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fUllLIC tE;Ul~RY
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH •• MAY 7. 1910
NELSON -MATTER
FURNITURE
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM
COMPLETE SUITES
in Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Oak.
If you have not one in yonr store, a simple reqnest will bring you ourm.agnificent new Cataloatue of 12x16 inch page groups, show"
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Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd.
BIG RAPIDS,
MICH.
High Grade Office Chairs
Dining Chairs
Odd Rockers and Chairs
Desk and Dresser Chairs
Slipper Rockers
Colonial Parlor Suites
In
Dark and Tuna Mahogany
Bini' J Eye Maple
Birch
!Zu4rtered Oak
and
ClrC4JIIan Walnut
Our Exhibit you will find on the
fourth
floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street
Exhibit in charge of
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GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN
C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER.
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GRAND RAPIDS
PUllLIC LIEnARY
30th Year-No. 45
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MAY 7,1910
Issued Weekly
SPANISH AND MOORISH FURNITURE
Historic
Styles
That
Have
Exerted
a Great
Modern
Designers.
~pal1l"h fUl rllture r" '>0 ,h ,trnctrve, ,,0 unIque, "0 ')panz,lh,
that It hardly need" to be labeled "made 111 ~paIn"
-Whether
old or new, It proclaIm" Itself as truly as do ca'3trneb and
lace mantl1las
Those who are very fortunate
may own an
occasIOnal pIeCe, other", less ",0, find VISIts to museums and
"hops of 1l1terest
Pos"essIOn IS not always nrne pornts m
the hapP1l1ess of a lover of old fUl1nlture, and thl3 is well, for
the collector's
spInt IS more umversal
than the collector s
purse
The amount of old furmtul e, Spalllsh or otherWIse,
berng relatIvely small, It IS perhaps proVIdential
that all are
not PIerpont Morgans
Collect1l1g would be even more dIfficult than It IS now, and the profes'\wn of ye fakrr of antIque"
would put honest men out of busrness
As It IS the supply
IS never qUIte equal to the demand, so there IS always the
Lest of pur"urt, and no really fine pIece ever goes beggrng
All aUf Important
museulms have collectlOns of furnIture
whIch rnclude Spamsh examples, usually cabInets and chest'3
SpanIsh furnIture
may be seen from tIme to hme rn pnvate
collectIOns and many people own old chaIrs whIch show
Spal1lsh mfluence
Most of the artIcle,:; belong to the SpanIsh RenaIssance
and WIth the pOSSIble exceptlOn of the chaIrs
are more or less Moonsh in feeling.
The :Yroorrsh element rn
the furnIture of Sparn gIVe'3 It a dlStl11Ct character
and I" the
chIef rea'>on for ItS great tascrnatlon
Spam~h drchltecture,
pottery, metal work, etc, are rnterestmg
In the same way,
It IS ImpOSSIble to separate from them that atmv,phere
of 10
mance assOCIated WIth everythl11g HIspano-.:vlore"que
Spam rn 'her glory seems to !rve once more In thos~ marvelous cabmeb
of wood and metal, and to Ibrrng before the
eye of the beholder
the days of FerdmanJ
and Isabella, of
Charles V and Phlhp II, and If the hIstory of the Moorrsh
mvaSlOn and expulSIon be of mterest, such romantIc figure'>
as Ibn-Al-Ahmar,
Abu-I-\Vahd-IsmaIl,
Yu",ef II, Abul- Hassan, and the great BoabdII, and others WIth names dIfficult
to pronounce
and almost Ilillpossible to spell
Some one has saId that all Moorrsh archltecl ure IS a '3ort of
"grandlo",e Jewelry," and thIS IS true of a great deal of furnIture found m Spam, partIcularly
of cabmets and chest'> where
fine metal Vv ark IS usually conspIcuous
The ~abmet elevated
on hIgh turned or carved columns IS a characterrstIc
pIece and
as one or more examples are ltsually found m ('very museum
and in many prrvate collections,
IS as typIcal d specImen a"
could be selected
ArtIsts often brrng back from sketching
tripS such pIeces, and the mere possessIOn of otle m no wIse
Influence
on
Most
mdlcate'> a mllllonalfe
There IS, naturally a great difference
rn the relatIve
beauty,
rarrty and value of the,:;e artIcles.
Some are much more elaborate
m deSIgn than others, also
there IS a ,.Ieal of dIfference rn the materrab used \Vood, Iron,
and horn, for Il1stance, are a less costly combrnation
than
wood, ivory and SIlver
Gold, lrkewbe IS an expenSIve addl-
TYPICal Cab~net of the Spanish
Renaissance
tlOn
There are many varratrons
and many
thIS partlculal
style
The cabrnet Illustrated
rng example of the can ed Renals;,ance
ty pe
subdIvblOns
of
IS an interest-
One type I" qUlte plarn apparently,
but the whole front
lowers at the turn of a key and reveal:" an exqUlslte ll1lay of
ivory and metals wlth ornamental
bosse",
And there are
many vanatlOns
of thi" beautIful
style.
Iron IS used most
attractively
at tImes and the rnlay includes bone, horn, shell,
and occaslOl1ally pa1l1ted decoratlOns
Color IS sometlme3 introduced beneath the shell in the manner 0 late Boulle and
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and the effects thus obtallled
are extremely
\ aned
The
general construction
IS much the same, namely an elevated
chest-in
fact, the connectlOn between the chest and the cabmet seems to have been closer 111 Spalll than elsewhere
Many cabllleb were then, and are still, called chests, as for
mstance,
the elaborate
piece of furnIture
III the Sutton
col
lectlOn whIch IS l1lustrated
here
ThIs suggesb
a chest ot
drawers rather than a cabmet, although
It has the dmp leaf
which IS found on the chest-cabmet
Every part of the
workmanahlp
IS exquIsite and meludes llllay, pamted ornament, llltncate
metal work and an elaborate
llliay of '>11\er,
ivory and shell.
From her possesslOns m the onent Spam Imported ebon,
and Ivory and other co~tly adjuncts to furnIture makmg
The
elaborate metal work which today IS the 1110",tmtere"tmg
part
of a great deal of this furmture 1<; Spa111 " mo..,t Important LontributlOn to furmture
maklllg
\fany chapter" couLl bt \\ rItten of ::\foorIsh metal work and ItS relatlOn to the SpanIsh
RenaIssance
Dama,:>cenlllg, melo-work,
and kmdred
crafts
had long belonged to Spam, follow1l1g clo"ely on the \loon..,h
lllvaSlon
In Granada, the city of the \foor'> \'> ere fa"hlOned
many of the most elabOlate chests and cofter" and long after
the MOOrIsh expulSIOn, GranaJa
\vas "tIll the centel at fine
cab met V\ ark
Those who VISit the \lhambra
toda \ can
trace many slmllantlb
between the V\all decoratIOns of thIS
famous palace and the embelhshmenb
of old Spam"h £1..11mture
The Gate ot JustIce and the Gate of Judgment
recall
m a grander, bigger waj certa1l1 mot1h m mla\ and metal
rehef, and whole arch1tectural
and Jecoratl\ e ~cheme brIng..,
to illllnd the compan",on already Cited that It IS all a grandlO..,e
kmd of Jewelry
In some of the most t) plLal cabmeb,
the
deep hd when lowered reveals I111mature arche" colonnaJes.
and doors, suggestmg
that much of the furniture
h arch1tecture in lIttle
A famous Enghsh
CrItiC m cle"cnbml;
'>uch
spec1mens says, "They are blzan e and altogether
rather barbarous, but nch and effectn e"
Barbarous
they are undoubtedly, but w1th such a fascmatmg
quahty that many collector",
would rather own one than a whole colon) of other cabmet~,
although the work of France, Italy, Holland and rlandcr"
1'3m
no way d1sparged
Spam owed much to the"e countne"', particularly m the sixteenth
ancl seventeenth
centunes
Charle" V, anxlOUS to outdo h1S rOj al [yrother-m la \'V,
FranCIS I. and reluctant to be snrpas",ed by Hem) V III, both
great patron" of the arts, mVlteJ v\ orkmen from all the llTIportant centers of Italy, Flander~ and France
In the c1tles
of Seville, Toledo, Valladohd
and Vargas, \ Is1tmg artlsam
establIshed
their crafts, and amon~ the number were \\ ood
carvers, tapestry weavers, marqueter"
anJ goldsm1th"
1leml"h and ItalIan lllfluence are consplCUOU'i In much of the fur11lture of th1S penod.
on the othe1 hand, Spa11l~h mfluence I~
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DO YOU WANT
the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-
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ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK.
If so buy our
GOAT and SHEEP
SKINS
Write for sample pads of colors.
OAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO.
204 lake Street,
TANNERIES
CRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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~een m a1mo~t as great a degree m certam FlemIsh des1gns
Charle" \, 1t \\ 111be remembered,
wa" a composite
royalty,
be111g kmg ot Spam, Emperor of Germany, Count of Flanders
and Duke of Burgundy
The 111tercour~e between the CQuntnes, pohtlcall)
speakmg, was close and this re1atlOn naturall) 111fluenced more or less all the arts
Se\ eral turl11ture de'i1gns appear to have traveled back
and forth, as 1t were, gammg and losmg \\ 1th the process,
particularly
the "tra1ght-back
h1gh chalf of the seventeenth
century
The 111fluence of the Flem1'ih cane cha1r on the furl11ture
makers of Europe has been mentIOned
The leather cha1r of
Spa111 equaled 1t 111 1mportance
Both had hIgh backs and
carved legs and braces, but there the resemblance
ended
The Spalll"h des1gn cons1sted of a sturdy frame of oak, chestnut or v\ alnut, a back completely
encased m leather, turned
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stretcher"" a carved underbrace
and hoof feet
The leather
was usually decorated Cordovan held 111 place With large natls
In the pure Spalllsh type the seat was hkewlse of leather
An lllterestlllg fate pursued thlb chair, together with the celebrated Flemlbh deblgn
Enghsh furlllture makers combined
the back of one With the feet of the other, ",ometlmes usmg
cane, sometimes
leather
Amenca
111 the
late seventeenth
century usually had Spalllsh feet grafted on Flemish framework With a back and a seat of cane
The blendmg of the
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of Enghsh 01lg1ll and shows a mmglmg of Spal11sh and FlemIsh motifs
The feet are Spa1113h, the frame and other details
are pure FlanJerb
ThiS attractJlve piece IS now spending a
comfortable old age m Salem 111 company With other seventeenth century things
.:vIahogany was known 111 Spam at any early date, and
Esther Smgleton, m her big furniture book, gives an interestmg quotatlOn beanng on that pomt
In a dialogue in an
old Spalllsh book pubhshed late m the "Ixteenth century she
finds the followmg
"'How much did you pay for thiS escntOl io?'
"'More than It was worth
forty ducats'
" 'Of what wood IS it?'
" 'The red IS mahogany (caoba) from Ha\ ana, thiS, which
IS black, 1:0ebony, and the white is Ivory'
., 'It IS certa1l1ly very cunous, and the marquetry IS beautifully made'
" 'Here b a buffet (bufete) of a better workmans'hlp ,
" '\\There was that made?'
" 'The buffet and the chairs came from Salamanca'"
"Another author of the same penod tells us," writes Miss
~l11gleton, "that furniture makers Imported from the Indies
much ebony and mahogany, of which they maJe escntorios
and mesas (tables) of the most beautiful workmanship
"Thus we have dJrect eVidence that mahogany was used
by Spalllsh cabl11et makers before 1600
It has been suggested that, In consequence, v"hen furl11ture was made of mahogany, dunng the next century, ~t came to be called by the
name of tho'ie who fir"t used that wood. and that the 'Spanhh' table wab merely a mahogany table"
An early reference runs m thIS way
Made by Upham Manufacturing
Co • Marshfield, WIS.
two models usually worked for good. for m the hands of
skIlled craftsmen the best pomts of the two were retal11ed
The SpanIsh foot was more graceful than the FlemIsh, whIle
the general constructlOn
of the FlemIsh chair was better
E nghsh furniture
makers gamed lll'ipJratlOn from both m
t<helr famous Jacobean designs of VI ood ancl Cdne A Spani'ih "peClmen IS now III the M u 'ieum of Fl11e Arts, Boston
It
has the hIgh back of leather, the hoof feet, the carved underbrace, the beautIful nall headb and other dlst1l1ctIve features
It IS a fine example of an mterest1llg type
Another chair [S
"Set me fine Spal11'ih tables m the haIl,
See they be fitted all
Let there be room to eat
I\nd order taken that there want no meat
See every sconce and candlestick made bnght
That Without tapers they may give a hght
Look to the presence
are jihe carpets spreacl,
The dalb o'er t'he head,
The cushIOns on the chaJrs,
And all the candles lIghteJ on the stairs?
Perfume the chamber" and in any case
Let each man gIVe attendance m hiS place"
In thl'3 old rhyme an entire mtenor IS depicted-the
daiS,
the cushlOned chalfS, the carpets 'ipread, the Ibnght sconces
and pohsheJ candlesticks,
the hghted tapers-and
Imagination Will add the people and the costume", a brave, gallant
company m very sooth - Vlrgmia
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Beautiful," Chicago
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makes it possible to dispense with
hand sanding.
Our No. 171 Sander produces a
finish on flat surfaces, irregular
shapes and mouldings that would
be spoiled by hand retouching.
Ask for Catalog 'IE"
No. 171 Patented Sand 8elt Machine.
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Grand Rapids Personals Thirty Years Ago.
(From
the MIChigan
Artisan
December
1880)
H. G Dowell has engaged With Frank ~Ienter of ChICdt;0
for another year.
Wl1lIam H Jone", of the Phoenix FurnIture
compam.
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cnroute to CalIfornIa
M. L FItch of the ::-Jelson-1Iatter com pam ,1'0 pa"'''lI1g thL
holiday season 111 Grand Rapids
E H. Foote, secretary
of the Grand Rapids Chair company, has returned from a tnp to Iowa
George D Conger of the SlIgh lurl1lture
companv
recently toured \lVlsCOnSIl1 anJ 1\IlI1nesota
W A Drown, travelIng
salesman for the \ e\\ England
Furniture
company, is at home for a few Jay'"
R \IV Corson of the Berkey & Gay FurnIture
lompam
is preparing
for a tour of the markets 111 thc eastern "tate'"
Frank Bercry and A -\ Barber, tray elIng "alesmen at
the Grand Rapids Chair company, are at home for a fe" da\ ~
J H Bell of J H Bell & Bro , Pittsburg,
paid a \ ISlt to
Grand Rapids recently, and placed lIberal orders for furniture
A S Herenden
of t'he Herenden
FurnIture
com pam
Cleveland, was the first buyer to arrn e 111 Granel Rapids tIll"
season.
George I Bicknell ha" retIred from the "en Ice at the
Phoel1lx Furmture
company and returned to hIS former home
in Boston.
Charles \\T Jones, a successful "ales man, has engaged to
travel for the Phoelllx Chair company of Shebm gon dUrIng
the coming year
C H. D. Arcus, supenntendent
of the Grand Rapid'"
Chair company, was presented With an elegant "Ih er tea serVIce by the employes of the company on Chnstmas
day
E N Foss, agent of the St '\lban" (Vt) \IanufacturIn~
N. C.
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company, IS 111 the City, "ellll1g the Common Sense dry kIln
(\1 r Foss \va;, elected to a ;,eat 111 congre'3S In :Ma;,;,achusetts
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An Incident of Thirty Years Ago.
\ dealer 111 furl1lture from a bIg town m the MISSissippi
\ alley, wIllIe enjOy mg an after-dll1ner
Clgar at the Palmer
house, Chicago, was approached
by a manufacturers
of desks
"I have a good lme of office desks I would lIke to show you."
"\\ here are the "am pIes ?" the dealer inqUIred
'\t my \\ arerooms on the west Side," the manufacturer
IemarkcJ
The man from the big town on the rivel encompassed
hlll1..,elf \\Ith a long overcoat and went out to face a ragmg
storm \\ Ith the manufacturer
After a street car nde and a
long \\ alk, the\ "topped before a rIckety old IbUlldmg, when
the manufacturel
led the way up several wmdlillg stairways
to the 10ft, dark and Jirty.
"Here the) arc-fifty
m number,"
the manufacturer
remarked
"ThrO\'\ open a wll1dow or two and let a httle lIght mw
the room," the dealer requested
\\ hen thiS had been done, the clealer looked the stuff over
and shook hIS head
"The panels are warped," he remarked
"I can soon repdJr them," the manufacturer
replIed
"But quite a number of panel" are splIt, I notIce," the
dealer contIllued
"I don't thmk you could mterest
me in
\ our cle"ks
l\Iy adVIce to you IS to rent a store and sell the
desk" at auctIOn
You could not expect to sell [he lot to the
trade
The manufacturer
deCIded to accept the advice glven\fJchlgan
:utIsan,
December
1880
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BARTON'S GARNET PAPER
Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other.
SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER.
It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work.
Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting.
and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies,
Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper,
by
Furniture
using it.
Also
furnished in rolls or reams.
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Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer iI
than we could furnish you right now.
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Fighting the Demurrage.
}I1chlgan shIppers are not alone m the1r Oppos1tJon to
the code of demurrage
rule., sanctlOned by the mterstate
commerce comm1S~10n and adopted by the vanous state railroad
comml"slons
Protests
are heard from shIppers in all parts
of the country.
PartJcular
obJectlOn IS made to the clause
requJr1ng shIpper" to gIve bond for the pay ment of accrued
charges
It 1S branded as an ImpOSItIOn
LOUIsville shlpper~
have Jeclded to fight It
Protests have been met by railroads
flor freIght charges which are declared to be Illegal under the
mter~tate law
The:t\ ew England Board of Trade of Boston
has appomted a commIttee of SIX to prrotest to the mter,>tate
comml"SlOn against the rules whIch allow only two days free
tll11e for unloadmg cars
It IS probable that the commISSIOn WIll take the matter
up in Washmgton
Junng the commg week when the commIttee appomted by the Amencan
Railway AssoclatlOn will meet
m Washington
to prepare a ,>et of mstructlOns
to be 1ssued
by the raIlroads m connectIOn with the operatIOn of the rules
About the same tJme a commIttee
of private car owners
WIll meet m vVashmgton
to present a petJtlOn to the commisslOn askmg that body to modIfy the rule3 WIth respect to
cars pnvately owned.
Procter & Gamble are takmg the imtiatJve m the matter,
and 1t will be argued before the comm1SSlOn that when a pnvate car IS stamlIng on the side tracks owned by the company
whIch owns the car, It IS no longer in publIc servIce and It is
nobody's busme",> when 1t IS unload~d
Followmg
the adVIce of the commIssIOn, the raIlroads
have refu"ed to make any change'> or any exceptIOns in the
demurrage
rules upon the theory that change'> mIght be em-
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about dl~('1lmmatlOn m favor of ,>olmeshIppers
are made 1n the rules, 1t WIll Le by orJer of
or of a court
Recalls Marcus Stevens.
One year ago Marcus Stevens, leadmg dealer m furmture
DetrOIt, dIed and was buned by many mournmg
fnend~
and acquamtance"
Before passmg out of life he prov1ded
m h1S w1ll for the contmuance
of hIS bus1l1es~ for the term
of five year'>, the actJve management
to remam 111the hands
of h1'> trusted lIeutenant,
C A. Brockway and :\I[r Chidsey
The hou"e plOspered but recently vahd cla1ms agamst the estate amountmg
to $30,000, unknown to the executors of the
Ii\ Ill, were
filed w1th the commbSlOners
of the probate court
and allowed
The presentatlOn
of these cla1ms wh1ch are
held by ~Irs Stevens and other relatJves of deceased, will nece'>Sltate the cIosmg of the ibusmess, the ,lebts of deceased
are '>0 large that the a~sets w1ll be absorbed
It 1S hoped
that cap1tal may become 111tere;,ted so as to penm1t the bUSIness to contmue WIth Messrs Brockway and Ch1dsey -}I1ch19an Art1san, February
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Metal Veneers.
Fredenck
Koskul, the deSIgner employed by the Berkey
& Gay FUr11ltUl e company, has 1I1vented anLl patented a prace"" for producmg
metal veneers
A metal fUll b pa1l1ted or
lacquered,
then varmshed,
then mounted
and subjected
to
hydraullc
pre~sure
The process 1S a novel one and should
prm e of gl eat value to the owner -~lch1gan
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Grand Avenue
CHICAGO
Manufacturer or
Willo'"
Furniture
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
WAY DOWN IN OLD VIRGINIA.
tables and de:"ks They have put m new machmery and sell
all over the country
They have been out of the casket makmg busmess for a year, but are now makmg them, as well as
Somethinli of Richmond and Its Furniture Man
tobacco retamel s
George Pope IS pre"Ident,
Everett
B
ufacturing Interests.
:\100re 'Ice pre"Ident, RIchard H :\100re secretary and treasurer
R G Lowman 15 the new general manager
ThIS
RIchmond, Va, :.vIay 4 -RIchmond
1:" a prett,
Clt, of
plant 1:"qUlte complete and 1'3kept busy
100,000 inhabItants
and wIth the annexatlOn of th~ suburb
The :\1anchester
Furl11ture company, a branch of the
Manchester, wIll have 130,000
It IS bUllt on selen hl1ls and
RIchmond Cedar company, at J\Ianchester, gave up bu.sines'3
the people here are nearly always gomg up 01 dOl' n a h111
about a year ago and the plant IS st111Idle
A large manufactunng
and whole"ale bus1~ess IS done through
The James Rn er Furmture
and Mattress
company at
the south, but It IS not especIally noted m the furnIture hne
l\fanche<;tcr
make"
10unge'3
and
couches
and
has
put
on a new
The retaIl center 1:" a busy place, ha' mg t,,,o bIg busme<;..,
hne
of
parlor
SUItes
They
al
e
domg
a
very
good
business
streets, Ma1l1 and Droad
:\Ionument a, enuc, the be'3t re'31LeViIS
SmIth
who"VV
as
"Ice
preSIdent
and
general
mandence street IS one of the finest m the countr}
The CIty 1:"
ager
of
the
RIchmond
\Voodworkmg
company,
has
left
that
gr'OW1l1grapIdly and 1,0 show1l1g much of the northern enterconcern
and
1<;now
WIth
the
government
sh1pbUllding
departprise.
There ane about 50 fUlmture concerns J01l1g a bUSIment m the PllllIppmes
ness of about $1,000,000 a year
The ;\mellcan
Cabmet :\Ianufactunng
company of ManThere seems to be a good openmg here for manufacturchester, are makmg kItchen cabmets and .school desks
ers of brass and 11 on beds, furmture
and other such lInes
The .\mcllcan FurnIture and FIxture company, 2817 LesThe south IS a large field and well worth gomg after
The
ter <;treet are makmg office and bookkeepers'
desks
They
six trunk lIne ral1roadi3 gI" e ample :"hlppmg faclhtle". "I/'h
ha' e recentl} enlarged their fonce and made many changes in
the James nveI, makes watel connectlOns "lth ~ orfolk, Balthe plant
Bl1'3mess IS saId to be so gooJ that they can hardtImore, \Vashmgton
and other pomts
The bankmg accomI} keep pace" Ith the orders
modatlOns are first class and the chamber 01 commerce IS
Charles G Eckert, a cab1l1et maker here, recently celevery energetic m boommg the CIty.
brated h1.o 95th bIrthday
He has lIved 58 years in RichThe clImate i" very good
The wmters are nllid and the
mond and expects to reach the century mark
He walks six
summers are pleasant and not too hot
There IS practlcally
ml1es a day, does not use glasses and is strong and hearty.
no wholesale furmture
trade here and there IS room for a
The Home Furmsh1l1g company
of 217 West Broad
house of that kind.
There are wholesale hou"Jes m almost
street, are gett1l1g ready to move to theIr new store at 123
every other hne of business
Broad street, where they have a larger bU11d1l1g.
The RIchmond \Voodworkmg
compan}, 14 ~ orth Seventh
The '\ ocll-Anderson
l\Ianufactunng
company of Danstreet, has a factory at lVlancheste1, mak1l1g "aI ehobe-" offie c
,Jile \~ a , mak1l1g fllrl11tllre, have made an aSSIgnment, with
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IS $100,000
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Doetsch & Heide r C o.
Telephone,
LIncoln
1534-1544 Greenwood
796
Terrace
CHICAGO
Manufacturers
of
Parlor Furniture Frames
TO Reach OUR FACTORY
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Take Clybourn Avenue car to Ashland
blocks North to Greenwood Terrace, then
wood Terrace.
Or, Clybourn Avenue car
port Avenue car, thence over Southport
Terrace and walk West
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Avenue and walk three
turn East Into GreenWIth transfer on SouthAvenue to Greenwood
The Mayo SpeClalty Manufactunng
company has been
incorporated
'''Ith a capital of $5,000, to make a patent comb1l1ed invalId chaIr dnd bed
They wJil buJid a factory
S P
Mayo IS preSIdent and treasurer,
Harry B Owen, .secretary,
ACTa}
lor, manager
Toler
chester
& Sons are making
The PItts
Ma1l1 street,
\Vest Broad
creased theIr
ll1
a hne
of furnitUl e at Man-
Furl11ture company, retaIl dealers of 1429 East
have recently moved to theIr new location, at
and J effersol1 streets
The firm recently 111capItal ~tock from $30,000 to $75,000
\Ian) a fellow get:" a skate on who was never
hIS hfe
111
a rmk
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS
L J O'Bnen of Ansoma, Conn, has been granted a patent on a foldmg stool
C G TohI11 "ucceecb T. C Clark m t.he undertakmg
bUSIness at Bethany, fl't'"'
J 13 Jetton "ucceed" J. J\I Love m the retal! furmture
busmes" at Mayfield, Ky.
Charle" S Fame, manager of the C S. Pame company,
Grand RapId", b tounng Europe.
The Palace FunlltUl e company
of Manchester,
Conn,
has filed a cel tlficate of c1I~solution.
Theodore
Kyson has purchased
the furniture
store of
Andl ew Peter'3on of Rousseau, Mml1
The ~Watertown (WIS) Table SlIde company has let the
contract for a new dry kIln to cost $4,000
rl he Badger }< urmture company of IndIanapolIs,
has filed
notIce of an Issue of $30,000 1ll preferred stock.
C A Baker ha" sold hIS furnIture
store at Holdredge,
\Tebr, to J R Roseborough
and 13 A Dausken.
Em ton ~ \ \ hlte has succeeded
Charles C Pollllll a"
manager of the Bustol (Conn)
Fur111ture company.
A LudWIg and J A Cook of Mbsoula,
Mont., has purchased the furUlture store of E. L Russell at LeWIston, Ida
Fredellck
I"orsythe has purcha'Sed the Dewey interest m
the retaIl busllless of Dewey & Mann of vVatertown,
N Y
The ~partan
FurnIture
COUlpany of Spartanburg,
S C,
ha\ e moved mto the store formerly occupIed J. W Alexander
'vV J, ),1 Sand
J R CallIson have Ulcorporated the
CallIson FurmtUl e company
of J\1Jddlesboro,
Ky.
CapItal
"tuck $50,000, WIth $35,000 paId m
The Valley CIty Desk company,
Grand RapIds, has let
the contract fOI a new dry kIln to cost $3,000
The Taylor Beddmg company of Taylor, Tex, has been
mcorpOJated
by Amor Forwood,
D. F Forwood
and J. J
Thames.
S D SmIth, formerly of the People's store of Rockwood,
Tenn , has pm chased the new furmture
store of l\I C Kmg
In the same town.
1"he plant of the Eagle Furmture
company,
bankrupts,
of Green"boro,
N C, IS to be advertIsed
and sold at auctIOn
by order of the court.
H L Han"en ha:; sold tlhe Lltchvl!le (N Dak)
stOJ e to Sarsten & Sortland,
a new firm composed
Sarsten and S J. Sortland.
furmtUl e
of S G
The manufacture
of 1attan furniture
has reached con"Idel able ploportIOn:; and is expected to become an Important
llldustry in the PlulippInes.
S Davidson
& Brothers,
wholesale
and
dealers of Des MOInes, Ia, have Incorporated
'3on Bros' company.
Capital stock, $350,000
1 etaIl
furmture
a" the Davld-
The Emahizer-Splelman
Furniture
company of Topeka,
Kansas, have let the contract for the erectIOn of d two story
warehouse on Jackson street, to cost about $3,500.
The VVIl1Jam Prufrock
FurnIture
company of St Loui3,
Mo, are clOSIng out their retaIl busllless and WIll hereaftel
elevote theIr attention
entIrely to manufactUrIng
furmture
A II Benedict, formerly a furnIture manufacturer
of Delaware, 0, conVIcted of having deserted his WIfe, IS servllIg a
term of SIX months in JaIl m default of $550 fine and costs
The McKIbben
FurnIture
and UndertakIng
company of
Eatonton,
Ga, will soon move Into a new bUIldIng, three
stories and basement,
that has been erected especially
for
their use.
A company
has been organized,
stock, to take over the Perry-McCullough
with $10,000 capital
glove and mattress
factory at EnnIs, Tex, whIch was about to be moved to
Ternll, Tex
Lauerman
Brothers,
fUl111ture dealers, have foreclosed a
chattel mortgage
on the fUlnitUle, bedding, etc, m WhIte's
Hotel of l\lannette,
Wb
The goods were sold at auctlOn and
bId m by the mortgagees.
The Century FurnIture
company of Grand RapIds, MICh ,
have theIr new factory nearly completed.
They have let contracts for the dry kIln to cost $2,000, engme house, $2,000 and
a coal house that wIll cost $500.
The Fred STucker
Fur111ture company
of Colorado
SprIngs, Col, are remodellllg theIr store
V\Then the Improvements are completed they wIll have two floors and basement,
50 x 190 feet clear of obstructIOns.
It IS claImed that the Stearns & Foster company of Cmcmnatl, 0, makes more than four tImes as many mattresses
dS any other mattress makmg concern m the w01ld
TheIr
factory was establtshed
SIxty yeaI sago.
E E Thompson,
a wealthy farmeI, has bought an mterest m the retaIl furnIture
store of Hawkms
Bros, of Sprmgfield, Mo. The firm has been reorganized
and is now called
the Hawkin" Bros' House FUl111shmg company.
Raubold
& Lambm,
manufacturers
of fancy fur111iure,
pIcture frames, etc, of ChIcago, have mcorporated,
WIth capItal stock fixed at $30,000
J. B. Nachsheim, F. J. H. Lambm
dnJ Albert F Sauer appear as the mcorporatlllg
stockholders
C H ArmItage,
representing
the MIchIgan
Fe1tlllg
company, of Grand Rapids, is gomg about the country Jemonstratmg
the manufacture
of felt mattresses
He occupIed
a wmdow m Foster's fur111ture store, Terre Haute, Ind, last
week.
The Atherton-Byard
Furniture
company
of HaverhIll,
Mass, have offered a SlIver cup for tlhe wmners of the pennant m the Grammar
School Baseball league, composed of
club" representmg
eight towns in Mame, Mas"achusetts
and
New Hampshl1e.
The Wlsconsm
ChaIr company of Port Washington,
VVIS,
propo'Sed to bUlld a large warehouse
on the opposite side of
the nvel from theIr factory, provldmg
the CIty council WIll
grant them pellTI1ssion to connect It with the mam factory
by a covered bndge.
The Etowah Fur111ture company of Gadsden, Ala, whIch
recently 'Suffered a small loss by fire, has been incorporated
by SIX brothers named Howle.
They WIll enlarge theIr busmess m Gadsden and may establtsh a branch store at Alabama CIty
CapItal stock, $4,500, all paid Ul.
The I X. L. Furniture
company of Salt Lake City, are
just completing
the largest warehouse
m that CIty
It is
located m the rear of the store, built of reinforced
concrete,
six stories, 87 x 165 feet, has metal doors and window casUlg~
and is supposed to be absolutely
fire proof
The cost WIll
be $85,000.
On complaint of several manufacturers
and Jobbers, S. S
Maxwell, a furniture
dealer of Nashvl!le, Tenn, was arrested
and jal!ed on a charge of obtaining goods by false pretenses
Tlhe complamants
allege t'hat he lllduced them to gIve him
creJlt by misrepresenting
hIS finanCIal ablltty
He was released upon givlllg ball for appearance
for trial
The retal! furnIture Ibusiness of C C. Fuller & Co, Hartford, Conn, has been taken over by the C C Fuller company, incorporated
under the laws of Maine by A L. and
Sherman Lougee of Salem, Mass, and Henry Betson of Danvers, Mass
Mr Beston is in charge of the store
The business was establtshed
by C C. Fuller, formerly of Willimantic,
Conn., in 1878.
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WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES
Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined.
White Enamel Lined.
Opal-Glass Lined.
You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting
line of the" Alaskas."
Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists.
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MUSKEGON, MICH.
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THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY,
New York O£hce, 369 Broadway,
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HORSELESS. HEARSELESS
L E Moon, Manager
FUNERAL
Big Black Automobile Carries the Corpse.
taker and the Mourners.
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Thel e was a horseless
funel al at the Gl,ll1cl Cent I al
"tatlOl1 the othel da} says the '\ e\\ 101 be ~un
-"'u un
u"ual was the o,cene that almo"t e\ er} hud} ~eell1ecl to £;1\e
lt .'l0me attentIOn
and e\ en the hOi '3e" '3J1ltted dt the ~trange
looking vehicle, perhaps v\ Ith fee1111g" 01 ] ealou,,) at tlll'- l.\t
est eVIdence of the pass111g of theu usefulne""
The center of mtere"t was the funel al car, a blg black
automoblle
bmIt some\\hat
on the l111eo>01 .'1 1 lith d\ enne
motor bu"
It was an lmmen"e machlile
and a.., It dre\\ up
:'llently at a slde entrance
other traffic had to halt
fhe
solemn black of It-> big ltmousme bod} ploclalJlleJ
lh pnrpose 111a way, but except for the tact that the drl\ er s ~eat
was unusually
hIgh, It nllght ha\ e passed tOi an e"U aOlCh-
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bemg buned hel e Only the falmly comes with the body
and the} \\ ant to be taken qUickly and qUIetly to the cemetery
\Ye can make Greenv\ ood 111 less than an hour
In
t\\ 0 hours the} can be on the tt am gOll1g home again.
"Of course there are "till some persons who find 1t hard
to accept 1t 111 place of the old way they have known so long
One man 1ecentl} complall1ed
that It didn't seem solemn
enough and seemed ltke tak1l1g ltberttes with the dead, but
to one such compla1l1t we ve had any number Qf congratulation" on the ne\\ method from people \\ho have said that It
has ,lone a\\ a} with the most trYll1g features
of what has
aI'.\ a} s been such an ordeal, namely an out of town funeral
"Before long the hearse" wIll begin to go Just hke the
hansom cabs though for big local funerals I suppose hearse"
\\ 111be used for a long time yet"
nanly large hmous111e car
As soon a" the car had leached
the CUl h the dr!\ el
ahghted and stood ,leterentJall}
at the 110nt ut the llJaclllne
A moment later thele appeared the hmerdl pal t), led b} the
undertaker
and hIS men beanng the coffin
The mourners,
,I paltv
of ten, took thelr '-eab In the cdl
these seats bell1g Illdl\ ldual chalrs ot black le,lther
Ihen
the front of the machll1e undel the ,111\ el " ~eat \\ a.., upened,
the coffin was hfted up and shd 111 :\ e" t -om e tlO\\ tr~ \\ el e ---put 111 the hearse part of the car and the front doOl s dosed
Then the drl\ el and the nndertaker
mounted
the flont
sea t, there wa" the "harp llng uf d \\ alllll1g bell, dnd a.., t Iaffic
hdlted agalll the blg funerdl car ,,\\ ung around dnd mtu rOI-
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TUB WORLD'S BBST SAW BENCH
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ty-second "tl eet.
Thls -funel al car had sea b tOI t \\ eh e mOUl nel', 11l IthmouSll1e part and coulJ Calf} thl ee on the dn \ el ~ '-Cdt
Hence lt takes the place of a healse and thlee calflage"
"'vVe ha \ en't had thlS very loilg," saId the dll\ er Ju"t
before the funeral part} appeared,
"but V\ ere already kept
busy wlth lt about all the time.
Only thlS mOJmng, fOJ example, we took a funel al to Ehzaheth
and now thls aftell100n
we are bound for Greenwood.
"Yon see it fits III pretty mcely III the case ot long ell~tance funerals
Take the case of a funeral at Kenslco, up III
Westchester
or even \\T oodla \\ n
Before lt used to be necessary to take a tram, which meant a hearse and can lageo>
at both ends, to say nothmg of the pUbltClty of lldmg m a
rallroad car, that i.'l, unless the party was large enough and
could afford the speClal funeral car the raIlroad
operate'3
N ow we take the entJre funeral, ca"ket and dll. 1rom the hon"e
or church to Kenslco m less than three hour"
"Take the case of a person d} mg 111some othel Lit) and
Built with double arbors. sliding table and equipped
complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated.
This machine represents the height in saw bench construction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost
of sawing stock.
Write us for descriptive information.
CRESCENT
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MACHINE WORKS
OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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THE L. Mac E.
VARNISHES
BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH,
QUAKER
CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET
FLOWING VARNISH,
WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES;
WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE
REED FLOWING VARNISHES,
FLA T ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-J AP ANS, Etc.
DIPPING VARNISHES
NOTE-Our
many years of practical expenence
with the Furmture,
Plano
and kindred lines of manufacture enable us to know Just the kind and quality of
varnIshes demanded.
Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an
already estabhshed trade with thiS class of customers
through visiting them with
fillers and stains, makes it possible for us to sell varnishes without additional
ex-
pense to us, whIch advantage we are dIsposed to give to our customers in quality.
Send us aTrial
THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN
COMPANY
Al ways All Right.
Here IS somethmg from the E Ingraham
Clock company,
of Bflstol, Conn, that IS WOlth reac!Jng
"AI~ ay:, all fight"
come" \ ery near perfectIOn
Bnstol, Conn, Sept 20, 190J
Mr Z C Thwmg, Manager Grand RapId:' Veneer \York.."
Grand RapIds, 11ICh, Dear SIr -vVe have your favor of the
17th, and note what you '->ay regardmg
the 1mpOI tance ot
keeping kIln record~
As a general propositIOn, your standpomt IS undoubtedly
correct, but our kiln dryIng for the past
two years ha~ been so UnIformly "atJsfactory
that we have
found It unnecessary
to keep up the practIce, so far as the
humIdIty
and admISSIOn of fresh aIr are concerned.
Of
course we would not th111k of dl~pensmg ~ Ith the use of the
record111g thermometer,
and frequently
test stock for dryne.,s
when tak111g it out.
The foreman 1J1 charge of thIS department
IS thoroughly
relIable and competent,
much mOl e so that the general run
of men who are entrusted
with this work
\ve are dr,ymg
1" plam red oak anJ yellow poplar in 5 to 7 days
In vIew
of the universally
satIsfactory
results obtamed smce mstall111gyour sy"tem It seems hardly necessary to keep a continuous record of the condItIOn, outsIde of the temperature
To
quote the old proverb, "The proof of the puddmg I~ m Lhe
eat111g."
If yOU desire, we will send yOU samples of our stock before and after drY111g, that you may iudl!e of the results ~e
are getting
The writer recalls WIth much pleasure his viSIt to your
City, and take" thIS occasIOn to extend his personal regards
to Mr Thwing
Yours truly,
THE E INGRAHAM
CLOCK COMPANY
Order.
Philadelphia
Base Ball Breaks Up a Home.
J u!Jan S GIbson, president of the GIbson Furmture company of St. LOlliS, Mo, has filed across-bIll, in answer to his
~ Ifl'S applicatIOn for dIVorce, In whIch he alleges that his wIfe's
attentIOns wel e alIenated by the Amencan League Baseball Park
She gave hIm and her household no attentIOn, he saId, when the
Browns were at home.
He stated that Lloyd Rickard, secretary of the Browm,
'llgned the paS'les whICh gave hIs wife ac!J11lttance to the game'l
and since 1905 she had been a constant "deadhead" patron of
Sportsman's
Park and became so constant 111 her attendance on
the ball games that she was a queen among the looter:, and became known as a "fan."
Whtle attendmg the hall games and watchl11g the fdmou,.,
"Rube" and actIve "Hobe" Ferns, he says, she neglected
to
take care of theIr home and thmks he should be gIven a decree
l\Fr~ GIbson's charges against her husband are of a more
sellOUS nature.
Precaution A)1ainst "Dead Beats."'
For the purpose
of checkmg
the operation;"
of "dead
beats," the common counCIl of Richmond,
Ind , passed an ordmance requiring the owners of moving vans to report to the
poltce dally the names of all persons whose household effect,
they have moved.
The pohc
department
promptly
reports
the names so receIved to the dealers m house furl11shmg
goods and supplies
The sy {em is working well
p
A clock has more
down it stops working
Pleasure's
almost
sense
anythmg
than
a man
\Vhen
we can't afford
it's all run
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WEEKLY
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Rockford Chair and
Furniture Co.
ROCKFORD,
ILLINOIS
Dinina Room Furniture
BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES
Library FurnitureTables.
LIbrary Desks, Library
LIbrary Bookcases,
Combination
Book.
cases, Etc.
Our entire line wIll be on exhibItion in July
on the thIrd floor of the
Blodgett Building,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
CURTAINS AND PORTIERES.
Suggestions
as to Selections for Parlor, Library
and BedrooIU.
In fm mer tlme" pm tIel e" and curtam" '1'1 e1 e u"ed mOl e
wIth the Idea of keepmg out dlaughb
tl1<1n ten dCU)ldtl\C
eftect, whIch b then chlct pm po"e toda'l
\ bou t thc tlluc
of Henry
II of FIance
the \\ melo\\ treatmenb
begdn to
assume a style that added beaull to the 100111 ,11 \\ hlch the)
were hung, anJ each ::,uLceecl1ng 1 rench pcnod had a :ot) Ie ot
Ib own, u::,uall} eldborate,
e-,peClalh m the 1egllnc ot the
LOUIS, whIch was -he chma" ot the decoratl\ e pellOc]" l1l
hangmgs,
tapestnes,
fur111tul e, \ubu"..,on
cal pet", etc
In
England a much hecll leI style \\ as In 'Iogue
Those w\ho can atfol\l to do ::'0 often 1ely upon the h1~h
class decorator::, f01 the selectIon and all ang emen t ot thell
house drapene..,
Qmte a:o good I c:oulb can be seClllcd l1l
most cases b} the exerCIse of llld1\ Idudl good ta"te
Hel e al c
thl ee thmgs to be I emembel eel b} tho"e \\ ho hke al thtlc
thmgs yet cannot pal an eAtla\a~ant
cleL01atOl :0 pnce
1. Penod
st} It of hangmg::, belong onl) m a room
where ever} thmg ehe h 111keepmg
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Don't make the mIstake ..,0 C0111mon ot u"mg 11 tnch
drapelles
m a nonde::,cnpt
loom no mdttcI ho\\ muLll the'l
may appeal to a woman::, ta-,te, the) ale ll1Conglou,:>
3 Go as far a v'lay from them a-, pO""lble, no mattel
what an uphobterer,
vvho often calls hlmselt an mtenol dCLOlator, may tell you, for the effect, If } ou tdke hI;, ,,0ll1eumes
en oneou.., adVIce, WIll be 111halm01110us
Have harmony by all mean" 111the cnsemble, and d" cnrtams add much to the decoratl've scheme, hay e thtm llght.
and 111S1Stupon lt
As an lllchca tlOn ot a propel decOl a t1\ e "cheme take a
parlor for mstance
Fll::,t select a matenal that I" 111peltLct
accord wIth the wall" and be sme It IS the 11~ht color lor the
11ght, whether north, ..,outh, east Ol \\ e"t
1 hdt 10 a mattu ot
VItal Importance
as color mf1uences ) our c;en"e" to a v en
great degree
One color 1-' restful and anothel
aggre"sn c
Everyone
vvIII recall be111g m looms \\ h1ch e'l en the OCU1pant saId "worned
her, she dId not kno\\ \\ h\ but the) got
on her nerves"
'1 Ie rea,on vvas slluple enough to the c;kIlled
decorator,
who knew that she haJ struck the \\ rong note ot
color.
In a sunny room perhaps "he had cl "trong, blatant
red, when lt should have been a le..,ttu! COIOl lolol affech
people more than the) reahze
The parlol then may be suppo"ed to be a 100m facmg the
south \\ lth cl pale de11cdte pmklsh glay on the walls, either
paper or other matellal.
For the wmdows use the same tone
of gla) m SIlk, motre or whatever your purse can afford, anJ
make the curtams long and straight.
Down the front dnd
dClO:o:othe bottom place a rose colored border and loop them
back \\ nh a band of the same
For the partleles
take a ro"e
COlOlcd ma tellal of the same shade
Then there WIll be harmon) , "tlength
and contrast
1l one loom opens mto another have a perspectlve
effect,
dnd cion t the 111one room a colOl that Wll1 clash With that
In the other, or thc effect vvIII be rumous to both
Another room has a north hght, whIch IS cold and need::.
\\ an11lng up
A nch golden yello\" would be a correct C0101
note here tor ",alb and w111dow hangmgs.
A golden brown
\ alance \\ ould add to the effect.., of the curtams
The portlCl e-, could be made of the same brown stuff, they could be
plam 01 embelhshed
With apphque, for tihere are many wa) 5>
ot treatmg them.
In the stores al e many temptmg
matenals
that al e mexpen:on e, and a woman of dlscnmmatlOn
should be able to select the nght thmg
For a hbrary take a color that IS restful, fOl here tlred
dwl 0\ en\ 10ught nerves often need soothmg
Hele have no
tanc) drapelles or portieres, but "Imple, qmet elegance alone
In bedrooms your fancy can run not for wmdow curtams,
but be sure ot appropnateness
and harmony,
for that is e::.sentlal
\\ hen slmphclty
1S reqmred
India stlk or pongee
make prett) , soft hang111gs
Cretonne
IS appropnate,
and
llllen tapestn
wlth cut out chmtz borders IS not new but
good
J apane:oe cotton crepe is 11ght and aIry, and fine unbleached muslm w1th bands of cretonne m hlac pattern acros::.
the top and bottom and dovv n the front and edged '1\ 1th ball
11111geIS extI emely effectIve.
It hghter curtams stlll are reqmred a fine cream coloreJ
"cnm \\ 1th a border of medal110ns of 1m1tatlOn \ alenclennes
ldce under \\ 11lch a pale colored chma SIlk IS placed and an
edglllg ot the valencIennes
about four mches w1de sewed on
lull gn es a 1abot effect that 1S very cLllnty for a country house
.:\Iam mexpenSlVe lawns anJ organdIes can be uttllzed as
\\ ell \\ lth ruffled edges-for
lace 111sertlOns You can get results from dress goods as well as the 1egular drapery matellals -X e\\ York Sun
Xo
patented
man
can
m'l ent
an
eAcust:
ongmal
enough
to be
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New Factories.
MCDow
of Ch1cago, proposes to cbtabhsh a veneer
cuttlllg plant at Augusta, Fla
John Mc1I111an 1S to manage a largc veneer plant that 10,
to be estabhshed
at Stockton, Ala
The All R1ght Seat company cap1tahzed at $50,000, has
been orgamzed
to estabhsh
a factory at Greensboro,
N C
The Kronhelln-S1ksy
Ded-Chall
company, capitalIzed
at
$10,000 has been lllcorporated
to establish a factory III Cleveland, Ohio
Mach1l1ery 1S being installed
in the plant of the Acme
Manufacturmg
company of San Marcos, Tex, wh1ch will be
put in operation about the first of June.
They will make fur111ture and show cases.
The Commercial
Club of Orange, Tex, have not yet secured the furniture
t1hat they have been trY1l1g to get for a
year or more
They are now negotiatlllg
wlth four dJfrerent
DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
Detroit, Mich., Mar. 25,
Grand Rapids, Veneer Works,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Gentlemen:For the past eight months
we have had in operatIon here
one of your Patent Kilns and the
results obtained therefrom have
not only fully met with our expectatIons but have far exceeded
same. We have had no difficulty
whatever in operating the kiln
and the lumber carried through
it is returned to us in fin0
conditIon. Yours truly,
J. L. McDONELL, Supt .
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concerns, in northern towns, that propo"e to move to Orange
lf proper ll1ducements are offered.
As a probable
slght for another
furniture
factory, the
"Blg SlX" furmture
compames of Eva1bvllle, Ind, have purchased a plece of land flOm Dr "Theeler of Portland,
Me,
0pPoslte the E Q Chalr company factory, near the Maryland
street brhlge
The land toucheb the Big Four railroad nght
of way
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company of Paterson,
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about $15,000 by fire 111 thelr StOIe on Apnl 28
Fully imured
Shtldneck
Bros,
fl1rmture
and hardware
dealers
at
Slame, Nebr, were burned out with a loss of $16,000 on Apnl
29
Partlally
insured
The plant of the VY1SCODbl11
Chalr 'IVark", at Mound Clty,
was completely
de",troyed by fire on Apnl 30
Loss,
about $35,000, less than half insured.
A factor} bUlldll1g u ~ed as a storehouse
by A VV. B1Ckrord & Co, carpet and rug manufacturers
of Danvers, Mass,
was burned on Apnl 30
Loss, $3,500; 1l1surance, $2,000.
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TRUCK TALKS
Might not convince you without evidence.
But compare a wagon to our truck,
note the similarity
ot construction
features-No box bearings; nothing to easily
break or get ou t ot order; extra large
center wheels, revolving on taper turned
axles; wide treads; special first-class castings.
Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last
and all the time the safest in construction,
and positively the best.
No. 15 Catalog Shows Them.
Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co.,
618 North Front St.
Hints on House Decorations.
\Vomen when on a hunt for \\ all paper otten get l ()n
fused because they see such a \ allet), and finall} become -0
be\\ Ildered at the array that a wrong seIectlOn lS made
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small but lmportant
hmt for the \\ onld-be buy er IS thb
Flrst, ask far a d,lfk green paper, and look at lt \\ hether } on
want it or not, slmply to focus the e} e~ In a fe\\ '-econds
the sight wlIl bee ome rested and the \ arIetles that are produced wlIl look better
Every now and then turn to the
green paper to relteve the stram on the e} e~
Don't select a large pattern for a small room. for It \\ III
be out of proportlOn and decrease Its sue
In a place ot thl"
kll1J choose somethll1g small and damt} and the charm \\ 111
be enhanced
Don't put hed\ y toned colors 111dati\. 01 mednlm ltg-ht
rooms, no m.atter how much} au ltke them
Often the salesman, not know111g where the ltg-ht comes trom 01 ho\\ the
room is situated, in ardel to make a sale 111 ges \\ hat he sees
the customer fancies
Don't me a striped papel 111 a pIdce \\ lth a hIgh cellm\:;
A room of that descriptIOn "hould ha\ c a figl1l ed ;,Ide \\ all
WIth a pattern of generou" proportIOns
If the space admlt~ ot
that treatment
The same adVlce applte'o to matenals
Don't use a carpet or rug that does not tone 1Il \\ lth the
the walls
Good decoratlOn should start from the floor up
If the rug- lS green, the wall" could be a tone or two ltghter
thus maklllg a gradual shad1l1g which IS 1Il good taste and
harmonious
The old time flowered carpets \\ Ith then \ anegated
hues
are accounted
OD)ectlOnahle by modern standards
If YOU
have a carpet too good to throw a\\ a} "end lt to a dyer and
have lt made the same color as the \'<all co\ enng selected 01
a little darker.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Keep line thll1~ 111 mll1d alway s, colol hdnllony,
and
don t ha\ e an} thl1lg ebe
Don t use small low pIeces of fu rl1lture lf tall people are
t,) II1hablt the place or where there are very hIgh ceIlIngs,
for the proportIOn IS bad
\Vhen human Ibemgs are of average SIlt ha\ e the thmgs they desIre to take comfort m butlt
to SUIt theIr needs, or look about, lf you go to a dozen places,
tlIl } au find the rIght thmg
Everyth111g m correct furl1lshmg lS a matter of proportlOn, and that one ldea should be kept
firmly 111mind
Don't use canopied bed" 111 small rooms
You need all
the ozone} au call get to a\ Old a sleepless l1Ight
Don t use a double bed If two are to sleep 111the same
room
Ha\ e t\\ 111beds
They are much more healthful, for
lt one IS re"tless and dlsturbed
the other lS not kept awake,
and If one lIkes plenty of warmth and the other doesn't both
can be satlsfied-dnd
be the happler for It
Don't hang plctures "tIt-LIt-toe,"
all 111a row"
It
becomes monotonous
to the eye
Don't pnt a plctnre wlth a \\oman
ganbed 111 a vlvld
scarlet ChantIcleer calm ed dl e% next to a pmk one
Remember color harmon}
dga1l1 and hang one so as to offset the
other and m an II regular manner
A good way to do IS first
to pIck out the pIctures for each room, place them on the
floor agam"t the wall where they are to go, and get the effect
111} our mmd's eye
If the first effort IS not pleas1l1g change
tlll the nght result lS obta1l1ed
It wlll come wlth a ltttle
practIce, and have the "ubJects correct for the drfferent rooms
For a d1l11l1groom or ltbraly etchmgs, engravlngs
and photographs are alw a\ s good
The parlor can be more pretentIOUS In the Jm1l1g room cheetful } et dlgnified selections
can be made
For the bedrooms da1l1ty figures of pretty women and chIldren should predam1l1ate
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It's not difficult to produce the popular effects required for
MISSION FINISHED PORCH FURNITURE
But Porch
Furniture demands more than the mere effects.
It demands durability under outdoor conditions.
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AURORA PORCH STAINS
have been perfected after much study and experiment. They meet the NEW need.
They resist
the weather hke first class paint, yet retam the transparent beauty of high grade stain.
WEATHERED OAK, MISSION BROWNS, MOSS GREENS,
DULL BLACKS, SOFT REDS, AND OTHER POPULAR EFFECTS.
W r;te for sample panel.
To faclhtate prompt attenlion, address Desk No.3.
MARIETTA PAINT 8 COLOR CO.,
Detroit Industrial Exposition.
The great mdustnal
exposItion to be held m Detroit June
20 to July 6, "nll be a mmlature
world's fair
A huge temporary expositIOn bUlldmg anJ the Wayne PavJ1lOn wJ11 contain an eleetncal sho~, a machmery
display, a transportatIOn
exhibit, a pamt, 011 and varmsh exhibitIOn, a food fair, an
automobJ1e show, a textile exp0:OltlOn, a furmture
dl.-.play and
a host of novelties and speCIalties
It IS estimated that the
total value of exhibits wJ11 be between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000
Thel e will be more than 200 exhibitors
anJ the splendid support given the project assures the fact that the exhibitIOn wJ11 rank with Cleveland's
expositIOn of last year as
the two greatest CIVICexpOSitIOns ever held
The temporary
structures
are to be hurned
to completion so that there wJ1llbe ample time to carry out the pretentIOUS decorating
and lighting plans that are to make the display one of un:ourpassed beauty
A great electnc tower Will
be one of the many features of IllummatlOn and wJ11 attract
the attentIOn of the hundl eJs of thousands
of passengers
on
the boab pa..,smg up and down the Detroit nver.
So that
there may be no doubt concermng
the meanmg of the towel,
one of the largest electnc signs m the wodd wJ11 be set in
place on the nver front, announcmg
the name and dates of
the exp0'oltlOn m herOIc letter') that Will be plamly vl:Olble
from the Canadian shore
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That the exposItion
Will be the greate"t
CIVIC event in
DetrOIt's history IS assured and the preJlctlOn IS freely made
that more than 300,000 vIsitors wJ11 be attracted
The processes of manufacture
as weU as the prodlH'ts of Detroit's
factone"
wJ11 be displayed
and the I unmng machmery
wJ11
have a musICal accompamment
from t~o large concert bands
No effort IS bemg spared by the committee
facturers
whose companies
represent
a capital
1_-
of 275 manuof $150,000,-
000, to make the DetrOIt
m the clty':o hlStOly.
Marietta, Ohio.
expo:Oltlon the 1110StImpOl tant epoch
The Kendallville Cataloai.
The Kendallville
Furmture
company
ha:o Jl1'3t l'isued d
catalog sho~ mg a lIn c of chairs and rockers for the I eceptlOn room, bed rOOPi, dmmg room and hbrary
\\ 11lle t111,
company does not make the lalgest lme m the country, the)
make one which 1:0 ~ ell dlver"lfied as to style'i In Which the
goods are produced,
embodymg
as It doe'i Chippendale,
Colomal, Art'; and Crafts and Flanders
\v hlle the fancy
rocker lmf !>hows thirty odd deSigns, It IS ev Ident that they
are all I" extensive
demand
Ev Idently the sellers of the
company/s
lme
The receptIOn and bedroom
chair "ectlOn
Illmtrate'i
twenty odd pieces, from which It seems that almost any dealer could select goods Which would meet the reqUlrement'i
of hiS trade
The dmmg room chair diVISIOn
consists of some thirty odd piece", sevel al of which are CQlonial
The bulk of this diVISIOn are m 'iuch active Jemand
as to be con'olderecl staple 'oellers
In the library diVISIOn the
Flanders
patterns
are given pr0111mence and occupv some
three page" which are followed by the ::\Il:oslOn patter~ls
A
few tables are made to match up With the good:o of both
styles of design
It is very e'ldent
that the company has not tried to 'iee
how big a lme they could make but selected pieces which are
in steady demand from dealers generally
m which they have
apparently
succeeded very well
The catalog Will cloubtles'i
be maJ1ed to all furmture dealers who are mterested
than
The average
hiS salary
clerk
has hiS hopes
raised
more
frequently
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ARTISAN
In the neal flltme
r1 eIght rate" shollId be hIgh enough to
pa\ faIr d1\ Idend" on 11\e capItal, but manufacturers,
shIpper" and con"umers 'ihoulc1 not be reqlllred to pay interest 011
\\ dtCI ed ,toch" and bond" nor on mane) lost 111any year", ago
t]11ollg11 bad management
or Ull\\ I"e raIllOaJ 111vestments
I he Inter"tate
Commerce C0111111ISi'llOn
\\111 be fully JustIfied 111 1etu"lllg to app10i e the aJ\ ance III fleIght rates
Most
ot the 1aIlroads hay e been and are 'itIll mak111g more than
fdll plOfit",
Then I eports show that they can well afford
to ach ance \\ ages "Ithollt
111C1
ea "ing rates
And an advance
111 1ates \\ 111probably
decrease the, olume of theIr business
and thui'l cut theIr 111come
MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY
SU.SC"'P'TION
$1 eo P'E" YI<AR ANYWHERI< IN THE UNITEO STATES
OTHE" COUNT"'ES
P"uaLICATION
OFI'"ICE.
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Entered
$2 00 P'E" Y.....R.
108-112 NOPlTH
as lecond class matter
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WHITE,
SINGL.E COP'lEa SCENTS
DIVIS/ON
ST,
GPlAND
RAI"IDS,
MICH,
MANAGING EOITO"
July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand
under the act of March 3, 1879
Rapids,
MIchIgan
CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE 10 L.EVY
The raIlroad managers
advance"
age" about 6 pel cent
on the a, erage, and stralgh" a} raIse heIght
1ate" eIght,
ten or fifteen per cent, thus pass111g the load to the ,lwulder~
of shIppers
The shIpper", are expected to pa"" It along to the
consumers or make up by cuttmg wages 01 m case they buy
what they ShIP, bve stock, gra111 and farm product" !Or mstance) by lowellng pnces paId to the productr"
~uLh "hIp
pers may be able to pa} hIgher freIght 1ates "Ithout
le,,"e111nc,
theIr profits
IncIeed, the} hke the 1aIlroad'" may 111Uca"c
their profits b} fix111g a wlde1 ma1g111 beh\ een them~eh C"
and the producers
\\ hell Iequllcd to pa, tcn PCI Lent mOlL
freIght the} may cut pllces paId to plOc1ucCI. fiJtCLll pC1 Lcnt
Thu'i the traders ma, make mone: b} the ach anLe 111 trclght
rates
But how about manufacttll el ~ ?
01 d111dllh I hc\
\\ oulJ be expected to pa",s the Increa "cd ])lll den dlo11g to thc
retaIler" and they to the consumers
That the: can do so
under present condItIOns IS extremely doubttul
Pllce" ha, e
been advanced
to a conSIderable
extent and the LOlbUt11er"
are not m the humor to stand much more
Further ad\ ancc
in prices WIll cause them to buy less
In fact It 1;0 probable
that hIgher pnces are largely responsIble tOI the pre"ent unsatIsfactory
condItIOns of trade
B} advanCIng \\ age" the raIlroads WIll also make trouble for manufacturel
~ 111another \\ a}
Factory employes WIll want hlghel vvage", to tollo\\ the e'(ampIe of the raIlroads
Be111g obhged to pa, hIgher trelght rate"
and hIgher wages and at the same tIme unable to 111C1ed'e
pnces on theIr products places the manufacturer"
at a great
disadvantage.
TheIr profits hay e been 10\\ tor se\ el al } eaI"
and novv they seem lIkely to be "Iped out enU1 eh
'j hell
only hope IS that the 111ter",tate Lommel ce lom1111'''Ion ma \
refuse to approve the advance 111f1 eIght 1ate"
o
H L \VeIl11cke put a ne\\ one allcI a <;ood one 0\ el
the retaIlers
of South Calol111a recently
\\ hen hc c1eLla1ed
that "thel ene, er have bcen p10duced t\\ 0 a1tILle~ of ftll111ture that were exactly ahke
TherefO! ethel elan
he no e,,cuse for sellIng a s111g1e pIece of fur111tu1c t01 the "allll pIlle
as another'
In other words, e\ e1y plcce IS a nO\ eln
\ature make" no duplIcates 111wood
;\0 t"o "quare 111che" ale
ahke
There b also a dIfference 111the te"ttll e ot the £;1a 111
It is never the samc"
Thele IS a ~ood "ell111g POl1lt In thl
above
How many sale'imen WIll recog111Le and u "e It"
I hc C:;up1eme Court of the U11lted States ha", c1eclaled the
l\etdI1eI Lumbc1 Dealers' a'iSOClatIOn of LOlllslana alld MIS'1""lppl a trU'it-dn
orgal11ZatIOn 111re",tIa111t of trade
The
r1eC1"IOn should sen e a'i a WaI11lng to SImIlar orga11lZatIOn3
111othel states and to some that cOver more than two states
Tudgll1f; from present condItIons congress IS ltkely to adllJUl n \\ !thout dOIng anythll1g of great Importance
Howe\ cr. the} \\111, probably,
ru"h through
a lot of half-baked
bIll" Jur111g the clOS111g hours of the seSSIOn and thus make
mOl e \\ ork f01 the courts
B(n d T\ll1tl.nd \\ III set a ~ang of men at W01k "pollsh111g
ujJ thl handle ot the bIg flnt dool ' of the Hotel Ottawa,
plepaldlOl \ to the openll1~ of the fUlll1tule sea",on, early In
the comIng month
\' e1\ C0111 pllll1 eniar} 1 em arks are heard concernIng
the
management
of the John \\'Iddlcomh
company
The wise
polICIes ll1augura ted by the fOl1ndel a1 e stnctly adhered to
The fur11ltUl e coml111111lty at Sprlllg Lake, ::\IIchigan, is
bu "II} engaged
111 sheanng
hogs, ll1cl1lbat111g fish baIt and
pI epa1111g to enJoy the open sea~on for mosqllltoes
Those Kew England
rallroad'i, when advancl11g passengcr 1ates, seem to g1\ e i'lhort hauls undue prefel ence
They
make the gl eater advance~ on the long haul.,.
Charle\
Spratt was l11vltecl to the EmperOl's
palace In
Uerl111, to tell \ \ Ilhelm hI" plans f01 manag111g the ftU11ltUle e"po~It1Cln 111Kew York 111the future.
Insurgents
111the fUnlltllre trade can be quickly recog1117Cdby the dlscotlllt they offer to Job buyer'i
TheIr 111surgenc} I" aga111st a fall marg111 of pIOnt
111g
QUIte a number of the manufactUl ers of furl1lture are fill111the dull sea'ion of traJe by opel at111g paI1:o of thell
plant"
on 01del ed work
\\ III the Ie e"tablI'ih111ent of the lIquor trade 111 Rocktorclmake
thai uty mOle attlactIve
to the furllltulc 3alesmen?
FIObabl}
If congre'i'i enacts aId"
authollLlng
the Inte1stdtc
Commerce commISSIon to make a phySIcal \ aluatIOn of raIlroad
property there WIll probably be a matellal cut 111 heIght Iates
not
The Doss (e)
ltves 111EvanSVIlle
of the furlllture
manufactunng
He is a competent boss, too
InJl1stry
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Advancina Passenger Rates.
Advances III pa'iSenger rates by the Boston & Mallle amI
the New York, New Haven & Hal tford rallroad compames
announced
for adoption in the very near future are provOklllg
splnted cntJClsm III the New England newspapers,
and .'l0me
doubts are expressed as to whether the Interstate
commerce
commIssion, vv1th wh1ch the proposed new rates must be filed
thirty days before they can become effective, wIll applOve of
the advance and whethe1 or not the courts would permIt 1t
to .'ltand were a test case to be made
The lllcrease 1S to be
made III order to meet the cost of the 1ecent advances
in
wages to the company'~
employes, as frankly stated by the
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the rallroacl employ c" aclvanced wages, If the plOpo~ecl rate~
qhall stand
It l~ conceded 111 1', e" York that the l'enn"ylvailla
and
othel "e"tern
r(lads t ha 1. ha, e 1al "ed \\ ag e", are expected to
take aciJon s1l111lar to that of the Ne\\ England roaeL
New Furniture Dealers.
Frank Burnett lS a ne\\ furmtUl e dealel at (;rold 11111, Ore
The CentJal lurmture
company ale new de,tle1s 111Lexington, Ky.
A ~ ThO! stad \\ 111open a new fUl11lture "to! e at Starbuck, 11111n.
Made by Lentz Table Co , NashVIlle, MICh.
management,
and 11.wlll probably range a10und 10 per cent,
but it is not applicable to suburban
passenger
rates
From
Boston to Bangor, Maine, for 111stance, the raIse WIll be from
$575 to $627-Just
10 per cent, to Portland,
from $230 to
$253,
to Keene, New Hampsh1re,
twenty-three
cents,
to
Northampton,
twenty-one
cents, and so on, but on the long
hauls the advance wlll be the more keenly felt, and pomts
in Maine will, of course, suffer mon than any of the others
reached by the Boston & Maine hnes; 11.1S est1mated that the
passenger
traffic in and out of Maine w1ll be forced to "give
up" many hundreds
of thousands
of dollar" a year to offset
SEND
P. Levy & Co, hay e opened thell new furmture store on
Gl anby street, f\ orfolk, Va.
B D Valverde
& Sons a1 e new furmture
dealers at
Scran ton, M1SS
Thomas 0 Loveles.'l has 1eSlgned h1S posltJon with the
Rhodes-Pealce
Furmture
company at Tampa, Fla, and wlll
open a furmture store for ll1mself 111 the same town
Henry Levy, for ten years manager of the Rehable Furlllture company of Des Momes, la, has reslgned h1S pos1tJon
to engage 111 busmess for hlm"elf
He wlll open a new furmtUl e store at 207 \ \ alnut stJ eet, Des M0111e~, 111 June.
FOR CATALOGUE.
WEEKLY
18
ARTISAN
RETAIL FURNITURE
ADVERTISING
Conducted by H. H. STALKER.
Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestion
and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department
Aims to Be of Practical Se1."vice. Help Us to Malie It So.
Just what B1Shop, ach e1tlS111g man hoped to an umph~h
by the chmbmg ro~e~ he ha~ used ~o protuseh
111 the ach ertl ,e
ment rep10duced elsewhere
1s more than I IM\ e been able to
figure out
It look~ to me hke one of those helO1c "eftort~' to
"do somethmg" that mo~t al~ ays end~ 1ll a farce and a decldec1
lack of 1esult,
\t an open111~, 01 fOl the ach ert1s1l1g of a 'ipeclal
event where flowers \>,ere to be glven a\\ a\ thb des1gn might
FOII'tIlt!! beDefit
taWli
ClUtom
of oat of
we: eoaduct
CJl'famzod cor
......
a completely
~t.
r.pondence
and haYt! __
"-ubful
a
portfobD. ~
~er
1000 .utharitaJlve .tyl. In
Fltle furnltare.
We Mbd tIuI p,..pud to
your.dcIre. _
of
receipt
25 cem. m pcII-tap.
BISHOP'S
Dining Room Furniture Sale
Offe:rs ,ou the pm lege of mspcctlD~ th(' htrger"t and fiDe~t 110e (If r Ian
Gel'SFurmtme In (land Raplds togrther "lth magmfitcnt hne" of 'la
hoganv and Quartered Oak Dmmg Fmmturc In all the pop t1arshadc" and
fimsh("s -dud III e, en \\ orth\ sh lc from the clas<l1C Sheraton,'
the dlgm
fied ·0010111al and the sImple homehke • MissIOD to the masterpIeces
of
modern dC"lgn
Unbroken lmea o1fer unhnutcd
aeth to "our taste and "'e "Ill set
ch01C('
):
It &'ilde
for
ou can sel~et somcthmg ex
dehverv
when deSIred
PrIces WhICh sa'\c ... ou from 2.J.to 33c-o dunng tills sale made JXlSSlblc b\
the large cash and quantth dIscounts at WhICh v.-e pUl'ebased these llIle<;
gO'ern e'\erv grade of ful'Illture from complete "mtes In \llsslOn st,lc at
$4lJ 00 and Ole Gemlme \fahogs1l' SUItes at $125 00, to sumptuous
Chi
nesc ChIppendale Mahoganv sUltes at $300 00 and up
Some of the speCIal attractIons are ChIna Oabmets 1Il Quart(,l't'd Oak
$1f 50, $21 00, $24 00, $28 00 and stIll finer ones at $32,00, $36 00 $tO 00
and up
Butteta, QuarleJ'('d Oak $15 00 up
Mahogam $27 00 up BnellS10n
Ta.bles, Quartered Oak, $12.00, $18, $2l, $2i, $28, $3l and up 'lahogan' ""'
$48, $M and up
B/shop Furniture
IONIJI
eo.
STRE.E.T
"Just on tbe Way to tile Union SUltIOll"
THE lIA
Q't ARTER
~pg():ME
!JAWED OAK EXTE
TABLE
De .......
,
..
he" towel
..... e.. rr<>Ck
"nd
....SIO
at the l~rt...
..
I!I'Mly
n.su..,d
...orkrn..... hp
."mbne
""n
",hjl>boldlhelo;>
pfldeataJ
II. ~h Y
...
_t,,,
HU
loplh,,~
,,00II:
.... dbe ..ulfu
quO
fl"t1'1!ct
nn."
with a n"''',l<
""y o.... prlee..OI\Y
$29.50
have pac~ect, butlm m) Judgmcnt, d'i a LOl1lpelllllg teature for ,I
dm1l1g room £urplture ~ale, It I~, to say the least, hardl) appropnate
Anotherl "'eak pomt m tll1~ "ad' h thdt the l110~t mtelest1l1g news £rol'l1 the buyers standpoll1t h m~erted at the \ en
bottom
If the I panels at the top and bottom l1dd been tran,,posed, and the word1l1R started "$2950 for the handsome.'
etc
II1terest ~ould Inave been aroused "nght off the bat
\~ 1t
!II
1~ a \ e1\ e:>.pen'l\ e acl start~ off \\ Ith a notice to out of to\\ n
cuqomer~
That I enough to kill the mtere~t of local people
nc:-ht a\\ ,1\ and ot cour'ie the paper circulates much more largeh m the Clt) that It does out of town
The wordmg In the body of the advertl'iement I~ vcry pretty
lIldeed
Reads Just as smooth and mce as can be, but) ou must
do more than offer people the 'pnvllege of 1l1spectmg ,
You
mu~t make them ~lt up and take notice of what you have to offer
,1l1d 111 mlghh COI1\mung language at that
fhe pnce~ quoted are too high
The wnter understand~
Jlcrtecth that Bhhop handle~ 11H;h grade £urmture, but he abo
knO\\ s that he ha~ 1Il0c1erdte pnced plece~ and these are the
one- to thlo\\ up to catch mterest
1hen good salesmansh1p
m11't lead the cu~tomel aWd) frum these and artfully show hm1
\\ 11\ the other'i al e much more to be clesJred
\ 0\\ I have gOlle after
thiS "ad" pretty hard, but not for
mallce or because [" e a grouch on
1 have done It slll1ply because tlll~ ach ertl~ement t) p1fies the sty Ie of 'dd' co many advertIser, affect and then \\ onder \\ hy results are so meagre
For
~o()(ll1e,~ ql-e \\ hen \ ou \\ nte an 'dd", S \ Y SO~IETHIKG
I
\\ hen \ ou ~o attel a ,ale perconall) you can t su-:ceed by desulton tactIcs
Sa) ~ometh1l1g' Truthtul
but convmcmg
Force
attentIon
(reate 1l1tere~t \\ here there IS only mdlfference
The
mo,t ~ucces~ful sale h that one \vhere someth1l1g not thought
of I~ ~uggested and the su~gestlOn acted upon by the purchaser
\ ou don t ha\ e to offer people on "opportu111ty to examme," etc
\ \ hcn they \\ ant to do that they Will come Without an mVltatlOn " hat) our "ad' must do to bnng home the money Is to
create de'me for ~omethmg not senously thought of
Play It
up ~o It w1ll be wanted
"VVhen a person wants somethmg, he
\\ III get It some wa\
So make your "ads' 1Ive and vlnle
I \\ Ish some of you men would send m some "ads" and sugge~tlOn~ Here I bang a\\ay every week, and nobody says a
\\ ord
'\ 0\\ 1t IS certam that you don't all agree with every
th111g I Sd) and 1t\ still more certam that we could stir up a
11\eh helpful (h~CUSSlOn 1f somebody would start something
1 Il gladh gl\ e \\ a\ to am bod) at an) tIme, 1£ they wdl but send
111the ~tuff
I am atrald that some of you would hke to, but
ha\ en t bn1'hed up the nerve to break mto pnnt
That remlllcls me of the first articles I offered £01 publicat10n
I had the matter 111 my head for a year, but put it off
thmkmg that I "as exhlbltmg too much nerve to expect to get
an) thmg pnnted
Flllally one mght I sat down and rattled off a
fe\\ page~ m an hour or so. and behold the pubh~her accepted it
fhere you see I hac! lo~t a yeal of tlme-a
year of confidence
Don t let an) thm~ Ilke that keep you back
You know I think
,ome 111lght\ clever Ideas are lo~t to the world because the man
\\ ho th1l1k~ them hides thcm under a bushel
\\ ell, as the ~treet faker says, "\iVho ehe want~ to say someth111g'
I
""finegar'sNew Warehouse.
The furnltulre ~arehou'ie
mentlOned b, the \\ eekh
\rtl~an last ,v1l1t~r as planned by 1\ d1l,1l11
111egar of the
VVlllegar FUlnJture company,
dealero, of Grand Rapld'i
\v111
be completed elrlv III the summer
It l'i located at the corner
of Prescott and) S;uth Ioma ~treets, wdl be of hea\ y nl111con-
S \\
I
I
I
I
I
qructlOn
dnd pral bcally fire pi oof
It'" III be fOUl StOlleS,
75 x l3S feet, and the ",alls \\111 be faced w1th 1Ight red bnck
to harmomze
\\ Ith the Century Furmture
company\
new factor.' \\ hlch qanc!:" on an opposIte corner
\Valter Clark, the
well known veneer dealer, will occupy a part of the Winegar
bUlld1l1g
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1
GLOBE VISE and
TRUCK CO.
GRAND
I
RAPIDS,
MICH.
Don't you want the BEST bench that was
ever offered for the price, $12.00 (Subject to
discount) This bench is 34 inches high, 6 feet,
3 inches long-front I5 inches; made of thoroughly
kIln-dried hard maple strips glued together, 2 %
inches thick. The balance-I 3 inches is soft wood.
Can ship on receipt of order.
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REMINDERS
Paragraphs
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OF THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Copied From the Michigan
for December. 1880.
Artisan
F D lIJ1ls will travel for D H Selleg this year.
\,,[ebblng is down from ninety to seventy-five
cents
The Inanufacture
of tables i'3 a new line at PIqua, 0
E 13 :'lann succeeds Charles Be"cher, at Boone, Iowa
E H :'lahoney
IS eqUIpping a new furnIture
factory m
Bo;,ton
Mahnke & Lartz ;,ucceeJ the ChlCdgO PallO! Furniture
company.
E S Hemenway
of Boston, IS on the road with a lIne.
of parlor frames
Stampen,
Lee & Co, of ChIcago, have added parlor furlllture to theIr line
Streit & SchmItt of CinCinnati, are m'italllng
machinery
In their new factory.
J H Robbins has commenced
the manufacture
of fur11lture at Ossowo, Mich.
P H Snook has erected a large additIOn to IllS furlllturc
warerooms
in Atlanta, Ga
Charley Cox of New York, wdl handle Frank Rhoner'"
goods exclUSively next year.
Shearman
Brothers
succeed Shearman
& Lakin, upholsterers, of Jamestown,
N Y.
LOUIS Ottenaud
of St LoUIS, IS prepanng
to engage in
the manufacture
of furniture.
Bruschke & Ricke of Chicago, have Introduced horse shoe
ornaments
in their parlor frames.
The HughesvJ1le
(Fa)
Furniture
company
have commenced the manufacture
of furniture
George \N Archer,
of Rochester,
manufactUl es plano
stools annually to the value of $25,000
J G Sextro, a manufacturer
of fUI111ture 111 CinCinnati,
l'i makmg a tour of the southern states
Four thousand
hands are employed
UI Chicago';,
one
hundred and thirteen furniture
factories
Thomas Pickering
of Pittsburg,
Pa , failed so disastrously that hIS creditors WIll not receive a cent
A. H. Davenport
of Boston, IS prepanng
to manufacture
ordered work, and has fitted up a factory for that purpose.
Mr StebbinS of Holton & Hddreth,
ChIcago, who manufacture parlor furniture on a large scale, '" as In Grand Rapids
recently
A company has been orga11lzed In Rochester,
NY,
to
test the practicability
of uSing compressed
air as a motor
for machinery
The Onel Cabinet company
have completed
their new
--------------------------------~
factory and wIll ha\ e a new lme of 'iample;, for the spnng
season' of trade
Henry Hermann
of ?\ ew York, ha~ dl'ichalged
four hundred men and closed a part of hiS furniture
factory on ac
count of dull trade.
Philadel phI a con tams 221 furlllture
factones
111 which
3,680 hands are employed
The goods produced
last yeal
were \ alued at $5,201,830
Gee, ge \\
SmIth & Co, of PhJ1adelphIa,
wJ1l budd d
place on thc rl\ er font, announcmg
the name and dates of
the operatlOll of theIr factory on January 1, 1881
Stock" ell, TIYIne & Co, of Gl and RapIds have JI'3'-,olved,
A \\T TIYlne, JennIe Byrne and \lr'3 R \V :Uorns retmng
C E Belknap had purchased
a large mterest In the buslne'is
Dunng the pa'it vear the Grand Rapld~ Chair company
turned out on an a\erage of 1,121 chall' per day
ThIs output wJ1l be 11l<..rea"ed to 1,500 per day dunng the com1l1g year
BO'iton ha" a new chaIr company capItalIzed
for $100,000
Cym" \\ akefield 1" the preSident
of the corporatIOn
The old W 1l1Chestei factory at South .\;,hburnham
has been
acqUIreJ
Seven manufacturers
of furl1lture 111 Toledo, 0, employ
133 men, to whom IS paId annually $39,700 Il1 "'ages
The
capital Ime;,ted 111 the bU'i1l1ess IS $151,250 and the value of
the product IS $136.000
LOUIS W rampelmeler,
preSIdent
of the W rampelmcler
Fur111tUIe company,
LOUISVille, ha'i e"tablI'ihed
a '3chool of
deSIgn for the workmen
111 hiS factory
Le'ison'i are gIven
to apprentIces
outSide of work1l1g hours
r·~r~~~--;aPidS cas~~~~p- CO.-1
2 Parkwood Ave., Grand RapIds, MIch.
We are HoW puttlllg
out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases eVt'f
offeree to the trarle
These are finIshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple
'" a light fin"h
The,e //:,oodsare admirable lor polished floors and lurn
'ture rests J hey wiIJ not sweat or mar
Sl7e 2~ Inches
SIze 2~ \IIehe'
PRICES
$4 00 per hundred
'i 00 per hundred
Try a Sampl. Urder
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WEEKLY
20
ARTISAN
Minnesota
Retail Furniture
Dealers'
Association
OFfiCI
E\.FI
Rc,-PTeSld~tlt
rrea~urer
L rl\ Ie CU\!\lIT
BULLETIN
T
Ia\lor
Lake Benton \flOo
VIce President
D R Thompson
Rockford
MInn
';choeneberger
Perham \llnn Secretary
W L Grapp Janesville
Mtnl~
'
r~ ~ ChaIrman
Geo Klelll M~nkato \!mn
0 Simons Glencoe M111n, W L
HarTIs \lmneapolls
l\1mIl C Dalllelo:;on Cannon "ails
B
R
\
No.
140.
al ran!;e a 111ee hordel ot the \ a110U'3 stores of our memher'3
a
t the ba se of \\ h1ch \\ e \\ an t a small pIcture of the propnetor
The procled111g, hay e been 1l1dl1ecl 110\\ Ju \ uu I1ke
The'3e
e;tores WIll be 111ten\0\ en m a landscape etchmg replcthem ~
,entmg
the ,tate 01 :\Imnesota
Of course, we cannot do
If y Oul clue" al e 110t palcl no\\ h the tlml to do It
1\ 111
thh
unle~,
our
member"
1ur111sh
us
WIth a pIcture of theIr
) ou? Ans\\ el "Ye'3' ancl do It
,tlJre
and
allo\\
u-,
to
get
a
half-tone
cut
made of It As a plCHa\e yOU sent 111 \OUI sub"cllptlOn
10r the '!lcl1H::,ll1
Artisan so that you Lan !;et thiS department
le!;u!ad\
TI tu re ot \ au I bu "me".., place Ie; a good thmg to have, we trust
that the membel'3 \\ ho are 111tele,ted 111thIS movement
wIll
not, attend to It today
ha
',ten
to
send
u
~
a
pIcture
of
theIr
\
allOUS
stores
ancl
also
Any member hay 111g legl~latl\ e matter 111 m111d "houlcl
01 them,ehe,
]t \\e have enough co-operatlOn m thIS mat'3end It to the chaHmdll of the le!;I:-.latl\ e C01llmlttee at onLe
tll \\ e \\ 111promlc;e to get out a pIece of ad\ ertIsmg lIteranus I" \ elY Important
\ttend to It no\\
ture that \ ou \\ 111be proud of
Of course, 1t wl1l take several
1\ hen you hay e d fight111!; chance, fi!;ht
\pph
thh tJ
mO'1th,
to
prepare
thb
as
It
takes
tIme to get cuts and drawmall order competItIOn
It yOU \\111 fight \\nh the matClI,d
111C;' made, but \\ hen fi111shed, we wIll be able to fur111sh them
the assoCIatIOn fur11l"he", \ ou can do It \\ nh a "mile and a
to Ollr member"
for the cost of pres'3 work, papel and mk
lIght heart and ha\ e the con"uoue;lle"e; that \ ou ale truh
,I
I
he
(omm11tee
\\
ould
lIke to have the OpmlOl1S of the vanou"
bus111ee;s man and 111a"tel ot the conc1ltl0n 111\\ l1lLh \ on find
memhel' \\ ho al e llltel ested111 thIS mo\ ement <,0a<, to pI ocluLe
) our<,elf
The soap club COm1lllttee \\ onld lIke to ~et the Jdta 111 the he-,t campaIgn an,l cduccltlOnal c11Utial e\el hsued to the
the number of "oap dnlh m the to\\ n" ot 0111 \ allOU" me111- IUInltu1 e tIade
J hc ploceecl111C;" hd\ e Ju"t been sent \ Ol! II e a"k our
bere;
It \\III ollh tdke a fe\\ 11111ll1te-,to find out ~o lonelh
1l1l!l1bCl-,
to be Slll e to place them on file \,,dth the proceedmg"
drop a carel to the "euetal\
\\Ith thl" 111fol111<ltlOn '1 hI"
01 )Olml1
\ eal " "Il that they al e hand) when you clee;lre mmay not "eem Imp01 tant to \ 011 but It 1-' to the Ul111111ntce
j(l1matlol1
111legal d to the COl1\entlCln, the by-la\\ s or the
You are the onh <,OUlce th1U \\ll1ch \\e call get th1' 111101m,1
lc l1,tItutllln
S·uch the reports of the commIttees
carefully
'
tIon
111\
our
qlllet
h0\1I
becau,e
the
mag111tude
of
the
work
carned
Nm\ that all the COI1\entlOn 01 del <, hay e heen delI\ e1ecl
on
at
the
usual
com
entlOn
cannot
be
fully
realIzed
at the
we can proml'3e our membels prompt ,hlpmellt
on fill-111 01t1111ebeeau'3e
of
the
hustle
and
bustle
that
go
WIth
convenders
II e hay e maJe !;ood on facton
contract"
and the detIon,
It \ ou are on an) commIttee, we want to urge you to
layS \v1hlch have Clept mto OUI \\01k have been calhed b\ the
m,lke
11
\ OUI speual bus111ess to see that the work entrusted
a e;sembhng of cars ancl the conchtlOn ot calload t1 affic
IIm\ tl)
\
ou
I,
carned out
II e all realI7e that unles" the work is
e\ er, local shIpments
are COm111!; thru
\\ nh I ea,onable
clone,
the
m1t1at1\
e
whIch
our as",oclatlOn has taken wl1l not
promptness
II e are espeCIally an:A10Ue; to gl\ e factone,
hay
e
the
deSIred
effect
Carefully
glance over the ItemIzed
No 8, 10, 14 and 2'1 an e~peualh
large volume ot bU'3111ee;"
~tatement of e:Apenses and receIpts whIch ,,111 show you, posthIS year
'lbh as \ au hay e not I ea1I7ed before, What It costs to run a
All goods ordel ed at COI1\ent10n ,hould nm\ he dell\ el ed
pI Ogl e-,-,1\e as'OclatlOn
If, by chance, your dues are not
except111g F33 and ['4 and the goods that are bell1g lllclCle 101
paId -,ee that they are '30 that the co"t of mal1mg and pnntue; m FI0 1\ e want to cautIOn our membeh
\\ ho hay e he111gthe procee Img:o can be plOmptl) met
If all OUI membere;
come a lIttle ImpatIent ae; to the dell\ en at the"e factone,
clo th1e; \\ e can meet our obhgatlOns promptly
1\- e must rememher
that It Ie; no ~mall Item to I un '-penal
Doe, the dealel \\ ho huys hIe; couches from a factory
deSIgn s thru
'\ 0 facton
\\ III guarantee
Jell\ en 01 speual
whIch 1" controlled bv Sear, Roebuck & Co thmk he IS gctordel good" m Ie ,c; than "l:At) lay s and It u ~ualh takes d lIttle
tmg hIe; couches at the same figure that Sears Roebuck enlonger The goode; made 1111<8, ee;peualh the bookca"e", \\ ele
JO\ ~ 1f he doe'3 not, why does he gl\ e them hIS busmess to
run tlhru the factor)
m e;Lxty clave; and are nm\ 111tlane;lt
el1able them to ncle t\\O hOlses at the same tIme ancl thus
A car of F33 is also m transIt
In reference to the !;ood<' from
b\ the plofit that they al e mak111g off tlhe dealers, enable them
F4, wl11 say that at can ventlOn tIme, we \\ ere not ad\ ]"ecl that
to make ~eah Roebuck a closer pnce because of hIS busmess
thev had changecl thell patterns
Cone;equenth
\\ c made up
'\ ot anI \ that but bv gl\ mg such lactonee; hIS ~UPPOIt he IS
our car orders from the old photos
II hen the facton
admade tel 1alC a pha"e (,f competItIOn that othel wIse woulcl not
vIsed us of the change, It was nece",san
to \\ a1t tOl ne\\ phobe
II In ~uLh "IJ()!t-"Ightednes"
~
tos before orders could be filled whIch has Jela) ed thle; cal
unt!l now
They prom1:oed to make e;h1pment \pnl 29th
Notice.
The ach ertIsmg commIttee
want:" to prepal e alaI ge Ul
()ne ot our member'3 \\ oulcl hke to be put 111 touch WIth a
cular '3howmg up the \ anou e; 0\ er dl d\\ 111g, of themal1
01busIder house matter
II e want to u ,e alar!; e bOl der e;11Owmg good mdn to take charge of a fur111ture and undertakmg
ne,,"
He WIll gl\ e 111ma good ,alan or a workmg mterest
the places of busmee;" of our vanous
membel"
111 01der
to
\n\ one knowmg ot such a man \\ III confer a favor by sendshow that the "mall dealer", can Jo as lalge, It not a Idrgel
Ulg hIS name to the secretary
busmess, than the mall order house
Our pre'3ent Idea b to
Association Jottings.
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A Collapsible
\
One Motion Go-Cart.
A Big Value Go-Cart.
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No
8-11
ThIs go cart has
an enameled
~teel frame
and completel y closed bod V wIth raIged sIde9
and dash
'1 he edge9 ha, e a mckel
plated
steel
nm
'1 he pushel s are
al~o mckel
plated
and
there
IS a
fancy
cross handle
It has 10 Inch
tmned
wheels
wIth
'12 Inch rubber
tnes
i he
body IS 14 Inches
'" Ide
and 24 Inches
long
The seat 19 6
A 9
Inche~
It ha~ an adjustable
leatherette
hood
"lth
plated
hood
spreaders
With type
40c
WIthout
type, 2'5c
Pnce of go-cart
to our members
$4.72
An Ideal Collapsible Go-Cart.
F39 No 6 11
ThIS collapsIble
gocart
ha9 an enameled
steel
f,ame
WIth closed bIdes and d<lsh
It also
ha~ double dAle and braces
and an
extra
reInforced
&pnng
under
the
seat
It haq a recllmng
back
and
adJubtab1e
apron
front
for sleepmg
purposes
Note the contmuous
steel
Pllshers
The foldIng
hood has
brIght
plated hood spreaders
When
It IS open It IS 24 Inches
long and
14 III ( he"
w1de
folded
28 mcheb
long
16 mches WIde and 8 'h mche~
deep
F39 Ko 8 01
ThIS go cart IS up
holstered
In leather
cloth whIch can
be llad
m green
marOon
or tan
I he remfOl cl"d steel frame
IS extra
9trong
It has
double
axles
and
brace9 and contmuous
stel"l pUbhers
Tt has a reclmmg
back and adJuqt
able dash
WhICh may be lalsed
01
lowered
for sleepmg
purpose"
The
flat
steel
raIl"
ha, e tancv
scroll
ends
The
adjustable
hood
has
"nameled
spreaders
It ha9 10 mch
wheels
WIth
'h Inch solId rubbel
tlres
,Vlth type
40c
W,thout
ty pe
2r;c
Pllce ot go cart to ou!
\Vlth type
40c
'WIthout
typl", 25c
PrIce of go cart to OUr members
A Larje, Massive
A Napoleon Bed.
rs
No
9 - 6 2 1
T h 1 q
beautltul
Napole
on
bed
19 made
of large
f I a k y
quarter
ed oak
It IS 53
Inches
hIgh and
)4 lllches
WIde
and very
hIghly
polIshed
'1'he roll
at the
head and foot IS Vel Y hea, v
Thl~
IS a ver3- artIstIC' deSIgn
1 hese
beds are made by a factory
\\ hleh
employs
only lugh
glade
workmen
and there are no defectq
In materIal
or workman9hIp
It IS flmshed
In
golden
oak and "'ll
add tone and
refinement
to any bedloom
i~;;or
~~~i1e
WIth t,pe,
WIth type
40c
WIthout
type, 25('
PlIce of go-cart
to our members
n.;bl~m~~f:11enced
40c
hIgh
$3.95
A Splendid Value in Go-Cart.
W1th type
40c
vVlthout type
25c
PrIce of bed to our
members
A Neat, Artistic
F39 No 4-11
ThIS collapsIble
gocart has an extra
strong
reInforced
steel
frame
It has
double
axles
and
braces
and
contmuous
mckel
plated
or fancy
cross
handle
It
has
a reclmmg
back
WIth brIght
plated
steel
rim
edge
and
adJustable dash for sleepmg
purposes
The
round
wood SIde ralls
have
mckel
tIPS
The
adjustable
hood
has
bright
plated hood spreader
When
It 1S open 1t 1S 24 Inches
long and
15 Inches
WIde, folded
27 Inches
long,
17 mches
WIde and 7 mches
deep
$4.20
Combination
'Ylthout
type, 2r,c
Prlce
of chma
closet
bers
$12.00.
$9.92.
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With
type, 40c
Without
type, 25c
Price of go cart to our membels
China Closet.
No
3172
Th,q
chma
closet
IS made
of
qual
tered
oak
m the
golden
finIsh
The
desIe;n IS refined
and
artlstlc
The
closet
19
Velj> lughl y
polIshed
It
has
bent
glas"
end 9
and
door
French
legs
and
Ia r g e
c cL r v e d
claw fee t
The
top
IS
ornamen ted
WIth a mlllor of extra
quality
The frame 1S neatly
caned
All slwh es are adjustable
It IS
made
by a factory
wInch
employS
rs
F39 No
2 11
ThI~ go (art
has
an
eAtta
strong
reInforced steel
trame
It ha9
double
axes
and
braceb
It IS 24 Inches long and 15
lUches WIde when open and 27 mches
long
17 mches
WIde and 7 mches
deep when tolded
It IS 34 mches h,gh
to the top of the handle
The seat
IS 1 J Inches
WIde
It has
round
wood
SIde ralls
WIth Ulckel
tIps
The
adjustable
hood
ha9
bnght
plated
hood spreaders
ml"mbers
$315
Case.
I
to
OUI mem-
A Larlle Quartered Oak Writing Desk
F8 No 0 01
natIon
case
ThiS combl
IS made
of
quarte_ed
oak
The
door
has
a
~well shaped
glass
'l'he
deSIgn IS exceedInglyartIStlC and ornamental
It
IS neatly
carved
and
tmlshed
m a
high
grade
manner
The
desk IS neat1, arranged
WIth pIgeon
holes
and
drawer
Below the desk
IS a swell
top dm wer and a large
cupboard
The upper
part
contaIns
a good 12 x 12 French
bevel mnror
The shelves are all adlustable
A very
practlcal
pIece for the llvmg
room
F8 No 101
'Ihls
wo tmg desk
IS
made
of
larg'e
flaky
quartered
oak
and
IS
very
neatly
carved
'1 he
door
IS
well
made
WIth shaped
swell
tront
and all "helves are ad
Justable
1'he
desk IS nIce
ly arranged
WIth pIgeon
hole"
and
drawer
Below the desk
I~ a
swell
s hap
e d
dra" er and a large
has heavy
claw feet
part
IS ornamented
French
bevel mIrror.
WIth type, 40c
W1th type, 40c
W,thout
type. 25c.
PrIce
of combmatlOn
members
$6.98, Plain
$7.48 !'ancy
vVlthout type, 25c
Pnce
of tlns
wntmg
desk
to
rnembf'rs,
$ 9.75, Plain Glass.
$1l.45, !'a.ncy Glass.
case
Glass.
Glass.
to
all!
Send all all orders to the Secretary, Janesville,
cupboard
It
and the upper
WIth a 12 A 12
Minn.
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No.9-Porch
Large size
Chair
Oak Stat
Green or MIssIOn FWlsh.
Weight, 20 pounds
RICHMOND
No lO-Porch
Larg< size
Rocker
Oak Seat
Green or \flsslOn FIlllSh
WeIght 21 'Iz pound.
CHAIR
COMPANY,
Buildinas That Will Need Furniture.
Residences- J C Danziger, 305 Durn" ",treet, DetrOIt.
\llch, $10,000, John H Connor, T,veltth and Bagg ~treet"'.
DetrOlt, $6,700, James Dunn, Comonwealth a, enue andFore"t
"treet, DetrOlt, $6,750, Thomas R Sharp, 144 Palmer avenue,
DetrOlt, $5,000, Herman KrolIk, ~lack street and )IcClellan
avenue, DetrOlt, $6,000, C \\
Rodgel", Kel che\ al a\ enue
and Gtlbert street, DetrOIt, $6,000, L C PokOl n), 321 )lelnck street, DetroIt, $8,500, Anna Curner, 480 Grnmmond
street, DetrOIt, $4,200, \\ IllIam Anderson, Oak Lane, Trenton, N. Y , $5,000, Charles EuslIn, 212 \\ alnut a, enue, Trenton, $4,000, :Mary V .:'v1cDonald, Oak Lane, Trenton, $3,500
Peter Thompson,
58 \Nll1tmore street, Harttord,
Conn, $4,500, Mary Hogan, 102 )ladbon
Stl eet, Harttord
$3,500 )lr~
LIllIan Drake, 913 Freeman street, ~ eV' lork,),
l, $9,500
MIchael J ::V1ulvehlll, 111 East 168th sel eet, ~ eV' York, $6,000, Mrs Charles Dickel, \\ hlte Plallls, ~ Y, $28,000, Robert Young, 362 South T\\ elfth street, K e\\ ark, ~ J, $6500,
E VV Scudder, Parker street and Ballant1l1e Park \\ ay, '\ e\\ark, $26,000, \\ IllIam- S Harbholne,
:;91 RIdge avenue, ),e\\ark, $9,500, R A Heller, 904 DeGraw avenue, ), ewark, $6
000, George S Hobart, 599 Mt PlO"pect avenue, N eV'ark,
$17,000, Henry Allsopp, 601 ClIfton a\ enue, ), ewark, $7,500
L E Roush, 17 Scheel a\ enue, '\ewalk, $5.67=), \\ L \\ alnngton, Callnen and LIberty streets, J acksom Ille, rIa, $4,000, A J Stnckland,
FIfth and LIberty streeh, Jacbomllle.
$3,000, CatholIc Bishop, 3647 \\ est '\ orth a \ enue, Chicago
$15,000, Mrs :1'-lcBell, 201 East Alexander "treet, -'\tlanta, Ga,
$5,500, A C I' oru, 164 Oak street, Atlanta, $3,500; E J.
Clancy, 104 Booker street. Little Rock, Ark, $3,000, u H
1,orlaw, 214 East Third "treet, Little Rock, $3,000, G F
Coober, 2906 Benton street, Kansas City, Mo, $9,000, J G
::vl urphy, 3621 Harnson Boulevard, Kansa" CIty, $7,500,
Charles Morns, 3116 Central avenue, Kansas Clt), $4,000, Ida
Taylor, 319 Denver street, Kansas City, $3,000 C J Du--s,
3630 Park street, Kansas City, $3,500, \\ alter H Yas", 1258
A"hland street, Richmond, Va, $3,000, Ed", ard J Cook, 320
North Third Stl eet, Richmond, $4,800, Thomas Danaker, 2296
Lake of the bles boule\ ard, )'1111neapolIs, )l111n . $14,000, \\
J Keith, 421 Cl1l1ton avenue, M1l1neapolIs, $10,000, Victor J
Anderson, 2020 Penn avenue, :MlllneapolI", $5,000, )1. I Goetzenberger,
2621 South Emel son a, enue, )llllneapolI:::., $-1-,000, \\
H Evans, 2556 South Colfax a, enue, )I1l1neapolIs,
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No ll-Porch
Settee.
Seat 40 wches long 17% Illches deep
Oak Seat
MIssion filllSh
Weight, 32 pounds
Green or
RICHMOND, INDIANA
~4,2oo \lr:::. )1 L Stt wart, 625 \\ e"t EIghteenth :::.treet, Oklahoma LIt), Okla. $4,000, H S McKeever, 719 'Iv est Twentyfir"t Stl eet, Uklahoma City, $3,500, J M Trenary, 1327 West
ex V'enty -tourth Stl eet, Uklahoma
CIty, $6,500, Frank Ulm"chneldtr, Cramer and Falsom streets, J\ltlwaukee, WIS, $4,000 )lo~e.., Haa"e, 695 Orchard street, Mtlwaukee, $4,500
~arah "leI arland, 4030 Easton avenue, St. LoUIS, Mo., $6,800,
H E Bruckner, 2261 Holly place, St LoUIS, $8,000, August
Peopmuller, -J.520 Glb~on avenue, St LOUIS, $5,500; Gertrude
Schuette, 223' -\delalde avenue, St Louis, $5,000; J. W. Ferguson, 6232 ;,lcPherson
avenue, St LoUIS, $18,000; W. H
Rooney, 110 East 117th street, New York, $8,000; Anllle K
SullIvan. 418 Ea"t Se\ enteenth street, Portland, Ore, $3,750,
B T Stapleton, 600 East Sixteenth street, Portland, $4,500,
)lr:::. Gel"ler. )Iaple and Palm streets, Portland, $3,500, G \V
;,Ieeker, 1940 C street, Lmcoln, Nebr, $6,000, George Jo,,1,
1725 Q "treet. L1I1colll, $3,000; N \V. Peterson, 1112 NOlth
street, Peoria, Ill, $3.500, A F. \Vard, 900 East Nebraska
a\ enue, j)eOlla, $3,000 E L Cottrell, Fall and Talbott streets,
lndlanapolb,
1nd, $7,500, C A ShetzlIne, Leonard and IIellei man ..,tleets, Phtladelphla,
Pa, $6,000; Leon Braker, St
James ancI SixtIeth streets, Phtladelphla, $17, ~OO, Jacob Pottman, 2808 Ken"mgton
avenue, Philadelphia,
$22,250, C C
lam, Conklm and Cedar street." Philadelpilla,
$5,000; P. J
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ema. 7-J.h2 ShenJan
road, Chicago, lll, $15,000, ArchbIshop QUlgle), 123-J.\Vest Fifty-second street, ChIcago, $20,000, Charle" \1 Chamberla1l1, 5849 Ene street, Chicago, $4,000, C P Perne, 3217 Prospect avenue, LIttle Rock, Ark,
$4,000, LOlus Hill, 2012 ~ orth Twenty-fifth
street, Omaha,
1\ eb , $3,500, Charles L. Glasson, 2230 South Thirty-second
"treet, Omaha, $3,000, Bhss H Headley, 1809 LalrJ street,
Omaha, $3,000, A E Wiskstrom,
2402 South Thirty-first
"treet, Omaha. $3,000, Joseph P. Reed, Dallas avenue and
"IeacIe street, Pittsburg, Pa, $9,400, Dr. Thomas Hogan, McUUI e and Shad) a\ enues, PIttsburg, $8,000, MISS F MeIster,
616 BrooklIne boulevard, Pittsburg, $3,500, P. J Fmnegan, 1
Balle) a\ enue, Pltt"burg, $3,500, 0 S. Parker, Gaylord street
and :\ Inth avenue, Denver, Col, $7,500; B. W. Akers, 517
East Hill avenue, Knoxvtlle,
Tenn,
$-1-,000, Fntz Breest,
"mth and Locu"t streets, ~ltlwaukee,
Wis, $4,500; Joseph
PfeJi'fer, Homer aId \VtllIams streets, Mtlwaukee,
$4,000;
Chnst1l1e Lendlll1g, PIerce and Hadley streets, Mtlwaukee,
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Over the World
Veneer Pre .....
different kind. and .izel
$4,000, E
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Hand Feed Glueinc Machine (ale1ll
llCumull.) Many Itylel and lizel.
Veneer Presses
Glue Spreaders
Glue Heaters
Trucks, Etc., Etc.
t.
Wood-Working
Machinery
and Supplies
Power Feed Glue S.readinc Machine. Siucl •.
Doubl. and Combination.
(alented)
(Sizel 12 in. to 84 in wide.)
LET us KNOW
YOUR WANTS
CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind.
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P Fntsc!lle,
818 ~'fcT'ar1ane avenue, Cmcmnatl
U, $4,500, LOl1l"a Ble"l, 32Y \\ e"t :'Id1Jllan
"treet, Cmcmnatl, $6,000, G :'1 Rogel", \\ oolper "tIeet and Calthage pIke.
CmcmnatI,
$6,500, E \\ Brooks, Uak Knoll, Pasadena, Cal ,
$3,500, A A NI"ser, Oxford Square, Los c\ngele", Cal, $40,000, J F Burton, Ardmore avenue and l'lfth street, Los Angeles, Cal, $15,000, B \V Frees, Rlbldoux
Helghh,
RlVel"Ide, Cal, $10,000, :'Ir" Lawrence,
HIll ancl 1hlrd street",
~anta l\!onlca, Cal, $8,000, D :'1cCarthy, 3514 \\ est Jackson
boulevard,
ChIcago, $26,000, .:\1r-, A F Carr, 6130 Rhodes
avenue, Chicago, $6,000, Ronald c\ Foster, Pennsylva111a and
Thirty-eIghth
"treets,
IndlanapolI",
Ind, $5,800, James H
Robert"on,
650 Congre%
street, Indlanapolb,
$4,000, S S
}IcCOI el, Cla) and Bon Ton streets, St Joseph, Mo, $23,000,
c\rthur Groben, 54 HIghland
street, Buffalo, K Y, $7,500,
Cathenne
E Booth, 280 Bayne" street, Buffalo, $3,400, Rose
FlIlkenstem,
31 SupellOr
"treet,
Buffalo, $10,000, Eclward
(,attie, 443 ), orthampton
c,treet, Buffalo,$3,500,
\\ m P. Landgraf, 135 Hedley street, Buffalo. $3,500, George Fntz,
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Leanllngton
street~, Buffalo, $3,500; Mrs Augu"ta
EndlIch,
994 Grant street, Buffalo, $6,800, Samuel S \\ Ilmer, Benner
and Marsden streeh, PhIladelphia,
Pa, $9,700, John ~1 Sn}del, Butler and :bghteenth
"tl eets, PhIladelphIa,
$50,000, H
L Dennett, 626 Carolme "treet, HOt1'3ton, TeA, $6,500
MiscellaneolUs BUl1dmgs-The
CatholIcs
are b11l1clmg a
'j:7'i,000 church and "chao] at 36-1-1\\ est North a\ enue, Chlcagu addl ec,,, CatholIc BI"hop of ChIcago
The \Velsh Calvml"tlL \1ethodl"ts
are ]Jlulc1Jng a church to co"t $25,000, at 2917
21 11ftecnth a\enue, }1mneapo1Js, M1l1n
The Dus1l1e"s Women'" Club of LOlll"\ Ille, Ky, wIll erect a five story blllldmg
on \\ alnut "treet at a cost of $lOJ,OOO
The Lutheran
Galgotha :'II""lOn IS buIld1l1g a church on Chnst1l1e Lane, 1\[11waukee, at a co"t of $40,000
Paul :;,\lo21ck IS ImIldlllg a
bnck hotel on Plankmton
a, enue, MIla wUkee, to cost $22,000, \\ hlttler. Cal, has voted to Issue $80,000 111 bonds for a
new hIgh school bUlld1l1g to be completed
by September
15
\\ ea, er Blerre I" to bUIld a concrete theatre at Safford, Anz,
at a cost of $40,000, Lehl, l:tah, has Issued $50,000 111bonds
to! a new hIgh "chool bUlldmg
St Andrews Cathobc church
of Battle Mountam,
1\ ev , wIll buIld a parsonage
at a oost of
$25,000
A five story additIon to the Hamplen Arms Hotel,
r ~o" Angele", Cal, IS to be completed by September 1. The
Palace Theatre
company has a permit to buIlcl a theatre at
1137-47 Blue Ic,land a\ enue, Chicago, to LOst $125,000
South
Bend, Ind, i:o erecting a "cho01 buIld1l1g, three stories, 78 x
100 feet, to cost $50,000
THE MACEY COMPANY WINS OUT.
An Important Decision in a Case Involving Conspiracy and Infringement.
The more or less famous case of the Globe- W erl1lcke
company of Cll1cll1natI aga111st the Macey company and PresIdent 0 H L. \Venllcke
of Grand Rapids has been decIJed
by the C111ted States court of appeals m favor of the defendant", the pl3Jl1ItIff'" bIll of complal1lt bel1lg dismissed for lack
of eqUIty
The deCISIOn IS of great Importance
to Mr \Ver111cke and the Macey company anJ of conSIderable
Il1terest
to manufacturers
of patented articles
In an 111tervlew on the
subject, last Monday, ::VIr \Ver111cke said'
"ThJS SUIt was commenced
several years ago on the alleged ground" that the }Iacey company and myself had entered Il1to a conspIracy
to 111frmge the Cll1cll1natI company'"
alleged patent on sectIOnal bookcases and other acts contrary
to law and conscIence
The SUIt was so Widely heralded by
I epresentatlves
of the Globe- \Ver111cke company as a body
blow that would put the Macey company out of busll1es" and
pI event ItS customer"
from obtall1mg addItIOnal sectIOns of
ItS bookcases m the future, that we feel JustIfied m glvmg conSiderable pubhClty to the deCISIOn at tl11s tune, 111 order that
:'lacey dealel sand
theu customers
may kno\\ that we have
not been gUilty of the acts alleged and that evel} customer.
of Macey bookcases b fOI'e, er free from annoy mg thl eats by
competitors.
"Aftel I severed my active connectIOn With the Globe\\ ell1lcke company
and Sll1ce hecommg
preSIdent
of the
\[acey company, myoId
concern developed wbat seemed to
be a mama for suing us upon vanous pretexts
The deCISion
and opmlOn of the CIrCUIt court of appeals leaves Ilttle or no
room for doubt 111 my Judgment
that the"e SlutS were commenced With no hIgher motive than to ll1Jure me and prevent
the Macey company from becommg a formIdable competItor.
"Always
conscIOUS of our legal and moral rectitude
in
every matter pertamll1g
to <;lUr busmess, we are content to
lea ve these questIOn" to the verdict of the courts and the
sober Judgment by those of our friends who by their llberal
patronage
contnbuted
to our success
Weare
pleased, of
course, With the outcome of the IltIgatlOn, but It IS only such
an outcome as we have anticipated
from the first and it is
certainly an equal pleasure to know that our efforts to do business on the square have always met with a hearty re3ponse
from the trade and the public"
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Emboued
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Turned Mould.
lOCI,
Embo ...
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CanIDR'I,
and
Automatic
Turn,nCI.
We also manu
fadure a Jaree hne
01 Embo .... d
Oroamenta for
Couc.h Work.
'256-'258 W. Fifteenth
Shippers 'ViII Have to Pay.
She ralh\ a\ wage ad\ ances, already made or to be made
blt"l e the end 01 the} eal, are estll11ated at $100,000,000 hy
II l Hro\\n
ple~ldent of the r\evv York Central, who 111dude" man} dlh ances v\ hlCh ha\ e not yet been settled
WIth
the 111ter"tate l ommerle lOmml'nlon
statlsttcs as a basis, rall\\ a\ \\ dge" undel the nevI' SCdle WIll reach $1,227,233,000 a
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I h1" 1" all1\ ed dt b} e..,tlmdt111g the operat111g exjJln"e, ()t the ple"ent fi"cal yeal hom the monthly
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dpph 111g the
UjJLldtll1g e" pen "e" 111 1908,
hgl1le~ lta\ e been pubh"hed,
t1111dteJ ach ance 111 wages
compales
\\ltJh $1,072,233,000
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of labor cost to total
the latest year for whIch wage
and add111g the $100,000,000 esthIS yeal
The $1,227,233,000
111the fi"cal year 1907, whIch
hoLl" the I ecord
\1 ages \\ ere not leduced atter the 1907 panic, so that
thl" } edl'" dClYanc( s dl e on top of those which were made in
19(){)and the earl} part of 1907
l'he proportIon of labor cost
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( Amencan Plan)
Rates $2.50 and Up,
Pantlind
Hotel
(European Plan)
Rates $1.00 and Up.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
The Noon Dmner Served at the Panthnd lor 50c
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,,()l1le ;; othel reLul lumber dealers 111MiSSISSIppI and LouisIana to be a con"plracy
111restraInt
of trade and commerce
and 111\ IOlauon of the :\IlsslsslPPI antI-trust
statute
This
affilm'o the Judgment of the MISSISSIppI supreme court order111g the dl""oluttun
of the trust
The deci3ion is not expected to hay e ally matenal
effect on bhe pnces of southern
lumber becau::.e thl" outcome of the case has been generally
expected an\.l the dealers had been prepared for it
It is said
the Southern
Pllle assocIation
WIll be 1eorganized
on legal
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There were 20 lob of 12-4 Nepperhan tapestry rugs beSides many duphcate lots, runnmg from 34 to 101 duplicates,
in addition to the trr egular numbers of the catalog.
The
goods brought pnces rangmg froth $10 to $11 25
The next on the catalog consisted of 12-4 colomal velvet
rugs, 9 x 12 feet, l11c1udl11gmany duphcate lots
Pnces on
these ranged from $15 to $1525.
On the next offenng m the catalog, conslstmg of 12-4
Saxony axmmster
rug.." 9 x 12 feet, the bidding was quite
active, and pnces ranged from $13 to $13 50, one buyer takmg 27 lots at $1290
Rugs compnsed a large part of the first day's offering",
and when pnces sagged off, large buyers were qUlck to step
m and take up the good;, m bulk
Several excellent bargains
were picked up in the well known Nepperhan tapestry rugs,
12-4 good3, sizes 9 x 12 feet, bnngmg pnces as low as $10 to
$11 25 each, as agamst a ltst pllce of $1225
Colonial velvet
rugs, 9 x 12 feet, 12-4 goods, brought $15 to $15 50, as agamst
a lIst pnce of $18 10, whlle 12-4 Saxony sold at pnces rangl11g
from $1290 'to $13 50, as compared with hst pnce on J an 1,
1910, of $17
Accordl11g to the terms of the sale, whel e carpet and ?Is
borders are 30lJ together, 2,% cents less than body Will be
charged on Saxony Axmmster border, extra Axmmstel
border, Savonnene and wllton velvet border.
On velvet border,
Paltsade border, best tape;,try, B Pahsade, and F PahsaJe
border, 2 cents le'iS than border wlll be charged
On 6-4
carpet and 6-4 stalr, double the pnce of 3-4 wldths
Among
the most actn e bldJers at the first day', "ales were the
.;\ifalson Blanche. New Orleam, Fredenck
Loe"er, Brooklyn,
NY,
Glmbel Bra",
Philadelphia,
Abraham
& Strauss,
Brooklyn, the Chicago House vVreckmg company, Chicago,
the "Hub" of Washmgton,
DC,
J\I Donohue, Pittsburgh,
Bernheimer Bros, Kan..,as City, Boston Bargam House, Dry
Goods l:"mon, Hager company, Jame'i H Dunham, City, Acme
Dry Good'i company, Sterltng Furmture
company and J oske
Bros company, of San Antolllo, Texas
Other buyers were the Dayton Dry Goods company of
Mmneapolts,
Wilham H Block company, Incltanapoh.." Stlx,
Baer & Fuller Dry Goods company, St LOUIS, Lowenstem
& Bra, Memphis, "\V H Howlett, Kansa3 City, Mo ; Alman
& Matt, Chicago, III , 0 Rot'hert, Altoona,
Pa,
Sanger
Bros, Dallas, Texas, J H Hartley & Sons, Falrmont,
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D Thoma'i company, Seattle, vVash , Sterll11g Furlllture company, San FranCISco
Practically the entire mtel est of the carpet traJe was centered m the auctIOn sale
Buyer;" 'however, VISited the other
sale3rooms throughout
the market dunng the day for the
purpose of loob'ng over the new hnes shown
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Our SOLID STEEL MOULDING GUTTERS are the Best in the World.
Large Attendance at the Opening of the New
York Sales.
The carpet and I ug auctIOn of the Alexander Snllth &
Sons' company openeJ la'it ::'ifonday before what was estimated as the largest gathenng of buyers m the history of the
carpet and rug trade
Representative"
of both wholesale and
retail hou'ies wele pre'ient from every sectIOn of the country,
and were active blJders on the lob offered
The first lot offered, consl'ited of one bale of 12-4 Nepperhan tapestry rugs
9 x 12 feet, all m one piece, three rugs to a bale
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purohased
by FreJencl<: Loeser & Co, of Brooklyn, after
the goods had been bid up to $3100
The blddmg VI' as active for the honor of the first purchase, and m spite of keen
competitlOn the first lot was secured by t'he above Brooklyn
firm.
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prices had been named, but were subject to change at any
mmute Without nottficatlOn
It was stated that slight advances 'had been named on tapestry rugs and velvet carpets
Just what the advances amounted to could not be learned,
however, for pubhcatlOn
At salesrooms of the BIgelow Carpet company no prices
were named dunng the day, and It was stated that It had not
been Jeclded as yet when pnces would be offiCially announced
Buyers VISited the salesrooms
m large numbers
dunng the clay to look over the new hnes WhICh are on VIew
and orders when placed were accepted subject to pnces to
be named later.
On Tuesday the attendance
was well up to that of the
first day, and blddmg was bnsk on most of the lots offered
vVhenever pnces ..,lumped off, or blddmg became slow, repre3entattves of large concerns stepped m and placed bids for
large lots, often secunng the same at pnces whwh Immediately renewed the mterest of othel buyel s. Good progress was
made m disposing of the goods, and m addition to thiS the
numbers m the catalog were reduced by the WIthdrawal of
certam goods
Dunng the morll1ng hours of the sale, offenngs of large
axmmster rugs were disposed of, and brought excellent auctIOn pnce'i
On 12-4 aX1l11ll'3ters pnces ranged from $13 to
$1475, and on 11-4 from $11 to $11 50
Pnces on 16-4 rugs
were also deCldedly good, and some buyers who expected to
pick up cheap lots, were dlsappomtecl
At the afternoon sessIOn carpets were reached, and renewed mterest was shown Iby those buyers who were walttng
for these goods to be offered
There was a long h3t of Pah'iade carpets, mcludmg duphcates
These goods met WIth a
ready response from buyers, especially where the patterns
and coloring were good
Next on the ltst came Manor tapestry rug", rangmg from 12-4 through to 8-4 good3
These
goods were followed by Phllhpsburg
tapestry rugs in 12-4 to
10-4 goods
Pnces on many of these ltnes were surpnsingly
good, and well on a level wlth those of the first day's sale
Late m the afternoon tapestry carpets were reached, and
buyers settled down to work m earnest
Best tapestry goods
sold at pnces rangmg froill 48 to 69 cents a yard, and staIr
tapestry from 45 to 50 cents
In one or two cases, where the
patterns ""ere poor, and colors off, pnce3 dopped as low as
38,% cents, the goods bemg taken m bulk by large buyers,
such as Mal shall Fleld & Co
Other buyers who purchased
goods m bulk, when pnces dec1meJ were the Syndicate Trad111gcompany, Bloommgdale
Bros, R H Macy, Martin Dry
Goods company, A D ::\Iatthews' Sons, Fredenck
Loe3er &
Co. and the Adams & Doepke company
The largest purchases were made by Marshall Field & Co
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Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art 6lass, Ornamental Figured 6lass, Polished and Rough Plale 8lass, Window Blass
WIRE
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Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautifullhan white marble.
CENERAI.
DISTRIBUTORS
OF PATTON'S
SUN PROOF
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For anythmg m BUilders' Glass, or anythIng In Pamts, Varmshes,
warehouses, a list of whICh IS given below
• EW 'rO.E-Hudson
and Vandam St •.
B08'r0.--41-49
SudbuQ' St., 1-9 aowker St.
CJUCAG0-44Il-451l Wabash Ave.
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A'.rI-Broadway and Court Sts,
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:LO'U1S-Cor. '.I."enthand Spruce St.,
JIIDJIl'.EAPO:LJ8-500-516 S. 'rhird st.
DE'rBOJ'J."-53-59 :Lamed St., E,
GBA1IIDBAPJDS, IIICH-39-41 •. Divl.ion St.
PJ'J."'rSB11BGH-IOI-I03 Wood St.
JIJ::LWA'UKEE,WJS.--4911-494 lIarket st.
• 0CKESo.n:.... T_WUder Bldg., 1Ia1n II BKohan..e
BA:L'rDI0.Z-310-11l-14
W. P1'att St.
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The epIcureans
of the Seattle RetaIl Furniture
Dealel"
aSSOcIatIOn treated themseh e'3 and a number of gue,h
to a
fine banquet in the CommercIal
Club room" reLenth
t\fter
the repast and the attendant
flow of \\ It and humor, the pre~Ident introduced
S T Hills of the F S Hannon
company,
the guest of honor, who addre'3sed the banqueters
on 'The
RISing Cost of I\ulllture,"
a subject of ImpOl tance not onh
to the buymg publIc but also to the furnIture dealer, for the
greater the co,t of the fur'lllture the les'3 profit to the dealer
Mr HIlls dlSctlSSed the pa,;t and present methods of cutting timber 111 the Ulllted States and commented
on the enor
mous and shameful waste of good timber by such method'3
He stated that the timber IS cut three tllne" a, ta"t a" the
trees grow and that the annual cut IS about 430000.000 acre"
He said that the estimate of standmg hardv ..ood timber m the
Uillted States today IS 400,000,000,000 feet and that there dl e
25,000,000,000 feet cut annually, whIch means that the suppl)
of hardwood
timber m the LillteJ States, at the present rate
of cuttmg, WIll be completely exhausted m the "hort penod of
sixteen years
Mr Hills "aid the CO'3t of fmillture IS n~mg and Will contlilue to nse mdefiilltely,
and contended
that the princIpal
cause of thl'; rbe is the present method of deva,;tatmg
the
timber resources
of thIS country
He spoke ot the method
of forestry In vogue m Germany for the la"t three ht1l1dred
year'3 and that only by a s1l111lar method of forestratlOn
III
the United States can a rapidly approachlilg
tImber famllle
be averted.
The speakel dl'3cu,;sec1 the ,;ubJ ect of "~peClal '3ale,;" and
saiJ if any prospective
Ibuyer of furllltUl e "ould
walt until
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ACED
Sundnes,
VARNISHES.
address any of our branch
C:LEVE:LAJfrD-143O-1434west '.I."h1I'4 st .
OllABA--llOl-llO'1
Howa.rd st.
S'r. PA'UL-459-481 Jackson St.
A'r:LA1n'A, GA_30-3lI-34 S. Pl:J'or st.
SAVAJrB'AK, GA.-74S-749 Wheaton St.
KAB'S.&s OJ'.I."T-Plfth and Wyandotte st •.
BDJIIDJIl'GKAK,ALA.-lInd Ave. an4 89tl1 St.
BVP:PA:LO,•. T.-371l1-74-78·78 Pearl St.
BBOOB::LY1II'-'rh1rdAve. and Dea.n St.
PJa:LADB:LPJDA-Pltca1zn
Bldg.,
and 11th st •.
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Scott st.
OKLAJlOJIIIA
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PAINTS
or } ebruaf) of each) ear, he could get any artIcle 111
the furl11ture 1ll1e at almost hl~ own figures
He contended
that the feature ot ",;peCial sale~"'had
outworn 'IlS usefulness
}Ir Hill -., addre-.,s opened new avenues of thought
for
furl11ture dealer" and wa'3 greatly appreciated
by those present
Ile re-.,ponde,l to a unaUlmous vote of thanks for his remark'3 b) extendUlg an IllvltatlOn to the members of this as"ocla tlOn to be the guests of the :l\Ianufacturers'
associatlOn
at a banquet -.,ome time III },Iay, whIch IllvitatlOn was promptI) accepted on the part of the retail furlllture
dealers.
The
"get together"
"pInt ha~ certaUlly seized the progressive
fur11Iture dealers of thl'3 city WIth a firm gnp -PaCific
FurnIture
'[ rade
Glorious Arizona.
"It "a~ the first real vacatIon I ha\ e had S1l1ce I was a
bO\ , . declared Charle" R SlIgh, pr(~'dent of the SLIgh Furniture com pan) , Grand RapId,;, who ha,1 Just returned from ArIzona where he ,;pent about two months WIth Mrs SlIgh and
thelr children
"For wmter clImate," he contmued,
"1 don't
thlllk an) place III the V\;orld can beat Anzona
It IS away
ahead of Southern
Caltforma
The atmosphere
IS warm and
soft and "0 clear that human VISIOn IS much stronger than at
an~ other place III the country That's why the astronomers
go
there to make ob~ervatlOns that are difficult m any other part
of the countl \
\\ e ..,aV\;the comet there, qUite dlstmctly,
\\ Ith the nakecl e) e long before It was VISible m other parts
of the country
It I'; ~ure1y a V\;onderful clImate
The moonlIght lllghts are ~ll1lply mdescnbably
beautIful
i'Phoel1lA I~ havmg a boom
The government
ha'3 been
spendll1g eIght or ten millIon clollal" m IrngatlOn work there,
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Wood Sar Clamp Fixtures
Pel' Set
30.000
Sheldon
Steel Rack
Vises
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Sold on approval and an uncondItional money back guarantee
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SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS.
Guaranteed Inde.tructlble.
We SO!tCltpnvllege of sendmg samples and
our complete catalogue
Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture.
E H. SHELDON
& CO ,ChIcago, III
Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch
we bought of you a ltttle over a year ago are gIVIng excellent service
We are
well satlsfied w,th them and shall be pleased to remember you wbenever we want
anythmg addItional m thIS !tne
Yours truly.
SIOUXCIty, Iowa
CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO
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UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO.
MARSHFIELD, WIS.
Dressel'S
Chiffoniers
Dressinli Tables
Suites
Wardrobes
Sideboards
Buffets
Etc.
M.de in
o k, Bird's-Eye
Maple,
Mahol;!any, etc.,
and
All Popular
Finishes
No. 2228 Toilet T.ble.
SEND
FOI{
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No. 2240 Toilet Table
OMPLETE
whIch will reclaim about 250,000 acres of land.
.:\Iost
land has been under IrngatlOn before, but the dam~ an
VOlrs were not properly
constructed,
washed out fre uently
and were not dependable
The government
IS dOIng t e work
nght
From my ob~ervatlOns I think the money expe ded In
reclamatIOn work, not only In Arizona }but elsewhere, h S been
well mvested
Had the government
used the hund eJs of
mIllIons that have been spent in the PhIlIppmes m rec aImIng
the and lands of the west it Wlould have done muc
better
for the country-It
would have benefited
whIte m n who
know how to apprecIate advantages.
"BUSIness m Anzona IS all nght as It IS m near!
all of
the far west
I went to the coa',t anJ heard no complaInts,
except In San FranCISCO where It IS rather dull In mo t hnes
"Here at home our busmess IS good, we have sold mor goods
thi<; spnng than m any prevIous ~eason."
CATALOGUE
an Increa"e In passenger
rates
It has been e'3tllnated that
the mCI ease m wage<; granted
raIlway employe" m the past
<;IX months
wIll amount
to $48,000,000 per annum,
whIch
Advancing Freight Rates.
Last .:\londay the Interstate
Commerce
Commls ion receIved a batch of freIght tarIff<; from carner<; In the mIddle
west wIth ea<;tern connectIOns, and the check111g of th tanff'3
<;0 far mdlcate<; an mcrea<;e all along the lme
It IS eheved
by the commiSSIon that before June 1 there WIll be Ina e \\ hat
amount<; to a ul11form mcrease in freIght rates throug out the
United States
vVhen the demand" for Increased wages of raIlw y operative" were met by the carners,
some of the rallwa T pre'31dents sad that in order to meet thIS new draIn on th Ir revenue' It would be necessary
to Increase rates and thIS IS now
bemg done
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
ecently
granted an increase in wage<; to ItS trammen
and t e "tatement was ma.de that the mcrea"e on thIS road alone a ounted
to $500,000 per annum.
The New Haven road promptly made
Made by Manlstee Manufacturing
Manistee, MlCh.
Company,
probably means that the pubhc WIll have that amount to make
up for the can Ier<;
The mterstate
commls<;IOn WIll adjourn for the summer
recesj) some tIme between June 1 and 15, and the new rates,
If attacked by shIppers, WIll have to remam m force nearly a
year before a decbion can be reached
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NEW BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK
Theatres. Churches. Schools. Hotels. Etc.. That
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CHICAGO
New York, :May 5 -"'\mong
the bUlldmgs to be erected
here that w1ll all reqUIre furmture of \ anou 5 bnd 0, there are
about a hundred theatres and about 500 bUlldmg" for mmmg p1cture shows
Damel ['rohman h headmg a lompam
to bul1d a ~ atlOnal theatre neal Central Park, "outh to co"t
$500,000
It wl1l have club and lecture room" and \\ 111be
controlled mamly by actors' "ocletles
~Iax R \ \ lIner ot the
ThalIa theatre W11lbmld a JewIsh theatre and wof garden at
Second avenue and F1rst street. whIch \,,111'Oeat 3400 people,
to cost $650,000
The Parks and Play ground" a"'iOClatlon
will bUIld a five story theatre to co~t $100000 at Rn lllgton
and Cannon 'itreets
Howard Broadstreet
I~ "ecretary
Percy
W1lhams
of the Colomal
Theatre
company
will erect the largest vaudevIlle theatre III -\.menca. at 110\\ arel
avenue anJ Mad1son street, Brooklyn
The Phoelllx A.mu"ement company WIll bul1d a three otory theatre at -\.m'iterJam
avenue and 149th street, from plans of archItect Thomas \\
Lamb, to cost $150,000
\V1llIam H "M:cElfatnck has prepared plans for a theatre to be bmlt at Seventh a\ enue and
123d street, to cost $650,000, fm ] ohn H Spnnger
of the
Grand Opera House
It w111 be eIght stones hIgh and "eat
3,300 people
Adolph Zucker w111 erect a theatre and roof
garden at Delaney anJ Suffolk 'itreets, to "eat 2,500
Schubert Bros are plannmg to bUIld a new theatre at 113 \\ est
Forty-thIrd
street
AdelaIde P Ehnch, J ame'i 10' ~Ieehan
and Edward S Slmon '" III erect a theatre to co~t $125,000 and
seat 1,500 persons at 160th and Pro"pect "treet'i
Fnedenrich, Gerston & Baer w1ll bUllll a $100,000 theatre at f'ru,,pect avenue and 160th street, from plans by arcllltect E C
Horne.
The followmg schools are projected
~Irs Hetty Gleen
ha'OgIven $500,000 for the -\.mencan G nn er~It) of Chn~topher
Columbus, to be erected on Fifth avenue at Central Park. to
be free of all cost to pupl1s
Later a great palace of art \\ 111
be added
Countess Anme Leary has charge at her home
1032 Fifth avenue
The Roman CatholIc church of the
GuardIan Angel, 511 West Twenty-th1rd
street wIll alter the
rectory mto a church and school to cost $40,000
\rchltect
Joseph H :0.IcGUlre has plan" for a fi\ e ~tore parochIal school
at 79 Jackson street for the CatholIc church of St :0.Iary, cost
$50,000
C B J Snyder, archItect, has plans for a CIty publIc
~chool K 0 102 to be five stones, at 113th 'itreet and Second
avenue, to cost $339,000
St Peter and Paul CatholIc church
wl1l bmld a $140,000 school on Brook avenue near 159th street.
from plans of ArchItect M J Garvlll
The public schools to be bUllt are K 0 95 at Clarkson and
\Vest Houston streets, to cost $416,000, X 0 10, an addItIOn,
at South Third andKeap streets, Brooklyn, to cost $216,000
~o 17 at Schenectady avenue, Eastern Parkway and Llllcoln
Place, Brooklyn, to CO'it $300,000 and 1\0 165 at Lott and
Hopkmson avenues, to cost $200,000
ArchItect C 0 Rich has plans for enlargmg Barnard college by a two story addItlOn, at Broadway anJ 119th 'itreet,
to cost $200,000
The New York InstItute for the Blmd at
ThIrty-fourth
street and J\mth avenue, have bought a farm
of 110 acres on Central Park avenue between Yonkers and
New York, on WhICh WIll be bUllt a senes of structures
for
theIr use
ArchItects McKIm, Mead & \"'hlte have plans fOI three
new bUlldmg:o for Bellevue hoslptal. to cost $2,750,000
The
Skm and Cancer HospItal at Second avenue and X meteenth
This is one of our
popular Hotel chairs.
Our chairs are found
in all the leading
Hotels in the country.
The line includes a
very complete assortment of chairs, rockers and settees of all
grades; Dining Room
furniture,
Reed and
Rat tan
furniture,
Special Order furniture, etc.
A complete I,ne of samplea are displayed In TLe
Ford 8 JoLnson BuildlDl!,
1433.37
WaLuL Ave., inc1udlnil a spec,al d.splay of
Hotel Furniture.
All furmture
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The 1:\ew
York PolyclJmc ~ledlcal school and Ho"pltal have bought a
plot fOl an addItIon to be 100 x 204 feet, on F1ftleth 'itreet.
The ~Iontfiore Home ha'i bought 115 acres of land m the vvest
Bronx and \\ III erect new bUlldmg'i as a home for aged people
The follo\\ mg churches are planned
The FIfth avenue
Baptbt church, Rev Charle'i FAked,
pastor, ha'i plans from
-\.rchltect Bo"V\nrth for a new church to co",t $500,000, at Fort)-'01xth "treet and Flfth avenue
CongregatIOn B'NaI Rappeport wIll remoJel the bUlldlng at 207 East Seventh street
mto a :oynagogue It WIll cost $15,000
Harllson & SackhellTI
have plans for a three story synagogue at Jefferson and MadIson streets, to co~t $25,000
CongregatlOn
B'~Ia1-Jeshurum
WIll buJ1d a synagogue
at Central Park \Vest and EIg<htyseventh street
The church exten:OIOn commIttee of the New
York Presbvtn
"'Ill erect a church and Sunday school at avenue D and "Fa'urteenth "treet, GlllOnport, the Bronx
Holyrood church at BroadvV1ay and EIghteenth
stIeet w1ll erect a
new church bUlldmg at Fort \Vashmgton
avenue and l79th
street
The church extenslOn commIttee of the New York
Pre'ibytery WIll bul1d a bnck church to co"t $85,000, at Prospect avenue and 1~5th street
The Baptl'it church of the Redeemer WIll bUlld at Valentme''i Lane and LeIghton avenue,
South Yonkers, a church bUIld1l1g to cost $50,000
St PhIlips
P E church WIll buIld a new edIfice to cost $150,000, at 213
\Yest 133d street
Hotels- The Rlt7 Carlton Hotel company IS buIlding a
'iIxteen story structUle at MadIson avenue and Forty-sIxth
street and WIll also erect another addItIOn next door
Plans
have been dra'" n by F ~I Andrews of 3 West Thirty-third
street, for a ne", co"tly hotel at BroaJway and ThIrty-fourth
street, to cost \\ Ith SIte, $10,000,000
George F Con~ldme WIll bmld a SlX story hotel at 147
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CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS
If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give
us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but
Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make
more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flooding the country.
Oliver Tools
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36lnchea.
Made with or WIthout
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Metal
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take 18" under I h e
Ilwde-blb 45 delll'eea
one way and 7 delP'ees
the other way
Carnel a saw up to 1,%11
WIde Oull.de beannll
to lower wheel .hah
when not motor doven
WetllM 1800 lb. when
ready to .lup
"Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11
WIll take a saw up to 20' d.ameter
Arbor belt IS 6' WIde
Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood
Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work
Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc.
OLIVER MACHINERY CO.
Worka and General
Officea at 1 to 51 Clancy St.
GRAND RAPIDS.
MICH .• U. S. A.
BRANCH
OFFICES - Ohver Maelunery Co .. Hud.on Termmal. 50 Church St. New York.
Ohver Maehmery Co. FIrst National Bank BwldlOll. Clueallo. Ill. Ohver Maehmery Co •
aClfie Bu~dlOll. Sealde. Wash. Ohver Maelunery Co .201-203 Deanallate. Maneheater. Enll
We"t Forty-thIrd street. to cost $250,000. from plans prepared
by Architect George F l'Ilham
ArchItects
George and Edward Blum have filed plans
for a ten story fire proof hotel at 128 West Forty-seventh
"tI eet, to cost $160,000, for the OlympIa Realty & ConstructIOn company, LoUI" Pmcus presIdent
Robert F ::YIurphy,
by the Palmer Realty company, from plans of H SmIth, architect, to cost $15,000
The Cafe Raub of Brooklyn will
erect one of the largest restaurants
1ll Greater
New York
at 14 NeVInS street, adjOInIng the present locatIOn
The Order of the Moose WIll remodel the bUIldIng at 123
\i\' est 46th streets a<; a club hOl1"e The Insh Amencan AthletIc club has taken the five story bUIldmg at 110 East 59th
street for a new club house
The Reform club at 42 Broadway, LoUIS VV mdmuller treasurer, WIll remodel the bUIldlllg
at 9 South lVV IllIam street for a club hou::,e and restaurant.
The A H StIch I Furniture
company has Ju<;t opened an
annex to theIr ma111 "howroom
It 1" located at 24 East 22d
::,treet and a full lme of fine and medIUm bedroom furmture
and ltbrary SUItes wIll be shown there
BU::,Iness in spIte of
poor condItIOn of trade In New York CIty has been very good
wlth them right along
GRAND RAPIDS OPENING DAY.
Embossed
Mouldtng
Made by Waddell ManufactUring
Grand Rapids, MIch.
Co,
Local Lines Will Be Ready for Inspection
June 24.
on
of the Hotel Albany, has ha,1 plans drawn for a projected
$8,000,000 hotel at Broadway and FortIeth street
ArchItect
J C Cooker has plans for a $25,000 hotel for Rogan & Callender, at Tenth avenue and 207th "treet
B EbelIng, archItect,
has drawn plans for a $25,000 hotel on Castle HIll and vVestchester avenues, for Joseph Wagner
PreSIdent A S Goodman of the Grand Rapids Furniture
aS~ocIatlOn, announces that the lmes of the manufacturers
of
Grand Rapids WIll be ready for InSpectIOn on June 2±, 1910
Contracts have been let for Rector's new hotel and restaurant
to co"t $1,000,000, at BroaJway
and Forty-fourth
.street, to be seventeen stones In heIght
The RIverSIde restaurant WIll be bUIlt at RIversIde Dnve and Nlllty-sIxth street,
The Luce FurnIture
company, Grand RapIds, are planmng to add a third story to theIr factory
The factory IS
now one of the largest in the CIty, 140 x 530 feet, two stones,
but the busme"s demands more space
May Add a Third Story.
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SUMMER HOME DECORATIONS
Fashion
Fovors Mony Novelties and Allows
More Color Thon Formerly.
\Vould she be m the fashIOn the housewlte select1l1g
mer drapenes
mu:ot choose for wmdoV'. curtam., \\ hlte
tnmmmg"
of color or of whIte and color:o mIxed otfset
cotton portiere" of a tone to match
The most plea-,1I1g
eltles perhaps are 111 the forll11er
:oumV'.lth
\\ lt1h
no\-
Some of the prettIest of these may be eluphcated b) am
one handy WIth a needle at half the CO:ot-tOI m"tance, eX,lll1pIes made of scnll11, curtam brus:oels or cable net tnmmed
WIth cretonne
The scnm, pure whIte or cream, form.., the
bulk of the curtam
About three mches back tram the edge
IS an eIght or mne mch wIde msertlOn or heavy net the color
of the scnm, outlIned on eIther edge WIth an mch wIde heavy
lace msertlOn
Down the center of the net run.., a four or
five 111ch wIde applIque of cretonne
WIth roses and lea\ e:o,
marguentes,
vIOlets, pan:Oles or other flower., m any and e\ er)
color, theIr edges fastened to the net WIth a tancy cham "tltch
The edge of i'he curtam I" fims11ed WIth mch \\Iele lace matchmg the msertlOn.
The floral decoratIOns
ma) be had 111
mauve, lIlac, pmk, rose, blue, green, etc, and
sIgns are exqlllslte
Bed.,preads
and bobter
tI Immed down the center WIth the cretonne
feature of these ImportatIOns
man) :ohade:o at
some of the deCoyer:o to match
applIque" are a
The same style of decoratIOn IS used on scnm curtam:o
minus the net and lace msertlOns, also m curtams of cream
cable net
A vanatlOn 111the latter IS applIques ot narrO\\
stnps of self-toned green or aIel rose mercenLed cotton good:o
resembling
sIlk trameJ In a conventional
deSIgn bet\\ een \ ertical "tnps of lIke wIdth outlmed V'.lth a fine cotton soutache
braId.
\Vll1te and cream cotton taffeta centered
lIke dU11lt) ,
whIch may be bought by the yard, J:o made up m Imported
curtams tnmmed abo WIth cretonne applIque:o anJ edged \\ Ith
narrow ball fringe and a half mch cretonne band
The chlet
charm m all these example" of course IS the arrangement
of
the cretonne applIques, whIch m the cotton tafteta example""
surround here and there a segment of bru::,:oels net
In none
do tlhey re"emble a straIght band, :ouch a.., h "tltched tv the
cheaper grades of muslIn curtams
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pnced, popular curtam mal enals
In these the beauty of
:oame patterns and the comibma,tlOns of color are equal almost
to the finer Imported
madras fabncs which thIS season are
havmg a vogue as wmdow drapenes.
Some of the best patterns
m the latter are Onental
m
de.,lgn and m color, the effect when hung at a sunny wmJow
suggestmg
m some 111stances stamed glass.
The \ ague of cotton portIeres IS 111creased because of the
wonderful
assortment
of falbrics Imported
for thIS purpose,
\\ l11ch to the un111formed eye look lIke anything but cotton.
In the lIst, 111plam colors, is casemel1it cloth, substantIal,
heavy and of absolutely
fast colors, Wh1Ch mclude a beautiful
old red, such as 1S popular 111artIsts' studIOS
This fabric is
of plam, coarse weave.
Another
plam, heavy, ... ~1\;enzed
cotton IS V'.oven to look lIke pOpl111 and It mqy be had m almost as many colors as woolen poplIns.
Some made up par:
tlere., of It have applIqued ]eaves, flowers or stripes of contrastmg
color crossmg the cur.tain near the top and bottom
A fabnc not unlIke a blocade shows small, Irregular de:Olgn", ralsce! 111 effect of gold, gray, blue, green, red or heliotrope on a !men color background
Portleres
of this are flnhhed onh WIth a narro", glmp.
Soldare, a neV'. matena]
m Jaspe effect, whIch means a
:oelf-toned "tnpe wlt1hm a stnpe, IS lIghter in we1ght and costs
less
The colors m these mclude the new shade of mulberry,
old ro:oe mam e and many shades of blue, green and yellow
Lmen taffeta:o, an exaot 1mltatlOn of hanel spun linen,
tnmmed
WIth :otencII borders of fruits and flower:o and con\ entlOnal deSIgns, are among the most "tylish of the new
doOl dl apenes deSIgned for country houses, their strongest
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I" a cw:os betV'. een :ocnm and fishnet m :oolId colors-pastel
blue, mulberry,
lo:oe and green
ThIs IS tnmmed
here and
there
down the front edg e and acros" the curtam half a
) arJ or :00 tram the bottom WIth sll11all square mset:o of deep
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back of the hemstttchmg
WIth
small "pra)::, of pmk roses, WIth yellow daffodl~", WIth cluster.., of forget-me-nots,
WI1h spray::, of Wl."tana and other
flower" m the natural color
All of tihese :otyles ar.: matched
m bedspreads
and bobter cases
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rival being English
chintz
t1hi., year never seen before.
portieres,
which
include
designs
For Illstance, one example showlllg a close, fine pattern
in which red and green are blended, IS pnnted
III sectIOn,>
only, leavlllg eIght and nine inch expanses
of plalll whIte
crosslllg the portIere horizontally,
III another
example borderIllg It III part, whIle a third sty Ie shows large white obilongs
placed here and there Irregularly.
The vanety of colors offered III t1hese is wonderful
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500 Rooms.
Michigan Boulevard and 22nd Street.
EVERY MODERN
CONVENIENCE.
In the EnglJ"h chllltzes sold by the yard for portieres, the
\ ariety of deSigns IS e\ en mOl e extravagant,
includlllg as they
do the nche~t of Onental
patterns
done in solid color tones
New Cafes. New Grill Room.
Offi,ces and Rooms Redecorated.
Absolutely Fire Proof.
"YOU
J. E. MONTROSE
CHARLES
McHUGH
Hotel Montrose,
WILL LIKE THE LEXINGTON."
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a~ well as III native color ">chemes
Grecian effect,,>, Paisley
"hawl de"lgns III beautiful
cashmere
color">, to sa} nothlllg
of the remarkable
alfay of English Howe1 des1gn~ for whIch
thl"> class of ch111tL IS noted.
ThiS .,eason country house owners are showing a prefe1ence for the"e chllltzes, upholsterers
say, III fittlllg up sleepmg rooms and adjacent
SItting rooms.
Chairs, table~ and
sofas are draped to match willdow boxes, portieres,
wllldow
lambrequills
Dressmg
bureaus, even to the favonte photographs and tOilet boxes dIsplayed thereon, are SimIlarly tnmmed
In many cases the bedspread
and bolster case IS of the
same matenal
"Color effects," a leadlllg upholsterer
summed up when
speaking
about cotton house drapenes,
"are more carefully
studIed now than ever before 111fitting up out of town houses,
and It IS the exceptIOn to find ,,>leeplllg rooms III the country
houses of city folks whIch show a nondescnpt
collectlOn of
fabncs and color"> Even to wall papers and floor covenng
harmony
of color as well as plent} of color is the rule Just
now."
TUE "ELI"
FOLDING
No Stock complete Without the ElI Beds
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Mantel and Upnltht.
ELI D. MILLER
E"ANSVILLE.
ARE BREAD AND
PROfiT WINNERS
BEDS
&,
CO.
INDIANA
Wnte for cuts and pnces.
ON SALE
IN I"URNITURE
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Advertiselllents.
WANTED
HIgh grade salesman experienced m sellmg upholstered furnIture.
GIve particulars as to expenence
tern tory covered,
expenses and salary or commIssIon expected
Address, Box
30, ..care of MIchIgan Artisan, Grand RapIds, Mich. 5-7-14-21
WANTED
A manufacturers agent m Baltimore and Washington, selhng
all the largest and best trade in Upholstery and FurUlture,
desires to add one or two good lmes, best of reference
Address, B. & W., care of Weekly Artisan.
4-14 T F
FOR SALE.
One 36 inch blower, one cyclone dust collector to match, m
first class condition and cheap. Address Fellwock Auto &
Mfg. Co, EvanSVille Ind.
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Chicalio Notes.
PreSIdent J C HIlls of the Peck-HIll"
Furniture
compan.', recently returned
from an extended
tnp through
the
"e"t and on the coa"t
l're--Ident-manager
Charle" J K111del of the K111del Bed
compan.', left ~IonJay for a buslI1ess triP to New York CIty
He ,...III be gone a week
Preslclent 4.. :c Seaver of the Valent111e-Seaver
company,
recently returned from an extended bU"111e"s tnp through the
'>outhwest and the PaCIfic roa.,t
He was accompa111ed by
\Ir~ Sea, er
~Ir Seaver reports d0111g a "atlsfactory
busIne"" "Iule a\Va) and "ay" th111g" on the coa"t are generally
~atlstartory
WIth except10n of San FranCISco, whIch b expenenun~ a CJl11etspell
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WANTED.
Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and
stock billing by mall. Our course of instruction is just the
thing for superintendents,
foremen and factory men who
wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids
School of Designing, Dept. L., Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur
Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer.
4-9 e.o.w. tf
WANTED
On salary or commission a line to sell in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D. C., by a
salesman With established trade of more than 20 years. Address "L. G.", care Weekly Artisan.
4-23tf.
WANTED.
Salesman. If you are not making $10 dally sell our hne of
Rocking Chairs and Novelties to FurnIture
Department
Stores.
15 per cent commission.
Address Box 291 Castorland, N. Y.
4-16tf
Buying Hotel Furniture.
J ame., H
Lcn eland of :\Iontgomery,
Ala, and D :\1
hdIe} of "a..,h, Ille, Tenn , fur111tl11e dealers, were 111Grand
Rapld~ thl" week, ordering fur111ture for a new hotel 111Montgomery
They were accompanIed
by W M Teague and Edwarcl BellaIre, proP! letors of the hotel, which has 150 rooms
WANTED.
Position as commercial photographer of furniture by a practical, competent man. Ten years' experience.
Best of reference. Address J. H. Packer, care Times Union, Jacksonville,
Fla.
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New York, May 6 -Lmseed
Oll IS qUlet "lth pnces firm
There IS consIderable
demand from pamt gnnders
but other
consumers
are walt1l1g for lower pnce:o and bUy1l1g only for
present needs
Crushers
are qmte 1l1dependent
They 111sist that prices must go hIgher
Ra"" "" estern oIl IS stIll
quoted at 83@84 cents, the same as cIty double boIled
Smgle
bOIled IS a cent hIgher.
The shellac market IS hfeless
Bus1l1es:o IS only of the
rout111e order, confined to small Jobb111g tran"act1Om,
D C
IS quoted at 23@24 cents, DIamond T, and V SO,
20@21,
fine orange, 19@20, bnght orange, 160@170 , T ), m case",
14@140 , fre"h bleached, 17@18, bIn dned, 22@23
Turpentme
IS easIer WIth a shght dec11l1e 111price
The
demand IS remarkably
ltght here and dealer~ report dull trade
in all parts of the country
Today'" quotat1Ons are 62 cents
here and 58.Yz@59 at Savannah
Var11lsh gums are 111 better demand and pnces al e firmer
than last week
The volume of bus111ess, howevel,
10, stIll
below normal
Small lots of better,
anetJe"
to arrn e "oon,
are eaSIly sold at current
quotatlOns
whIch have not been
changed for two weeks
The goatsk111 bus111ess cont111ues dull
ReceIpt.:> are ltght.
though there have been some unexpected
arrivals of ~Iexlcans t'his week
MeXIcan frontIers are stIll quoted at 32 cents
Cur<tcaas, 36, Buenos Ayres, 40, \i[onterey,
Tamplcos,
etc,
44; Payta", 42, San Lms, Zacateca", etc, 45@46, \ erel CIIV,
50.
Sheet Zl11C has decl111ed 25 cents per 100 pounds.
It IS
now quoted at $7 50 fob
Peru, III
Extras and dIscounts
unchanged
Burlap" are qUiet and steady at last week's pnces3 25 for eIght ounce anJ 425 for 100 ounce goods.
The
market
IS con"ldered
very un"atlsfactory
from the seller's
standp01l1t
The lumbel market IS steady at all P01l1ts but there are
mure reports of dullness than usual
Dry hardwoods
are in
good demanJ and pnces firm for the hIgher grades
An Impro' ement In the demand for the lower grades IS noted at
northern
and ea"tern p01l1ts, but an over-supply
is reported
:oouth of the Oh1O river
\Ll,ka
Relngerator
Company
Barne,
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Company
Barton
H H & Son, Company
Bo} ntun
& Co
Bu.,., '\Llchme
\\ orks
Cre'ltnt
'\Iaehme
\yorb,
Dahm &. kIeler 1dnnmg Compdny
Doltsc h &. H elder Company
lore!
8 John,on
Lompdny
1 0, Ihchme
\\ UI~ S
1 I <tneb, Chd"
1, (ompdnv
Globe Vise and Truck
Compdny
Grand R2pJ{ls Blow Pipe dnd Dust "'-rrester
Grund Rapids Cdstcr Cup Company
Gldncl Rapids
Hand Screw Company
Grdnd R plds Veneer
Works
H uffmdn
13lothers
Compdny
Hotcl
Pdntlme!
Ld" rence \Ie}adden
Lompany
I cnlL I able Corrpdny
[c'l11gton
Hulel
(ChICago)
Luee } url1llure
Company
Luce Rldmond
(h, If Lompany
II,llletta
P dmt ,Ind Color (' ompdny
'\llcblgan
Engravm
1; Company
:'\[ll1er Ell D, & Lo
\llscel1aneous
'\loon
Desk
Company
\101 ton Honse
'\ elson- '\1attcr
Inr11ltnre
Company
011\ er '\1 dchl11erv Company
Plthbur"
Plate Gldss Company
Palmer
IIdnuLctunng
Company
P Irthlel,
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Pltcatrn
Var11lsh Company
RIchmond
ChaIr
Compdny
Rockford
ChaIr and Fl1r11lture Company
Shebovgdn
Chair Company
Sheldon,
F H & Co
L ph am '\LllIl1faltl1nng
Comoany
\\ alter Cldrk Veneer
Company
\\ hlte Pnntl11g
Compan'
Wood
\\ 01 ker, 1001 Company
\\} 'ong
& Iltles
Company
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In these days of close competitIOn, need the best
possIble eqUipment, and thIs they can have in
BARNES'
HAND AND FOOT POWER
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MACHINERY
Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4
The strongest, most powertul, and In even· \\ay the best
machine of Its kmd ever made, for nppIng, cross-cuttIng
bonng and groo\mg
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Send for Our New CataJogue.
F. & JOHN BARNES CO. II
654
RUby Streett
Rockfordt
Illinois
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Qran~Da~MsDlow Pi~e
an~Dust Arrester (om~anl
THE
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LATEST
device for handling
shavings and dust from all woodworking machines. Our nineteen years
e%perience in this class of work has
brought it nearer perfection than any
other system on the market today.
It
is no e%periment, but a demonstrated
scientific fact, as we have several !tU1/dred of these systems in use, and not a
poor one among them. Our Automatic
Furnace Feed System, as shown in this
cut, is the most perfect working device
of anything in this line. Write for our
prices for equipments.
WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL
DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EXPENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS
EXHAUST
FANS
SURE
BLOWERS
STOCK.
AND
PRESALWAYS
IN
Office and Factory:
208-210
Canal Street
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
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OUR AUTOMATIC
FURNACE FEED SYSTEM
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