Michigan Artisan; 1909-06-25

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and GRAND RAP1D5 LiBRARY Twenty-Ninth Year-No. 24 JVNE llS. 1909 Semi-Monthly .,...--- --_ .._"/_.,4 __ :.. _ -wenre i9inntors nol iJiilors GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR COMPANY ---_._--., I I GRAND RAPIDS ESTABLISHED 1872 I High Grade Goods at Medium Pric~s ( WE DO NOT MAKE CHAIRS) ' I~-"-------_._--"---_._---------+-----c-----_ ... ! I Our Line Ready Thursday, June 24th 19091 GOODS SHOWN AT FACTORY ONLY ! ----- WE MAKE ----~ Sideboard. Bookca.e. Hall Glasses Buffets Library Table. Hall Tables ServingTable. Hall Racks Den Cabinet. Cbina Clo",t. Hall Seat. Hou.e Desks Mosie Cabinet. Ceda, Lined Che.ts (Take TaylorSt, ClU' North Iu Tr.via Ave.) r- - -_._~II Royal Furniture I ~ I Company II I III I II1 It ,II II ,I IIIII GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Dining Library Bedroom Suites HALL CLOCKS in "Colonial" Style NEW ADAPTATIONS Ready fir Inspection JUNE 24 I '1909 •it II SHOWN AT I I FACTORY I SALESROOM •I I III I II t I ~ • MICHIGAN ARTISAN 1 Will You Join ----------------------_.-. the Ranks? f , III ,II II ,,I II II IIIIIII I!II :, Good impressions arc the most la:sting. Hence, it behool'cS Dealers as well as .l\Jlanufacturers to ex-hibit to the Puhlic articles that impress them as being better than the other fellow's. The Laycock line has this reputation and thot/sands of prosperous dealers are enjoying this merited reputation with us. YVewould like for you to join the ranks. }Iake a showing of Ollr Beds on your floor. The impressions and expre:;sions 1vill cnthuse you. OUf finish and designs are not only the best! but 've cxcell in v,rorkmanship, clean smooth chills and the best reversible side rail connections on the market. Write for catalog illustrating- complete line. OUR LINE Brass Beds Iron Beds Brass and Iron Cribs Institntion Beds Steel Couches and Davenports Child's Upright Folding Beds Child's Stationary and Folding Cribs Cradles Metal and Wood Folding Cots Spiral and Woven Wire Springs It may not be generally kno\vn by Dealers that the Lacquer finish on Brass Beds is of much impor-tance. That's a mistake. It's the most essential fea ture of a Brass Bed. VFe use 011 all of our Brass Beds, the Old English hot process. Each coat of Lacquer is thoroughly baked on, thus assuring- an elegant and permanent finish that will last. Continuous exhibit of our Complete Line at Factory Sales Room. Many new and original designs now ready for July buyers. Call and see us, The T. B. Laycock Mfg. CO. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.. I "------ . No, 583 CHILLESS 2 IN, STEEL PILLAR BED. I ) r-------- - ------ - - - 2 MJCHJGAN ARTISAN I The Posselius Bros. furniture Mfg. c;'- III , II ,, I, II , L DETROIT, MICHIGAN Will make the finest display of DINING EXTENSION TABLES IIII !! II I ever offered by us, at our display rooms, 2d floor, Manufacturers' fxhibition Building, 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago I•II I I I~--------------------------- All of our Pedestal Tables are fitted with the famous DUO-STYLE LOCKS Representatives-Frank A. Kuney, ]. O. Kemp, H. ]. Armstrong. • ---- -- -- --~~ ·dlCHIGAN ARTISAN r------------------------------------~-----------------------------------·--------------. IIIII! IIII !,I ,IIIII III ,!I I,,II IIIII ,II I .Manistee Mfg. Co., III I II ,I ,I I I IIII I,,II I II :I IIII IIII ,I , III I I I I,I ,I ,I ,,,I II I, I, II~---------_. No. 15 Dn.:'sser Wardrobe. Manistee, Mich. No. 17 Dresser Wardrobe. Makers of BEDROOM and DINING ROOM FURNITURE. OUR JULY, L909. CATALOGDffi NOW HEADY; FOR DEALERS ONLY GOOD DESIGNS, MEDIUM IN PRICE AND WELL FINISHED. At 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, we ~how our full line the year round. We can make prompt delivery for any mixed ..:ars out of Chicago, MIlwaukee or Grand Rapids. Send us your inquiries. No. 14 Ohifforobe IL No. 15 Chifforobe. 3 I III I,, II I,I , I II ,,,II III , I III I IIII I!I I II I I I I j J 4 MICHIGAN ARTISAN •,IMichigan Chai; Company 1 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I \ 1500 II SAMPLE !I CH A IRS On Exhibition At Michigan's Foremost Chair Factory. We take great pleasure in offering to The Trade for the Coming Season the best and most desirable assortment of patterns we have ever been privi-leged to display. Right up to date! Nothing left undone. Ready! On the opening day, June 24th, '09, and at your service always. 1500 I SAMPLEII cl H A I RS ~~mI909 Michigan Chair Company I GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN East eha>. H. Cox Robt. E. Walton Representative Salesmen: South W. R. Penny West Chns. B. Parmenter Robt. G. Caldtr M. M. Laramy , . -------------------- -- - MICHIGAN ARTISAN --_._---.,II If f I ...-- --"",'.---------------_. Grobhiser-Cabinetmakers Cos. Manufacturers qf MATCHED DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SUITES In QUARTERED OAK, MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WAL-NUT .nd CROTCH MAHOGANY. Also large line Extension, Library, Directors', Office, Den and Odd Tables. Book Cases and Ladies' Desks. SALESROOM: Second Floor Manufacturers' Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ...-----_. -----------------------, -------~ I ----------_._----_. Luce..Redmond Chair Company, Ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Office Chairs, Dining Chairs. Reception Chairs and Rockers. Slipper Rockers. Colonial Parlor Suites. Desk and Dressing Chairs. In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Birch. Bird's-eye Maple, Quartered Oak and Circassian Walnut. Line on sale in Manufacturers' Building, Grand Rapids. Mich. ...._- ------------ 5 I ---------- -~ -- .\IICIIICi\:\ ARTISAN The Duostyle Question Solved Tyden's latest invention is the climax of the mechanical features which have made the pedestal dining table the most popular and satisfactory style of dining tables It is one of the greatest inventions that has ever been applied to extension dining tables, because it does something that has never been done before, but for which there has been a great demand from the manufacturer, dealer and the consumer. The pedestal of a table equipped always under the center of the top with this device does not have to so it cannot tip over, and the ped-be opened or unlocked when the estal halves are locked together so top is extended to permit insert- they cannot spread apart and the ing and locking in place, one, .two tab I e r U i n e d by war pin g .. or three leaves-the pedestal is This has been brought about by The Tyden Duostyle Lock , the latest invention of E. Tyden. The value was so apparent that it was immediately adopted by the leading dining table manufacturers in the United States, and now every dealer can buy dividing pedestal dining tables fitted with the new T)' den Duo sty I e L 0 c k WITHOUT It fastens the tllble top to the pedestal 80 the pedestalT is always in . the center of the table and permits of the table being opened to admit one, two or three leaves, llnd securely locks each in position with. Out open- T". iog the . pedestal. Of course the table can he extended further if desired by opening the base. EXTRA CHARGE If a dining table is fitted with the Tyden DuoatyJe Lock it mean.: Satisfaction A Guaranteed Lock Pedestal always under center of table top Top cannot be pushed ov:er to one side Leaves can be locked in Top is locked to pedes. tal Base is locked WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE The lock i. part of the table when you bu.y it. The dividing pedestal is also locked on the inside~ so the halves cannot be spread at the bottom, ~ thus: nor the ta~le topsagln the middle. The Tyden Duostyle Lock will be found on eighty pei cent of the pedestl.l dining cables made in the United States and will be shown on the samples in the July mar-ket. Be Sure to Investigate This Lock Before You Place Your Order for Dining Tables this July. It Is Something That You Want to See I -------------- -- - - MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC and INEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING •• Rigbt Prices PROMPT DEUVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT WORK MICHIGAN ENGRA VING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN •, ShoWIlat Grand Rapid. Furniture Exhibition Building Pearl and Lyoll Streets ill the Udell Space L YOUR EXPENSES WILL BE ,PAID 1 CHICAGO By the .Extr. Pro You W1UMake If You Buy Nat: flUSH THAT BUTTON "1JLePuSl. Four Lines In One You can order some upholstered, some with loose cushions-all interchang, able. With foot-reat or without foot-reat -all interchangeable. CarJ one.quarter !!.much stock with !'2!!! times the selling power. THE wide-awake dealer who is looking for the biggest sales and best su cess in Morris Chairs, will take advantage of the Royal line. Royal chairs are natural sellers. Your customer can't get aW;jJ from the Royal, "the Push-Button Kind." You can do a prosperous Morr Chair business on a remarkably small investment if you handle Royal Chair because you have available in one line what you otherwise would have 1 carry four lines to secure. The push-button feature takes the Royal away from the old-fashion~ l\.Iorris Chairs, and makes it a bigger and much easier sellel Chai c -------------------------------- - DUR EXPENSES WILL BE PAID TO .!.RAND RAPIDS BYoyu.hWeI~llxM.r.akPerofib nally Advertised ~uttonKind U Your salesman can Push the Button and easilv make a demonstration on nf floor which will impress and convince any cu~tomer. Royal Chairs are unapproached in this unique feature; they are adjust-le to anyone of nine inclinations oy a finger touch on a button, \v.ithout :turbance to the occupant's comfort-no rod to fall out or bother with. \Vherever Royal Chairs are kllov.,rn, no other ~ilorris Chairs will satisfy. Royals are fully guaranteed. (\Ve furnish repairs free on any part should 'J be needed.) Made in eighty-five patterns, Oak, Mahogany and Imitation Mahogany. I Remember, that the Royal is the only push-button chair on the market. e only :rvIorris Chair with an actual, individual talking point, something to ~ abol1t and interest a customer. i Our National Advertising Campaign makes it doubly easy for you to I I the ROYAL line. All inquiries \vill be sent to local dealers. "\Alrite I catalog, prices, etc. urgis, ichi-n All Inquiries Referred to Our Dealers r - 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN rI •I: •I The Spencer & Barnes Co.II I!I IIIII ! BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN HAVE A Large New Line for July Solid Mahogany Birdseye Maple Circassian Walnut Qyartered Oak Full line of samples shown at 1319 Mich-igan Ave., CHICAGO, fourth floor. I IjI j• SALESMEN F', T. Ptimpton «Co., Chicago a.nd Middle West. M. A. Harmon, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, Charles E. Zerfass. Metropolitan District. Samuel Cragg. New Ellglalld. Byron Mercer, Texas and Pacific Coast. Catalog free to dealers. --- ----------------- --_.- DISPLAYS GRAND RAPIDS-Second Floor, Furn· ltUfe Exh.ibitiot\ BuiMing. CHICAGO-All the year round, Cbica-go Furniture Exchange, 14th and Wabash Ave. and in the New York Furniture EXl:h.ange. Rockford frame and fixture Co. ROCKFORD. • ILLINOIS II 1 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----_._--------------- ._-,-.---,II, III r! SIKES CONSOLIDATED CHAIR COMPANY ,, I II ;,I I II I !I,,I Sikes Chair Company, Buffalo, N. Y. The Sikes Company, Philadelphia, Pa. EXHIBITS J Manufacturers' Exhibition Building, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. 1 New Ycrk Furniture Exchange, lexinglon Ave. and 43d SI., NEWYORK. The most up to date and carefully selected line of Dining Chairs, Saddle Seat Rockers and Office Chairs will be shown for the Fall trade. A popular line of Mission Chairs will be sold at close prices, as per the Sikes idea. To harmonize in design and finish, with the mmt sought for types of dining room furniture, new slip seat diners have been brought out, in Colonial, Elizabethan, Dutch Renaissance and Shnaton. Many of these new patterns have already met with large advance sales, as they combine the luxury of good taste with a moderate outlay. YOUR INSPECTION AND CONSIDERATION INVITED. ~_._------ -_._---.---_._--------- .,------------------------------ Our line of _ China Closets Buffets and Bookcases is more complete and up~to-date than ever. before. Samples shown in Chicago only, 1319 Michigan Ave., Manufact. urers' Exhibition Bldg., firstRoor, opposite elevator. In charge of exhibit: F. P. Fi.her, N. P. NII!!J.otl.Ferd Lpllu. Rockford Standard Furn. Co., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 11 IIi I1 -------- - 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN rVisit ou;-Show Roo~s and see the Best Line · I of DAVENPORT BEDS in the market We will have the right styles at the right prices and made to give satisfaction. Don't miss cQmin~ to see the line, it will pay yon. Couches Parlor Leather Furniture Rockers t t Show Rooms35~to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. I THOMAS MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. I t.- __.. ,..--.- .... t The Ford & Johnson Co. CHICAGO This is one of OUf popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading . Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room flll-niture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. OlIr (lORlplele haa of SlIlQ-pies are displayed fp The lord .8" Johnson Bm1dinll. 14lt3-S7 WaL'lIL Ave •• In_ c1adinll: a. apecial displa, of Botel FUl"Iliture. All fU1'11ituredealers are cordially invited to visit our building.' ,... -- ~ I UNION FURNITURE CO. ! ROCKFORD. ILL. I I China Closets I I Buffets I t Bookcases! I We lead ;n S'yle. eonibudion II ond F;";'h. See our Catologue. I, Our .line on permanent exh.ibi~ cion 7th Floor, New Manufact_ urers' Building, Grand Rapids. I. -----_._-------~ ., .-------.. --.. I!Mo(rton /louse Am..... PI.n) R..... $2.50 and Up. Hotel PantJind (European Plan) Ra .... $1.00 and Up. IGRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I : The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is i THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. I! J. BOYD PANTUND, Prop • • I1 • MICHIGAN ARTISAN 13 --------- - The I ~extro Mf~.(0. I Cincinnati, O. II ,--'---_._---- I II The III ~----. Makers of CHEAP, MEDIUM and FINE DINING TABLES AND "ALL RACKS in Oak. Mahosany and Walnut AU shades and finishl$. Write for Catalog. Permanent Exhibit 1319 Michigan Ave.• C"ICAGO. ILL. Sextro Manufacturing CO. CINCINNATI. OHIO -------------------- ------------------_._-'----., L Sligh's Sele& Styles Sell and Satisfy Many New Fea'ure, Added for 'he Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom [ Medium alld Fille Quality) Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 14 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, catalogues illustrat-ing, pricing and describing the QEick Sc:lIing Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Asso-ciation will be forwarded. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Made by The Kargt's Furuiture Co. The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequalled facilities for ship-ping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factoric:s and cars can be dispatched direct over the great railroad systems of the East, South and West. '. _I I. Manutacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes, ChiHoniers, Odd Dressers\ ChifforQbes . .THE BOSSE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobea, Cupboards and Safe" in imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel aod Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hal' Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers ot Sideboards in plain oak, imitation guartered oak and solid quarrered oak, Chamber Suites. Odd Dresser~, Beds and Chif. foniers in imitation quartered oak, imitation mahogany and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the uSuperior" Line of Parlor. Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manutacturers of uHygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, Wire Springs and Cots. • ~1Ie HI GA N ART I SAN 15 I!I I!I IIIIIIIII I! .IIII ,II I III I II I, I II• ,,III II I I III . IIIIII II f II III I f I:I ---------------_._-------_._-------------~ I I!II , I !I III II I IIIII II IIII I IIIIII II II III II f, III !!II 1\1ade b~' Globe Furlliture Cu Made by Bodcslege Furniture Co. M,tdt: by Bu\kste~<;: Fundture Co. Made by World Furniture Co. r MICHIGAN •! Sh61buvill6 D6Sk 60. ARTISAN I Ij I!I! III ! IIII SHELBYVILLE, IND. MANUFACTURERS OF = OfflGE = fURNITURG Write for latest catalogue. ...-.---.------------ --J MORTISER COMBINED MACHINE No.3 WOOD LATHE COlllplete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He ca.n save a manufacturer's profit as weH as a dealer's profit. He can make more money with less capital invested. He can hold a better alld more satisiactory trade with bis customers. He can manufacture in as good .tyle and finlsb, and at as Jow cost as the factories. The local canine-t maker bas been forced into only the dealer's trade and profit, because of machine manufactured goods of factories. An outfit of Barnes' Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, reinstates the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors. If desired, these machines will be sold on tridl. The purchaser can ha.ve ampl~ time to test them in hi~ own shop and Orl the work he wishes them to do. lJescrlptitu catalo(fU« and price list/ree. w. f. Ii. JO"N BIIRNr:S CO.,654 Ruby St ••Rockford. III. FORMER OR MOULDER HAND TENONER Ner. 4, SAW (ready for rippillg) HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW No. 4, SAW (ready for cross-cutting) No.2 SCROLL SAW No. '1 SCROLL SAW GRAND RAM!)S PUBLIC LIBRARY 29th Year-No. 24. ------=====-= ~--=-._-=- ~-==.= = ===-=-= GRAND RAPiDS, MICH.. JUNE 25, 1909. $1.00 per Year. A Struggle Between Markets. A renewal of the typev,rriter and printing press cam-paign of Chicago vs Granel Rapids or Grand Rapids vs Chicago (it matters little how the plan be framed) broke out anew l,vhcn the fol1ovving appeared in one of the daily nC1vspapers of Grand Rapids: CHICAGO, June J i.-Chicago will fire the first gun of a bitter struggle for supremacy bet"vcen the local furniture market and that of Grand Rapids \vhen the furniture exposition opens here July 1. Plans for a campaign that will place Chicago at the head of all other cities in the manufacture and sale of furniture and eliminate Grand Rapids as a power in the furni-ture field are being developed. The Chicago Furniture :.'.1arket association, compos-ed of the largest local interests. has Lcen organ izecl to boost this market Tons of literature will be sent out in the campaign and manufacturers who exhibit here will take a personal hanel in thc fight for supre-macy all during the July exposition, The event will be a critical period in the history of both cities. The rivalry hetween the t\vo has been keen in the past. but it has been polite. '!\T01V more aggressive measures will he taken. Thc abovc bellig-erent dispatch \vas presented to the Grand Rapids Furniture ~1anllfactl1rers' a-=.socia-tion at its annual banquet on the above elate in the ne,v Furniture 11cn's c1ubrooms. Although there were no representatives of the newspapers present, Robert \,'V. Irwin, president of the association, stated after the meeting that the nlf.::mber,"i of the association accepted the ne,v.">as a huge joke, "It's all tommyrot." said l\ir. Invin. li\\'herever tbe manufacturing stronghold of the furniture industry is locat.ed there will al.o:o be found the market and the central point of the exhibition field, and the Chicago lranufactnrers know it. They tried the same thing- tv;;ro years ago and tried to wipe Grand Rapids off the map as a power in the furnjtur~ field. They put up an ex-hibition building and of course the:v ~:ot a inv manu-facturers. to leave this city antI exhibit there, Last year. ho\vt'ver, they \Vefe all hack in Grand Rapids with their samnles. uThe Gra'ld R1-Dids furniture rna'l"facttners are not afraio of hsing· their posihJIl as lc::tders of the l.vorld, either in the lnaking or the exhibiting of the:r goods. Chicago can never gain the supremacy in the furniture market, no matter h{w/ hard it tries. That dispatch is vvind from the \VincIy City. George A. Davis of the Stow & Davis Table com- Inny \vas in Chicago Tucsday and as a guest attend:ed the annual banquet and meeting of the Chicago Furni-ture association. He rcports that very little Was talked then of the ;(bitter battle for supremacy." HAs a furniture lnarket Chicago has one advantage o\·'er Grand Rapids. and that is not sufficient to estab-lish the supremacy th~re;" said he. "Buyers who viSit that market. coming- from points covered by the Central. \Vestcrn and Southern Traffic association, get one and a third rate for the round trip. Buyers who come here have to pay full fare. The Chicago asso-ciation secured the concession through the co-:-operative efforts of the Chicago chamber of commerce and the reduced tate is on the certificate plan. If the Chicag0 association can get reduced rates this city dVJltld attempt to get ratcs as favorable. \Ve ought to do something about it." ",,'"hen the !\IanufaeturersJ building was erected in in Grano Rapids," said VV. D, Bishop of the Bishop Fllrnitttre COtHpany, "the furniture market of the ""vorJd for high grade and l11CditlHl furniture was anchored in Crand Rapids permanently. Had Chicago stated its feverish attempt to gain the supremacy before that they might have sllcceeded. "Vhen the manufacturers of the city put as much money in stocks into a ventuPe as the local furniture makers have it means that they are going to exhibit their go:x15 in Grand Raoids and not in Chicago or anyl.vhere else. And where Gra"Hl Rapids manufact'-1rers shcnv their goods other maml-factl1rers thr-oughout the country will do likewis~. Chicago lJE":)pleI1'1v0 tried to scare: the lo(:al t1la·~if··s before, but thev he1rly succeeded in doing- th:1J: It is a spas1ll0rFc a~tempt to frighten local manufacturers. Gra~d R'1nicls is the centralized furniture l1iarket anel so it ""vi))remain." T'rcm the foregoing' interviews it is app':Hent that 110t l1'uch heat has been generated to date. The cam- "·':("·1 "'ill !"erve to advertise both markets thoroughly antI hring out a large Dumber of buyers. @ * (0) The manufacturer who pretends to maintain the selling- price f"r the retailer and who does not do it, is far l.vorse tha <1 the one who makes no pretense to maintenance of prices. r - ~.- .-- ~~-------~--- ---"---------- - - .- 18 MICHIGAN The furniture factories of Rockford are preparing to show their fall lines in Grand Rapids, Chicago and ~ ew York. The Rockford Chair and Furniture com-pany will. have a choice exhibit of dining room and li-brary furniture in the Blodgett block, Grand Rapids. Their new line of extension dining tables will be un-usually strong, and in china closets, buffets there will be nothing to be desired. Of course everybody ex-pec~ s the best in library furniture from this hous1el and E. C. Goodrich, Frank Crone, Hughes O'Brien, H. L. D. Fiscus and Billy Mahar with several other bright salesmen will be On the spot to prove every claim the company makes for this line. Buell Pease and the Rockford Union will be On dis-play in the Manufacturers' buildiug, Grand Rapids. Buell and the line make a nice show, especially the line, composed of library and combination bookcases, china buffets, etc. The Rockford Frame and Fixture company show their famous "Eft and Eft" line in Grand Rapids, Chi-cago and "little old :'<ew York." The Grand Rapids exhibit will be on the second floor, north hall of th.e Furniture Exhibition building. It will consist of ele-gant new pieces in dining r00111 furniture----complete suites, in oak and mahogany. Also a new line of music cabinets, with an additional dressing table line, and the ever popular shaving stands in all the favorite woods and finishes. The full line is also shown all the year in the Furniture Exchange, 14th and ,Va-bash avenue. The New York exhibit will be in the Furniture Exchange. Under the intelligent and pro-g- ressive management of J\fr. A. G. Hoffman the cQm~ pany is steadily growing in the favor of the trade. The IVfechanics Furniture company has long been one of the most popular becauS'e One of tbe best of the Rockford lines. There will be many new patterns of dining room suites cornp1ete--'-':'buffets, dining tables. serving tables and china closets. Of course there • The "erkimer "otel EUROPEAN PLAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, II in conpectioD I Service iI Ia Calte. 6 a.m.w II p.m. Table d·Hok: Din- I pe~1 ~:30 kI 8 p. m·. ! dairy. al SOc. Rateat 75e to $2.00 per day. I:f I• • Running hot and cold waler. telepnone. clothes' closel. electric Jillbt, steiIID heal. etc. in e=h room, ImDllleull'ltet iled public and privale badll. English. Mi•• i<J11 •• d Colonial Cafe South bound Wealtby-Scriblle1" ax from Union or GfllowJ Trunk. IlUtiotlll. Five main CIlr bDes PaSS the door. • ARTISAN will be the eustomary fine showing of library furniture, This line will be on exhibition on the third floor, 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago in eharge of S. }. LeRoy, }. E. Hanvcry, L. O. Fosse and C. F. Holmes. The Rockford Standard Furniture company will show additions to their large line of dining room furni-ture consisting of china closets, buffets and bookcases. The line will be On exhibition on the first floor, 1319 l\1ichigan avenue, Chicago, in charge of F. P. Fisher, N. P. Nelson and Fred Luger. The company have re-cently issued one of the finest catalogues ever sent out from Rockford. The cover is beautifully embossed, with a knight on horseback waving the standard. The Made by Rockford Frame and Fixture Co., Rockford. Ill. cuts and printiug are artistic and the whole book-56 pages and cover-is. one that every furniture -merchant should keep. The ,Vest End Furniture company wiII show their full line on the third floor of the Furniture Exchange Grand Rapids. It will consist of library and dining room furniture in oak and mahogany and will be the best ever made by this company . "Yohnny Yohnson" is coming to town with a full line of the. Rockford National Furniture compauy. "Yohnny" is' a pretty strong swede, and likes to get on the top shelf, or as near' as possible, so instead of showing his lin1('on'the second floor of the Furniture Exchange he is going up to the fourth floor of the same building. The Kational line of library and din-ing rOOm furnitute is one of the best of the Rock-ford tines. and will be much sought for. @ * @ A price cutter has been aptly defined as "one who sold goods at less than a maintained price fixed by a manufacturer, and who sold staples at lower than a fair profit." -------------------------------- - 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN • IIIIIl III MADE BY NELSO~·MATl'ER FCRt-ilTURE COMPANV GRAND RAP[QS, MfCH. ....--------------------------------- 19 , • 2U MICHIGAN ARTISAN EVRNSVILLL Business with the furniture manufacturers of Evans-. ville is on ~heupward grade and prospects for a. live fall trade are very good at this time. The" recent rains in Texas have stimulated trade and a good business in the soutlnvest may be looked for during the rest of the year. IVJostof the Evansville factories are operated on a nine hour a day schedule while a number ar,e fun-ning ten hours. Inquiries are more numerous than MLdeby Globe Furniture Vo .. Evansville, Ind. they were last month and both the manufacturers and retail men are of the opinion that the general market is better than it \-vas a short time ago. Th'c local trade has su:1cred '-Omt eluring the past two weeks by reason of the street car strike which is still on at this writing. Crops in this section are promising and with the passing of harvest it is believed trade will be much better. Chair manufacbrers are very busy nO\V and are ex-pecting a good fall ttade. P. B. Fellwock, of the Fellwock Auto and Manu-facturing company and, secretary and treasurer of the Bockstege Furniture company. says business with both concerns is good, and he is quite optimistic over the outlook. The ann~lal outing al1C1P1Cll1C of the Evansville Furnitllre i\.1anufacturers· assoc:atlon was held on-lIvlon-day, June 14. The steamer D. A. Nisbet and barge were used to carry th.e~pkasure seekers up the Ohio .. river to the mouth of Cypress creek where the day was spent. About 125 people made the trip. There was good music and refreshments were served. \Vhen the boat landed the boys enjoyed a game of baseball. The com-mittee having charge of the outing were "Gus" Stoltz of the Stoltz-Sshmitt Furniture company; Eli D. Miiler of Eli D. Miller and Company, and president' of the Evansville Furniture J'v:Ianufacturers' association; ~like Breger of the Specialty Furniture company; JOhn Zutt, of the. Evansville, :\{irrorand Beveling company and Fred Stoltz of the Crown Chair company. Mike Bre-ger proved to be the biggest fish eater while A. F. Karges caught more of the finny tribe than anyone else Fred Bockstege, a capital story teller, told how he fought the Indians eighty-five years ago in the wilds of Indiana. Oscar Klamer told his friends how he ex-pected to be elected councilman from the first ward and Eli D. Miller who is a candidate for councilman at large admitted that his ,election was a foregone con-clusion. "Business is very good with 115/' is the way Eli D. Miller, the well known folding bed manufacturer expressed himself. He says his plant is busy and that he has received some very large orders this summer. Fred Gumbert. of the R. and G. Furniture company which concern operates. one of the largest retail stores here, will attend the exposition at Grand Rapids in July. He never misses these expositions and says he would advise all furniture men to attend. The bankers of the first Indiana congressional dis~ trictheld a big meeting here on Tuesday, Jun'e 15 and Benjamin Bo~se of the Globe Furniture company WJ.5 one of the speakers. His address on :iThe Business Outlook" he handled very ably. Mr. Bosse is recog· nized as one of the best informed furniture manufac-turers of the country. The new Furniture Exchange building at the cor-ner of Fourth and Vine streets is a v,lffy busy place these days and there are numerous visitors at the build-ing each day. Manager Charles Gilbert is kept busy attending to the wants of the visitors. The exhibits show up well 'and have attracted buyers here from the various parts of the country. The new wareho'Jse of the Henders')n Des~( com-pany at Henderson, Kentucky, has hen completed. Erl\vard Ploeger, of the Bosse Furniture company is interested in this company. :Mr. Ploeger reports bus-iness very good. The E. Q, Smith Chair company are pushil1\T the work on their new factory. One building will be 50xl50 feet with a wing 45x25. 'When these have been completed two other buildings ,vill be erected. one 50xl50 and another 3Ox100 feet. "Business is very good with us," said Charles Fri.-se of the \NorId Furniture company. "\Ve have had a very nice trade all season and T Ieok for a very ac~ t've fall trade. Things seem to be getting b'etter all over the country. Crop revorts are encouraging and the farmers seem to be enjoying prosperity in this section." C. \\T. B. -- ~- ------' MICHIGAN The Spencer and Barnes Line. The Spencer & Barnes company of Benton Har-bor, I\TichiganJ have brought out a flew litle of heu-room furniture, calculated to please the trade, It is made in solid mahogany! Circassian walr1l1t, birers-eye maple and quartered oak, and will be on sale on the Mad<:J by Tnt! Spencdr and. Barnt::8 COWPi:luy, Benton Harbor, Mich. fourth floor of the Furniture i\Tanfacturers' Exhibi-tion building, 1319 :Michigan avenue, Chicag-o. This is really one of the most tasty lines of bedroom furniture On the market. IVfany of the <.1resscrs and chiffoniers possess features that will not be found in any other line. The construction and finish will be in keeping with the beautiful \ivoods in which the samples are made. Salesmen: F. T. Plimpton & Company, Chicago and middle vvest; ~I.A. Harmon, New York, Penn-sylvania and Ohio; Charles E. Zerfass, metropolitan district; Samuel Cragg, New England.: B.vroll l\Iercer, Texas and Pacific coast. Catalogues free to dealers. 011 :;: @ Will Spend Ten Weeks Abroad. John ~l\lO'vatt, superintendent of the Grand Rapids Chair company, accompanied by his daughter, "vill sail for Europe June 28, and "\villspenJ ten weeks on the continent and in the British isles. He \vill take ad-vantage of the opportunities presented to study the work of the designers and manufacturers of furniture, but recreation is the main purpose of the tour. @ :I: @ It is stated that the buyers exchange in Philadel-phia, although conducted ably and well, which trans-acts an enormous amount of business enabling mem-bers to purchase goods advantageously has never made a profit on the business done. ARTISAN 21 No. 537. 28x42 top. I Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross $7 50 ' Band Rim, Polished, -. • I You can't make money faster than by buying this fine ltbrary I Table by the dozen, unless you make up a c/tt!oadout of this and other good things we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING CO. I I 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave.. DETROIT MICH. ~f------------------------------------------------·--------l--~ I, II ,,II! I,,I ,,, I,I II I f, I,I I! -----... No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mantel and Upright. E I 0 M LL R &. C Evaft&vlll •• Iftdla •• L • I EO. Write for cUts and prJces I O~ SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANOE, CHICAQ(j. .---------------------~------- 22 MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED 1880 '"Ulil-IS .... " liT MICHIGAN ARTiSAN CO. ON TH~ 10THAND 25TH 0 ... EACH MONTH OFFICE-l08, 110. 112NORTH DIVISIQN ST.• GR~ND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERIED liII THE F'OSTOFFICE AT GlI'AND IlA"lll~, MICH., /18 SECOND C~A88 MIlTTl!It. An important undertaking of the Chicago Associa-tion of Commerce is to have an exposition of goods manufactu.red in the State of Illinois. For this pur-pose all the great retail e5tablishmen~s during a cer-tain period in the month of August will contain ex-hibits of goods made in Chicago and the manufacturing towns of the state. For at least three days the State street and Vvabash avenue windows will be given up exclusively to the display of home-made products. Goods manufactured outside of the state will be ri-gidly excluded. From the viewpoint of the Illinoisan manufacturer the plan is a good one. '" '" Perhaps in the past the Artisan has not fully discussed the great advantages derived by dealers in furniture who go to the expositions when in need of stock. The strongest arguments in favor of market buying are the exhibits.. To realize the force of these arguments a few days must be spent in Grand Rapids, New York or Chicago. \V ords cannot express the facts so well as the goods on exhibition. '" '" \ViIliam C. Brown, president of the New York Cen-tral railroad, in an interview recently published stated that "'the business people are most interested in hav-ing the tariff matter disposed of ".rithout further de-lay than they are in what the bill shall actually con-tain." But the politicians in congress are more inter-estedin what the vested interests yield to themselves than in expediting the passage of the bill. '" '" The Commercial Travelers Congress, in session at San Francisco recently, passed a -resolution requesting the several railroad traffic associations to issue an inter-changeable mileage book for a minimum of 5,000 miles, to be sold for a lower rate per mile than the rates now prevailing. 0\< '" Quite a Ilumbe,r of traveling salesmen who declared that they would retire from the road with the dose of the January season this year, will be found lined up in the exposition buildings ready to take orders as usual, next month. '" '" Chippendale, the much discussed English cabinet maker, of a century or more ago, was undoubtedly in- ARTISAN spired in making his designs by the French, yet he in-fused a large measure of perso~a1ity in his work. '" '" A wrong impression is often conveyed in the word "style." \Vhen properly used it means a consistent, artistic ex presson, produced either by simple or elaborate and costly effects, '" '" The popularity of "English stvles" indicates that the American people do not hate the English as they did in the n1iddle of the past century. '" 'I-quite a number of lines If the royal Anne knew it she would approve the Queen Anne \vil1 dominate offered for sale this season. a good thing when she sav.' designs. <i'» * @ Large Endorsement of the DuoStyle Table, Of late there has perhaps been nothing in the fur-niture line that has caused as much interest among manufacturers as the New D1.105t)'le type of dining table. This construction and the use of. the Duo- Style Lock has brought out a type of table which must commend itself to the buying public, and therefore ap-peal to the dealer who is recognizing its merit, and stocking his floor with it. In its use the top can be ex-tended while the pillar remains closed so doing away with the unsightly, and up to this time, divided pillar. Also is the top so locked on the regular solid pillar table that 011eto three leaves can be inserted, and yet. bring the pillar under the middle of the table and avoid unbalancing or necessitating the ill looking drop leg. Over i5?(J of -the product in extention tables has been licensed to manufacture this constructon and it goes without saying that this type will be the leading fea-ture in the table market this season. Not only is the manufaeturerprotected in the use of the lock which is beyond question the most perfect, but the construc-tion using the extending slides is also patented and these manufacturers are also in possession of licenses on san1e. Dealers will do well to examine these tables as the public is sure to demand them. @) * @ Fortieth Anniversary. E.H. Foote and wife celebrated the fortieth anni-versar. y of their 'wedding at their home in Grand Rapids On June 16. All of the children and mauy friends joined in making the occasion a memorable One. F. Stuart Foote, 'William Howe Foote, Mrs, L. Seal Reynolds and Mrs C. S. Dexter, their wives or hus-bands and an interesting flock of grandchildren con-tributed to the'pleasurers of the event. Mr. Foote is the treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair company, presi-dent of the Imperial Furniture company, member of the board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' home and a popular resident of the Furniture City. MICHIGAN ARTISAN Jl)HN D. ROCKEFELLER'S DINl!\G ROOM. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S LIBRARY. 24 MICHIGAJ-: ARTISAN ...----- ._-_._--------------------------------- .... RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. John Wanamaker and his Stores. On June 12 the cornerstone of the new \Vana-maker store in Philadelphia Was laid, in the presence of a great crowd. A number of distinguished guests were present, who took part in the excerises. The building will be the largest retail store in the world and will cover an entire block containing forty-five acres of floor space; hetween Chestnut, lVlarket, J llujper anJ Thirteenth streets. It is in process ef erection on the site of the old store building in which business is car-ried On at the same time. Speeches were made by the governer of the state and others including John \Vanamaker who said that he intended "that 110 man or boy who had to work for a living and who was in his employ need go without a sound education." So the new \\lana maker building will also be the home of the American U ni versity o-f Trade and Applied Commerce, which is a part of the \Vanamaker organization. The PhilaJelphia courts granted a charter for it on December 10. 1908. Included in the university curriculum are cer-tain branches of the trades, such as dressmaking, dr,ess cutting, shirt cutting, shirt making, millinery, art em-broidery, watch and clock repairing, engraving, up-holstering, carpet making and laying and other special technical work of a purely trades character. Vniversity qnarters will be built as part of the store equipment, with classrooms, merchandise, clinic rDoms, study rooms, laboratories, gymnasiums and rest rooms. John \Vanamaker began his career as a mercha.l1t in 1861, when, as senior member of the firm of \Vana-mak< er & Brown, he opened a clothing- store at the cor-ner of Sixth and Market Streets. He called his new business Oak Hall, and it was located On what had originally been the residence of General Washington. It was while directing Oak Hall that Mr. \Vanamaker began those rules of selling which have practically r' voluti.onlzerl the retail business of this country. In 1876, the y"ar of the Centennial, his busiuess .--------------------------------------------- had expanded to such an extent that he purchased the old Pennsylvania freight depot at Thirteenth and Mar-ket streets, and opened it up as a general retail merchan-dizing establishment. The vastness of this store, its large stocks, and its methods of selling attracted at-tention all over the country, and business began to grow by enormous bounds. Year by year more property was taken in until the John \Vanamaker store embrac-ed the eutire block between Chestnut and Market aud Juniper and Thirteenth streets. 1\1r. \Vanamaker received a circular of congratu-lation signed by some 10,000 employes in both the local and the Ne\v York stores shortly before tbe exercises began. Just as SOOn as the stone was being placed in pos-ition, -an electric flash was sent to New York, and for a few minutes every person· employed in the stDre there stood still as a mark of respect to the ceremony. A great many representatives from the New York store \vitnessed the cornerstone laying. After the exercises were over, the cadets and girl buglers march~-. ed under the direction of Major Scott of the State Fencibles around city hall and to their armory. @ * @ An Attractive Announcement. The Royal Chair company of Sturgis, Michigan, have sent out novel announcements to the trade of their displays for the fall seaSOn in Grand Rapids and Chi-cago. The June bride ready for the occasion adorns the front of the folder. The back cover shows one of their "cDmfy" Royal chairs occupied by a "mere man" who is in the act of using the push button at-tachment. Illustrations from the company's complete new line take up the inside pages. The exhibits are in the "Big Building," Gra'nd Rapids, Pearl and Lyon streets, and in Chicago at 1300 \Vabash avenue in the George D. Williams building during the June-July season. L MICHIGAN ARTISAN .. -------------------------------l I D. L. Conrey Furniture I I I Company I III Shelbyville, Indiana II I I I MAKERS OF ! I ' : CHINA CLOSETS, MUSIC CABINETS, I : MUSIC BENCHES, COMBINATION I ! . CASES, LIBRARY CASES. ! ! I t Remember to write U.I fot' Catalog. We want you to lee our line. ~ I I I ! II GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I Top Floor Furniture Exhibition Building ! I p~,", Exhibi. wi.h GEO. D. WILLIAMS CO .• 1300 Mioobi"""A"., Cbiugo I "'- --_....--------------------- . ..---------- i I II IIII , I I ._---------------_._---, II II Hot Blast Feather Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Manufacturers of FURNITURE CITY BEDDING LINE No matter where you are located we wane you to care-fully inspect our exhibit of bedding this season when you visit the market. It will pay you to do so. A COMPLETE LINE OF Mattresses Springs Pillows I I --------------.----------...--------------------' Ranging in price from the cheapest to the very best, Exhibiting 3rd Floor, North Half, Furniture Exchange Building 2S ;u';": ~ 0 "'~0" if> ..""..,, "~' ''u"" I0~ I 0 : z'" I 0 I I II ,I , ,I IIIII,II ,------------------------------- -- , 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ..------------~-_.-------_._-- I .--------._-------------------------_._-- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 2, Rockefeller's Furniture. The styles of Sheraton, Hepplewhite and the Adams Brothers prevail in the furnishings of John D. Rocke-fellerls magnificent country home on the Hudson, near New York. The 111CrSt striking feature of the rooms as a whole is the white panelled ""vood-work ,vhi<:.h serves as a Ma.de by Rockford Franle and Fixture Co., Rockford, Ill. background for the various decorative beauties of this period. The ,valls of the drawing room are panellc<l in the balance of plain and ornarnented surfacct-i char-acteristic of the Adam period. The drawing room is regarded as an uncommonly successful exposition of the characteristics of the Adam style. '['he long rec-tangular panels are especially typical of the Adam brothers' work The plain panel over the chirnney-piece is especially severe, but shows in its decoration all the characteristics of the Adam school. The win- Jaws in these rooms have square tops, the Hround cur-tains" to which Sheraton devoted a part of his book on upholstery being reserved tor the dining 'and living rooms. The dining room has more ornate carved sur-faces than the drawing rOom and the furniture is Chinese Chippendale. The dining room is distin-guished by the rare lattice work. As a nuance in the school of Chippendale there is a side table in this de-signer's French manner-rare since tbis c1e"votion to foreign goods continued such a short time-and still unmistakably English, The simplicity of the entahlature counterbalances the elaborate ornamentation of the chimneypicce. The metal masks of the four branched sconces are made to match the smaller masks of the fireplace. Details appropriate to the period are the fire screens Jane in the manner of Angelica Kaufman and the lamp shades also true to the Chinese suggestion of Chippendale not only in their pictures but in their form as well. The rooms ':o,rith the round top windows have elaborate hangings of richly harmonious colors. An exception to the rule of white panelled wood-work and mahogany is found in :Mr. Rockefeller's office which is done in oak. It conforms to the decorative idea of the period of IVilliam and Mary. The wood vvark is rich brO\vn in color and the furnishings of a deep recl. The sofa and chairs are in upholstery of glowing red with a srnall design. The round top win-dov,,' s are hung with harmonious draperies and the en-tire walls are composed of the red oak. There is a red rug on the door to match the furni-ture and the lights are placed in the brackets made in direct imitation of candelabra of the period. The ·por-traits of famous French financiers hang on the walls and then, anachronistic pendent, is a typewriter, which is about the unly thing in the room to suggest modern' husiness. The mouldings on the long oak panels are without ornament, while at either side of the round top win-do\ vs are pilasters meeting a perfectly single cornice. An old mirror of Queen Anne design hangs over the chimney hearthl \vhich contains no shelf. The wall treatment of this room is in the manner of Christopher \Vren. To suggest the work of another noted decorator of the eighteenth century, there is the cupola in the hall or music room C'-Opiedafter that which Inigo Jones put into Ashburnham House in London. Thus has ]Vfr. Cadman completed in the ornamentation of the fIt'st floor his antholog-y of British decorations. The eighteenth century also prevails on the fl90r above. which is dedicated to the sleeping rooms. ~JV[rs. Rockefeller's rOom is finished in the style of the Adam's Made by Manletee Manufacturing Co., .ManIstee, Mich. while Mr. Rockefeller's room is Chippendale. The gucstsl rooms are equally true to the eighteeneh cenw tury English decoration. They are furnished to a con-siderable extent with rare old pieces appropriate to the period of the room and carry out the decorator's idea of elegance and simplicity. ,------- --~----------------------------.--- -- - - - - 28 MICHIGAN ARTISAN r-------------,..- IIII! -------- ---'----_._----------. No. ]133~ NEVER ECLIPSED. IN EVERY MARKET UNDER THE SUN THERE IS A READY SALE FOR MOON DESKS No. H32~-i;i5 inches Ion{/;;32 inc.hes wide; 43 inches bigh Weight, 310 pounds. Nio. 1l33U-i.lO inches long; 32 inches wide; 43 inches high, Weight, :\20 pounds. Quarter s:\wed White Oak. \Vrilillg herl, i)-ply, bUilt lip. Six pigeoll hole boxes. Private cornpartmt'lll With tQ<.'k. Card iudex drawer. Center drawer with lock. Roll top bweep arms, tip top a'ld writing bed lX inc-heslhick. Square edge construction. See tb. Line in the MIlPufacUlrera' Buildlng, GI'and. Rapid&. ·MOON DESK CO., Mu.kel!Oft, Micb. _ ..._-------_._--------------- Remembers Geldowsky, The most prominent manufacturer of furniture in the United States thirty or more years ago was Frank Gelclovvsky. John lUowatt, the superintendent of the Grand Rapids Chair company remembers him well, having been in his employ for a number of years, Geldowsky \vas a Hungarian by birth and learned the art of making fine funlitllre in his native land. He \-vas a big man mentaI1y and physically and when he en-gaged in the business of manufacturing furniture in Cambridge, :Massachusetts, it was with the determina-tion to accomplish achievements that had never been undertaken in the United States. He equipped his large factory with the best machinery maJe in the world and every man employed must be a master in his particular occupation. In th't'- beginningMr_ Geld-owsky manufactured oval top tables as a specia1t:.,{, which sold readily for unheard of prices. VVith his success 1\tIr. GelcIo\'llsky indulged in the purchase of fancy turnouts, including a string of trotters and run- ~-------------------------- I STAR CASTER CUP I !,, I,II •II I IIIII,,I "---------- ,, CO. l NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,I,III , I, IIIII III I I I,II ,, I:,I, .-----,-------"" {PATt>NT A.1't'1.l.I!l) f<oJ(! W, h.ave adoJltett celluloid as a base for our ('aMer Cups. making lht." best cur 011the markel. Celluloid is a great i.mpn~velllent over bases made 0 other lIlatelial. \Vl1ell it is necessary to move a piE'l:e supported by cups with cellutoid ba\;es it call he OOllewith ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth. Celluloid does not sweat and by the use of these cup~ tables are never marreO. These cups are finished in GOlden Oak and White Maple, finished light. If you VJill try a 6«mp~€ 07'461' of thlWf good$1I0U Will desire to handle tlum in quantities. PRICES: Size2M: iTlches.. · .. ·$5.50 per hundred. Size 2%" inches ... , .. 4.SQ Pe~ hundred. f. o. b. a1'ancl Rnpids. TOY A SAMPLE ORDER. ------_.--,----<• needs, and lived extravagantly. His table was sup-plied with "the best the markets afford," to quote from an advertisement of a rural landlord, and his wine cellar was the talk of the town, (Much talk followed the sessions at his buffet. In due time lvIr. Geldowsky engaged a high priced designer in a moment when he feared he could not depend upon his Own masterful :Ma.deby TtJe Udell Works, Indianapolis, Ind. ability in that line of employment and. brought out the most costly and magnificent line of chamber furnr-ture ever seen in America. "On many pieces the carv-ing alone cost from four to :five hundred dollars/' Mr, Mowatt explained, The goods were too costly for the people of the United States, and could not be marketed, Mr, Geldowsky failed and never recovered his position in the trade, "He built furniture for fifty years in advance of his time," ..!\tIr. Mowatt remarked, "but his name will endur:-e in the furniture industry as long as if it were engraved in granite." MICHIGAN ARTISAN 29 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. George Spratt and company will not 5ho\'I/ this year at any furniture exposition. They have a fine line of lovv and medium priced chairs and rockers, and anticipate a fine fall business. The Sheboygan Chair company is one of the houses that has made Sheboygan famous. Their's is one of the largest lines of chairs made in the\~rorld. and also one of the best. The Sheboygan l\ovelty company have a ne"V'cata-logue, showing- lots of new patterns in bookcases, china closets and buffets, in the hanels of a printer. The i'Jorthern Furniture company will show their immense line of bedroom aml dining room furniture on the second floor of the Furniture Exhibition build-ing, Grand Rapids. in July; also at 13th and Michigan, avenue, Chicago and in the Ne\v York Furnitt1rc Ex-change. @ :[:@ Buying Exchanges. At a mercantile convention held in Portland, Ore-gon recently .. the subject of "Buying Exehanges" was discussed. A ::\fr. \Vissinger of California, stated he belonged to one in San Francisco, that handles orders amounting to $2,000,000 annually. l\lanufacturcrs give proper consideration to a concern hanc11ing such an amollnt of husiness. \Vhen huying singre handed the retailer is often pressed il1to a corner, because of his inability to huy stoeks at as Io"vprices as larger houses. Through the agency of the cxc.hangt the retailer is en-abled to buy cHlvantag'eol1s1y and to sell right If the manufact1.uer or the johber are stumbling blocks in the path of the retailer, the. exchange fnrnish,es a remedy. @ * @ A Preacher WiJI Lecture for Undertakers. The annual convention of the l\'lichigan Funeral Directors' and Embalmers' assor.iation will he held in Detroit beginning June 29-J ul)' 1. The association has over five hundred memLers, three hundred of whom t'e c-xpected to be present. Inreresting )programs are contemplated. One of the speakers will be' the Rev, EchvardH, Pence, pastor of the Fort Street Pres-byterian church of Detroit who will speak On "\\That I know and would like to have funeral directors know about their profession.H ---------.... I II ~---_._--- II I I ! I II I IIII Ho. 592. "------------_._--- Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. Geo. Spratt fJ Co., Sheboygan. Wis. r- -- - --- -- ---------------------- -- 30 MICHIGAN ARTISAN -- ._-_._-----------_._--~1 iII IIII I,, II I, • , !I II !i ..-...:------_._-_._----_. r---------------------------~----.-- - 32 MICHIGAN ARTISAN r--------- ------------------------l I HafnerFU~~,~eCompany I I I II!I I IIII !I II 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers Nt). 5007 Rocker. tjJ A very artistic design beautifully ~xecuted. (\ has larre wide elm am! hllJ>J::!- solllely moulded Ilrms The top of the back i.beautifully carved The heavily carwd frame ~ of !.elected northern birch finished in mahogany and h~hfy polished. Fill-ing moss /lIld colton felt. Spring ed~ seat. CATALOG UPON REQUEST. Price, No. I Leather, $22. Samples shown at Manufacturers' Futn-itul" e Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th I St., Chicago. Ih--------- . .-i Met in the Furniture Guild House. The Gral1d Rapids Furniture association met for the annual election and social session on JnIle 18 in the neVl c1ubrooms adjoining the Hotel Pantlind. Dinner was served at 7 o'clock. The nev~r rooms were inspected under the stlpenrision of members of the six companies who furnished them. Several mcrnhers gave a g'reat deal of their valuable time to the selection of the f\urnishings and fittings: The ninner was served in the large dining 1'00111 ~-----------------------.., l Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I I 2 Park wood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. I I I , I I I f I ,I ,I I I I , I I , I , I I I , I , I I , I I I I , I I • : We are now puttilJ~ out the hest Ca.<;ter Cups with cork bases t:Vt:T I t oftereci to the trade. Tnese ar"" finished in Golden Oak and \'lrThiteMaple , I, in 11 lJght finish. These goods are admirable for polished fl.oors and furn- .: iturc rests. They will not sweat or mal". I PRICES: f: Size 21' inches.•... ·$4.00 per hundred Size2%: inches"-,'" 5.00 per hundred I I I ~----Tr-y a-S-am-ple_Ord.er_. --F_ O.n. Grand Rapids. _._- , .... I with a large round table in the center for the officers atld directors and srnaltcr tables around it, each for four guests. Robert W, Irwin, president of the association presided, A speech was made by E. L. Ewing of the 1\'Iichigan Shipping association. The election of the board of directors resulted in the choosing of ¥/illiam H. Jones, Ralph P. Tietsort, F, Stuart Foote, David Brown and A. S. Goodman. The officers \·viJIbe chosen in the near future. @ ',' @ Manufactured Furniture in Grand Rapids in 185l. lIon. \Vi11iam T. Powers, former mayor of Grand Rapids, who began his career as a manufactnrer of furniture in 1851, died on June 17. aged eighty-nine years. He wa~; the first to employ po\v<.:r driven machinery in the making of furniture and to sed~ mar-kets for his output outside of Grand R:lpids and its 'i"icinity. During hls life he engaged in many build-ing, manufacturing and commerc.ial enterpr:3es and had owned the opera house bearing his name since 1874. o @ To Make Hal! Furniture, The Jackson Chair company have leased Houseman hall in Grand Rapids and will furnish the same with machinery and materials necessary for manufacturing a line of hall racks, window seats and' kindred g0ods. M!CHIGAN ARTISAN 31 iI I IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR IT'S AN ALASKA Over 850,000 Alaska refrigerators sold since 1878. Desirable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: Small consumption of ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary provision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. III The Alaska Refrigerator Company I Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. t MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. I L. E. Moon, New York ManaKer. 35 WaneD St .• New York Cit,.. t It- --------------- ... We sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. Paine's Advertising the Best. Retiring President Cook in an address to the retail-ers of South Caroliria, discussed the value of adver-tising as a medium for selling goods at considerable length, aud declared that the best advertising of to-day is that of the Paine Furniture company of Boston: "Pick up any of the daily newspapers of Boston on any day except Sunday and notice the advertisement of the Paine Furniture company. Retailers in ev'ery part of the country enctorse my estimate of its value." @ :;,: @ Muskegon, Michigan. It is worth while to go to Muskegon. It is the largest city on the east shore of Lake Michigan; handsome, prosperous, thriving and a great manu-facturing town. Among the leading industries is the great Alaska Refrigerator Company. (their motto: "If it's the best refrigerator its an Alaska.) More than 850,000 Alas-kas have been manufactured and soldl and the big fac-tory was never more crowded with orders than at the present time. The Moon Desk Company will make a large and choice display of office desks in their show room in the Manufacturers' building, Grand Rapids, in July. Mr. D, L. ~/IcLeod, one of their popular salesmen, who is known pretty nearly everywhere that good rlesks are bought, has taken a new territory-all south of the Ohio river. In addition to the photos of the Moon Desk Company, he will carry the photos of the Muske-gon Valley Furniture Company and the St. Johns Table Company of Cadillac. Frank M. Barton and Royal E. :Moon will take all the territory north of the Ohio river. The Muskegon Valley Furniture Company will have new and beautiful samples of bedroom furniture to ~how the buyers when they c~me in July. Their show rooms are 111 the ::\fanufacturers' Building in Grand Rapids. An experienced windo\l.; dresser uses pictures very effectively in attracting the attentiolYof persons on the street. The articles offered for sale~hGuld not be subordinated to the pictures, however. 110ving objec.ts have a value. r---- ---------- ..., II MUSKEGON VAlLEY FURNITURE COMPANY I MUSKEGON . . IMien.... II IGOlonlOl~lIes ITOil post Bens oun orB8&ers ChillonJers Wordrooos lllllies' ·IOilels oresslno IODies Mohooony IlnJOid GOOdS II •I• @ * @ Gift Enterprises Illegal. The legislatures of the states of Iowa and Minne-sota have passed bill.s declaring the disposition of goods by the gift enterprise plan a misdemeanor and providing a heavy fine to be imposed upon violators of the laws. @ * @ The contents of the mansion of former Governor Roman, of Louisiana, were sold recently, 1\tlany rare pieces in rosewood, mahogany and oak were purchased by collectors from the northern states. These articles demand fine surroundings, and in time will grace the homes of the rich. Line on we in MlII.nufa<:.t_' Building, Grand Rapids. !i"lRS'.r PAGE OF COVER OF HOLLAND FTR-"TlTl"RE CO:\,[PA:',n:,'s (;,\TAI,OG, OF HOLLAXD, "-"nCE:. Plates by Michigan El)graving Co. Prcss of \Vldte Printing Co. From Original Painling by Miss E. S. Brower. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 33 New Designs Furniture u D 100 E It necessarily follows that with the most skilled designer money can procure, with an up to date factory in every way and specializing on certain lines that we can produce furni· ture that of its kind has no equaL For months we have been at work and f~omJune 24. 1909, until the show is over we invite you to our space in the Furniture Exhi. bition Building, 4th Floor, Grand Rapids, Mich. See The Udell Works Line in Grand Rapids and write The Udell Worh.s Indianapolis. Indiana ~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ t I , I j Call on Smith-Thompson Co. ! I I I THE NEW FIRM I I I 17th Floor, 1411 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO ! I III• I I I II !I• L L Send for Handsome New Catalog. It will he a reference book of the Udell product that will be constantly referred to by the trade. We have made it so aUractive and gotten it up in a. way to be of the greatest assistance to the dealer in making selections and is a help in sales from Catalog. Just think of over 260 different patterns of beautiful furniture in one exquisite book ptinted on superfine paper and showing complete lines of Libr;'ry nookcases, Disc Record Cubi-net, Ladif's' De~ks, Cylinder Record Cabinels, Sheet Music Cabinets, Medicine Cabinets, Pia n 0 Playe, Roll Cabinets, Com. modes, Foldio2 Tables, Etc. M. A The Udell Work., Indianapolis, Ind. (ienfl,mert- Please send me your new Catalog 1'\0, 30. I We have the PRICES and QUALITY I III I • LOOK AT OUR LIST Spencer Table Company •••Tables.--Marion, Ind. Tell City Furniture Company---Chamber Suites---Tell City, Ind. Standard Chair Company---Chairs and Rockers---Thomasville, N. C. Tidionte Furniture Company---Dressers, Chiffoniersand Commodes---Tidionte, Pa. Jamestown Cabinet Company---Center and Library T ables---Jamestown, N. Y. ~~--------------------~ -- -- 34 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~, ------------------------------------- 1 • • ...----- ---------------------_.------ MICHIGAN ARTISAN ------------------- ....II Michigan Furniture Co. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Manufacturers OJ CHAMBER FURNITURE in Mahogany, Quartered and Plain Oak. Odd Dressers in Birch and Imitation Mahogany. The best goods for the price on the market. Write for prices. 35 >---------------------------------------------------------------------------~ Retailers of Indiana will Meet in the Pivot City, On June 30 the retailers of Indiana will meet at Indianapolis, the HPivot City." vVith its many indus-tries no trade is better represented than that of fur-niture. Twenty-five manufacturers, owning large, modern plants, do a thriving business within her bor-ders. \Vithin an hour's ride there are lnauv more fac-tories, located at Shelbyville, ColumbUS, .Kc,"v Castle, Seymour and Richmond, which contribute to the pronl-inence Indiana enjoys as a manufacturing state. The program arranged for the convention is as follows: .Morning session, June 30, 9 :30 o'clock. JIceting of the executive committee at headquar-ters, Claypool Hotel. Applications for mcmbership received. 10'00 o'clock. Convention called to order by President I-I. I'd. Purviance, Hltlltington, Indiana. Roll call and appointments of committees, reading of minutes of last meeting, president's Address-H, 11. Purviance, report of secretarv and treasurer- Ceorge II. Oilar, Indianapolis, Indiana; report of the executive committee-Chairman, Robert Smith. J\Iar-ion, Indiana, aJJress-M. J, Mulvihill, St, Louis, l\'Iissouri, President of the I\Tational Retail Furniture Dealer's Association, acldress-::\lark p. Goodlet, Sec-retary, :'-Ja:tional Retail Furniture Dealers' Association: applications for rnembership and pa)'lTlent of dues re-ceived by the secretary. Afternoon Session, 1 :30 o'clock, Report of special cornmittees, unfinished business, ne\V business, Adclress-st1 bj ect, "The Science of ::\'1od-ern Business 13uilchng," Frofessor A. F. Sheldon, the Sheldon School, Chicago )llinois, election of officers election of delcgates to the )Jational Convention, banquet and entertainment,Furniture l\Ianllfacturers, Retailers and Salesmen of the state. German House. 7 o'clock p. m. sharp. @ '" e 1I. H. Rice, contracting agent for \Y. Snellenberg & Company of Philadelphia, arrived in Grand Rapids recently. @ * @ The "out-Of-tDWll" lines noyv on sale in Grand Rapids, filled two hundred large furniture cars. ...._---_.------ ,: MANUFACTURERS OF I: HARDWOOD VLUENMEBEERRS& III\ IIII '"----- ----_...., II II I• SPECIALTIES: ~1.,,{'fE~~QUAORA. K VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN II' BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main__S_I_._,_______ FO.RT WAYN•E__, IN.D...IA_N_A ..I1 36 MICHIGAI'\ ri"hc ;3rnith Thompson company is the name of a ne"v cOlr,m~ssioa firtn which has opened up for business in Chicago at the 1411 building on the seventh t1oor. C,H. Smith a;d A. R. Thompson cotnprisc the com-paLlY. Both have been engaged in the fL1rniture tra::1e for a number of ye:Hs awl lnvc been associated ..v;th lVlcAllsh, Dwyer & Corq;an:r icr SOme time past. ::\lr. Smith was connected with the cffice of that \'Vell kno' ....n house, looking after their correspondence and order department and 1ft. Thompson has been one of their road ~ales:T::en. The Smith-Thompson company are n=j:rcscntlng the S::;encrf Table company, ),,1arion, In- (Lana; the Tell City Fur:l:ture company, Tell City. Indiana; the Th')masvilleFurlliture cO:l1pany, Thor:r::~- v~lle, 1\orth Carolina; the Tid~oute Furniture c::r;,--:p~ll1Y,'-; i :li~)i.lt(', Pennsylvania; the J amestQ-,'I:I C ,h:nct company, Jamestown, Xev,' York. Other E:JC5 1\ ill r,e ,d'icd :1.~lcl it is the intention to ,varehouse their lice of t~~)les i'l Chicago. Fres~dent Cl:ar~es I. \Vill of the]. E. \\Till conr)3.'_l}, Bloomington, Illinois, visited the Ch!cago market re-c2ntly t::J m,:,ke p~1fchases for his company which was incor;:->oratcd 1:IS': january and has an authorized and paid in c:lpital of $l.1,OJO. Th-e Vv'ill- company bought out the B~ooI1l1ng·~').1 Furn:ture company and are no\verecting a fOLlr story (iouble frO:1t trick ~:"liLt:q;.the hent of enameled \vhite terr~l cotta. The ma:n aClor is 44x99. The other offi-cers of the \Y!ll company are vice-president and m:W:l-ge", J. E. \\':11, sec "ctary. J. E. Hoffman and treasurer, j. 1'!. Co~e. Fres:Jer.t y,r;:l is an attorney a:ld al-o is a member of the wholes:.t~e grocery house of :Mucllcr. Platt & ~Whee1and, Decatur, Illinois. The SJ:;;s COl1solilbteJ Chair company hav-; sent o'"~t c·rcular letters to the tra"e this month in \\"h~ch attention is called to the ~ubject of "Speclalizafon" a'l'! "Concentration" as applied by the Sikes l1:ethod o manufacture. The output of the S!kes factori(s is very large alld 1he chairs made are lill1:ted to the most attractive ~l' ·CT..s a~1d these are produced in large qualltit~es, Henry Schmit 8 Co. liOP~-I.NS ANIl H'RRIET STS, Cincinnati, Ohio mak"Tl< of Uphol&tered Furniture foe 1. )fW,E aud rULPIT, PARLOR, !.IflR,\RY. HOTl·L and CLUR ROOM .----------------~-----------------------~ l~ ARTISAN at greatly reduced cost. Other factories of much smaller capacity, make many grades, styles and var-ieties of chairs, each in relatively small quantities a11\1 at correspondingly high costs. lIence they cannot compete in qua1t:y and prices. A fe\-v of the very best selling l'vfission Chairs have oeen add,eel and a few numbers in each of the most popular types oJ Colonial, Elizabethan, Dutch Renaissance and Sheraton Chairs to match and harmonize in style and finish. the dining room '~period" furniture, now sO 111uch sought for By the purchase of Sikes chai rs, YO~l get the benefit (ele-gance at reduced cost) of "specialization" and can always please yo~:r customers oi gJo~l taste awl mod-erate means. ]. J. Riley, the veteran salesman, who is representing the Jacoby Furniture company, !\,fechanics Furniture c:)mpany and others left for Bos~on On June 11, wher-e Made by Lentz Table Co, Nashville. Micb. , he spent hvo weexs on a businEss aaJ pleasure trip. Easton is Jack's old hume and while there he \';sited two sisters for th~ first'time in ten years. The Peck & Hills Furniture company are getting the matter together ·~or their ne-w catalogue to make its appearance ./'dy IS, 190). The catalogue will be one of the finf.st yet put out and will consist of five or six hundred pages. Secretary Fred G. S:kes o;~ the Sikes COilsolidateJ Chair company retvrned to Chicago, June 9th fr.om Buffalo, ='Je\\' Yor!<, where he spent three weeks at the company's plant, advising with the superintendent and designer in reference to the July ·line which will be made morc extensive and ~trongcr than evcr. C. F. Krueger, who travels for the Johnson Chair company in Indi·t11Cl.,Ohio and Illi11'J:.s spent some time :11 June at Kenc~ha, :VVisconsin, where he is putting up a s~ore building for rental purposes and to be ce>m-p! eted July I, I9JJ. The building w'l1 be used for" nEat market and will be 78x 123. The Gecrge D. \Vil1iams company have been s'=t1J- MICHIGA]\ ing out five thousand catalogues during the past lr.-onth. the ~:atlle beillg the secol1cl editioil the cOinpany has put out. Prcsiz:ent Joseph l\Te)"cr of the .:\fanufactl1rcrs· Ex-hiblt; on l-lu:ldil1g cOlllpall~'i made a weeks' bllsille:::s trip ill tll'': east, starting 011 June ]5. a1l(1incidentally visited his old home in Rochester. \:cvv 'y'ork before returning to Chtcago. The Central ::\Llllufactllring C01llpany afC sending out .1000 blotters to their trade this month making special mention of their line of sanitary desks. The L~t1itcd States Furnitl1re company 45R-400 \Va-hash avenue, \'ias visithl hy 11rc at an early hour In the 1llOrll;ng of June IK resulting ill a complete loss to the stoe\- and building. The stock was valued at about $60,000 On Vdlich there "va::.; $40.000 ilburance. The company occupied the entire building- of six floors and basement and were leasing the sarCte from Oliver & Company. The building ,vas valued at from S40,OOO to $.10,000 and \vas insured. The United States Fur-niture compan}' was incorporated ill December, 1908. under the Lrvvs of l\Jainc and ,vas nfficned a:-.1follows: president, joseph J. Schnclder: ti.r~t vice presi(lent, :\1. A. St. Johns; second vice president, II. A. Allman: treasurer, Korman Larsen; secretary, E. L. Brown; manager. [-1. J. Sloan. The company cOlllmenced bus-iness of F'ebruary 1, 1909 and they were making ex-cellent progress, had just compktt'd duri.ng the week of the fire a large hospital deal Pre;.;ident Schnclder states that the cOlnpany \vill reSUlllC business as early a::.; possible. The July line of the Va]elltille-Seaver company this ycar \\'ill shov~; tIle higgest \\ne of changes in tha1 wcll'kno,vn company's hi'story, and \>vill he exhibited only in Grand Rapids ill the Furniture Exhibition building on the fifth floor. Their line of pretty parlor pieccs will be continued and made as effectivc as cver, out the company are add-ing a lIne of heavy living- r{lOlll pieces 011 Colonial lines in lHahoRany and oak. that will attract much ~lt-tention from the buyers. 'The line in general ,,,,,ill also be much larg'er than evcr before. A furniture st()C~( contallli:lg pieces that possess indi vidualit:.y and up-to-date effects will help to bring nc\v trade and to keep the old. The "Valentine-Seavcr \\"ay" of making ';Pretty Parlor llieces" pleases the cw~tomer and a pleascd customer mean-"' further tra~IE:': Their furniture is llla(le UP~)J1honor-all designed and built in their own factory-possesses exclusive and or;ginal features-has that appearance of cla;.;,.,and re-finemcnt so appealing to men and WOIJlCH c:f today. The V"alcntine-Seavcr latcst idea-Removable Spring- Cushion Seats-are a splendid trade \vinning fe3.ture and tlleir loose box cushions are as popular as \'.rhen they \vere tirst introduced The Eaton CI1:1ir cOllllnny jobbers and lllanuhc-turers of chairs, 2'197 La Salle avenue, Chicago, have been sending out :iOCa catalogues containing six hun-dred cuts to the trade the past month. The catalo-gue is a llandsome affa1f in every respect. AkTlSAN 3i June 28th and through July Klingman Building, 5th floor VALENTINE·SEAVER CO. We have supplemented our line 01 "Pretty Parlor Pieces" with an entirely new line of Upholslered Living Room and Modified Mi"ion pIeces. You will find il 10 your interest by giving the same your critical examination bel ore placing orde15. VALENTINE·SEA VER' CO. Chicago II III 1. ~ - .. Office and Faclnty. 527-'>33 Sedgwick 51. Frame Fllct<J.ry 421_427 WelIl 21st St. " 38 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ..-------------------------- ---- .... . -.-4 III , I .~, ~ . "":i>.:>7f:v-.-'<TJ' " •. "_,_.~;,;.;,,;."C, • MICHIGAN ARTISAN 39 York Furniture Exchange. Their line of dining room furniture, in golden, ,"veathered, early English, in all popular oak finishes will be one that nO prudent deal-er can afford to miss. The Ornamental Products company have com-menced work on a new factory at Lafayette and Four-teenth avenues. It will furnish more than double the space of their present location on "VVestFourth street.' :'.lany! of the friends of Victor C. E. Ceulebrock will be glad to learn that he has taken a very ll11pOr- Retail dealers in furniture, report quite an improve-ment, as the warm '~leather develops and business is taking on hrighter prospects. The hig store of Pard-ridge & Blackwell, one of the largest in the city, one whole floor of which is devoted to furniture, has been succeeded by the }lilner & Crov,rley com-pany and b1tsiness is going on as usual. V'/ork 011 the big Owen store is progressing rapidly. V,/hen completed it will be one of the largest in :r-"Iichi-gan. T ~ocal manllfactureres who sho\i\' lines in Grand Rapids, Chicago and )Jew York have made the usual preparations and will be on hand with the opening in each city prepared to prove that Detroit is on the furni-ture map as ,,'ell as in automobiles. The Posseliu3 Brothers Furniture Manufacturing company will show the largest and finest line of ex-tension tables in the \'lanutacturers' Exhibition build-ing, 1319 lVlichigan avenue, they have ever put on the market. All pedestal tables will be fitted up with the DuoStyle lock and the famous Victor's ,",,,,ill form an important part of the exhibit. ]. C. YVidman & COlupany and the Hllmphrey- \.Vidman Bookcase company have secured a large space on the third floor of the Furnitureb~xchange, Grand Rapids. and \"ill make a fine display of dining room and hall furniture and fancy framed mirrors. This is the first time this company has shown in Grand Rapids in many years, and they anticipate and with reason a fine business. They will also display their full line on the seventh floor of the }l anufac' turers' building, 1319 :1fichigan avenue, Chicago. and the \Viclman hoys (five 1n nurnber) and J. C. \Virllnan, their daddy. \vill alternate between Crand Rapids and Chicago. The line will also he shmvn in the New ~._----------------------.. II II I! ,,, ,, II Reed Furniture I Baby Carriages I Go-Carts ,~ III II II ,,~--------------------------~ Plon[[R Manuladurin~ (ompany DETROIT, MICH. F1llt tine ;;hown only al Ihe factory. tant position-that of credit manager-in the big l\lit-ner- Crov.rley department store. "Vie," as all the boys call him, \Vas for several years with \'l. E. Barker. and after 1'1r'1. Harket··s death remained with Bosley, who hought the Barker store on IVIichigan avenue. [<'or thirty years or thereabouts l\'1r. Ceulebrock has been iclentified with the furniture trade as manufac-turer. salesmen and merchant and has a host of friends who \'-'ill rejoice at his aJvancernent to this impo~tant position. ~,,--------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I OUR LARGE NEW LINE OF DINING and OFFICE TABLES The season for banquets is now here. Our Banquet Table Tapis. just the thing for banquets. are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. Stow & Davis Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~--------------- City Salesroom. 4th floor, Blodgett Bid g. •I 40 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------_.~ . Moon Desk Co. MUSKEGON. MICH Moon Desks." iWonte-iiA fine line of D. L. Conrey Exhibit in Grand Rapids. A complete exhibit of the large line of china cabi-nets, music cabinets, benches, combination book cases and library cases, manufactured by the D. L. Conrey company, Shelbyville, Indiana, will be found on sale in the Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapids. and also \vith the George D. V/illiams company, 1300 .:\lichigan avenue, Chicago, during the remainder of the current 'year. The line is an excellent one in de-sign, construction and finish. 1\1r. J- A. Conrey, vice-prEsident of the company will be in attendance UpO;l the sales. Grand Rapid" Mich. MOON DESKS on exhiliition 3d floor Manufacturers' Rldg- D. L. MIlLeod and R. B. MOOD in IlharRe. COUllte-"Yes indeed, my order for twenty-five No. 185. Best desk on the market for the money." placed ~--- ------_._-------------------- --. -- - -. ---------- - --- - ---'I ® .,. Q Somebody suggests that all colleges should be berned. But wouldn't it do just as well to met·ely ~Jl1rl1the frea': elothes college boys wear? Porch Furniture. The Holland Carving ancl .\loulding company (Thornton & Company , proprietors) I-Iollltnd,IVIichigan manufacturers of knock down chairs and porch furni-ture \vill add to their line to a considerable extent. Thornton & Company have been located in Holland the past year and have built a plant 50x150, also a two story warehouse, 40x60 feet. Cam?bel!'s New Factory The C. H, Campbell Furniture company of Shelby-ville, Indiana, will erect a large factory during the current year in \Yest Shelbyville, near the plants of the Conrey-Davis, IIodell, D. L. Conrey, and Spiegel Furniture companies. The company recently incre:ls-ed its cap'tal st~ck from $10,000.00 to $60,000.00. ~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.~ :: : I (,UR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EXTENSION TABLES ARE BEST MADE BEST FINISHED VALUES All Made lrom Thoroughly Seasoned Stmk.. f I ___________________________________________ J LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICH. MICHIGAN The FuIl Scope of the Arts and Crafts Movement Remains to be Discovered. ".fr. Royal C:ortissoz gave the other day at Washing-ton a very interesting talk on the snbject of common sen'se in craftsmanship. His principal point \-vas, if we are not mistaken, the unwillingness of the public to ask for art in small things. Largely because of thi's unwil-lingness, he thinks, and the general indifference the artist has limited his product to pictures and monumental sculptures and the craftsman has misdirected his energy by making his designs without sufficient knO"\i\!- ledge of his material. The question discussed 1S so important to all who are interested in the progress of art in this country that one is tempted to continue the line of suggestion. Apparently we err in two directions. Vv'e not onlv ~ake too much of the artist in refraining from asl:- mg him to paint for us desig-ns on our walls or an arabesque for our loggia, but \~e make too little of our artist-craftsman in not demanding the fruit of his ~abors. The lattcr error is perhaps the greater. It 18 not proba.ble that an artist, even a young artist, ap-proached w1th a request for an arabesque or a door frame, would in thc Inajority of instanccs respond with enthusiasm, and our secret conviction of this would prevent our making the request. 1\11". La Farge, in a recent lecture, touched on this specialization in art which has brought about such a different state of feel-ing from that of the l\lic1dle Ages and the Renais-sance, The Leonardos and Raphaels of today do not perhaps so much feel themselves above the~ simpler form of activity in art as unpreparecl to cope with the slightly different problems involved. vVe have lost everything in facility of mind. \\ie run along care-fully laid tracks, and when ,ve run off these the result is in the nature of a catastrophe. But if we cannot bring ourselves to ask our artists to busy themselves vvith our house decoration we cer-tai~ Iy can encourage intelligence in craftsmanship. It 1S the fault of the public if our "arts and crafts societies" do not add to the beauties of our homes. vVe have all seen, of course, not a few of the "fearful and wonderful designs which they caU ,vallpaper," and the ('absolu.tely unwearable ornaments" offered as jew-elry to whIch 1\'1r. Cortissoz refers, but we have also :;;een excellent designs for wallpaper, as weU as for Jewelry, even for door knockers and andirons and salt :el1ars and lanterns, which, hov..rever, are not produced In numbers, and which linger disconsolately in the salesrooms because the public will not purchase llSC-flll things from the artist-craftsman. "Arts and crafts" jewelry, unwearable or not, is salable, and so are vases and stenciled scarfs and carved watch stands and other charming and superfluous objects. but for coal hods and ,,,rood baskets, door knobs and fenclers, the public prefers to gu to the house furnishing depart-ment of the big store. An unconcealed suspicion of the hand-made articles prevails ,vhen purely utilitarian objects arc in ques-tion. The public knows that the commercial article ARTISAN 41 will "work," will serve its purpose, and fit its place, and it is cheaper. J'1oreover, there is no exhibited sup-ply of hanel-made furnishings of this kind from which to choose. They do not appear in the permanent ex-hibitions of the arts and crafts societies, and only in-frequently and in smal1 numbers in the annual exhi-bitions, and the average purchaser likes to see what he is buying for his house, The old country warning against buying a pig in a poke is still more rigorously applied to door knobs and knockers and electric fix-hues, &c. It requires not only courage but consider-able experience to "know what one likes" without see-ing it. Hence the rooted objection to ordering useful articles that also may be ornamental from young crafts-men who have no wares to show. Yet that appears to be the only Viray out. ,Until we are ready to take the chance of disap-pomtment, which is only a slight one at worst, in-volved in going with our modest orders to the pupils of those schools which teach craftsmanship, we will continue to do without the personal touch in the more prosaic appliances in our homes. That we are not in-different to the personal touch is obvious enough from our prompt investigation of the "antique" shops vi.:hen we set foot on European soil. Nothing bestows a greater sense of well-being upon the touriseof mod-erate means than to nnearth from the dark corners of a~ Antvv'erp or London shop an old iron key with the bow of a graceful interlaced design, or a chatelaine mount of chiseled iron damascened with silver. Yet excellent iromvork is done today by the pupils of the schools which include workshops, such as Pratt Institute and the manual training high schools, work that is directed toward meeting the requirements of the market, yet has the stamp of the individual. Anyone sufficiently confident of himself and fami-liar with the resources of the school to place his order for so simple a household necessity as door keys, for example, with a pupil of good standing in such a school might tlltlS add to his scheme of interior decoration at least one element of attractiveness, without running any risk of seriolls loss. It is only by some awakening on the part of the pnblie to the possibilities of indi-vidually profiting by all this machinery that we have set in motion for the production of h~nest and taste-ful hand-made articles. that the craftsmen will gain confidence to experiment upon the common and nec-essary furnishings of a house, and will produce amI exhibit ,vork in this direction. The key to the whole problem was indicated by Mr. Cortissoz when he declared that our "artistic crafts-men'" will get their real chance and be stimulated to prepare themselves for it ,"vhen America demands the frttits of craftsmanship as it now demands painting-s and statues. Everyone remembers the complaint of \Vi11iam ]\{orris when he built Red ITouse, that nothing could be bought ready made which he would consent to pttt in it. W\-ot a chair or table or bed," says his bio-grapher; "not cloth or paper hanging for the walls, nor come for us to make use of the trained talent already at hand for our present pleasure, as well as for the pur-pose of stimulating the craftsmen to further efforts. There always must be a large number of household articles that are both useful and ornamental, which can much better be produced entirely or in part by machinery than by hand, but there are many which machinery never can make as beautiful as they may be made by the hand of the craftsman, and these are the things which we can put into our houses at a cost often very little greater than we should have to pay for the machine-made article, and with a much greater re-turn of satisfaction, especially if we have the natural greedy love of possessing what is not precisely dupli-cated for anyone else. \Vith this in mind visitors to the exhibitions of the schools of design and manual training which will hold their annual exhibitions within the next two or three weeks will find much to interest th~m and to re-pay close examination of the articles made hy the pupils.-New York Times. 42 MICHIGAN ARTISAN tiles to line fireplaces or passages; nor a curtain or a candlestick; nor a jug to hold wine or a glass to drink it ont of, but had to be reinvented, one might almost say to escape the ugliness of the current article," Let us consider how much could be done today in the United States toward the furnishing of a house without having recourse to the stock of commerce or to the professional decorator; how much, that is, could be provided by the arts and crafts societies and the schools. If we take only such things as actually have been produced and shown in public exhibitions we shall find a considerable range, and if all the work has 110tbeen executed with precision or in conformity with the highest standards it is fair to remember that Morris made Red House a place of real beauty without ex-acting perfection of detail, or even elegance of design in all instances. In his own work he set the person nearest at hand to work at the craft required, and ex-pected something pretty good to cOme of it. In the recent exhibitions, then, we have seen a great many rugs of durable quality and agreeable color, and a few of genuine distinction; a considerable number of chairs and tables, desks, chests, and screens, handsomely carvetl and practical in form; a little, far too little, iron work of a very high order, as, for example, a grille shown in a Boston exhibition a year or so -ago in which bent rods were passed through holes in other rods, forming an elaborate interlace of beautiful design; a wrought-iron stair rail shown in the same exhibit, and an elaborate lock and key with mod~led figures and much delicate damascene orna-ment; dyed silks and draperies woven in pleasant pattern, most of them too dull in color, but a few showing a joyous and lively color sense on the part of the designer; silver table utensils, severe in design and carefully executed, together, it must be owned, with other pieces of exasperating faultiness; a few pieces of pottery and porcelain designed for table use, and a very little well-designed glass. There also have been shown andirons ann lamps and delightful door knobs, waste-paper baskets and other baskets, large quantities of garden pottery, ti1e~ in plain colors, and others with admirable patterns and figures; bed spreads, picture and mirror frames, drawer pulls, hinges. and candle-sticks. \Ve have referred only to articles which have been found to be executed in a competent manner and with appreciation of the material worked in. There have been other things that might have passed muster with Morris in the early Victorian era, because of a certain energy of conception, but that would not have come up to his own ideal of workmanship, and that do not satisfy our own. It is obvious that a man with a house to furnish at the present day and unwilling to buy machine-made articles would not be forced either to reinvent them or train others to make them, The modern craftsmen have fought against many discouragements and have improved their standards by degrees with very little . help from the public at large. The time certainly has @ * @ Fifty Years of Success in the Art and Crafts at Cooper Union. One of the chief objects which Mr. Peter Cooper had in view when he laid the foundation of the now much-extended Cooper Cnion was to promote the intimate and vital association of art with s.;;ience and both with industry. He foresaw with a vision keener than that of most of his contemporaries in this country the need of a republic for the modifying influences of culture. Throughout the letter with which he ac-companied the trust deed of the union is manifested not only the great benevolence of his nature, but his appreciation of the value of art in a community and his sense of the obligation laid upon us to enjoy beanty as well as to practice virtue, to use his own phraseology. During the fifty years that have elapsed since the founding of the union many changes naturally have taken place in the relation of art to the other interests of the city, and institutions of one kind and another have sprung up with the common purpose of stimulat-ing the interest of the people in questions of aesthetics. Nothing, however, has been found to contribute so ma-terially to that end as placing before the public ob-jects of the highest artistic merit, the education that we receive through our eyes having no equal where art is concerned. In this direction Cooper Union not only has held its own with the wealthy and extensive institutions of the city, but has surpassed them in several particu-lars. Its museum of the arts of decoration was for-mally opened for the use of the public in May, 1896, and it now covers the whole fourth fluor of the bnild-ing. It contains among other things some of the most beautiful work in carved wood 'of the eighteenth cen-tury to be seen anywhere in America and its collec-tion of textiles is consulted by manufacturers and de- "'1 1 CHI G AN signers from all over the country. The arrangement of the different collections is chronological and com-parative, 50 that the work of various countries at the same period is seen side by side in the artistic trade represented, and visitors can draw their conclusions as to the relative merits and rate of progress in dif-ferent places. The library also, for practical reference and study, is superb, and in the field of design is probably un-equaled in any public institution in this country. Ju addition to the books of reference, which are numer-ous and selected v'lith care and knowledge, there are the encylopedic scrapbooks of pictures which illustrate practically every department of decorative art, and afC so arranged that tracings may be made for private or business use. Thus a person about to build a house and desiring to familiarize himself with the best that has been done in the past in the way of interior orna-mentation, could consult these scrapbooks for different styles of ornamental furnishings, from carved stair rails to knobs and knockers! and what is even more im-portant, the vvorkmen themselves would be able to correct their taste and broaden their knowledge by familiarity with these selected designs. This kind of influence works slowly, but it does work, as has been demonstrated in France by the succcss of the 1\,1USce des Arts Decoratifsj an insti-tution which has been the model for the museum of the Cooper Uuion. If the founder of thc union could return and ex-amine the resources thus placed in the hanGs of the American working men and women he could hardly fail to feel that his institute had bravely done its part in that Himprovement and instruction of those citizens whose occupations are calculated to deprive them of proper recreation and instruction, which it was his express desire to make possible." A general response to the efforts made, not only on the part of the public, in the form of readiness to use the- material provided, is of course, the ideal mon-ument to Peter Cooper's memory, but the desire of his daughter, Mrs. Hewitt, to commemorate in some ar-tistic and enduring form the fifieth anniversary of Cooper Union, springs from what is perhaps the finest of our human impulses, the impulse to do homage ,vherever it is due~ as it is expressed in the inspiring and historic summons, "'Let us rIOW praise famous men anJ our fathers who '\\'cre before us." and the form chosen for the commemorative object could not be more appropriate or better designed to express the standard of those connected with the union. A medal has been designed by Roty, the greatest living medallist in France, bearing 011 its face the por-trait of :Mr. Cooper in the likeness of his later years. and on its reverSe the Cooper Union ,vith a graceful allegorical figure of Learning seateel in the foreground. A fine stamp made in the exact fac simile of the medal will be used as the seal for diplomas and other docu-ments issued by the union, and will replace the very inferior seal used heretofore. AkTlSAN 43 Bronze replicas of the medal are to be given to the graduates gaining their diplomas in the Day School of Technical Science, the Night School of Science and the Night School of Chemistry, and those who are fortunate enough to win one of these re-wards wil1 he in possession of a remarkably fine ex-ample ot the medallist's art. 'The artist was placed in possession of the facts of Mr. Cooper's life, a life that could not but appeal in its industry and practical ideals to the best instincts of the French mind, and although now arrived at an age \vhcn neVi, commissions are oftener rejected than ac-ceptecl l Roty undertook the task with much more than a perfunctory interest, as the result shows. The beautiful work on the medal makes it a treas-ure that never can be regarded with other than respect. Roty's art is invariably thoughtful and delicate, but in thts instance it is apparent that he was deeply con-cerned with rendering the special character of his sub-ject. Without in the slightest degree compromising his precision of line or the sensitive and sincere finish of the details of his design, he has given the effect of breadth and simplicity in the portrait to an unusual degree. The fteshlike texture and the rich, bland modeling of the dignified head are especialy note-worthy, and bear comparison with the best Italian work of this kind. The lights rest on the subtly varied surfaces and ripple into shade with the charm that only the true medallist can convey, and the sharp accents of dark, disposed with economy and the in-fallible instinct for the decorative effect, are in them-selves notes of mastery. The French have always appreciated the impor-tance of medals as historical records of convenient size and artistic records of peculiar refinement and ex-acting requirements. French medallists, in conse-quence, have spared themselves no efforts in conform-ing to the technical demands of the medium. The small size of a medal calls for a finer and more certain touch and for a somewhat more clearly defined relief than arc necessary in modeling objects of larger area. The eye embraces the whole at a glance, and any trace of slovenliness in handling or undue vagueness of realization would detract from the beauty of the effect. The impression made upon the mind should be c1ear-cut and direct. Roty has never departed from these principles. He is minute without pedantry, exquisite without affecta-tion, dear but not cold. M. Salomon Reinach char-acterizes him as neither Florentine nor Greek, but recalling in his aristocratic elegance the school of Fontainebleau and Jean Goujon, the first French trans-formation of Italian art. If, however, he has some-thing of Goujon's feeling for measure, for harmony, and style. he lacks his archaistic tendencies, and his art is even 1l10re than Goujon's a personal affair. vVhen 1;ve hlrn from the polished and sinewy ac-complishment of this trained mind and hand to the modest efforts of stlldents who in most cases have not assimilated the influences by which they afe so liber- r MICHIGAN ARTISAN ally surrounded, we are obliged to readjust OUf stand-point and assume a different attitude of mind. In place of contemplating a great talent nourished by artistic traditions of the utmost richness and enjoying the facility won from long experience and toil, we are confronted by the moderate talent of young men and women who arc choosing decorative art as a means of livelihood, and are more or less hampered by the prevalent commercial standard warring against the standards represented in their museum. It is interesting to observe that the museum stand-ard is .nevertheless impressing itself upon their work to a certain limited degree. Not only are the copies made from objects in the museum true in color and linel but the original designs for tapestries, fans, wall papers, and so forth, shov,,' a tendency toward elegance of pattern and distinction in the color harmonies that does not spring uninspired in the mind of the average art student, and can easily be traced to the influence of the beautiful models to which these students have access. The place of such models in the education of the modern designer cannot be better defined than it is in the following sentence quoted from NEss Eleanor G. Hewitt's report of last year: "The American designer and workman can get relief and size of moldings from casts, but· cannot cteate color effects from the white, nor from the finest reproductions of the best designs in books. He has not, what the European workman has, lifelong sur-roundings and innate consciousness of decorative de-sign which there exists on every side .. To fill this void and place the foot of the native designer on the first rung of the ladder, to enable him to instil into his mind fine color schemes and ornamental detail, he must see for himself, even if he cannot live among them, how originals look; from them he must study decorative ornament, until, from the ideals of the past, the new, caused by present conditions and demands .. will spring strong and bold from accurate knowledge of the old." It is this service above all others that Cooper Union renders to students of decorative art.-N ew York Times. @ ~. @ Carver-en t ter·Barber. "I made a confession to my wife last night," remarked the barber as he deftly snipped off a mole on the neck of the man in the chair, starting a flow of crimson. "Did you tell her that with practice you expect to cut a ma~'s head off?" inquired the man in the chair. ~~Oh,no. I have always been in the ~utting bus-iness, however. For five years I was a wood carver, for eight yea.r:-sa cutter of ladies' wear and since then a cutter of hair." '.IWhy d~m't you call yourself a .meat cutter also/' .said the man in the chair. "You are well qualified to run a butcher shop," the victim continued. "Yes, I have' always been in the cutting business," C'ontinubdthe· barber vigorously rubbing the wound he had infliCted with a caustic stiCk and ignoring the remarks 6f hI'S' 'Vlctim. I earned good wages as a wood carver, but since the introduction of arts and crafts, mlSSIOn and figured woods there is little for the carver to do. Many high class workmen have engaged in other occupa-tions, such as selling insurance, meals, 'Setting up pins in bowling alleys, dealing faro and playing poker. But for the prevalence of arts and crafts, early English and mission in the furniture trade the carvers would be lead-er'S in civic reform) temperance and church extension work. I worked in one factory under a foreman who spent most of his time reading newspapers and smoking. He was not a carver, although at times when the big boss came through the shop it waS his practice to grab a tool and make the chips fly until the door had closed behind the visitor. His value to his employers lay in his 'supposed ability to get out carvings at minimum cost. Two good. men made the initial cuts and e'stimated the cost of the same. Whatever prices they made fixed the price for the piece workers for subsequent cuts. Now these ex":' perts were friends of the piece workers and never hur-ried in the execution of their tasks. The fat slob loung-ing over his newspaper and enjoying his cigars never learned that he was paying ten per cent more for carvings than other manufacturers. II\Vhat about the confession to your wife?" asked the victim. "Gh yes. I nearly forgot that. I went home last night about twelve o'clock with a burden on my mind, after a session with a trio of good things in a poker room." "Did you walk or pay car fare?" the victim inter-rupted. "Marie, my dear, I must make a confession. I have been lying to you. Hundreds of times at midnight when I told you that I had been attending a late session of the lodge or visiting a sick friend I lied to you. I was playing cards for money. Can you forgive me? I pro-mise never to play again. Now what do you think she replied? George, my dear hnsband, I knew when you lied to me every time. While the allowance for the honse from your earnings was at times very low your efforts to deceive me were so amusing that I pretended to believe you. I hoped that you would learn in time the lesson that has found lodgement in your mind and make the confes-sion you have uttered to-night. Your are such a feeble liar, George, that I ought not to forgive you. If you keep your pledge to play no more and speak the truth I 'hall not be deprived of very many of the pleasures 01 life. "Now you look fine' A hair cut, a massage, a sham-poo and a clean shave makes you, the finest looking of the many men that come into this shop. " "Thank YOll." And George stowed away a liberal tip. @ * @ HTa be successful in salesmanship a man should stick close to the truth."-Commercial Traveler. \il/hy not speak the truth? @ * @ Manufacturers who bring out lines to please them-selves have a small but select clientele. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 4S East}ak("s Hint~ Cln 11('Juse Furnishinf. Charles L. Eastlake wrote a book on the subject of furniture, upholstery and other details called "Hints on Household Taste." It was published in 1876 in London and Boston) :Mass. The book is divided up into talks on the furnishing of various rooms in the house and al'so dis-cusses street architecture It is illustrated by wood cuts made from designs by the author. '[he lack of ta~te in house decoration is deplored by Mr. Eastlake. The idea seems to bc that only the latest styles are the best. ·rhe people who are educated in the matter, \\iho have a setl'se of fitness and beauty in fur-nishings are few and far between. ",Vithin the last century and more there has been a great falling off in the excellence of manufactures. One cause is 'Said to be the lack of craftsmen who understand more than one branch of manufacture. "\Ve can hardly hope in our time to sustain any-thing like a real and national interest in art while we tamely submit to the ugliness of modern manufacture. The faculty of distinguishing good from bad de'sign in the familiar objects of domestic life is a faculty which most educated people conceive they possess but the fact i'S that few do. The majority of the public is completely un-informed bnt is content to be guided by a few people who are themselves not only uninformed but misinformed on the subject. The thirst for novelties leads many to buy impossible objects in glass, china, tables, chairs and cabinet work. They are all chosen on this plan. The latest invention, although it may violate every principle of good design is sure to be a favorite with the majority. "The lesson of unity in housefurnishing has not been learned, A house and its contents, the room and its fur-niture should be in harmony. By a man's taste you may kne\v him. Half of the effect of every room which is planned must ultimately depend on the manner in which it is fitted up. Too much- money is expended on the exterior of a hou'sc while the interior suffers by com-parison. The r00111Shave white walls, which are c.old looking. Furniture and fittings must have a setting to show them up well. In regard to fnrnitnre, Mr. Eastlake drsliked the sofa with a curved back. He says the curve means nothing at all, is manifestly inconvenient for it is either too high in one place or too low in another to accommodate the shoulders of a'sitter Chairs are invariably curved in such a manner as to insure the greatest amount of ugliness with the least possible comfort. The backs of sideboards arc curved in the most senseless and extravagant manner, the leg of cabinets are curved, and become in consequence cOlYstructivel)' weak, drawing room tables are curved in every direction perpendicularly and horizontally! are therefore inconvenient to sit at and always rickety, Thi's system of Hshapingll furniture uhvays involves additional expense in manufacture and adds nothing- in an' artistic. way. 1\1r. Eastlake also thO~lght that the carving seen on or-dinary furniture ,vaS uUerly bad. "It is fre<luently el11- plciyed in the most inappropriate places; it is generally spiritless in design and always wor't"h1css in' execution;)) He thought glued on carvings of little nse and furniture was better looking without it. The use of veneers did not meet with his approval except for a few fine woods such as walnut. Speaking of the relation of the rooms of a house the author says that there is no portion of a modern house \vhich indicates more respect for the early traditions of art as applied to furniture than the entrance hall. The fittings of the hall usually have an appearance of solidity not found in other rooms, The furniture of a house should be consistent throughout. Often one floor is furnished with heavy pieces while the next may h~ve only fragile stutI. Fnrniture shonld be made to last-to hand down to posterity. "\Ve ought to be a'shamed of lurniture \vhich is being continually replaced." A few years use \vould soon invest our chairs and tables with that sort of interest which age alone can give, if their designs are originally artistic. But unfortunately our modem furni-ture does not become picturesque with time-it only grows shabby. One tires of its mere prettiness in time." The author describes each room in a house and gives hi'S iueas on their proper fittings. The book was written so long ago-in 1876 that it does not seem quite modern enough for present ideas. Since then the mission and arts and crafts styles have made their appearance and have done much to simplify the 'styles in furnishings, so mnch so that Mr. Eastlake wonld be surprised and his cry for something new in design would be answered. @ * @ John Honlt's New Home. During the past several months work has been in progress on a handsome American colonial residence for] ohn Hoult, manager of the Luce Furniture com-pany, located on ~Madison avenue, one of the most at-tractive of the many beautiful sections for which Grand Rapids is noted, and it commands interesting views from its spacious windows and porches. The rooms are large and finished mainly in solid and crotch veneer mahogany, selected for the purpose several years ago. Combined with white enameled walls the effect is beautiful. The dining room and hall are heavily paneled and every thing needed for the convenience and comfort of the owner, his fam-ily. his guests and also his servants will be provided. }fr. Roult will take possession of his home in the near future. @ * @ Acted Upon the Advice Given. The selling agent of a firm located in CiJ1r::n!::.:I \vrote "the houseH a short time ago complaining of a firm located in Chicago, for sellin; dressers for which he was expected to get $17.00, for $16.00. "How can I meet such competition?" he inquired. "The house" replied "by good salesmanship and because the buyers 1-1..1-V yon." The cornp1aining salesman accepted the suggestion a~-ldthrough good salesmanship di~posed of a large m;mber of $17.00 dressers for $17.00.! @ * @ , A pull will not help a man rise to the top qnicker than a push, in the furniture busineSS. r 46 MICHIGAN ARTISAN All Wood Lamp' Now the Slyle. Since the introduction of numerous types of hard and soft wood lamps and gas bracket devices for house pur-pose'S, there has been quite a demand upon carpenter:; 3nd cabinet makers for apparatus of this description. Not only are the wooden parts' utilized in the making of rustic forms of lamps but they are used for electric light bulbs. Gas arc'S have been fitted up between the hard-wood beams of the ceiling with good effect, The pro-ject consists in getting wooden lamps, standard, brackets, braces, etc .. to harmonize with the- surrounding finished hardwood trimrnings. There are room's in houses in which the finish is entirely rustic and the rustic light stand is employed to go with the same. There are dens for study and smoking in which some of the lamp stands are put in with the bark still adhering to the timber. There are porches on which the all-wood lamps and electric light fixtures are placed with good effect. There are band 'Stands, parlors, arches, stores, offices and other places where the wooden fixtures can be employed to good advantage. Some of the enterprising store ad-vertisers have already placed all-wood fixtures in their show windows for the purpose of attracting observation. Not only are the fixtur"s of wood used in plaiu form, but there are models of heauty in which the trimmiugs of yellow, bronze and white metal are used, There are highly and richly engraved samples. This sort of work has opened a line of occupation in some of the woodworking shops which is proving to be exceedingly profitable. In this article we can only give an idea of the work as it has progressed, The annexed illustrations will aid in explaining the character of the de- A \NoC>OS.N LAM P Eg2 vices. Of course it is necessary that selected and sea-soned timber be used in making parts, otherwise there will be warping and twisting of the stock to the ruina-tion of the goods. The stock should be of the nature in-tended for a goo<j finish. White pine i·s used in some places for cheap imitations; the best effects are the result of using the natural hard woods. I find all kinds of hardwoods employed in this service. Figure one shows One of the lamps with the shade, the basework and the sides of wood. There are some fret-sa wed portions to it as may he seen. The part containing the oil i"Smetal or glass and this rests in the wood 'Stand in such a manner that ouly the wooden parts show. Figure two gives the plan of boxing the glass or metal oil reservoir. The manner of supporting a number of electrical lights on a plain wooden bar is shown in figure three. The raw post of the apartment is used and is furnished with a wooden bracket which is sawed out as per the pattern. Then the arm is projected and the wiring for the globes carried along it When parts like this are made of wal-nut, mahogany or other woods of a similar nature, some very elegant finishes may be produced. The plan of sup-porting a series of lamps to the overhead beam'S in a ceiling is shown in figure four. In case that it is nec-essary to carry a line of wire along a wooden beam in the room, the wire can be encased in a gilded pipe and the pipe sunk into a groove in the beam as in figure six. Sometimes the wiring is carried along in little metal brackets a'Sin figure five. Figure seven shows one of the forms of wood shades used for an electrical lamp. Some very odd and attractive effects can be made jn a room in which the finish is in 'wood, by having reflectors- of wood for all lights. Some of the reflectors or the shades, are flat pieces of walnut, highly polished and "Setoff with a little metal trimming. Bronze trimmings of the wooden parts always gives good satisfaction. 'Brass requires con-siderable care to keep bright. In order to meet with the demand for the all-wood light stands for hall and desk purposes, some of the manufacturers have put in separate departments and special machinery. A novelty always sells profitably for quite a period of time. Some of the carpenters have simply put inan extra bench where they may work at the oil, gas or electrical light wooden fix- MICHIGAN ARTISAN tures whenever an order comes in for the same. Some very good and large hall lamps of wood are selling welL In one case I notkcd that the 'Stand was a tree trunk, smoothed and finished with the natural curve still in it. This harmonized with the wood trimmings of the hall. Made by Karges FurnIture Co., EvanSVille, Ind. The deep shaded green light carried on the post produced a very unique effect in the hall. Ebony and rOBcwood finishes may be seen. Ash and maple arc employed for the lamp fixtures. In fact, con-siderable of the metal gas and electrical light fixture work of old is now being made \vith ha"rd\',rood. Ponderous all wood chandeliers may be seen. The wood is not so costly as the metal nor so \veightY' The wood is attrac-tive and can be designed to meet with the whims of all kiTIns of persons. In this age of novelties, the \vooden lamps stand a good show for extensive sale. @ * @ Historic British Chairs. The fact that the King will sit at the next levee in the Henry VII chair \vill render it of interest to recall recol-lection to the existence of other historical chairs. The chair occupied by Charles I at his trial in Westminster Hall is now in a cottage hospital at l\loreton-in-the 11arsh, in Gloucestershire; the chair of the chief justices of the conrt of common pleas is in the possession of Lord Coleridge, 'as an hei;loom in his famil).', having come to his father, the last chief justice of the common pleas and subsequently chief justice of England. The chair of the speaker of the Irish house of commons, \vhieh be-longs to Viscount Masereene and Ferrard as the des- 47 cendant of Mr. Foster (Lord Oriel), the last .peaker, IS omv in the national museum in Dublin. @ -i' @ Will Travel in the SOllth. D. L. McLeod has associated the lines of the St. Johns Table company and the Muskegon Valley Fur-niture company, and the 1\100n Desk company, and will travel in the southern states. "l\1ac" has been very successful in his old territory and will deserve well at the hands of the dealers in the south. @ *' @ T'le Grand Rapids Board of Trade will support the movement started in other cities calling for an investiga-tion of the methods pursued in the transaction of busi-ness by the express companie.s by the inter-state com-merce commission. ® * @ Retailers of furniture are considerably interested in a proposal requesting manufacturers to enter upon bills rendered the exact weight of all packages shipped. Such Made by Globe Furniture Co., Evansville, Ind. an entry would prove of value in the adjustment of claims for excess charges by transportation companies. @ * @ ~ro matter how Iowa man's credit may be he can borrow-trouble. @ * @ Rather than be sold it is better for one to give him-self away. ~ ----, lTHE ,B~GWH!TE SHOPj . I I (,We Furnish Every Article of Printing I Needed by Business Men 48 II jI•IIIII IIIIIIII IIt MICHIGAN ARTISAN WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ! ITHE BIG WHITE SHopl f 4 I! I II I MICHIGAN ARTISAN 49 REAL ORIGINAL "FLANDERS" BROUGHT au T BY Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. T1-T E STYLE of furniture which we call ·'Flanders." ori~61lated in a. province of that name composed of a part of Holland, Belgium and north-eTn France, Tt was made at the close of the 16th. ,wd the first part of the 17tll Century. The hest designer of \vood- \'Vork of that period was Vrec([- man de V ric:;e; the gr e<ttcst painter, Peter Paul Rubens; and the most active cellter of pro-duction, Antwerp, After a short period of imita-tion of Italian woodwork, made principally of walnut, they de-vised for their own na.tive oak a style so appropriate to this material that it \vas borrowed Ander various names, by the sur-rounding nations using such wood. The Louis XIII in France. the Elizabethan and Jacobean styles in England are so strong-ly inspired by it that it is often diO'icult to identify the conntr}.' 'where such work was produced. The success attending our nev,' and exclusive type of furniture called) FLANDERS \-"hich we originated and Lrought out in January, 1909, shovvs the strong hold it has on popular favor and its great value to the merchant in' attracting desirable trade to his store. \Ve have little doubt that others will have the temerity to try to imitate it and with so-called "'Flanders" ear-marks, endeavor to appropriate as their Own a portion of the commercial advantage morally helonging to us as the result of our initiative. It is hardly necessary to remind the discrimit\Qting merchant that there is and wilt be but one real and original uFlanclers" line and each piece will have its own mark of distinction, the shop-mark of Berkey & Gay," Furniture Company. It occupies a field entirely by itself-its turned leg and moulding, its simplicity and grace, its perfect construction, and fumed finish, and its modest price, accounts in a great measure for its popularity. 11ade in many pieces for the library, dining-room, bed-room and hall at $1.50 and npwards. BERKEY & GAY FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Our line of bedroom. dining-room and library furniture will be ready for inspection at our thaw roorrn in Grand Rapid., June 24th and after. FLANDERS FURNITURE Its Historical Ori2in I d 50' MI,tHIGAN AR TISAN •I ~ Jo~nson~ , Furniture Company! I Grand Rapids, Michigan LIBRARY and DINING-ROOM SUITES in Plain and Crotch Mahogany II '"----~_._--------------_.I. EXHIBIT: 2nd Floor, ~ontI.. Fnrniture ExI.i(,ition Building. SALESMEN-East, r. Cliswell, and Geo. F. Riley; Middle West, Ernest H. Williams; 'West, Talcott H. Camp; South, M. D. Blum. ,, ..----_._-- j II II II I Sectional Bookcase Up to date; making the dealer a profit of SS%. All woods and finishes. Write for catalO1!ue. Line on sale In Furniture ExchaD"e. Grand.Raplds; Manufacturers' BxLibitioR Building, Chicago lInd Furniture Exchange. Newlor'-, No. 10.F. 0 ... ,.",.1 O.~. Orde~ sample ,List $16, less 35%. stack at once. Humphrey-Widman Bookcase Company Detroit, , Michil!DD J TWENTY-NINTH YEAR OF THE ARTISAN . Hereafter it will be Published Weekly. 'With this number the twenty-ninth year of the Michigan Artisan closes. It has passed through three seasons of panic and witnessed the death of all but one of the furniture ttade papers occupying the field wheu it was born. Since the year 1880, the furniture and kindred trades have more than doubled in volume qnd in the quality of the product, the improvement made be-ing seemingly beyond belief. Grand Rapids contained twelve furniture factories in .that year, Rockford four, Sheboygan four, Milwaukee six, Shelbyville one, In" diana polis eight, Evansville ten, Jamestown twelve, High Point none, Atlanta one, l\:Iinneapolis two, De-troit four, Toledo two, Goshen- two and other furniture manufacturing centers su'ch as Chicago, Boston, ,New York and Philad'el.phia have been more or'less effected by the passing of time. In all the years of the past the Artisan has actively and energetically given its .support to every nleasure presented calculated to strengthen and uphold the industry and so satisfactory has been its relations with the manufacturers of furniture and kin-dred goods in the past that the publishers have de-termined to issue the publication weekly hereafter (the first number will appear ort Saturday, ]tily 3) in order that a larger field of usefulness may be filled. The Weekly Artisan will be a NEWSPAPER, It will contain full and accurate information concerning all branches of the trade and it is the purpose of the pub-lishers to make it a 'neceSSity to the manufacturer, the retailer, the salesman and the accountant. The pub-lishe~ s ask the cordial and liberal support of the clientele it has served in the pa.st, because it is their purpose to make the \Veekly Artisan worthy of sup-port. •III II ! @ ::: @ Fifteen Hundred Samples. For the fall season of trade the Michigan Chair company of Grand Rapids have prepared fifteen hun-dred samples of chairs of medium aud fine quality. The company offer the most desirable assortment of pat-terns they have ever brought out, The line is very strong in period styles and the substantials that every dealer in furniture requires. The company is repres-ented in the east by Charles H. Cox and Robert E, Walton in the south by W, R Penney and in the west by Charles B. Parmenter, Robert H, Calder and M, M. T ,aramy. Everything for the Bedroom, The Sligh Furniture company furnish for the con- . sideration of buyers an extraordinary line' of medium and fine furniture for the bed room. The. periods are represented by Louis XIV, XV and XVI,Sheratou, the Adam Brothers, Hepplewhite and various colo-nial epochs. In circassian walnut the lin~ is.yery strong. MICHIGAN ARTISAN Complete Suites for the Dining Room. Period and Colonial Designs at Popular Pri..:es, Full line of Music Cabinets wi\!\ OUt Patent Automatic Shelves also fot all kinds of Records. MEC"ANICS fURNITURE CO., ROCKfORD. ILL 51 -_._------,-_._--------------' A Comprehensive Line. In the manufacture of brass and iron beds the Thomas B. Laycock Manufacturing company, of In-dianapolis, operate a rnodern plant covering several acres and producing a large variety of medium and high grade metal furniture. In additinn to hras:; and iron beds the company manufacturers cribs in mt:tal and wood, upright folding beds for children, steel couches, steel davenports, metal and wood cots and cradles, woven wire and spiral spring"s and institution beds. A specialty is a spring display rack ror lnattresses .Tn the c.onstrLtction of metal beds, a reversihle si.de rail is used, that has met the approval oJ buyers. In the finish of their brass beds the company employ the English process. producing the most durable and sat-isfactory'" effects. @ * @ The Ann Arbor Line. The IVlichigan Furniture company have brought out quite an important addition to their line of bedroom furniture, De"v suites in mahogany \'",hich greatly strengthens the output. The patterns are in Colonial and French styles, all well made ano well finished and should win the favor of dealers. @ * @ Sextro Line in Chicago. The Sextro 1,fanufactttring company of Cincinnati, Ohio, ,,,,,ill exhibit their line of dining tables at 1319 l\tfichigan avenue, Chicago, The line is manufactured in oak, mahogany and walnut in all desirable shades and finishes. @ * @l I\-facCreacly & Gertinger are preparing to engage III the manufacture of furniture at Corvallis, Oregon, ..--_. -----------_._--- •i We Manufacture the t Largest LiDe of j rOlDlnQ I (n AI D5 in the. United States, suitable (or 5 u n day Schools, H alls, Steam~ ers and all publicresorts. We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and Cribs in a large variety. Sefid [(1" Catalogu~ and PriceJ t/1 II .. ·1 ~.-' . I KAUffMAN . MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO L __ ~_-_"-,,-,,,,-,"=_ 5,2--.------_._-_M._ICH-IGAN ARTISAN -------------_._-- ...•.I,II , I I1 III1 I DID YOU have our matched Buffets, Chinas and Pedestal Dining•.Tal>les? WEREN'T THEY SELLERS? Buried with Jewels. Chauchard, the merchant prince of -Paris, mentioned in the' Artisan for May, owner of the Magazin du Louvre, a philanthropist was carried to his last rest-ing place we~~ing fouT valuable pearl buttons for vest fastenings, said to be valued at $100,000, a fact that is causing Parisians much disgust. His store was so-famous that it was often confused with the Louvre Musee. Chauchard was the. pioneer depart-ment -store organizer. Chauc::hard invented the-marked priceJthe special sale, the money-back policy-at all events he invented them for France~ He first installed a free buffet, first gave away a toy balloon to lift his name to the clouds. Nothing so much as the toy bal-loon contributed"to the store's success. @ * €I Udell's Exhibit. For the fall season of trade the Udell\iVorks of Indianapolis, Indiana, will show a large line c.f book-cases, ladies' desks, music cabinets, record cases, med-icine, cabinets, commodes, and' folding. tabI''es, in the Furniture Exposit

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