in the begmning would have saved them dollars--a little more money m-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" equipment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools slight their output by putting In poor materials-employmg poor workmen-simply to be able to make a little more profit. 'Ohver" tools are bUllt along machme tool hnes-careful-accurate -durable-safe. Some purchasers fall to mvestigate thoroughly before placmg their order. Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase something-they go ahead -find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thmking-saved them money. ...------ -- I QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'TIT TOO BAD-ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No 61 Surfacer .-----------------------------_._------ ......_--_ ..--- ~ OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT OFF SAWS BAND SA WING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot National Bank Bldg , Chicago, III. No. 50 Church St, New York CIty. 1125 West Temple St., Los Angeles, Cal. PaCIfic Bldlr , Seattle, Wash. ~_. ----------- ---------------- ----~I Refrigerators in Mexico_ Samuel E .i\Iaglll, UmteJ States consul at Guadalapra, MexlCo, furmshes the follovv1l1g 111formaton ,1" to the use of le-ft Igerators 111that country A.lthough all 1efngel ators Imported 111to thIS dIstrict are made 111the U111ted States and the only cQmpetltlOn comes from Ice boxes made by carpenters here, a conslderatlOn of local condI-tions may enable some American refrigerator manutaLtnrers to develop a method for 111CI eas111g the MeXican demand for their product Several Important facts have made It chfficnlt m the pa"t to create a great demand for refngelator~, name-Iy (1) fhe LOol chmate of the 111tenol or tablelan(l of l\Iexl-co, upon whIch are located neaJ1y all the populous CIties -a ch-mate so cool as to make Ice water unnecessary, and :l\[exlcan~ have not yet acqUlred the habIt of dnnk1l1g cold vvatel (2) The custom of all housekeepels here of mak111g dally purchase" of their table supphes 111 quantIties Jmt "ufficlent for one day and ChSpOS111gof all penshable food each 111ght (3) The 111gh retaIl price of refllgeratOl ", due to the fl eIght and Import duty (the la~t named be1l1g 20 centavo" pel kilo or about .3 cen b gold per pound) places them beyond the reach of most famlhes as a good one sells for from $25 to $75 gold (4) The high co"t of ice at rftail 1" almost prohIbitive, be- 111gat present l1l Guadalajara about 1 cent gold a pound To overcome these condItions and create a better market for refngerators, AmerIcan manufacturers thereof l111ght offer some special 111ducements to local dealel s in ice to take a large quantity for sale at cost to famihes who WIll use lee, or for rent to customers as an 111ducement to take ice regularly ThIS method is used WIth success by many concerns 111the United States, notably the telephone companies vvith their receivers, and it would overcome the obJ ectionable "first cost" to the consumer. The \Hlter has talked wlth "ome Ice dealer" along this lme ancl beheves the bU"111es"can be done thIS way to the mutual advan-tage of the Ice dealer and the AmerIcan maker of refrigerators Owmg to the hIgh Mexican Import duty, refrigerators for thIS country should be con"tructed as hght as possible consistent \Vlth the "erVlce whIch they are to perform. New Patterns for January Sales. Goshen, Ind, Oct. 12-Goshen IS prosperous ancl the ftl11l1ture factones here are all d01l1g well The Banta Furm-ture company, makers of tables and c1Jmng room furniture, had a good trade 111Grand RapIds 111July, and it is keeping up well. They Will have several new patterns in theIr ex-hIbit In the Leonard ExhIbItion bmlding, Grand Rapids, in January The Hawks FurnIture company has had a good trade all the season Their hne of chamber smtes in mahogany, Cir-cas "Ian walnut, blrd's eye maple and quartered oak is one of the be"t in the country. They wJlI have quite a number of new patterns to show 111 Grand Rapids in January, in the Leonard ExhibItion bUlld111g ...--------------------- -------------~-_-.-------.-.-, A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SA WS DADO SAWS II II CItIzens' Phone 1239 I 27 N. Market St.. Grand RapIds, Mich. ~------------------~-- I-R-o"T'T-li~-G-'1 ,l Drying lumber liberates steam I l and acid in the kiln. That is why I I your unprotected kiln depreciates I II h hId" faster t an ot er bui mgs. III I t I I • I i EBONOIDI ,, Kiln Coating II ,, ,I III ,I,I , II II :I II II ~------------------------------- .... 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN Sug~{'stion~ on Floor Coverin~s. fhe melanc11( 11 ell\' 1 ldll I \\ C much ot thell -!,1 III ,11 thc du""t, chldf->1I1dlcd dl'peald llC (i the d\ela~e h me altu beIng el( :,ed fO! ,he ,l'111111e1 (II dlter hung 1\ 1de l ]lLll t tIll I aVdge" ot ~H 1 an I dH~t 10 let\11n t1 111\ leI\ \11-!, thl -!,11 gc ous tll1h of dl1Llll11l1dl ~plellcl I j() g,l/l up 111 J Idl I 1\ dlpapl dllll lug~ thelt ~CUL1 'II ](le1111 tlllCa( 1) II C ll1d dull I' 11 ( dll e;..hllalatll1g' c,,)erle11C, \\ Itl1 (IlL 11] I,ll \ I,ll -!, l!Jlll' 111,1111 tUlnl"hlng lUl111le111Ulh l'a'l1ll1ll1 ,ll Ul(J 11 1, ~ \lP tl11 floor cO\ell11g" at thl' tunl (t \la l'uh,lp"", )l1l I (hl olc1el lUg" ha, e been u~ed j 1 plirll1 'u \ I, l, I\llll h \\ 1 I l1lll ,,!tate c(JJhllleldhll llalL-i111g dhou al1d 11 1 c1 uh l1l,l I III I e-carpetlng of "0111e Hlom l\e\el hd\e rllthtlC e±tel""" III IU~" alld l \l]Jtl' lll11 ' \\ ell WIthIn the mean" oj the model dte pl11 "l It I thl L\ 1112,' roe111 the Id11ge et prIle and llHtlllal I- -!,lea'-tl)l1 'hl ()lle11taL an 1 thell n1ll"t "atl"tdLL J I \ ell U 11l1tatl 11'- ) ,hl clulable hbre 'Ub" 01 'tll"lll-:; (ll"J-!,l1 a 1<1 -!,r'ltetul l 1 rIl-!,- \\ hIle tl e \\ Ilton lUg" <1m! tIll "h~hth l hed]Ju \ \. 111111'l \vh1c11 ale all\ d\ ~ III -:;rcat dema11l! ,lle be111g "hO\\ 11 111 111d11\ new pattcrl1~ the popula ,11 t tllC cbt<1pel 1'1", 1" 11ILll2,11l", pal t1culal1} fOl d1l1111-!, r, ('111 ,1Ilcl hecl rO)111 1'e \ "u ,lh \vea\ e ru~ l,l1\ccl tile I\.11111dl1Wlk 1\ III ht ) U1 1 t 1w 111 11':; the 1110"t c\l1lable ~h \\e\\ ,b alualt\\L ,ll1cl 1l,1"(l1dIJ!L 1\1,' on the 111,11ket 1h(\ b \\ e ,hl I (\. \J! hl cl (J()1JL1111 t'l]k' tlle'l \\ Ith de"I-:;lh lh<1 1al1-!,l ir 1\11 dabl)] all cmhn""ee1 eitle,' that fUlthu empha"l/c the le,unl)LII1Ll tll thl pla111-ll11 ulcl, cOI1\entlOllal-hoduecl c1e"l-!,11 , ,1llt ?Il ,,) Ildl 11l kCL]lIIl-!' \\ Ith the \\ <11\papu" ,111I elJ a]Ju l 11l\\ 11 U'l ()n~ ]Jell l,l larl) pleas111~ r1e~H.?,n \\,h all ld,l]Jllt )11 (I thl 1llelll ),0 Idea carlleJ out 111mn"" ~Ieell alld I clull blnl \llnJ]1(\ IUC, of thIS ~hIe \\ ~l'o 111 \\ all1' "11dr1c,, ) hI 1\\ 11 II I h I 111-h Olange that maele It ,,<:'llll e"l'll alh "lilt Ihll t 1 III 11hral \ v\ Ith Ih leather t01]',,, 11 tlll d1111, -!, J '11 1\ 1 '1 1 - l I) II "\ a I aJ a eftects al e 111,Ill hked ) )] 'hl dlll lIbel lug.., ul1 alcount 1)1 tlL I -!,ll It \ 111l \ 1[ l I 1" then pnce and the ea'c \\!th \lllllh the\ 111a , ] e dl Illd III ~upelceclIng all other tabllc~ t he(! 10 111 1'-l j hell l ) 1" 1S possIble to ca'l) out mOl e ",ulcL""tulh t1o, l >l 11 " l ne of a bed room \\ I,h the"e lug" ,,111lC the\ all 11,UIL 111 1\ \hl 11101e dtlIcate shade'l, s) Lal d t) hncl 111 \ III II ru~, \ ,u" ge"tvJ11 h 0111 a dealel III I e~al 1 t) ne11dln2, elll \ ' 11 nt tJ1JlI lUg 01 l1laUI11~ h \\01th rel1lemLenng In'tead)) U'I11g thread vll11Ch IS lIkeh to look l1lh\ghth ,:;e a 111 I( 1 IHII whIch 1l1a) be boug1Jt 11 almo"t an, l 10, 11ld h 11uLh stlOn~el tllan e, en the u'1he..,t thlla I \no hl ule I 1\ llLh r----------------------------------------------~ I Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I I 2 Parkwood be .• Grand Rapids, Mlch : I, I I• I I It II ,I III I, I,I• I II , I,, -- .. We are now puttIng out the best Caster Cups With cork bases ever offeree to the trade These are finIshed !l1 Golden Oak and \\ hlte \lap!e m a light fill1<;;h I he<;egoods are admnable for polIshed floors and furn ,lure re,ts They Will not sweat or mar. PRICES $4 00 per hundred 5 00 per hundred .P 0 B Grand Rap,d. SIze 27.( mches Size 2% Inrheb Try a Sample Order '----- Protects the inside of a wood, brick or concrete bUIlding, stops the rot-ting process, is fireproof and cheap. You know you ought to coat your kilns with Ebonoid at once. Sold by Grand Rapids Veneer Works GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I1d\ hl 01 'dlue h to use hran 1nstead of soap when washmg l'~, )t thl' c1e"cllptlo11 The bran may be hed m a cheese-l 'oth hew, and dtro beIng dIpped 111 warm water should be 1 nhbed ,lgOI ousl) on the rug The rug should then be rInsed I,Ith d eloth \\ lung fI om \lva1m salt water. I he aUI al tn e rae, rug~, 111 pla1l1 colol s with neat wh1te , Ilpe, dUO"'" the en l~, al e to be found in SIze, 24x48, suitable 1m the bath 100m, £01 a dollar and a dollar and a half. The \ eno able rarr.., IlJC,.,F has been drIven frOI11 the kItchen by the "al1ltal \ 11l101eum to the tIled floor of the bath 1"()\om and now It 1" lapulh helng made to lend1ts l1uaint effectiveness to the hed 100111 John Barnes a Candidate for Congress. ] (h11 narne~ a I etetan 111anufadul el of fur111ture, IS a l,ll111Hlale t01 cllltllW a" leprc..,entatIVe Jl1 Congre"s 111 the I ill1l th ,Ill hl~an LOllgre~slOnal d1strIct He 1" the pres1- dent ot thc Bl1chancln Cahmet C0111pan) and 1" largely m-tue.., tec1 III the ~pencel ~ Barnes company of Benton Harbor \rl D,lIne" IS a natl\e of Kentucky, but ha~ hved 111 ;\llchl- -!,an 111dl1\ } eal " He commcnced the nunutacture of furm- UHf' a~ 1111chana1 neall} f01ty years ago Buchanan and Niles Factories. Puchal1clll \1Jlh ()It 12~'1 he Buchanan Cab111et C0111- jJdn\ b h,',111-!, a g,)o(l trade In kJtlhen cab111ets and de"ks r11 'hc Illal rutU\ e the\ "Ill erel t a Llr:se warehouse for stor-dC?, l an I "hlpp1l1g purposes. KOlnpas.., & Stoll of "\Iles, ,(Ich ha\e had a \ery good "ea:,on The) confine tbell 11l1e to KItchen cah111ets and have alaI ge busl11es" 1n that 1Jne of fllflllture WEEKLY ARTISAN Marietta 11 To the Test! Put Us A furniture maker gets a new idea-a "hunch." Designs a new line. It looks good to him. It is good--distinctive--out of the ordinary. PROBLEM: What shall the finish be? What particular color and tone will dove-tail with that particular design? Steady, now; you've got a real gordian knot to un-tie. Upon your success depends the popu-larity of your pet product. What you need IS a stain specialist. Write Marietta. Making special stains to fit special con-ditions has been our special forte for years. We are more than manufacturers, we are originators. Much of our paint is "custom made," all of our stains are "mixed with brains." Address Desk NO.3. Paint &, Color Marietta, Ohio. Slil1h Factory Lunch Room. For the C,)11\enlence and benefit of theIr employes the Sligh Furniture company ha\ e btah1J"hed a ltll~ch room at theIr factor), V\ hlch IS certa111ly a model mstltutlOn It IS located In a large ba"ement under the bIg addItion to the plant that was erected last yeal, and IS eqUIpped wIth every-thmg m the vvay of COOk111gand "en mg utensIls that IS re-qUIred by a fil st class restaul ant F or the men "II ho ma) wIsh to "wash up" before partaklIlg of their noon-clay meal there are numerons V\ ash stand" tnrl1l-,hed wIth hot and cold water, soap and mdn Idual to'" e1:-., and for those \\ ho may wIsh to rema111 III the loom untIl the 1 o'clock v\ hlstle blo\\ s there are seats an'l a row of table" acro~" the best-hghted end, where the} may I ead all of the popular weeklJes, maga- LlllS and newspapel -', play cards. OJ enJ(1) then pIpes or cIgars (Some of the men 111Slst that Cl!~alette" be prohibI-ted.) A capable chef 1'-, employed and has all the ass1stants necessary to co k a dll1ner for 250 men and the I epa:"t IS more lIke a "square meal" than a luncheon r1 he bIll of fare con- SISts of meats, ,egetables, bl ead, the be:"t of butter, pIes and coffee, vvIth sugar and Jersey CIearn, all dealt out III hberal portIons and the,e I" no rule aga1l1'Ot encOlC:" or. repeating At first each man was reqUIred to step np to the cook's connter, take a plate and stack on all the meat and vegetableo: that he deSired, take It In one hand, V\ Ith a cup of coffee 111 the other and go to a seat at one of the ten tables \\ here he found a bOll 1 of nch steam111g hot soup a ,,,,altl~g h1111 That plan had to be changed, ho\", ever-It v\ as too slow-some of the men had to wait too long befOl e the} could reach the counter. ~ ow n erything except the coffee IS placed on the tables, where the d111ers may help themselves \\ Ithout waiting for each other and the coffee IS poured after they are <;eated. Co. The lunch room or restaurant was looked upon a'S an in-novatIOn or expenment, but 1'0 noVo conSldel ed an unqualIfiul "uccess by the men at least It 1<;not lIkely to prO\ e a :"ource ut dIrect plofit to the company, but may work out about e\ en 111 a finanCIal sense A pI am, substantIal. t.;enerous meal, a~ good or better than can be obtained for 25 cent'S at the pubhc restaurants IS serv ed for 12% cents There 15 no cashIer m sIght The 111en get tIckets-eIght fOl a dollar-at the ofhce and are not bothered ''''Ith checks and '3l1ps advIS-mg them to "pay cashIer please " The factory emplo}, about 450 men About half of them ha\ e been carrY111g- d111ntr palls The others vvent home or out to restaurants for luncheon ~ ow fully half of them use the factory lunch room, and It 15 probable that many more WIll do '30 when the} apprecIate Its ments, the qua1Jty and quantIty of the meal, ItS convenience" and the pleasure of eat111g 111a place whele everything from the kItchen to the cuspIdors, IS as hright and clean as "Spotlesstown" New Glass Beveler. A glass bevehnlS mach111e, patented b} E Homan of J er-o; e} CIty, N J, pro" Ide'S for hold111g cIrcular glass dIsks whIle a bevel is belllg grounJ on the edge, a holder for the disks whIch IS preserved from scratchl11g or cloud111g, a holder wherel11 the d1sk 1S revolved about a center by the (hag of the gllnding actIon, means whereby the revolutIon of dISks ahout them is regulated and contI oIled; means for lapidly dnd eaSIly placmg dIsks In the holdmg tool, means \\ hereby dl;,ks of varying JlmenslOns may be rapIdly accommodated; means for adjusting for vallous be' el", means for inspecting glass cutting without removmg the glass, and means for amplifymg the limits of the SIze of disks 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN [W-I !... Wood &ar Clamp Flzlures, Per Set SOc. Patent Malleable Clamp Fixtures. E H SHELDON & CO , ChIcago, III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the25 dozen Clamp FIxtures "lllch we bourht of you a httle over a year ago are gIvIng excellent se-VIce \\ e ar~ weJl satIsfied wIth them and shall be pleased to remember you" helle, er we "ant anything addItional In thIs hne Yours truly, SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO The RockiuK Chair Will Nof Go. Whether wIth the commendable purpo"e ot dl\ en111g the public mmd from regula1, progress!> e, llbllfgent and radIcal pohtlcs, or WIth the reprehensIble oblect ot 111crea,111gthe na-tional unrest, nobody knows, but somebody has set afloat a n·- mor to the effect that 111 the fur111sh1l1g ot the modeln home hereafter the rock1l1g chaIr 1" to be ehmmated L\ er} thl'lc; IS to be straIght backed If one IS to bend at all It 11111be t01- ward rather than backwa1 d \\ hen one enter" one" h0111e, 111 the future, so thIS rumor has It, one may have a chOlce 01 Lh re postures. He may stand, he may sit up straIght or he '111\ re-c1111e But there is g01l1g to be no lea111ng back, not e\ en on the hmd legs of a I,leml"h chaIr, says the Chlbtlan '('L e M0111tor. The average man WIll want to knO\\ at once \\ hethe1 the modern home IS g0111g to be a happy home 1t 1 hIm 11111e\\ d' when he could skip hghtly and blIthely 0\ er the cal peted floc)! 111hIS worsted shppers, when he could Sit berure a C0111t01tel.ble grate fire and read a comfortable book 111 the hght ot a L0lJ1to1t-able coal-OIl lamp, \\lth a shade that sottened the 111c1chglOl1 ut the anthraCIte and gave to the en\ !ronment an atlJ10,phd e II hllh of Itself was suffiCIent, almost, to draw from the melodeun or the ~even octave piano the strams of "Home, ::wveet Home' Now, mstead of skipp1l1g shppe1ed over carpet, he b ,hot booted on an Oriental rug acro<;s a polbhed l1drchlood floor, the steam radIator ha~ taken the place ot the ho~p1table gl ate anel If he sits down to read at all, It must be 111the gldrt, ot an clec-tnc bulb or a gas mantel And, as If to cap the clnnax, they ,n e nO\1 ~o thh 1111l1Ul ,ays, talkmg of ehminat111g hIs IOlker-the lockE'1 he hd~ luu!-'u] r"· Lentz Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. II If •II II III.. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGA/'v 30 000 ~~e·~t~ck 1 Vises Sold on approval and an uncon dltlOnal money back guarantee " I SHELDON'S STEEL SAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We SOlICItpnvIlege of sending samples and our complete catalogue I E. H. SHELDON ~ CO. I ----_._. 328 N. May 5t •• Chicago. _.__ .... .. .--- .... --~ tonl ard to through all the long and busy day-and substltutl1lg tOl It -ometh1l1g of the penoc1 of LoU1~ XV Nothmg could be mUIe unneCeSSa1} or mOl e ea <;lly answered than the questIOn \\ 111he ,tancl tor It) He WIll not If the worst comes, he IS likely to 11~e 111 hI, ,trength and demand that an after-d1l1ner "ltt111g room be fitted up for hIm, that It be carpeted WIth three-ph 1l1gra1l1 or Bru~~eb, that It have a coal grate stove, a round center table, a kerosene lamp \",th a student burner, a rocking chall, a lock and key and no connection WIth a telephone Ebonoid. \\hat 1, ebonOld) \Vho ever heard of It? Well, whoever 1~ operatlng a dry kiln WIll wonder how it is that it takes so much ~tedm to operate It If they WIll mvestigate care full} the} \\ 111find that kiln<; depreCIate faster than other bU1ldmg, \\ ood \\ 111ab,orb 30 to 30 per cent of ItS own weIght 111 the torm ot \\ ater or aCId solutlO11') A sl11gle brick WIll ab,orb a P111tot \\ dter -\ cement wall IS a ventable sieve Heat Ul11ts tollO\\ the \\ ate1 absorbed b} the walls. Hence the loss of heat ,111e!the deca} ot IIooel, softe111ng of bncks in summer and ~helhng off from fro~t 111 \\mter High priced pa1l1ts are no good One LOnce1n spent thousands of dolla1 s experimenting \\ 1th coat1l1g~ The coatl11g was finally developed which ha, ,tooe! a 10ur } ears te5t That's IEbono1d Look over the Grand Rap1cl~ \ eneer \Vorks "ad" 111 thIS issue of the vVeekly Artisan tm tl1rthel pal tlCulars Some thl1l~, \\ould lamE' }our way ed,lly If mounted on l(l'-)ter~ WEEKLY ARTISAN E.ach Net 13 SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ E.ach Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH & DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis New England's Only Furniture Organization. From an edItorial in the Home Furnisher, Boston: "Dlel you ever stop to think that the Home Furnishers' AssocIatIOn of Massachusetts is the only orgal11zation in New England re-lated to the furniture industry? In other parts of the coun-try there are orgal11zatons of manufacturers and jobbers but '\ ew England has only thIS one association. It was fonned at the begl11ning as a straight retail organizatior. The ll,31'[j [,le turers and Jobbers have always been admItted as honorary mCI11- hers but from t1l11e to time the Home Furnb~~"'" ASSollatlOn Jf ~tassachu)outs has been asked to admit c\e,y tU'111tl1re COll- CLlI', whether retader, jobber or manufacturer :1s aJ1 act1v ~ 1ll21l1- ber. The manufacturers have stated that they a'"f' not ~UffiCIClltly strong to have a permanent organization of th", 1 (\\\ 11 but they ~-- . ..- ..- _. .. III t,I t III ,,I III ',,I IA.. • _. _. • __ __ _ _ Don't Burn Your Moulding. Blackened edges so often found m hard wood Mouldings mdlcate the use of inferior tools, which fnction and burn because of their faIlure to have proper clearance. The Shimer Reversible and Non- Reversible Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by expenenced workmen. In deSign and con-structIOn they are supenor to anythmg on the market They cut well and retam theIr shape untt! worn out. Send us draWIngs or wood samples for estimates on speCIal cutters. Many useful de signs, WIth prices, are given in our catalogue. SAM.aEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturer~ of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, CeIling, Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc. are VItally mterested in the success of the retail dealers and thev want to be adlmtted WIthout restnctlOns. The matter has been discussed from tnne to time and pOSSIbly some step will bl:' taken In the future looking towards broadening the purpo-es of the organizatIOn. The manufacturers of upholstered goods and sofas have talked of organizing an assocIation chiefly for credIt purposes The manufacturers of New England certainly need united ac-tIOn whIch would come from a definite orgal11zaton. In the matter of freIght claSSIficatIOns and freight rates New England has apparently been discnmmated against for years Our Boston Chamber of Commerce has done a great deal for all hnes of business but of course is not 111 position to help any I11divldual industry. The New England conservatIve Spult IS probably the chief cause for this inactivity, but there IS a general feell11g that the time has come to adopt a more milrtant pohcy m order to regal11 some of the prestige that has been taken by the west and south - ---------_. _. -- ----._-------.-..-.--I-.----.., LOUIS HAHN DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItizens' Telephone 1702. ......._.-..-------_. -------------.-.-... 14 -- -- - ---------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO. MARSHFIELD, WIS. No 2228 TOilet Table SEND FOR OUR Dressers Chiffoniers Dressina Tables Suites Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple, Maho2any, etc., and All Popular Finishes No 2240 TOilet r .b.e COMPLETE CATALOGUE Walter Clark in a New Location. I lr 0\ er e1ght ) edl ~ tbe \\ alte1 lleuh \ enlU e( 111]ldl1\ ha\ e had tbe1r ottlce" 1ll the \lIchH;an L111--t 1Jt1lLdl1H... elml warehouses at Soutb I011la and Pre"cott "tleet" 1 hUI 1J 1'" nes" ha~ glown so exten"1\ el) that t\\ 0 large ln11111l1~" drL now occup1ed V\ lth part ot a th1rd one dnd apparen th the lnd 1" not) et 1he great demand tor "nlh "tulh a" thl \ handle through the11 V\ drehon"e" ha" madl It nece"<l1 \ ,C) hd\ l . le ofLce and V\ arehou'ie togtthel henu the CJ ec t10n (ll ,1 hne large, four-star) I eel hnck blllld111g on the COlllel ut '-,Dl1th Ionld and Pde"cott qreeh and tbe IlnW\ al of thc ottlll" to thl~ bUllcbng and tbe ar" antages to hoth hm el and "C lie' h apparent ::\Ir Clark 1'3 ably assisted h) t\\ 0 hlghh e,penenLul ) oung men Leon Sn) der an,l Jo"eph Honrle \f 1 c"'l1\eler ... palllcular elnh I~ to 11\e among the n1111-,tel ...hln\ the 11 \\ hell ,~._-------- III II II III III THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. For Many Years Made Exclus velv bv C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the Chicago Truck for wood\\orklllg factones Send for Catalogue h-----------,,----------------------~ ... re<jl111ed amI he \\ to make the gldde" If veneel hc~t ~lllted to the11 tlade \11 Iloude 1" the "pellal :'>ale~ agent. and "plnd" mll,t ut h1:o tnne on the road Thl~ firm deab 111 \ eneer panel" dra \\ er bottom". back'i and fi~urecl \H oe1:'>,and dl e agenh tOI the famou'i In"h glue \[r Clark \\a~ In a leme11lSCent mo)(l ",hen called upon 1)\ ,L I cpre"cntat1\ e It the "u than and told of some of l11S e"pCllenCl" In the \ enell bU~1l1e~'i He WdS over eleven \ edr" \\ 1th the Crl dnd Rap1c).., \ eneer \\ 01 ks and spoke m the h1ghe ...t terms of h1S expenence with that firm and of h1S form-el manager ITe \\ anted to try hI:'> hane! h~mse1f at "manag- 111g a bU~1l1es", "0 w1th the encoUlagement of a few fnends and \ ery Itltle money, he "struck out" on January, 1902, and be~an the e"tablhhment of the pre'ient bU'iUleSS It was a ...nle e...~ trom the fil ~t and t111~ firm count'> among It'3 custom-er ... nearh all It the large"t manutactUl er'i of fur11lture, p1- dno" etc. In the country I! \\ alter ha~ a hobby OUb1de o! htb1l1eS~ It 1:0 automo-blltne: In thh he 1"> an entbu"la~t and say:'> he enJOYs the dhllnctl<J!] (! ne\ C' ha\ ll1£; been ane,tcd for ()ver:'>peedlng Hu"tlt. 1~ the \\atch\\ lrJ, hovvcver, alCund thIS l11:otltut1On and \\h1Ie the automobtle "en e~ as a pleasure vehIcle once In a \\ h11e It al'io ha'o to earn Ih Itv1l1g by tak1l1g Its part in the ~el1e1dl \\011... of the company PalmPl"s New- Cat8Io~. CLhe Palmer \Ianutactunng company of DetrOIt have Just t:o"uecl a ne\\ catal()~ue- '\ cJ 2-1- The CO\er IS hand somel) em bo ..."ed, and the book contaIn" 8-1- page~ of cUb. "llOW1l1g It!)I dn ,111dcenter table~ and pede~tal", and a fine vIew of the factol) 1 hell l111eat table" h one of the best on the market Ever) hl1 nlLure clldler 'illOUld ha\ C d COP) of theIr catalogue tOI I( j" f1111 of ~ood lh111g.., WEEKLY ARTISAN Don't Be in a Hurry. Albel t \ \ Bnckwood, Amellcan con"ul at '1apdchl1ld :.\fexlco, fur111"hes the follov,lng mformatlon fOI the benefit ot tra\ e!111g <;ale<;men '" ho eApect to Jo bU<;1l1e"., 111 that CJl111tr) "1 he ("ten::,1\ e field offered b) \[exlco tOl t11C '''lIe of \.Illencan good" 'ih u!d be cultn ated by \mencan ::,ale" 1'cn Id a mapner "1111lar to that" '11Ch ha" made the rt-plc"entatn c., (f Gell11an and ~panhh hrn', "ucce".,fu! th~re The cs",enuah ar~ a courteou" and una,,· '11l1ng heanng 11 tile pa t (t tllc travelJng 'idlc'-lllen anJ an a\ ldance ot preClpltatlcn 111t! \- lng to c1r~~ order'i :\It- ·,,"an muLlnnt" h ghh ajJl' eua e j'C I'te11(.'" dnel a (lehbcI dte "t\ It. ()t C )llc1l1c.tlllg hUSII C'o" 11(- Made by Manistee Manufacturmg Co. Mamstee. MlCh gotlatlUn." be111g dC.cu"tollled to mlJ1gle the 'if CIa! clunent 11 theIr cO!1lmerclal affall" t) a much lalgcl extent than do \. mel Icans "It I" u.,udl fo the he"t "alC'-11l11l110m LUro]JC to 111dl~c dll extendetl pre1J!1lJl1al} call, al\1lu"t exc!thn cI} "ocla! 1'1 nature, UPOll pro"peLt1\ e ))dt!on,- at thur place" of blhIJ1C"" before later \ entunng to a"l attentL.Jn to detaIl" of thc purchase .\mencan tra\ clIng men 1\ ho u"udlh attempt t J dl"patch 'iuch tran,)dcilOn" at ,1 'i1l1gIc bllef 111tCI\ Iev-, appear abrupt dnd 131usque L hh prefelence h) :\le:AICall'i for the11 own unhUJ ned manner of bU')111e'i.,1;0 \ er) decIded and of long stanJmg The Il11p'Jrtance to \mcncan expO! ter'i of ha\ Jl1~ thell ag-cnh conform to It c.an hdrdl) be 0\ erellpha'il/ed Charlotte, Mich., Factories. Charlotte, -:\1Ich, Oct L1-Charlotte has tvv0 pl0'iperous fur111ture factorle'i The Charle,., Bennett FurnIture COmpdn) makers of c1re'iser." chIffonIers and buffets lJl cheap and medll1m grades They WIll soon add ten ne\'" sty Ie'i ot buffets Jl1 quartered oak They ha\ e thell lme on exlllbltlOn lJl ChI-cago the year round The Charlotte ~Ianufdctunl1g compan), makel s of tables, wJ11 not show lJl Gland Rapld<; 111 Tanuarv but \\111 shOll 111 Chicago 15 ~--------------------------------------~-----~ I III ,II III I IIII I I I 1II II IIIII II I II IIII II IIII TIfE •IIIIIII II ~--------------------------~-_._._--_. "ELI" FOLDING BEDS I\RE BREI\D I\N/) PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete WIthout the Ell Beds 10 Mautel aud UpnJ,:ht. ELI D. MILLER & CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. ---_ .. ~----------------------------------------------~ Palmer's Patent GluinJ! CIamps· The above cut IS taken dIrect from a photograph, and shows the range of one SIze only, our :No.1, 24-mch Clamp. We make SIXother SIzes, taking In stock up to 60 mches WIde and 2 Illches thICk. Ours IS the most practIcal method of clampl11g glued stock In use at the present tIme. Hundreds of factorIes have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more WIll III the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factorIes (only a fractIon of our lISt) who have or-derecl and reordered many tnnes. Proof posltlve our way IS the best. A post card WIll brmg It, catalog included. Don't delay, but wrIte today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. FOBEIG:N BEPBESE:N'TA'rIVES: The projectl1e Co" London, England; Schuchardt & Schutte, BerlIn, Ger-many; Alfred E. Schutte, Cologne, ParIS, Brussels, Liege, Mllan, TUrin, Barcelona and Bllboa. ~--------------~-~~~~-------~-.-.-.~...~I-- 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATUROAY .V THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWH!!:RE IN THE UNITED STAT!!:S OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER Y!!:AR. SINQI-E COPI!!:S 5 CENTS. PlJl!Il.lCATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOPlTH DIYISION ST. GRANO RA .. IOS, MICH, A 5 WHITE, MANAQINQ EDITOR Entered as second elalS matter, July 5, 1m, at the post office at Gand RapIds Mlch,C'an under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E I-EVY 1\Ianufactures now form, for the first time 111the lll',ton of our commerce, more than one-half at the total e"\.pOlh at the U111ted States In the eIght months end111g \\ Ith \u~u't the figures of the Bureau of Stat1st1cs of the Department at Commerce and Labor show that out of a total e"pOl tat10n C1± 1,027 m1l11on dollars, manufactures amount(d to J-12J~ m11110n or 52 8 per cent of the whole One year ago out of a toted E'"\. port of 989 mil110ns m the e1ght months, manufacture, contnb-uted 475 m1lhon, 01 but 48 per cent, t\\ a y ears a~o thur ,hal e was 472 m1l11ons, out at d total of 1 07) m11hOlb or -1-± per cent of the total, ten years ago, tak1l1g the figures for the entne year, manufacture~ formed 350 per cent, 20 years ago 21 pel cent and 30 years ago 15 per cent at the total nports of do-mestic merchandIse The value of manufacture,:> e:xported dm-lllg the first eIght months of 1910 averaged male thdn Zh ml1110n dollars for each bml11e~s day, In 1900 a httle 0\ e1 lr;j m1111CJn-and 1111890 a 11ttle over three-quarters ot a 1111l11ondollal" t01 each business day These figures, taken t10m a CUllent 1epul t sent out by the \\ ashlllgton stat1StlUanS, are mte1eqmg becathe they show an 1mportant change 111the charactel uf the coun try's exports A fev\ years ago cotton, \\ heat and flour t01 med more than fifty per cent of the e:xp011'0 and until \Uglbt at tIll-year agricultural products 111cludlllg meats, made Up more than half of the total. That manufactureed al tlc1es should e:xceed agricultural products at a time when crops have been large f01 several years 1S surpns111g It cel tam I) shO\\" rapId gl 0\\ th 01 the manufactunng llldustne~ The statl°t1cs ho\\ e\ el, are not at interest to furmture manufacturer, e:xcept 111 a general \\ a\ because they make no mentIOn of furl11ture e'<:ports 111 ~lv 111(; the detaIls The) give the figures on nea11) e\ e1\ thll1g manu factUl ed In th1s country o.. cept ft11111 tw e and \\ ooel \\ 01kIne, machmery ::\Iu~t be that fur111ture manufaLtm eh C,l!e so httle for the export trade or give 1t so httlc attentIon that the "t It1- tlC1ans have reached the conc1nslOn that 1t 1, not \\ orth mc 1 t10111ng The value of snllpltcltv \\ auld be 1cdhzed b\ p10ie"1011dl wmdow dressers If they shonld Vl~lt the famDu, ..ll t c;allc1\ 1ll Pans, the Louvre A s111g-lee)..ample \\ ould SC1\ e the pUIPChl The famous statue, the \ enus dc :JItlo, occupies a placc 1n the center of a room 111 whIch no other \\ ark of al t h ,hm\ n \Vlth such a settmg the mterest of the connOlsselll or the -tu dent is centered upon a single object There IS nothlllg 111Vle\\ to divert or diVIde the 111terest of the spectator A room 111the art gallery of Dresden, Sa:xony, IS occupied e:xc1uslvel) by a \\ onelel ful lMlntlllg--the S1st1l1e ::\ladonna The study of these pIece, trom the hands of the masters of art In past centunes Jlloduce, a tcelmg of a(ltmratlOn, sympathy and 1everence, be- Cath-e 111 thCll c}..elutlOn 1t ~eem~ that the D1V1l1e J\1a"ter l1dc! l11spncd the ~()ul, and eltrected the hands of the artIsts To ele"'cend it am the lofty consldel atlon of art to the Lommon place occupation ot \\ 1l1elow (IIesslllg me:ty be d long step, but 1f 1t ",hall ,CI \ ( to t mpha"'lze the" alue of ~1111phc1ty111 the arran!:;:? ment of ~(oel" 1ntended to attract the attention of the publtc, 1t IS \\ orth taklllg '-,C\e1dl \(dh dL,O the keepel" of hotel, III vanous cIties of \mcllc,l can"ecl to be pLlced 111 plclln Vle\\ back of the desks 111 th( publrc offices of tlle1r establshments the nal11e~ of the c1erk~ on clut\ clt1l111C, thc \a11OUS \\dtches of the clay ll11s 111nOVd-t10n \\a, glcatlv appleuated by the trave1111g publIc and the quc,t!on ha" been 1a1,:>ecl\\ auld Its 1e-111ttoductlOn sen e a good pm po':>e 111 the mercantile bus111ess' Presumably It would The -ales peopk \\ auld take pnde 111 the revelatIon of then Identity and the recog111t10n by customers would prove them ad- \ antageOtb to emplo) ers In many bus1l1ess offices the quarters ot heacl~ of departments a1e stated by names attached to the doors of then rooms 01 desb, or \\ lth sIgns placed consp1cuously upon el table 01 pedestal But the means proVIded for IdentIfyIng an 111c1n1e1ual ,ought fOl by the caller are not so Important as that "ome mean, fOl that purpose sho'lld be provided. The :Jl111ne~ota Retail Furl11ture Dealers' a~sociatlOn, at Its 1ecent cOlJventlOn, took actlOn that WIll lesult in placing the name of every 1eta1!e1 d01ng bus111ess 111 the state on the sub- SCl1ptlO11books of the vVeekly ArtIsan The action of the as-soclaton \\ as taken \\ Ithout a suggestIOn from the publtshers, and fOI that leason the :JI1ch1gan Artisan company greatly ap-pI eClates the honol conferred and the valuable support guaran-teed by the association. 1he 1l1dustndl \\ OIld h e:xtencltng Its l111es and the Opp01- t\1111t1e- tC)) ret,lllers \\ ele never better than they are at the pre-em tllne I3thll1eSS ~hould not be 1egarded, ho\\ ever, from the qanelpOlnt ot hg IIIes Sel VICe to the consumer should be the first cons1e1e1atlOn, and 111 the 1endellng of service inferior gooch and 10\\ prtces should not be we1ghed dgd111st honest goods and faIr pnces The co,entJals of hade are not pnce, eh~cOt111t ,111e1profit 1 he 1l1dn \\ ho \\ lOte "Home, Swect Home," had d home 1Ullllshec! b\ the J auc!on lur111ture company The ft11111ture made b\ thl' company (fits Itke ,l ta1lor made "lllt," reads an ,[(Iv el t1sement ot the Talldon 11ll111tule company of J\Iacon, Gd ,TOle pOlnted t11<\nl1uthfu!") Pel hap" Eh' II hat? \ 1l1akel ot ttll111tm e m;1\ be chosen (,1 and RapHl" Tloard ot [raele 111 January \\,\\-an TI-\\1l111111l:;\\el) 111fad fOl p1eQc1ent ot the He ha~ a W1l1111ng \ mCl chant chmb, n Die ea"'ll) to ,Ulcess \\ hen hIS bankcr's i< ot 1'" un the bottom Il1l1l:;of the lac1del [he des1c;nel IS 111lght1e1 than thc "a!c,man \\hen he ha~ the ,alaI \ to back hll11 "Money talks" Memory IS a quahty that enables the young artist to forget hb eally "01 iginal" designs. WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 '1 II, , I A. PETERSEN &CO., CHiCAGO MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of OFFICE DESKS I I.. Upholstery Goods for Gowns. "The latest shoppIng stunt is huntmg for fashionable tnm-' 111mgs and dress fabncs among the upholstery furmshmgs m the shop~," says a New York dressmaker. "It's a queer Idea, cer-tamly, but the effectIve thmgs an mgenious woman can pIck up 111thIs V\ ay are almost wIthout end. "I know one clever woman who has had a between season,,' even111g wrap tnmmed \\ 1th wide bands of what to all appear-ance~ l~ a cashmere shawl. In reaMy she chose a beautIful pIece of madras, turned It on the wrong SIde so that the 100~elJ woven threads showed to the best advantage, and framed the bands wIth a narrow puff111g of black chiffon. "Remnants of tapestry to be found at an upholstery COU11- ter are rich m suggestIOn to the clever woman One custo-mer recently purchased a quarter of a yard of SIlk and wool tape"try of such design that it could easily be cut into separate medalhons for trimming purposes. "She couched round the edge of each one of these V\ 1th metal thread, using heavy floss of the predominating color to keep the metal thread in place When applied to the black chIffon cloth V\ a1st for V\ ll1Ch they wel e bought hand embrOId-ery in the qme shades connected these medallions and served as a frame for each one The tnmming gives the effect of sahel hand work, when 111reahty the bits of tapestry cost but a tnfle "Bands of tapestl yare equally f 1.shlOnable on hats, and chal mlllg flo\\ ered designs may be picked up at an upholsterv IIII III I ----------------~I IN THE COUNTRY. counte1 \\ h1ch \'\auld co"t double the pn'2e at a tn111111mgcoun-tel The same 1Strue of metallIc and CJlk galloons wh1ch are 50 much m vogue and whIch are eas1ly beaubfied by hand w1tl1 colored dots or cross st1tches when more elaborabon IS des1rec: "In these days of plac111g net 0r lace beneath transparent matenals, the substant1al net to be found at a curtam depart-ment IS far and away the best choice, provIded the frock is not of too da111ty a type For a blouse to wear with a tailored suit , nothing is better than a firmly woven and elurable curtam net overlaId wIth chiffon cloth. "The laces which come to match these all over curtain nets are also desirable for covenng w1th a layer of chIffon cloth dnc1 many a high priced blouse has for its sub-stratum net which came from a curtain counter instead of a lace counter, "The department devoted to bead fringe for lamp shades lS another mIne for the resoUlceful woman and many a yard of bead fringe is bought by dressmakers who do not h111tto their customer~ that 1t was originally intended to do duty on a lamp shade" Disappearing Furniture in Apartments. \Vllha111 H Barry of Chicago, '" 111invest $135,000 m the erectlOn of an apartment bUllding on the corner of the Grand boulevard and Thirty-ninth street The bUlldl11g WIll be three stories, 100x150 feet and the apart111cnt~ WIll be equipped wIth bUllt-l11 and dlqppeanng furmture 111addItIOn to kitchenettes 0r buffet lotchens Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLO'lETS and TABLES Library Furniture - Library Desks. Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book. cases, Etc. Our entire hne Willbe on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes, Cplffomers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabmets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, m Imitation golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnghl Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards m plain oak, imllallon quarlered oak, and solId quartered oak, Chamber Suiles, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chlffomers m umlallon quarlered oak, 1J11ilatlon mahogany, and Imilallon golden oak THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, Dmmg and Dressmg Tables THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges FurnIture Co Manufaclurers of "Hygiene" Guaranleed Brass and Iron Beds. Cribs, Wire Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. . ..... ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 I III IIIt IIIIt ,It I, I I,IIt I ff II I I I, It It t IIt tIIt It III I Made by Bosse Furlllture Company. Made tJ\ \\o!ld FUfll!tUle <:'-01111-'.111\ Made b) Bock'tege Furniture Co -------------------------- ..----- -----------------------.---.---- ..... 20 .-..-..------.------_. --- - . - _. WEEKLY ARTISAN -----_ ..-.-_._. --_._--- _._------_._--------------- ._-~, FOUR NEW BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in acid and oiL in acid and oil. in acid and oil. TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held ftrst place in the estimation of Furmture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK ... ._--_.---_._.----------- Everythmg m Pamt Spec1altIes and Wood Fmtshmg materIals. Ftllers that hI!. Slams that satisfy --------~-------------------------~ Buildings That Will Need Furniture. ImhanapolIs, Ind -"Bert" SmIth, 913 Rural street, 86,- 800, EmIly Coffay, Park and ThIrty-fifth :-,heet~ 82 ')()C\ Lena K Blakeley, Kenwood near ThIrty -second streeJ 82- 500; Allen E 'Webb, 1110 \Yest Th1ftY-second '-treet 82,- 500, IV. EMICk, 2944 ;oJ 01 th IllInOIS . "h eet, 8") noo 'f I' Cathellne Burkhardt, 945 IndIana street, $2600 Ohllcag-o, I11-N O. \lcQulston, 1249 '\ orth l U1t]eth aHnue, $9,000, T J Campbell, 6741 ThlOop sheet, $3000. JulIa Takens, 21 SO AlIce place, $10,000, :JII" Ahce Hal t 3800 \Vallaee ",tl eet, $2,500, EmIl Nelson, 7154 St Ld \\ I ence avenue, $6,000; Charles H Rood, 3911 :'Iontlcello ,'( 111.1(0 $3, SOO, I J Yloffatt, 5314 IndIan street $3,000, Louh Hen-mng, 1454 Glenlake aHnue, $4000, r :JI \\ alter, 3324 '\ orth Caltfor111a avenue, $4500 CinCInnati, 0 -Rosa Bryant 11e"s and Oakland a \ enue, $5 :;00 J C ~lcLenman. H'lwell awl Olmond a\ enue, 84- 000 \\ 11ham C Hoeb, 1713 Race street, $3 500 II Jlltam .schult7, 3121 J effer"on a\ enue, $2 :;00, Anna ,IcCall en SqUIre and Elberon a\ enues, $4,200 Cle\ eland 0 - ,f -\ :JIaUl er, 319 0\ ello lk !MIk S) 000 ~11" S Stearn", 2071 II, est EIghh -"e\ enih ,treet 8:? 600 Charle" Bendall. 2104 \Ve"t 101"t "treet $3 000 ,fl~ ,fane Lothnnger 3:;73 1\ e"t I'tfty-seconc! street 5;2:;00, IV -\ Kolat 9111 Cre"tv. ood a\ enue $2,700, G H Oltmtead, 3-!-69 Ea"t Boule\ al d, $3,000 Del1\ er, Col - -\ :JI r a]rch]ld Boule\ at d 1 an(! \ \ e" t ThIrty-second street $4000, G 1\ '\ aht. 216 \ laIn '-trlot $2,500, Oharles E McFadden, 1108 St Paul street. 84000 R V. Baxter, 417 Quitman street, $2,500, C H Trueach, Knox Clourt, $3,000. St. Louis, Mo -John C Roberts, Benoist HeIght", $7,- 000 A..mle Boughton, 917 Belt avenue $16,000, Altce Hilger, 4347 Taft a\ enue, $3,000, August Grumme, 3015 Victor street 84,000, E D Johnson, 5406 St Louis avenue, $5,900; Henry II e"tphale, 5933 Bertha avenue, $3,500. Columbus. 0 -A.clam Vogel, 413 East Livingston ave-n ue 82800 Thomas Raybov\ ld, 236 Eighteenth avenue, $3,- ~CO ,II s -\nna Brennan, 318 South Th]rd street, $3,000 S\ lacuse '\ Y -:l\lartin Kuzhke, 110 LIberty street, $3,- 000 Conrad D]elleln, 404 Castle street, $3,500, Charles \V Hask1l1'-, 1411 Souih State street, $6,500, E E BU7Zard, 1417 East Genessee street, $5,500 ; John F Klllham, 1213 Mac!tson ,treet :ti5,OOO Omaha ~ebl -Joseph Kauth, 2021 Bancroft street, $2,- ~OO, D J Hughes 2504 South Th]rty-second street $6,000, ,Irs John 'larmet, 706 South Th]rty-second street, $4,200, D S Efner, 1111 North EIghteenth sheet, $5,000, F W COllle\. 81:; 5"uth Thirty-fifth street, $2,500, ]\1 0 Hanl- "on 3219 IYOO!\\ orth avenue . Kansas Clt\, 1110 -Tllce Ov. en, 3416 South BellLm sheet S4,000, tIed T Palks, G30 rAster street, $2,300; J C Parkel 6019 I ee "treet, $3,000 L\ E S\vamon, 3224 Jef- III "on a\ enue, 84000, J F Pre\'\ltt, 4302 HIghland ayenue, <:;3000 '11l1neapo!t". J\Il11n -tranc]s r Thoma", 3741 Ly ndale a\ enue, $3600 A. IY IIenn1l1g, 4051 P]lbburv a\ enue, $5,- 000, Dendek Knutson, 1834 East Tlmty-fourth qreet $5,000, \ugust Odell, 2737 Tenth avenue, south, $4000, Herman II ehmann, 2100 PJll"blll\ a\enue, $12,000, George H Pari-nd~ e, 1 GI 0\ elanel a\ enue, $10,000, Ole Buholz, 2427 Lake of the Isles boule.\ arc! $10 400 '1\1]1\\aukee II]S -Lmma Hoel11g, Twenty-fourth and Chambers streets $3,000; J M J1ohnson, Twenty-sixth and WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT RICHMOND, IND. No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. (Trant streets, $2,500, Fred Doenng, 828 Prospect avenue, $5,000, Otto Kapke, 1260 Tenth street, $5,000, Peter Schem-enauer Thirty-sixth and \;\ nght strcet'3, $3,700, Stephen Kl amer, 1308 \\1 ells street, $6,000 Mobile Ala ~S H. Smith, 629 Montgomery street, $4,- 000, J J. Cook, 288 Compton street, $3,500, Harry T Smah 959 Government street, $2,500 Schenectady, N Y -E T Yates, R F D 1'\0, 1, $3,500, T B Hayes, 377 McClellan street, $8,500, Jacob Manoth, Rexford Flats, $3,000 Superior, \!\T1S-Jdhn Larslon, 1212 Xorth Eighteenth <.,ircet, $2,500, John Breen, 1617 J Iammond "treet, $3,200 Tacoma, \Vash -Frecllund Bjorkman, 1014 Souih K street, $10, 'l7±, F. A Pelhgnm, South rorty-foUl ih street and c)hendan avenue, $2,500, Mn N K I-laubner, North Sevenih and Lawrence streets, $2,500 Buffalo, ::.J Y -Pelagia FronCL:ak, 1243 Sycamore street, $4,000, John F Hermann, 337 IIuntmgton street, $3,100; \\ llham H Dawson, 52 Vlcbona '3t!eet, $3,200, Jacob Schmitt, 672 Humboldt street, $2,530, Susan Jenner, 17 Bolton street, $3200, DIXIe II Drake, 2312 hl1more st! eet, $4,500 loronio, Ont ~Dl C BJOOwn, Dlnscarth and Schofield <,treeh, $7,000, \Y P Graham, 131 Emerson avenue $4,000, Thomas Edmunds, SJ mmgton and \Vallace streets $11,000, DI F C Hu"band, Roxborough street and Glen road, $6,000, J S111gel, 308 J arVh "trcet, $5,000, H 1\1 K111g, Glendale a venue, $4,000, G 1\I Bryan YiOlkville and Yonge streeb, $4 oeo, J 1 eren, Dundas and ITmon street", $7,000 Duluth, )1111n-11 P 'l homa'3, Sixteenth avenue and \\ v il1l111g"treel, $3,000, D ~dam'3, \\Te"t Second ancl Tvven-t)- second avenuc~, $2,SOO, L \\mnel, 1206 \Vest ThlfCl "treet, $3,500 Philadelphia, Pa -John Janke, Broad street and N edro avenue, $7,OCO, E G nUl well, jE'1g-hty-tll1rd street and Hol-stem avenue, $4,500, George Y V\T ood, George's Lane and \ \ v nnefield a\ enl1e $9,700 Elmer I Cuihbel t"on, 253 Rox- I'orough avenue, $7,800, George H \\ lCk ROler and Ontano <'ireeh, $4,000 I'eona, IlI-\Y J Brandon, 514 "\rmstrong avcnue, $6,- 000, G A Gl1bbons, 520 North street, $3,500 RIver FOI est, Ill-Frank J Butler, $12,000 Bloommgton, Ill-Ray Burke, Lee '3treet and Emer"on a\ enue, $3,000, l\Iaraget Hackett, Graham street and North-westeln avenuc, $2,500, Julius Schausten, 407 South Madison street, $8,500 LOUISVille, Ky -D B. Perkms, 1856 Frankfort avenue, $3,000; C. W F. Lasch, 2134 Park place, $2,500; F. H. MJller, 2118 Olmstea,1 street, $2,500, C R Carlton 425 North Twen-tIeth street, $3,000. Lmcoln, N ebr -H 0 Barber, 1900 B street, $9,500, S. R Unthank, 3303 R street, $3,500, ElLa R Rmger, 601 South Twenty-nmth street, $2,500. Decatur, Ill-Robert MJller, $20,000 Mlscel1aneous BU1ldings-A three-story brick hall and theatre to cost $150,000, IS bemg erected on the corner of Oakdale and Southport avenues, Chicago Frank O'Brien IS bU1ldmg a theatre to cost $18,000, at 718-24 ·West Forty- "eventh streei, Chlca~o The Shubert Buildmg corporation are erectll1g a $40,000 theatre and offIce bU1lding on Califorl11a street, Denver, Col Odd Fellows Lodge No 169, Minne-apolis, 1\lmn, are bmlc1Jng a $35,000 bUlldmg at 257-61 Ply-mouth avenue, north The Sisters of the Hou'3e of the Good Shepherd are expendmg $150,000 111the erectIOn of a buJld-lng 011 Colorado !hol1levar,l, DCl1\ er, Colo Architect H H Richards, 13-1. Van Buren street, Chicago, IS prepanng plam for a SIx-story, prcssed bllck and steel hotel bU1ldmg, to be elected by Charles l\I MIX at Hot Spnngs, Ark The con-t! act for erectmg the Sisters' Hospl1tal at Chicago Heights, Chicago, has been let to the Rahn-Johnson company at $63,- 328 ReSidences-Gland Rapids, M1Ch -P H Travis, 87 Morns avenue, $7,000; Thomas Newhof, 368 Slg:,bee street, $2,500, R Thomasma, 28-1- DaVIS street, $3,800, G J. \Ves-smk, 122 Pnnce "treet, $4,000 Atlanta, Ga -1' H Alston, the Prado, $5,000, "Dolph" Walker, 713 Edgewood avenue, $4-,000, \V M Haynes, 102 vVest Fifteenth street, $~ ,000, ::\Irs \!\T. 0 Jones, 58 East 11fteen th st! eet $8.500 THE TZ":SndtlPARLOR. NEW""U BEDr Need not be moved from the wall. Always ready with beddIng in place. So .imple, 80 easy, a child can operate It. Ha. roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie & Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN }Iinnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OFFICERS-Prelldent, J R. Taylor. Lake Benton, Mlnn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn.; Treasurer, B A Sch ..eneberger, Perham, M'nn , Secretary, W. L. Grapp, JanesvIlle Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ChaIrman, Geo Klem. Mankato, Mmn., O. SImons. Glencoe, Mmn.; W. L Harns \1mneapohs. MInn , C. Datllelson Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 171. "tancl, but nO\, that V'.e have the ong111al we can have duplI-cate" :-,truck off and vve are able to furni"h you these value:-, ot $1 SO to $3 SO for only 40 cents apIece :rut don't target that unless you get them and unless j"OU put them 111your local paper that this work is all f01 noth111g and therefore It IS up to each 111dlvldual dealer to make the best of thIS opportunIty, whIch, by the way, no other as"oclatIOn gIves \.re ) au gOIng to be the fellow that reaps a splendId fall bus111ess. becau"e you have gone after 1t, or are you going to go to the neAt conventIOn and have to say that thi" was not the be"t ) eal 111 the hIstory of your business" We hope not So \V ork up the enthusiasm that you ought to have for ) OUl blb111e"", becau"e, remember, that unless you are en-thusla" tlc about It. no one else WIll be II e ha, e had our <,a) now and It is up to YOll whether or not) au are gOIng to make good THE ADVERTISING COMMITTEE FALL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. \" each ) eal 101b around the turllltul e dealer h made to realIze that the last qual ter of the ) eal b the penod tor profit makIng lITe can congratulate) ou on the elegant bu SI nes" pro"pect" that \\ e have thIS fall becau"e '[111ne,>ota ne, er had a better crop and nevel before chd ) our farmer fnends receIve for theIr chop more than thE:) are no\\ gett1l1g. all at whIch mean:-, that the) are S;0111S; to ha, e more reach ca"h than at any tIme 111the past Consequently "omebod, b gOIng to get a gooJ tall bU"I-ness IVho IS It g0111S;to be" I" It gOIng to he ) ou or the other fe11o\\" ThIS q ue"tlon can onh be deCIded b) ) our- "elf and we knO\v that the only way to get aftel bU"1I1es" IS to advertise 111such a ,va) that ,,,hen) OUf cu"tomer.., thInk of furmture they th111k ot you l11stead of ,>omeOI1e el "e Now ho\\ are) ou gOIng to do It" Only b) cont1l1uall), and everlast1l1g1y presentIng s0meth1l1g ot 1I1tere"t dnd "orth to your patlOnage, and If you th111k that bv 1I1"ert1l1g an ad-vertisement thIS V'.eek, and "klpp1l1g t" 0 or three" eeks and putt1l1g 111 another 'ad" vou al e gOIn~ to get result" ) ou are decen 1I1fSyour:-,elf becau"e that k1l1c1of ach ertl'-,Ing rarely brings results. Our aSSOcIatIOn I eahLe" thIS more than an) Jther ors;an-ization, and is stra111111ge, en nen e "lth111 ItS po" er to pro-duce advertis1l1g help" that" III be u'>eful for the majorIty and adaptable to thell needs at figures that are not proll1bl-tlve, and so we present to ) au 111thIS "eek's depal tment a senes of advertb111S; UllltS all of "hlch are out of the oreh-nary and all of which are hard to get If vou want to Impress the value of the'>e U11lts upon your m111d, think of thl" Suppo"lng you" anted to run an "ad" of an) one of the th111g" Illustra teJ 111 thh "eek's depart-ment, where would) ou get the cuts" V\Tould you not haye to go to an engraver" IYoulel you not ha, e to ha, e a pIcture of it? If you dId each one would cost ) ou more than $1 50 to $350 This of course, V'.e knovv the av el age "mall dealer, could not Sturgis Factories. SturgIs, 111Ch, Oct 13-Sturgls 13 one of the most pro,,- perous httle cities In Southern ::\Ilchlgan There IS ah, a) s something doing here Thel e are four large fur11lture fac-tories 111 the town and all of them al e d01l1g a fSood bus111ess There is also a fold111g go-cart factory that I., one of the largest and most prosperous 111 that 1111e SturgIs has qUIte a number of other factolles of vanous k111ds. and the town has a busy look about it that IS 1I1spiring The Grobhlser Cabinetmakeb' company has Just I""ued a new catalogue, one of the largest and finest that the wnter has seen this year ThIS company IS famous for theIr line of dining room suites, d111111gtables, lIbrary tables and fancy furniture. The Royal Chair company has made a national reputation Association Jottings. II hen our orga11lzer, H F Davis, calls on you, gIve him the hand ot tellow"hlp, and the 111formatIOn necessary 111 carr) 111gon hIS WOIk Be SUIe and sIgn the contract sent to you and return it as soon as possible. II hene, er you meet a brother furniture dealer do your best to eAplaln the good that thIS association work is doing \nd If ) ou don't succeed the first time, try, try again. Don't let your business fall back, but advertise, and call 111more After read1l1g thIS bullet111, don't think that you can go and SIt down and let the other fellow do the work, because ) ou "on't make good in the end if you do. If you have heard the story of casting bread upon the ,'atel'S anJy It to ;p::mr advertismg "Ith theIr "Push the Button and Rest" chairs. They have one of the largest upholstering establishments in the country devoted to making chaIrs They make their own frames and have a great many patterns Mr. Walton says thIS IS one of the best years in the history of the company. The sales for 1910 will probably break the record Stebb111s & IVIlhelm meet a large demand for their li-brary, center and director's tables. They make a large line and shay, tV'.Ice a year 111 Grand Rapids They will issue a ne" catalogue in January. Aulsbrook & Jones make bedroom furniture in mahog-any and all the other popular woods The styles are attrac-tn e and every piece is well made, well finished and sold at the right pnce This factory i3 one of the busiest in the town. Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Advertising Helps. BULLETIN No. 172. Lace Panels. \\ e have a large assort menl at lace panels of varIOUS S I Z e s kmds and de sIgn s Thev add a beauh ful fimsh-mg touch to a door The Bat-tenburg desIgns cannot be dIstmgmshed from real hand work We also have some very elaborate patterns m IrIsh pomt All of tnese desIgns are mounted on a very fine qualIty of net These panels can be had both m whIte and ecru The eCIu shades al e pal tlCularly rICTl PrIces from • ThIS umt wIth type as shown, furmshed for $40 IlLASTIC COTTON FIlLT MATTRIlSSIlS These elastic cotton felt mattresses never reqUIre remakmg The only ren. ovatIOn they ever requIre IS an occasIOn· al aIrIng In the hot sunshme They are made from cotton of superIOr qual Ity with exceptionallY long, tough fibres of great strength It is carefully In spected and tested and absolutely pure It WIll not mat down or become hard or bunch up as the tufting IS accurate The tufts are of the same dIstance apart and of the same tcnC:;lOn Don't compare thIS mattress wIth the cheap kmd but come and let us show you how good a mattress we sell you tor, only ThI' UnIt wIth type as shown, furnIshed for $40 HANDSOME RUGS OF ALL SORTS No 508-Handsome Tapestry and vel-vet rugs Our tapestry Brussells rugs are made from the best worsted yarn WIth a stiff, firm back. Our beautIful onental deslgns are espeCIally a<1apted to dInIng rooms Our rugs cannot bf" equalled In deSIgn and colonng at t1 pnce We have them from the seam less to the three-seamed ones It IS hard to find the equal of the artlstlc deSIgns and pertect blendIng of colors 1n these rugs Thl' umt WIth type as shown, furnIshed for $.40 Wall Mirrors The;se mIrrOI S h a v e oak fI am as fro m one Illch to two Inches wid e aClO I d- 1n g to the SIze of glass They come m good AmerIcan or French plate sIzes from 7 '\.9 to 12 x 20 mclusIVe These mll rors add a pleasmg fimshmg touch to the bathroom and are Just what IS wanted m a great many places where a large mIrror cannot be used We have all kmds of these large and small round or oval, some beveled and some plam Come m and let us show you our lme PrIces from ~__ J R .. throorn Ru~s Thb UnIt WIth type as shov.n, furnIshed for $40 THIlSB SOFT, DOWNY PILLOW~ I We ha\ e a great varIety of pat-terns m bathroom rugs The col-ors are partIcularly good These rugs are reverSIble and easIl, cleaned Every woman wlshes her home to be damty and up-to-date and these rugs add One of the lIttle fimshmg touches which go to make a refined home They are so mex-pensIVe that you cannot afford to get along WIthout one ('ome m and see our assortment PrIces accordmg to SIze No 501 Our assortment of PitlO\\ s are filled \\'Ith do\\n IJ\~ goose and duck feathers These feathers are cleaned hy a sClentrfic process which removes all Impurities so that "e guarantee these feathers to be clean sweet and pUT e All feathers cleaned by thiS process re-tain their natural buoyancy and are not brIttle nor hfeless The coverings may be had 10 all grades of ticking from the lnexpenslve strIped to the art tIcking PrJ,ce.e 1ange from ThIS umt wtth type as shown, furnIShed for $40 HANDSOME TAPESTRY PORTIERBS No 073 These hand <;ome tapes-tT y porlleres art" three varus l Q n g and can bp had In Widths tan!{Ulg from 'U Incht.s to 4i inches Thf'se have bf f n selected \\Ith fl:reat carl from the la.rg-est and most n..!Iabll manuf ac tur er"i The \a· nety co\ers stYles and values to m('et the reqUlremt'nts of any homE' There is always In every home a place for one or more pairs of thf'se curtains and they add very much to the decorative appearance Prices from ThIS umt WIth type as shown, furmshed for $.40 TAPESTRY BRUSSELLS RUes No. 509-Great values in Tapestry Brussells Rugs. They are excellent weanng Rugs, carefully made of best quality fibre They come In lIoral and oriental deSIgns, with any color effect deSIred and WIth fine medallion centers These make an exceedingly neat sitting room or parlor rug These rugs when dusted every Once in a whIle make them look as new as if never walked on, which makes them durable They most-ly come In 8-3 x 10-6 and 9-12 ft, as that Is the ordinary SIze needed.~--- ThIS Untt wI(h type as shov.,n, furnbhed for . $.40 CARPET SIZED RUeS No. 510-These high grade, c...refully made and good weanng velvet Rugs, floral or oriental deSIgnS' Or medallIons centers are made for most any room, es-pecially for parlor The appearance of the Rugs are luxuriant The effects harmonIze Can be had in any stan-dard size or color PrICe& art the lOW-est, they will suit your pocket book as well as yourself Come and Inspect our large line, you will find just the one you want for your parlor~ ThIS UDltWIth type as sho"Vn,I furmshed for $.40 SEND ALL ORDERS TO THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE, JANESVILLE, MINNESOTA. This UnIt WIth type as shown, furnIshed for $.40 - - - ---..- I 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG NOVEMBER 1st If you place the order with us. W"ITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MIC". I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS \lfred ] ohn"on, undel taker of Deel field ,Y IS, has sold out to II E ,Yl!hams The Rollup Mattre% company, ChIcago, have 111lreased theIr capItal stock from $5,000 to $13,000 The North St Paul (.:Y1inn) Casket company are electml; an addItion to thE:1r factor) at a cost of $12,000 The stock of the Lottman Furniture company, bankrupt (~ah e'iton, TeA, b to be 'iold by the reCE:1ver at auctIOn toda) II Ilham Oakes succeed'i hIs father, vvho dIed recently 111 tbe fill1l of Oakes & '\ lehols, undertaker'i of ColumbIa, Tenn '1 bc Queen CIty Furl11ture club, C111C1l1natl,bas endOlsed New Orleans as the place for the Panama EAposltlOn m 191') Lockwood Brothers of Paterson, X J, have enlarged thelf furl11ture 'itore by takIng a long lease of an adJoll11ng hul!chng The J\ewaygo (::\Jlch) ChaIr company have 1I1stalled con"lderable new mach111ery and are now turn1l1g out 250 chaIrs per day The Plogre'i"lVe Salesmen''i assocIatIOn i'i a new ChIcago 01 gamzabon that proposes to "better the conchtlOns of retal! 'iale'imen In ChIcago" The names of the David'ion~Clav Fur111ture company, dealers of Ternple, Texas, have been changed to the Dameh- ])a \ Idson Furmtul e company The Cookerette company of Traverse CIty, :\llch, manu-facturer'i of "fire-Ie'is cookel'" have 1l1creased theIr capItal "tock from $100,000 to $135,000 The firm of Tanner & Gold, furnltul e dealers of 1630 "urth Carh "Ie" treet, Pbl!adelpll1a, has [been dl %olved James Gold WIll contmue the bU'imess \ H Ludmgton & Co, fUlmture dealers of CoupevIlle, IVash have retired from bUS111eS'i,having sold their stock to the I L Todd Hardware company The WIlliams Organ & PLano company of ChIcago, have dropped the worJs "of ChIcago" from the name and increa'ied the capItal stock from $SO,OOO to $1 SO,OOO \IT egner Brother'i, c]ealer" 111 )house furnl shmg good'i, Grand RapIds, have 1l1creasecl theIr capltahzatlOn fr om $80,- 000 to $100,000 One half of thIS amount l'i prefel red Edgar N Sloan ha" resIgned hl'i pO'ilt!')l1 as manager of the i\therton lurnlture company's 'itore at PIttsfield, Mass, and returned to hIS former home at Bndgeport, Conn The Klel f ur111ture company of MIlwaukee, are erecting two concrete ad(htlOns to their factory on Thlrty-second 'itreet One of the bul!d111g'i WIll cost $45,000 and the other $8,000 The annual meet111g of the Fl11niture Manufacturers' Katlonal assoclatlOn, i'i to be held In c.t LOl11s, :\10, on Tue'idav and lIT ednesday of the thlfd week 'lf N ovem ber- N 0\ ember 1S an,1 16 C E Yoder and E P Humphnes, have purcha'ied the plant, stock and bus1l1ess of the Bellefontaine (Ohio) Maures,", and L"pholstenng company and changed the name to the Bel-lefonta1l1e 1\lattl ess and Comfort company, Col A D l\lartm, formerly manager fOI the Ford & Johnson company at Frankfort, Ky, has orgamzed a com-pany that propose'i to employ 250 pnsoners in the Kentucky pemtentlary 111the manufacture of chalts On account of the shorten1l1g of the dayhght hours, the 1,\'ash1)urJ1 8:: TTpV\,'occ! ('Inn f {c'my at H'r 11";,", 'lLar Spllng-field, l\1a'i'i, whIch ha'i been runmng ten hour'i pel day, wac, put on a n1l1e-hour scheJtlle last :\Ionday The COllnth (1\JIS..,) ChaIr company has closed negotla-bons WIth the N 01th 1\loblle Development COlllpel11Yand entel ed into a contract to move the plant to 1\Iobl!e L he capItal stoch of $50,000 \\ III be doublecl and the plant WIll be enlarged The four fl1l111ture deahng firm., In Ha\ elhlll, :\1as", have SIgned an agreement v.rth then U1110nteamster" '" htreL} the men are to recen e a ral"e m \\ ages from $12 to $13 SO per \\ eek The agreement is to tUn untl! October 10, 1913 i\n mventory of the estate of the late Charle" \V I\la k v.a'i filed 111 the probate lOUIt of Kent C(Jl1ntv on ()dober 8 1 he propel t) i" largely c4tcck 1.1 ~Jle Onel Can)1I1et competn) and I;; valued at $217,6~2 20 -\ blother and tvvo sIsters are the heIrs '1 he -\cme \Janufactul111g l'1l1lpanV r t San \f arcos, Tex, 01 ganl/ed last ,;prlng to manufacture fUf11lture and Thompson sal11tary "how ca'ie,;, have I11creaserl then capItal stock from $20,000 to $30,000, the bUb1l1es" ha \ 1I1g g I )\\ n beyond theIr expecta tlons B E Bennett has sold hI'; Interest In the furnIture stock and undel tak111g bus111ess of Dennett & Lake, Pa\\ Paw, 1\1Ich, to the semor partner, Charleo IE Lake, who ha~ admItted hh son as partne1 and the bU';1l1ess \\ III be cont111ued unclel the ';t} Ie of Lake & Son The IIenke lur111tUl e ('(',mpanv of Cleveland (), orgeul-l/ ed by H -\ Henke to .,ucceed the firm of Kuch & Henke 1 ecently dl ,;soh ed, are el ect111g a handsome fOUl-story bUlld- 1I1g on Lora1l1 avenue and II e'it Thn beth street, whIch they expect to OCCUpy 111November \le,;a (-\l1Z) Free Pre,;s-1 he Jones-Davis Furniture company 1S 111 receIpt of a carloetcl of new fur111ture I e~en tl\ ordered from the factones The goods look Just about nght to make glad the hearh of 10\ el s of \\ ell furnbhecl hV1l1g loonb, and \vlll no doubt attl act many customers PettIt & Co, ftlll'ltUI e and carpet dealers of Harnsburg, 1'a, are clos111g out their ",tock at cut pilLe" TheIr store ha., been leased to other partie" and as they are unable to secure another deSIrable location they announce that they WIll close ont and retIre from the bus111ess whrch they "tarted eIght years age) BellJ3m111 Duveen of the film of Duveen Dro", llfth dvemll \Jew York, Importers ancl dealers 111antique f11111ltUI e and elrt goods, IS under alte'it on a chan;e of defraud1l1g the govelnment by nndervaluatlOn of Imports '1he Chel!ges extend over several year" and the amount of the duties evaded IS estImated at a mllbon doll2.iS George-"GlaclOus, but thIS old sofa has a queer aIm I" Grace-"Oh, I am not 1l1tere'ited m the arm of a sofa when there are others around" ~------ I IIII II ,II IIII I I I II I l III I III ,I ,, I I --------------------------------------- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN r II,,I I IIII I I IIIIjIIjI FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Success. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supersedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRA nONS AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. ~------------------------------------------------------------_._.~.~.~._-----------------------------------~ Manufacturers of Upholstered Furniture. Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. ------------------------ ----_.--- --._._----------._------------~ THE LYON FURNITURE AGENCY I CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS ROBERT P LYON, Ceneral Manager THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, UNDERTAKING, PICTURE FRAME MIRROR VENEER, WOOD, CABINET HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHINC TRADES. The Carriers Liahility Prohlem. The l\1el chanb' and Shippers' associatIOn of K e\', Y01 k CIty have been requested by some of the members to take up the questIOn of the extent of carners' lIabIlIty for loss or damage of con'3lgned merchandIse wIth the offIcIals of the ea"tel n raIlroad", and to endea\ or to all ange a U11lform basIs of settlement. The P01l1t in dbpute IS whethel the call1el 1'3 lIable £01 mal ket value at pOInt of shipment or at pOInt of delIvel v of goods lost or damaged in tranSit The rallI oad '3 claIm that the market price at the p01l1t of shipment 'ihould I egula te the settlement of loss or of damage to any 'ihlpment, and P01l1t to a clause to that effect in the uniform bIll of lad1l1~ nO\\ In use Commission merchants, ho'" ever, questIOn the le~al \ ab- (lIty of thIs clause They insist that unclel the common la'" the shIpper 1'3 entitled to reco\ el damages based upon the market value of merchandIse at the P01l1t of delIvery and that the terms of a bIll of lading cannot I estnq thb ril:ih t unless the slllppel has "alved this nght fOl some consideratIOn I e-celved The commission mel chan ts ftll thel al gue that the mal ket pilLe of goods 1'3 elt the point "here goods al e put on '3ede namely, the POtllt of delI\ elY An English View of Cheap Production. Enterpnse, aided by expenence and knowledge 111 the form of management, IS requIred to utilIze capital and labor Lal·Ol IS the secon,1 factor 111 ploductlOn, and capital the tl111d h I" essentIal that management and labor should be Im;hly ::okIlled, for other\\ Ise nClther can profitably assist capItal Enterpnse, knowledge and c{)ncentratlon ale wealth plO- ~, --- I,I Ii I ductn e, and especlelIIy so if confined wlthl11 the 'iphere In \\ hlch expenence has been gained. SpecializatIOn IS the key to profitable productIOn Cheap productIOn is a boon to hu-mal11ty, for It tends to bring IU:Aury WIthin the reach of all, cheap productIOn 111 one sphere stimulates further productl11n in other species of actiVity, as It makes pOSSible what 111 other Cllcumstances might be impOSSible. As an IllustratIOn, let us take the ca'ie of a sewing machine This is a necessIty in most homes, more especially 111 poor ones If the cost of pro-dUC111gthese machines were 11Igh, only the better class faml-hes could buy them; and so we come to see that one of the essential factors in human welfare is cheap productIOn. It shouLI be our mal11 object 111lIfe, therefore, to bring about a general recog111tlOn of this pnnciple; to see that the economIc aspect of It IS thoroughly undel stood by the workman hIm-self -London Engineering Personals. Ernest Oberbeck, manager of the Oberbeck Manufactllll11~ company, Grand Rapids, VVIS., spent Tuesday 111 Grand Rapids, :'I11ch VV. C GlObhl'3e\, LOlliS elnd Hugo Kamt7, pre::Oldent and ,CCI etar} I e"pectn e1y of the :\1uskegon Val1ey rl\lllltUl e com-pam, ::,pent Tuesday, October 11, 111Grand RapIds George G Heye, of New YOJ k, preSIdent of the Hal t Mu-ror plate company, il1'3pected the company's factory 111 Grand Rapids and spent several days WIth Joseph S. Hart thIS week George Calder, who I epresents a number of 1111es,has J u::,t I eturned flOm a trip in the west Like others who have visited the PaCific coa::ot recently, he reports the furniture trade rather clul1 at nearly all pomts except Los Angeles New York Grand Rapids Philadelphia Boston Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Jamestown High Point I• I• IIII ------------ ....-------....---~ CapItal, CredIt and Pay Rahngs Clearmg House of Trade Expenence The Most Rehable CredIt Reports RAPID COLLECTIONS. IMPROVED METHODS WE: ALSO REPORT THE PRINCIPAL DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT AND GENERAL STORES • GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE 412-413 HOUSEMAN BUILDING c. C NEVERS, MIchIgan Manater ...-----------_._._._- --,_._-~._._------------ WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 ..... ' --- •• __ __ ••• _.. :u ---... ! WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES I 1 Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. i ! White Enamel Lined. ORal-Glass Lined. I I I I I : You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a : : line of the "Alaskas." : : Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. ! I I I I I I : THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~s~~:~~;~M~U:~S:K~EoGrON, MICH. 1 : New York Off1ce, 369 Broadway. L. E Moon, Manager : ._--------------------------------------------------------~-------------------------------------~ Manufacturers Benefit Through Education. Manager John Hoult, of thc Luce Furnitm e company is conv1l1ced that a great cleal of good has been accomphshed for the furl1lture industry by the educational campaIgns 1l1sti-tuted by the several orgal11zatIons of manufacturers There is no longer such a wide dIfference in pncec; as f01 merly prevailed and a bettcr sy"tem has replaced the old in sellmg the product. Not ,,0 many $600 dressers are sold as formcrly, and the maker of the $15 00 ell cs"'cr does not put so much matenal and wOlk mto a pIece as to leave no profit !lTanu-facturerc; generally are becoming ::'vllssourians-they mu"'t be shown. The estimates of cost prepared by the National Assoc-ciation have been studIed eagerly and the error of hIS ways has been pointed out to many a one who "didn't know how" The .. industry is stronger and in a better condition generally than in 13 edvers (he many years. lli2he.r Prices for Refrigerators. A gentleman largely engaged m the manufacture of 1e-fngerators 111 reVIeWIng the condItIons of the tradc saId "The past year's sales were consIderdbly larger than V\ ere tlhose for preceding years, but the margin of profit was nar-rower There is but one source of supply for metals and prices are fixed and stable There has been a steady advance 111 wages and less effICIency in workmen. It has been almost impossIble to obtain competent shop hands even at the top prIce There is lacking the feelIng of I esponsIbllIty and pride in execution of the work at hand that formel1y charactenLecl th:: men of the shops, and the manufacturer's cost of production has been advanced on tlhat account The entrance of several newly organized manufact111 ing COI porations into the field, under inexpenenced and theI efore incompetent management has disturbed the market and the growing scarcIty of lumber suitable for Use in the manufacture of refrigerators, are addI-tional causes for the un satisfactory I esults of the year. Goods must be priced highel If the l11dustry is to prosper. Noone in the industry is purposely seeking bankruptcy and thel efore an advance mu-,t be expected by dealeIs in refngeratols" Improvements in Challenge Refrigerators. The Challenge Refrigerator company, manufacturers of refrigerators at Grand Haven, Mich, have greatly improved their 1111e,and offer a large number of patterns to the trade Both in design and in the arrangement of compartments, and the accessories thereto, marked improvement IS shown 111the patterns for 1911. The plant operated by the company IS a very large one. Chairs for Students. It would pay any furnIture dealeI to send for one of the KeII-Anway CIrculars Just receIved hom the press ThiS CIrcu-lar is made up especially for students The ChdlfS are labeled "Handy Andy," "The Frat 2\fan," "The Co-ed," "Cozy," "Touch Down," "Colomal," "Old POInt Comfort" and "The Student" The KeII-Anway company of GI and RapIds, aI e expel t uphol-sterel s, and though establIshed only about a ) ear ago, have al-ready bUllt up a good business. Real bargd111s are ea<,l1y dlscermble by the experiencecl shopper. No talk is reqmrecl to emphaSIze their good qualIties. "BEAVER," "GINDEREllA," "OOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "THE LINES THAT SELL" NoleIMPERIAL BEAVER-one ofmany. ']jest, They Stand the 'lest." THIS IS the IMPERIAL BEAVER. It is the finest cooking range made anywhere m the world. We think so, and so will you when you see its advantages: Study the above picture. The glass oven door is guaranteed not to break. No heat lost when you look at your baking. This range holds Its heat longest, saves z 5% in fuel, and has unusual hot water capacity. It is the best-looking range built-and wears as well as it looks. Send for samples and see it-but we warn you that no other kmd wi!, ever satisty you again, If you do I W. D. SAGER, 330-342 No. Water St., CHICAGO 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN CHEAP COTTAGE FURNITURE. En~Uand Far Ahead of AmerIca in Designing and Construction. In London onc find., the mo"t perfectly 'll11ple dl1l1 chalm-ll1g furnIture thdt I, be1l1g made anywhere at the pre'.,ent day It 1, called cottalSe furmture, and although hm In prIce l~ made upon the mo,t attractlve hne, and maele to endul e. \10"t cheap fUllllture I' \ ery "ham, poor \\ oocl h u"er! 111 It· constructIOn anc1It 1" hadl) cured and filled Cheap \mencal' furl11ture IS apt to be OrI1dte and a", far remrJ\ ((1 from the truly dttractn e as It IS po, sIble to be It looks shabb} and old after a few week,,' wear and makes an) room ugh \\ hel e-as thh neV\; al tlStlC furl11ture of EnglanJ !STO\v, mal e beauti-ful wIth age, as the \\ oed 1, of the he"t and the craftsman'.,hIp hke that known to olden tIme, Each pIece IS made as \\ ell as It possIbly can be anc1111 the end I' eAtJaOlehnalllv cheap for It la~t for generatIOns England passecl through a chedp ,ham fUl 111tUle penoel ]U.,t as we are now, but she saw the folh ot the th111g and a few artl"i:" 111fur11lture, notabl} ,IeS.,l s Heal &. Son WI neel theIr attentIOn to the makll1g of pel fect f11ll11tUle along Sl111- pIe and ll1expensi\ e hne, HappIly their mOl ement came at the same tIme as that fm the bllllchng of .,n called "gal den cltle,," and thIS cottage furnltl11 e pro\ ed to be e",acth \\ hat \\ as needed for the hlr111.,hll1g of the al tlstlC and 'lmple cot-tages of these beautiful ne\\ Englhh t'l\\ n" for \\ ork1l12; pe'lple E\ en th1l1g about these garden utles seem to be pel fectlOn lJ1 appearance and sel' Iceablltt\ The most al tlStJl nllnds hay e been employed llplll1 thell hl1lldl11g~al chlttLt~ hIJ'1,e fU111lshers and land.,cape-gar lenel ,,-and they arc beautIful to behold, e\ en the .,1l11ple.,t and humble~t ot the cottages bung as restful and perfnt 111 lte., all angemeni a, the fine,t These fur111ture dl tJ"t" of Lonc1I)l1 hay e ,tuched all the old deSIgns, and hay e created ne\\ 111'Jdds that arc not ah\ a\ ~ exact caple" but embody all the best pOInts that go to make fur11ltnre beautIful dnd pI actlcal The men emplo} ed 111the 111aklll2; of these 1'1ece... of furl11tUl c al e 111 'I'll ed b\ thell d1- rectors to he proud of then WOlk, an,! to put 111tOcad1 pIece theIr be ...t efforh \\ hen a man doee., an e"peualh fine pIece of work he IS I ewarded by a small pfl7e 111 mone\ ,l!1C!hb p1ece of fur11lture IS exhIbIted WIth othel e.,at eel tdl1l tImes This creates a certam fine ambItion on the pal t of the men and they put forth all thell be ...t efforts '\n m ...peeilon of the intenor of these gal den Cltv c'lttag-e'i "howecl a SImple lIttle sideboal d pureh modern not cOj)lee1 flom an) past penod There 1'0 no metal 111 thell mdkeup, ...d\ e the hll1ge, on the doors The pIece ... arc JU\ etdded tog-uhu and the kn'Jbs and huttons for fastel11ng the dool'o dIe ()f \\ ood Thl' make, fOI sOlJdlty and endurance The chaIr" show "everal st} les that hay e a deCIdedly antlque flavor. hecall,e the artIst, sa} that OUI foretathel ~ e.,eem to hay e cOlnel ed all the gllOd Idea' poe.,e.,lhle tOI the mak1l1g of perfect ehalf" and there ale nu ne\", onee., to he ueated AJI pIeces of furl1ltul e are made Jf the ndtul dl colored oak un"ta111ecl and unfilled, the wood IS lIghtl) v\a'{ecl and 1'- of a beautiful soft cream COlO1 or ecru. though age wJ1! turn It a beallttful SIlvery gray ltke the oak In some of the ancIent manor houses and palaces now to be seen 111England notably Haddon Hall In the ealllest ttmes 111 Fnglancl oak was left 111 a natural stdte, and the dalken1l1g of the wood with stalll" ancl filllllgs was an Idea IlllpOl ted latel from Flanclers When Marie Antoinette Was Queen. WHO that has made a va-cation pilgrimage to V er~ sailles and Marie Antoinette's "Little Trianon" but has carried thence a memory of the daintily furnished Sleeping Chamber that was once the Queen's? This memory may become an actuality, and the pervading sentiment of delicate grace be recalled, by our faithful repro~ ductions of Louis XVI. Bed Room Furniture. The Twin Beds, with their carven garlands and festoons of flowers and their cane~workpan~ els, the Chaise~Longue, with its downy cushions,the dainty Lamp Table, and the Chairs, dowered with twin virtues of elegance and comfort,~~~eachseparate piece has the compelling charm of roman~ tic association and of admirable craftsmanship. :1 (!b~Grand 1Rapids J'ur"f~~r~o~~lllpa""! 34 and 36 West 32d Street I --- -~ Between Fifth Ave. & Broadway New York A NEW YORK PATTERN. WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 TURPS-NO. The Only Perfect substitute for Turpentine. Contains No Gasoline, No Benzine, No Headlight Oil. For use in reducing Varnish. For Use in CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. TRY IT. The results speak for themselves. Barrel sent on approval. THE LAWRENCE·McFADDEN CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. The chaIrs sell f01 half a gU111ea each, about two dollar:, and a half, yet they are ",ork'i of art and of a craftsman'ihlp that guarantees endurance and the harde:,-,t weal The chall" are of a vallet) ot styles all upon ancIent hnes The bookca'ie IS after an anCIent model and ha'i no natl" but IS dm etaJ1ed tog-ethel and secured by wooden pegs All the pIeces of furmture al e as free from ornament ac; possIble. TI11S is for a purpose and IS to tea<::h the folk of the labonng classes to become accustomed to fine sImplicIty It IS not consIdered safe to permIt the humble of m111dto 111dulgG m the Olnate, as the taste has not been eclucated m the selec-tIOn of the ornate, and th111gs that are extraorchnanly bad are almost invanabl) chosen by the uneducated m111d The pel-fectly sImple IS sure to be fittmg, and so the homes of the poor m the Enghsh garden CIties do not offend Dy thIs It must not be construed that thIs furmture I~. ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJ!. Co. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA - only for the poor anel humble, for It IS not, meleed :,-,rnne of these chalr:,-, and bookca"es have been purchased to ornament the summer homes of members of the noblhty, anel It I~ mo"t hlghl) a ppl eClated by all people of a truly artl'itJc dnd ta'iteful nature ArtIsts and men of letters hay e delighted 11l the'ie new, fine Ideas m well-made fur11lture, and the maker~ find that the sales are enormous, and they thus feel that then work has been appreCIated, and the time spent 111the study of the excellent n.)t lost b) any means It would be well for some Amencan makers of furmture to take notIce, for finely made al tl'-,tlC fur11lture would be found to be as I em unel atlve as the sham stuff now bemg put fJrth \iVood of all kmcls IS much more expen Slv e 111Englanc! than here, and workmen could 'ioon be tra111ed to do good work and be proud of theIr craftsmanshIp -Ehzabeth Parker 111'Homes BeautIful" ~---- I II ------" •I I• I•• II I UNION FURNITURE CO. I I~----- ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Confuudlon and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our Ime on permanent exhibi-tion 3rd Floor, New Manufact-urers Buildmg, Grand Rapids. I• _ _ _ _ _ ---- ---------------' .. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN May Test the New Rate Law. Attack111g the constItutIOnal nght of congress to delegate to the Interstate Commerce CommissIOn such power as IS contem-plated by the ord111ary constructIOn of the long and short haul clause of the railroad rate law, the railroads have 111timated to the comnmslOn that they would challenge the vahdlty of the new law A heanng on the subject of the enf01cement of the clause was held by the commiSSIOn 111vVash111gton It Wd" attended by apploxlmately 200 I allroad officIals and shipper, The chief argument agamst the law was made by Genelal Coun-sel l\lfred P Thom, of the Southern Railway. '\ C01111111tteeact111g for the railroads urged that gene I al authonty be gIVen to the carners to continue the present adJust-ment of I dtes and fihng of tanffs untIl the commission shoule! finally prescnbe preClsely what the carners should do respel tmg -. _ the clause of the law under consideratIOn The law provides that no greater freight charge shall III exacted for a short haul than fOI a longel haul on the same 1111e and mov111g 111the same directIOn Tll1s meaSl11e, hO\\ C\ el, l' hedged about by several prOVISIOns which, 111 eel tam CHl \1111 stances, confer upon the commISsIOn d\sc\ etlOnan 1,0\\ el to g I dnt railroads the pi \vllege of chalg111g morc for the shm tCI ha1\1 than fCll the longer haul r---------------------------------------- ~. .._~. ~ 1 I II II I I : I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I , I I I 1 I i ·'.Ageing" Lumber. 1\0 man e\ er studlcd the processes ot natUl e mOl e dose-ly than the late D \V Kendall The lapp111g of the wa\ es against timbered docks or pIers, and aga111st the pIle:o dllven mto streams creates a peculIar figure 111the wood, and the surfaces of unprotected lumber assume an aged appearance under the beating of the rains and the I ays of the sun and the force of the winds. Nature ever works \vIth a pl11pose amI J\Ir Kendall was not slow to recognize beauty and utIhze the wood after nature had beautified it. Just what means he emplo\ ed to reproduce this work of nature is not known, but that he d\d so the exhIbIts of the 1'hoe111,( Fur111ture prove The age111g pro-cess IS quite attractn e when applIed to carVlng~, cut 1 ou~hl) hy machmer) A stam and a lIttle wax IS all that IS nece~- sary to finish the same An order for an entIre outfit of "aged" fur111ture and It should be remembered that tillS term doe" not apply to furnitUle that had been sho\\CreJ \\lth ~UI, ~hot to create artIfiCIal worm holes, was recen ed recentl) b\ the Rett111g FurnIture company EspeCIal mach111el \ and tools were found to be necessary to "age" the oak \\ ood \ s,lnd blastel vvIll be one of the tools emrl]c) ((I \\ l1lIam Strothel has pUlchased John R HarJll1g\ un-del takUlg bus111ess at Cottage Grove, Tenn THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Bu It With double arbors, shdmg table and eqUipped complete With taper pm guages ca'efully graduated. Th:s machme represents the height m saw bench con-structIOn It ISdeSigned and bUilt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write us for descriptive information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~~t:.g::'PIDS, A Great Plant. \Vhen the plant of the Luce Furniture company, no\\ 111 course of enlargement, shall be completed, the manufactunng faCllIties of thIS great corporatIOn will be nearly doubled The fimshl11g room, for l11stance W]]] measure 140 x 530 feet, prob-ably the largest Ul Amenca to be used for fimshing fur111ture 1he sample room will be moved from the second to the thIrd fioQr It wIll measul e 130 x 140 feet. The cabinet, pack111g, tnmm111g and storage rooms w]ll be greatly enlarged. Man-dger John Hoult reports that a very good volume of trade IS COl11l11g111 anJ that the sam pIes of the spnng 1111eare \\ ell dd\ anced. The general government is bUy111g a considerable quantity of standard goods from the company's regular line Cor the navy depa] tment, through Strawbridge & Clothiel OFFICES: CINCINNATI--Second NaHonal Bank Sulldlng. NEW YORK--346 Broadway. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAGO--14th St. and Wabash A..... GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Blda. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.--Chadakoln Bid•• HIGH POINT. N. C.--N. C. Savinas Bank Bldg. COLLECTIONS. The most satisfactory and up-tO-date Credit Service embracing the FURNITURE, CARPET, HARDWARE and ALLIED TRADES. The most a.ccurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originator. of the "Tracer and Clearing House System:' REPORTS. ~---_.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ EVERYWHERE, - ---------------------------------------, WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 New Furniture Dealers. Mrs Hattie Archer is a new furmture dealer In Colum- !bus, Ga. W. P. Bayes has opened a new furmture store at :'Ietro-polIs, III J. C. WIlltngton has opened a "first das<;" furniture st-Jre at Ada, Okla. Kepner & Romich have opened a new furniture store at Pottstown, Pa H H Eassen is preparing to engage m the I etaJ! hu n 1- hue busIness at Hinsdale, Mont J F McCluney has opened a new furmtnre store on X onh Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal. E C Settle & Son, undertakers of LawrenceVIlle, Ga. ha vc added a stock of flll mture to thclr bu sme<;s R A Harvey & Co have opened a stock of ll1gh ~I ade ft1ll11ture 111old J\Iercanttle builchng, Alvin, Tex Charles Pltkm and D. Cohen, under the firm namc of Cohen & Pltk111, have opened a new fUI nltm e store at 806 Albany street, Schenectady, N Y Nathan P Corkran, a proml11ent calnage and vva~or: manufacturer of Baltimore, WIll engagc In the retaIl furnltur~ anel house furmsh111g bus111ess 111that cIty 1:neler the name of the Kensington :t\ovelty company, J\lrs J Cavanaugh has opened a furniture and house furl11sh-l11g store at 2456 Kensington avenue, Phdadelphia, Pa The Old Dominion Furniture and Stove company of Norfolk, Va, have secm ed quarters in a budding owned by Dr. Truitt, on Liberty and Poindexter stJ eets, South Norfolk The Baer Furniture company, a new organization, have bought the old postoffice building at York, Nebr. They WIll remodel it and fill it with a large stock of furniture, cal pets, etc. Ralph E Kalloch and John O. Stevens have 1l1corporated t1te Kalloch Furniture company to engage in the retad bUSI-ness at Rockland, Me Capital stock, $10,000; subscnbed $6,- 000, paid in, nothing ] L Rosenberg, Samuel Strauss, M. M. Roche, G S Meyers and Edgar A. Hahn, have incorporated the Cleveland Household Supply company, to engage 111 the housefurmsh111g bus1l1ess 111Cle, eland, O. CapItal stock, $10,000 Fredericb G. and Susan J\1. Reynolds and Lena G Dlck- Inut, have 111corpOlated the Perfecto :'Ianufactunng company, capItalized at $12,000 for the purpo<;e of establtshing and con-ductmg a genelal house furl11sh1l1g bU<;1I1e<;gIn Providence, R 1. The Fannette Manufacturing company of ChIcago has been incorporated by 1. H. Sdverstone, F. J. Haake and G Noxon 1heIr ,apltal stock 1<;fixed at $10,000 and the pur-pose of the company IS to "handle furniture and household <;upplIes" Lee G. McIver, Charles P. Rogers, H M Weller and J R FItzsimmons, who Incorporated the Lee Furmture com-pany to "manufacture and deal in aU kinds of furniture" at Raleigh, N. C, have started the dealing part of their busl11ess with $2,100 of the $25,000 capital stock paid in. The Bloombe1g-Mlchael Furniture company has b~~i;;'- corporateJ to engage 111 the retail fUrl11ttlle trade in Rich-mond, Va. CapItal stock, not less than $5,000 nor more than $15,000. W. H. Michael is president of the company, :1\1 Bloomberg, vIce president and M. L Bloomberg, secretary The Bloombergs are prominent real estate men of Richmond r-"'---------'---'------------------------------------ .., III I, It I II II ,I II ,III It ,III I I II Here is a Rocker that's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 592 II ~----------------------------------------------~ r--------- -----------~-----------., Be careful of the dealer who tells you he can furnish cutters "as good or better than MorrisWood & Sons." He is imposing upon both you and our reputation. If you would have cutters which do the most perfect work, at the least expense, that wear out on the jointer and not on the emery wheel, which save their first cost in a few weeks, in the saving of time, required to grind and adjust sectional cutters, write u. right now for further information. We have made solid steel cutters for thirty-six years. Is that worth anything to you? A trial order is our most convincing argu-ment. Write now before you forget it. I .I. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5108 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN p. II Miscellaneous Advertisellients. ==='---'==---~ -~- -- -~- --- ----- - - WANTED Manufacturer, agent to sell our NO-TUFT maltresse, In Mlchl~an Also one to sell them In OhIO Can turn over e,tabhshed trade to rIght men Addres, ManItowoc Maitre" Co, ManItowoc Wb 10 15 22 29 WANTED, Furniture men to learn furniture deslgnmg, rod makmg and stock billIng by mall. Our course of instructIOn IS just the thmg for superintendents, foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Deslgmng. Dept. L., Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatnck, Instructor and DeSigner. 4-9 e.o.w. tf WANTED Tl-e McKim & C:chran Furmture company, MadIson Indi-ana, want commission Ire'. Must be expenenced. 10 1-8-15 WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor ard Library Tables. State terntory covered and hnes ear-ned Addreos "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Travelmg salesman to carry a lme of Reed Rockers and Chairs in Indiana and Illmols. State territory covered and lInes carned. Address "Near", care Weekly Artisan 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishing best of references and at present engaged, desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York states and can guarantee results. Address C. A R., Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store If desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf New York Markets. :"Je\\ YOlk, Oet 1-J-.-Ifen "ho haH: \hlted the tal \\("t lecently lepOlt dullne~'3 111 the IU111hei tla Ie pilltieulaJ!\ 111 Wa'3hington and Ole£; 11l where thCle ha" heen a con"Hlelahle dee1Jne 111pllce~ on both lumbel and timber laneL thol1-',h few of the lattel are chang111g hand" rJ he hal d\\ llcJel lumbel trade I" still ql11ct ancl steddy 111 all part~ of the c l\lntn "0111e eorre~ponclents note an 1I1erea~e In ae tl\ It) but the clcmd 1(1 I~ not ~l1ffClent to affect pI Ice" on any ~I acle or \ dllet} The trade In 11l1~tcel III thlo vvecl~ ha~ been almo~t en-urely 11l111tedto mall orders and c1ell\ encs on ol1hanc!Jng con-tI ach Pnces are '3tead} at la ~t "eek::, fi~ Ule ~ \\ Inch arc bastd on 97 @ 98 cents fC'1 \\ e"tcrn ra" and run up to S1 01 @ $102 for city boded Calcutta OIl IS firm at $103 Turpent1l1e IS higher again It" ent up to 800 cellt, on l\Ionclay, Imt has '3agged '31Jghtl} loelay It I" quotcd at 790 @ 80 here and TSY @ 7() at ::,a\ annah thc man';111 he tween the two pOInts he1l1g a cent Wider than Lhual Buyers are not c!Jspo"ed to pay the pnce~ that al e asked for '\IeAlcan ~oat"k1l1s and bus1l1es" 111those \ anctle~ I~ dull ~-------------------------------~It• I•t II II••II• II•f I• I•• II • • BOYNTON & CO. Manuladurers 01 Emboaaed and Turned Mould-ina., Embo... ed and Spindle Carvinp. and Automatic Turnin .... We also manu fadure a large hnc 01 Embo .. ed Ornament. for Couch Work. I.. 1725-1739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ()thel \allctJe" ,lie qUite aetne \!exlcan f1(mtJers are helel ,It )3 @ 3.+ lcnt- San LUIS, Zdeateld~ etc, 44 @ 45, :;\I[on-te e\ LampIC,t", ete 43 @ 44, Vela Cruz, $48 Payta'3,42, jJa\tlelh'+; Tlueno" \Yles 38 @ 3J Brazlh 63 @ 67 COl elal.;e 1~ filll1 at the a(lI anced pnce~ recently estab- 1J ,hed the fig-ul e" 011 tW1l1e~ tendll1g upward India tvv1I1e, \ 0" '+,0 to f) al e quoted at 7% cenh @ 8 cents 1Jght, 8% @ lJ finl \() 18 10% @ 11, B C \0 18, 150 @ 16 LWht\\ eight hurlap, are ll1 hn"k demand \' hde the heav- Ier vvelghts are 1110\1l1g- sllugglshlv ::,eve11 ounce Calcutta l.;ood" are sold dt 3 2S, 7Y;;-ounce, 335 and eight-ounce at ) -l-S L en-oune e goods al t quoted at 440, but these figure elle "h Ided 111 mo"t If the tran~actlOns ....I• ••I• •t •I•• I It •I I IIIII I It •ItII II•• I•III I II II • Index to Advertisements. L\ddms & Elt1l1g Companv '\la ska Refng el a tor Company \ melle an Blower Company ! 11'1l" \\ ! &. Tonn Company l\ennett l harle" lunl1ture Company 1\( ek"tei;e I'llrl11tme (oll1pal1\ l\l "~e I m111tnre lOlllpan\ 1\1'" \fall11ne \\ mk" (hlhta,1~ln C l hie' -', ) I] lfl 01 a HI '\rt Gla ~s Company I dh\ C'e1( '\nt a HI \Ianu±aetnf1ng- Company [ ree 11ddn BH t110::, f'c Co (,l"hc I 1'r111tnre C 111pan\ (,1 all Raphl" 1l10\\ Pipe and Dn~t '\rrester Company (,11ml RapId" nla,,~ Company (r111H] Raplc1" ld,-ter Cup Compan\ (,rawl R,q)J(l" \ enell \\ nk" Hahn LlUI" 1I( !com] '\ L &. Co h,ll-',C" I nrlllture Company 1,,1 Ihall Hr ther" Company J"11](1el l'aIlor Heel COmjMn\ T a\\ reme lId, adden Company Lent/ ~L ahle Compan\ LH:;ht (,eorge \\ Ifannfactullng Company T llle Rvlmond Chall Company 1 nc e 1 nrn tm e (e'111pan y \fanhtee \fanufeletnnng Cc,1111Jany IIanetta Pa1l1t and Co

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