Weekly Artisan; 1910-11-05

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••NOVEMBEU 5. 1910 YOU CANNOT WRITE YOUR OWN NAME without drawing every curve used in the Louis XV styles of ornament which is the most curved of all ornament. (jf I have had my greatest success in teaching those who admit that they can not draw a straight line. (jf I will make a furniture designer of the dullest furniture worker in the United States, providing he wants to be one. (jf Don't be afraid. (Fear is our low-est of passions.)1 Come to ~meif you wish to be a foreman, superintendent, or designer of furniture. You can take this course by mail or attend, local classes. ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK INSTRUCTOR AND DESIGNER OF THE ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOL OF DESIGNING 540 Houseman Bldg., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. "THE PORTER" Jr. 5 INCH JOINTER IS THE GREATEST LITTLE BIG l\1ACHINE ON THE MARKET. It is built with the same care, accuracy, and feat-ures that are embodied in "The Porter" Hand Join ters which are known the world over. The steel lipped ground tables which can be withdrawn from the cylinder; traversing inclines for guaging the cut; the tilting guage for beveling, mitering, etc.; and the Round Safety Cylinder are all identical features of the larger machines. When furnished upon the iron bed (shown in cut), any style of motor can be attached. The style of current, cycle or phaze is immaterial. The machine is furnished with or with-out the countershaft, or stand, just as is desired. IT IS THE IDEAL MACHINE for the cabinet room, pattern shop, manual training school or any place where small or narrow jointing or buzz planing is done. It requires but little power, small space and runs at high speed; and say -don't you know that 50% OF YOUR WORK is within the range of this machine. You ought to be inter-ested in this machine and our catalog T. will tell you all about them. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--------------------------'-" .~..--- _._---------_.----------, No 83. .. ....._- _._.- ... GEO. SPRATT & CO. HERE IS A CHAIR THAT'S A SELLER WRITE FOR THE PRICE SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ----------~ I II II 6-- ...... ...__ ••• ..... CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE CO., CHARLOTTE. MICH. For $9.25 we will ship this Dresser in Satin Walnut or Mahog. any finish. Chiffonier to match.l I Mail your I orders ! promptly to I I I I I I I I I I I I II• II I• I I "EFF and EFF" HOLIDAY NOVELTIES! the Holidays. Conceded to be among the best, if not the very best Money Makers for Furniture Dealers during Do not let this money.making season pass without getting your share of the business. The "EFF and EFF" Line sells in all localities to the great middle class. . GET OUR CATALOGUE and pick out some of the bnght. unique and popular novelties. Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. ROCKFORD, ILL. 1 ..... . - 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN p , I I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY i GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. :I:I I III:III I:III II Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. •• 4 ~. Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bird' J Eye Maple Birch !'<..uarttrtd Oak and ClrcassllJn 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. 31st Year-No. 19 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. NOVEMBER 5. 1910 Issued Weekly TRADING STAMPS AND RAILROAD RATES Court and Commission Rulings on Two Important Matters Reported From Washington. Among the decIsions handed down by the SUPI erne court at \VaShIn£;toll last week \\as one of gleat ImpOltance to mer-chants The Supreme court I efused to revIew the decI'310n of the DI"tllct of Columbia COUIt of Appeal'3 In the so-called trading stamp cases The result of such I efusalls to leave the deci'3ion of the Court of Appeals In full effect, and, as that de- CISIOn was adver"e to the lll;ht of the tIadIng stamp com-pa11les to conduct theIr busmess m the DIstrict of ColumbIa, It wIll be necessal} to wmd up theIr affaIrs '30 far a" the dlstnct IS concel ned The case as;amst the compa11le'3 was mstItuted last Tanuary The first heanng was m the polIce COUIt, where the tradmg stamp concel ns ,'\ on out In behalf of the dlstI ICt an appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals In an opmlOn handed down by ChIef JustIce Shephel d, the appellate bl anch reversed the ruling of the 10\\ el court ConSIderable comment was caused at the tIme of thIs de-cision, as both the maJonty and mmonty opmlOns suggested the advIsabIlIty of the U11lted States Supleme COUlt revlew-mg the Important legal questIOns plesented by the case ThIs the Supreme court has now refused to do In arnvmg at its deCISIOn. the hIghest tllbunal m the land makes no comment which would mdICate a reason for ItS actIOn Washmgton retaIl merchants al e rejOlcmg over the out-come of thIs controversy They declare that the tl admg , stamp and all othel schemes of the kind are now dead Issues in \Vashmgton, and that merchants who stIli use them to attract trade must cease their use and as the I ulmg of the Supreme court wIll undoubtedly be obsel ved by state courts the effect of this decision wIll be far-reaching. However, an officer of one of the pnnclpal tradmg stamp companies concerned mtimated, shortly after the action of the Supreme court became known, that it would be only nec-essary slightly to change his company's plan of business to continue it within the law, and that thIS change of method already had been deCIded on Should such actlOn be attempt-ed, It is stated, the DIstrict of ColumbIa wIll at once institute restraint proceedings and agam carry the case to the court of last resort. Developments m the rallI oad I ate cases during the past week have also been of mterest and importance to merchants and shippers. Reports, wIdely dissemmated in financial cir-cles, apparently WIth a 'Iew of boosting the stock markets, that the members of the Intel state Commel ce Commission have reached a tentatli e undel "tandmg that model ate m-creases in raIlroad Idte" be allcm ed all 0' el the country, have been emphatICally de11led by Chall man Knapp of the Comnlls-sion. Heallngs are '3tIlI bun£; held at se\ el al places m the country, and i would thel efOl e be Impo"'3lble, accordmg to Mr Knapp, fo the CommiSSIOn to 1each any understandmg beforehand "here is positively no ba"I'3 of tI uth whatever m the I eport," IS the definite declaratIOn made by the chall-man of the Co mIssion. c\ deCISIOn that would seem to refute thl" Idea ot "(om-proml' 3e" was I eached by the Intel state Commel ce Com mls- "Ion last Satur ay m what is popularly known as the Reno late case The CommIssIon announced that ItS Oldel m thIS case IS to become effectIve on December 1 ThIS decI"lOn aftecb all class rate'3 on both eastbound and \'\e'3tbound tIaffic destmed to Nevada common pomt'3 Matenal I eductlOns are made m all those lates. Comudentally WIth thIS Reno late annuuncement came the announcement that the COmmlS'3lOn would make ItS 01 del s, to be Issued a few month'3 hence m the other PaCIfic Coast case'3. effectli eon l\lay 1 neAt It IS plObable the orders wIll be promulgated about Malch 1, 1911, so as to afford the mtelested call1elS and shlppels at least sIxty dav's notIce of the findms;" and reqUIrement., of the COmml'3SlOn It IS con-fidently expected that this rulIng wIll make a matellal reduc-tIOn m rate'3 Want Better State Laws. UnifOlm State legislatIOn for the regulatIOn of mtra-state lallroads, and all the problems m connectlOn WIth the states' control ovel theIr common carnelS, WIll engage the attentIOn of the ~atlOnal AssocIation of Raili'\ay Comml'3slonels whICh meets in \Vashmgton on NOvember 1~ PI actIcally every state m the tmlOn wIll be I epl esented at thIS conventIOn, and ItS progless WIll be calefully followed More effectn e and comprehen'3lve legl'3latIon affectmg-the railroads IS the mo.,t ImpOl tant questlOn to come befOl e the Comnllssionet s An attempt to blmg the ,allOUS state raIlroad laws more in line i'\lth each othel WIll abo be under-taken by those present at the comml; meetIng In addltlOn to legislatIOn, the a"soclatlOn i'\ III conSIder the questlOn of shlppel s' claims on common carners, sllnphfi-catIon of raIlway tariffs, rates. and rate-makmg, u11lform classification, car "ervice and demunage, and the broad que,,- 4 --~---_._---~ I•• I•I• I II I IIII I •,• ,I II I I I II I II• I•III•II ---------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN ------------------~----------- -------------------- Lentz Big Six --------------------------------------------- III II•• ,I I I• I• I• II No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAlv t1On" of laI110dd taAe" dnd 1,UlJO,ld \dll1dtwl1 aI11Ll1(1111el1t" t the act to lee, 111ate commen e The memhel" ot the T I1tel "tate l om 111Lleel ommh"H 11 are actJ\ ely as'-,oclated \\ lth thc ~tatc oEhu"l-- 111 tl11" I I ~d1l1 /atlOn. and \\ork \\Ith them 111 the dillt to "lel1ll blttll legulatlOn and contlol of mt1 a-"tdtl ,h \\ dl a" 1I1tLl,tate carner" New Furniture Dealen •. J ( Clone h a ne\\ 1111 111t11e1 de,J!el ,It 1 a \\ tl \ [la \Y J' Hlamble \\ 111open ,\ nu\ tl11111tll1l "tOIL at 1\1\ al lup, \\ dsh, on ::-J()\ emhel 14 J C F1lhgan ov\ n" the second ne\\ t1111l1tlll e "tl III l IPCll ed at A.da, Okla, 111 the past month H (Ta1he1 I:--.. Co, halt. openld a nl\\ h0l1"e-[tl)111"h11l~ store at 1090 l\1a1l1 "tleet, Ird1tfOld Conn ::\1 B Calhol1n h expected to open ,I nu\ tll11l1tll1l ,111cl ca1 pet store at Ba1 m\ ell S C 111 Deccmbel J G Blandon, fmmerlv l [ I o~an"p()lt Ind hd" lIb! opened a nevI f111111tl11e"tOle dt Ro\"ton (,a Levv1s Condel, T 1I l\l( hlc\ and T \\ PC1\\ el" h,1\ C ( )- galllzed a company cap1tdlJ7ed dt SlO 000 to dedI 111 !l11nlttll e and \ eh1cle" at Ker"I1a\\, S C 1', L Da\ lS, Ii E \\ IllJam" '\ n Dllhe\ ,111d C '\ Hubel, hay e 1I1corpora ted the \nchOl rl11111tll1 c comlJdn \ to open a new store at P1I1e Bltlff, \1 k Capital "tock S1; 000 County TI eastll cr, 11 T oel Mc:\I l1llen and County Com ,r-.------------------- --------------.---~- II II I• I I I I Don't Burn~Your - . ---~ Moulding. Blackened edges so often found m hard wood 1\1ouldmgs II1dlcate the use of mfenor tools, which fnctlOn and burn because of their faIlure to have proper clearance The Shimer ReverSIble and 1\on ReverSIble Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by expenenced workmen In deSIgn and con structlOn they are supenor to anythmg on the market They cut well and retam their shape until worn out Send us drawmgs or wood samples for estimates on special cutters. Many useful de Signs, with pnces, are gIven m our catalogue SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the ShImer Cutter Heads for Floonng, Cel1mg, Sldmg. Door'l, Sa'lh, etc ..---------_._----- I1lh,,10nel \\ \\ \\ h1telll11"t, ale Olgamzm£; a company to lll~cl"; e m thc t1.11111tle1l and hou "efl1l mshmg business at Lar-go, Fla \ I J l1ldholm and James II Neal, both expenenced m thc tl1l111tUIe tl dde \\ III enc,a~e m the reta1l busmess at 150 [ llh ~tl eet "'an II anusco, Cal ] hey w1ll d1splay samples 111 the stOl e and fill 01 del" from warehouses of factories. "BEAVER," "GINDEREllA," "DOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "THE LINES THAT SELL" NoleIMPERIAL BEAVER-one of many. Best, They Stand the Test, THIS IS the IMPERIAL BEAVER. It IS the finest cooking range made anywhere In the world We thmk so, and so WIllyou when you see its advantages: Study the above picture. The glass oven door is guaranteed not to break. Na heat lost when you look at your baking. This range holds Its heat longest, saves 25% m fuel, and has unusual hot water capacity. It IS the best lookmg range bUIlt-and wears as well as it looks. Send for samples and see 1t-but we warn you that no other kind will ever satlsly you again, If you do I W. D. SAGER, 330-342 No.Wafer Sf., CHICAGO WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 Londoners COpy American Methods. That AmerIcan department "tore "hopping methods will plevall In London hereafter IS estabh"hed, says a letter from the ",orld''3 large"t city The most slgmficant ;,utrender to the onslaught led by Harry Gordon Self! Idge, the Chicagoan who e'3tabhshed an AmerIcan store there les" than two years ago, IS that of the fn m of \Vhltely, one of the hest known 1D London John Lawlle, the managing dll ector of \Vhlteley's makes no seu et that he 1" takmg ovel the AmellLan depart-ment store Idea with all Its chalacterI;,t!c featmes Selfndge has 100f gardens and restamants With musIC; Lawlle IS to hdve them Selflldge says to the pubhc, "come in and look a<; much as you hke and go av,ay Without bUying If you see nothmg you want to buy," Lawlle no", says the same thmg, althoul!,h befm e this 1ule was applted hy an Amell-can 111 London bU;,1l1es" men thel e "aId It mH~ht ,,01 k well on the other Side of the Atlanitc, but was Inapphcablc to the Bllttsh pubhL, as It V\auld hi m~ 111 the 1Iii t dff dnd so keep the leal plllcha<;el" dv,ay Lawne, hke Ml Selflldge, 1" to ha, c 1est and '3l1ence looms, pubhc telephone", an informatlOn hUl eau, a wmnan's club, a high c1a"s concel t hall, free to customel s, a gl eat cen-tral dome !Sivm!S a ,lev, of all the flom s, and a Wireless statlOn by which incoming people may book hotel room;, Attendants vv111be prov ided who v, 111 accompany foreIgn customers about London m search of board and 10dg1l1~ Whitely's, by the way, are to have the lalgest store buIld-ing 111 the world It will be knoV\ n as the \T eV\ EmpOllm11 It Will have a flontage of 600 feet, a depth of 3S0 feet, five "tones and the central dome Will be modeled ltke that of the Santa :;\Jl:ana della Salute of Venice. Clark's Veneers. The \Valter Clal k Veneer company have someth1l1~ to "ay on another page of thl<; is<;ue of the \\ eekly Arti;,an that IS well worth lookmg up \\·alter IS all llght on oak. poplar, llllch and gum, eneerS and a;, for mahogany "ask the man An Important Insurance Decision. \ most 1111pOI tdn t deustOn on the in SUlance of mel chdn-dise was ~l\en b, Tud~e \Valtel '\ PoV\ell m the ClrcUlt comt dt Kan"ds CltV, ::\To la"t Tuesday CLhe deo'-,lon affects e, el y mel chant 111 the State o± \I!sSOUll V\ho eanes InSUl ance on 111"stock The ddu"e that 1"lw)V, In"elted In all Missclt1l1 merchandl"e pohue" deeldl e" that the msurance eompames at e hable fOI only 011 ee-fou1 tho; of the amount f01 whlCh the good" ale 111sured Tudc;e 1'm,e11 declaled tllls clause vOld Hel eaftel all eompd111e" ,\ III be hab! e fel the full amount of 1l1"l11ancc the case 111 POll1t \\dS In the "l11t of R L lOlnott a cln ~ood" mellhant at Blaynet, \Io, a!.;alll"t h, c 111S1a1n1ce companle" (01 noti\ stC're b11111ed thc I11c~ht of TdnUar) 21, 1910 l11s steck was ll1sl11cd at S20000 111 {l\ c eompame" They 01del cd him settlement at the thl ee-fourths c1au'oe, 01 $1 :;,000 He 1efused and blought "11lt Judc;e Powell 01 derecl thc compallles to pa v tb e f1111$20,000 Windfall for Sears-Roebuck Stockholdl"rs. !\ rIse of nead y tIll ee pam ts 111 Seal ,,-Roebuck stock on the ChlCa1So exchange thl'o week I" clttnb11ted to the presel1lc 111 that city ot a Ke\\ YOlk partnel of the Ell 111 of Goldman, ~alh~ &.- Co, whllh BOdted the COlpOI atlOn 1'111<;lSentleman a"smed 111'.,"e"tell1 blend" that the "toLk WIll cia"" 200 "011 ItS mell±;'" 1\1enb 111thiS 1D stanle 8.1 e "uppo:::.cd to mean a "talk distllh11twn 111 the lled1 futm e ~o notll0 ha" been IClel\ul h) the dnedOl>" of a "plLld! mLct111!.; \\hleh lS to <1,,,,1 \\ Jih ,1 \\ 1l1clfaII, !Int the ,h"l1l11ptwn h qj()ll~ that dl1 I ~ $2.00 ·1 }tARVE!; ::~::~' o U S ~::=::;:;;~ seat HeIght of back 24 mches. Width of seat 18 Inches. Fm.shed Golden Oak. Shipped K. D. nested Weurht 19 pounds. ~rJ&j IIalJulaetunlJRCo, Grand Rapjds.!1ich. IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS. DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and GlJlDES for Extension 1abies. Also special stampings in steel and brass. Write for NO.KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET. Patent allphed lor samples and prices 465 N.Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ...----_._-----------------_._---------. I ., 1, II II II III II ,I , II II I II I, II,I II I _____ ~ ._.4 LEXINGTON HOTEL 500 Rooms. Michigan Boulevard and 22d Street. EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE. New Cafes. New Grill Room. Offices and Rooms Redecorated. Absolutely Fire Proof. "YOU WILL LIKE THE LEXINGTON." HORACE WIGGINS. JCHEA.RMLEOSNTMROcHSUEGH } Propr>etors ASSIstant Mgr. Also opetatIng Hotel Montrose. Cedar Rapids, Ia I Roek Island House, Rock Island, 111 I..-------------- extl d dlstllhl1tlOn V\ 111he made 111rthel more, the company \\ 1l! "h. 1\V, aCUll elm!.; to dn 111 'older. a pi ofit of 20 pel cent (Ill the (U1111l1011 "tode HI the l \111 Cllt iI"ul! ) cat 6 SHOPPERS WHO ORDER FOR CASH WEEKLY ARTISAN How Wives of Penurious Millionaires Mana2e to Obtain "Pin Money." xow that make~ $20 ,\ 01 th of 1:;ood~ doe"n t 1t a "ked the 11Chlv ~O\\ ned lady to the head ca~h1el at a Idl ~e dOLIn-town depaltment ~tOle a" she "toad 111[lont of hI" '\111dOl', penc11 and pad 111 hand "Yes, madam' 1ephed the la"ll1el ence sho\\ n onh to the lustomel \\ ho::>e whose pdY 1S cel tam "I,I, hat else"' "Let me "ee" mu::>ed the lad, 1eflect1\ ell che\\ 111...t',he end of her penul '1 \\ ant $2; , put dOlI n f1\ e pall ot those two-dollal -a-pa1r hose I "a\\ on the countel up on the "elond floor, that \\ 111make tlm b then \\ on t 1t- The cash1er nodded assent "Then that w111 just ahout make t\\ ent, -in l U)mlll~ to 1ne, \\on't it?" "Tha t ,1111 he ell tll eh "a tJ"tal tOt, to t1"> tha 11k 'au" ans" e1ed the la"h1el \\ lth a 1e"pel tful n{Jd But" 111t\\ en-ty- fn e he suffiuent t01 ,OU1 need" ~ lOu kno\\ ,(Ill L"n ha, e all you wish," "\A,Tell ma, he I had bette1 nlctke tl1clt fitt\ P1lk me out $30 worth of a""01 ted hnge11e and put 1t dcm n "\Y1th plea~ut e ' 1etul ned the la"h1el III the \\ a\ \\ e hale just lecei,ed flom Pall" "omc hCdlltJtlll de~l~n, 111th1" same 1111ge11ethat 1 knOl\ \ on lllt11d not 1e"1">t Pl1J I hd"111~ if you sa\\ 1t \Ytll \ on not 111"ptLt Ot1! "tolk The lady lame back 111a fell m111ute" it om hel e,anl1- nation of the 1l11gcl1e 'You Ian ~end np the al tIde" T hd\ e selected flam that ~tolk It b e'ljlllqte \01\ to ~u balk to bus111e~s, the1l'~ nl11eb dollal" \\ 01th I hat ...',td dlto~ethel 01 this thirty dollal" \\ 01th 1" to be "ellt home T llSt let me hay e the fifb on the othe1 Sl, 1., and" e \\ 111be "qual e ' "That 1S COIlect, mddam 1eplted the la"hlCl bOI\ 1n1:; 10\\ \V1th that he lonntcd out 11\ e ten-dollal btll~ and placed them 111he1 hane! \\ 1th d "h~ht nml ot thank" "he swept out to he1 antomob11e "Odd SOlt of d melcantlle tl an"dctlOn 1\ a"n t 1t T1I11111-1,e ~aid the I ash1el to a fl1end \\ ho tlom d pO"lt1On "lth111 the grating, had me1heald the entlle lOl1\el~atlOn W\\ ell 1t "me looked "ome odd to me \\ a" Tlmm1e's lcph "C;eemel hJ,e that \\ omdn "a" buy 111~ a lot ot ,tuft flom you and then IOU hun around and ...',l\e hel ncatl\ as much cash as the good" come to fO! bn\ 111~ them \I hat dId )'OU ~1\ e hel monel fOl \\ hen "he" the one that otH'; h t to be pay l11g } OU -, \\ he1 e do the c;ood" C;O \\ hel e dOL" the moncy go \Yhat" the an",\ el to Ihe "hole thm-., "It does look peculta1.' laughed the cd"lllel, that 1" un ull you undel "tand 1t, then It" qultc "lmplt J Telc" the dn- S\\ e1 as you call 1t \\ lih that e!etel-b111" al e 1dl~t ,md "That 1\ oman 1S the wife of a promment downtown lawy-el WOI th mal e than a mdllOn He is a model husband in many respects, perm1ts her to hay e unl11nlted credIt here- "hlCh she ne\ el falls to take ad\ anta1:;e of-and never scruti 1117e~ the monthh bIll merely gettmg her 0 K to it and "endmc; Ih a lhelk at onle But he falls down m one 11npol t-ant pal tllulal of marned life-he ne, el gl\e:o hiS w1fe a cent of la"h She may come m here and order a thousand-dollar lot ot Im:;elle and he'd ne, er murmm-but If hel automobJ1e "hclt11d hI e,Lk dOli n whlle she wa" gomg home 1 doubt If "he d ha, e ca1 fal e \" 01, \\ hlle an unhmlted credIt at half a dozen of the blgge:ot St01 es m town 1<.,a ml1:;hty comfortable thmg, no amount of It takes the place of a few gI eenbacks tucked away m a "ate 101 nel of yom clothes agamst acc1dents, The lady m hel e told me that she couldn't count the number of times that "he bad been put m the most embanassing positions mereh t01 \\ ant ot a dollal-OJ maybe only a quarter, and the ~mallel the sum needed the 1:;leater the mortification, He" not a "tm:;} man tJllS hu~bano, as you can see, but \I hen "he a"k" hun fcn a little pocket money he answers as a pal ent \\ ould an""el a chl1d that a<.,k" fm something not good tOl 1t that ~he has e\ el vthmg she \\ Ishes and wJ11 just throw ,1\\ a\ the ca"h T doubt If "he has a dollal a week to spend as "he choo~e" '\lthout h1~ knowll1g where it goes I he little ~ame she )U"t played thlough my assistance I" thl" She lome~ dcm n hele when she wants twenty or th11t\ dollal" dnd bu} s, appal entl), g-oods to the value of that dmount ph1" "c)me 20 pel lent The goods are chalged on hel blll She then sIgns a I ecelpt fOI the !Soods and I pay htl out the monev "he II ants I add, a:o I sav, about 20 pel lent \\hllh 1" th~ a\elage profit on the goods of the quality "he hm " -\t the eno of the month hubby gets the bIll, flmgs It lal e1e""h au (\"S the bl eakfa~t table for hel 0 K, \\hich "he C;l\ e~ ot caul "e and \\ lite" hel out a check for the amount p,nable to the company, not to her By thIS means "he b endh1ed to :;et a lea"onable supply of pocket money at \I hat appeal" to hel a 1easonable rate of mterest; we are pCltelth "atJ"heJ \11th the 20 pel cent on the deal and hubby -\I ell hllbln doe"n t know and so It can't hurt him It 1~ a \ el) common method of raising cash quickly ,Ullon2, the 111\ e" of \\ ealthy men, who<.,e hubbIes al e hke thiS one'" and you would be SUlpllsed to know how many Ilch men al e of this t, pe There are fully fifty ladles whom we dccommodate and the othel bIg stores have a proportlOnate numbel I thmk 1t petfecth leg-Itlmate for the WIfe who IS thu" tleated b\ hel hu"band to le"ort to thIS means How, umld a "omdn 11\e up to hel $10000 automoJ)lle With onlv lR ccnh 111 he! pockct"' \Vhat cloe" hubby say "hen he finds It out - \\ ell 1\ e ne\ el known of a casc yet, but "hen I do 1 11 phone, ou to come 'lound and I'll 2,1\e } ou a couple of u,]umn" of stl UluOU~ lOP} "'-1\ e,v YOlk TImes ~It II II, I II Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture., IE H SHELDON & CO ChIcago, Ill, I Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the l'l dozen Clamp Fixture. \\ hlCh we boucht of you a httle over a year ago are glV1n.g'" excellent serVJce \Vr are well sattsfie:d With them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want \ anything addItional In thIS line Yours truly, I SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO A- • • •• ._. ._._._._. __ ._ •••• • , =- ..._ ...... .. Wood Sar Clamp Flxturea, Per Set SOc. 1III IIIIfft I...I 30.000 Sheldon Steel Rack Viaea Sold on approval and an uncon ctltlOoal money back g-uarantee SHELDON'S STEEL SAR CLAMPS, Guaranteed Inde.tructlble. We SOhClt pnvllege of sending samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON ill CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. i • WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 ,....-... .. ... . ....... ... ..... 1 QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'TIT TOOBAD-People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lies in poor eqUIp-ment. A !lule foresight in the begmning would have saved them dollars--a lIule more money m-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" equipment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools shght their output by puttIng in poor materials-employmg poor workmen-slmply to be able to make a little more profit. "Ollver" tools are bUIlt along machine tool lines-careful-accurate-durable - safe. Some purchasers fall to Investigate thoroughly before placing 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. .------ ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. , , II I:I ,, I 1125 Weot TempI. St., Loo An.eleo, Cal. I Pacific Bid •. , Seattle. Waoh. I ____"O_L.IV_.ER_" _No. 61 Surfacer . . .. ---l SAW BENCHES SWING CUT.OFF SAWS BAND SA WING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS ViSES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "0" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot National Bank Bldg , Chicago, Ill. No 50 Church St, N.... Yo,k City. Sued a Furniture COmpany. New Y OJ k Hel aId-An 11repres"lble conflIct between the artI-,tIc temperament of a teacher of French and the lou\Sh. not to say con ugated tempet ament" of city marshal" and the11' hel edltal y alhes, fur111tu re 111mel s, was descnbed 111the SUPI eme court ye"terday by lVI1-,,, Helen McGI ath, the teachel She IS pla111tIff 111a Slllt fm $10,000 damac;e" aga111st a fUrl11tUle company whICh she says i" responsible for the \'V I eckmg of her apartment and her peace of mmd "DI eadful, h0111ble and atloclOUS ml"takes," IS the mIld est pllla"e she used m her bIll of complamt m alludml; to thE "ene" of unwelcome VtSltS of cIty marshals and furmtllrt movels to her apartment "\hout the only P01l1t on ""hlch ShE and the defendant fmmtme company agrees IS that MIs-, Me Grath got the fl11l11tl11c ham -:\lalY Foc;alt), that ~lar) Fo~al ty had got It hom the cumpany and that thel e wa" a clI-,pllte about the payment" Then lamc the CIty m<u"hal" J\1I-,-, l1c(Jlath c1c-,Ulhe" the \ l"lt of one of thc"e 111 the followlllg language "Coulc1 .)OU hd\ c "een the mal "hal lolhng 111 a lhau Ill-sultlll~ a )ouns \\Oman hoaldel, who. It I" ncedle"" to say, I'3 as sweet and I efined a .)oung yyoman a" It IS pOSSIble to find, you, yourself, If you haye a partIcle of manhood in you. would have felt 1I1clIned to knock hun head 0\ er heels" 1'hl" descllpt10n of the uty mal shal was conta1l1ed III a lettel 2\;IIS" McGrath saId "he wlOte to the fur111ture company demand1l1g that It lompen"ate her for the "honol s of the reple\ III " "I need a lalge quantity of fUt nitme," she wlote. "and $2'1,000 worth would be none too much Then I ""Ill not sue you, ThIS propoSItIon may-nay, will, If accepted-save your house from an awkwald, pel,hanL<: a dal1gerou", pOSItIOn. "At first I thought the replevin was a joke. When I found It was not, I bm "t into a fit of hystencal laughter for the first t11ne 111 my lIfe and laughed three hours by the clock" ::,he saId that a-, a I esult of thIS prolonged laughter ""omethllll:; Clacked 111 the top of my head." The court lefu"ed MISS McGrath damages for the injury alle~ed to hay e been cau'3ed by her fit of laughter and held that she mu"t look to Mary Fogarty for damages caused by the Iemm al of the furl11ture. The Girl's Smile. The ,Yaddell Manufactullng company al e havmg a fine trade III can mgs and wood ornaments All theIr knobs and wood pull" are fa"tened WIth the no-kum-Ioose fastener-the k111d, lIke the glll's "mIle, that "won't come off." ,. . , II II II II III II ,I II II For Many Years Made ExclUSIvely by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for woodworkIng factorIes Send for Catalogue '!I _.... 1II W _ ........ a WEEKLY ARTISAN PARLOR FRAMES which is larger and more effeclive than we have yet offered Now ready for inspection at our factory T.ke Southport Ave car to Greenwood Terrace, thence west to factory, or Clybourn Ave car to A.hland Ave, thence north to Greenwood Terrace Npw Factorips. Challes Ildel" h,\" e"t,\hlhhUI ,1 "nLlll dldll !,lltllJ \ at Ellijay, N. C. Work has been stal tec1 on clealm~ th e ten-au e slte t01 the plant of the Texarkana Seat company at Texalkana fe.>-- Ark The N e\\ f'ngland Cdhmet ,VOJk" capltal17ed dt S2:; 000 $400 paid 1l1, wlll bulld a plant and manutactl11 e turl1lture and office fixtures at Portland, :\Ie Wllham J Huff Toseph C;chanzel and T D Ilekhtel, have incorporated the C olc)1ado Refn~elatOJ compam capl tahzed at $20,000. to estabhsh a ne\\ facton 111 Dem el Citizens of Buchanan. Ga are O1gal1lZ111~a compam to estabhsh a coffin factOJ} 111thelr town The\ plOpose to fix the capital stock at $2~,000 of whICh 20 pel cent has heen subscribed. The Worthm01 e Dedd1l1~ compan}, capltali7ed at $3000 have established a ne\\ facto! v in CinC1l1natl, 0 :\1 D Hatch, Loms Phlllips, \1 C Henchell and T L Phllhps al e the stockholders \iV. H. Ragan, J H 1hllel, E '\ SnO\\ and T L Kn k-man have incolpOlated the GIant FUll11tl11C compam to es-tablish a new plant and manufdctul e "all kmds ot TUlnltl11e at Hlgh Pomt, N C CapItal stock ~1:;0 000 \\ lth $60,000 subscribed and $30,000 paId up Jacob and G P Reelman ot Gland Raplds \hch \ L and J P \\ alCl and B \ Pltlmmel ot Malletta 0, 11<\\e l1l cO!po! ated the Valley Fm nlture and ::'vIanufal t1111l1~C0111pan} to manufactl11e chans and fl11nlture nove!tle" at :\fdlletta They wlll 1emodel an old bmlc!lnl?, that ha" bccn \ aC,ll1t 101 ::,C\ el al } eal s Cdpltal stock. ~40 000 .... I II II ,, -~----_.---------- ---------------------------.,_ .... Chica~o' s Best and Most Effective Line of Can be seen throughout the year at J. J. Hall & Son, 137 Michigan Ave., Peck and Hills Co., Wabash Ave. and 14th St. and in Our Catalogue, sent to any furmture dealer on request THE V".1ndtlpARLOJt NEW...I..'" BED toIeed not be moved from the wall. Alway. ready with bedding in place. So .impl., 10 easy, a child can operate it. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Em' & SedgWIck NEW YORK. Norman & Monitor. ~-------------------_._--------_._--------- .., A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. II I,I I,,hI 27 N.Market St.. Grand Rapid •• M~ich. ManUfacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS CItizens' Phone 1239 ""The Express Strikebreaker. , rhe e"p1 ess stllkebl eakel that wlll bl eak the mIghty ~ J lp of selh:oh monopoly lS the pal cels post," declal ed Fred-f'llCk C Beach, edItor of the SClenbfic Amencan and president of the Postal Progl e~s League, at d meeting of that organiLa-tlOn 111Xe\\ YOlk, last Thursday "It IS a proper function of the Postoffice Depal tment to carry small packages and the l?,"0\ e1nment can do lt for one-half the rates of the express companies sa\ 111gshIppers and the people the great dividends of those COI poratlOns and at the same time gaining suffic1ent 1 e\ enue to place the Postoffice Department on a paying basis," he contmued "An extended parcels post law such as our lea~ue ad\ ocates WIll glVe the government sufficleent profit to make the 1 cent letter postage a practical proposItion, and it \\ III also do away WIth all thlS agItation against publishers' 1 a tes of postage" Reduced Return Rates Disapproved. The Intel state Commerce Commission has announced lh find111gs 1111egal d to 1educed rates on return slllpments lln all lOad" 111\\ esteln das"lfication territory. The opmlOn 111l?,enclal c!J"appu)\es of the letmned shipment lates, hut lu..,tlfies redl1led lates fOl the retmn of freight which has heen 1efu sed by the consIgnee 'Tlan"lt dllangemeents 111 then common f01m," says the l omml":OlUn, al e susceptible of defcnse only upon the theory that the 111bound and outbound movcment-, al e part of a "111c;le tl ansactlOn, but thel e 1S no 1 eal connectIOn betwecn an outbound :::,lllpment toddy, and a 1etm n shIpment one year hence" BEDROOM FURNITURE ID M.hogany. Walnut. 8m:!'s Eye Maple and Ouarrered Oak I-I I,,I ..-- .. HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 1114-1156 W. Superior St., Chicago. ---------~_._---~-_. _. -_._---------------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ·'THE PORTER" Patented Rouad Safety Cylinder. CONSTRUCTION-These heads are made of high grdde machmery steel, forged to size and are of one piece Slots are milled on t\'\ a opposite sides for the knives at such a distance from the center that the knives will do the best \'\ 01 k The chip breakers or back k111ves, as they are sometnnes called are mserted m the head as the cross sectional view shows, and are made of spnng steel They weal longer and better than the ordmary soft steel chip breakers and are easl1y kept shal p or replaced when so necessary These heads take the same style of k111vesas the ordmary squire head V\ hlch does away with all bother caused by ha\ mg to have speClal parts The kniVes are from 14 inch to :Vs inch m thickness, and on account of this thickness, It IS Impossible to cloVvd chips m unde1 them, which IS hable \'\lth the tilln k111ves They are held down hy collar bolt'i V\ 111ch ha\ e a ~reater teml1e strength than the ordmary planel bolt The k111vescan he set forward by usmg a punch m the httle holes directly m redl of the back of the knn es The side or end flange'i are made of steel and are put on the head as an extra support or precantlOn 111 case of d bolt breaklllg On aCCOUl1tof these and because the cap mer the k111vesbe1l1g a part cf the cylmdel which IS sohd, It IS Imp os- 'ilble for the k111feto pull off (If securely bolted) or an)thlll~ to fly out This IS (!lfferent than all other heads The anI) stram on this cap 1Sthat caused by centnfugal force On the regular cyhnder for Jointers. V\ e put the cap on the pulley end only so a" to allow rabbetlllg Very short stock can be planed on these cv hnders, end'i of stock can be planed, heavy cuts, and Irregular work such as champenng, cuttlllg corners, etc, can be done Mouldlllg knives for speClal work can be used on these round cylinders, but we do not advise their use, as the cylinder'i are not slotted for the bolts, as they should be for this work How to Treat a Mongrel. Pointing to a sample ladles' desk (a composite of l\IlsslOn, English, Colomal and Italian Rena1ssance) the supel intendent of a leading furniture factory asked "\iVhat shall I do w1th it? It looked very good on paper, but now it is a shocklllg thing to look at." "Put it under the ten-ton hammer of a pile driver and let the hammer hit it once," the dealer in furniture to whom the question quoted was addressed, replied. ...- .. ------ .. .. -_.-------- Quality and Economy 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 polishes, 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. III I• II I GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, -23-1-2-W--. -V_an Buren St., CHICAGO. .I. .._._.-- _.-----------_ .... r-----·-----· --,---------.-------~ . ShelJoygan Novelty Co. fJ[ Order your hol- Iday goods early, so as not to be dls-appolllted III dehv-ery. Our SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Lady's Desk No. 305. ---------_.- _._-------_. _. _. ---------~I.. Music Callinets, Ladies' Desks, Bookcasee-, etc., are Just the thmgs for holiday gIfts. WrIte for Catalogue. fJ[ Lady's Des k No. 305 IS a good one, but we have many more to select from. 10 \\ ay of tellmi:, the Pope and the people that he was empelol and" ould make hImself so, all self, all Napoleon. It can be tluthtull) 'iald 01 'Japoleon a'i it is of Ceasar, that it cost a 11111110Inn es to nuke h1m emper01. This is why so many hi'i-tOllans in compalmg him with Caesar refer to Napoleon's study of thl'i great fighter of a fighting age. Napoleon vvas a man in whom two passions prevailed; nameh, vIC10usness and greed, but he used the fight within hIm to satIsfy hIS desIre for power. According to Greek m) thology, he was ruled by Mercury and Mars. Mercury, ) au ,,111 I emember, was the god of the merchant, banker and lObbel and }Ial s was the god of war Mercury rules every-thmg that l'i i:,reedy and graspmg m nature, and Mars rules Iluou;,ness and fight Character of the Times. In a further study of the period from a character stand-pomt, we find the licentious ideal of the Louis XV period U1tll eIv \\ Iped out, as Napoleon consIdered women only as bl eedel" that the; would stock France with larger armIes to "athh hl'i dmblt10n f01 power. He divorced Josephine f01 the ;,ake at a famIly, and recognized only women who were apPloach111g motherhood, and even the statutes of the period II el e modeled to the same effect This shows that the sixth law ot nature had developed to Its extreme height ,and was Clushed by the FI ench revolution, and that Napoleon was the fil'it gl eat leade1 of the bus111ess age, or the age of greed for po" er and gl eed for gold H1S conception of the power of mane} was ;,hown when he was asked what was the first 1equll ement of war H1s answer was "money." What the "ecund, 'mane) " dnd what the third, "money." Thus we see. "lth the UShe11l1~111of the age of greed, the first gl eat bU;,l-ness man, v; ho made a business of war for the sake of power, I ecog1117ed as the essence of all greed and power, the posses- S10n of money. WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE DESIGNS AND HISTORY Napoleon"s Characteristics Reflected in Decora-tions of the Period Patterns. (By Arthur Kilkpatnck) The Empne style was a del elopment or cont111udt1On of the same penod of rela'\: as that of LOLll'iXYI but the efleets "ere concentrated upon the cha1acter of a s111gleman 111place of the more general chal acte1 of the French noblht" as \vas the case in the Lotll s XVI pellod These pel lads of 1ela" have appalently produced r:,-Ieat chalactel 01 hd\e been the 1esult of bringmg to the 110nt i:,1 eat leadeb 01 men fhe death of Juhu'i Caesa1 "as the chma,- at a pellod ot actl\lt) and the beginnmg of a penod of I ela '\. I ha \ e shov\ n hm, the Arthur KIrkpatrIck Louis XVI sty Ie lS a cop, of the Pompelan 1Ull11tUle, and I now plOpose to dl aw pal aIle!;, between the characters of Caesar and Napoleon, and the fUll11tUle at the French em-pIre and that used In Rome at Caesal'S tIme Cae;,ar hved 111the age of \ lUOlbness, so much so that he was mU1dered by V1C1OUSconsplrat01;, m the Roman senate chamber The gl eat pI eponderance of the decoratlOn on furnitul e and m archItecture vvas emblematIC of wal and the vICtone;, of war } \ ery \ Ictor) gamed b) Ceasal was paid for m blood, and e\ en at pIa} the most refined at Roman society sought en tel ta111ment b) "a tchmg t\vO gladIators fight "ith daggers as long a'i they could stand \Vhen one finally dId fall and pleaded by slQ;ns fm hfe, they often an-swered by turning down the11 thumbs, slgnifymg, ktll h1m, as though their \ ICIOUSnatures CIaved even hIS last famt strug-gles w1th death Napoleon lned m the eady star:,-e of the plesent age, that of busmess or !:ileed, and he appal entl) 'iau Ihced all the finel qualtties of natm e to fatten thl;, one Ideal the gl eeel 101 power. He saw whele he could u"e the V\ arhke attttude of Caesal to ~I atlfy hi" 'ielfish amblt10n f01 pm\ el ~ ate, too, the selfish attttude of Napoleon 111111Spul ;,U111gand accept111g the Impenal clown 1hnce had the crown been offered to Caesar and thllCe had Caesar refused it. Not so \\ Ith Xdpo-leon. ,V-1th almost fevensh eagerness, he relle\ ed the Pope of the cro", n and clapped It on hIS own head, and then took It upon hImself as hIS first offiCIal duty to make hIS \'Ilfe queen by crownll1g her. However, he cared httle for cro", ns and costly robes. What he wanted \\ as po" er, and he took this Furniture of the Times. -\s tIll" chle1 character was an imitator of Cae"ar in war, so \\ as the 1m 11ltUIe an inutation of the claSSIC Roman effect of Caesal's time The business age had dawned but was not £;enel al enough to be an ideal of the people as a whole. There-f01e, the effects of a warhke age were forced upon the people h} the stlong character and wJ11 of Napoleon. The features of the decoration were emblematic of glory, pmver and vICtory. The flaring, clean cut, brass mounts which decorated the SUIface of the sombre shaded mahogany were the chIef decoratIve embellishments and were composed of flamll1g torches, the crown, helmets, eagles, garlands, mytho-logIcal :olgns and wreaths of laurels, centered WIth a large capItal K ThIS capItal N and the empire star were supposed to leplesent Napoleon, but it seems to us that a shooting star would be more fittmg and appropriate. The drapery was of a heavy matenal producing a rich classic effect. Bees woven m the cloth was one of the favorite patterns. We suppose these were to represent Napoleon's active soldiers, and their ."tm£;ers the bullets However, this is but sUpposItion, and it nM\ be that the bees were to typify the mdustrious people of France. The leading designer of the French Empire was Jacques LOlllS DaVId, 1748-1825, who 1S called the dictator, but in reahty It was Napoleon who dId the dictating. David was a pam tel "ho adm11ed the classic Roman art of Caesar's time, e\ en as Xapoleon adm1red Caesar. He also admired Napo-leon, 101 the anI) pIcture we ever saw of David had his right hand tucked 111 the front of his coat with much the same effect as Kapoleon, but pliant in character and imitative in attitude. The next deslgnel of Importance was Lienard. . WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 Indlanapoh,>,Ind Nm 3 -The sel vmg of hot dmnel" to the WOlkmen 111 then emplov was commenced eleven ) edrs ago by the T n Laycock 1\Ianutactunng company of thIS Clty The senlCe ha::, plO"en satlsfactOly to the company and then employes It IS not a money makmg enterpnse, but takes cal e of Itself finanClally The bene1t denved by the company IS m the nnplOved efhclency of the WOlkmen vVell fed men take a keener mtel e"t m theIr dutles than pootly or underfed, and by ~lvm£; the best serVIce they are able to pel-form, the employes show theIr appreuatlOn of the meal serVIce furlllshed by the company. In the fir::,t yeals of the expen-ment two bnds of meat, vegetables, bl ead and coffee constItu-ted the menu, but It "as found nece:,sary to add ml1k and pastl y latel:Many of the young people dId not care for coffee, and wanted a bIt of cake or a pIece of pIe and mIlk The adc!ltlOn of the"e artIcle::, 1equired more labol, but the em-ployes were satl::,fied wIth the food fUllllshed, whIch was the pmpo::,e the company sought to accomphsh The food IS dIshed out III hberal quantItIes and the workmen can purchase a good hot dIllner for tv" eh e or fifteen cents. Marott's department store III Indlanapohs IS not located III the "shoppmg dlstnct" In fact It IS qUIte oUblde of that favored reglOn J\Iarott, however, adopted a sensIble plan to blmg shoppers to hIS StOle. Purchasmg a numbel of bllS and handsome automobIles he nOtlfied the ladles of the CIty that whenever they deemed to shop m 111'>store he would send an automobIle to theIr homes and bnnf; them to hIS store when-ever the ladles would request hnn by mall or telephone to do so. Marott's store IS one of the populal houses of the CIty and ItS 10catlOn IS no hmdrance to hIS trade In many factones fUllllture III plocess of constructlOn IS pushed across the floOl '0 fIom one department to another, as may be requned Man) of the lIght pIeces so handled are mounted on runners, but \\ hethel mounted 01 not consIderable damage IS done before the good:, 1each the packmg room. Superintendent WIlson of the Udell Works, IndIanapolIs, by using two wheeled trucks, has practlcally removed the cause of damage to goods by handlmg m the factory. BeSIdes, the work is quicker and more easIly accomplished An Illterestmg and valuable e2--hll)1t of a part of theIr line was made recently III PIttsburg, by the Thomas B. La)- cock Manufactunng company. Twelve brass beds with plaIll ----------_. --_._------- panels wel e shIpped to Kaufman Brothers, who set apart one of theIr bIg shO\\ wmdows for the purpose of enablIllg an artlst from the Laycock factmy to decorate the panels wIth brush and pamt, m the presence of thousands of people. The :,treets \\ ere so clOwded wIth people that at tlmes the artist \\as compelled m response to a request of the polIce authon-tles, to suspend hel work untl1 the crowd dispersed. The plan \\ as well concel" ed and effectl\ ely car ned out. The exhibition lasted one week. J FI ank Lmdley of the T B Laycock Manufacturing company IS spendmg se\ el al weeks on the Pantic coast and m the mountam states He expects to arllve home shortly before Thanksgn mg \\ hen he V\ 111follow the custom that has been presel ved for many) ears by entertaming the Lindley Laycock-L)tle famIlIes on that day Mr Lytle ,,111 entertaIn as usual on Christmas and Mr. Laycock on New Year's day The WIves of these gentlemen al e SIsters. The manufacturers of furniture 111 IndIanapolIs took plOmment pal ts m the mdustnal parade held m that CIty 1e-cently. Mr La)cock, Mr Cobb, Mr. Emnch and others were among those who Olgalllzed and carned on the en tel pnse All the manufactunng 111dustnes partIcIpated and the real of the plocesslon passed the pomt from whIch the advance started aftel a mal ch of four hours One hundred and fifty thousand people \ Ie\\ ed the parade. On His Own Account. J G Marshall, formerly a buyer for Hugh McElveen of PIttsburg, has epgaf;ed 111the sale of office fUllllture 111that Clty. He WIll handle especlall) the lIne of the Standard Desk company Mr Lappe IS bUYIllg f01 McElveen . ..- ---------_._----- 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. Supercedes all otber Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Upbol.tered Furmture Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. . .. - - - - -----------, 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN 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 New Rector's-A Record in Rlipid BuildiIl£. A new record for speed of constructlOn has been t~tlb- Iished 111 Kew York m the bU1ldmg ot the ne" Hotel RectUl now approachmg completlOn On Jannar) 31, 1910, the aIel Rector'~ was closed awl the new hotel ,,111 be opened betl lIt January 1, 1911 Charles E Rector, the o"nel, has spaled no e"pen,e to make hIS cara,ansary complete m e, el) detatl Jt :,tancl~ on the corner of Broad" ay and Forty-fourth stl eet dnd "Ill be up-to-date m evelY respect The fir:ot three :otoncs ale ot Bedford stone", the 12 stolles above of bllck "lth tetra-cotta trimmmgs and the roof IS a cnl \ ed mansard The mam dmmg-room on the first floor occuple:o. the "hole Bl oad" a) frontage and the color scheme uscd IS gold and gra) 1he LoUls Quator7e style IS followed The drapellcs and nphol stenng are 111a nch French cdrd111al rO:o.e colol Llble~ al e of specIal deSIgn In the mam lobh) Itahan \\ alnut and ItaItan velvet covenngs are employ ed f01 the tUll11tUl e The bedrooms upstalr~ have been planned to harmol11ze m the11 floor co, ering~, \\ alls, furwtul e and dl apenes Cll caSSlclll walnut and mahogany are the "oods used The upholstcl v fabncs were all purchased ot Stern Brothel sand amuunted to over 12,000 yards The brass bed" to be used dre of ~peual design and of a style never betore u:o.ed m a hotel and the best mattresses and box springs ,\ dl be u:o.ed The cafe IS fimshed m L11CaS"lan walnut The tables have Clrcasslan "alnut bases and the tops are of black Austnan glass WIth SIlver mountmgs The chall:, have upholstered seats and backs The banquet 100m seats 150 people and its color scheme IS gold and gl a) There are three pnvate dining-rooms, one m red, one m green and one m brown, with furnishmgs to halmonize. In the ladies' parlor the I OUh XI I st, Ie I" followed with Clrcassian walnut furlll-tUl e dnd s;old and pearl color wmdow hangmgs On the 1[' //,l1llne 11001 l11ere 1~ a ladles' parlor decorated in red and sold ,\ hlch "Ill contam mahogany furniture with covenngs ul antique, eh et 1he IT otel Relt01 ,,111 be a splendid addItion to New \ ulk OJ lalge numbel of fine hotels Cheap Help Not Always Profitable. Good reItable machmes are not mfrequently condemned on account of the Ignorance or laz111ess of the men engaged to opel ate them," remarked a manufacturer of wood-working machlner) 'Manufacturers of the penny-wlse-and-pound-fooItsh class um'ls(1) place machmes that cost, in some 111stances, a thousand dollars m the charge of men who are paId Ham $9 to SlO pel week when competent men could be employed for ttom $12 to $15 per week The delays and 1epdl! e"penses resultmg from the employment of cheap and 111competcl1L men more than offsets the difference in the wages "d \ ed ' FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted In every partIcular Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON MErs. oE band saw blades and tools 1717·1719 W. Adams St. Chlcag. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 r, --------- I II II No. 550 Price $8.75 Palmer Manufadurin~ ~(ompanJ~ 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, DETROIT, MICH . ----~I II I I,III I •I ...--------~-----------~.---_.,..--------- I WA'DDELL--MA~U-F ACTURING"~-o·.l I Grand Rapid., Michigan I I All Knobs and Pulls have the I 1 Zeeland. Mich.• Factory Notes. Zeeland, Mich., Nov 4 -The Zeeland Furlllture company are having a good trade, October havlllg brought them a larger business than any other month in the year Mr Ray, of the Wolvenne company, 'iays bU'illleS" has been excellent, so good that he abandoned the idea of gettlllg out a catalogue this year Mr Elenbaas of the MIchIgan Star company IS very busy When seen he Just had time to say, "busmess IS fine" The Colomal compan) WIll "how on the thIrd floor of the Furlllture Exchange, Grand RapIds, III January They wJ11 show 100 patterns of hall clocks and twenty smtes of lIbrary furniture The caller was permitted to see qmte a number of these pieces and can testify to the beaut} of the deSigns and the excellence of construction The hbral} fur11l-ture IS m mahogany, dnd many of the pieces al e mlald The bookcases and desks wJ11 command dttentlOn and mVlte the dosest scrutllly -C ::vf Holland. Mich.• Factories. f lolldnd, Mlch, N0\ 4 -The nay V lell rl1l111t\1le (om- , pany's ne" bmldmg IS completed. all hut the office~. "ll1ch "Ill be oce upled before the first of the, eal They" III haye as fine a ..,et of offices as an) In Holland Thell trade III extension tables is good They will show their line on the second floor of the Furlllture Exchange, Grand Rapids, with quite a number of new patterns added to their present excellent exhibit The Holland Fur11lture company is having a good trade, and wtll have a fine lot of new patterns to show in the Manu-facturers' building, Grand Rapids, in January. Mr Wlll~ of the Ottawa Furniture company, said busi-ness was good Manager Bus'i of the 13m,; Machme Works, said business "as fair He 1:-. puttmg many of hIS new and Improved planers III the GI and Rapids factories -C M. Wellman"s Cat and Life Boat. '1 he hfe boat and the cat that were saved flam the wreck of \\ altel "\\ ellman's Ill-fated aIrshIp. "Amenca" were exhi-bIted m one of the wll1dows of GImbel's great New York '-tore la'it "eek The lehc'i In the wllldow attracted a crowd that blockaded the "ileets until the pohce authontles ordeled them 1emm ed \\ hen a card wa~ placed III the wllldow an-nounun~ that the cat" as holdlllg- a reception III the StOIe the bll1ldmg VIa..,clOVlded by thol1c,ands, most of whom gave the s to! e a thO! ong-h III"pectlOn before lea vIllg. No-fium-Loose Fasteners The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Woed in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. .... -- . I •• ••• ftP. • • -- ~~~-· ~ 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN METAL USED IN SOFA PILLOWS -~---~_.------...--------_._~ Unbending Styles Intended for Ornament Rather Than Use or Comfort. It is a long time since so mam stIff dH;mfied unbend-ing and costly sofa cushions "e1e 111cluc1ec1am\1l1~ the tall models deSIgned f01 best 100111S dnd c11ess up occaSIons Fortunatel} "unbend1l1g" does not apph to bed100m cushlOn'o varieties ""h1ch are as puff, case, and comt01 t,lble a~ ('ne could wIsh But In the mOl e fm mall oom" the Cu~1110n 1ule seems to be the costlter the less 'lelc1111~ \iVhethe1 ftom FIance Japan m L\me11ca 1he latbt "ofa pillow of h1C',h de£;lee e),.p1ec,ses a 2,lade of ma2,mficence c,uffi-cient to repel 111ttmate ad, ances LIke mOo,t \\ 01ks of a1t It is meant to be v1e"ed at a 1espectful d1QanCe 10 d1eam )f tucking a corner of one of the~e a1t oblect" unde1 one s shoulder blades \\ ould he sau 11e2,e and to attempt tn s11t1s2,le a cheek aga111st Its impos111£; St11face \\ auld be-\\ ell It \\ auld not be good f01 the comple'ClOn A woman who undertook to cop, one at the"e models to install in he1 dra \\ 1112," 100m succeeded, e1, \\ ell 111all but one thing The cushIOn In spIte of all she could do ,\ auld upon p1essure assume a cllOOP "\nd I spent S10 on It \\ 1th my work thrown 111," she maUl ned "Never mind," saId a f1iend, "one ltl,e It bOU2,ht m a store would cost at least $30" Three out of fOUl cushIOns at thIS 1ank \\ III 2,1\e an aIr of elegance to a 100m not to be dupltcated at a ltkc cost by any other article 01 a1ticles, an uphol" tel e1 told a hou;-,e-keeper who was funllsh111£; an apa1 tment 01 11, 1112,to at a low cost, and fo11O\\1112,hIS acI'lce she ~elected a pLlll1 mex-penSIve sofa and a1m chan s and placed UPll2,"ht 111one corner of the forme1 a splendId sofa p1110\\ T\\ a almost a" "plend1d p11lows dec01 ated b\ ° of the chan s \\ 1th the 1esul t that callers went aV\ay \\ 1th an 1mp1 eSSlOn of sumptuousness ('ut of all propOl tion to the qualtty of the tU1n1ttll e The sofa pIllow was oblon~, about 27 hy 18 mches [he 0thu ~ \\ e1e square and about 24 111ches lone; one of them bemg Japanese in design. The oblong shape, it IS leal11ed, IS a bIt mOl e st, ltsh than the squa1 e, some val ieties bem£; about one } d1d Ion£; and twenty inches WIde, others twenty mches lon~ and t\\ eh e ~· --- IIII •• III• I• II •IIIt I, •II• IIII ~- UNION FURNITURE COe ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead In Style, ConftrudJon and Flmsh See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhibi-tion 3rd Floor, New Manufact-urers BUlldmg. Grand Rapid •. II ____ .4 1l1che, Ii Ide Many of the handsomest are oblong, and the mnst nottl eahle feature of the newest of them is the large quantIttes of metals used 111conjunction with fabrics through \\ h1ch 1'111threads of gold or sIlvel. :\Ietal tapestry of the stand alone qualtty 111floral and com entlOnal des1£;ns and of seve1 al colors combined; heavy, fi2,Uled tapestry 1 eproductions of Aubusson and Flemish pIeces, the fi2,U1es reduced to Immature proportions; four and f1\ e 111chUletal galoons, the gold and silver in some instances t111ted and descllb111g a pattern, narrower gold and silver ga-loom. metal fnnges of many colors, edgmgs patterned like lace but made partly of metal th1 eads, and of materials equal-h hea" but a tIIfle mOle plIable, all these are among the ne\\ pIlIO\\ matenals They a1e combmed m turn with many kmds of ,cIvet, satm, suede, satm brocade and art woolen tah11l s Tn some cushIOns the arrangement of materials ~1\ es a patchwork effect. \bnut 1\\ cI\ e mches of the centIe of an oblong pillow \\ d s made of hea, II} hrOl aded tapestI y combil1lng SIlk, wool ,md metal th1eads, the p1evaIlIng color of which was sage ~1een (In eIthe1 SIde of thIS vvas eight inches of SImIlar tap-cstn of \ alle~ated calms, bnght green in the lead, each piece dl\ 1decI t)(1111the centte hy a three inch wide band of flat ga-l DOll C10SS111f;tb e pIllow perpendIcularly. The thI ee sectIOns 01 tapeo,t1' and the two bands of galoon were in turn crossed "bout SIX mches ft am one edge of the p11low by a one and a half lllch \\ Ide band of gold ~aloon. The entiI e pIllow, which .. ._--------------- ---- --------_._-_._-----., PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS CO. LARGE:8T ,JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS in the world, Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass, WIRE 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. (jf For anythtng tn BUIlders' Glass, or anythtng tn Pamts "armshes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of whIch ISgIven below JrEW YOaX-Hudson and Vandam St •• BOS'1'ON--41-49 Sudbury st., 1-9 aowker at. CKICAG0--442-452 Wabash Ave. cmCINNA'l':l-Broadway and Court Sb. ST. LOVIS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce St •. MDrNEAPOL:rS--500-516 S. Third St. DETB.OI'l'-53-59 Larned St, E. GB.A:NDaAPIDS, llItCH-39-41 Jr. Divi.ion St. p:rTTSBl1aGB-IOI-I03 Wood St. MILWAl1XEE, WXS.--492-494 JIlarket St. B.OCBES'l'E.,N.T.-WUder Bldg., Main '" Exchanll'e St •. BAL'1'D!lO:aE-310-12-14 W. Pratt 8t. CLEVELA:ND-1430-1434 West Thld .t. OMABA-ll01-ll07 Boward St. ST. PAlJ'L--459-461 Jackson St. ATLANTA, GA.-30-32-34 S. Pryor St. SAVANNAH, GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. XANSAS ClTY-Pifth and Wyandotte St •• BIB.MDrGBAJII, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. BtJPFALO, N. "1'.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BB.OOKLYl'l-'1'hird Ave. and Dean St. PB::rLADELPBIA-Pltcairn Bldg .. Arch and 11th DAVEl'lPOa'1'--410-416 Scott St. OKLAKOJIIIA CITY, OKLA., :310-212W. First St. .._......_--------------------------------------------------~ J WEEKLY ARTISAN was about 28 by 18 inches, was bordered with a two inch metal gl een fnnge. An effectIve square pIllow was covered partly with wood brown tapestry patterned with miniature knights in armor, and partly with heavy deep red satin crossed and recrossed wIth narrow open work gold galloon, wider metal trimming edging the cushIOn and the tapestry sectIOn and stiff brown and gold narrow gimp lace edging the pillow. A third of one pillow, which combined green, gold and warm red tones charmingly, was made of metal tapestry of beautiful quahty The mottled green velvet covering the remaining two-thirds was tnmmed with a lattice of gold and green metal gimp less than one inch wide which stiffened the velvet to about the firmness of the metal t.lpestry. The pillow was bordered with nal row green metal fringe. Less expensive and very effective examples combine a small square or oblong of tapestry with satin, velvet or heavy Ottoman silk, the latter criss-crossed with narrow bands of metal trimming. The bits of tapestry in this ca se are woven to show a woodland scene, a group of human figures. mount-ed horsemen and so on, and these are placed at one SIde of the cushion, not in the centre. In some of the French cushions segments of brocaded materials and of wide ribbed SIlk merge without showing a dividing line, and these too are elaborately trimmed with applications of gold and of silver and vari-colored metal bands and bordered with a narrow metal lace or fringe, shading often to old rose. In cushions of Japanese designs perhaps two-thirds of the covering is stiff silk and metal brocade of gorgeous color, the remaining third of scarlet or of peacock blue satin, being ornamented with gold galoon. The edging is heavy, stiff cord. Cushions of allover silk and satin brocade of superb quality are of course still included in the drawing room assortments, but these with few exceptions are now touched up with corners and borders of metal, a two inch wide metal ribbon in some of the best examples bordering the entire pillow. A variety which looks well both in library and drawing room and which is less costly than some of those described and could be more easily duplicated by the amateur is made mostly of suede. One of the most effective examples was composed of a three inch square of red suede joined with over-hand stitch of metal thread. Very narroVv gold gimp joined the diagonal green, suede strips composing the covering of another cushion, and in both cases the edges of the cushion were lashed together WIth a stout suede lacing of contrastmg color. A third example of dark brown suede with a narrow metal fringe border was slashed every five or 'Six mches to describe a tuhp, a scarlet lining under the slashes bnnging out the flower. Suede cushions tnmmed with a three inch band of plain leather of the same COIOl or a tnfle darker and edged WIth metal galoon are also easy to copy. General utIlity cushions for hbraries and In 111g looms combme heavy woollen art matenals m plam colors, wood brown, grass green and ecru in the lead, with dIagonal stnpes of wool tapestry which are outl111ed with stIff cur-tam glmp which contams gold threads, the same glmp fin-ishing the edge. Cushions of the plain woollen art goods embrOIdered m bold conventional desIgns have corner tassels and an edging of metal gimp. Printed tapestry squares ranging from 10 to 22 inches m sIze and copies m some cases of celebrated French tapestnes when bOl dered WIth a band of metal or part metal trimmmg and edged '" Ith the new style stIff glmp, which looks hke dull gray ,ery heav y lace. are good ImItations of some of the more expenslY e models. ._~--~_.., PALMER'S PATENT GLUING CLAMPS I I• ,II II II,,,II I ~---_. ---------- --- ,• II,II II 1 IIIII The above cut is taken d1rect from a photograph, and shows the range of one Slze only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. We make SlXother sizes, tak1ng In stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 1nches thick. Ours is the most pract,cal method of clamp1ng glued stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more wl1l in the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factones (only a fraction of our llst) who have or-dered and reordered many t1mes. proof pos,t,ve our way 1Sthe best. A post card WIll brmg it, catalog included. Don't delay, but wr1te today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: The Projectile Co., London, England; Schuchardt & Schutte, Berlm, Ger-many: Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Par1s, Brussels, Liege, M1lan, 'l'unn, Barcelona and Bl1boa. ~_________________ • _ •• Ii • • • .. ., I I I I • f , I I I I ! I ! I: II I • I l I I I ! II •I I I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~frl~'~N~I~~ / I ELtO:""Ni'i'LL'E'R'd&:U'co.1 II EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I Wnte for cuts and pnces I I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EX CHANCE, EVANSVILLE. I ,. ------- -- ...... 15 >=4 II hen the manufacturer seeks the traveling salesman a ~ame of checke1 s can be pIa, ed upon the coat talls of the latter If the formc1 makes the proper demonstratlOn 111hIs ~eek111£; 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUE5LISHED EVERY SATURDAY .Y TH~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 I"ER YEAR ANYWH!!:RE IN THE UNITED STAT!!:S OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YI!:AR. SINGLE COPII!:S 5 CI!:NTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOPlTH DIVISION ST, GPlAND RA .. IDS, MICH A 5 WHITE M ...N..... INQ EDITOFI I:nterea .. second clalS matter July 5, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapid. l.hchll'an under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPAI!SI!:NTATIV~ E LEVY Little th111gs count f01 much 111thc (pelatwn ot a tl11111 ture factory. A manufacturel at small C,bC \\ 01k \\ as "ub-jected to great annoy ance and e"pcn"e b\ tbc sC1atch111g and brUls111g of fi111shed dOO1s, desk hds and othel stock usually stored 111racks bef01 c the final assembhn£; of the parts that make a complete p1ece of fl11111tme II 01 kmen al e carcle,,~ and the cost of productIOn \\as mate11alh lal.:;el on that ac count. Finally the "upel111tendent dec 1dcd to U1\ el all pal b of the storage racks \\ 1th \\ hlLh th e hd" ,U1d de"k tcJp" came into contact in the coursc of hancll111g \\ 1th "ott uphulstel \ matenal, and the1 eb, soh ed the manufaclUl el " problem By takin£; advanta£;e of \\ eak pmnts 111 the Intet "tate Commerce la" and rene\\ ine; the t'l[~ht 0\ e1 the "0 called \It,,- souri river rate cases the 1a1h oad s a1e m g enth 111,1hnS; mOl e stringent legal reg-ula tlOn of thcn buslll ess boost1l1£; the cause of socialism and encouraging the people to IllS1"'! on government control and 0>., nelship of all publtc uhlttle" fhe mana15els of the lOads aflected b, the \I1SS0l111 Inel deu"HIll \\ ould ha, e better served not onh the Ultel c"h ot then stock and bond holders, hut the mtet csts ot all 1allt oad" and the country as a whole, b, acceptlllg the dec1slOn 111good talth as a final settlement of the controve1 sv Amon£; the 1 etatle " complamts IS that ahout thc un-salablc C'OPClition of e;ood" I ccen cd flom mantlfactul CI" III OIdel to lu"h O1dc1S It IS ~lanl1cd tl1dt \\olk IS sh~htecl1l1 thc IIl11shlllg loom These complamts 1ecall to m1nd thc plodmt of a I11cU1ufactUlel of DetrOIt \\ ho e"pended mOl c monc\ III thc fil11sh111gthan ln the constructIOn of hIS g-ood" 'If I make nn work shine hke a plano," hc remarked "I can sell it castly" It needs no al gument to prO>.e to the e'(penenced manufactmer the value of a g-ood fil11sh 111the fUlniture trade Dr Elhot of Han ard' UUl\ el "11\ sa\ s thc 111crca"ed cost of ltvmg- lS duc to the "comb111atlOn eftected h\ the unlOn" and jobbers and Ul110ns Clnd employers of labor' The combm-ation," he expla111s (the comb1l1e m plumbel" supphes f01 instance) "is able to rob the consumer because lt practlcallv secures a local monopoh The 1111lOns rob the consumer because they cause grcat \\ aste of hme" fhe doct01 s e'(planatlOn IS exphClt and seems to he tlue 1\11 uphohterel clnd 1 C'pcllret of fU1111tUIe 111Indlall Ipoh" ,Hh ("IUse" h1S shop a" ,1 '\urg1(,11 111"tltUtC" I hc ('0111HI lll)l1 het\\cen hIS olcupatlOll and h1s ,l(hutlscment lS haHlh 11\ e\ Idence. ]oh lot 1)11\ ers al e touf1ng the" estern markcts, but the demclnd t01 !S0ods 011 regular terms IS so good that there IS hut httlc trade 111"close outs" 1 he dC"loncl \\ho can make hlS emplOyer feel that hc b kI101\" 1110le about the fUlmtllle bus111ess than the men who make fllll11t111e IS a s;el11u-, ] he tal1ft hO;l1d has deCIded that planas are not "house-hold t flee b alld theref01 e al e subject to a duty of 45 per cent ,1 d \ aIm em II hen the bl1"lness office and the factory office ale out of h,111110n\ the manufac-tm e of furmtUl e IS a precarious occupa-tlOn Thel e b the l:;1eatest difference in the world III the goods \\ c hu\ and the goods \ve think we buy \ [one\ talk" especlall y \\ hen the manufacturer IS ove1- stocked '·Tolu" Ranney Gone Over. C. T Ranne\, bettel known as "Tom" Ranney, of Green- \ llle 'fich, died suddenly of heart disease last week Friday TIe \\ c1Ssl1penntendent of thc \ve11 known Ranney refriger-atol fH t01"\ the largest mdustn of the Clty, and was so hig-hly esteemed. that when hlS death was announced the 400 em- 1'10\ e" qlllt \' 01k III a body and insisted that the factory be shut do\\ n until after the fune1 al. which took place last Sun-da \ 1111dcI'II a som c auspices ::\11 Ranne\ \\ as 62 yeal" of ag-e and lived in Greenville tm mam \ ears asslstin£; with his brother in building up the iaC~OI\ \\ hlCh is one of the mamstays of the city He was of a ]'111d and s;el11al dlSpo"ltlOn 1m ed b) everyone with whom he came 111 contact and e\ el ready to hold out a help111g-hand to thosc 111nced OutSIde of busllless affiairs, he found time to enter into the puhltc affall s of the community and \\ as one of the he"~ mayors the city e\ el had. Under his £;llIdance the refill:; era tor plant g-Iew until it was neccs"ary to add to 1t and hut a shol t tlmc clgO the capacity was doubled by the erection of another lar~c buildin~ lIe was considered one ot tIlE' to\\ n's fO!emost benefa('tol" for by prm ldmg- em-ployment for an incI easm~ numhel of mcn 111 his factory, he added to the prosperity of the people clnd bus1l1ess interests in g-eneral. Cor Loading Association in St. Louis. "t LOlll" \To 'JO\ 3-l\s the 1esult of a mecting of the '=;t LOlliS FllIl11ture Boald of Trade, an org-anization to be knm\ n a" thc Centlal Car Load1l1~ and Furniture Furnishing d"SoclatlOn \\ 111be established here This w111 be flllnlture "hlpp1l1l:; he,ldqual tCI s for the benefit of the dealers who at pt esent shIp 111 q'lantltles less than cadoads I\ccorcIl11£; to H C; Tuttle, general manager of the Furni-tlll e 1\oard of TI ade, the LOst of shlpp1l1g or e'(presslllg furl11- t111e h hlghel than nead} an} othel commodity, such as dry [Cood" \\ hen sh1pped by othcr than calload lots, 1t IS VCI} C,pOl~n e to the dealel M1 Tuttle says that on $2,000 \\ 11] th of fUl111tu1e the ('ost of shlpping i" about 10 to 20 1'("] ( ll'\ 01 Its \ ,lltl,ltlOll I he l1l \\ 01g:all173tlOll \\ 111be <'ll11llcllto tho5e o[ Evans \ tlh lnd dnd ChIcago WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Big Catalogues Free. Thc Idca that a dealer can sa\ e money by using loose-led! catalogue" does riot seem to be apprO' ed or practIced by "ome of the lan:;cst and mo"t successful house" m the coun-l! y The accompanymg ad \ ertIsement. reproduced flom maga- WANAMAKER Catalog is a Store in Itself WITH It you" shop at Wanamaker's" just as though your reSilIence were III New York SIt III your easy chaIr, compare the latest Paris and i\ ew York styles and prices-then send ma trIal order WewlJ] see that you get exact!y what you want Goods must be satisfactory, or we want them back dently thmk that though a person may have in mind only a "mgle artIcle, he or she IS quite lIkely to find somethmg else, desnable, by lookmg through the book, or is lIkely to keep It untIl some other artIcle IS wanted It will be noted that all the ach el tI"ements emphasIze the fact that the catalogues /lnes, mellcdte that Macy's of Kcw York, vVanamaker's of ~ e\\ Yark and PhIladelphIa, C:;peal's of PIttsburg and Hart-man's of ChIcago. do not belIe\ e m the loose leaf theory. That IS they do not reply to requests or mquiries by sendmg a leaf ar two, but send theIr catalogues entIre and as will be seen m the ad\ ertIsements they are enormous books of several l1l1nelled pa~es filled wIth thousands of I1lmtI atlOns. The size ()f the book" IS mdll dted b\ the cuts m the ad\ el tIscmcnts and thdt of \\ anci1l1akel's "hows that It IS mtcnded to mclnde the ent11e stole E\ Identl) the managers of these great houses beheve It pays to send Qut complete Liltalogues They eVl- -, I ~\IDCC;V~FALL CATALOGUE L/lV\j~_.ai~~_Is Ready lor You We want to sen I a copy of our new Fall and \Iv nH..r a a ague to e er) reader of th s publ cat on It s a bIg book Just f 0 n e pT nler s h n Is com pletely lustrated splendidly p oted and we have t ou!>ands rea Iy to ma 1 FREE AND POSTPAID The Macy ea a.logue for Fall and \ u e S by far the best book we have "ve, ssued It s the most mpo tant ell. a ogue sen out of New York Our nes ha e been ex euded You WIll find greater va e y n a I the goods shown by us than eve before It g'IVes you such a age n p ee as 5 su e to enabe you to bUY111stwhat youwa ta ap C'evouw Ibewllng o pay The very newest b ngs the very ate tsyes as de eloped n pans lle n and New ~~~~5 C;1 ~:a~rou~n ~st~~ p~;esa~a compete aeuaedeerptons whch en ble ,>0" 0 ahop noTe sa sfadon) and more eConon ell. yat Maeya han vou can shop n yo" own borne town We gve you a he seasons bell. IInd newell. th ngs a p cell. below the pr cea asked by 0 he ~ ores for goods ofony ordlnary qUd Y and 5 yle You Will Save at Least One-Fourth at Macy's est v':Y~:~ ~~fa?nU!bf';~ t : ~e~? -r.ea;t: te~~a a1,;'~Il~ tea :~~I~af s"t. ~'J~~~~eget OU ~~~BbaU~~ 11.° rfh za 0 0 pur ~~ e~;:'ed~ I~~:no y b~~~ ~a~1t~~~pt~n~sl~~aente~ ~f s eh olume ne e yl netha we e e epr e ou ne chandae the Vf. y at ate prees advantages fo p odu e '" <'\ u anufa ure "h ha ""I) pre a an thepromptanda no enJOjed h tbeord n so he ead I fa j e e e dered I OIl"antgO d van apc-s we pa~s on to j he to It f of h g 5t qual y de v~ ed ou p On p ~~";:~ol~'te fO~~:~ ~~/~~~1 ~~ta~ ~~~y se :~~: fie ~a~~ tsb" :~~ e (> m u ke 5:/ 0 and II mil. y nstan ell. eveu greaer savngs!as l' can get esewhe e fOT on" d a 0 eW~hd 0bu ~s:~5m:;~abl 51 cd mote than half ~ta 0: ~ f~rb;"1 1~~3;dnt.:' lle uew Ma y ThiS New Catalogue Brings ThiS Great Store With Its $5,000,000 Stodu Right Into Your Own Home on en:; ed.;> ~dP:;dna~::\_:~~p k,j"'rad h '1:hYq,nn:ofan,J ~~i:~~1~~l;~w'r~~;:i~':~~~~r;f:~~li:;!¥tii:~!?~rf:~~~R. H. MACY & CO. Br<Je.dway at 6th Ave and .iSth St New York Cdy are free for the a"k1l1£; If theil theory IS correct IS should apply to mdnufactu:ers as well as to dealers. r--------.------ I II III I.. ..., IMPROVED, EASY AND EL EVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, ElectrIC and Hand Power. THF BEST HAND POWER FOR FURNITURI: STORES Send for Catalogue and PrIces KIMBALL BROS. CO" 1067 Nlnlh 51, Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co •• 717Commerce Bldg. Kan,as City, ..I Mo I J Peyton Huntel TermInal Bldg. Dallas fexas Western EngIneenng SpecJaltles Co, Denver, Co10 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS AT RIG"T PRICES CHALLENGE REFRIGERATOR CO. Sf<.ND FuR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. Manufacturers Busy at Shelbyville. ShelbyvIlle. Tnd \0\ 3--The C H Campbell FUl111tUle company have had a very active season of hade The c,le,tth enlarlSed faclhtle'i of the company's new factol} al e ha1Clh sufficient to meet the demands of tl ade PI e'ildent Camp-bell states that the ne\" 11l1e of desks t01 ladles had greath pleased the trade In hall furnitUl e -;alee; hay e been hea\ \ The new line wIll be on sale in Gland RapIds and ChIcago during January, 1911. Lee DavIs. of the Conrey-DavIs ManufactUlll1£; company, reports that bus1l1ess had been active since the open1l1l:; of the season. Heavy shipments were made 111 Septembel fhe company wIll exhIbIt theIr 11l1e, dUl1l1!.; the exp0'iltlon 'iea sons in Grand Rapids, exclusively hereafter. Charles L. DavIs, the presIdent of the Davis-Birely Table company was out of tOV\n \\ hen the \\ Iltel called Bus1l1es" ~,---------------------------- IIII II IIIII III•IfI .. RITE TO CHICA60MIRROR&ART6LASSCO. \ 217 N.Clinton streeu. \ Chicago; IIJs.1 U.S.A. ~r~ IV a ~ I epO! ted C, ood fhe company WIll exhIbIt their lines in Gland RapIds anI} dUllng July and January. PI eSldent Charles E. Karmire reportes an active demand 101 the desks and office furnIture manufactured by the Shel- 1)\ \ Ille Desk Company. 110'3t of the manufacturel s of ShelbyvIlle are first class e;,desmen \\ hen ChaI1ey DavIs of Davls-Bnely Table com-pany ~oes to the market fully detelmined to outsell the rep- I esenta tn es of his company he never falls to do so. He IS a tireless w01ker and is ever found on hIs job. Jay P. Root IS a 1 emal kabl} 'iuccessful sale'iman whIle Charles H Campbell, Lhalle\ C'plec,le, "Tdke" Comey and "Joe" HamIlton are ,UllOllC, the best ~I("rchants Beware. 1 he TOUInal undel '3tands that a concern gomg under the title of "1 he umted States School of C01 respondence" IS askll1l?, mel chdnts f01 credIt I atll1g'i of ll1dlvlduals. Then headqual tel s al e supposed to be 111 ChICago. Vie have it on \\ 11dt "eem'i to be c,ood duthO!lt} that thIS concern IS con-nected 111 some \\a\ \"Ith the maIl Older concern of Spelgel, lId} '-,telll &- La \gdll1 let 11':>\Aarn the mPlchant to let all lOlKeln" \\ ant1l1g rdtmgs absolutely alone -Merchant:,' J lade J oUlnal -1 IIf II• •III• I II ••• I• I I III .I. Problem Promptly Solved. 'The o,t} Ie" of £;oods \"e have 111 stock m lalgest quantity ~dl thc "IO\\c"t lemalked the managel of a factory operated 111 thl manufactul e of fancy fUlmtuJ e 'How do you account j( 1 thdt")" "B} ,In attack of fredkmess on the bram of the de"lgneJ 01 hoob\ 01mlt1':> m the make-up of the sc1l1l1g" dgents,' a ,,} mpathlz111g manufal'tUl CI !ephed . WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 STAINS WORK Weather Beaten Finished Furniture in Paris. He IS a pamter who has vIsited Pans more than once and he was tellmg of haymg hIs memory pleasantly refreshed there last summer as to the provelllence of some of our antique furniture. "I had forgotten the slmphclty and dIrectness of those dear people, the French," he said "I suppose because I've necessarily been Immel sed more or less m our methods of busmess 0'. er here HCI e I'ye known about the fine antiques that are made m Emvery lofts and sold m the avenue shops as precIOus finds from the older lands, but the process of makmg has ahvays been hIdden hel e and a mystery "So I was a httle surprised, but surprised mto a smJ1e, when in wandenng back to the nelghb01hood of an old studIO I used to occupy in the Montparnasse qual ter 1 saw ham;mg from wmdows and dIsposed about the courtyard of one of the buildmgs fl eshly made chairs and tables of ancIent pat-tern, put out theIr to go through lam and shine and become 'antlquc' Nothmg hIdden about it at all. Some of the pieces hung flom fourth story wmdows. And I found myself humming Raymond Hitchcock's old song with only a word changed 'Am't It funny what a difference just a few show-ers make?' Although I guess they have to watch their weathering pretty carefully You know I thmk It IS a virtue of the French, their wJ1lingness to reveal plactices which we conceal; It seems to me our way is the more gmlty." Must Fight Again. The vlct01Y for the shippers m the Mlssotui nver rate cases, announced last week, IS not to be permanent. On the contrary it appears that the lower I ates fixed by the Inter-state Commerce CommIssIOn and approved by thc Supreme court, ale to lemain m force only 35 days. The Supreme court's decision put the new rates into effect on October 25. On Octobel 31 the raIlroad compallles mvolved filed notice WIth the ~nterstate Commerce CommlslOn that on Decembel 1, they wJ11 raIse the lates agam to the old figUles, clalmmg that reccnt changes m condItIOns make such action necessary ThIS means that the Missouri river rate cases whIch wel e started m October, 1908, and Ieqmred two years to reach a deCISIOn m the Supreme court, wJ11 haye to be fought over agam and the chance" are that another period of two yeal s wJ11 elapse bef01 e another deCISIOn IS reached. Furniture for Uruguay Schools. F. ,Y. Godmg, American Consul at Montevideo, Uru-gua}, rep01 ts tha~ the government of Uruguay has accepted the tendel of Carhsle, ClOcker & Co., for supplymg the furlll-tm e f01 210 new rural schools in that repubhc. The tel ms of the speCIfications reqmre that North Amellcan models shall be followed, and the above-mentIOned firm, I epl esentmg one of the largest houses in the United States, secmed the contlact f01 48,894 pcsos ($50,556) ":Many other contlacb nught be secured by Amencan firms If they" el e propel I} I epresented here," says Consul Godmg. A Good Indication. One of the best mdlcatlOns that the fmlllture bu sme"s I~ on the gam is the fact that the Grand RapIds Blass com-pany's busmess £01 the ten months endmg WIth Octobel was e,e\ e! al thousand dolla! s gl eate! than that f01 the \\ hole yea! of 1909, theIr bu~mess bemg mostly WIth the £urlllture manufacttlrers. The great mcrease stuel} shows tlut the furlllture busmess IS m pretty good shape. OUR They don't raIse the grain. They re-produce exactly the finishdesired. They are the products of practical men. Modern facilities and expert knowl.. edge go hand In hand here. Above all our staIns practical. are Put this state .. ment to the test by putting our stains to the test. You'll find they ALL work ALWAYS. Write for sample panel to desk No.3. MIIA&RI5Ei~T!T;A~~HPJA~INOITI. 20 ------- ---------------~ ~, - ._--------~--_._---- :I Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Park wood Ave., Grand Rapids. Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN .,,, I, I I I,I iII By E. Levy, Representative. ChlCago, ~ 0\ 3--\t the fdc tm \ of the Standal d Pallo! FUlnitUle company thele have been a numbel at chan~es Ie cently. R Ddlgatz fmmeI!\ of the Dalgdt7 PdI!OI Framl company IS no\v m cha1 g e of then 1eclll1ll1g chan depd1 tmen t Rudolph Strau,;", \\ho \\a,; 1ep1esentll1g them on the lOad has resigned IllS posItIon dnd l!,one ll1to the 1etal! tml11tme business at Sr\.tv-thlld a\ enue dnd ha" pmcha~ul all h1o, pal lor goods flam hiS fUl mel emplu\ el " "" 11hdm C ()n~e1 \\ ho was a member of the Sch\\ al / ]310S company nO\\ out lIt busllless, has been engaged 111Ifr StIdUSS' place to 1epresent the Standard Pad or Fm111tm e company on the road One of the successful busmesses connected \\ Ith the furniture industry, that your Call e,;pondent ha~ ~een ~ro\\ from its beginn1l1g, IS that of the Sulll\ an Ya1111~h Company of 410 Hart Street Mr Sulll\ an was a practIcal \ a1111sh man who took to selhng \ ar111sh for a larg e Chicago house and after a number of yea1 s branched out for himself The plant on Hart Street has grown mamfold from ItS ong1l1al capaClt\ and Mr Sullivan is doing an excellent bus1l1e",s 111high ~radc varnishes, of which they make a specialty Mr Sulll\ an l~ thoroughly posted on every detail of the bus1l1ess. from the buying of the raw matenal to the mak1l1g and selhng of the finished product Joseph S Meyer, preSident of the ::\1anufacture1 s £\.hl bl-tion Building Company, 1319 MichIgan !\\ enue 1:0 ea",t on a business trip Mr Jackson secreta1 y of the company states that the demand for space has been espeClal!v good this season and that there wl1l be some new faces on the floors representing 11l1es that are 111thiS market for the first tIme, and some that have returned afte1 an absence at a season or more PractIcally all \\ hose lease" eApned la "t season have renewed them and some hay e secured more "pace than before Among the ne\\ exhibitors t01 the com111g season wl1l be the Tell City Chair Company, the Tell C1t\ Furmture Company, the J 1\1 Deutsch Compan), the Old Hickory Chair Company, the Mount t\lry Fm mtu1 e Compal1\ the New England Beddlllg Compal1\ and a numbo of othe1 s A t the factory of the t\nel II ood TIed Company \ am correspondent found Mr Vall englOssed In the matte1 of de';lgning and planmng f01 the com111g season ::\i[ r Y dl1 1" known to the trade from coast to coast as a "bed" man, havlng We are now puttl1lg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever oflerea to the trade These are fimshed In Golden Oak and White Maple III a lIght fim,h The,e goods are admIrable for polIshed floors and furn Iture re,ts They will not sweat or mar PRICES SIze 2U Inches $4 00 per hundred SIze 2%'Inches 5 00 per hundred 1'1y a Sample Order FOB &rand Rap,ds heen \\ th the Simmons Manufactunng Company for manv \ eal ~ Hb mal1\ ne\\ Ideas 111deSigns for their "Ariel" 1111e hay e dene much tm\ al ds ItS success "Vve expect to exhibit 111the --ame space as heretofore, 111the sixth floor of 1411 IIlchlgan t\ \ enue, and our hne \\ l!l be larger than ever and conta111 some speCIal new features," said Mr Vail "I am no\\ e\ o!v 111g them, and V\ e wl1l be ready 111ample time for e\.hIl)ltlOn In Jdnua1 \ " R C Repen11lng of the Metalhc Fold111g Bed Company ha" retm ned ham a tnp south and southeast, where he has had a \ e1y satisfact01Y bus111ess and reports the trade out-look for those sectlOns as excellent The company are manu-taeture1, at cdl steel mantel and cdb1l1et beds, metalhc day en-ports or "ota beds and other metdl fur11lture, and their l111e 1" hoth U11lque and e"c1USl\ e Some of the metal cases of theIr heds ale fimshed 111ImltatlOn of mahogany and quartered oak, and \\ 1th a plano fi11lsh so that It takes an expert to detect It trom the ndtural \\ ood -\t the \lemann Table company's plant they are engaged !ll pi epal atlOn~ for a handsome ne,\ catalogue which will be Issued ahout the 1TI1ddle of Decembel They have added a hne of c1111lngchall s to match man) of their exten"lOn tables dnd thoc,e \\ III abo be Illustrate'l 111then ne\\ book S111ce the \ 1e1l1ann" hay e occupied theH factory at Seventy-seventh ~tl eet and Cotta~e Gnp e avenue they IM\ e not only made l11dn\ 1mp10\ emenh h\ the election of adchtlOnal bmld1l1gs the la\ IllS; of cement \\ alk", etc, but that entire sectIOlJ ha" l!,1eady 1mpl0\ ed alJd changed 111 appeal ance Dozens of house" Ita\ e been hmlt sheets graded and cement Sidewalks Id1d and the Idte"t Imp10\ ement h t' e pav111g of the a"enne '" . --_._----_._----_._-------~I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are gettIng. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, Railroad Companies, Car BUIlders and others WIll consult theIr own interests by USIng it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished In rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED B\ H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. II , ---- - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 IT'S A HANDY PLACE TO GET OAK, POPLAR, BIRCH and GUM VENEER VARIOUS THICKNESSES. ALWAYS READY TO SHIP. PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS: WALTER CLARK VENEER co. SOUTH IONIA AND PRESCOTT STREETS. from Seventy -fil st to EIghty-ninth streets, the portion between the track::. n01v be1l1g done It IS only to let the grad1l1g settle and become film when the remainder of the work wIll be completed Cottage Grove avenue IS one of the widest in the Clt), and IS dest1l1ed to become one of ItS greatest bus1l1ess thoroughfares A new catalogue IS also to be Issued by Olbnch & Golbeck, when they have gotten out a number of new pat-terns that wIll be Illustrated m the book and sho,v n m theIr exhIbIt at 1319 MIchIgan a\ enue the com1l1g season ThIS IS one of the hnes that IS left mtact at the exhIbition bUlld1l1g, It bemg m charge of Fred Me Read) between seasons Although the Pullman Couch company added about 50 per cent to then plant last spnng, they are still somewhat handicapped fm 100m, and they have taxed theIr resources and mgemllty to theIr fullest to keep up with their orders Mr SchnadIg of the company reports theIr trade this season by far the best they have yet done The Marshall Vent11ated Mattress company is erecting a new factory m what is known as the Central Manufactunng District The building IS 65x175 feet, and three stories high. It faces on Thirty-seventh street, and is near the corner of Center avenue. There are now other factories connected with the furniture trade in that district, among which are the Kinney-Rome company and the Haggard-Marcuson company. In the building occupied by the Geo. D. Williams company, 1300 Michigan avenue, R. Hufford of that company says they will have a number of lines not shown there before. Among those are the Illinois Refrigerator company, Kala-mazoo Sled company, Atwood Furniture company and the Seeley Mattress company. A new corporation has been formed in this city for the manufacture and wholesaling of furniture. J. P. Adair, for many) ears WIth the Ford & Johnson company, and H. A. Bender are among the mcorporators and stockholders. They have secured pI emIses at 1802 vVest Twelfth street and will have salesrooms m the Kohn Dudding, 1414 Wabash avenue, where the) WIll show d general hne of chairs and rockers, shirtwaIst boxes, screens, etc They will have their line ready for the January market. Vhlham Horn, son of John Horn of the Horn Bros. Manufactunng company, has returned from his wedding trip to the western coast and IS at hIS old post in the office, where he IS as bus) as ever. They are now getting up their new patterns for the com1l1g sales season. Great Demand for Coal Cars. Traffic officials of ChIcago raIlroads have issued appeals to shippers to load cars WIthout unnecessary delay, so that as man} cars as pOSSIble may be available for coal shipments. Operatmg forces are trymg hard to move coal freely, so that no famine may occur. Coal dealers have expresed fears of a famine, and some have stated they are short as much as fifty cars a day on orders The raIlroads dIscarded many cars during last winter, and for various reasons the usual amount of money to replace these has not been expended On the other hand the Illinois Central, Its offiCIals say, now has about 750 cars of coal tied up by a lack of motive power. r B. WALTER & CO. . -." WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNTS ... TABLE SLIDES EXCLUSIVELY .. . 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Frieze for a Southern Dining Room. An mteresting eAll1!)]t of a selles at pamtmgs 101 a flleze wele shown recent!) m the R\ ebon Pubhc Llbral \ Grand Rapids The) al e the WOlk 01 G II FOld, vvho o ..e-cuted them for a house 1ll Chattanooga, Tenn, of whIch he was the archItect. The owner, Mrs Shaw, at first ordered a painting for her library and later one for the den of her beautiful new house She l'ias so well pleased WIth them that Mr. Ford was commissIOned to palllt the fneze for the dining room. There ale eight pamtmgs whIch will form a continuous scene around the room. The largest will fit over the mantelpiece The subject is an Italian garden The colors used are soft and mel ge lllto the brm\ ns to match the mahog-any woodwork, paneling and beamed cellmg The old 10- mantic Italian houses, CYPIess trees, old bndg e", mountams r . I II I II "" ..... . ...~ A. PETERSEN &CO., CHiCAGO I MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of OFFICE DESKS Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the fimshed product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. IN THE COUNTRY. I I II I ..-_ .i. .. and lakes tell aces stan ways and urns full of flowers give the plOpel atmosphel e Floods of soft light give the scenes the tl11tc; 01 -'pnn~ and early summer and the profUSIOn of llo,\ el 0, ane! sll1ubbery add to the beauty of the whole. ::\11 FOld saId that the southern contractors are so much easIer to deal WIth than the northern. that he was only obliged to make t" 0 tnps to inspect the work as it progressed. Un-doubtedh the fUlD1ture WIll be "Grand Rapids' finest" and -,c the hou<e \\ III be "a thlllg of beauty and a joy forever." Slap It On. Such Ic; the headlllg of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works ad' thIS ,\ eel-. It refero, to Ebonoid, the coating for dry kIlns Look up theIr "ad" and read It carefully. It is short ,1l1d lIght to the pomt ----------~, 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 aGid and Dill 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 fIrst place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Pamters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el·ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK EverythlUg lU Palnt Speclalhes and Wood FlmshlUg matenals. F111ers that fl11. Stalns that sahsfy WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 YOU CAN I MAIL YOUR CATALOG DECEMBER 1st If you place the order with us by November lOth PRINTING COMPANY GRANDRAPIDS, MIC". I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN To Be the Highest in the World. Mandel Brothers, Chicae;o, dry goods and fUlmture mer-chants, have made anangements to build a new busmes" home for themselves and they plOpose to make It the hH;-hest bul1d-ing in the world devoted to mercantIle busmess The building will go up on the present site of the firm's estab-lishment at the northeast corner of State and Madison streets, and everything w111 be in complete workmg order fm the fall trade of 1911. Work will be commenced on the foundation shortly after the coming holiday season. The area of the site is 149 feet on State street and 150 feet on Madi- Leo Mandel son street. The store will be 247 feet high, with eighteen stories all told, three bemg belm" the ground level. A lease for ninety-nine } ears from the Marshall FIeld estate of 53 feet on State street and 150 feet on MadIson street, at an annual rental of $50,000 completed the acquirement of prop-erty not already possessed by the firm necessary for the pro-ject. The front elevatlOn wl1l be of an imposing character, huge granite pilasters at the base and an arcade of Corinthian columns just below the skyllght bemg features Representa-tives of the firm have visited Paris, London and every other locality in the world where ideas or suggestions might be Mandel Bras BUlldmg,ChlCago gleaned for applicatlOn to their new establishment. The Parisian feature of more tables for dIsplay and less shelving will be adopted Goods are to be assembled m natural se-quence so that shoppers will not have a lot of useless ground to cover. An innovation will be the mstallment of complete lava-tories and cloakrooms for employes on evelY fhor, instead of at one central pomt on one floor, as at present olJtains in most establishments of the kind. Exceptionally wide aisles will be the rule, with no blockade because of th estereotyped bargain counter. The structure will contain 1,000,000 feet of floor space and wl1l cost just about a dollar for each foot. Among the prominent features will be a dining room which will occupy 40,000 feet of floor space which is more than IS devoted to such a purpose by any hotel in the city, thus showmg that a restaurant with a large dining room has come to be consid- ...-,•••t II• It,• •,,•,,•• It •• ••• I• ••,•• ,• •,• • •,I•t •,It •t •t IIt tt ~ T ., SLAP IT ON I IT'S CHEAP I, Ebonoid Kiln Coating protects headers, pipes, trucks and buildings from that destructive, acid-laden vapor which comes from lumber. All kilns and equipment should have a coat of Ebonoid once a year. I t seals the pores, saves heat and prevents depreciation. Brick and concrete need it just as badly as wood and iron. INQ!IIRE TODAY. Grand Rapids Veneer Works GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I II .. "' el ed a most ImpOl tant featul e m a mercantIle establishment. \\ hlle the nevv bmldme; IS bemg constructed the various clep,u tmc11h \\ 111 he londensed and crowded mto the smaller adl 0111me; b11lld111 S v\hel e the enOl mous business of the firm II III he 1LUh,ll ted d11l1l1e;the c;reatel portIOn of the coming vedl Furniture Fires. \\ IIham Em~te1l1, f11l111t11ledealel of 2\;hlwaukee, WIS, \\a" lJlllned out ()n October 28 PartIally mS11led. C H ran and f11l111tUel and hard", are dealer of Dick1l1- son, 1\ Dak, suffel ed a small loss by fire on October 28. PIen e 7 Hebert's furmture store, 300 Aiken street, Lowell, Mass, \\ as sllc;htly damaged by fire on October 29 The Deal 1\JattI ess company of Plymouth, N. H., lost 86000 01 $8,000 by fll e in their factory on October 28 About half 1l1sured Fire in the plant of the Dmon Curled Hair company, H vde Pal k. "las'> caused a loss of $1,500 on October 28. rulh msured The plant of the Clescent Fixtures company of Grand-ville \11ch a suburb of Gl and Rapids, was badly damaged by ill e last ::\londa} l11ght. The loss, estimated at $20,000 to 325000, IS partIally insured. Several hundred vvagon loads of furmture and nearly one h undl ed planas were destroyed in the Coon Storage and Furmture company's warehouse at Fort \iVorth, Tex., that was bUl ned on October 27. Loss, $150,000; insurance $90,000. ::\la} , Stern & Co.'s five story warehouse in Pittsburg, Pa, \\ as badl} damaged by fire that started from an unknown SOUlLe, on ThUlsday night, November 3. Loss on building and stock, estImated at $65,000 to $75,000 fully covered by msurance. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 The Marvel Manutactunng company have enjoyed a tl uly mal velous experrence durmg the11 first year in business rn Gland Rapld~ It IS not vely often that a new institution can make such a showrng Most furnIture manufacturers start a busrnes" WIth the Idea that it wIll take tIme to estab-lI" h themselves m the estrmatIOn of the furniture dealers The :YI:arvel com pan} , howey er, showed confidence in theil abIlIty as producers of chaIrs and rockers by purchasing the Immense bUIldrng and ground" formedy occupIed by the Halllson \Yagon \Yorks, hay rng flool "pace of \ el y nearly 1 SO,GOOsquare feet, and completely equIpped It V\ Ith the late ..t.. implmed cha11 mak1l1g device" ThI"" ll11medlately gdve them an output of flom SOO to 800 (hallS and lockers pel day The selling problem wa~ dI"po"ed of by hIring filst-class chail salesmen on salal v A" the indIviduals composinlS the com-pan yare thaI au ~h lSomg chaIr men and as the dIrector v of the business is in the ha~ds of Joh'1 Thwaltes, formerly ~ith the YpSIlanti-Reed company, and the MIchIgan Seating com-pany, all of the details of the selectIOn and pricing of the lIne were handled with the skill possessed only by those who have for years been in close touch with the trade. The Company's July exhibIt of samples was complete in all that is considered essentIal and many orders were placed. That the line has made good is now being proven by the mail orders which are received daily from dealers who placed their first order m July It is said that It is unusual ),![onday morn-ing which does not bring them in maIl ordel s for a thousand dollal s The company's lIne at the present time consists of about eighty patterns in dIners and rockers About fifty new pieces are to be shown to the January tr ade They will ad-here to the present range of prices During July Manager Thwaites engaged D C McNamara to direct the company's sale.... "Dan," as he IS knowu from coast to coast through his many y eal s of travel for the c;.unn Furnitm e company, is lSeneI ally recognized as a \ ery fortunate selection Through his e'(tenSl\ e acquaintance he has been able to materially strengthen the companv's sellmg force * * * * 1\'"eady all of the GI and RapIds factone ....al e getting out new sample" for the January sales season Some of them hay e theIr lmes practICally completed and could easIly make their dIsplays ready for 111spectlOn on Decembel 1, or next week, If it were nece"sary to do "0 AJI v\ III be 1eady to en-tertam hUyeI ~ at the opemng of the season on Monday, Janu-ary 2,1911. So fal as known thele \'TIll be no Ia(hcal changes from the patterns and desilSns shown 111July, though some of the old styles" 111 be changed considerably Nearly all the factorIes WIll show new deSIgns and there \\111 be some marked changes m fimshes. Very few of the pIeces that" ere shown In July have been dlopped entrrely, nearly all ha\mlS met WIth approval from dealers Twenty-fi\ e or th11ty Grand RapIds manufacturers al e expected to attend the semI-annual 111eet111gof the NatlOnal A.~soclatlOn of Furmture Mannfacturels', to be held at the J effer~on hotel, St Lom s, M0, on 1\'"0\ embel 1; and l6--a week from next Tue ..d..ay and \Yednesday There Will also be a number from CadIllac, Mam"tee, l\Iuskegon Holland and other pomt ....m the we~teln pal t of the state If It appeal s (hllmg the comIng week thdt thllty Ol more ale sure to ~o a ..p..ee Idl un ma) be ~e(.med fur the t11P to leave thIS (.1ty on THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUIlt With double arbors, slidmg table and equipped complete with taper pin guage, carefully graduated. Th:s machme represents the heIght In saw bench con-structlon. It IS deSIgned and bUIll to reduce the cost of saWIng stock. Write os for descriptive Information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~rt~gMPIDS, Monday, Nm emher 14. As stated last week, no formal pro-pam WIll be al ranged for the 111eetmg The principal topics of dlscus..,ion WIll he the 1eports of the committee on cost schednle and committee on uniform claSSIfication, shipping rules and freight rates and It IS expected that important action WIll be taken on all of these matters * * * * Roy S Barnhart, treasurer of the.Nelson-Matter Furni-ture company, will leave the CIty Monday for New York whence he WIll sdil for Livelpool on Wednesday. He ",ill go direct to London where he WIll meet Stewart Edward White, the famous woodsman and st01Y writcr, and jom the party to ~o to Afnca on a hlg ~ame hunting expedltlOn. Mr. Darnhal t who ha" had the trip planned for some tlme had been booked to saIl from N cw Y01k next Saturday, thus enabl111g hIm to cast hIS \ ote before leav111g, but he received a "hm ry up" rcque ..t.. from Mr ~ hIte and decided to sail on \\ edne ..d..ay He IS 111tensely 111terested 111politics, having been promment m the management 111 the state league of RepublIcan clubs, and hate ....to lea\ e before election but rather than delay the plans of the hunters he deCIded to miss voting for the first time smce he attamed hIS majority. * * * * Gland RapId" 1'; to hay e more competItIon m the veneer dealmg concerns m the CIty, but as In the furmture manu-factunng busmess, there are men who thmk there is room for one 1110e1 at lea ..t.. The F S Torrey company capItalIzed at :t2,;OO, hac, Ju ..t.. been organIzed to do a JobbmlS busmess 111 \ eneers, With headqual ters m thIS CIty F. S. and Gussie Toney, Horace L loote, Frank \V Hme and the \'"Ichols & Lox Lumber company dl e the stockholders Mr Torrey will be the i:;cneral managel and Mr. Hine WIll act as attorney fOI the company. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Are Offered by the Buyers I II II I III I.. THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Ch,ffomers. Odd Dressers. Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, m ImItation golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds. Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak. imitation quartered oak. and sohd quartered oak. Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers. Beds and ChIffoniers in unitation quartered oak, lJlutatlOn mahogany. and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Supenor" Lme of Parlor, L,brary. Dmmg and Dressmg Tables THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by fhe Karges Furniture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wire Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. ......--•"••"*'-----_.._._------------------_._---ri b--., --•• -•-------' WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 III ~I I•• II I• I•I• II• I,III If I,III I......--. . Made by Bosse Furmture Compau) Mdde bv \Vorld ~ Ul tIlture LOI11Pdll) I1 II .........J Made by Bockstege Furniture Co ...-- .... . T T Cro"by IS now sole propnetor of the Crosby Furni- 1m e lompany of FOl th Meade, na. having purchased the mtel est of J H ''\ToIf who has I etm ned to hIS former home m '\ e\\ YOlk leI dmand r LtH?,er foundel of the Luger Furnitm e com-pany, c1ea1els, of lalgo, N Dak, has been seriously ill for "e\ el al \\ eeks, and as he is 0\ Cl 80 ) eal s of age there is little hope tOl hIS I elm el y C T I enmal k 8-- Co. undel takers and uphobtel el ~ of I au (Iall e \\ I" ha\ e decIded to dIvIde theIr business by 111mm~ the undel tak111l.?,part of It to the west side of the 11\ el The name of the film ha.., heen changed to Lenmark K C::on tIll IluntILl l'ulnl1me lOmpan)'" hLllldmg. 1\1a111and llnppl \\ a "tl eeh Buffalo. \; Y has heen completely re-mudded and It h nlJ\\ lon..,ldcl ed one of the most commod- IOU" and be"t al lan~ed hOlhe-furmshll1£?, e"tahhshments 111 the Clt\ FI ank c:; Cohen '\10111:' Eisenshat and ~braham StolIn \\ III deal 111 fUI11Itm e manufactm ers' supplIes 111Bndgeport, ( ann under the name of the Boston Furniture Supply com-pam mcOl pm ated CapItal "tack, $5,000; suhscnbed and paId m The Boston ExcelSIOr company's buIlding at Eastman Fall S IIass. \\ as placed on rollers and mm ed, intact, over a mIle to a ne\\ sIte the old "Ite ha\lI1£?, been sold to the Boston K I[ame 1 allIoad company, who WIll use It 111enlarging their \ ell d faCIlItIes The L S Donaldson company of 1\1inneapohs, Mmn , have lea"ed the F H Petel "on propel ty on SIxth street and have also pm chased the hmld111l.?,\ alated by the F H Peterson lUlmtllle and Calpet camp an) They ",ill take possesSIOn T anual \ 1 1911 The Temple Stell art ChaIr company, whose plant at last Pl1I1ceton, =--Iass , was bmned 111 September, have finally deuded to mm e to Daldwm\ llle, Mass, where they WIll oc-lUP) a plant fmmed) used as a tub factmy by the Harns & ]Tolman company Paul L Hakel has 1 eSl~ned the po"t of general "uperin-tl11dlnt ot the Glctlld LeacJCl (the SIlL, Hael & Fuller DIy ()()od" company), St Lom". whIch he had held fOl neatly ::;\ lal" to take a "lll1llal pOSltlO11\\ Ith the Da)ton Dry Goods lUll,pan\ ~I1l1neapolI" 1'1101 to hI" eonnectlOn vvlth the MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS John He1l111gel has pm chased \\ IllIam TustI'" immtme stm e at Pocahontas, Ill. J 1\1 Jensen IS successol to L !\ Petel son immture dealer of RlI1gsted, Iowa John Petry. fUlllltlll c dealel and undel takcl ot \I£?,oma Wis., died on October 26 John Hanks has sold hIS undertakll1g busll1ess at ~f ar-shall, III to Bubeck & Gallagher Caleb Mahel has purchased the 1etall fU1111ture bU~1I1e"" of p, N Crawford at Delta, Colo Artz Bros. succeed II R '\ eut 111 the fut1111l1lC and un dertaking business at Can 011 10\\ a SmIth Blo", fUI nlture dealel" of ColumbIa c:; C' ha\ c added an undertak1l1~ depal tment to theiI hU..,ll1e"" The Travelse CIty p.llChJ Chall lompam ale plepal111" to elect a lalge lement and hI Ill~ dddltlOn to then faLto! \ The wea v1l1g depal tmen t of the TIle;e10\\ Cal pet compam at ClInton. Mass, ha" been 1unnll1g nIght and da\ SInce the middle of October The SpecIalty Case company of Kendalh dIe Ind ha\ e taken a contract to futl11sh "mall cases amountm£?, to 530 000 to a jobber m ChlcalSo H. A Taylor, fUll11tm e dealel on uppel Ilam strect 111 ColumbIa, S C', has opened a blanch stOle at 933 Genal" street in the same city Carter & Camphell, leed chall and ~o-calt facton at 'iVinchendon, Ma"s, has been 1unn1l1g- thl ee hotll s 0\ eI tlmc for the past three weeks The Peerless Furl11tut e compam I ecenth 01 £?,al11zed at Jamestown, NY, is opel at1l1g the plant ot the defunct Cen-tury Furniture company The old Pal k Hotel at Dela\ an 'YIS \\ hlCh ha.., been \ alant for some tIme wJ!l be lam eI ted 1I1tO a tactol \ by the Delavan Upholstenng company The addltlOn to the plant of the \Tortheln Casket com-pany, Fond du Lac. ,VIS, IS completed. except the 1I1stallatlOn of the heat1l1g and sprinkl1l1g system The Dewend & Glllk Furnitul e and Cal pet company of Davenport, Ia, ha\ e takcn posses"lOn of a nc\\ fOUl stOl \ and basement btllldll1g, el ccted at a cost of $32,000 on a S0000 "ltC The film of Musk (~ LII11s. fUIl11tUIC dealels of La\\len(J 2\la"s. has heen dl"soh ed The "enlO1 membel WIll cont1l1ue the busmess undel the name of the Hem y \ \1 Usk com pam Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, LIbrary T ables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the thIrd floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN . ., Your Continued Success Depends on the QUALITY of Your Goods- It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that it counts for or against your future trade. Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant advertisement of your reliability. Our tables resist wear-quality is built in, along with the style and hand rubbed finish that make our designs so attractive. Our new catalog, showing some of the handsomest Colonial and Flanders diners ever bUilt,is in press. You Will Just naturally want these tep-notchers in your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES. (,I and Leader, MI Dakel was with such promment firms as Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Reading, Pa. , and Goldsmith Bros. c;udnlon, Pa He was also associated for a time with the 1\atlJ'1al Cash Register company, Dayton, O. The Furniture Manufacturer:o' Sample House is the name of a new mcorporatlOn in San FrancIsco, Cal Capital stock $10,000 m shares of $1 each all subscribed and $3 in each $10 paid m A. C Chamberlam, R Matheson and R H Barnard are the mcorporators. At a special town meetmg next .:vronday the taxpayers of Brattleboro, Yt, Will vote on a propOSitIOn to exempt the property of the D. W. Felch Chair company from taxatlOn for a penod of five years. Pubhc sentiment is reported as strong-ly m favor of the proposition. Lauren M. Follansbee for thirty-two years foreman and supenntendent for the Fletcher Novelty Walks of Peter-boro, N. H , has I eSlgned to accept the management of the Phemx Chair company, recently organized to establish a new factory in the same town. \iVtlham R Hotchkm, for many years adveltising mana-ger far the New York store of John \Vanamaker, and for ,,;ome time past sales manager for that establ1shment, has been appomted advel tlsing manager for the New York store of Gimbel Blothers, succeedmg George H. Peny The stnkmg upholsterer:o of San FranCISco, Cal , have re-turned to '" ark on the same conditions under which they were working a month ago, With the agl eement that their al-leged grievances shall be settled by an arbitratIOn committee of wluch Mayor McCarthy is to be a member. TI'e Muse, Faris & Walker company, proprietors of the I'lt'h "treet stOle, Los Angeles, Cal, mamtain a "school of :oale..,1l1a.nshlp"from which eleven young men and women \\ ere ~raduated recently, receiving diplomas showing that they had completed the course which IS arranged by the com-pany. Irving M. Winslow, preSident of the Winslow Furniture and Carpet company of St Paul, Mmn, which went into the hands of a receiver over a year ago, has filed a personal peti-tIOn in bankruptcy, with a view of avoiding liability on the company's notes which he endorsed. He schedules his liabili-ties at $55,000 and assets, all exempt, at $6,500. George W. Pickering of Wayne, Ill., made a bid of 15 cents at an auction sale on an old couch. His bid was accep-ted and hiS fnends who had dared him to bid thought he had been "stung," until he npped the cover off and found $200 m coms and a number of valuable jewels and trinkets, all of which he returned to the famtly who were "selling out." ~----_.. I• •• I• •I IIo LOUIS HAHN 154 Llvmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DESIGNS and Details of Furniture CItIzens Telephone 1702. 1 ...._-----------------------------------------------------., WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~S~~:~~;~M~U:S~K:E~GoOrN, MICH. I New York Office, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager Io. ...,. • 1 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Crl and RapId,: IIICh -S\ bl cmt Po~tma 443 Broadway, $3,000, G II Cdvedy, 148 Cadton a\ enue S2 ~OO 1 II Keeler, 195 South ColleL;e a\ enue 813000, Rohel t f Scheiren, 497 Rose ,:treet, $2, SOO, Roman 1Iarb)J \\ ,:kl Se\ en-th and DaVIS sh eets, $4,000 ChIcago, IlI-Kathenne Stockes 621 II e"t 1 hll t\ -fil ~t sheet, $14,000, ::\Iary I Gav, 2434 Se\ cntlcth a\ cnuc S3 775, W. M. Dle\\el, 7220 Pnncton avenue, $5,400, I[alle II Creal\ 6601 N01th Lmcoln :,h eet, $3,000, Mal} R} ne, 412~ ITan al d street, $4,300, J. P Andel:oon, 6718 St LOUIS a\ enue, $4,000, Isabella Duncan, 1028 ::\Ionticello a\ enue, $18,000, ~ndl e\\ Sundene, 3902 Lmvell avenue, $7,000, T C Schaumbul S; 2740 ·West Polk street, $4,000,::\1 G Dub]):" 9368 Long\\ood a\e-nue, $3, SOO, J A Augustme, -1-736II e'3t IIontlcello a\ enue $7,600; Frank Deck, 2121 Glace sh eet, $4000, Chade" D Gano, 1408 Shen\ m avenue, $10 000 Atlanta, Ga -C L Bm aId, 147 ChelOkee avenue 84000, C. A. SmIth, IYIlhams ::\1111load, 88, ~OO ::\11'3 J II' Old-know, 426 Pulham Stl eet, 83,250, C 17 CI usse 286 PI ed-mont avenue, $2,750 Columbus, 0 -D C Palkhurst, 536 Remhald avenue, $3,000, E. L McVey, 1638 Parsons avenue, $3,200, A H Marquart, 67 Twelfth avenue, $3,500; Leonald Duggan, 1611 North Fourth sheet, $3,000, Charles Slatel 27 Ogden a\e-nue, $3,500; C C. Shepal d, 965 Dryden lOad, $9,000, Elmer Wilson, 1167 Oregon a\ cnue, $3,000. Binghamton, N Y --Flank Crossett, 39 East Catherine "treet, $3,500. Lincoln, Neb -Charles Stual t, 1830 E ,:treet, $'1,000 Houston, TeA -Joseph GI eenhJ1l, 429 Mason street, $3,- 000; Albert Banng, A\ondale, $4,000, ::VID GeOlge, 284 IIc Kinney avenue, $2,500 Center, Tex -WIle} Watts, 186 COla sheet, 83000 Cinclllnati, O.-Spencer 1\1. Jones, 2558 Tre\ OJ sU eet, $2,500; S. M. Cooper, ::VIi Hope road and Dl1'3hnell avenue, $8,500; Clara Shinkle, 2489 Rmg place, $2,500, LOUlse M Moser, Suire avenue and Eighth street, $4,000 ; Joseph :vreltus. Hearne and Burnet avenues, $7,500; Flank GIlplllen, Donald-son place and Langland avenue, $4,000: Thomas Leicht, Klotter and Chfton avenue, $4,500. Kansas City, Mo.-G. C. Anderson, 134 South La\\n street, $3,000; Ed. Neal, 7114 Lydia street, $3,000; W. H. AND THE RICHMOND, IND. Lampson 5418 Cenhal avenue, $6,000, JO'3eph J. Magill, 340 Gal held ~t1 eet 83,000, S A. PIerce, 17 East Fifty-fourth ':tJ eet S-1- 000, T \ Ta} lor, 2736 MadIson avenue, $3,000; J. "\1 Iluth. 2649 ] ocktldL;e ':tteet, $7,000 Indlanapoh,:, Ind-E T Santa, New Jersey and Thirty-second ,:Ueet\ S3,087, R D BI ent, Graceland avenue and 11111 1.\ -els;hth 'otleet $3300, J B Gnffen, Broadway and Thn tv hI st ~Ueet, $3,000, Pall y Brunson, vVashington street and \llll1L;ton a\ enue, $3,700, VV C Pearce, 3101 North Illi-nOh '3tleet $3,000, "Jam v SmIth, 3337 West Tenth street, $2,500 Topeka Kan -C F Rlckenbacher, 1607 Central Park a\ el1lle £2 SOO 1\11': l1arbal a Hahn, 1413 Boswell avenue, 2 ;00 IIlI1neapo!Js, ::\lmn -I,I IV HIll, 4736 \Ventworth ave-l1lle 82800, Chll':tll1a KlI1Q;,2046 Crystal Lake avenue, $3,- 000 \ l' Petu "on, 2737 Pleasant avenue, $4,200; H. A. c.;angel 312-1-Gatfleld avenue, $3,000, E EAddy, 2715 West ] akc of the l~le'3 a\ enue, $3.500, .M D. Purdy, 5024 Forty- "eumd a\ enue 5;1S,OOO, 011\ er R Bryant, 3160 Chicago ave-nue, $3000 MIl" aukee, \iVI': -Charles F menke, 52 Pabst avenue, $4,000, Oman Nelson, 489 Thlrty-fil st street, $2,500; Edward T Sch" ab, 1320 FI edellck place, $2,500; C. J. Austrup, Clal ke and Thlrt} -fOUlth stt eets, $4,000, Ferdinand J. Hintz 101 tv-eIghth Stl eet and Pabst avenue, $4,500. Dallas, Tex -]\Ils C. 0 Taylor, 223 Annex avenue, $3,- 000, F. A YeaL;er, 95 Sunset avenue, $2,500; Mrs. J. S. Terry, 219 South H any ood sh eet, $2,500. DetrCllt, ::\llch - H S Angstman, Jefferson and Ker-- che\ al avenue, $2,850, BaSIl Clenck, Pennsylva11la and Mack avenue, $2,800, Jacob SeIdel, 1212 Beaubien sheet, $3,000; \\ Illtam Schwanteck Canton and St Paul streets, $3,450; O. J. Dartll1g, G! eem\ ood avenue and Stanley street, $2,800; E. H Roger:" \Yaterloo street and Kercheval avenue, $3,000; ::\1ary F IIelH;h, 248 Lelcestel street, $3,000; E. C. Pokorny, 315 :Me!nck :,treet, $9,000, Cassy J. Boydell, 79 Virginia stl eet, $11,000; COIa \Y MOll IS, 40 HolblOOk street, $4,100. New Ha \ U1, Conn - H e11ly Dupee, 438 Winchester ave-nue, $5,000, Joseph Surpllse, 47 Downmg street, $3,000. Denver, Col-:Morns Fern~tein, West Colfax and King streets, $3,000, ::\Irs MIlton E. Bat.es, Manon and Seventh St1eets, $7,000, S. A. BaIley, Kentucky and Race streets, $3,- WEEKLY ARTISAN E.ach Net 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 000; Han y Newcomb, CoHaA and York st! eets, $6,000; A. S. McGIbbon, Josephme and SIxth streets, $4,000, P M. Fel gu-son, 1996 Colorado boule" al d, $8,000 Duluth, Mmn-E DOlmedy, \Vest SIxth street and Forty--,eventh a\enue, $4,SOO, Yllgl11la Grady, East SIxth "treet and Twenty-foul th a\ enue, $5,000, E. G Erlanson" 3106 RaleIgh st! eet, $3,000 Salt Lake CIty, Utah -E. L VVIlhamson, 1446 Holly-wood avenue, $4,000, Ethehn Potter, 1822 South EIghth East street, $2,500. J G Kel-,on, 965 Ea-,t SIAth South street, $2,- 500, Laura Chft, 736 South ThIrd Ea:ot street, $2,500. St LOUIS,Mo -M. Cohen, 3928 MIchIgan avenue, $3,915 ; o P Blllkhardt, 3929 Iowa avenue, $3,500, J F Fram, 4321 \Val11e a\ enue, $3,400, \Vllham Urban, 5783 \Vaterman ave-nue, $6,000. LOUISVIlle, Ky -EmIl Peters, 2015 Garland avenue, $4,- 000, MI -, N elhe We17el, 1435 Sixth street, $3,000; A. J. Thom-pkm-" 2700 Twenty-seventh street, $3,000, Fred \Vessmg, 1626 rlfth sheet, $3,200. Fort Wayne, Ind.-M. D Shoyel, 1026 Ba)er aHnue, $7,000, L C Delagl ange, 212 vVest Berry st! eet, $4,000. \VIc1llta, Kan -\V J Flazier, 727 NO!th Emporia ave-nue, $4,800; 1'Irs Glue, 152 North Topeka avenue, $3,500; A A DunmIre, 198 Munson avenue, $2,500 Los Angeles, Cal-S E Hopes, 3010 Olive avenue, $3,- 600; J. H. Taylor, 1231 South Forty-fifth street, $3.500; Charles Benson, 142 South Spring street, $3,000; A. A. Max-well, 4203 Brighton. avenue, $3,400; H. G. Spaulding, 300 North Fremont avenue, $7,500; H. B Ainsworth, 2190 Adams street, west, $10,000. Schenectady, N. Y.-Samuel Dlckhoff, 819 State street, $4,000; J. W. Veeder, 469 State street, $3,500. Oakland, Cal.-Dr. W. O. Smith, 806 Grand street, $7,- 053; Malwme I3lOtlSOn, Santa Clara avenue and Burt street, $4,000. Miscellaneous Buildings-A wealthy Amencan is plan- 11lng the building of a new town m Lower Califor11la, on the San DIego and Arizona raIlroad near the boundary hne. The town is to be known as New Tla Juana and the bUlldmg plans call for a modern hotel, a theatre, pavIlIOns, lecture hall and two churches Dr. L C. Smith, the multi-11lilltonalre type-writer manufacturer of Syracuse, N. Y., has asked for a per-mIt to erect a forty-story store and office buildmg in Seattle, "Wash., at a cost of $2,000,000. It will be the highest budding west of New York and second hIghest in the world. John Barton is buIlding a two-story hotel at English avenue and Leota street, RIchmond, Ind. Methodists are budding a $10,- 000 church on Bland avenue, EvansvIlle, Ind J L. Hahn is buIlding a $12.000 theatre on Thirty-fourth street and North avenue, Milwaukee, WIS. The FaIth Lutheran congl egatlOn of MIlwaukee, \Vis., has laId the foundation for a $25,000 church at Twenty-first and Mmeral streets. Margaret Meyers IS buIldmg a $15,000 theatre at 230 Oakland avenue, Detroit, Mich. The SIsters of Lorretta are building an academy at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania streets, Denver, Col., at a cost of $110,000. The GIbson Heights U11lted Presbytenans are erectmg a $25,000 church at 1017 South Taylor avenue, St. Louis, Mo. F. E. Goft IS addmg two additional stones to his hotel at 418 South Fourteenth street, Omaha, Nebr. E. Caste-lano is buIlding a $15,000 theatre at 515 North Main street, Los Angeles, Cal. The MethodIsts of Youngstown, 0., are bUIlding a $25,000 church on Delanson avenue. The SImpson Methodist church in Fort Wayne, Ind., is bemg rebuilt at a cost of $5,000. 31 32 .. IIII I, ,I,I ,I IIII I I I,I •••I,I•I I II, 'ikm mal ket thl'i week, but prices are firm on all varieties, except ::'vIaracalbo'i, whICh ale vveak at 27 @ 28 cents, Mexi-can fl ontlel s dl e "tIll quoted dt 33 @ 34; Monterey, Tampicos, etc , 43, San LUlS, Zacatecas, etc, 44; Vera Cruz, 47 @ 48. Buenos ~} I es 38 @ 39, Paytas, 42 @ 42,0; Haytiens, 45; Drazlls, 64 @ 67 The demand fOl varnIsh gums IS st1l1 remarkably light, even mqullles bemg few and far between Pnces have not changed matenally fOl man} weeks, except Manila, which ha-, advanced about a cent pel pound on all grades. '[ he hal d" ood lumber trade IS stIll unsatisfactory from the sellel'" pomt of vleV\ ~ fev" of the large western and southel n utIes repOl t a con"ldel able Improvement, but com-plalllts of dullnes<' and disappomtment ale more numerous than they wel e a month ago. WEEKLY ARTISAN Miscellaneous AdvertiseIllents. WANTED SUPERINTENDENT A thoroughly expenenced and reliable man famlllar wIth modern factory methods and successful m handlmg men For factory manufacturing school furmture, located In a fine country town, employmg eIghty men Must have some knowledge of draught mg. State expenence, salary expected and references. Address F. S. P, care Artisan, 11-5 POSITION WANTED. A successful salesman wIth 25 years establIshed trade m Central Terntory IS open for a pOSItion January 1, 1911, Wlth a good case goods or chaIr house. Have the very hIghest recommendatlOns. Will go mto any terntory. Address W. H. J. care Weekly Artisan. 11 5-12-19. WANTED. Salesman for medlUm pnced line of diners and rockers on salary for South and Southwest and Wisconsm Address M. C. R care Weekly Arhsan. 11-5 ~~--~-~ ~-~ -~~~ WANTED Superintendent. One who thoroughly understands bank, office and store fixtures, and specIal order work. To the nght man thIS is a rare opportumty. Address, (statmg expenence and where you have worked), "Superintendent," Care of Weekly Artisan, Grand Rapids, MIch. tf "\\A'ITED Cabinet foreman in chair faLtory, State experIence JIU!!lt gl\e refer-ence. Address D. A. R" care "\\eekly ArtIsan 10 22-29 11-5 WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and lines car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Travelinl{ salesman to carry a lme of Reed Rockers and Chairs in Indiana and Illinois. State territory covered and lines carried. 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 ~arantee 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. S-28tf. .. New York Markets. New York, Nov 4--The recent demand tOl hght "eIght burlaps has reduced stocks consIderably, but the} v\III be repleted by al rn als dunng the commg week The supply has run so low that large buyers have been unable to secure car load lots for qUICk shIpment Bag makers are showmg increased interest m the market For the first tIme m man} months they are qUIte eager to place orders for tuture dehvery at current quotatIOns whIch are 3.60 for 7,0-ounce, 3.70 for 8-ounce and 4.70 for lO,0-ounce Calcutta goods. The turpentme market has been qUIte steady thIS week prices rangmg from 79 to 81 cents Today's quotations are 80,0 cents here and 76 at Savannah, the margin between the two points having WIdened again to over four cents. The volume of business IS not large. Weakness is noted in the linseed 011 business "Official" quotations have not been changed, but the demand has de-creased and several transactIOns, even m small lots are known to have been made at a cent or mOle below card rates, Raw oil, both city and western, IS quoted at 97 @ 98 cents; smgle-boiled 98 @ 99 and double-bOIled $100 @ $1.01. Calcutta OIl, raw, firm at $1.06. Shellac is firm WIth a tendency to higher pnces. D. C. is quoted at 27 @ 28 cents; V. S. 0., and Diamond I, 24,0 @ 25; fine orange, 23 @ 24; bnght orange, 21 @ 22; T. N. in cases, 19,0 @ 20. Bleached fresh, 20 @ 21; kiln dried, 25 @ 26. There has been, apparently; no competition 111 the goat- Index to Advertisements. ~cLlm, &. Ilt1l11!;Comp'lny ~Llskd Rdllgel ator Company B,lrne, \\ F & John Company Barton H H &. Son Company Bcnnett, Cbdrlc, lurmture Company BIg SIX Cal Loadl11g \SS0cldtlOn Bockstege lur11ltl1l to Company Bosse Fur11lture Comp'lnY Buss \Iachl11e \;V orks Cballenge Refngel atol Company ChIcago Mltrol and '\1 t Glass Company Chnstlansen, C Doetsch & Bauer Fnedman 13lothers Company Globe Fur11ltul e Company Grand RapId, Ca,ter Cup Company Grand RapIds Veneer \,y 01 ks Hahn LOUb Holcomb, \ L & Co Horn Blo, \1 'lnut lduIl11ng Company Idcal Stampl11g and 1001 Comp,l11y Kar!SLs Furl11ture Company KImball Brothel' Company Kl11de1Parlor Bed Company Klrkpatllck '\rthLll L n\ rence \ICldclden Company LentL Idble Company Lcxl11gton Hotel, CblCdgO LIght George \\ \1anuladunng Company Luce Fur11lture Comp'lny Luce Redmond Chall Company \Ianetta Pal11t and Color Company ::'Llf\ el ::'IdnuLldunn-r Company \Ietal Furnliul e Company \Idler, ElI D & Sons "\ orthern F11l11lture Company OlIver ::'1achl11ery Company Palmer, A E & Sons Pdlmer Manufdctunng Company Peterson, A & Co PIttsburgh Plate Glass Company Porter, C 0 Machl11ery Company RIchmond ChaIr Company Rockford ChaIr & Fur11lture Company Rockfol d Fr,lme & FIAture Company Royal Cbatr Company Sager, W D Shebo) ~an N0\ elty Company Sheldon, E H & Co ShImer, Samuel J & Sons SmIth & D,nls Yranufact11ll11g Company Spratt George & Co StO\" & Da"b Furl11ture Company Swett, Frank W & Son Tannewltz Works Umon Furl11ture Company (Rockford) Waddell Manufactunng Company 'Walter, B & Co . Walter Clark Veneer Company.. . '" " " World Furniture Company ........•...•....................... 22 29 Cover 20 I 26-27 26 26 Covet 18 18 78 11 26 20 24 29 885 26 17 8 Cover 12 4

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