Michigan Artisan; 1908-12-25

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty=Ninth Yea.r-No. 12 DECEMBER 25, 1908 Semi-M~nthly --~-----_._-----------_._------_.~I C. S. Paine Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SAMPLES Shown at our Factory Take·.our automobile to the factory. Meet us First Floor Manufacturers' Building GRAND RAPIDS In January .. Aulsbrook & Jones Furniture CO. STURGIS, MICH. • i • Royal Furniture Company GRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN Dining Library Bedroom Suites HALL CLOCKS in "Colonial" Style NEW ADA!PTATIONS Ready for Inspection .JANUARY I, I909 SHOWN AT FACTORY SALESROOM MICHIGAN ARTISAN ,.------_._---------------_. -------------., t • weare iginntors ....,..l.m.ntool rs GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR CO. GRAND RAPIDS EST ABLlSHED 1872. High Grade Goods at Medium Prices ( WE DO NOT MAKE CHAIRS) ==·=WE Sideboards Buffets Serving Tables China Closets Bookcases Library Tables Music Cabinets MAKE==== Hall Racks Hall Seats Hall Glasses Hall Tables Den Cabinets House Desks Cedar Lined Chests Our Line Ready Friday, January 1st, 1909 GOODS SHOWN AT FACTORY ONLY I• I.-----------'------------_._---------~ (Take Taylor St. Car. Nmth to Traverse Ave.) 1 z~---_._---- MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----_._---~---------------. Entire Line on Sale in CHICAGO in January ManufaCturers' Exhibition Building 1319 Michigan Avenue Forty New Patterns of Dining Tables MANUFACTURERS OF The Famous "VICTOR" Extension Tables DETROIT, MICHIGAN I I Posselius Bros. Manufacturing Co. MICHIGAN ARTISAN r --_. -------------------------_._---~ Horn Bros. Mfg. Co. CHICAGO TUE 1909 LINE I NOTHING LIKE IT FOR THE BEDROOM g In Mahogany, Circassian Walnut, Birdseye Maple, and O!!artered Oak. Not to see them is not to be posted. g See the display in the Manufac-turers' Furniture Exchange, 14th and Wabash Ave.; alw at 187 Michigan Ave., Chicago. .~...----_-.-_---------_-.-__-.-_----.-__-.-,--------,------------_--.'.---- ...•. • Conrey-Davis Mfg. Co. Shelbyville, Ind. ~lali;er8 Ma.li:en of 01 Pedestal Costumers and Medicine Cabinets Five Le~~ed Plate Racks Exten'ion Tables Umbrella Stands Office and Cafe Butlers , Tables Tray Stand En~lish Breakfast and TaMes O,her Novelties We Make the DUO=STYLE Pedestal Dining Table OUR NEW CATALOGUE READY JANUARY FIRST. SEND FOR IT. I OUTcomplete line shown a.t GRAND RAPIDS. top floor. Furniture Exhibition Building. At CHICAGO. 1319 Miehigan Ave., 8tL floor. h-- __ --------------_. ------ 3 • I I:I 1 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~_._-----------------------------.. A Pleasurable Trip to Market Chicago's hospitable doors will be open wide to Furn-iture men in January. Theatrical managers will do their prettiest. Every-one who caters to the pub-lic's entertainment will have special and unusual offerings. The FURNITURE EXHIBITION at 14.1 I Michigan Ave-nue, Chicago, with its 200 exhibitors will likewise be dominated by an enthusiastic determination to make your visit memorably pleasant. The new management--- The Fourteen-Eleven Co. in charge this year, has done wonders in arranging the numerous sections of The Furniture Exhib;tion so that you can easily understand what you see, so that you can have comfortable leisure to inspect your favorite lines ~ithout distraction or disturbance. rour trip will he pleasant--- ProJit also will surelyfollow--- Ifyou follow the crowd to The Furniture Exhibition 1411 Michigan A yen ue CHICAGO • MICHIGAN ARTISAN t f II Progressiveness is One of Our Hollllies Constantly"striving to create new features is one of our ambitions. We be-lieve inlleading and not following. Hence, our line is at all times in advance. We will show in January an unusually large line of metal beds in plain, Tee-Ball and Mission effects" also many new and original designs in scroll and straight line patterns. The Finish is unsurpassed and our patented Rail Connection is acknowledged superior to all others. A Our Posi Ve Ca rr nI d s LWIII Martin mOet Fi Our n C i s 0 h m Is p O. K. Ie W t a e rr C a a nI t e a d I 0 Nol g to u Turn e Oark lIlo. 791 OUR BRASS BED LINE IN JANUARY IS PARTICULARLY STRONG We will show many new and original designs both in square and round tubing. We use only the Old English hot process of lacquering. Each coat is roughly baked on. Hence, our guarantee for reliability. Writ! ror Catologu! i/!ustrdting complete line. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. CO. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ~------- 5 I 6 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Berkey & Gay Fumit~~C~: GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Correct Reproductions of Colonial and Period Furniture FOR THE Dining Room, Bed Room, Library Line will be ready for inspection at our salesrooms Monday, January 4, 1909 • - - -- ----------------------------------- Grt"AND RAPIC5 FUllLlC UBRATl 29th Year-No. 12. -=~~.~========--= GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 25. 1908. An "Old Saw" Amended. George Frech',Tic Stratton, a \"'riter for the Saturday EVCll-ing Post, proposes an al11(:nclment to the old saw, "'l\1on~y makes the m;-lre go," or in language marc ornate but seldom used by sensible people, ;'the coin of the realm induces the equine of the female gender to p:·oceed." 1.\-1r. Stratton em-ploys a number of instat1t,es in tbe history of busine"s to ,sup-port the 8menc]rnent offered by bimself, ill which he declares that "man" in these buoyant and better days, "makes the mare go"· In his presentation of the proposition NIL Stra1- ton recalls a once famous merchant, C. R. l\:[abJey, of Detroit, now occupying his final home. 1fr. Stratton discusses Lvlr. Idabley's venture in the furniture trade a,s fo11o-..vs: Twenty-five years Charles R. )'lablcy Wi\S kno\vn as the clothing king of the middle 'west. He haLl stores in Cleve-land, Toledo, Detroit, and ant; Qr two srn.aller towns. He was a pioneer in sC:lls:ltinnal advertising UlQtbods, a splen-did business 1ran, u.I1d had lljade a fortune before he \vas forty. To employ SOlY,e .idle capital he decided to cxploit furniture, and stocked up an elaborate store,Yith tlH', fll1est line ever seen in Detroit. Eig'hteen months afterword he stretched a canvas across the front of that store, inscribed in the following characteristic style: " " ~, " * " " " " * * " " " * " ! Know the Clothing Dusilless Up and * " Do\vn and Throng-h the "'-liddle, * " BUT " " ! Don't Know a Blamed Thing About * " Ft1flljtUrc, and I'm -:-:rot Going to " * Sink Any ldore !I-loncy in * * Learning. * * This Entire Stock ',Vill be Sold at Auc- * " tion. Commencing Next 1-1onday and " * Continuing Daily Until Even the Pack- " " ing Cases are Closed OutJ * * * * * * * *' * " * " * , * * The stock W;lS sold and the key turned in the lock, when <l quiet, llnassutr.ing l1:an from K81amazoo came along" and ar~ ranged to take the \1nexpired lease. He brought in a moder-ate stock of fl1rniture, hired one of the fanner clerks and in-stalled his wife at the desk. In three yeflrs he W'IS. car y-in;r as fine ,L stock as ~Jahky had ('aLried. iwd doing a l"rgt:, profttable business--a striking iUnstration, again, that the money is in the man rather than in the business. !II r. Stratton also gives a brief history of the development of tbe ferry and plea!;ure boat business in Detroit, one of the best paying entcrprises in the middle vI/est. ?\o one paying a visit to Detroit in tbe summer time fails to take one of the p1t:asmc steamers to Belle Isle Park, Grosse Isle, Sandwich or \h.lalkcn-illc 2ml return. It is a delightflll experience. lvfr. Stratton proceeds as follows; "At about the Si\me per-iod in the history of Detroit the ferryboats funning [lcro.~s to the Canadian town of \Vindsor were owncd by an English-ma. n named Horn, who also ran a somewhat noted saloon on the wbarf. The boats were two in number .. small sidc- $1.00 per Year. wheelers, l1nattractiH~ and ullcomtortabll::, with twelve-inch plank seats affixed to the sidts and in odd corners. As the boats \vere proving unprofitable, Horn, after trying for bNO years to sell out, declared that he would take them off tbe run and surrender his franchise. His eldest SOIl, who had been a lake tllg-c8ptain for two or three years, calle home at the dose of navigation and per"uaded his fa.ther to put in more money and build a new boat. The old man consented only when his son, who w.as his idol, agreed to stay at home and manage the line. The boat was built from the young ca.ptain's plans, and nearly paid for itself in the first season. ';'1'he upper deck v..·,as absolutely dear from stem to stern, with the exception of the cased-in smokestack On the deck were scats for four hundred people, everyone being a com-fortable rocker or folding armchair. Not a plank seat ,)r carnpstool was allowed 011 that boat. "The. regular ferry fare was five cents, ::and Captain Horn issued ten-cent return tickets which g,tve the privilege of stayjng on board as long as one: wished. Every fine after-noon, frum early summer until late fall, that upper deck was tilled with v",omen who brought their sewing or their books, and often their babies in carriages-for 'which no extra charge was made-and rode back and forth on the mile run across the beautiful river. A man was stationed at tbe stai:'- case: to rUIl those baby-c.arriages up :ind down. In the e\'en-iug~ the boat was cro\:l,--ded with yOlIng people, enjoying, for ten ctnts, a river ride lasting ulTtil ele,,-ell o'clock. "Two llllndrcd and flity passengers was the a.fternoon av-erage, and twice that number tor the evenillg:~. The income, at tcn cents each, was clear profIt, for the regular ferry pas senger:; and teams paid the expenses. The young capta,in had .seen what no other man had then seen, that the combina-tion of terry business with ex.cursions had splendid possibili-ties. "Turing the five following years four new boats of the samc type were added, and there was scarcely a day through the st!lTln'et when one or two of them were not charte,ed lor all-day picnics. The type of boat wh~ch Captain Horn de-signed and his method of manag"ing them are in use today by the COtTlpany whic,h succeeded him, and which owns th::: Iln('.st fleet of local excursion steamers on the Great Lak~s." Two brothers, partners ill the insurance business in Bllf- Lllo, bad 8dvanc(>d some money to a manufacturer of bNl-springs. The busiress wen wrong and, in order to pro-tect themselve:;., the insurance men had to take it over and dose it up. One of the brothers handled the matter, and, although he knew so little of manufacturing that, as he said, a "line shaft" and a "buzz saw" were SYllonomous tenns to lJim, before he had proceeded far with the dosing-up proce~,; he told his brother that he thought he "vould try a little build-ing- up. He hired a good shop foreman and devoted himself to the office work, with the result that in a few'months he was making some well-advised changes and improvements in hi~ equipment. And the husiness was gratifyingly successful from that time on. ~----------------~-------- -- Sbown at Grand Rapid. fumitore Exhibition Building Pearland Lyons Streets in tbe Udell Space Most Aggressive Four Lines In One You can order some upholstered, some with loose cushions-all interchangi able. With foot-rest or without foot.rest-all interchangeable. Carr~ one-quarter ~ much stock '!!* four times the selling power. I THE wide-awake dealer who is looking for. the biggest sales and bes success in 1vlorris Chairs, will take advantage of the Royal line. Royal chairs are natural sellers. Your CQllstomer can't get awa. from the RC.ycll, "the Push-Button Kind." You can do a prosperous l\forr~ Chair business on a remarkably small investment if yo handle Royal Chairs, because you have available in one lin what you otherwise would have to carry four lines to secure Roya Chai Co Dealers Handle o The push-button feature takes the Royal away from the old-fashioned ~orris Chairs, and makes it a much bigger and easier seller. Your salesmen can Push the Dutton and easily make a demonstration on ~ol1r floor which will impress and convince any c;Jstomer. I Royal chairs are unapproached in this unique feature; they are adju:::t- ~ble to anyone of nine inclinations hy a finger touch on a button, without ~istl.lrbance to the occupant's comfort-no roel to fall out or bother with. \Vherever Royal chairs are known, no other ]\{orris Chairs v,lill satisfy. Royals arc fully guaranteed. (\'Ve furnish repairs free un any part honld they be needed.) Made in eighty-five patterns. Remember, that the Royal is the only push~button chail- on the market. fhe only lVIorris Chair "'lith an actual, individual talking point, something a talk about and interest a customer. Vie are inaugurating a great National Advertising Campaign which ,vill nake it dOllbly easy for you to sell the Royal line. All inquiries will be sent to local dealers. \IVrite or catalog, prices, etc. All Inquiries Referred to Our Dealers 10 MICHIGAN A Live Mercbant in a Small Town. E. 1t Austin lives a.nd transacts business fl1 Litchfield, Ill., a town containing 7,000 inhabitants. He is not informed, however, as to the size of his trade district, and is quite in-diffe:- ent Oll the subject. He Imo"·ls, however, that the trade of 7,OQO people is not sufficient for his purpose; that no "pent-up" Litchfield contracts his aspirations and ?ower; and he long ago passed the imaginary bounda.ries of tr<>..deand spread in-formation regarding himself and his business all Over the ter~ ritory described on the map as, soutlnvestern Illinois. Mr. Austin is a clever writer of letters and it is said that he wears out more writing machines in a yea.! than the over-worked secretaries of President Roosevelt. Mr. Austin issues ten thousand large, well itJustrated circulars every month mail-ing the same to people residing 1n southern, ea~tern ;Ind west-ern Illinois. Great care and excdlellt judgment is exercised in the preparation of matter fcir the!:',e circulars and the plan has paid well. Liberal space is used in the newspapers, but Moos by Manistee· Mfg. CO., Manistee, M.ich. it is as a letter w iter that Mr. Austin "shines." \Vhat couB be more apprnpr:ate than the following welcome to the new-comer to Litchfield? "1 learn that yOll are a. stranger within oUr gates and be]: to extend a very cordial welcome to Oltr dry. A new resi-dent is at a loss to knew where to trade, for it is easy to fall into deceptive hands. ~ly reputation is a~] open book to all who wilt inquire into my record for. honest dealings. Any wallt, however small, \viH be filled at n. very loW,..prlce. Com-mand my services if I can tender you any information regard-ing our city. \Ve occupy tw~ large stores opp(>site each other at Numbers 214 and 215 North State street. It is a department store comprising, among other lines, the follow-ing: Furniture, Stoves, Carpets,' Matting, Rugs, ,\tVindow Shades, Lace. Curtains, Portieres, Dishes,. Sewing 1\fachines, Hardware, Ve'hides, Harness, Palnts, etc. \Vithhest wishes and the hope thlt T may soon hav~ the -pleasure of meeting you, I remain," The man about to erect a building he addresses as {oHows: "I observe that you contemplate building. Whether small or great, some house furnishing are, also, generally needed. 1£ one can both build and furnish the home from the same ARTISAN store he can save considerable money; much more than if he scattcrs his trade in smail bills at different places. Vv'e buy for spot cash and sell ou payments. You need not be troubled with but one account for both building and furn:sh-log your home. Please notice the complete departments below rnentioned and let us figure with you for all your needs." The several departments of the store are. enumer-ated. The newly married couples receive the following: "I am pleased to learn that your hearts have been united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Please accept my sincere congratulations, with the hope that a life of happiness and prosperity awaits you. As an inducement to furnish your ]wme I shall be pleased to offer you extremely low prices, even though you may llced but a few articles. You wilt be interested in knowing that because we undersell all other dealers we ship complete outfits to sixty-four surrounding towns in fifteen different counties and two states. Credit is given if desired. There's nothing for the home we uo not keep. Furniture, Carpets. !I{attings, Rugs, Lace Curtains, Window Shades, Portieres, Sewing :\1achint's, Bedding, Stoves, Kitchen Furnishillgs and Dishes. In fact, Austin furnishes "all but thc girl." Freight always prepaid. If anything is brokcn in shipment, which is not once a year, we replace it. free. Our furniture has that taste aud coziness which make~ home seem really home. Mention this letter to clerk anfl special attention will be given yO\.1. Bring your marriage certificate ,with you and we will frame it free. You afe for-tunate in needing house furnishings at this time as our prices have been specially reduced for this month. In your case we are pleased to offer you a still further reduction of ten per cent for cash. Freight also prepaid and safe a;rival of goods guaranteed." The following letter in the course of time naturally fol-lows: "Permit me to extend my heartiest congratulations upon the a.rrival in yO\.\r home of the tende,r little rosebud to glad-den your hearts and lives. As you look into its tiny face alld press its dainty lips to your own, it will. be the means of ce-menting still firmcr the bond of love that already binds you together. Your needs for a Carriage or Go-Cart can he sup-plied by me at a 110rninul sum, as we bought them before the present high prices took effect. All our styles are the newest pattern, and include many new conveniences not to be found in other lines. Thanking you in advance for the call I trust you will make, I remain with be:~twishes." @ * @ Arranging a Divan. Everyone does not know that a wide dival1 is made more comfortable by having a.t its back two huge, hard pillows that will support the softer ones. It is usual to heap up a great many of these extra soft ones on a large divan so that any one sitting or reclining may arrange them according to one';; comfort. These a,re. needed, it 1S true, but they also need a support. The wa.11is usually too far back from the front edge of the div2.n to serve. The two large pillows mad{'. of the material which covcrs the divan afe not only comfortable, but artistic. They may be stuffed with excelsior into coarse muslb or ticking, then covered with the chosen fabric. They look bet-ter with ;1. heavy cord around the edging. If the end of the divan is against the wall as well as its side, a third pillow may be added to give an added framework to the little pillows. This is not an expensive trick, but it a housewife ever tries it she will neyer let the divan go without this 'Part of lts equipment. @ * @ The article on the subject of elevator accidents on other pages, is published through the courtesy of the Aetna Life Insurance Compal1Y of Hartford, Conn. MICHIGAN ARTISAN rII 1 II I -_._~_._------------------------ 11 THE LEADING ROCKFORD LINE Manufactured by the Rockford National Furniture Co. on sale in Furniture ExchanJ(e BuiJdinJ(, Orand Rapids BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and BOOKCASES I!I ~__. _._------ ._-----~ MR. JOHNNY JOHNSON and OSCAR HALL will be in charge. I Our complete line of China Closets, BUffets and Bookcases contains some of the best values e\'er offered by us. Entire Line shown In Chicago only -at- 1319MIchIgan Ave, first floor ------·---l III Itockford Standard Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS I-~-------------'----------------'• 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN -------- -------- The Holland Furniture Company THE CHAMBER FURNITURE LINE Shown in the same place in the MANUFACTURERS' BUILDING, GRAND RAPIDS, ~~~by~-- WILLIAM C. CROLL, EAST J. C. HAMIL TON ! CHICAGO PITTSBURGH C. E. COHOES, MIDDLE WEST EV. S. BROWER f ' WALTER C. SCHAEFER, PACIFIC COAST HENRY F. SCHAEFER, SOUTH I - - -~~~~~~~~--- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 13 IEvansvilleF~rnitureC~~panyl EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ~= OURLARGELINEOF== Chamber Suites Wardrobes Bedsteads Chiffoniers Chairs Safes and Rockers Will be Shown at the Wareroom of the M. L. Nelson Company ~~:-~o ALL THE YEAR ROUND Also at Our Commodious Wareroom in Evansville. Largest Manufacturers and Jobbers of FURNITUREin the West Evansville Furniture Company I Writo £0' C ... lo.... '00. to b. ,,, •• d. EV ANSVILLE, INDIANA I• 14 MICHIGAN ARTISAN IlESTAElLISHIlED 1880 I"UIil-ISHI:D .... MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 2&TH OF' EACH MONTH OP'FICE-l0B, 110.112 NORTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERED IN THE PO$TOFPIOE AT SIIAND RAPIDS, MIDH., "8 SECOND CLM8 MATTER, Something of a sensation was created in the trade recently by the publication in the Chicago newspapers of a statement that a tn!st of manufacturers had been formed for the pur-pose of selling furniture at retail, following the plan of the United Cigar Stores Company. It was represented that John J. Schneider of Grand Rapids had been chosen to pro-mote the plan. It seems that too much prom1nence has been given IVlr. Schenider, who, in a letter to the Artisan, declares that there is no foundation UpOll which the article published in Chicago was based more substantial than a reporter's dream. Mr. Schneider is a clever gentleman of large ex-perience in the furniture trade. He has been chosen presi-dent of the United States Furniture Company, whose plans and ptilposes ha've not, as yet, been fully rev~aled to the trade. Mr. Schneider is not a resident of Grand Rapids, Mich., but a representative of a factory located in Grand Rapids, Wis. °to °to A potential argument presented to the public by the Lar-kin Company is the following: "If you purchase aU your home needs of a local merchant, you are spending much money needlessly. Larkin direct factory-to-family dealing saves for you all cost that adds no value, and gives you all the profits of middlemen." The local merchant, by properly using the means at his command, can counteract the influence of this argument by showing the public that he can purchase goods as a.dvantageously as Larkin and that he offers better goods for the same money. °to °to Pessimism pe~vades the furniture trade atmosphere. Re-tailers report low stocks, \vhile manufa.cturers are just as sure that the sun vlfill rise tomorrow that the coming year will be a notable one for all lines of trade. The spirits of the manufacturers are buoyant, and confidence is fully es-tablished in the stability of the future. Many who with-drew lines from the expositions last year have returned and there will be complete exhibits in all lines of production for the inspection of market buyers. °t" °to Grand Rapids will rank hereafter as the leading market in llpholstered furniture. In addition to the scven strong locnl lint:s, there ~vill be found 011 sale _in January the best products of the best upholsterers in New York, Brooklyn, Milwa.ukee, Toledo, Jamestown- and other furniture centers. In the number and the quality of lines exhibited Grand Rap-ids will be pre-eminent hereafter. °to °to The holding of the Yukon exposition in Seattle next sum-mer will can for considerable outlays for furuiture to accom~ modatc the many thousands of visitors who will attend it. °to °to Portland, Oregon, has attained considerable prominence as a furniture manufacturing center and will soon ~laim the distinction of "the Grand Rapids of the West." . °to °to Something worth having, not junk, should be offered by merchants when employing the prize distribution plan for promoting sales. "t" All lines will be found in ers on Monday, January 4. fore that date. "t" readiness for inspection by buy~ Several lines will be rea,dy be- °to °to Don't be a "hardly ever." Be a "now." markets, study the lines and buy intelligently. while, '.'Get" to the It is worth °to °to Lawn, summer home and porch furniture form important features in the mid-winter fn::n:iture expositions. °to °to The stay-at-home buyer is drifting, slowly but surely, toward bankruptcy, @:l * @ At AU Times in Advance. The Thomas B. Laycock Manufacturing Company of In-dianapolis have long been recognized as a leading corporation in their line of manufacture. The bosiness was established on a very modest basis more than twenty-five years ago, but the purpose of the <:,-om-panyhas ever been upward and on-ward. Commencing business with a small line of bed springs the goods produced contained so many features of merit thd.t the product waS easy to sell at a profit. The company's business grew steadily and the great plant now oecupi..::d covers many acres. In the manufacture of brass and in.,;, beds the c_ompany have attained prominence and stability in the favor of the trade. @ * @l Prepared for a Season of Unusual Activity, For the present season of 1909 the Michigan Chair Com-pany of Grand Rapids offer a line of 1,250 chairs of medium and fine quality. The line embraces everything that could be desi.red in the line of chairs, in imported anI:'. domestic woods, carefully designed by Mr. Nash and a corps of 'able assistants and built to afford security and comfort as well as attractive styles. Anticipating an unusually strong demand for goods, the company, which is possessed of a very large manufacturing capacity. is prepared to fill orders promptly, President Jordan, Treasurer Ga.rratt, Secretary Guest, Vice President Cox, Salesmen WaltOll, Parmenter, Penney and R. G. Calder will be in attendance upon the sale during the month of January. @l * @ Beautifully and Effectively Expressed in Photogravure. The furniture trade was treated to a plea.sant sensation a few weeks ago by the distribution of' ImrtfoHos containing very handsome illustrations of the line of medium and high grade furniture manufactured by the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company of Grand Rapids. The portfolios are very much larger than the average catalogue in size, evidently made so for the -purpose of displaying a whole suite at sight to the prospective buyer. Many ornate period styles are placed before the eye of the buyer so effectivly as to command in-terest, admiration and the desire to purchase the goods dis-played. The Berkey & Gay Furniture Company sell the' port-folios to responsible dealers on private terms that are worthy of an investigation. @ * @ For Sale at Once. The best paying complete House Furnishing business in Michigan. Old established, good prices, a gold mine for a hustler. Address "Bargain," care Michigan Artisan, Nov, 25th-tf, MICHIGAN Will Open When the Whistle Blows. \Vhell the whistle blows calling the four hundred em-ployee:; of dH~ Gr;llld Rapid:,; Chnir Company to l<\bor on the n~ornil1g of January 1, 1909, Tre:\smer Poote, Secretary Ryan, Superintelldent 2\lmv'ltt. Salesmen \V<ltkins and Ho\va'rd will enter the warerooms prepared to greet tbc buyers of fUfl1illlr-::, ARTISAN 15 YV.\V. Ayres received 1,000 business calling cards with an intimation that he is expected to use them during the year. He "" ...ill have to go some to make a thousand calls, but "Billy" doesn't mind a little task like that. @J * @ A Couch for the Crowd. By the crowd we lUetin e\'e.rybody. Some people do not like da\TcJ1ports, others do not have room for them, but this I-[afner 3153 couch is neither too large, too small or too expensive for the man \vhose sala.ry or weekly \-vage is small, and yet so well made and attractive in appearance that it will be a we1conl.C piece of furniture in any homc. It is 76 inches long and 30 wide. It does not nced describing, as the picture does that. The Hafner Furniture Company, 2620 Dearborn strect, Chicago has heen making good upholstered furniture for thirty-rive years, and \'...hen tlley guar-alltee a piece of furniture it will stand up to the guarantee cvery time. It is wOI-th \;vh.ileto do business \vith a house like tbis as it does away with much explaining, and the dealer is sure of fair treatment at all times. @ *" @ No. COUCh. made by The Hafner Furniture Company. ·who appreciate the fact that the line is always ready Oll the opening day at 7 o'clock in the: morning, the:reby coablillg' all early sta:-t t.o be m,\dc in the examination of a very impor-tant line. The COTI,pany offers lTJ<lnysp~.'cialtics--npwards of 200 ne\\-' pieces--in addition to their st;tpJcs, for the considera-tion of h11YcrS. The goods are rnedillnl priced and made of oak and mahogany_ @ * @) Exploiting Grand Rapids. The city of Grand Rapids is bcillg handsomely exploited by a very ha,ndsome booklet which contains colored illustra-tions of the following well known factories: Sligh Furniture Company, Grand Rapids Chair Company, Fancy Furniture Company, GUlll1 Furnitul-C Company, )l'1acey, PJ1ocnix, Im-perial, Oriel. ~/richigan Chair, Ll1ce. That is a fine array of modern factories and a good representative list of Gran:.! Rapids funiitme. Jt.is a good book that the marc widely it is circulated the more benefit it will be to the wonderful F11r" llit11re City.~Furniture \VodJ. @ * @ A New Catalogue in Preparation. The :\I"elson-:Matter Furniture Company of Grand Rapid::; have placed an order for a large and ;lttr'::,....:tJve catalogue of their choice line of medium and fine fl1f1litl1rc. It will be ready for distribution early ill the coming year of 1909. @ * @ Re:nembered by Santa Claus. "Pll.iJ" Klingman is happy over a, new writing machine, which he greatly needed. J. n. IIo\v<lrd is studyi1lg a new cook book. An "original" design of a fOlWd end china closet satisfies tbe artistic soul of Charley Black. "Rob" Irwin received a model oi a single stick racer, with v.:llich he hopes to build a boat that will beat all sailing craft of its kind on fresh "\vater. "Abe" Jennings is delighted with a pair of single sbell sculls. "Ed" Cald\~relJ, the farmer of Spring Lake. found a new style plow in his stocking. \'1. S. Emery is sho\ving his friends a season ticket for the base ball games to be played in l"Iemphis next summer. It is supposed to have been given by Ikc :Mcndle. A bunch of heather direct froUl the "Hielands" caused "Bob" Calder's pulse to beat a little faster. "Jack" Neather found a new contract ior the coming yea: in his stocking-the handsomest ever. "Alex" 1'fcInt.yre received official notice of an addition to -his trade territory and is pleased. I------ The Brower Studio. The Druwers -(they might be called the two Johns, but John and "Jack" \vill anSWer the pllrposc:)--have fitted up a very <::omfortable studio in the Shepa,rd building in front of the elevator. The Browers are al~tists of experience, and "w·ill be pleased to meet merchants needing designs for speeial pur-posts or decorations [or interiors. A royal wekome awaits callers Upon the t\\lO Johns. @ * @ South Bend, \\Tash., will soon have a large furniture fac-tory, to be erected by the South Bend Furniture M.aritlbc-turing Company. r------------------------------------~ ! I,, ,III No.2. 30 jnehes deep. 30 inches wide. 45 inchel1lhigh. A QUICK, EASY SELLER I i w~lDa~ ot\ieq 100, Send for OUTCataloa and get aquainted with our Large Line, Low Prices and Lib"'ral Terms. IROW!~.!LD!~L~Fco£.~I ~-~ . \6 MICHIGAN ARTISAN It Won't Make Any Difference Whether you go to market in I Chicago, Grand Rapids or New York I WE WILL BE TUERE I with the strongest line of Frame and Fixture specialties in Dining Room, Living Room, Parlor and Music Room pieces in Oak and Mahogany we have ever shown, and we cordially urge your early and careful inspection. CHICAGO GRAND RAPIDS Wabash Avenue and 14th' Street Sixth Floor Furniture Exchange Furniture Exhibition Building Second Floor NEW YORK New YQrk Furniture Exchange Lexington Ave. and 43rd St. Charge oj J. C. and G. F. Weatherly Rockford Frame 'and Fixture CO. ROCKFORD., ILLiNOIS • -~-----------_-.-_-------------_._------_.-.., WARDROBE DRESSER No. 16. A Mi~hty Handy Piece of Furniture at a Medium Price --- WE MAKE --- Sideboards Wardrobes Buffets and Chiffoniers Dressers MEDIUM IN PRICE. GOOD IN WORKMANSHIP AND FINISH Complete line .hown at 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, 6th flQo•• Manistee Mfg. Co. MANISTEE. MICH. • I,!I G'ZAND RAPIDS FUllLlC LIBRARY MICHIGAN ARTISAN 17 IThe Udell "Worh.s I You still have time to get some Udell Good Furniture on yOUTfloors for the Holiday trade. Complete lines of Library Bookcases Ladies' Desks Sheet Music Cabinets Piano Player Roll Cabi-nets Disc Record Cabinets Cylinder Record Cabinets Medicine Cabinets Commodes Folding Tables Will be ready with their new line atsamples in Grand Rapids only, January, 1909. Exhibit 4th Floor, Furniture Exhibition Building. No. 12&2 Mission Deak. Heigllt, 4,5iJJches. Whlth, i'i inches_ Depth, 19 inches. Weathered and Early English Oak. WORns, ~---------_._------_._---... Late Stock Sheet tells you just what we have. Write for it and Catalog. • The ford &. Johnson Company Dealers don't k e e p U delI Good Furniturel they sell it. III ..._T--H-E---U-D- ELL The line includes a very complete assortment of Chairs, Rockers and Settees of all grades, Dining Room Furniture, Mission Furniture, Fibre-Rush Furniture, Reed and Rattan Furniture, Go-Carts and Baby Carriages. No. 805 C 2 Our complete line of samples are displayed In The Ford Ii. Johnson Co. building; 1333·37 Wabash Ave.• Including a special display of Hotel Furniture. I ~ All F'wrnitu'J'e Dealers are cordiaUy invited to Visit owr bUilding. , --------------' Indianapolis, Indiana. GEO, SPRATT & CO. Manufacturers of Chafrs and Rockers. A complete line of Oak Diners with quarter sawed veneer backs and seats. A large line of Elm Diners, medium priced. A select line of Ladies' Rockers. Bent and high arm Rockers with solid seats, veneer roll seats, cob-blerseats and up-holstered leather complete. High Chairs and Children's Rockers. rou 'I.vill get in an the ground floor 'When you buy from 115. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. I,II III I III II No. 542 Oak, S&lio Seat. Price, $IH~;. No. 540% Same as No. 642 on I)' Quartered Oak Ve neer Seat. $18 ~:~. ~---- No. 542 MICHIGAN New Plans for Building and Furnishing an Apartment House. In New York city a new apartment house is to be built by a company of eight men to be known a824 Gramercy Park. It will be twelve stories high and a new idea of inter-ior arrangement will be carried out on the duplex plan. The owners will occupy suites of rooms. Nearly every suite will occupy two floors, the sleeping rooms being placed over the library, foyer hall. and dining room, with connecting staircase. Arranged in this way, the apartment takes on the appearance of a private dwelling while it retains all apartment house conveniences. The co-operative plan will be used as the owners tastes are identical, though their occupations differ widely. The building will be their permanent residence and. will cost $350,000. The owners are; Richard Watson Gilder, editor Century Magazine; his son, Rodman D. Gilder, Secretary Crocker-Wheeler Company; Herbert Lucas, architect; Fran-cis Wilson comedian; Charles H, Lee, of the United States Leather Company; Jules Guerin, artist, and John B. Pine, lawyer and Treasurer Columbia University. A description of some of the apartments is interesting, showing the variety of tastes to be considered in the furn-ishing of different suites. Francis Wilson will have one of the most elaborate apartments with an entire floor of ten rooms and three baths, including one very large room to extend up through a story and a half. This innovation had its origin in studio apart-ments built for artists' use, but of late the advantages of such a room for purposes of entertaining are being recog- , nized and insure growing popularity. Mr. Wilson's idea in building so large a living room is to accommod"ate his books and pictures. The room will be 33 by 20 feet and 14 feet high. An adjoining room will also be set aside for a study and library, with bookcases around all sides and to ceiling, with bal~ony to reach the high shelves. Although Francis Wilson is not generally known as a literateur, it is an interesting fact that his library is a fine one, embracing a collection of over 10,000 carefully selected volumes, among which are many rare editions arid valuable reference books. This entire library, together with Mr. Wilson's paintings, wilt be removed to the new apartment from his present home, The Orchard, New Rochelle. In fact, the entire house will be dismantled and permanently closed. His valuable art collection includes all modern Dutch masters and is recognized as one of the finest in the world. Among the artists are found Jacob 1'1aris, William Maris, Mathew 1hris, Israels, Eosboom, 1",fauve, Weissinbruch, Masdog" Euer, Jurres, Elommers, Neuhurjs, Tholen, Debock. Mr. Wilson has met most of the Dutch artists personally, and is especially fond of Bosboom, "vhom he calls "The Painters' Painter." It was during his close friendship with the late Joseph Jefferson, who purchased many Dutch pic-tures, that Mr. Wilson became partial to this school. In furnishing his luxurious living room it is Mr. Wilson's plan to work out some pleasing effects. Before the fireplace old mahogany sofas will be backed up against a long library table on both sides, and in the space at each end of the table will be placed a Ch;ppendale chair. Another part of the room will be similarly equipped. Florentine lamps will be conveniently arranged for reading. In the English dining room will be found six remarkable iold black oak chairs made from the pew doors of Christ ,Church at Stratford-an~Avon, where Shakespeare is buried, also a settle made from an old choir seat. All bear the arms 'iof Stratford-on-Avon, and are surmounted with the Prince of ~Wales plu~e, elaborately carved: The~e chairs will render {,Mr. Wllson s new home doubly tnteresttng, as there are but i:three other persons in this country who possess antiques of ).!justthis character. ;~ Mr. Richard Watson Gilder's apartment of -twelve r'ooms al1d .three bath.s prornlses to be one of the most interesting ARTISAN that New York has seen in many a day. There will be a rare old mahogany cabinet at which Mr, Gilder used to write for the editorial department of Scribner's Monthly, under tIte head of "The Old Cabinet." Mr. Gilder wrote this editorial matter for twenty yearsl always using the saine desk, and he fondly retains in his library to-day the cabinet which gave the name to that department. The new library will be somewhat like the present one, having the same ar· rangement of fireplaces and books. Mr. Gilder has a large library, andl while he is riot a collector of old books, he likes to ilswap books with other men," as he puts it, and has a great many autograph copies. The new library will be situated in the front of the house, overlooking the park, while overhead is a large music room and playroom for the younger children. One of the chief features of interior decoration in the new Gilder home will be the old mahog-any doors and columns. Many pieces of fine old mahogany furniture which have been in the family for two or three generations will be used. When Rodman Gilder, who has the smallest apartment in the company, but the largest stock of humor, gave out his plans, he said: "The others althave larger apartments than mine, but, a.s David remarked just before his encounter with Goliath, 'Do you think that I'm too small?! There will be four rooms besides kitchen and bath. The largest room is to be a din-ing room, parlor, music room, studio, smoking room, study breakfast room, and living room, "I shall carry out some ingenious effects with mirrors, although not in any sense a maze. Mirrors, will be placed opposite each other, giving an effect of a larger room. I would also like two mirrors in a corner placed at right ang-les. In my bow window will be placed a window seat ten feet in length. upholstered, with two big chests on rollers under it. There will als·o be two little latticed windows 2 by 2" with boxes arranged for flowers." , In discussing his arrangements young Mr. Gilder smil-ingly emphasized the idea that his need not necessa.rily be a bachelor apartment, at least, it need, not remain so. Mr. Herbert Lucas will have an apartment oi eight rooms and three baths, built on the duplex plan. The staircase will be an adaptation of the old stairway in the Longfellow house at Cambridge, and the living rooms will have large fireplaces, bookcases, window seats, &c. All of the interior will be in keeping with the collection of old mahogany furniture which Mr, Lucas has been collecting with much interest during the last fifteen years. Mr. Guerin will have the only studio apartment in the building-a room 25 by 34 and 14 feet high-with a unique arr.angement of staircase and gallery overlooking studio. Mr, Guerin is now in Italy and will bring back many interesting pieces of furniture, &c. @ * @ From the Big Bend Bazoo" If the idiotic walloper who put concentrated lye in :our shaving mug; causing us to lose a few handfuls of skin, is caught, he will be properly lemonized. The young lady who changes the sheets from one bed to another at the Globe hotel has received word that her uncle had died and bequeathed her a fortune of $22 and a picture of her grandmother. Annie hopes the money will all come to her in onc chunk so that she can buy things wjth it. Same here. Vie have always said that Major Young was the stingiest man in \Vyoming. He makes his children hop to Sunday school, changing feet every block to save 'shoe leather. Iso"t he a pee-wee. The new Bapttist minister stutters so painfully that it takes him two hours and a haUto rip off a one-hour sermon, and he is l6sitig.'all his trade. Those' who" chip in the ha.t get their money's worth as he sayS everything two or three times. ...-------- ,I 1250 :vrrCHIGAN ARTISAN • 1883===1909 Grand Rapids, Michigan THE MICHIGAN "Foremost in Chair Malt.ing" THE feeling is universal that a season of extraordinary activity is before us. To meet unceasing demands means large equipment and all around fitness. Such possession is OUTS in marked degree and furthermore we will exhibit on our wareroom floors January 1st, 1909, a most attractive line of Chairs in every department satisfying and complete. No middle ground. Best always at "The Michigan." EAST Chas. H. Cox Robt. E. Walton Representative Salesmen SOUTH W. R. Penny WEST Chas. B. Parmenter Robt. G. Calder 1250 Sample January, 1909 Michigan Chair Company Michigan Chair Company."; Sample C H A I R S January, 1909 I IL~ __ • 19 ,,"II III! C H A I R S 20 M~CHIGAN ARTISAN 1.-Looking ove-r Gate into Elevato't Shaft. THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. Fatalities Result From Looking Downward. Do 110t put your head into the elevator shaft. Of COUf:;e, you would not be so foolish as to do such a thing. Still, you night. Aryway, the warning is sound and should be heeded. Many serious and fatal accidents have occurred, aud con· tinl1e to occur, because people are curious and want to poke their l:cads into places """here they have 110 business to be. An elevator shaft is one of these places. It is dal,gcrous to leak through an open door into the shaft. You are Ibhle to becoll e dizzy, or something else may happen to cause yOll to fall ill. It is dangerous to lean over a gate or bar a11'l gaze ida the shaft. The elevator may come down and catch you between the gate and the platform floor. It is decreed that we <111shall die, There are a thousand and O1~e ways in which the "taking off" process can be ac-complished, None is pleasant, and few there are who die ;n the manner the~r would choose if the question were left to them. To "shuf-fle off this mortal coil" by falling or ~eing knocked into an elevator shaft dlr by being decapitated by an elevator as it descends while you are leaning (wer n gate or bar is perhaps as un-comfortable a way of dying as can well be imagined. Yet accidents of this character are avoidable, that is, they could not happen if you did not put yOllr head into the shaft. They are sometimes unavoidable if you do. It must, of course, be -admitted that there is some undefinable and uncontrollable feeling which impels a person to look into any kind of an opening. You get on the top of a tall building and yOU immediately g0 as near the edge as you dare, to see how far it is to the ground. Passing along the street where a ditch is being dug, yOll, of course, have to go and see for. yourself how deep it is. So it is 'with an elevator shaft. If the door is open, or jf it is guarded by a low gate or rail, it becomes your bounden duty to look into the hole. Now, a person looking iota an open-ing" of any teind seldom if ever looks upward, Tt is always down. And there is where the danger lies. It is the space betow that causes dizzi-ncSs. al1d it is in looking down that 011e fails to observe what is above. If the elevator is below in the shaft, it can be see"' if it is approaching. If, howevE'" it is above al~d is cordn.q- down onc will not be aware of the fad until he is struck by it. On freight elevators there is sometimes placed a warnin~ signal arrangemcrt, in the nature of a ben which automati-cally rings as the elevator moves, but more often no sl1ch devlre is provided. On elevators used for the carriage of passengers warning signals are seldom installe.d. They <Irc qat considered necessary, owing to the elevator being gen-e: ratly in charge of an operator and the hoistways being gnardec1 by enclosures and locked doors. Accidents due to looking into the shaft usually occur therefore in connection with freight elevators. As to just how they occur, a fe\v cases are b.iefly cited in illustration. Picture No.1 accompanying this article shows the en-trance to a freight elevator hoistway. It is guarded by a semi-automatic gate, four feet four inches in height. This gate is raised by hand a.ud descends automatically as the ele-vator leaves the landing. An employe in the building where thls elevator is located, being curious onc day to know where the elevator was, looked over the gate just <:!sthe elevator was eorring down, and, not being observed by the man on the ca.r, his hea4 was caught between the descending platform and the gate, breaking his r.eck and killing him il1stant~y. The pi.cture also shows the position the man was in when tl:e elevator struck him. A similar case, except that it did not terminate fatally owing to the prompt action of the ope ator, is the following: A girl en:ployed in a, hctory, wit110nt any special reason for doing so, looked over the guard rail i:-:to the el~vator shaft. The elevator just then descending cJ.llght her on the back of the head, forcing her neck against the top of the gate. The operator, catching sight of the girl just as the elevator struck or was about to strike her, prompt:y reversed the lever and stopped the car, but not before the platform had scalped the girl from the base of the b:"ain to the forebead, and from ear to ear, her scalp being pushed over to the front part of her he8d, Occasionally a person will do some untow~u.-d thing to get into adange.-r- OilS position, and thereby meet wit.h what rr.ight truthfully be termed an unfo:'eseen accident. Picture No.2 shows another entrance to a fre:ght elevator well which to all appearances is adequately protected. As a matter of fact it is much better guarded than hundreds of hoistway entrances that have come under the writer's obse~- vation, and which werc considered reasonably safe. The gate is semi-al1torr: atic, stands a little over five feet from the floor and is composed of horizontal and upright bars. The rectangular openings in thc gate tllU5 forwed arc about Seven inches in width. Ninety~nil1e persocs in a hundretl would say that this gate was sufficient to keep persons from falling into the well or coming in contact with the n:oving elevator, and yet a fatal a.cci-dent den::onstrated bcyond all question that while the gate mi.ght be cOll!:'.;id-ered as "reasonably safe," it was not absolutely safe. A person of medium height could not look over this gate into the well without climbing ot1"the gate, but a boy working on the prem-ises got aroll.nd the difficulty by thrust-ing his head through the narrow op-ening where it is marked X in the picture. Of course, it so r.appeced the elevator was on its way down, and, catchin~ the boy's bead between the platform and the bn, it crushed him to death. The elevator shaft is often used 8S a means of c::1mmunica· tion from. one floor to ar.other. This is a dangerous practice as the foHowing' accident will show: A rran on the first floor of shop wished to talk to a man in the basement. He, therefore, le<>ned into the elevator well and "hdtced" to at-tract the other wan's attention. The elevator guard con~ sisted only of a rail set in slots at each side of the entrance, and, as the elevator coming down struck the man, it broke the rail over which h~ was leaning afld ptecipitated him t0 the bottom of the shaft, a distance of about twelve feet. The man's back, face and head were badly injured, and one arm was broken. Still another case: A man hea.ring some one calling in the shaft, went and looked over the gate to see who it was. I~----------_._-- \I!CHIGAK ARTISAN" 21 Richmond, Ind. Double Cane Line "Slip Seats"-the latest and best method of double cane seating. Catalogues to the Trade. __ . --i At that instant the elevator descended 011 the back of the man's head. pressing him ',vith such force against the g2b.' tbnt the gate ga,vc \vay. To the breaking of the gate the man probably owed his life, <IS otherwise his head must have betH crushed. /-\s it was he was nearly scalped, and his chin 311d tho oat were badly bruised and torn. The danger of looking- do\vn an elevator shaft, is not, pened because of the open door is illustrated by an incident tlwt recently caIlle to the writer's attention. A 111an, approaching the elevator and desiring to take pas-sage, observed that the door w·as partly open. He rang the bell for the elevator, <lnd then, curious to know where the elevator ,·vas, opened the door wider, thrust his head in and looked down the shaft. The elevator was, however, not 2. Gate Through which Boy Thrust his Head to Look Into Elevator Shaft. however, conl1ned exclusively to freight e1cv:lto1's. How often is it 1h8t the entrance doors to a passenger c1e\?ato, have failed to latch, due to negligence on the part of the op-eraiur, or to defective latches, and are left standing part ,vay open! v\That is mOTc natural than that a person observing the open dOOl- should open it still "iider. or a child, p8.ssing by. run through it? Picture No.3 shows the enclosure cloor on a sixth floor, which the elevato;· operator neglected to see tightly clo52d before le.:n,ing. How em i1cciderit nEarly hap-below, but above him, .<Hldin response to the can was rapidly con-,ing duwn. The IT;).lJ, having satislied his curio:-;ity .• vvithdrevil his bead from the sbaft just as the elevator shot past, missing l1im by the closest possible margin. The operator :lfter stopping his car, his ebony counten:1ncc blanched alt"r.ost to v,ihiteness, remarked to the man, "Gee, but that was a close shave." "Not so," replied the man, "·you don't think I was such a fool as to put my head in the elevator shaft, do you?" The man, spcakinci nbout the in- 22 MICHIGAN ARTISAN cidCl1t afterwards, said he knew better than to look into the shaft, but '3.1the moment he was thoughtless and impelled by a feeling of curiosity. He knew the danger; indeed, he had often warned persons against doing that very same thing, and, From the few cases here given, the danger attending an elevator well unless it is completely enclosed and the doors kept tightly dosed, is obyio\.lS. In cases where the opening is gua.rded only hy a bar or a gate, to a height of four or fiv;;,: 3. Entrance Door to Elevator Shaft Left Open. when the operator called: his attention to the narrowiless of his escape, he was Sf) ashamed of himself that he would not admit his folly. Pillture No.4 shows the position the man was in and the approaching elevator. • feet from the flooT, th~re should be an automatic signal ben provided which will watn persons of the approach of the ele-vatoT. In addition to the signal bell, a very simple warning device is to attach chains or straps to the under edge of the ~~el~JYilleDes~ ==(om~anJ=== SHELBYVILLE, - INDIANA MANUFACT{7RERS OF OFFICE FURNITURE t Write for 'latest catalOGue ~---_._--~-------_. ~IICHIGAN platform, pla,cing them about six inches apart and letting them hang down about three feet. 1£ a perSOll leanlng over a gate feels these chains falling on his head, he will draw back before the elevator strikes him, it having the SBme effect as the "low bridge" guard on the railroad tracks ,vhich causes the trainman on top of the car to duck the instant he ('.omes in contact with it. It might be well to say that the use of a chain or a rail as a guard to an elevator opening is not a proper guard. The main reason why they are used at all is that they are cheap. That is true, and it is also true that they constitute a mighty chea.p guard. Niggardly economy should not be weighed in the same scale with personal s,~lfety, for nothing is too good when it comes to the matter of safeguarding life and limb. But as the question oi expense ent<'.rs into almost everything, and rightfully so, 'when it .is considered judiciously, it is sug-gested to those desiring an inexpensive and serviceable guard ARTISAN 23 toilet articles, furniture and all sorts of personal belongings, 'There are over a thollsa.nd articles in the collection, most of them not only interesting, but beautiful and costly as· well, All these things are arranged historically, so that one sees together the belongings of LouisXIV., of Louis XV, of Louis XVI. and :.vlarie Antoinette, of Napoleon, of Louis Philippe, of Napoleon III. and Empress Eugenic, and finally examples of furnishings used Lluder the present republic. 1\ot long ago the directors of the museurlt decided to take an inventory of its treasures, not a third of which are on public exhibition. rvfany of them have been hoarded care-fully- so carefully, it appearsl tbat the very existence of some of t1]e111had be{'.tl forgotten, for an interesting discovery h2:'> been made in one of th'e hOllSCS where the overflmv is stored. This is a collection of materials in silk, velvet and brocado:.'. of the greatest magnificence, which '''''ere ordered in 1811 by Napoleon r. for the refumishing of the great chateau at. Ver- 4. Leoking Through Open Door Into Elevator Shaft. t.hat they insta.ll the s~n-,i-al1tonJ.atic go.te. This gate gives general satisfaction, is simple. in operatioll, and, ii built suf-fIciently high and close, it lY,<lkes a good g-l1ard. As to passenger e!eyatcrs, the door should be provided with a door-locking device "\vhidl ",'ill prcv~nt the elevator being n-:;oved until the dO(LS are securely dosed. In Rhode Island and Pennsylvania such a del/ice is rcqu;l-cJ by law Oil all elevators used for the carriage of passengers. A safe rule to follow is this, "Do llot put your head in tllC elevator shaft. Ring· the bell and ·wait." RICH FIND IN PARIS. Costly Palace Furnishings Ordered by Napoleon, but Never Used. Among the many curious museums in which Paris is rich the one caned the Garde Meuble has it unique inte.rest. A visit to its galleries makes one feel as if one had touched hands with dead kings and queens. It is the most intimate collection of its size in all Europe. The reason is that it contains a multitude of objects which were in use by the· dead and gone rulers of France-clothing, saille:;, ulloccupied since the tragic departure of Marie Antoi- 1Jette. :Napoleon had been living i the Trianon a,cross the park hom the grand chateau, bl1L decided that he was cramped there and that he would reign at the huge palace in a splendor not second to that with ,vhich Louis XIV. had filled it. Su he sent orders to the silk and velvet merchants of Lyons for imrncllse quantities of costly fabrics for hangings and uphol-st. ering. The idea was a trifle too late. The war with Russia came soon, and the next two years were spent on a hundred battlefields instead of in silk-hung chateaus. In April, 1814, Napoleon abdicated and all the gorgeous materials have lain in obscurity for almost a century_-Exchange. @ * @ Will Travel in the" East. Elton Daniels, a nat.ive of Grand' Rapids, who entered the comlnercial field a few years ago as a traveling sales-man a1t-d"made good" in a surprisingly short time, will re-present the Phoenix Manufacturing Company, 01 'Covington, Ky., during the coming year in the eastern territory. He is YOU1lg,. <lctive, ambitious and possessed of all the qualities that ",,'in success in the business world. 24 MICHIGAN RUDOLPH'S RANK COMPETITOR. The Star Salesman Submits That it is a Crime to Put a Man Up Against a Game Like That. Rudolph came up to the July Exposition joyfully and in a new forty-dollar suit. Rudolph is one of the furniture salesmen who gain a pound a week riding nights to make small towns and feeding at railroad eating houses down by the hacks. "You take it from me," he said to the clerk at the Morton, "I'm playing for all the chips in the rack this aip. I've got a stock of dope and a line of office furniture that will breed hot boxes in OUI" little old shop do\'vn by the whispering O-h-i-o. I'm going to spread OUT product all over the scenery. vVhen you Grand Rapids fellows get your skyline in plumb again and the pieces of your little old bu~g put to- , ., ! Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Parkwood live., Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now putting out the best Caster Cups with cork bases ever QBered to the trade. These are finished in Golden Oak !'Iud White Maple In a light finish. The~ g<)()dsare admirable for polished floors and furn-iture rests. They will not sweat or mar. PRICES: Size2U inches..•... $4.00 per hundred Size 2.Y4inches' ...•. 5.00 per hundn~d Try a Sample Order. P. a. B. Grana RapfdR. • getber so as to make a consecutive ma.p, I'll be getting word from the house to go and rest a year, witb salary and ex-penses. That's the way I'm going to cut up right llOW." The clerk rea.chcd back to the letter rack. "It occurs to me," he said, "that there's a tele.Tram here for you. Can~e in yesterday_ Didn't lost, yOl1r w.ay in th~ dark, did you ?" 'iYour Dnde Dudley reads fine print in the dark," replied Rudolph. "On the way up I stopped off at 1I1eddow. Man named Flint had a cillch on furnishing tbe ncw county build-ing there. Now he's in-the also rans. I've got him in the b<l,(".k yard, under the sawdust." Rudolph tore open the yellow envelope and read his mcs-s. agoe. Then he fan his fingers througn his hair alld frowned. "YOlt look sorrowful," said the clerk. -ls your girl com-ing?" "Little RUdolph is wedded to his art," replied tIle sales-neall, "the gentle art of selling office furniture.. Cash on delivery and no boodle goes." He pondered over the message for a moment and then turned to a railroa.d guide. "Funny thing," he said to the derk. "House wires me to go back to 3,1eddow and cinch that contract. New salesman on the scene. One B. L Ferris. New party, I take it. Ratsl I hold the chairman of that building committee in the hotlow of my hand. He's at the present time in his third in-carnation as a keen, level-headed business man. Wonder where this Ferris party b1.1tts in from?" The clerk didn't know. The house sent a long message to Rudolph, telling him to hurry, and the hopeful man who sought to plaster the landscape with curtain-top desks and ARTISAN things shot out of town on the Midnight Limited, half asleep in a parlor car with visiollS of acquiring the scalp of one B. L. Ferris in his mind. "Look here," he said, next day, to the chairman of the building committee, "what new brand of dictionary is that buttinski of a B. L. Ferris measuring out to you .boys? Oaf imported artists in wood a.re sawing up lumber rignt now to make stuff to fit into the rooms of this modern temple of beanty. Where is this Ferris creature, anyway?" "You sce," said the chairman o-f the building committee, "the new drummer got hold of some of the members of the committee of which I am chairman, and it looks to me like decent burial for aU our fond hopes." "Well/' said Rudolph, "it seems to me that a. man who can play two jacks as high as you can without showing a map of mental conditions on your manly front, ,ought to be able to put it all over the other members of the committee, who are mostly fresh from the glad summe-r morning in the dewy hay field. Can't you get up a little party with plenty of fizz stuff and a small hot bird for chaperone? I'd like to see this Ferris buttinski in action." iiI don't think Ferris mixes it any," replied the chairman of the building committee, with a friendly smile_ ·'No. we can't do anything that way. You hang about here for a. few days aJld I'll see what can be done." "And while I'm loitering here, waiting to put this Ferris nondescript all to the bad, the boys up at the Grand Rapids Exposition will be sending out goods that I ought to have on my order book. Can't you think of some way we can get rid of this Ferris mollycoddle? I'll do ?uything in reason to get him out of the running right now, so I can get back to the Valley City and see the wheels buzz." "I'll think it over," said the chairman of the building com-mittee. "You've got to give me time, though, There may be a way," Rudolph strained away at the English language for a few minutes, and the chairman of the building committee looked out of the window to hide a smile which was spreading over his face. "Go ahead," said the salesman, presently, not having time to hunt up any new words with which to describe his feelings, "and I'll wait. I've got a room in the Empire on the first floor from the skylight, and I'll take pride in watching the shining orb of day rising and setting over the rustling corn. You haven t got anything handy to read about the quiet life, have you? In order to get in with the highbrows here have I got to wade in the dew in my bare tootsies? Tell that Ferris creature to name his weapons if you see him." "Say," said the chairman of the building committee, ignor-ing the clamor of tbe saleSmaJl, "here comes a little peach of a girl I'd like to have you meet. She's all right and as bright as a new moon. She's coming up to the h01;1seto dinner tonight, and if you want to do penance for your sins in that way you may come up, too. Good morning, Miss Leonard," he added, as a dream of a girl stepped into the office. "This is Rudolph Hastings. I don't vouch for him, understand, but I think he'll do to depend ou. in an emer-gency." Rudolph stepped back and looked Miss Leonard over. \Vould he go up to the chairman's house for dinner? With Miss Leonard there? WeIll Before the dinner was over he knew that her name was Bertha, and that he was to drive her over the country the next day, and he also found himself hoping that the Ferris person would keep things muddled up for a month or two at least. "If you don't keep in sight more," said the chairman of the building committee, at the end of three days, "this Ferris in~ dividual is likely to run off with this contract. The other members of the committee are bucking on your offer, and it looks like you'd better tend to business or get out of the ring." "Give me a couple of days," urged Rudolph. ! • • }[ 1 CHI G A f\ "\Vilat for?" demand the chai.man. yourself on l'vliss Leonard?" "Bet your life!" replied Rudolph. '"I'm going to :;tea1 that girl! She's Venus and Solomon wrapped ill one package. Look here, old friend, I'll give that Ferris person llLOlley to get out of to\'Vll with jf he'll go. And I won't ask ho,," far he wants to go. I'm busy with little Bertha Duckl1n~s at present, and can't fool with contracts." "I SLC your tinish," said the chairn.an of th::: CUlllili-ictee. "\Vilen yon get things Jixed with )liss LeOl:ard jU5t let 111e know." "Do you think yOll can get this buttinski out of tm-vn:->' "Yes, I think 1 can. VVuuldll't do it {or allY one but yo~!, old 111a11." "I'll be tickled to death to see \'1111Oil his way: said Ru-doiph, a.nd then his thoughts went b;:Lk to 11iss Levnanl. the girl he n.eant to marry if he cou:d. She ,vas ad aU the next cay, and at evening when Ru-dolph called to see ber she WelS (ngaged in packing a cut..: little suit case. She looked up with a snjle ..nl! sa:d it was too bad she had to go Qway, as she 'V;H; having the time of her life. She didn't feel any more Leart-broken over her departure thnn Rudolph did. He carriEd Lcr cute little snit case to the station and stood Oll the platform lluil the train faded from sight. I-le met the cha:rman of the co.nn.ittec at the big door. "\Vell," he s;,id, "that Ferris perSCH has gone at last. It wasll1~e of :you to clny the Ferris luggage to the train. The contract for supplying the furniture for the new county build-ing .vas in that suit case." "\i\That's that ;'" shouted Rudolph, turning many colors. "Sure. Bertha Lco;lard Ferris. Cutest saleswoman on the continent. You said yqU ,,,,ere going to steal her, you know, and so we thought it didn't make any difference ,vhich one g-ot the contract. When does it come off, old man?" "It would have come off riglJt here ill the street if there hadn't heen a policeman in sight. As it ,vas, Rudolph shook his fist in the face of the cbairOla.n of the building committee and n~ade promises ",.-hichhe hopes to keep some clay. If he does the chairman will go to a hospital. "You see,' said the chairman, "I lJeglected to give you Bertha's full name. Come up next winter and she'll have a new name. One I won't be likely to forget." "Oh," said Rudolph, "she worked you, too, did she? That's good!" "Oh, it is on the square with me," insisted the chairman. "There's one born every day," said Rudolph. "I don't just ren,ember the name of it dght 110wl Say, you, you're a big-ger fool than I am." "A ,voman ,vho ,,,,ill put up that kind of a game on an in· nocel1t drummer," mused Rudolph on his way back to the big Klingman building, "ought to be pinched. It sure is :l crime. Anyway, a salesman ·who will neglect his business for a pretty face ought to lose out." He wrote to the house that he had lost the contra.ct be-cause of bare faced fraud! ALFRED B. TOZER ''To go blowing @ * @ Studies in Ancient Furniture. A recent acquisition to the collection of books relating to furniture in the Ryerson Library, Grand Rapids, is called "Studies in Ancient Furniture" by Caroline L. Ransom. It is devoted to couches and beds of the Greeks, Etrusc:ans and Romans. The Greek lexicographer Pollux was the first writer t.o attempt to give extensive information about furniture. In his subject dictiol1ary embracing many phases of public and private life is a ~ol1ection of words and quotations from ear- I:er writers about beds al~d their furnishings. The best detailed description of :t bed ouecrs in the Odys-sey, Odysseus being the lucky ov.'l:cr. The bed w~s of olive wood. built \vith the help of a plumb line, polished and ctec- , I L -- --- ----------------------------- ARTISAN 25 orated ,"vith gold, silvC1"and ivory. Its design is not given. The e<l,dy''\-'riters sometimes mcntion the materials used, such as iron and later principally woo(l decorated with ivory, sil-ver, gold. tortoise shell and sometimes b::::autifLedby veneers. Tortoise shell came into use about 100 B. C. Couches of bone handsomely carved have been found. Ivory was very genera.lty used for decoration. The principal sources of information concerning ancient fnrniture were the wall paintings, sculpture, interiors of tombs, reproductions in terra cotta of older piec::s and the Greek vases. Some Etruscan heds of the seventh century before Christ still exist. There is one dating from 200 B. C also. Tlw te.ra cotta reproUl1l::tiol1Srange from the sixth cen-tury before Christ to the third or fourth centu;·y A. D. Et-ruscan ,va.ll paintings show couches of the fifth and sixth cen-turies before Christ. They were often n~ade of bronze. TJ·.e Greek and Roman bed was used for reclining at meats. Italians had couches for .sleeping and eating both. In Latin literature we hear of couches for reading and writ-ing. lI'lost surviving couches of Greek and Ron~an date arc for banqueting. Most of the small terra cotta couche; of the Hellenistic period and later and Roman couches know11 in reliefs arc more like modern couches and sofa.s than bed,;. Narrow, piled up ",...ith cushions and usually having people ly-ing On thcm or seated on them conversing .• for daytime and night use both. Among Mycenaean remains therc is evidence for a furni-ture industry (probably including beds) in various terra cotta models of arm chairs. People sat in chairs to cat and slept on the ground, yet beyond a doubt beds were a com-mOil household article. Very little is known as to their forll:s except some had turned legs; some were portable, oth-ers occupied fixed positions. In tbe Greek period better made couches appeared, divided into two general classes, those with legs built on a rectangular plan and those with turned supports. In the Roman period turned legs a.-e the rule. At first couches were mere frame work of legs bearing flat surfaces on which bedding wa:; piled. Then low head boards nnd foot boards appeared, then the back vms added by the Romans. Possibly upholstered later. Beds \vithout head rests appeared in the sixth century. Turned legs were much elaborated. Then draped beds with no head rest appeared. Rectangular legs are of great impor-tance as showing earliest samples of what became later the most popular and widespread design for elegant chairs and conches. Known in Attica in the 6rst half of the sixth cen-tury, Spartan influence in the fifth century led to almost com-plete banishment of luxUriOllS couches in favor of plain styles. Fourth century beds were adapted from older styles. The Romans did not. use the Greek style of couch long. It went ont of style in the first century A. D. Beds had turned legs; they used rosettes and animals for decoration. Couches with curved j"est at two extremities, differed greatly from earlier Roman couches. Dolphin was a favorite motive on couches-head resting on frame body and tail swinging aloft. Backs introduced by Romalls were open rather than solid and had a middle rail, a bracing bar above floor level between legs and at'ms and lower than back. More like a settee. The use of upholstery is doubtful. No resemblance to modern single bedsteads 1-vith high foot and higher head boards. Draped Greek couches looked like modern college divans. The book contains so much of novelty and interest that ,1 thorough study of it is necessary to appreciate it properly. "In English Homes" by Charles Latham is a collection in book form of photogrnphs and reading matter concerning the homes of the English nobility. It treats of the interior dec-oratio1ls, describing their character, furniture aJld ado:'nmeJJts in many notable houses and castles in the beautiful English country. Among those written of and photographed are Hadden H~.11.I-Iardwick Hall, Derbyshire, Old Place, Land-field, Sussex, and Hatfield House. 26 MICHIGAN The Ideal "Boss." Morrison is looked upon by his employes as an ideal boss, not so mtH,:li- on account of his ability as boss as on a':couut of his pracd'cal working knowledge of the details of th~ bus-iness in which he is cllgaged and his ability to impart that kno-wledgc clearly to bis employes, who are really his as-sistants. Now, Morrison is one of tho~e bosses who is always on the job. He may be sauntering about the factory or store or he may have dropped for a minute into a chair in his private on-ice, but he is at all times available for the head of a department or his messenger after informatioll. Nobody ever think of becoming familiar with Morrison, though he always has a smile of welcome when he sees one of his men approa.ching him with that look on his bee which indicates that he \~7ishes to interview him. He has Wall for himself the magic title "Successfuf!' and he wears his hOllors so easily that i~is~the other man's own fault if he does not learn rapidly from being associated with him. To the men in his employ.".he is a leader. He has done what they axe ambitious to J~,.and done it well. It does not take a dose observer to realize that this in a great degree ,is what the workers in every house are doing. --~'------'----------" Henry S~hmit ff Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Clo<lhlDati. OL.io makers of Upl.olstered Furniture fo' LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM It is natural for the department head to look up to the boss and to be influenced by him. Of course, there is the scoffer, the caustic critic of his employer, whom we all know, who says: "He's a lucky dub, that's all." But as his life on the payroll is short and ever apt to terminate with great viol-ence and suddenness, he dosn't count in the great average. The average employe is an imitator and the boss is the ob-ject of his imitation. The boss is the last word. His word is law. What he says and does is right, by the creed that governs the comfficrcial world, for were it not he, would not be boss. The boss is the makcr of the standard by which he and all that he does is to be judged. Sma.ll wonder that he can do no wrong, in the eyes of the employe. So it is a natural consequence that the nature, disposition, character, habits and life plan of the boss influences, if it does not govern, the ways of the young man below. And this is why Jones, who represents another type of manager and whose name is legion, is no more fit to serve as this ideal than a barkeeper. Jones isn't vicious, or anything like that. The trouble is only that he isn't aware of bis responsibility as the boss. He feels that he is responsible to the firm, but tha.t's alL He refuses to recognize or to admit that he is responsible to his employes. Beyond this, a blank. And it is beyond this, realty, that the more vital portion of the responsibility of employer to employe is to be found. For here are f0!-1nd the actions from which the underling draws his estima,tion of the character of the boss, by which light he sees the road which he deems it best to travel. Kow"to be strictly honest, we've got to admit that JoneS~ conduct is not a shining example of what the conduct of a leader should be. First of all, the fact that he isn't'broad enough or deep enough to see and admit his responsibility to-ward thosc under him is against him. A real leader sees ARTISAN these things. There are just enongh employers of this type extant today to furnish a contrast to Jones. But this is a matter of inheritance, perhaps, and it may not be Jones' fault that he isn't a born leader. He can't help that. But he can help a lot of things. rnost,of the other things, in fact. He can avoid the small, sharp practices which so many of them resort to in their business dealings; he can impress npon the plastic mind of his young clerks tha.t honesty means honesty to customers, not merely to the firm. He can avoid profanity in moments of slight irritation-it was only the other day that the. writer heard within one hour the original cuss word of an employer and its repetition by a clerk. He can avoid any number of things in the office, things which he docs every day in his life, and which distinctly are not indi-cative of a leader of size character. But, perhaps, it is outside the office that he has his best chance to not do what he does. Docs Jones ever think what his clerks think when they see him imbibing strong drinks across the street? \\-'ell, this is about the substance of it: "Boozing is all right; the boss does it." l\·ow, Jones, personalty, may not be hurt by what he drinks; probably he isn't! because few men get to be boss who drink unwisely and unwell; but it is quite certain that his clerk will be, if he follows his bibulous ex-ample. But the boss does it, so it is all right; and Mr. Jones has helped to give a.nother young man a wrong point of view of <'onviviality. As the bo!'>s,so the bossee. And some day, when Jones wakes up and finds that a trusted clerk has been stealing goods or drunk and gambled away several thousands of his Jones', malley, it will never occur to him that he himself laid the seed for that harvest. No. But, O! how angry he will be as he e};.presses hitilself on the character of the clerk which he helped mould. Well, of course, in this day of the get rich today regime we can't be expected to take time to stop and go carefully enough to furnish examples to everybody. But really, in the increased standard of honor and conduct among employes, in their increased efficiency and faithfulness, the employer who would take this trouble would find that the trouble had "paid."-:\tlodern Methods. j @) * @ His Motto. A vcry small boy a.pplied to a great manufacturer for a situation. The great man sized him up carefully and asked what pos· ition he wanted. "A chance to grow up in the business." "Well, what is your motto, my son?" HThe salHe as yours." "What do you mean?" "Why, on the door there, 'Push.''' He got the job. @ * @ A Trade Slogan. "Double the capacity one-half the waste and one· half the labor," is the slogan adopted by the Grand Rapids Veneer Works, in the manufacture and sale of dry kiln apparatus. The drying of lumber ha.S been revolutionized by the com-pany's system of construction and operation, and hundreds of manufacturers, by written testimonials, endorse the claims of the company as regards economy and efficieny. Operators of wood working: Dlants using old style kilns will find it to their interest to investigate the Grand Rapids Veneer Works' system. @ * @) When the lady on the dollar talks the average man is ready to listen. -------------------------------------- - MICHIGAN ARTISAN r-------.-.---------------. i L ------------ .. Well, Here They Are Again...Good Ones, Too If this hunch can't get your com you need never lear the hold-up man. if they do; their goods will get your customers' COIn lor you. But never mind They're all here in Thirteen Nineteen· The Big Building i Adrian Table Co., Adrian, 1\lich. AdvauclOl Beddlng Co., LaCr()~~e, l\'hl. Alwin )ffg. Cll •• Elkhart, Ind. American Chair Co" 8eYJUour, Ind. _4merjcan 1\f~t.a1\\'3"'1" (:0., Cbil~ago. Art.'llidta Furniture Co., Arcadia, ~tich. AudeFurnItuZ'e (,'0., St. I.ouis, Mo. Banta :FUJ'niture Co., GOllhen, Ind. llillow-I.upter fXJ" CqJumbus. O. , Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co" Grand k,apidS, l\1ieh, Bbncbard-Harnilton Furniture ('0., Thy, 8helhyvUlc. Ind. Buc1~e;\:eChair Co., The, RaveuDlI, O. Buffalo Chair ""ol'ks, Buffalo, ~. y, Burkhardt :Furnitl1re Co., The, lhl}·ton~ O. BWltl11an Art Co" Chicago, Cabl~ ManD I~oJJsh Co" CWcago. Cadllla(J Cabinet (0., Iletroit, J\Hch. Caloric Co" Th~, Janeliville, ll'is. Campbell Fu-rniture Co., C. H., Shelbyvme, Ind. Campbell, Smith & Rit{~hie, J,ebanon, Ind. Capital Rattall Co., Tile, Indiu,napolis, Iod. Ca$tru(~ci Co., The, Cincinnati; O. Central Be.lding Co. of nIinol8, Chicago. Chicago Distributing Co., Chi(~ago. Chicago Lamp & Reflector Co., Chicagn. ChiclIgIJ :.\(jrror & Art Glass Co., Cbio:~ago. ChicagtJo 8tove & Range Co:., Chicago. ChJpI~I¥a .1·'»l1s Furniture Co., ChipIWW,1 "Flills, "·is. Choate~IIollister li'urniture Co., JanesviHe, "'is. Columbia Feathel' Co" ChiCHg"(t, Conrey & Bitely TlI.hle Cu., The" Shelbyville, Ind. Conrey.Davil'l Mfg. Co., SheJb:niUe, Ind, Co-Operative Furniture Cn., Rockford, DI. DJwis-Blrely °J"able Co., Tholl, Shelhyville, Ind. 'Davis, lIorwich & Steinmall, Chicago. Umlngham Mfg. Cn., Sbel::oygan. ',"'i'l. Dunn Co., .John A., Gardner, lialiS., U:l:l Chicllgo. Eckholt :l'urniture <"0., St. I.ouis, Mo. Emmerich &- Co., Chall., Chkrtgo. l<--:InrichFurniture Co., The, Iodiatlapolis, lnd Eureka Fumitur~ n'mks, Sd1Ooleraft, Jlkh. J<;x('c1 ~lfg. Co., Rockford, Ill. E~'les Chair Co., l~. G., Cedar RUllidfl, fl-l. Falcon ).Ug. Co., Big Rapids, :!'!lit:h. )<'all Creek :L\1fg.Co., J.lonre",,·ille, Inll. Fillwett J\1fJ;. Co., Uloomfteld, Ind, :l'eige nesk ()o., Saginaw, Mi(·h. FensJie nr08., <"hil~ltgo. l"erguson Dr<IS. }lfg, Co., Hobokell, X. J. l'i.sher ("'" C}-JUs, .4.., Ljllcoln, IJl. :Fostcr Hros. -:\Ug, (:0., ('ti('Il, 1'. Y., and 81. Louis, .:Uo. VOYt"r Bros. & Co., 'J'nledo, O. :t'o;yel' J\Hg. Cu., St\lr~is, Midi. l<'l'(\cflman Bros. & Co., Chicago, FH'lllont "Furniture Co., l"relllllnt, O. Fuller. \\'arren Co., )li1waukee, '"is. l''1tlton l\Ug. Co" Chicl,gO. Garvy (:0., The, Chicagll. Golden Vunlitur(' Co., JUllJestnwIl. N, Y. GOlibell .:lUg. Co., GOJWen, I.nd. ('o~hen Novelty & ll:-u~h Co., Gosben, Iud. Gnrue:1' Refrigerlltor 0,., Fond du I.Jw, \""'s. -and others. we couldn't get all of Look them all up. Hausske & Co., August, CbicllgO. Heroy GIllSS Co., Chkugo. Herr.og Art Furniture Cn., 8agiua·w, J\lich. Hod~lI Furnitq~e Co" 'rhe, Sb~ll1;rviUc, lmi. Hollat<z Bros., Chicago. Humpltl'ey Book(~lIse Co., Detroit, llich. Indiana Brass & Iron Bed Co., llol'gantown, Ind. Indianapolis Chair & Furniture Co., Indian-apolis, Ind. ,Jacoby l"ll1'niture Co., Y(t~k, PlI-. JllJIlestown Chail' Co" Jaluelltown, N. Y. Johnson It S{)US l"nrn. Co., A • .J., Chicago. Ken~·, iSorcn!!ien Furn. Co., Clinton, Ia. Remnitz :l"lHU.Co., Theo., Grcep lb". \\'is. Kincaid Fumiturl~ Cll., iStatesYille, N, C. Killg Furniture (,'0., ''''U1'J''('D, O. l:llnleY ~Ifg.Co., Cbtcal;"o. Knol::-,,'1l1e Table &; Chair Co., J{ntlxl'JIle, Tenn. Koenig FUl'1liture Co., St. Louis, :\'[0. J,IID_b, Gcol'ge L., ~aIJPanej.', Ind. LandllY, ,Joseph I., St. I.ollis, 1\'[0. Landu,1t 8t.~el Hange Co., St. Louis, ~lo. I.angslow-,Fo~\'ler Co., RocbeHter, N. Y. l.evel Furnitllre Co., JaJUeHtow,n, K. Y. I ..ibeny :Furuitul"e Co., Junlollstnwn, N. Y. 1.(I)"dJUg. Co" ~lenf1mhlee, Wis. l,ust.re Chemical 'YorkS, Chicago. :\Ianistee ~1fg, Co., ilfu,nistee, :J-lieh. ):r(~Cread): & \l'headoIl, Chi('llgO. UcDougaII & Son, G, P., IUdlanapdlls, Ind. ~leeballics Furniture Co., !to('kford, TII. Jnersman Broll.-Rrandts Cll., 'l"lle, Celina, O. 3-liiShll.walu\ :Folding Carriage Co" 'lishaw-aka, Ind. j[oou )lfg-. ('0" The J. L" Belle"'ue, O. l\'[ount Airy Mll,ntet & Table Co., )lount Airy, N. C. Naperville Lounge Co., Naperville, ilL National }t'urnitur-e Co., Jame~tl)WD, N, Y. ~atinnlll",beel Co., }'el'ry~blll.'g, O. Norquist Co., The A. C., ,Jame-ston-n, N. Y. ~orth St. Paul Table Co., 1Jillueapnlis, )fjoll. Oberbed{ Bro!l. 3ffg. Co., ('rand Rapid;.;, W1r.-. Olbl'idi & ('olhel~k Co., Cbiellgo. Pll1111erFurn. llfg. Co.• A, E" /\drian, l\Iich. I'almer .\ffg. Co., Detl'flit, ~lh'h. I'enn Table eo., Huntington, 'V. VII, rhflcJljx Clmir CQ., Shebo"'gllIl, 'ViII. them In If you at that. don't you Pioneer Mfg. Co., DetroIt, l\fich. PUmptolt l\'If,l:". Co., F. T., Chicago. Possdlu8 Bros, F·urn. Mfg. Co., The, Deb-oit, .Uil'"h. I're8ton & Khouri, l'ew York. Prufrock-lAttoo F'urn. CfJ., St. 1A)uls, Mo. Pullman Couch Cn., The, Chit,"llgo, Ranney Refrig-cru,tor CQ., GreenviUe, Web., and Chicago. Ruttan l\'Ifg. Co., New Haven, Conn. Rockford Furniture Co" Rockfol'd, DI. Rockford Standard Fum. Co., Roekford, ilL nome Metallic Bed;o;tead Co., RODle, N, Y. Roos ~1fg. Co" Chicago. Root. :Furnlture Co,) Shelbyville, Ind. Royal Mantel & Flun. Co., Jtockford, Ill. Sag-nun- T'lble & Cubinet Co" Saginaw l\lich, Saint Paul Table Co" St. Paul, -:\linn: Sanitary Feather CQo" Cbil:ago, 8cbneidel' & Allman, Chicago. Sdlranl Bros., Chicago. Schultz &: Hil"8ch, Chi<~ago. 8ecger-GaJlaseh Refrigerat"r Co., St. Paul, Minn. Se:dro l\lfg. Co., The, Cincinnati, O. Shelbyville Wardrobe ]\Olig. Co., iSbelbvviile Ind. • , 8hre-,,'c Chair Co., {:nion City, I'a, Sidway "(crl~aIlUle Co., Elkh'lrt, Ind. Sikes ConljoJjdated(~bJlir eo" New York, Philadelphia and BUffalo. Ska.ndia FurnitlU'e Co., RQCkford, Ill. Spencer &, Bal'lles Co., The, Henton Harbor .aIich. ' Spiegel Furniture Co., Shelb3:viJle, Ind. Sprague &: Carleton, Keene, N, H, 8tantlal'd Chair Co., lJnion City, Pa. ~tl:lams & FOflter Co., Cincinnati, 0, Stickley &. Branclt Chair Co., The, Blng_ hanlton, -S, Y. 8tom"bs-BQI'khardt Co., The, Dayton, 0, Stone Ohllos Co., Chicago, StUlJ.t J<'urniture Co., &dem, Ind. Streator l\lctal Stumping Co., Stl'eator, IiI. :-itreit l\ltg, Cu., The C, F., CJ1)einnatl, O. 8tul'kin-N~hoD· Cabinet Co., Loganspl,rt, Ind. Suitt DrOll. ~lJfg. Co" The, Cambridge, O. Thayer Co., lI. )l., Erie, Pa, ThomasvUle Furn. Co., l.·homus\"il!e, Y, c. Tnledo 'Ietal "\Vheel Co., Toledo, 0, Tomlinson Chair Mfg. Co., High Point, N. C. 'I'l·ll.phagen & Hull :L\Ifg.Co., Kingston, N. Y. Trlwer"e City Chair Co., Traverse Cft:)·, l\tieh. llnagulolta. Ufg. Co., Asheville, N, C. Upham )[fg. Co., ~Iu'i'lblield, Wis, 'l'a~J)l"r Mfg. Co., North l\Iilwaukee, "'"is. \Yait-l?uller Cahinet Co., Portsmouth, 0, ll'a ..b..illgttm -:\Hg. Co., 'l-'ashingLon C. H., 0, "'ebde Co., The, New:f!-rk O. n'clltern I'ktlJre }t'rame Co., Chicago. \l.'he('1tI(~k &: Co., 0, R .• Cle-,,·elllDd. O. 'Vhitn(W & Co., W. F" South Ashburnham, :Mass. "'ldman & Co., J. C., Detroit, l\1ieh, -U'i!!c,obsin Cabind (~n., Fond du Lac, ",·ill. \l'ise-onsin Chair Co., '.rhe, port ''\Iasbing-t611, U·i.... \YoU & Kra,croer Film. Co., St. I.uuis, 1\[0. \\'olverinc lllfg. Co" Detf'<,it, iilkh. Yeager J::urniture Co" The, Allentown, Pa. Watch the next will overlook some for the bets. Issue good Manufacturers' Exhibition Building Co., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago. 27 I I ~-------------------- --- ---- --- -- 28 MICHIGAN SOLD AT AUCTION. Oriental Art Objects Collected by Count Von Sternburg. The collection of oriental art objects owned by the late Baron Speck von Stern burg will be sold at anction in New York in January. This collection was started by the baron during his re.sidence in Pekin some years ago while he was secretary to the German Ambassador Baron von 'Brandt. Works of European at tare also included and are valwlble and interesting. There is one extraordinary object in the Van Sternburg collection which may be the most remarka.ble of its kind out- • Fred 1. Zimmer 39 E. Bridae St., Grand Rapids. Mich.. Maker of HIGH GRADE UPHOJ..STERED FURNITURE Writefor CUM ana Price6, Evel'1 Piece Guarant_d PERFECT. -------_.__._------'• side of China, It is certainly a notable one and has attrac-tions distinguishing it from two similar productions in the possession of the South Kensington Museum which Dr. Bushell describes. This is a screen of twelve panels which unfolds to a length of about fifteen feet. It is eight feet high. The screen was made in the reign of K'ang-hsi. Its dec~ oration is more elaborate and more gorgeous in the sceneS dep.icted than that of the two South Kensington screens of similar workmanship. The decorations picture the interior of the Summer Palace, ,,,1th ceremonial fetes in the pres-ence of K'ang-hsi and notables of the court. The wood panels are carved, inlaid with lacquers and painted in bril-liant colors. of the famiHe verte, the painting enamelled as in the case of similar painting on porcelains and the whole or-namentation embellished by ·gilding. On the backs of th~ pands are some of the inscriptions which the Chinese amba.s-sador at Washington has interested hin~self to have trans-lated. The South Kensington screens of this class, which were purchased many years ago, are said to have cost re-spectively $10,000 and $12,000. When Von Sternburg was traveling with Von Brandt in Tibet he gathered in some Buddhistic idols of bronze, gilded some porcelains and carvings and an interetsing set of fif-teenth century illuminated scrolls illustrative of the thous-andth incarnation of Buddha. In India as well as in other of the Asiatic countries, China included, he secured some rugs in keeping with the general character of his collection for household use and adornment, among other purcha.ses in this list being an Agra carpet which was made in the prison fOI' the palace of the Viceroy of India. It did not fit the hall for which it was designed in the 'palace .. and Baron Von Sternburg took the opportunity to buy it. The textiles inclUde further some beautifu1 Mandarin robes and old Chinese velvets and brocades. One tapestry was made for the imperial palace in Pekin in 1750. It is of Chinese manufacture, but with the GoheEn stitch, which gives Mr. Kirby and others an excellent opportunity to renew their interesting contentions as to whether the three century old French industry, which later took its name from the Gohe1in family, derived this stitch from the ancient Chinese or ARTISAI\ whether comparatively modern Chinese copied the stitch which became famous under its French name. The partic:- ular hanging in the Van Sternburg collection pictures China's former capital, Hangchow, and expeditions of Western har~ barians, tribute la.den. Among the miscellaneollsobjects is a repousse wine cool-er used in the days of August the Strong of Saxony and pieces of Augsburg silver and a number of oriental weapons. The collection includes a Rembrandt Peale portrait of Washington. @ * @ Robert Mitchell was a Great Workman. Robert Mitchell the founder of the great furniture in-dustry bearing his name, which has flourished in Cincinnati many yearS, was a master of his craft. Beginning his busi-ness career with little besides a pair of trai:"ted and willing hands, he acquired a fortune' and died with the respect and 11Onordue to a useful and worthy citizen. On one occasion a ellston-.er ordered two extel1sion nbles, to cost $30.00 each. ~Ir, Mitchell carried a pair of saw bucks, a buck and a rip saw into the yard where he kept his little stock of lumber, pulled the lumber necessary to make the tables out of a stack and cut the stock to meet his requirements. At the end of the sixth day he delivered the tables to his customer who remarked, "You have earned $10.00 per day. Why. that is as much as a senator of the United States receives." Mr. Mitchell acknowledged the truth of the statement, but intimated that he at least, had earned the money," @ * @ A Veteran Manufacturer. Charles H. Cox, the vice president of the Michigan Chair Compa.ny, Grand Rapids, engaged in the manufacture of par-lor frames in East Boston, Mass., before he was out of his "teens." The panic of 1873 soon commanded his. attention, and when the question presented had ben prope.ly dispose.d of Mr. Cox united his fortunes with Frank Rhoner, in Ne,,\; York. VVhen in a reminiscent mood 1'lr. Cox' relates man.r interestil1g exper-ienc.es in his 1ife as a manufacturer and sates-man. Of all the great upholstering houses engaged in busi·- n.ess in New York a quarter of a c-en-tur_y .ag_o -bu-t -tw-o-fe~- i Big Rapids Fumi- I lure Mfg. Co. BlG RAPIDS, MIOH. SIDEBOARDS BUFFETS HALL RACKS I No. 128. Price $12. I 2 Off 80 days/'.. Q. b. Big Ra]ndS. -l In Quartered Oak, Golden and Early English Finish, • main. 1\fr. Cox predicts a great future for Grand Rapids a.s a. furniture market. Its importance will grow with the pass-ing of the years. Local manufacturers wiIl take advantage of the great opp.ortunity now offering for extending their trade. . @J * @J Product 1,100,000 Chairs. The Murphy Chair Company operate one of the largest plants in their line of manufacture in the world. The output is 1,100,000 chairs, ranging from cheap to medium in quality, annually. !II I CHI G A 1\ ARTISAN 29 r~I~~-~O~~LLEIN;~-·E-O-S-F-·----------l I REfRIGERATORS I RIGHT a~RICES I Opalite Lined. Enamel Lined. Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined. Zinc Lined with Re-movable Ice Tank. Galvanized Iron Lined; Stationary lee Tank. Sad for New C2!tJ!"gue d/fd let t.u 114me)'Pu trite, '------- Sturgis Lines in Grand Rapids. The Aulsbrook and Jones vurniture Co., olre having a fair run of bL",sit;(ss, aul preparing to show their full line Oil t;;c llrst floor of the Ivr anufactur~~s' building, l;rand Rapids, in J:wuary. This \ViI{ be a pcnranent exhibit, with Shank & Sheltoe. [n addition to their large line of quartered o:lk charcber furniture they will add new patten's in In,;,hogany. The Grobhisc:--Cabinetmakers Cowpany, will nwkc an in-tere1; til18" display of ma.tchcd dining room and lihrary suites, in quartt,oed oak, plain n-allOgany, Circa",sian walnut and crotch l1iahogallY; al!'io a large line of extension, library, dir-ectors' office, dcn alld odd tahles, book cases and ladies' desk;" in their permancllt show room, second floor 1Janufacturers' building, Grand RDpids. Both the Clbiuetmakcrs Company and the old firm of Grobhjser and C·osby have been "\vcll-kno'wll mnkers of good furniture for years, and this combi-nation will make it better for the buyer, as it will give him an oppo;-tuoity to select n~atched goods. to a,dvantage. Talking ahout hustle, and goods the people want--Con-sider the Royal Chair Company. During the dull period when many factories were running on balf time with a re duced force, the Roya1 Chair company ..\.'.Qr~ actually running nights to keep IIp with orders. The ROYed 11.or~is push but-ton chair bas such a hold on the confidcnce of the people that it seems as if the demand will 110t t:ease until evny mother's son and daughter has secured one. At any rate it is certainly going some when that big factory, (nearly 400 feet long) is operated night and day to meet the demand for Roy::l1 and Regal cha.irs, In January the company will dis-play their whole line in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Grand Rapids, @ * @ The triumph of right is preached by men on the winning side. I I~ Celina Tables. The l\JerStIWll Brorhers, Brandts Company, have macle Celina, 0., pron:inent by reason of the. big ta.ble business they h.:n:e built up ill the Jast fe\'>! years. They manufacture a line of one hundrcd twenty-fl\'e patterns of pillar and five leg dining tables 'also 1ibn:]l"y tables-and have teased 2,700 square feet of Boor space on the fifth floor of rhe 1\1allufacturers' Ex-hibition building, 1319 Ivlichigan avenue, Chicago. Ed H. ~Iersrnall, the president of the company, will be in chargc, assist cd by C. Georgt:' \Varner, their western representative, and C L. :\lerce .. eastern representative. This company is getting out a new catalogue which is intended 10 outshine any table catalogue ever gotten out by anybody. It will be ready for distribution in January. @ * @ Johnson Furniture Company. This is the name of the la.te<it addition to the Grand Rap-ids list of high grade furniture makers. The Johnson boys have a reputation as fine cabinetmakers that is the envy of rr.any ..v..ho have been long ill the business. They will show a line of sixty patterns of library and dining room suites in plain and crotch mahogany, on the second floor, south half, of the Furniture Exhibition Building, Grand Rapids, in Jan-uary, in chat'ge of ]. Criss welL east, ]. Hamilton, middle west, and T. H. Camp, far west. It wjJJ be a superior line in every respect, and 'will comm:'l.1ld nwrked attention from a.1l discrim-inating buyers, @ * @ The sa.lesman who "nags" his employer will not receive an increase of salary next year, "to °to A source of loss in salesmanship is the misinterpretation of a customer's intentions. ------' -------------------------------- -- - - 30 MICHIGAN "Revamping" Old Furniture. Housewives delight in rummaging among old furniture stored in attics, bringing it out to the llght' of day, taking it to a cabinet maker and "l1Upfoving" it by converting parts of it into something it was never meant for and setting it up in the living-rooms of houses in its new guise but looking the worse fol' its transformation. An old-fashioned bureau was converted into a freakish looking sideboard with several drawers removed leaving an open shelf below two small drawers. The heavy knobs on the corner posts look as if some bed posts had been found and· put together for the frame work of the piece. A mirror was purchased and hung above it and it was ready for future use as a side-board. An old organ was converted into a writing desk by tak- ARTISAN ing away the center panel below, removing the keyboard and inner workings, adding shelves, pigeon holes and two cupboards and presto the deed was done. But it was not a thing of beauty. "A thing of beauty ,is a joy forever" and surely these things never can arouse a feeling of that sort, Better have left them as they were. @ * @ Pre:niums Distributed by Ret:.ih:rs. The Use of premiums seems to have become general throughout the country. Merchants have adopted the plan, giving purchasers of goods of many kinds an ex.tra incentive to buy and in addition "get something for nothing." Some of t11e articles "given away" are as follows; Knock Brothers, Peoria, ItL, placed a rocking chair in their store window with the announcement that it would be given to the purchaser of the largest amOUnt of goods (pay-ing cash) .during two days. A doubtful proceeding to under-take, 25 p~trchasers ha.ve no way to be sure of fair play. Smullin" B-:-os.,Kane, Fa., are giving away a certain make of kitc.hen t:'.abinet. Lit Brothers, Philadelphia, arc glVltlg a large high class music cahinet with every purchase of a specially advertised piano. The Hub Furniture Company, of 'Nashington, D. C. with a sale of $50 or more arc giving away a 26-pl(:ce chest of \Vm. Rogers silverw<Lre and a 32-piece dinner set with every Purchase of $25 or more. The \Vebber Furniture Company, Leominster, .;vI ass., offer a $65 cooking range to the person presenting at their store the largest number of newspaper clippings of their advertisements on a certain date specified by them. Breuner's, of Oaklal1d, Ca!., house-furnishers:, give a five room bungalow and a 40 x: 125 foot lot. vaiued at $4-,000. Hartman's store in Peoria, 111.,had a two days sale of stoves and with ea.c.h sale gave away a "weathered oak finish Morris chair. Gusdorff & Joseph. of Baltimore in their ads offer it golden oak French bevel mirror dresser for one cent-with th(; pur-chase of $100 or more. L H. Cohn & Company, Youngs-town, 0., dealers in furniture, in their newspaper ads an-nottnce "a premium witth every sale." Offers of recent date ,>\rerea set of Rogers silver free with a $50 purchase cash or credit; a sewing machine with every $150 sale. Even way out in Washington in the tmvn of Everett, Smith & Boeshar ltottsefurnishers, have been giving away a ha.rdwood mission stool of quaint design upholstered in imitation leather with eve,y $10 purchase. The condition was that the newspaper ad be brought to the store or mailed with the order. A fabrikoid rocker went with every $100 purchase cash or credit in Cleveland, witth Bradleys', housefurnishcrs. In the ads the regular price is stated with the illustration and de-scription of the goods. A fifty-two piece dinner set was the attraetion Gevurtz & Sons, of Portland, Orc., offered to the bargain hunters who purchased their special all steel range. No restrictions were made and they gave out the goods either on cash or credit. A Streit davenport is the inducement offe-ed by the Beau-champ- Polk Carpet & Furniture Company, Little Rock, Ark., on certain days. The John IVr. Smyth Co., of Chicago, give a safety razor with every purc11ase of a special grade chamber suite. Siegel, Cooper's go them one better. ""'ith the sale of every $10 'worth of goods they allow each person to have their fortune told by a competent card reader who makes $3 on each reading. Gates & Rich, of \Vashington, D, C., give with every purchase worth $5.00 or more a Wilton covered hassock. The Hub Furniture & Carpet Company, of Colubml's, O. offer as a special premium a Bohemian gold filigree water set free ''llith a purchase of $10.00 or over, cash or credit. They believe that furniture houses should offer other things than furnitlt:,e as premiums, something not in their regular stock being a big inducement. ------------------------ -- MICHIGAN ARTISAN FURNITURE 31 OF THE ANCIENTS The ancients used motE!and better furniture than they are generally credited with. The illustrations below· represent the styles of the early centuries. Altar in tbe Museum lit Rav('nna. JI rJdenl hronze table in the museum at "Naples ~ ~ Ancient footstooL Old Indian furniture. - Club found in Puri. ~Chair of the Dagobeto made of gilt bronze. Ancient couch with table Old Indian CJlair Bed, twelfth century. Old Indian chair. Assyrian Chair. Chair of the statue of St, Foy io the treasury at Couques. Old Egyptian wooden chairs. Ancient marble ann chait. I I I -------------- --- - - _.- 32 :,J I CHI G A 1\ ART I SAN Styles. of Ornament. "Styles of Orname11t" by Alexander Speltz is'a most val-uable addition to the furniture collection in the Ryerson Pubtic Library, Grand Rap-lus. In it is traced the history of all styles of ornament from those of the early Egyptians, Syrians, Ba,bylonians and others, down to the present timc. It is a most intere.sting study for either the professional or amateur, The fact is brought out that art and the artistic spirit bas always been present in the people of all races, and the flora and fauna of each nation was used for art pttrposes, Tn Egypt art flourished 4000 years before Christ. The Syrians and Babylonians went back to an even earlier date, their terra cotta glazed mosaics used as wall decora- rST~.!:L!?t\~r~.£!:!!!..!::,•.Co. I,I j (PATENT APf'LIEP FOR) We have adopted celluloid as a base for our Caster CtlpS, making th-e hest cup on the market Celluloid is a great improvement over bases made of other material. When it is necessary to move a piece supported by cups with cellu.\oid bases it can be done with ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth. Celluloid does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred_ These cups Brc finished in Golden Oak and White Maple .. finished light. If you wW try a sample order oj tk~e goods you will deGireto !iu/f/Jdlethem in quantities. PRICES: Size 2~ incbes__ $5.50 per hundred. Size2U inches 4.50 per hundred. f. o. G. Gra7td Rapid8. TRY.A SA.MPLE ORDER. I~---------- tions show their artistic attainments. The Egyptians \1sed as motives for ornaments the lotus flower, papyrus flower, date-palm, -reed and a kind of withe. Their a.rt is character-ized by marked order and regularity and to this is due the "clearness, exactness and dignity which distinguish it from the Greek." The great quantity of stone found in Egypt made it convenient for use in sculpture. Egyptian art was cold and stiff compared to the Greek. The interiors of tombs were often ornamented with wall paintings. The art of Persia, India and the Mediterranean Isles was influenced by the Babylonians and after Persia was con-quered by Alexander the Great, BeHenic art was in the ascendancy. Hellenic art of 1000 B. C. received its inspiration from mythology, giving it its predominating character of idealism The Oriental styles were put in the background by the Hellenic which developed in its own characteristic manner and became the ruling one from 470 to 338 B. C.~The golden age of Grecian art, also called the age of Peri.des. The Erechtheion is the most beautiful monument of Grec-ian art in existence. The three styles of architecture were, successively; Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. The latter lasted until the" fall of Corinth from 338 to 146 B. C.-the down-fall of Greek indepclldenceand the union of Greek and Roman art. Etruscan art (1000 B. C.) reached its highest develOp-ment from 800 to 400 B, C. when the Tuscans were subju-gated by the Romans. The antecedents of the Tuscans are unknown, but they had a separate and distinct stylc in art, and a civilization of their own. They were influenced by Carthage a,hd Phoenicia and ,ancient Ionic styles and them-selves influenced the art of Rome then in its infancy. The Romans were devoted to money making and land getting and so their ,art was largely developed under Greek • influences and teachers. They excelled in architecture in such structures as basilicas, thermes, palaces, monuments, etc., and have always been the teachers of succeeding gener-ations. They used the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Etruscan styles to \vhich they added a composite style of their own. The art of making mosaics reached its highest development under the. Romans. With the decadence of the Empire art declined. Ornaments were heaped on Greek outlines causing its exquisite harmony to be lost. With the fall of Rome classic art also met its fate. Other styles followed such as the Early Christian and Byzantine. The latter is a conglomeration of other styles, its most noticeable feature being the use of orname11ts in great elaboration. The church of San Marco at Venice is a good illustration of th:s style . The eastern Roman Empire greatly influenced the deve-lopment of a new art among the Christian German states which rose from the ruins of the western Roma.n Empire. Pompeiian art was derived from the Roman and also sho'ws a leaning towards Helleni~tic prototypes from Alex-al~ driaJ although their artistic independence is in evidencc in many single o"naments in pure naturalistic style.. MUT<\.1 painting~ were a favorite form of decoration with the Porn-peiian, many of their beautiful panel pictures with rich bright coloring are seen today. The. walls were -panelled and each panel had a central figure of some subject of mythology. The freize~ above were beautiful representations of the trades such as floriculture, art of dyeing, etc., as in the house of VettL Art strongly influenced religion. The early Christian art may be spoken of as a period of transition..:.:-trying to free itself from the old Classic and Byzantine influences. At about 900 A. D. art began to be more settled, to n~ove along more sccu '·e lincs. The Roman style of architecture began to develop itself and spread from Italy to France and Ger-many, Spain ard England. It was followed by the Gothic about 1200 A. D. This originated in northern France and spread to Genrany where some of its best examples are. The Cathedral of Kotrc Dame in Paris is a perfect example. The Italiars called it "Gothic" as a term of derision for all people north of the Alps and Italy. It took 1,000 years to develop the classic styles from oriental and Egyptian ut and 1,000 years to develop the Gothic from the classic. 'This style was followed by the Renaissance in Italy or return to classic styles. In the book other periods such as the Ba-rocco, Rococco, Louis XVI. and Empire are described, he- <:ides others of l~orthern Europe and our own Colonial. @ * @ An Essential Feature Omitted. This is a Sargent story: A millionaire of coarse extrac-tion went to 2'vTr. Sargent's studio and.haad his portrait done. When the portrait was finished the millionaire looked at it closely, and then said with a frown: "Not bad" Mr. Sargent; not at all bad, but you've left out onc most esscntial feature." Mf_ S:'lrgent bit his lips to hide a smile, "Excuse me, sir," he said, "but I thought you wouldn't care to have the-er-er-warts produced!' The millionaire, purple with rage, shouted: "Confound it, sir, I'm talking about the diamond rings and pin-flot the warts!" @ * @ A Double Writiug Table. The furniture makers have put out a very good writing desk for a sitting room. It has an upright centre piece filled with pigeon holes on both sides; There is a lid on each side which is large enough to be fitted out with the usual desk implements. Two people can sit at it comfortably without staring into each other's faces as the centre upright is higher than the head. -~ -------- -- -- - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MICHIGAN ARTISAN 33 .t..-------------------------------------. PARLOR FURNITURE Our line for 1909 is entirely new and will surpass anything ever shown. We invite all dealers to call and see us or write us before making purchases. l THOSeMADDEN, SON & COMPANY t Davenport Beds for 1909 will surprise every wide awake dealer. Prices and styles to suit every one. A hundred patterns to select from. Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 3+ MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~--- -- ----- -. I , I OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY I I DINING I EXTENSION ! TABLES II ARE BEST MADE , BEST FINISHED IVALUES I All Made l,om Tbmoughly 5<""0«1 Slod<. LENTZ TABLE co. NASHVILLE, ,MICH. No. 567 • • The manufacturers of furniture in Evansville are fully prepared for a long and prosperous season of trade which they feel assured will follow the opening of the new year. Fun lines of samples, numbering many thousands of pieces, have been prepared and dealers will' find samples of many of the same on exhibition in St. Louis and Chicago, A great majority of the people of the United States need the furni-ture that is marlUfactured in Evansville and dealers wna are not acquainted with EvansvjIJe goods, if there are such, afe not alive to their own interests. Not to know the merits of Evansville furniture must be considered an admission that the dealer .who acknowledges the fact belongs to the "has been" or "never was" class. The Karges Furniture Company have pla.ced 3n order for a large and handsome illustrated catalogue. Catalogues will soon be issut:d by the Bosse, the Globe and the \Vorld Furniture Companies. Manager Fellwock, of the Bockstegc Furniture Company, reports a steady demand for the high grade medium priced tables manufactured by the company. Quite a number of factories have beell operated to capa-city and others ..v..i.ll go upon the ten hour work day early in the coming year, The Eli D. Miner Compa.ny are closing a very success-ful year and ,vill enlarge their manufacturing facilities very largely in the near future. :Manager Miner has been en-gaged in the furniture business from boyhood up! he having commenced work in the factory when but nine years of age. As a workman, a rr.annfactnrer and a salesman he has won success through his inteHig'ence and industry. @> * @ Forest City Sectional Bookcases. The Forest City Furniture Company of Rockford, Ill., manufacture sectional bookcases as a specialty. In their construction period styles are effectively· employed. Noise-less and removable doors are used and the cases are air tight flmJ dust proof. One Hundred and Fifty Dining Tables. The Stow & Davis Furniture Company, of Grand Rapids, will exhibit-a line of one hundrcd and fifty dining tables on the fourth floor, north side of the Blodgett building. Twen-ty- five patterns were recently designed. The line will be sold during the coming year by N. B. BJ'<)oks, (formerly of the Imperial Furniture Company,) in the cast; Edgar W. Hunting in the middle territory; Phil S. Raigucl, in the cen-tral west and George W. Calder on the coast. DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE, OHIO. Will exhibit theirfull line of Double Cane Seat -Chairs and Rockel~~ather Chairs and Rockers. Diners, Bed. room Chairs and RockerS. Mission Chairs and Rockers on the 5th Floor Furniture Exhibition Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS. 1__ J __ MICHIGAN ARTISAN MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE 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 You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor East Section, Manufacturers' Building, North Ionia Street. I~ Exhibit in cbarge of J. c. Hamilton, C. E. Cohoes, }. Edgar Fosler. 35 -------------------------------- -- .\6 MICHIGAN A TAME LION. An Experience of the New Man. \\rhe\v! \\'hat do you know ahout this? Left Ahbington late last night, and say I was scared stiff when I hit that town-so stiff my hair broke when I took my hat off. T·won't need a ha.ircut for six weeks. They all told me what a terrible man that big merchant was, and I "\\'as some worried when I found myself On the depot platform, Ri.ght ahead of me I could see a big store and acr05S the front of that sto:-e I could see the sign: *********** * * * JAMES Q. PEERS. ******* * * * I looked about for some other store to tackle first, but didn't see auy. I wanted to get limbered up before 1 went ill to action with a terror. But there was nothing to do but huck up, trust in providence and shut my eyes. \Vhcn I got to the door I set my grips down and wiped my perspiring forehead. T was cold and clammy, all right. Finally I mustered up what I ha.ve al"..-ays referred to as my courage and walked inside. It was a big store and no mis-take, and there were not very many people in just then. Fact is, I was hoping there'd be a fe,v, so I could h;tve a dis-traction for the old gentleman if he should get too much enraged and try to chew my ear off. I looked around cau-tiously'. There he stood talking to a farmer's wife. He was not very tall, but of good heft-had shoulders like the circus • --- I I Plonm I Manufadurin~ (om~any DF.TROI'l', MICH. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts ~ t ~,,_._- at the factory. --- PALMER MFG. CO. 115 to 135 Palmer Ave.• DETROIT, MIOH. Manufacturers of FANCY TABLES PEDESTALS TABOURETTES for the PARLOR "'I'4D LIBRARY Our flimoUI ROOKWOOD FlNISH Il"rowa I in PClP\lLu:ity llWl."CY day. Natb.in-a Ii.lr.e it. Pede.tal No. 412. Write for Pieture. and Prie.,.. I ~ I ARTISAN strong man, His hair was- grizzled; his beard was hea.vy and unkempt. His eyes looked out from under his shaggy brows, and it seemed to me that they shot fire and that his nostrils dilated as he got a scent that rem1nded h1m of a sales-man. The evening before, some of the choice spirits on the roa.d, that I met on the train. had regaled me with tales of what this particular town held in store for me. They had told me of one fellow that had been thrown out bodily, another that had been kicked out and of still another who had run for his tife. I took it all with a l~ttle salt, of course, because I thought they!d try to get me scared. In spite of the sodium chloride they had sucecded very well, ,though. After a while the farmeress moved on and I felt those cold, sharp eyes hit me like a dipperful of icy water. I of-fered up four silent but earnest prayers, and faltered for-ward. "What'li ye have?" be growled, sizing me up, I thought, ferociously, picking out the places where a crack with ;1 wagon spoke would hurt worst. I managed to stammer out that I was traveling for The House, and tha,t I thought maybe he'd be in line for some goods. Before I could say any more, he snapped his teeth and told me gruffly to come back again at 1 o'clock. when there wouldn"t be anybody around. I thanked him and told him I'd be there. But, honest. I didn't intend to show up. I thought, what's the Use of tempt-ing fate. I'm out and still sound' in wind and limb. Will I go back? Not on your tintype! I found two morc stores in town and got one for an order, but not a very big one. As n0011 passed I got more and more anxious. Should I or should I not? At last, I worked myself up to hero size and went back and walked in just a3 the clock struck one, He looked up from the paper he was reading, and grunted. "Thought you wasn't comin' back," he said. "Why. r said I would, didn't I?" "Yes, you sajd it, but you didn!t look it." That seemed 50 fnild that Iistarted in about some of th,,: goods, and to keep my upper fip stiff, I opened up, keeping l1p a shower of g~b all the tilfe for fear I'd lose my nerve and hott for it. He sat stlll, eyeing me and never said a word till I ran down. Then he shrugged his shoulders and said: "Set down." There was a chair there and I sat down, waiting for the torture to commence. "Got yer pencil an' paper ready?" he snarled. In a daze I produced 'em. Then he reeled off one of the best orders I've taken yet. I wrote and wrote and wrote, and finally he snapped out that that was all. I ~,ctamble:d to my feet, va-cked my grips • ... Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH. IIA I• COMPLE.TE LINE. .\1 I CHI C; A l\ ARTISAi\: ...-------------------------- I Woodard Fumiture Company I OWOSSO MICHIGAN Manufacturers of High erade Medium Priced BEDROOM I FURNITURE I I In all the Fanry Wood, aod Finishes .. Very strong in Colonial and French Period Suites and Cin::assian Walnut. You are cotdially invited to inspect our line during the January exhibit in Grand Rapids. SAME LOCATION THIRD FLOOR, FURN. EXHIBITION BLDG. ~ew Catalog ReadY illl January. WOODARD FURN. CO. owosso, MICH. ----------.-.-------_. and started out. He called out to me before I got tp the door. "Come back here, you," and back 1 wenL '''Hev a seegcll"," he said, producing a black O1le about :\ foot long. I tock it <111d poked it into the cortler *f my mouth. "\Vha,t's the matter \vith yc?" he queried. "Takin" ,'dO\"tll with grip? You look sorter pcekish. Got any quinine?" I found my tongue agaill after a while and told him I was all right and thanked him for the order. He sho"Jed all his teeth and he ha,d two hUlleLed, it looked like. "Soine of the fresh guys must a heen stuffin' ye about me." he hazarded. I ackll0wlec1;{ed that he wa5 correct. "Corne on hack 011' set ~nvhile an' I'll tdl ye how ;:\bout." he volunteered, so vvc squatted by tbe .side of the state and he told me. He said that about four year~, before a real 5assy dqtmmer marched into his store .."..hen it was full of customers. iIt wa.s a busy time Cl1lJ he had just stocked up pretty hcavib< Be-sides which he had the toothache combined with a dose of cramps and one of his feet had chilblains. A smooth chap had worked a bogus dollar all llim the day befm-e, ~nd the house this man traveled for had loaded him up with! goods he could not sell. The "drummer" stayed by him and vvonld not take no for an answer, and at last, in desperation j!he had ordered him out of the store, emphasizing what he s~dwjth violent gestures. ' And that story had grown and grown until it was ~hc side of thc mountain back of us. That and his surlyapp¢arancc. fIe felt sort of bad about it, be said. Said his nciighbors knew he was good at heart and that he wouldn't hurt ia living soul. Declared that. while his looks were fierce, hd wasn't altogether to blame, but he said that, while he diel!l't mincl cutting the wing feathers of a few of tbe real sassy \boys, he felt it wasn't ha,rdly right to have that kind of a reputation, I and when he saw I was ready to dodge every time h~ moved , 37 I he decided to ;;d LiIT.self right for once. The old man had a streak of hutT:or in !Jim somewhere, for he remarked that the situation was \lot without his compensation sometime". '''ihy, before 1 got through there, he was ca.l1ing l11e Bob, and 1 was calling him Jim. ""Vent out to supper, "sllpper." n~ind you, this time, and we had a regular love feast. He is all right, is Jim, and he told me never to pass him out. \!ll-~ cottoned to each other from the word go. On the train out J met up with :-1.nother traveler. FIe grinned \"'hen he sa\' ..· me and asked me what I get. I told him offhancl that I got a good order 011t of Jim. I{egrinned and said T was a cbeerful one, hut he was glad to see :me sti11 tlncrippled. I had an impulse to show him the order, but on second thoughts I didn't. It isn't good policy and besides why not have Jim ke.ep his reputation? \Von't the boys ;It The House open their peepers when they see that order, though! \Vell, rye lea,TIled one lesson, and that's not to belie\'.,;, everything I hear. Also, 1 have cJiscove:red that retail mer-c1Janb <lre good hearted folks down at the bottom. Further_ more, I <1111 convinced that fre'~,hlle~s does \lot pay a knight of the grip. Two more to\";"n5 and then I'm headed for home and, it seems to Ille, a few words of commendation from thE" Big Noise of The I-Iollse.-The Oregon Tradesman. @ * @ A Complete Change in the Holland Line. The H ollat'd FurnitUl'e Company makes a. long step in ad-vance in their Hew line of chamber furniture designed by John E. Brower and SOIl. It contains features never hefore attempted by the company and buyers ,,·...ill be agreeably sur-prised \vhen the opportunity shall be offered to inspect the Jine. IV. C. Croll, J. C. Hamilton, E. S. Brower, V>l. C. Schaefer, Henry F. Shafer and C. E. Cohoes will furnish full information in rega,rd to the new features when buyers· call at the Manufacturers' building, Grand Rapid:>. 38 M!CHIGAN .j / President J. S. :Meyers, of "1319-tlle Big Building" tells us everything is practically in readincss for the coming Jan-uary exhibition, which he says is sure to be a most satisfac-tory exhib;tion from every point of view. The men coming in from the road report a lUuch better temper of business in the retail trade a.nd the dealers all express their intention of coming to the market in January. Stocks are uniformly low and some f1oo:s -practically empty. The big building has been re-decorated throughout and the general ,effect will be even more cheerful and homelike than ever, The tobby is in Turkey red, as is also the buffet, lunchroom and ante rooms. The restau:"ant is in German blue and terra cotta. The effect of the whole is pleasing in the extreme. George Jackson, the secretary, has been waging a strenu-ous can~paign of advertising among the retail 'dealers through- Ollt the country, as was done last season and the season before, and this will result in bringing more new buyers than ever to the building. There ..\':\1 he seen many new exhibits in the huilding this season, most of them their first time in the Chicago market and others coming baek after an absence of one or more sea5011S. The following are among them: Advance Reddillg Co., La Crosse, Wis. Arcadia Furniture Co., Arcadia, 2\lich. Aude Furniture Co., St. Louis, Mo. Buffalo Chair Vlorks, Buffalo, N. Y. The Caloric Co., Janesville, ''Vis. The Castrucci Co., Cincinnati, O. Chicago .l\1il-ror and Art Glass Co., Chicago. Chicago Stove and Range Co., Chicago, Ill. Eureka Furniture \,yorks, Schoolcraft, Mich. Feige Desk Co., Saginaw,Mich. Gurney Refrigerator Co., Fond Ju Lac, \-Vis. Aug. Hausske & Co., Chicago, Ill. King Furniture Co., \-\Farren, O. Kinley l\Janufaeturing Co., Chicago, Ill. Koenig Furniture Co., St. Louis, :\'10. Liberty Furniture Co., Jamestown, N. Y. Lloyd .l\-fanfacturing Co., Chicago, Ill. McCready & Wheadon, Chicago, Ill. The Mersman Bros., Brandts Co., Celina, O. 1fishawaka Folding Carriage Co., Mishawaka, Ind. Olbrich & Goldbeck Co., Chicago, Ill. Penn Table Co., Huntington, \-V. Va. Phoenix Chair Co., Sheboygan, Wis. Roos Manfacturing Co.! Chicago, Ill. Sprague and Carleton, Keene, N. H. StOt1t Furniture Co., Salem, Ind. Toledo Metal \Vheel Co., Toledo, O. Tomlin.son Chair Manufacturing Co., High P0int, N. C. Traphagen & Hull l\lanufacturing Co., Kingston, N. Y. Traverse City Chair Co.. Traverse City, Mich. Upham Manufacturing Co., :Marshfield;' Wis. \Vagner 1Janufacturing Co., North Milwaukee, Wis. Wajt-Fuller Cabinet Co., Portsmouth, O. O. K. VVheelock & Co.} Cleveland, O. W. F. \Alhttney & Co., South Ashburnham, l\Iass. E. G. Eyles Chair Co., Cedar Rapids, Ta. J a.cob Keim, Chicago, Ill. Unagttsta Manufaduring Co., Ashville, N. C. The building is sold. up solid and a large number of appli-cants were turned down because there was no space for them. ARTISAN This, of itself, is not only evidence of the upward tendency of trade, but additional proof (as though more were nec-essary 1) of the great value of exhibition-the only logical and efficient method of exploiting furniture. The Fot.trteen-Eleve.n Compally have named their big buildings "The Furniture Exhibition." Everybody who goes to Chicago knows that "fourteen-eleven" means 1411 Michi-gan avenue, and under the new management, with two hun-dred Jines, ne ..v offices, and many changes in partitions, ele-vator, and decorations, the buyers will be agreeably snr-p: ·ised. The Furniture Exhibition promises from this time on to be more popula.r than ever. Henry Hafner, president of the Hafner Furniture Com-pany, reports that business is much better than olle year ago. The company always has a line of upholstered furnitu:c that Made by Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso. :Mich. appeals to the intelligent buyer who considers values as well as style. The Hafner upholstered furniture is tre reliable kind. The Horn Brothers .Manufacturing Company ,will bring out a large number of patterns of chamber furniture in ma-hogany, Circassian walnut, birdseye maple and quartered oak, and exhibit the same in the Furniture Excl;ange, Four-teenth and WabaSh avenue, and at 187 Michigan avenue. This will be the swellest line Horn Brothers have ever offered. "The 1909 line" will be in the frbnt rank of the. chamber furniture displays, The Manufacturers Exhibition Building Company. 1319 Michigan avenUe, are sending to the dealers a little Wustrated booklet that is worth preserving. It contains a !wonderful array of facts and figures about Chicago. We quote just one paragraph: "Figures show that Chicago's annual volume of business in furniture and kindred lines aggregath the en-ormous sum of $75,000,000, with an annual ratio of increase of over ten per cent., for the last decade." The big! buildings at 1319 Michigan avenue, the booklet says, conta~n 400rOoo square feet of floor space. That would make a single street one hundred feet wide not far from three-quarters of a mile long. Think what a displa.y of furniture that would make~ --------------------------- -- -- --- - - - - MICHIGAN ARTISAN The mason work on the new Johnson Chair Company's factory is practically complete, and it is expcd'ed that

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