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26th Year---No. "
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Elegance in Desks
No. 1 t 2 La.dle." Desk
This unusually graceful Ladies' Desk is
40 inches high, 28 inches wide, and 16
inches deep; has a swell drawer front and
is finished dull or polished.
In Mahogany
Crotch Mahogany
$12.75
14.25
We ship (promptly and guarantee careful inspection of every piece before it leaves the factory.
Cadillac Cabinet Company
Detroit, Michigan
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The Ford al Johnson Co.
MANUFACTURERS
"Fiber
Rush"
OF
and "Malacca"
Furniture
ALSO
Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Complete Dining Room
Suites, Mission Furniture, Children's Go-Carts
and Carriages, Reed Comfort Rockers.
Our Dining Room Suites include
Buffets, China Cabinets, Extension Tables, Side
Tables and Chairs, all to match, made in Oak,
all finishes; also in Solid Mahogany.
SAlESROOMS:
Chicago, New 1'0,.-1,
BfJstOfJ,MOJJ., Cintinnati, 0.,
Frankfort, Ky., .Atlanta, Ga.
GENERAL OFFICES:
No. 3579%
Sixteenth St., and Indiana Ave••CHICAGO.
ROCKFORD FRAME AND FIXTURE CO.
ROCKFORD,
ILLINOIS,
PARLOR CABINETS
MUSIC CABINETS
DINING CABINETS
HALL SEATS
HAT RACKS
HALL TREES
SHAVING STANDS
CHEVAL MIRRORS
LADIES' DRESSING TABLE
LADIES' DRESSING CHAIR
With Patent Adjustable Fixtures
LADIES' WRITING DESK
GRILL CABINETS
[, LAMP STANDS
FRAMED MIRRORS
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
,
26th Year-No.
THE
RELEASE
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH .. FEBRUARY
18
FROM
BANKRUPTCY
MADE
MORE
DIFFICULT.
Bill to Amend National Law Provides
for Delay of Hearing
for Cr!editors' Benefit.
A bill introduced in congress to amend the national bankruptcy law will gTeatly strengthen the prescllt measure.
Sel1[ltar Palmer of Pennsylvania introduced the bilt.
The Palmer measure specifics that the p,ovisiol1s of the
amendatory act shall not apply to bankruptcy cases pending
\VhCll the new act takes effect, but stich cases shalt be adjudicatc(! and disposed of conformably with the provisions of the
act approved July 1. 1898, as amended hy Inc act approved
Feb. 5, 1903.
One of the oj-astic provisions
LJ[ the
a111.cndatory law is that c--ec1itors shall not he slopped from cnte,'ing
their appearance a11(l joining in the petition or from Gling
an original petition by reason of the fact that they havc assented to, or become partir,s to, a g"eneral assignmrl1t. OJ any
other instrument or any proceeding for the pU;'posc of disposing 01 a ballkrupfs prope:-ty fa. the benefit of his credito:·s or any of them.
Mr. Palmer's bill will make it more difficult to procure
the dismissal of a voluntary or involuutary petition ill bankruptcy for wallt of prosecution 0:' by consent of parties until
after notice to creditors.
To that end, the court shall,
before entertaining- an application for dismissal, require the
bankrupt to file a list unde .. oath of all his creditors, vvith
their addresses, ;U1d shall causc notice to be sent to all such
creditors of thc pendency of such application.
The hearing will then be delayed for a reasonable time to
aJlo\\' all creditors and parties in intcrest opportunity
to be
heard.
Section 10 of the present law dealing with preferences is
chang-ed so that where a preference cOllsists in a transfer, the
period of four months shall not expire until after the date
of the rc,cording or registering, if by law such recording or
registexing is required or permitted, or if not required or permitted" from the date when the benefIciary takes notorious,
exclusive or continuous possession of the property transferred
The wag"e clause of the present act is amended so as to include the salaries of the traveling· and city salcsmCll.
Handling Customers With Complaints.
It pays the:'efore to suppress all feeling of resentment,
whether the complaint be justifiable or not.
A little reasoniug and consideration will rectify the trouble in most cases
\vithollt loss of trade or prestige, and not infrequently the politic rectification of a difficulty of this character will make the
customer a friend for all time.
He is the most successful dealer who makes even his own
mistakes serve a business purpose.
See to it that your clerks
thoroughly understand your policy in this matter, for the tactlessness of clerks is often responsible for the loss of CtlSt0111ers.
The dealer might \.vell take a lesson f am the depa~tment
st()~-e in the matter of handling complaints.
The big stores
recog"llize that almost every complaint has an educational value.
Ct1st~)111erS"vitb a grievance sometimes reveal incapacity or
ca;·elcssllcsS where least expected, and the revelation may
p;'ofit the merchant many dollars.
They a~'c an eITective check on 10o~e bu,'-,iness methods 0;slipshod workmanship, awl it is both just and politic not only
to rectify the difficulty, but also to thank the complaining
customer for calling the matter to your attention.
Those
who take a pleasu;·c in making complaints arc too few to
merit consideration.-Ex.
THE CORRECT
Stains and fillers.
THE MOST
SATISFACTORY
first
Probably
the greatest
test of business capability
and
character is the treatment of customers who come to the store
with complaints.
Into!e'·<l.nce of complaints and display of
temper Otl slight provocation
always reveal a lack of the
equanimity of temperan_cnt
necessary to success ill retail
business.
In justice to the pitblic. it may be sai(l that fev\,' of them
make com paints except for cause, and the manne, of their
treatment
Oil these r8fe occasions determines \",ltether yon
are to retain their good wil1 and trade 01" fodeit both.
$1.00 per Year.
25, 1906.
Coaters and
Varnishes
MANUFAr::TUIT£O
UIfl.Y
8
Y
CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO.
Z59·63
ELSTON AVEm2-16
SLOAN ST.
CH I CAe; D.
WOODARD FURNITURE
COMPANY
OWOSSO,
MICH.
Have you received
our 1906
catalogue?
II not.
you should send
for it by first mail.
It shows the best
values in medium
priced bedroom
furniture. in all the
fancy woods and
HOW MANY CALLS FOR INVALIDS'
CHAIRS DID YOU HAVE LAST YEAR?
Do You Know Where to Gel Them?
We Manufacture the Largest and best
line of these goods on the market.
We furnish you catalogues free. Write
us today.
finishes.
THE INVALID APPLIANCE CO.
619-631 N, Halsted
St., CHICAGO.
WOODARD FURNITURE CO.
ROBBINS owosso,
TABLE COMPANY
MICHIGAN
No. 402. Leaves stored in top.
No. 301. Center column does not divide.
1906 CATALOG MAILED ON REQUEST
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Patents that "old
THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT WILL NOT MAR OR SWEAT
A New Caster Cup, a furniture
T
and a Rest
We guarant~e perfect satisfaction.
We know we have
the onl~ perf~t ca~ter cup ever
made. This cup is in two sizes,
as follows: 2~ inch and 3 inch,
and we use tbe cork bottom.
You know the rest
Small size, $3.50 per 100
Large size, 4.50 per 100
Try it and be convinced.
F O. B. Grand Rapids.
-------------HE Posselius Bros_Furniture
Manufacturing Company, of
Detroit, Mich., would have
everyone in the furniture trade to
understand that their patents on
their famous Victor Extension
Tables are valid, and that they are
determined to protect their rights
against all infringements.
The
order of the United States given
herewith is self explanatory.
Protector
OUf Concave
Bottom Card
Block does not touch the sur_
.
..
face, but upon t.he rim, permit.
llllg a clfCulatH;ln of :ur .u~der the bluck, thereby preventing
moisture or
marks of allY kmd. ThIS IS the only card block of Its kind on the market
.
Price $3.00 per 100
Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo"
2 .,,'wood A,...
.
Grand Rapids, Mich
AlilO can be had at LUSSKY, WHITE & COOLIDGE, llM13 lake St" Chicago
Schultz & Hirsch Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
At a session
the
Eastern
of the _Clreuit
DilBtrlct
to adJou1"MIont,
Court
of Michigan
at
the
District
of the
United
'SteJtee
GOntInu8~ and held.
Court. FOODa, in the
for
pursuant
or
city
Detroit, on Monday, the Elgnth day of January, 1n the year one
~housand nine hundred and six.
Present the Honorable Henry H. Swan, District Judge.
FEATHERS
CHARLES W. NtINZ and
POSSRLIIJS
BROTHERS FURflI'l'URE:
W\NUFAr.TURING
CO:MPANY.
FEATHER PILLOWS and
BEDDING SUPpLIES
In Equl ty •
Cl"lmplainantll
No.~'i':5
LINDOW
EROTIUmS
-
BEERS
COMPANY,
nef'endant.
This
pleadint:;s
United
Cl!1l1secomin;:: on for
and [IT'()ofs, it
States
Letters
_1895 to Charles
That
defendant,
the:""in
\he
No.
It
on this
adjudged
546,447,
aI'e vested
",ade
\ISO
of'
ordered,
their
perpet\lall~'
and sold
atto!"neys.
ROCKFORD UNION
montioned
It. La furthor
~'ecover
structure
the
tho 1n'lentl.on
edjudcerl and dellre0d
that
SElid defendur,t the costs
IInd I.hM, t.he said. eOl"lpll11nantahave
exeeut.ion
FURNITURE CO.
ROCK1'ORD,
ILL.
fille
patent.
ordered,
age nst
1l01lci'lOl'S,
are each and ever.y
fl"OMthe m3"'lufacturtl.
embodyinBin their
O~ the hereinbefore
taxed,
by '.he
adjul1r;ed a~l(l l1ecr'o0.d that
counsellors,
anjoined
260 and 262 Soulh Desplaines Street
CHICAGO
and the
patent.
is f\ll"ther
tnh]t1A.
eOt'l[llalnanta
patont.
that
22,
in (lvil1ellce, jnfr'inl~e
nc;er>ts, S8l""llHltBand workmen, bO, ....
nd thel'
or
OctOber
1n tho cOl'lplainllllt.s.
e)(t.ans~ol\ tollles
the said defendants,
one of then
dll:/'. on
and decreed,
~rantad
i6 1I [':ood lInd valid
11k" tile slll!lple offered
cJ nim one (If 5aid
haorine
ordered,
Patent
W. Funz,
exclUB1ve d&!IS
is
the
to ba
lhel'ef',!ro
Buffets,
Bookcases,
China Closets
\Ve lead in Style, Construction
and Finish.
SEE
OUR
CATALOGUE.
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New Go-Carts and
Children's Carriages
FOR THE SEASON OF 1906
Our new catalog, ready January 1st, contains
the finest line of Go-Carts and Children's
Carriages it has ever been our pleasure to
present to the trade. See our line at the
Chicago exhibition, 1319Michigan Ave.
W RITE
FOR CATALOG'
A.
American Go-Cart CO.
DETROIT, MICH.
The Palmer Manufacturing company is having a splendid
trade this spring-heavier
than ever for this season of the
year.
They brought out a large number of new patterns
in January, and they are appreciated by the dealers everywhere.
Everyone connected with the furnitu:-e husiness knows
that Detroit is one of the important manufacturing towns for
furniture in the United States, and the business is growing every year.
Murphy Chair Co.
The Pioneer Manufacturing company is having a remarkable trade in children's carriages and go-carts, as well as
reed and rattan rockers.
It's '\vorth while to keep in close
t011ch with this line.
The Posselitls B~os. Furnitu:-e Manufacturing
company,
make:"s of the famous Victor "and other dining extension
tables, aTC having great sales 011 these goods this year.
They
are leaders in dining tables.
The Cadillac Cabinet company have an inte;-esting page
advertisement in this i,.,511C.
Keep tab on the Cadillac Cabinet company and the \Volverine ~:lant1factllring company as
well.
The American Go-Cart company make go-carts that are
sold all over the country_
Their children's carriages and
reed and rattan chairs are also in the stores of many of the
leading merchants.
MANUFACTURERS
DETROIT, MICN
A COMPLETE LINE
Pioneer
Mfg. Co...
ItOOKWOOD
D~TROIT. MIC".
and a general line of
fANGY TABLES
Write for Cuts and Prke5
PALMER
Manufacturing Co.
1015 to 1035 Palmer Ave.
DETROIT, MICH.
R6lld furnitur6
Babu GarriaU611
Go-Gal1ll
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What Becomes of the Annual Output of Furniture.
The furniture
output
of America
for one year has been
variously
estimated
from forty to sixty millions.
The true
amount
is probably,
now at least, nearer
the latter
figure.
Grand Rapids
alone furnishes
ten millions
of this'total,
and
that of a class of goods in the minority,
as far as consumption
goes, for the greatest
s<lle of almost any commodity
variable
in g:-ade invariably
comes f,'om tb(~ cheap and mediu-m grades.
and
medium
grades.
if over Fifteen millions
of "vhat might
be
called guod furniture
is sold 1n this country.
As the consumers of this class of furniture
are as a rule in easy circumstances,
there is ve;·y little of it destroyed.
Fire, the great business
promoter,
plays kss havoc with
the hOllSCS of the well-to-do
than with those in moderate
circumstances,
and the poorer
classes.
As a matter
of fact,
this fifteen millions
of rille furniture
sold last vear will be
found nearly intact a year hence, during which time another
fifteen millions
will have been ;Hlded.
One \vould. therefore,
ordinarily
suppose
the time would
come when everyone
needing fine furniture
would he supplied
or at least so supplied
as to decrease
the demand.
\Vbile prmperity
stnys with 11S, <IS it has during
the last
live years,
ell(lIlgh
medium
furniture
users
are oecoming
wealthy,
or 'well-to-do,
to absorb a good share of this yearly
Olltput of high gLade furniture.
Such people do not continue
to huy, but being
furnished,
remain
so.
Consequently
the
customers
for each year are only in small part those of the
preceding
year, and the sale of fine furniture
depends
almost
wholly Oil prosperity.
Tbilt being the case, and the causes of destruction
of such
furniture
heing limited,
it remains
that we are piling up in
this country
a stock of hig'h grade goods that must some da~y
reach the limit.
In other
words,
the fine furniture
of tell
yenrs ago, five years ;lgO, last year is still in use and the people
who are buying snch today arc not those who buught
before.
011 the other hand, assuming
the output
of furniture
to
be about sixty millions,
of which forty-five
millions
consists
of cheap and medium grtldes, destruction
by one means or anothcr is running
a elose race with production.
Firc, it is estimated,
wipes out each year twenty
millions
of household
goods, of 'which certainly
fifteen millions is fur-
It is doubtful
niture.
The ordinary
process
of wear and tear would eliminate
nearly as lllUCh morc, and the new homes
and additions
to
old homes, take care of the balance.
It is :I cU.-ious p!l;lse of J1Uman nature that the well-to-do
are the largest
use:·s of insurance.
The poor dealer with a
small stock is not so apt to be fully insurcd as the rich dealer
with a large stock, altha the small dealer with small credit,
needs the insurance
the most, if fire occurs.
In the days then, whell prospertiy
halts, the sales of furniture will dv,...indle very noticeably.
The high grade stores
will lower their grade; the medium
grade stores wilt do the
same, awl the cheaper
o.nes will sell less and less. until the
dangeT point puts them out of business.
One quarter
of the yearly
output
of furniture
then is
burned.
Anothcr
quarter
is "vorn out.
One-half
remains
jn.e~isteJlce.
Tn otller words, we are adding each year thirty
mll110ns to our stock of fUi"Iliture.
How l011g can we keep
it up:
Just as long as the country
grows
bigger,
and the
people grow richer, and in precisely
the same proportion.
Emig:-;:lIlts of the peasi:wt class coming to this country
use
very little furniture.
They kIlO\\, of few needs in such things
beyond
a table, a chair or t"vo and a rude bed.
The second
generation
of snch people become
furniture
buyers.
and are
the largest
patrons
of the installment
store".
V cry often the thi,·d generation
furnishes
manv
of our
'welt-ta-do
and wealthy
citizens.
It would seem, therefore,
that the acquisition
of foreign
population
is a matter
upon
which furniture
deale;-" should ha ....e strong
views.
The exports
of furniture,
compared
to the production
is
trivial.
Manufacturers
in prospcrity
pay tittle attention
to
any otber than home trade, but Vv'e hold the)' are making
a
serious mistake
in neglecting
the oppo;-hmity
to export.
Let
there be a lull fo, only a year in our wonderful
prosperity,
and this fact 'will be brought
strongly
to them.
The dealer
has little or no chance to export,
this being, of course,
the
province
of the manufacturer,
yet it
undoubtedl),
to the
advantage
of every dealer, that there should be a large export
business
in furniture.
No dealer yearns
for low prices, although
he, of cour"e, wants the lowest price at which an artide is being sold.
A lull in prosperity
l;yould mean a lessened demand,
that is, a greater
fight between
manufacturers
for
that
demand,
concessions
to
get
the
trade
and
that means reduced
prices.
As the dealer adds a percentage
to cost to get his pWht, that me:t11s profits reduced still further.
In such an event an export trade fills the vacancy.
Beyoud
a few- office desks, and equipment,
we export
scarcely a million dollars worth.
Vo.' e should ship at least ten millions ot evcry sixty out of the coutltry.
Twenty-five
years ago the average
house was considered
suitably
furtlished
at a great deal less value than the same
is
a vCLagc house of today.
The working
man of 1880 ha\'ing possibly
furniture
value of two or th1"(~e hundred
dollars,
considered
to tJle
himself
well equipped.
Today the working- man is satisfied with scarcely
less than
a thollsand
dollars ·worth.
Luxuries
of those days are necessities
today.
You can
filld pianos in morc than half the houses in America,
and whih~
mother
llsed the tv,,-enty-flvc
cent broom.
sister
tod;}y use.s
both t.he broom and the c:trpet sweeper.
\Vhat becomes
of clothes we can readily see,
""'hat becomes of crockery,
of carpets,
of stoves, of bicycles
and buggies is equally
apparent,
hut wbat becomes
of furniture,
to
enable mOT(~ furniture
to be sold, is ;m enigma
to ninety-nine
ont of the hundred.
Some day, if we get Interstate
Commerce working
smoothly,
and railroads
out of the coal business, and tl]c senate
less of a commcrcial
club, eve:-y house
will he sumptuously
fwnished,
and what becomes
of furniture
'will be beyond
our knowledge.
\V, ]. Calder,
We Need More Furniture
Cars.
Almost
eve;-y factol-y
in Michigan,
and probably
many
elsewhere,
is se;-iotlsly
handicapped
in shipping
by the
lack of furniture
cars.
At certain
times of the year this is
more markc(l
than at others.
r n September
for instance
the movement
of the peach crop in idichigan
in'terferes
large~
ly, not (111)' with the supply, but with the movement
of cars
At present
the western
:oads seem to have hidden their car~
from the factories,
and we hear grumbling
from all sides.
)''fany of the cars are being used to move the spring
supply
of carriages.
Cars have not been built espcial1y
for th"e
handling
of automobiles,
furniture
and vchicle cars arc being
pressed
into service to the ddriment
of the fU:'niture
trade.
This in t.ime, will of COHrse right itself, hut meanwhile
the
trade will have to possess its soul in patience.
-~._"etln'
Schmit
s..
"opklnl ud "a"liIt
Cincinnati, o.
Co.
st..
MAJC:lIltS 0 ..
UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE
'OR
LODGE AND PULPIT, PARLOR
LIBRARY, KOTEL
ND CL UB ItOOM
I,
This is one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables
THESE ARE THE ONLY
TABLES THAT ARE
PERFECT
IN CONSTRUCTION
ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT TRIED
ONE OF THESE SHOULD NOT
FAIL TO ORDER ONE
Price
•
•
$21.50
Choate~Hollister Furniture Company
JANESVILLE, WIS.
5 Complete Lines of Refrigerators
Opatite Lined
Rnameled LineJ
Charcoal Filled and
Zinc Lined
Zinc Lined with
Removable
Ice Tank
Galvanized Iron
Lined
Stationary Ice
Tank
Send for new
CA TALOGUE and let
us name you
price
Challenge Refrigerator CO.
GRAND HAYEN,
MICH.,
U. S. A,
•
The Northern Line
Increases Your Sales
Which is its great
Business Building Quality
and makes it a
Permanently
Profitable
Proposition
The NEW LINE shows many of the BEST
VALUES FOR THE MONEY
ever offered.
If new CATALOGUE
does not reach
you, advise us and you will be supplied.
Northern
Furniture Company
SHEBOYGAN,
WISCONSIN.
Manufacturers of Bed Room, Dining Room and Kitchen Furniture.
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10
How to Attract Customers,
In the olli.ee desk of a lnJH who sells cllrnplctc
stores to
people starling up in business for the first time there i.~ a
drawer full of cards bearing in plain, black type, the inscription, "Keep YOUI' Store Looking Busy."
To the retail 111ct"ch;111t this is especially applicable, says
an exchange.
The crowd
follo,,"vs the C1'o\"d.
yeT or Inerch,lllt,
who
seems
The doctor,
delltist, \:1\\'a slc<lc]:r fnll of p;ltrol1to Ret the scalteril1g" trade tll:lt
tn bayc
age is the one ,-vila is going
eventually evolves itself ill to established customer,;.
It may
be that the appearances that lead people to helieve that a merchant is doing \vcll at the outset are llothing more th:l11 ,lppearanccs.
It may be that he himself is w()lldering where
the n(~xt month's rent is corning; tronl, and if Sl1ccess is ;:11ways so hard for the begillllel' to Will; but that is entirelv illconsellut'llti'll.
The people who are Roing to make ;'onr
trade, or not make it, do not know the condition of vl)ur a f
fairs.
They can and do judge only by extcrnal appe~lrallc(,s.
If the merchant
looks prosperous
himself it is a Rood sig,tl.
People do Hot like to have their purchases handled -hy a man
who looks as if he needed the price of :t He\\' suit, or a liheral
application
of soap ,\llc! water
That vour cnst()t1l('r,~ 11;\\-1..'
confidence in you is OIlC thing that is ah-solutel\, (':".scnti;:l! before you call \""in their rc:".pcct and business, ;;nd to win thc
confidence of anyone it is necessary that you have the assurance of personality that comes of a "get husy" look and a g"ene~ally p:-osperotlS appearance:.
P(ohably after the 1ll;\11 hilll:".lJf C()111CS the' Ijuestion or the
store nppearnnce.
The value of a clean, bright store to a
1l1erch;\1lt is so universally recoglli:-:ed as to need no comment
hut there is Ol1e thing that the merchant can do with profit.
TIc call put a "keep looking" busy" card on his desk and heed
its advice to the lette'·.
The merchant
sitting in his store \vith his feet 011· the
edge (It his desk waiting for business to come to him is not
onE: to inspire with con6dence
a prosepective
customer who
comes to his door.
The sight or an idle man instamly creat\':". a bad imprcs.-;ion on the caller.
The thought naturally
ari:".es that the merchant
is either incompetent
or otherwise
1;\cks the (jl1alities that attract and retain patronag·e.
But if
he ··looks btl.sy'· 'when they c~111the impression is at once created that he is reliflble, and they give him their business.
How a 111;111 may kcep himself alld his place of business
lookillg bnsy i.~ a qucstion that will natumlly
arise.
Any
111;lnshould he ahk to concoct some scheme for the deception
oj' his tracie, cn'l1
WC,'C this lH'cessary,
which it is not.
Rut
if he he a man of resource, the kind of man to whom success
is pos:".ible, he will P(l:"'sc,~sthe n~q\1isitc ingenuity to in some
way cOllvey the "busy" impression to those who step within
the door:". of his place. Tt may he that he will do, or it may he
tha1: he will jndiciollsly stretch out the work in hand so that
cllstomers may li11d him at it when they come to his store.
.\ Y<~ryinteresting
collection of very old furnituH' is contained in the museum of tine ;cts in St. Louis, 1\10.
It is
w():·thy of the attelltioll of manufactwcrs
and designers visiting- that city.
HO"W IS THIS?
Full Swell Front
Quartered Oak'
Polished Tops
Send for our Catalogue of
Dressers and Buffets
just issued.
Chas. Bennett
Furniture Company
Charlotte. Mich.
No.340. Pdce $9.50.
F. P. Mirror 14x24.
Top 19x34.
No. 341. Pdce $10.
F. P. Mirror
16x24.
Top 19x34,
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7IR'T' I 15'JI.l'l
MAKER
OF BOOTH'S
COFFIN
DIES.
Man Who Prepared Assassin for Burial Dead at Washington.
\Villiam ThoWBS Joy, the cabinet-maker
'who measured
Booth, the a~sassin of Presic\('.nt Lincoln, and made the casket
in which he was buried, died at his home in \~rashington February 2J, at the nge of 87 years.
He \vas born in St. Mary's
county, Maryland, and came to \Vashing·ton when 7 years old.
He had Jivc(l there cOlllinonsly since. /\t the time he made
the casket in which Booth \-vas huried. he 'was (~mploycd as a
cabinet maker in the navy yard.
Nashville,
Mich.
Michigan is famons fOT its dining extensi.on table makers,
and one of the best of the hunch is the Lentz Table company
of Nashville., Last year's husiness \vas the heaviest in the
history of the house, and the orde;'s received for the first
two months of this year exceed those of any similar months
in the past.
Thirty-five new patterns have heen added to the
11
7$·
?
lishes confidence and commands his trade.
Several of our
competitors offer customers discounts from card prices, but
such offers usually create suspicions of unfairness in trade,
and the would~be patron comes to tIS.
It is the only propel'
system for selling goods and is followed strictly in all departments of this establishment."
The Value of a Good Front.
If a business man look prosperous it is a good sign. That
your customers and business associates have confidcnc.e in
you is one thing that is absolutely essential before you can win
their respect and business, and to win the confidence of any
011('.
it is necessary that you have the assurance of personality
that comes oJ a "get busy" look and a generally prosperous
appearance.-Ex.
A Few Points to Remember.
There is no advertisement for a business house like having
men g·oing around bragging because they are working for it.
A single talent man snpported by great self-confidence will
No. 513 Dinin'i: Ell:lension Table, mamuactured by the Lentz Table Co., Na~hville, Mich.
lme for 1906 and their new catalogue has been l~sncd.
A ne..v
wing on the south side of the factory, SOx50 fect, two stories
high, "will be erected in the near futu:"e: also a new d,·y kiln
with a capacity of 50,OeO feet.
The company will ;11so put
in a comj)lete ;.ltltomati\~ sp_·inkler system tlc·oug-hout the
plant.
A full line of dining extension tahles in quarter-sawed
oak and lnahogany is manufactured find the company's sales
increase stcndily every year.
One Price Plan the Best.
"\Ve adopted the one price plan to all, years ago," remarked F. F. HUl1n, of Chamberlain, Johnson & DllBose, Atlanta, Ga" "and our experience has confirmed our belief
that it is the only leg·itimate plan for selling goods.
The
man v...
·ho trades ..',lith a two-priced merchant never knowOi
whether he is paying high or low prices for his purchases.
If
he pays the low price, the concession obtained llltlst be taken
out of some other customer who pays the high price.
\Vhcn
these facts are presented to a customer propei"ly the logic of
the argument appeals to his reason and in most cases estab
achieve more than a ten-talent man who does not believe in
himself.
Poverty and failur(~ are sclf-iu"!'··ited. Fear of failure is one
of the most potent causes of failu:·e.
Habit is a second natu:·(~; it is ten times natt1:-c. It never
lets go of a man even in business.
The need of sccnring success at the outset is imperative.
T'ailurc at fust is apt to dampen the energy of all future attempts, whereas past experiences of success nerve one to
future vigor.
Discouragement is a ball and chain on the ankle of activity.
It prevents the wearer from "hiking" over the prison
walls and is a badge of his own degradation.
~len "...
·jth ability have their minds t;·aincd to observe and
to make quick and accurate judgments.
\\;hether correct or not, first impressions usually are lastmg.
Hold your word as sacred as your oath.
It is well to attempt much, providing one can do it well.-
Ex.
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YEAGER fURNITURE
ALLENTOWN,
CO.
P A.
Upholstered Parlor furniture
and Novelties
A Large New Line of
Upholstered Rockers and Wood Seats
H
We Make
Our Own Frdt1JeJ',
EXHIBITS
NEW YORK
C"IC4GO
l'.Janufacturers'
Exhibition Bldg,
1]19 Michigan Ave.
7th floor
333 to 14.1 Fuurth Ave.,
Corner 25th St.
2-d Floor
VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY
GRAND
RAPIDS,
MICH.
MANUFACTURERS
OF
OFFICE
TYPEWRITER
AND
STANDING
DESKS
No. 541.
VENEERS
CHOICE FIGURE
Mia
MtJiled
::
EXTRA
WIDTHS
When writing for prices., mention widths required
and kind of :figure preferred.
HOFFMAN
BROTHERS
f!J
Spring
Cata-
dNler"
onl)'.
CO.
Factory Locations
There is in the various otlices of the Land and Industrial
Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio
Railmad late information regarding a number of first class
locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Fac
tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applicatioll. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their
plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and markets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent.
M. V. RICHARDS,
Land and Industrial Aaent,
WASHINGTON. D. C.
CHAS. S. CHASE. A~.nl.
Fort Wayne
ttf'U.!
One of our new styles.
QUARTER-SAWED
INDIANA
Wt1ITE OAK
far
IFfi/e at
log!It'.
Indiana
622 Chemical BUildin~. St. Louis, Mo.
M. A. HAYS, A~ent,
226 Dearborn St, Chicaco. III
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Thos. Madden, Son & Co.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE
Best In America
Our New Line
Par lor Sui tes
of
III
Two, Three
Davenport
and
Beds
Five Pieces
are the very best
made in
that can be made
Stationary
Styles and Prices
to SUIt
and
Everybody
Loose Cushions
One of our Big Sellers
Our new line ready about January 10th and will be shown only at our Show Rooms
35 to 39 North Capital Ave .• Indianapolis, Ind.
Write for Catalogue.
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Brief Mention.
The Home 1Ial1ufactu:-ing COlllp:lIl)', YOltllg>\"illc 0 .. \\"ill
manufacture
furniture.
Anderson
& \Vintc;', mamtfaclul"c's
ill Clilllull, T;~, il:l\'i.;
new factory
costing" $35,000.
The Kendallville
(Ind.)
Chair cOlllpall:,:'s 11('W factory
and
pmvcr plaut wil! cost $20.0::10.
The Gem City Cahinet company
oj Quine,Y, 111., h:1S beell
incorporated
with $5.000 capit:!!.
The Greenpoint
lIJctallic
Bcd comp:lI1y's
lJLlilding 11J Chicago was damaged
$6.000 ill a reccnt
fire.
A new factory
will SOOl] be constructed
ill .:\nv
.\Ib'llly.
Miss., of which C. \V. Young is president,
The \Vhittemo--c
Furniture
c01l1pnny.
:\Iilll):'d.
X. 11 \\";1;;
recently
organized
to Ill<lIlUfacture ftll'nitllrc.
H. J, Sohrn wil1 nect
a building two stori(':', llig'll to be
used as it furnitu:·(,
stlJ:'C ill Spokanc.
\-Vasll.
The \Vest Belmollt
Furniture
company,
nl"g;Wlz('d
in Ch\cago on $6,000 capital,
will 1l1;lIlLLiacturC fmllitt1rc.
Himebaugh
B:'os., ]amcstmvn,
K. \'" lost their Llct{jry in a
6.re recently,
Loss is $30,000, insurance
almost
totaL
t
~.".
Manufaclured by Ndwn-Malter
The
\
Prescott
Furniture
:\:lallllfaetltrilig
CI)[l1pany.
whose
was recently
burned,
will locate in \fah'('rn,
/\rk
Pooley
Furniturc
company's
facton'
in Phil,l(lclphia
will have a second story addition
J50xlOO fcc"t. costing $1'<COO.
Agitation
fo:' a furniture
i'actory
in Salt Lake
City !l:lS
been
started
hy the lILlllufacturers'
,lnt! .\1e"ch:lllts'
il.~Si)ciation.
The Salamanca
(N. Y.) Veneer
and Panel COlllJl:tll)' was rccently
organized
and incorpo:';ltcd
to manufacture
panels
and
veneers.
The new Stebbins
1.fanufacturing
cOlllpally's
plant
HI
Sturgis,
Mich.,
has beg-ult operations.
The
floor
space
is
40,000 square-. feet.
The receiver
for the Majestic
Bed :lllr! l\lallufaeturing
COlllpany, Springfield,
0.. has made llis fi:'st report and a dividCll(l
of 44.95 per cent is declared.
S. Karpen
& Brothers
had (I strike
of s110rt c]llr,ltio!1 in
their
factory
in Chicago.
Employes
\Hntcster!
,(gainst
thc.
installation
of the piecewo~ k s:rstem.
The company
acccdo.:d
to the demand
of the employes.
factory
The
~
•.
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i
,"
"
Rockford
",vill have a new furniture
factory
to be known
as
h::nutsson
& Lundell.
\Tission
furniture
will be manufactured.
The factory
will be ill the southern
part of the city,
and will employ
one lWllu:'cd workers.
It will be 150x128
icd,
tll1"<2Cstories
high.
Op'CTation
'will be begun
next fall
with l\f 1'. Klll1t.~son
as ll1;lnag·cr.
,\rthm
Spieg-cl is the defendant
in jlvc sllits fo:' damage.s
hruug"ht
by IOrJntr
elllploycs
of the Spiegc!
House
Furnishing: C01llP;llly of Chicago.
Tile plaintiffs
afe \Villiall1 S. I-IutSfln.
lacl)b Bcliuas,
Owen
:\fcCusky,
S. V\'. De Vcre and A.
l'ders.
;llld \vert:' liled by AttorJley
Jacob
Le Bosky.
III
their
declaratiUl1s
the men assert
that
:.'vfr. Spiegel
sought
tu compel
them
La \\"(lrk longer
hours
for less mOlley,
and
whcn t!ley rdused
to do so, tIley declare
he discharged
them
Since tltCll, they dcclan',
they have been 11l1able to ohtain
etl1plo.Y1l1ellt.
The Duke of Durham.
Thc late \fr. \Vasbington
Duke of Dnrham,
lin~l. at lWllle known
:IS "uncle
\Vash.,"
'who
tobacco
products
so extensively
for a quarter
:.\forth Caromauufactured
of a century,
FUfnilure Co .• Grand Rapids, Mich.
used to tell a quaint story 011 himself.
"The first timc I t:-avcled abroad,'"
he said, "I visited Brussel...;. nnu w("nt to see all the sights.
In one of the public
buildings
1 fOLlnel an ordinary
armchair
c<lrefully railed oiY and
willi ;1 ck1in auoss
its front.
'Being tired \",ith a hard morni ng of tramping.
T stepped
O'\TCr the fence,
let down the chain
ill1(L with
a big sigh of relief, dropped
into this chair, the only
one T h,l(l seen in the biulding,
A guard in lace and buttons
was 011 me ;It once .
., 'So sitting
ill that chai.r.' lte hlustered,
'See the c.<lrd on
the back?
The
Duke
of \Vellington
once
occupied
that
chair!'
"'\Vell.
w"hat of it?' I returned
as cool as a cucumber.
'I'm Dnkc of Dul"lwl11, and alive at that]'
"This settled
the matter.
Du\;vn to the ground
went that
ilulikey.
brushing
the dust from
my heavy
American
shoes
with
!lis hanclke"chicf
of l-eal European
linen,
A way-up
Fngllsh title \::<\tdlt's th(:1""(1\~\'uy time.
I lwd my rest out in
t1l;It solid old chair of the \Vatel-loo
hero."-Sattlrday
Evening Post.
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-§t~M.J9HIG7}N
Antiques.
The table in our sitting room is 1110stlynude of glue,
And if you put a book on it you'd break it right in two,
The davenport's so wobbly that my mother has a fll
Vv·henever callers .happen in, for fcar they'l1~sit on it.
And when a fly walks up the wall the old piano creaks.
There's nothing new in our house now~just
shaky
antiques.
old
The broken woodell trtll1dle bed where baby t~lkcs his nap
\-Vas thro"·...n away when \\rashington was just a little chap.
The dock looks like a cofflll, and its wheels arc made of wood,
Tt's older than the Pilgrims, but it isn't any good.
There's horsehail" all around the floor-the
sofa always leaks.
T wish we had some furiliturc tbat wasn't an antiques.
It is a small matter this, but it shows that we cannot
begin building a house at the roof.
The structure of science
must start with a foundation ai1d the wal1s must rise upward
in nn orderly manner and be buttressed on every side by
la\v and principle.
This is not a teaching that may be
crowded into shreds and scraps of rhcto:-ic.
The science of
business is gold to him who masters it, but he will always
have to Iny tl1e price in studY1ng a complete system and giving it time for mental assimilation.
The day is not yet come
when "fixin's" can take the place of turkey.
Right Smart "Crackers."
Retailers in many parts of the south are "right smart
chaps."
\Vhen a farmer has had a particularly fortunate
year with corn, sugar, fruit or cotton and feels like "swelling
Before tHy mother got this "vay our parlor thilLgS ,",,"as out." it is not unusual for him to go to his retailer and ask to
be shown better things than the dealer carries in stock. "Yotl
11e\,,·
,
And yOU could sit on some of them ·without your g01l1g jes' go to Birmingham or Atlanta or 1Iemphis and look
through the stocks of the big dealers and when you find a
throug-h.
pic:ce tbat yOll want, get the name of the maker and the numBut all the comfortahle stuff she's lately gone and sold,
ber.
I. will order it for you and save yoU money.
The big
And "...
·on't have nothing in the house that i~n't ages old;
No. 130 bed. manufactured by the Woodatd Furniture Co .• Owosso, Mich..
And if she gets much worse I know in just a few more
weeks
She'll take us children to N cw York and trade us for
antiques.
-Chicago
.·\meriC.'Ill.
Personality Come:; First.
A salesman who kno\,.,.·shis goods and has mastered the art
of presenting them is confidently aggressive in his work.
lIe
is said to have a forceful personality.
Now this seems a case of putting the ca.rt before the horse,
It is not alone bccaltse he knows his goods a1ld the art of
presenting them that the salesman becomes a confident and
aggressive \'v'orkcL K either is it because of any such evolution that he attains a forceful personality.
The reverse of
these things is nearer to the truth.
It is in the p;-ocess of upbuildillg a forceful persona.lity that
the saksman gets the knowledge of his goods and how to
present them and thus gains the spirit of real seH-confidence,
said a trade publication the other day.
The personality is
the root of all, because it is the expression of the man's high
character in body, mind and spirit.
It is in developing this
character that he "V ins the mental force or influence which
enables him to "make good" in every emergene)".
dealers in the city must charge a larger profit than you
would have to pay me.
Ask to see the catalogues they keep
on hand.
Often you can obtain the information yOU need ;n
that way," the country merchant urgcs. The plan has worked
relnarkahly well in some sections, but the big dealers are
learning the wisdom of concealing their catalogues and such
information as the well-to-do farmer would obtain for the
local dealer.
A Successful Woman in the Furniture
Business.
VVay down in Texas is a young lady in the furniture business.
The store is locatcd in a tm"rn of the romantic name
of San Angelo.
Miss 1lamie B. 1\;orton is the owner and
manager.
This is as it should be.
\-Vho can be a better
judge of the furniture suitable for each room of a house?
A woman in the furniture business?
By all means!
1'I'by
thcre be more of them.
THE HAWKEY"
KITCHEN CA&JNltT
Original features.
Desi,;tn. fillish Bnd cabinet work the best on earth, Prices
range from $3.00 to $52.50. Exclusive sale given. Sold to dealers only.
Price is a good salesman. Quality is a better one.
We have them both
Catalogue on application.
Union Fu.rnlture Co.• BURLINGTON, IOWA:
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No. 526.
No. 525.
White Printing Co.
Printers for the Furniture
~~,~
JJJt:.L~~
I
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Trade.
I THE UNION DAVENPORT BED
OUR ~~~--~=LATEST AND BEST
PRODUCTION
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=:..c::::::
Its operation is simplicity itself. Is strong and
serviceable.
Makes an excellent appearance with its handsome
cushions.
Has high grade spiral springs throughout, and
spring edge all around.
A PERFECT PARLOR BED
Without being moved from the wall opens into a
perfect bed.
Send for descriptive matter and prices. We want
you to handle this excellent article.
UNION
WIRE
MATTRESS
187-188 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO
Metal Beds, Woven Wire Mattresses,
All Steel Springs and Metallic Couches.
CO:
JAMESTOWN,
N. Y.
MANUFACTURERS
,
OF
DRESSERS AND
CHIFFONIERS
In Plain dnd ~artereJ
Oak,
Mahogany and BirdJe~ye
Mapie.
PERMANENT
--
EXHIBITS
A,.
Chicago and New York
Dressers
and
Chiffoniers
TO MATCH
In QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY,
BIRDSEYE MAPLE and
CURLY BIRCH
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
CENTURY FURNITURE CO.
JAMESTOWN
NEW YORK
The
Best
Medium
and
mgh
Priced
Refriger·
ators
on
the
Market
Ranney Refrigerators and Kitchen Cabinets
are shown during the wimer
furniture
expositions
at CHICAGO,
YORK, Furniture Exchaoge, 43d and Lexington S"eets,
COMPfTENT
SALESMEN IN CHARGE.
New Exposition
Building,
141
I
Michigan
Ave.;
A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES AT EACH EXPOSITION
NEW
AND
SEE T"E SEVEN LINES
LAPLAND CHIEF, OAK, Tile Lined. CHARTER OAK, ENAMELED,
ASH, Whire Enamel on Galvanized Iroo.
LAPLAND, OAK, Galvanized Iron Lined. MONITOR, ASH, Galvanized Iron Lined.
CHARTER
OAK, ASH,
Galvanized Iron Lined.
All with metal Ice Racks, Ajustable Shelves, Self Closing Doors, Removable Ice Chambers, and other
improvements.
MASCOT, HARDWOOD, Galvanized Iron Lined.
RADIUM,
HARDWOOD~
Galvanized Iron Lined.
RANNEY
REFRIGERATOR
CATALOGUES
CO" Home Officesand Factories, Greenville, Mich
FURNISHED
ON APPLICATION
'TO THE HOME OFFICE.
POOL CARS FOR PACIFIC COAST
OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAUFORNIA.
make a specialty of distributingpool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY,
furniture, carpets, linoleum
and interior finish. References, Bradstreet s or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade.
Carloaderin Chicago
J. M. Welling. 633 So. JeffersonStreet
Carloaderin Gr~d Rapid.
Gelock Transfer Company, 108 So. Ionia Streel.
FORWARDING
TEAMING
STORAGE
Smith & Davis Mfg. CO.
ST. LOUIS
MAKERS
'IT
OF
METAL
WITH
BEDS
STANDARD
....
REVERSIBLE
F
No. 328
All Iron
$3.75
RAILS
net
... .It
. .,
Standard Reversible Rail
Pillars, 11-16 inches.
Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch.
Head, 56 inches_
Foot, 40 inches.
Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6
inches. \Veight, 67 Ibs.
SOLID
..
..
RIGID
REVERSIBLE
Patenlw
July 15, 1902. No_ 704'~.
This rail is reversible in the true sense
of the word-can be used either side up
and enables the dealer to make one set
of rails answer instead of having two
stocks, one of regular, the other inverted.
BEDS THAT DO NOT WIGGLE
RICHMOND
Chair
RICHMOND,
Co.
IND,
The Standard line of Double Cane
CHAIRS and
ROCKERS
Write for Catalogue.
Mention
MICHIGAN
ARTISAN
r.
7iR T I ~.7U\1
18
,
ESTABLISHED
PUBLISHED
MICHIGAN
ON THE
OFFICE-2-20
10TH AND
1880
BY
ARTISAN
CO.
25TH OF EACH
MONTH
LYON ST., C;RAND RAPIDS,
EIiTERED
AB MATTER
Trouble is a great thing.
MICH.
O~ THE SECOND CU"S
It keeps us going.
When a man is busy he has little time to act mean.
The unsuccessful
failure.
man in btlsincss is he who fears to risk
By the furniture
is known.
expositions
he attends,
the wise dealer
If a man has money to burn, it's because he was too wise
to burn it.
Many a girl has secured a man' wages in an office by marrying him.
Any time is joy-time
sUllny side of life.
to the man who looks for only the
To keep a job, a salesman
than his associates.
must not try to do less work
The wise man is not known by, the frequency
pearances in the bucket shops.
of his ap-
A man named Pray recently desired to engage in a partnership that offered great advantages.
He would· not stand
for a sign and for office stationery bearing the firm name of
O'Neill & Pray.
The manufacturers of furniture in Atlanta, Ga., have withdrawn from the furniture expositions.
The great prosperity
in the southern states renders it unnecessary for the manu¥
facturcrs to send their lines to the ex:position towns to find
customers for their output.
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The Grand Rapids Furniture company of Thirty-fourth
street, New Yrok, recently published the following well written advertisement:
"The charm of a Louis XVI bedroom gathers beautiful expression in our reproductions
from this essentially French
style.
The twin beds, paneled in cane, the long dressing
table with triplicate mirrors; the roomy chest of drawers; the
Chaise lounge, in cane or upholstery, are all distinctive for a
sense of absolute refinement and perfect taste, all bearing that
certain hall mark of the G;·and Rapids Furniture company."
Instead of supporting the movement for a parcels post
law, President Frederick of the Kentucky Hardware association urged the metnbers, at their annual convention, held in
Louisville recently, to lend their assistance to the passage of
an amendment to the postal laws providing for the transmission of letters for one cent, and claimed that while matter of
the first class represented bu.t a small proportion of the total
weight of the mails carried it paid more than three-fourths
of the total receipts of the government for carrying the mails.
In his opinion, the parcels post would, if put in operation in
this country, endanger the interests of jobbers of hardware.
Is President Frederick in league with the express companies?
The exorbitant charges enforced for services by the latter
has caused the demand for a parcels post that will eventually
be granted a patient and long suffering people,
Quick wit is partly a natural and partly an acquireet gift.
fhere is no man so bright, but that by the exercise of his
brain he may become brighter.
There is no man so dull but
that he will grow duller if he does not cultivate what .wits he
has.
The story is told of a boy working for a mer-::hant
who was sent to collect a bill from a firm known to be on
its last legs.
He realized the necessity of baste, and he
urged payement insistently, Finally a check was given for the
amount-some
$250.
He hastened to the bank, and it was
almost closing time.
He presented the check and was told
that the firm did not have sufficient funds to meet the demand.
He asked how much short the account they had there
was and was informed that it amounted to $7.
He had that
much in cash and hastily deposted it to the debtor's credit.
Then he drew the full amount and took the money with him.
The next morning the firm which owed the money failed.
Other creditors got little or nothing, but owing to the ready
wit and promptitude of the boy, his company secured nearly
all that was due.
If that boy was not promoted he was not
appreciated by his employers.-Oregon
Tradesman,
ANTIQUES FOR MRS. CARNEGIE.
It is generally admitted that Grand Rapids is the leading market of the world for case work.
As case work embraces about everything manufactured in the shape of furniture except metal beds and chairs, the rank of the market
is the highest.
"Quawality Kounts," is a "catch phrase that is used in the
advertising of the Kennedy Furniture company of Chicago.
Does it?
Bed spelling does not serve the purpose 50 well
as correct spelling.
"Quality Counts" would look better and
serve the purpose better.
Retailers of furniture derive a substantial income from a
well-equipped repair shop.
A number advertise this department of their business.
Following is a sample:
Furniture Re-Upholstering.
V'le wilt upholster a five piece frame parlor suite, clean
and repair the frames, furnish gimp co:-d, sp:ing and filling
at the undermentioned
low price.
The coverings are of fine
art tapestries
and Verona velours-a
wide range of patterns to chose from.
Workmanship guaranteed satisfactory
in every way, $27.50.
Rar.e Old Furniture Is Left Her by a Woman on Long Island.
Some rare old furniture is left to Mrs. Andrew Carnegie
hy the will of l\/lrs. Elizabeth ]. Vernon, which was offered
{o, probate at 11ineola, L. 1., recently.
:\hs. Vernon left an estate of $5,00;) real and $300 personal
{Voperty.
To Mrs. Carnegie and a Miss V'tlhitfield is left the
fll: niture ~f a farm house at ~1i1l Pond Hollow, L. 1., and
the will provides that Mrs. Carnegie shall have whatever
furniture she may ·select,
The furniture comprises many
articles of old and rare design.
To Henry D. \~rhitfield is left the farm.
The money
goes to the husband, Townsend Vernon.
Will Fight Premium Houses.
The retail furniture dealers of Ohio to the number of 200
met in Columbus recently to devise ways and means to protect themselves against the inroads made in their business
by the premium stamp and catalogue houses throughout the
country which make a practice of giving fu:-niture as premlums.
19
The Youngest
Furniture
Salesman.
Here is the picture of Robert Pier \Voodard, three and
a half years old, son of Fred B. \Voodard, president of the
\Voodard Furniture
company, Owosso, Mich,
He is undt1ubtedly the youngest furniture salesman on the road, or
rather, wlJO want!'; to go on the road. The grip he carries
is a present from his grandpa, and he is as proud of it as
though he had carried it fifty thousand miles,
He is a bright
little fellow and when he grows up to be a man he will make
a record for himself and make the lll"oodard Furniture company still nlOr.e famous as makers of good furniture,
Retailing
Furniture
makes such an investment, no furniture made is too good
for him 01' apparently beyond his resources.
Prices of Jute Advanced To Highest Mark.
Reports from Dundee state that prices have again advanced, jute sells at 21 pounds per ton, the highest price in
tvvcnty years.
The remarkable advance in the priee of jute has caused
con:-iiderable comment in this country, and there is no doubt
that buyers who looked for lower prices, owing to the large
crop, are now placed ill a very ;nvkward position as their
contracts for manufactured
goods arc due. It is stated by
responsible parties that JUany of the bag mills sent out their
salesmen with instructions to take orders based on a belief
that the very large crop of jute in India would enable them
to secure supplies of ra\'...
· material at a low figure. Many
(ln1cl'S were booked, but \vhen manufacturers
entered the
market {Ot' raw materia1. they came face to face with the
fact that not only would they be unable to get jute at low
prices, but that they \vould have to pay very heavy advances
O]l all raw lnatcrial
purchased for early 5hipment.
Believing
that these prices would not be obtained they refrained from
operating, and held off thc tnarkct, hoping that later on supplies of raw material would be obtainable at much lower
pl"ices. The position wllich these manufacturers
occupy is
plainly shown when the course of the jute market during
the past fev,r months is examined.
Prices have steadily advaned, although some of the conservative members of the
trade believe that these prices are somewhat inflated; still it
rC1l1rtinsa fact that jute cannot be purchased unless the high
prices demanded are fully met. Contracts for bags and bagging nre rapidly falling due, and if the manufacturers purpose
living up to their contracts, they can only do so at a loss.
Cables state that in Calcutta prices are extremely strong
for all forward deliveries, and that supplies are by no means
large. Short sellers of jute in the Calcutta and Dundee
markets were wiped out sometime ago, and even the most
conservative houses failed to provide for advances of such a
l-adicat nature as those that have taken place on jute. Many
buyers were caught short, as the large crop turned out by
in Atlanta.
The furniture department of the general store of Chamber
lain. Johnson & DuBose, in Athlllta, Ga., occupies abollt 35,000
square feet and at its head is F. E. HUl1l1, formerly of Hartford, Conn. Fine and medium pri~ed goods are carried in
stock mainly, which inventoried $60,000 on February 1st of
this year.
Tn the stock solInples of the best work from the
factories of the l\elson-11atter
Furniture company, the John
\'Viddicomb compan.y, the \Vi\liam A.Berkey Furniture company, the Oriel Cabinet company, the \Viddicomh Furniture
company, and the Sligh Furniture company of Grand Rapids
also from the factories (if prominent manufacturers
in New
York, Chicago and Iudianapolis
\verc noticed.
"Our trade
comes from all parts of the south," :Mr. Hunn explained.
"\~lithin the past week \"ie have filled orders from South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. and in each sale high
g-rade goods were disposed of.
\Ve keep a few cheap goods
just to help customers in the store.
These we purchase in
Mt. Airy and othet' points in the south. The rate from Gr;tnd
Rapids to Atlanta is $1.50 pel- hundred, a measure of protection to the manufacturers
of cheap furniture in the south.
Vv'e purchase some heavy \.vork in Batesville for the counLy
people that have gained riches by the cultivation of cotton
and V,dIOSC ideas of the value of a piece of furniture are
based upon the quantity of lumber used in its construction."
The firm sells a great deal of mahogany and gold work, and
there is a demand for a fair quantity of weathered and fumed
oak.
The people of Atlanta aspire to possess large aml
costly houses.
I t is not uncommon for a business man to
put a large amount of his capital into a home.
When he
Bed "C:'
manufactured by Charles Bennett Furmlure Co,. Ch81lolte, Mich.
India upset their calculations, and those who figured on the
natural results attending a large crop have found that they
were entirely out in their calcul.ations.
Albough the price
of jute today is £21 per ton, conservative houses in the trade
predict that further advances will be seen before a downward
turn takes place.-N.
Y. Commercial.
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G. R. ~ I. fLYERS
BETWEEN
Grand Rapids
and Chicago
To
Chicago
To
Grand
Rapids
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Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun
Ar. CHICAGO •........................
bulf.t
7.10 A. M.
12.35 Noon
Parlor Car
Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun
Ar. CHICAGO
12.01 Noon
4.50 P. M.
Parlor a.nd DIDln' Car
Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily
Ar. CHICAGO
Electric
11.50 Night
7.15 A. M.
Lighted Sleeping
Ca.r
American
......Plan
Rates $2.50 and Up
Hotel Pantlind
European
......Plan
Rates $1.00 and Up
J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop.
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA,
Via
GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE,
Two Fast Trains
:. _
_
-" _. _
2:45 p. m.
3:40 p. m.
4:30 p. m.
CHICAGO,
Ex. Sun
GRAND RAPIDS
Parlor aDd Dining Car
Lv.
AT.
CHICAGO, ~iI1Clilt~~l~~
Daily
, .11.55
GRAND RAPIDS ....••••...........
6.45
:Electric Lighted SI•• plnS Cat"
5.30 P. M.
10.25 P. M.
Night
A. M.
the larg
WE estmanufacture
line of FOLDING
a
CH AIR B in the United
States, suitable lor Sunday
Schools, Halls, Steamers3nd
all PUblic Resorts.
. • . .
We also manufacture Bra,s
Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring
Beds. Cots and Cribs in a
lar2"e variety. . . . •.
and Prices
for SOc is the FINEST IN THE WORLD
Leave Gd Rapids
Ar Philadelphia
AT New york
Buffet Parlor Car
i:ihCst~~~}:'t1~
Lv.
AT.
Send for Catalogue
The Noon Dinner Served al (he PantJind
Daily Except Sunday.
M.
M.
M.
M.
Phone MlchlSa.n Ceatl'a) City Tlohet Olflce
lor Reaervatlon •• 119 Adam. Sl:I-eet
Pbone Union Station for Reeervation.
Morton House
Lv. CHICAGO
, .8:45 A.
Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ....•........•.
,
1 :50 P.
Lv. CHICAGO. ~ihCSt~::~~~
Ex. Sun .. _. .. 1.15 P.
Ar. GRAND RAPIDS.. • • . • • • . • • • . . . .. . 5.50 P.
Kauffman Mfg. CO.
AS"LAND, 0"10
•
Pl1l1n:an Sleeper,
Pere Marquette
Daily.
7:05 p. m,
7:25 p. m.
8:40 p. m.
Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at
City Office, Morton House Block.
to
FOUR TRAINS
CmCAGO
TO 4ND fROM
LvGd.Rapids
7:10am
ArChkago
1:15pm
Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn
AT Chicago
4:50 pm
Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm
Ar Cbicago 10:55 pm
Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago
6:55 am
open 9:00 pm all 11:30 pm train ev~ry day. Cafe service on
all day trains.
Service a la cart~.
ParlQr cars on all day trains.
Rate reduced to 50 cents.
TItRff
TRAINS
FROM
TO-AND
0 ET R0 I T
Leave Gund
Rapjds
7:10 am
. Arrive Detroit 11:55 am
Leave Gund
RapIds 11:15 am dally Arrive Detroit
3'25 pm
Leava Grand Rapids
5:.lO pm
Arrjve Detroit 101Js pm
Meats served a 1. carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 am and
5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains;
seat TIlte, 25 «IIts.
"ALL
OVER
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C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A.
PHONE 1168
DInltlCT
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AGKNT,
Grand Rapida.
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Micb.
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MAI1ERS
In these days of close competition,
need the best possible equipment,
and this they can have in • • . .
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Our New "and and foot Power Circular Saw No.4
The strongest, most powerful, and in ~very way th~ best
machine of its kind ever made, for ripping,
cross-cutting, boring and grooving.
Send for our New Catalogue.
"W. F. ®. JOHN BARNES CO.
654 Ruby Street. Rockford. Ill.
OUR NEW LINE FOR 1906
Refrigerators
Yukon
" EGonomiG
CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER
OF NEW AND NATTY CONCEITS IN THAT "A LITTLE
BETTER THAN SEEMS NECESSARY" FURNITURE.
AND
6hilkoot
ZINC
LINED
AND
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Our Salesmen Have Photos.
'.
We Mail Catalogues.
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ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
CO.
There are excellent
reasons why
you
should buy the above.
The catalog tells you
what they are. Send
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670 CANAL IT, GRANO I{APIDI. oIIIC".
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The Hotel Knickerbock
in New York to Be One of the Best.
The Hotel Knickerbocker
the latest
in course
of erection
at
Broadway
street
New York
will be a beautiful
Astor venture,
now
and
Forty-second
structure
extc;rnally
and its interior will be fitted up in very handsome style. Tbe
building itself will be fifteen stories high, two stories being
below the street level.
In the basement will be a fine grill
room.
The ground floor cntnlJlce from Forty-second street
leads into a spacious lobby, the attractiveness
of which will
immediately
impress
upon the visitor the artistic
spirit dominating the whole hotel.
Leading
off th('. lobby is the main
restaurant.
This room is about twenty-two
feet high, offering an opportunity
for large sweeping
effects.
The ,"valls
are in eaen stone and marble, hung with Flemish tapestries.
The ceiling is in the style of Henry II. Tn the dining room
are to be placed two electric fountain~ of colored marble and
bronze, designed by Frederick l\.hc 1Ionnies, the famous sculptor.
Adjoining the restaurant is the spacious flower room, in
which a Francis 1 treatment has been used.
The detailing
is highly elaborate.
On one of the walls will be a picture,
No. 513.
Man~ured
ca~'ved and decorated arching beams.
The hotel will have
special facilities for serving large organization dinners in the
banquet room.
There are a number of private dining rooms on the second floor for parties ranging from ten to seventy-five covers.
These are richly treated in cherry enamel in the Louis XIV
and XVI periods.
The contract for furnishing the hotel was let to the Pooley
Furniture company.
E. F. Pooley, president of the company, has given the Knickerbocker order his special attention,
in connection with his designer, Mr. Duer, devoting much
time and thought to the proper selection of materials.
Cir:...
cassian walnut, prima vera., (white mahogany), French walnut and red mahogany are the principal woods used.
Every
piece of furniture has been carefully designed to harmonize
with the decoration of the room in which it is to be placed.
The question of the proper selection o~ chairs is one of
the most important that arises in the equipment of a large
hotel.
Before awarding the contract for :5Upplying the
Knickerbocker with chairs, Mr. Regan gave the matter his
most careful attention.
Sketches and samples of chairs were
by the Palmer ManwactufiDgCo .. Detroit. Mich.
"The Masque of Flora," painted by James "Vall Finn, with the
assistance of Henry Fuller.
A bas relief of Aphrodite by
John Flanagan, a pupil of Saint Gaudens, will also be in this
room.
The ladies' reception room is in Louis XVI style,
decorated in enamel and gold.
On the Broadway side is the men's cafe.
It is in French
Renaissance, and will have, as a leading featuure, a large
painting by Maxfield Parrish. The barroom on the first floor
is in English Renaissance, calling for massive treatment and
rich detailing.
The offices of the hotel are located on the
mezzanine floor.
Here the woodwork is of mahogany,
richly. but conservatively treated.
The crowning work of the decorators is in the banquet
and ball room, on the second floor, which will be without exception the richest room of its kind in New York.
It measures 105 by 48 feet-one
of the largest hotel rooms in the
country.
It has a seating capacity of 550, and the gallery
will accommodate many mote. It will be in Italian Renaissance, with beautifully enameled woodwork.
The balcony,
with entrance from the grand staircase, will be supported by
submitted to him by the leading manufacturers of America.
The contract was finally given to the combination of P.
Derby and company and Ford & Johnson C01l1pany. In addition to being artistic in design the chairs are of the most
practical and durable workmanship.
Many Df the ideas as
to style, shape, finish, etc., are original with Mr. Regan. The
designs are totally different from those used in hotels up to
the present time.
A Course In Salesmanship Would Be Beneficial.
A number of Boston merchants have petitioned the school
board for a course of salesmanship.
This has incited the
keen newspaper men, and their fancies have made many
laugh.
Yet the idea is a good one.
Surely a large proportion of the young men and women in the schools will be~
come salesmen.
Why should they. not learn something of
benefit to them-something
which they can apply directly
-while in school.
The suggestion is an excellent one, and
might be wisely considered by school boards everywhere.-
Ex.
23
The T. n. Laycock :\1anufacturing- company have purehase<l thirty acrt'S of land in Brig-htwuud, a suburb in the
northeastern
part of the city, and are building what will
probably be the hlrgest factory in the country for the manufacture of brass and iron beds, ' ....
oven wire mattresses. cots
and cribs.
The buildlngs will be one story high, and already
two million brieb have heen laid.
It is expected they will
be located in the new factory early in June.
Smith, Day amI company will soon commence the erection
of a large building in the rear of their present building on
East \Vashington street.
The new building is made necessary because of the consolidation of the Detroit branch with
assigned for the engagement,
The recipient of the message meant to keep the appointment and wired that he would
be on han(1. But he forgot to wind his alarm clock with the
result that he overslept and missed the train he should have
taken.
It was a little thing-only
the winding of a spring in
a clock.
Yet when he took the next train and hunted up the
man who had written for him, he was informed that he would
have been offered a $5,000 a year position had he kept his appointment, but since he did not come, it had been assumed
that he did not take any interest in the matter and another
mall had been appointed in his stead.
Another instance of
where a little thing lost a man a splendid position and a probable fortune.-Ex.
N~waTk. Ohio, Furniture
Company's Handsome New Catalogue.
The Artisan is in receipt of a beautiful new 46 page catalogue for spring issued by the Newark (0.) Furniture com·
pany.
Cuts of extension dining tables fitted with the Tyden
No. 190 drew'r and No. 290 chiffonier, maDufaclu~d by Woodard Furniture Co., OWOSSCl, Mich.
the Indianapolis branch, :rnd will be twice as large as the
present building.
Smith, Day and company have been very
successful, both in Indianapolis and Detroit, and by uniting
the two houses they will have one of the largest chair businesses in the west.
The main factory is at Baldwinsville,
Mass., whence the chairs are shipped k. d. to Indianapolis,
set up, finished and upholstered.
The ne'.\' building will be
ready for occupancy in Mayor June.
Importance of Loo~ing Aft,er the Little Things.
The salesman can ill affo:-d to allow the little things to
take care of themselves.
In the first place, they witt not do
so, and in a short time they will become his maiiter.
In the
second place, learning to attend to them on the moment drills
him into the habit of doing things immediately, which is
when they should be looked after.
This is one of the
things which makes a successful life.
It may seem unimportant to keep an appointment to the minute.
Yet there
is a well authenticated case on record where a young man was
asked to meet a prosperous business man, no reason being
lock are numerous.
The cover design is very attractive and
artistic, being in colors-black,
blue and gold on a white
onyx paper.
New Stations for the Louisville & Nashville.
Official announcement is made by the Louisville & Nashville that twenty stations will be established on the KnoxvilteCartersville line, south of Etowah, where the old Atlanta,
Knoxville and Nashville lines diverges to Blue Ridge and
Ivlarietta and the new line goes direct to Cartersville. Five sta~
tions wilt be in Tennessee, onc on the state line to be known
as "Tennga," a combination of the statc abbreviations, and
fifteen in Georgia.
Station houses will be erected at the majority of the points, but some will be mere flag stations_
The principal Georgia stations will be: Kilburn, Oran,
Chatworth, Ramscy, Fairmount, vVheeler, Canis ton, Ranger,
Bolivar, Rydal, White and Aubrey_
When the new .line is
open to passenger service the through trains will operate over
it, and a local passenger train ,...
·ill be run from Knoxville to
Blue Ridge_ The schedules are now being prepared.
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ARE GOOD
WARDROBES
are tbe
BEST ON THE GLOBE
Prices
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fURnlTURf (0.
EVANSVILLE
INDIANA
GLOBE FURNITURE
EVANSVILLE.
COMPANY
INDIANA
In writing mention Michigan Arti!\an
BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO.
EVANSVILLE,
NO. 10. DRESSING
IND.
TABLE.
TOP 2Ox40. FRENCH
PLATE 22x28.
SELECT
QUARTERED OAK, RUBBED AND POLISHED.
Makers of lhe "SUPERIOR" Extension, Parlor and libraryJTables
NEW
CATALOGUE
JUST ISSUED-GET
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1906
1858
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C"AIR MAKE MONEY
MR- DEALER
MANUF ACTURERS OF
BY
SELUNG
WOOD, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER
TUfTED LE4T"ER 4ND VENEER
SEAT C"4IRS AND ROCKERS
THE
D055f
KITCHEN
CABINETS
CUPBOAROS
No. H5
Reception Rocker
Veneered Rolled Seat
Quartered Oak
Finished Golden
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Office and Warerooms Cor. Third and Division Sts.
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BOSSE
FURNITURE
CO., Evans¥iUe, Ind,
hmville
Furnilure
CO"
Evansville. Ind.
Manufacturers
or tbe
"Celebral1d
Flowered
White Oak
Boods,"
BEDROOM
SUITES
CHiFFONIE.RS
ODD
DRESSERS;
WASH
STANDS
"The Line with
the Finish"
Somethina
Entirel} New
The "Ell"
FOLDING BEDS ~~tf:\R~,~,~~~
No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mant~1 and Upright
ELI
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& Co
E.an .. ma.'ndlana
• \\.'rite for cuts and prices
Goods shown
ill January exhibit at Chicago. Ill., at No.
131"'Michi~an
Ave., Jd Hoor
and also at our
factory s.al esroom at Evansville, Ind_ New
Catalogue ,just
issued.
26
Sorrows of the Auction Sale.
When yOll desire to get a real interesting, cheap and attractive piece of furniture, try the auction sale. Such furniture oftentimes becomes interesting becau.se of the inhabitams
in it. It is cheap because all people who attend auctions expect low prices to prevail. The auction furniture, if specially
clothes.
This is the kind of furniture yOU have to look out
Then there js another class of second-hand fUl'n.iture
which sells at low values in the auction room, including the
kjnd gathered from the junk shops. This sort of furniture
is of the lowest type.
It is unclean and. usually infested with
insects.
In every city we may find th.ird and fourth rate
second-hand furniture stores, and the articles or' furniture on
snle in some of these places are of a questionable nature so
far as neatness and real practical worth are concerned.
The
auction-made and the auction-sold furniture is not appreciated
by the patron, even though it may have been purchased at a
very small cost. For illustration,
a friend of mine was
obliged to sell some of his furniture at auction.
lIe needed
the ready cash. In a though less motn~nt, in his desperation,
he closed a contract with an auctioneering firm. The firm
quickly put out advertising matter of the character ex.hibited
in figure 1, with the name of the firm added. My friend
for.
made for auctioneering purposes, is as a rule pretty to look
upon, hut is of a tinsel nature and the beauty is not likely to
hold. But seriously .. there aTC some good articles of furniture avaiable at the auction ~ale. But these pieces are rare,
and the patron who makes a practice of buying up second
hand stuff must expect to buy considerable questionable stock
before he gets a genuine bargain.
Let us look at the different
wJlOm we will call Mr. Sold, awoke one morni'ng to find himself freely advertised as a seller of auction goods and all this
was to occur from his reputable store direct. The 'advertising was out and there was no help for it. The auction sale
began and the crowd with its muddy feet and vile remarks
tramped over the store, sat in the chairs, spat tobacco juice
on the curtains,. and spoiled much material.
Valuable pieces
of furniture were ridiculed and sold at a third actual cost 01
making.
A dozen times 1h. Sold would have stopped the sale and
types of furnitu:'c sold at auction. It may be divided into
several classes, Sometimes the home of a prosperous man
;s closed and the goods are advertised to be sold at auction,
The placards are put out. The crowd comes and it is safe
to assume that the highest bidders will secure some very
good pieces of furniture, no doubt at very reasonable values.
Then again it happens that first-class furniture dealers often
want a <::lea'ringOllt of stock and they place their shop-worn
atticlesin
the auction room and sel{ them to the highest
hi'dders. The buyers under these conditions usually get
their money's worth.
But there are auctions which are instituted solely for the purpose of disposing of auction-made
furniture, just as there are men who make a business of
auctioneering cheap and auction·made watches and suits of
driven the mob out, but he needed the money, and besides
he had made his contract with the auctioneer.
The sale
closed and a year passed, before Mr. Sold recovered from
the effects of the auction sale on his business,
Patrons were
lost. Dishonest people claimed that certain articles purchased at the auction sale were fraudulently made and in order to
save tronble, Mr. Sold exchanged new for old goods in several instances, because he afterwards learned that the auctioneer had, "run in" a number of pieces of "outside" cheap stock,
(0 sell on the reputation
of Mr. Sold's house with the regular
goods. One of these "run in" pieces of furniture is shown
in figure 2 and the panel work was in process of peeJing off
when sent back to the store.Mr. Sold sent a new one in its
place and said "never· again,".
In figure 6 we see a copy of
some signs he himself put out to try to make the public forget the auction sale, Speaking of funny things in connection with auction goods, one party upon opening a drawer ·in
21
a stand he had purchased, found a little coffin packed therein
with excelsior as in Fig. 3.
The coroner was notified and
upon opeing the casket it was found to contain the remains
of a pet cat. Investigation showed that a lady's cat died and
she arranged to have the casket for it and supposed that it had
been buried. The servant had placed the casket in his washstand, intending to see about the hurial Hext day. Something occurred in the meantime and the servant left. A few
days after the goods went to the auction rOOIll..
In another case, a friend had purchased a bureau and oue
morning while he was reading, puffs of smoke came forth
from the drawer as pointed out by the arrow in figure 4. He
opened the drawer and found a can o{ carbide. It seems that
SOLD AND
HAVE" NO
Co.,
MORE
AUCTION COODS.
Au
fNlnMo
the llllrcatt forme.ly bclollp;cd to ;lll automobile ellthusiast.
He kept the c;l:'bic1e ill the drawer for his acetylene gas light
for the machine. The cover of the can had worked free and
the moist air caused the carbide to send forth fumes, ·which
if ignited \vould have produccd an explosion.
Figure 5
illustrates the old story of the auction-made goods. Auctionmade furniture is the the kind made to hold together until
you get it home and set it up. After that, the length of the
life of the article is indefinite.
An acquaintance tells me that
when he was poor he bought a bedstead in an auction house,
and that on the very first night he us.ed it, the sideboards
broke and he was tumbled to the floor as in figure 5.
"An ObsNver."
Brown & Catlett.
CarnpbeH & Brownlee.
Carmichael company_
R. W. Coats.
]. M. Cooley.
VV . C. Drake.
J. C. & J. P_ Evins.
14 erring' Furniture company.
J. T, Jones.
Kentucky Furniture company.
McDonald Furniture company.
Chamberlain, Johnson & DuBose.
M. Rich & Brother.
H. A. :r'l'Iartin and company.
C. H. Mason.
J. A. Mason.
T .E. Matthews and company.
:vIatthews & Lively.
Benjamin ~Iaxwell.
J. A. :Minor.
Morris & Byrd.
G. N. Morris and company.
New Home House Furnishing company.
11. H. ""'issenbaurn.
J. T. Patterson.
People' Furniture company.
j, K. Polk.
Porter, \\lrigley and company.
Rhodes-Haverty
company.
J. C. Shirley.
P. IT. Snook.
Shirley & 11iddlehrooks.
Ralkel- & Rhudy.
A. Springer.
A. J. Stewart and company.
J. T. Stewart.
RETAILERS OF ATLANTA.
Retailers
of Atlanta Lack Taste in the Display of Furniture.
Atlanta, G,L, contains fifty-two furniture. stores.
Although lhe population of the city is but 100,000 the owne;'s
of these stores see.m to he vexy prosperous.
Thi.s i.s 8.i:>
counted for hy the fact that a great mally retailers of fumitureitl Georgia and adjoining states carry small and infel'ior
stocks and the prosperous growers of cotton, corn and irtl~t
are compelled to visit Atlanta to find what they want.
In
many of the stores the stocks are not displayed to advantage.
Lack of taste in displaying the goods is noticeable everywhere.
A few excellent examples of good work in this respect are noticed, however.
The warerooms of the Walter
J. \\Tood company, located on a corner, have an tire frontage
of glass.
From the street every piece on sale may be seen.
Effective displays are made by M. Rich & Bro., the Carmichael Furniture company and the Rhodes Haverty company.
Money is plenty, collections are easy, the crop prospects good, and the conditions for a successful year of business perfect.
The names of the retailers of furniture recently compiled by the publishers of the city directory arc as
follows:
M, H. Abbott.
F. W. Anderson and company.
J T. Ash,
Atlanta Wreckage company.
L. S. Banknight.
Bazaar Furniture company.
S. Boostein.
C. Furniture company.
H. 1. Taylor.
Thomas Furniture company.
J, B. Turner company.
\Vhite & Yancey.
\Valter J. Wood_
G. H. Noodson.
D. S. Wright and company.
O. Zaban & Son.
L. &
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HORN BROS. MFG. CO.
281
10
291 W. Superior SI., CtfICAGO. ILL.
M;lNUEI'ACTUREItS
Chamber Suites,
OF
Odd Dressers,
Chiffoniers
LADIES' DRESSII\IG TABLES to match
Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Mahogany Veneered. Birdseye Maple,
White Enamel Highly Polished or Dull Finish.
We also make
a line of PRINCESS DRESSERS from
$13.00
up, In
Quarter-Sawed Oak. Mahogany Bnd Birdseye MiIIIDle. Veneered
Ii you have not received our Spring Suppl~ent, ask for it,
SAMPLES
SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS
HALL & K,.NAPP, 187 Michigan
1319 Michigan Avenue,
Avenue, Chicago.
and
Our
Oak and Mahogany
DINING
EXTENSION
TABLES
Are Beat Ma.de, Bw Fillished. Best Values, All
Made from Tho~Ollllhly Seasoned Srock
No. 435 Dining Table
Top ;4x54. Made in Qllarlered
Oak ami Mahollany.
run Pol_
ished. Nic:1releaffers
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NASHVILLE,
MICHIGAN
Shelbyville DesK
Company
MANUFACTURERS
OF
Office Furniture
MAHOGANY AND HdlTATION
QUAR..TERED OAK, PLAIN OAK
In Three Grade~'
A fUll Line, Up-to-Date, EXhibited
EIGHTH
FLOOR.
1319 Michigan
tl'
Write
Avenue
CHICAGO
for
Latest
tl'
Catalogue.
Shelbyville,
Ind.
ATLAS FURNITURE COMPANY
JAMESTOWN,
N. Y,
DRESSERS
CHIFFONIERS
ALL WOODS
All the kids are in love
with Spratt's Chair
Century Furniture Co.
Factory and Salesroom
153-159 Canal sl., GRAND
GEO. SPRATT
SHEBOYGAN,
&
co.
MICH.
DESIGNERS
WIS.
CHAIRS AND ROCKERS
RAPIDS,
AND
MAKERS
FOR EVERYBODY
OF
FINE
Send for Catalogue
Parlor
and
Library
Furniture
Odd
Chairs
and
Rockers
and
Reception
Chairs
Exdmive and PlJre
in Daisn
No. 88-Child's High Chair with Unger Safety Guard.
INCREASED
FACILITIES
LARGER
LINE
We Would Like to Get Closer--to You
Suppose now you were the boy and we the girl and you wanted to get a little
-closer.
'\Tell now suppose you do-we
5 pound Genuine 411Geese feather
Tick, any color, for $1.85.
will tell you how.
Buy a pair of our
Pillows, size 20x26, A. C. A. Art or Linen
You will get closer to us and we will to you.
Terms 5 per cent for cash 10 days.
H. B. FEATHER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.
THE HAND SCREW
====WITH
"THE SAW-CUTTHREAD" -----
T
HE threads on our Hand Screw Spindles
won't strip because they are SAW CUT.
They will last 50 per cent longer than the ordinary
spindle with the lathe cut thread.
We use the very choicest second growth
hickory in all our Spindles and the best Michigan
hard maple in the jaws.
A trial of these goods will convince you of
their merits. Send in your order.
MANUFACTURERS
OF CABINET BENCHES, FACTORY TRUCKS, ETC.
GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY
130 S. Ionia St., GRANDRAPIDS, MICH.
Koenig
s.. Gamer furniture
Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
VICTORIA. COMBINATION, UPRIG"T
and MANTEL
folding Beds
Odd Dressers, !'rlnlless Dressers, Napoleon
Beds in Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird'. Eye
Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319
Mlllhlgan Ave.
Offtce and Warehouse
266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago, III.
Factory No. 22 to 48Pratt Stud
Catalogue ready March. nt.
Sendfor it and mention the An;son.
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Tbe New
THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP
..PE.RFE.CT
as well as
ff
FOLDING CHAIR
Office,
Dininil
and
PATENTED OCT. 20, 1903,
Comfortable
Simple
Directors'
Durable
Neat
Tables
Th~ Acme of Perfeetioll in the line of
Folding
Chairs,
PERFECT COMPACTN~SS
whO!n folded.
Hard maple. natural finish.
\VRlTK
are our
specialty
FOR PR1CRS.
15M
PEABODY SCHOOL
FURNITURE CO.
North
M.anchester..
DON'T READ THIS
unless you
lJf
BUSIN"ESS MAN,
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Get lIlunpleuof BANQUET
Grand Rapids, Mich.
TABLE
TOP
fRANK NETSCm::RT CO
34 BAReLA Y STREET
are a MANUFACTURER,
MILL-MAN
Stow & Davis Fumiture Co.
Indiana.
NI'W YORK
in
which case yOll would do welJ to carefolly
consider the following facts.
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The St. louis i.. San Francisco R. R.
betta known
as the
DECORATIVE
FLOWER!PLANT
TREES
has built, or added to its system,
over J 900
(nineteen hundred)
miles of new railroad
during the past five years and a1l traversing
newly settled sections of the Southwest.
NOW is the time to loc,ate your tactory or
mill in this most prOSperous section.
It
will repay you to write TODA Y for full
particulars
regarding
ind\lcements
offered,
abundant raw materials, excellent marken,
etc.
HANGING
BASKETS
ELECTRIC
DISPLAYS
ETC.
Ask us for our Illustrated
Catalogue
No. 10.
Double daily train service to New Orleans.
Send for a free deseriptive booklet.
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leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana.
Send for free illustrated folder on Cuba.
Illul/l"aud hooklet "Opporlllr.it;el"
UW(fN~.
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Fri ...... BldR.
fRANK NETSC"ERT CO
34 BARCLAV
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Through tickets, l'8tes, etc., of I. C. R. R.
agents and those of connecting lines.
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TRAFFIC
PASS.
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Embossino and DrOD
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Machines for
a II purposes,
and at prices
within
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EyeryMachine
has our guarantee against
breakage for
one year
"Rotar)' Style" for Drop Caf"vlngs, fmbossed Mouldings.
Panels, UC.
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"lateral
Style" for large CapaCity Ueavy Carvings
and Deel;l""f:mbosslngs.
We have the Machine yOU want at a satisfactory price, Write
for
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The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress.
(PATENTED.
TllADE.
MARK
REGlSTU'.ED.)
t,,,
Th,
i, NOW DEMOC;STRATED
daub: that the sale ot O~E
REX
hl;ler Tllftd Mattress \yil~ cause inquiry suHicient
to sell T\VO
and so it goes on growing
and
enlarging ~'our business as ours has enlarged-OUR
HEST TR,\DE.
hevond
a:l
\V1'::c ~or our
nc\v
booKlet
I'The
King
at
Tdts,"
and learn al: aboul tbis Sp:cndic!. Mattress.
We furnish these bealllifi.l1 little 20 page hooklets to
Clls:omer~ fllld licensee!
agents.
Ge: om (erlI1~,
'twices, etc.
\-Vrit\": right llQ\V.
Don't
,Yait.
A
care: wi;] do.
Anythingto sho\'," your
interest.
CHARLES
A. FISHER
1302 Michigan
PEORL1,
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Lhen.!!
Amerium
lIJattreJj
and
ILL.
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CtiJbicJn
& CO.
Ave •• CH1CAGO. 1LL.
C:;mporry.
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7lRTI..5'A.N
e
Old Furniture and Modem Copies.
Genuine antique fumiture of the early art periods is be.coming so rare th;lt few of the shops pretend to offer relics
of the past, contenting themselves with excellent copies of
well-known pieces of furniture by artists .....
vho in their day established a standard of excellence rarely reached hefore or
since.
There are antique furnishing articles, presented in
large quantities in second-hand sta.res, but it should be remembered that these, for the most part, possess none of the
characteristics
of beauty, without which an article is of little
DrawinR-RoOIll
of a New York HOUlle.
value.
There were periods in our own history, and in that
of France and England, ,....hen art was at a low ebb.
Un~
scrupulol.ls dealers may dispose of such goods to the unsltsspecting', but in the eye of a conlloisseur they would be quickly condemned.
It is due to the scarcity of genuine colonial furniture today tJlat lD'J.nufactnrers have set themselves the difficult task
of reproducting in solid wood the best examples of this period.
Not ouly this, but the old English furniture, from which the
early colonial makers drew a good deal of their inspiration.
is being copied, and reproduced in all particulars, as pcrfect
as the originals.
The revival of the furniture-pieces of stich
styles founded by Sheraton, Heppc1white and Chippendale
dates partly from the time of the coronation of King Edward.
That Cerel1l0lly stilTed all the old families to ransacking
garrets and cellars for antique articles of ornament and use.
A great many exquisite pieces of old furniture were brought
out and exhibited for thc first time in a century.
A few
of the Sheraton and Chippendale pieces exhibited at the coronation were marvelous productions
of these. two master
artists in wood.
Copies of them have since bccn made which
will serve to establish a new popularity for this style of
furniture.
Imitation antiqlle furniture is shoddy and is of little value.
Perfect copies of antiquc articles, made with the same care
a11<1effort, in solid wood, even to the minutest carvings, are
fully as worthy of our admiration as the originals.
In fact.
it is the only way that mo.;;t of us can enjoy these exquisite
pieces of furniture, and '\,\,C must rest content with snch reproductions.
There can he no Question about the artistic ;U1(l
utilitarian value of the modern copies of the old-fashioned
hall-dock, \\'hich to-day,· sell as high as $500 and $1,000,
The
mechanical movements of thc clocks are superior to the
ancient time-pieces.
They are made in solid mahogany, oak,
or rosewood, and they possess the characteristics
of the old
pieces.
Likewise the carving of the modernized English Btyles
of furniture is as perfectly done as any shown on the few
pieces of the original Chippendale or Sheraton.
The essential point to observe, however, is that the copies are genuine.
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Imitation of the old furniture will not count, for such work
can be done by inferior wood-workers without catching in any
degree the spirit of the founders.
It requires nearly as much
taste and skill to make a modem copy of an old Chippendale
or Shcraton chair as it did the Qriginal.
It is owing to the
genuine merit that the modernied antique furniture of the
classical Eng{jsh types is found among those who appreciate
tasteful environments
in the home.
The revival of these early English schools of furniture carries 'with it a knowledge
of artistic
surroundings,
and
some taste in disposing of the various articles in a room
To carry ont the effect properly, it is necessary that there
should be harmony in detail aJld environment.
A room
furnished with Chippendale table, T-Iepplewhite chairs, and
Sheraton rocking chairs, with a nearly colonial sideboard,
would hardly produce a pJe;lsing effect.
It is better to furnish each room with the furniture of one period, carrying out
the scheme of decoration as far as possible in every detail.
This calls for money and a good deal of work in collecting
It is 110t possiblc to go to any store. and select all of the
appropriate artides for such rooms, but with a httle patience
study, and proper selection, an old English bed rom, a Flemish
dining-nlolll, and a library or parlor of colonial fUrlliture m'ay
be rcproduced.
Chippendale htrnitnre is best suited for the parlor and one
or more bed roms.
Copies of the original pieces abound in
exquisite p<:ttlerns in eanred wood, suggesting very strongly
the decorations of Louis XV furniture. Thomas Chippendale,
the father of the style which bears his name, was greatly influeneed by the Frellch school of decorators
of that and
previous periods.
He was a consummate artist and workman, and instead of merely reflecting Frcn~h influence in
his .vork, he fOl1nded a distinct school of design and craftsmanship.
There. ,",'as a delicacy in his work which won
genuine admiration.
i\ good fleal of the so-called modern Chippendale. pieces
arc far from possessing any of the original characteristics
of
the style, and they are not even attempted copies of tJH;
genuine.
Excellent copies of Chippendale chairs can be obtained to-day from $20 to $50 upirard, and when the room iiS
entirely decorated \....ith appmprintc furnishings of that period,
Library of a New York Houlle.
The furniture harmonizes well with
the effect is excellent.
modern wall-papers and decorations suggestive of the Frcnch
SdlOOI.
Even the upholstered scats in tapestry effects, if rightly
selected, carry out the atmosphere of the Chippendale period.
Sheraton fUI'niture is even more difficult to obtain that
Chippendale, and many designers of modern furniture are
forccd to wpply reproductions of the articles published in a
few books and periodicals of Sheraton's time.
There are
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several elaborate books with excellent colored plates, dealing
with Sheraton furnitu;'c, hut these books axe almost as
costly as some of the articles of furniture.
Only a few copies of these rare editions are in existence, and some of the
best modern copies of Sheraton chairs and tables were made
from the designs thus furnished in book plates.
Sheraton
wascof.a little bter period than Chippendale, but llC represented a distinct school of his own.
His furniture is made principally of mahogany and satin" ...
·ood, and inlaid work distinguished most of 1t. NeaTly all of the 1111aidwork is of lighter
colored woods, and 110t of ivory 'or other material which the
orientals used for this work.
Tbe wood was carefully selected and cured before being used for furniture, and conseqJ.1ently it seldom shows warping or cracking through years of
con~tant use.
Th,e sma)} pieces of ",.·.ood used for inlaying
were also thoroughly cured, and they have shown themselves
to beproof against time and weather.
In the Sheraton furniture _we find the decorations tending toward delicate lyre-like
and twisted flute design:s, with the legs of tables and chairs
turned and carved.
A peculiarity of both the Sheraton and
Chippendale furniture is the 1l\.lmbcrof secret drawers and
shelves, many comparhnents being separated by double ' ....
alls,
with ingenious places between for hiding artlcles of value.
Secret springs and catches hold these false sides togetheL For
centuries! valuable possessions have been held in these secret
drawers, and the articles of furniture have passed from oue
family to another with no suspicion of the existence of the
great compartments.
Material for many good romances has
thus been unearthed by the unexpected discovery in a secret
drawer of a Sheraton desk or bureau of some will or valuable
paper document.
The modern sideboa.:rd was not in existence in the days of
Chippendale and those said to be of this school were made
in later times.
The sideboards of that period were simply
tables intended for holding a few glasses and plates. Sheraton
probably designed the first of the modern English style of
sideboards! and his designs were of a rather simple nature,
compared to the elaborate affairs in vogue to-day.
Sheraton
furniture is as eminently designed for bedroom and parlor
.as the Chippendale.
They also fit well in some diningrooms and libraries, but, as a rule! they appear too rich and
delicate for such use.
Better adapted to library and dining-room is the furniture
of the, Flemish school, which has become in recent times extercmely popular.
Here the severe simplicity and solid comfort so essential to the library and dining-room reaches its
artistic development.
The Flemish- -furniture is distinctly
simple ami artisbe, and above all representing just what it is.
•
IF
YOU
HAVE
There is no inlaid work to suggest the cunning hand of the
artist in colors; no delicate legs and chair arms to make one
uncomfortable when leaning the whole weight in chairs or
rockers; no pretense to ornate hand carving so fragile that a
rough hand might mar it.
Onthe contrary there is >itrength
and solidity, comfort and ease, in the strong, square legs -of
chairs and table, and true beauty in the bold handcarving
fashioned to suit the weight and siu of the furniture.
One should not associate copies of pure Flemish furnittl'."c
with cheap, hand-carved, clumsy tables and chairs.
On the
contrary, everything is in the right llwpmtion, and suggestive
of early Dutch ease and comrort.
\Vith the dining-room all(l
library furnished with such articles. the walls decorated with
handsome Delft ware, the windows leaded and small, and
shaded with short quaint clirtaills, one realizes that the
Dutch atmosphere, \'vhich must penrade the place, is both
easing to the mind and eye.
After the garish colo'·s and
bright lights of the more modern rOOI11S,it is restful to retire to a library hlTn-ished 111 such Flemishcom{ort
or to l~at
a peaceful meal amid such surroundings.
The great lesson5 to be learned from the early English
furniture arc abundant enough if oueha!> the taste and money
to select pieces copied according to the original designs.
There is harmony in all of the· decorations, and not discordant lines and curves drawn without reason 0, purpose.
There is a dominant central motive in all of the designs of
these early schools, and this is constantly kept ill view, and
not overshadowed by minor details.
There tS sitnplicity in
structure as well as artistic carving and decoration,
and
notwithstanding
the patterns of elegant inlaid work, there
is no showy effect which blinds the eyes to the intrinsic
worth of the omamentation.
The colorings, whether of the
natural woods highly polished, or of paints and stains judiciously used, are all subdued and quiet in taste.
There is no
confusion of glaring effects in reds, blues and pinks.
The net
result is that the furniture is restful to the eye.
If we accept
as true, that colors, as well as music, have a psychological
value in influencing our nerves and mental state, we should
make a more judicious study of our physical surroundings .
It is said that our sleep, appetite and mental activity arc all
affected by our color surroundings
to such an extent that
nervous disorders can often be cured by making the_ right
5clections.
This has been tried ill London hospitals with excellent success.
Why should we not, therefore, find in our
homes the best method of favoring our nerves and minds by
improving our environments according to well-defincd laws
(>f natu:--c?-House
Beautiful.
NEVER
TRIED
OUR
RUBBING
'poIiSDHING
"
VARNISHES
OI:TFlOIT "ACTORl'
CANADIAN
YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE
I1'ULL POSSIBILITIES
OF 'fHIS
"ollCTOl'll'
CLASS
OF GOODS
WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING Us A TRIAl- ORDER?
BERRY BROTHERS,
NIW
YORK
"'HILADE-LPHIA
LIMITED.
BALTIMORIl
VARNISH
MANUFACTURERS
(OHIO ....
FAOTORY AND MAIN OFFIOE, DETROIT
CINCINNATI
CANADIAN
SAM 'R"NCI.CO
'ACTORY
WALKERVILLE.
ONT •
WE HAVE GROWN TO THE LEADING POSITION AS MANUFACTURERS OF CHAMBER
FURNITURE BY MAKING THE
BEST SELLING LINE
-a
line good enough for the most exacting and not too good f01" the average trade requirement.
catalogue.
Our salesmen show photos.
SLIGH
FURNITURE
GRAND
We issue no
COMPANY
RAPIDS, MICH.
SAVE FREIGHT
Why go west for CASE GOODS when the
B
U
R
T
LINE
will satisfy tbe bulk of the trade demands of tbe average dealer, witbout necessitating
Chamber Suits, Sideboards, Chiffoniers. Dresser. and Toilets.
BURT BROS.,
2000
delays in shipping.
Write for Catalo..ue.
S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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"Cyco" Bearing
SWEEPER
BUT.
The kind with the demand established and constantly being expanded. Not the "Just
The kind that sells ItSelf and always pays the dealer a good profit.
as Good" kind. but the
Our line for 1906 will be the largest, most complete, (and contains more valuable mechanical improvements that experi~
ence alone can produce) .that has ever been o:lf"eredto the trade.
You don't have to waste your· time talking the Bind! to sell 'it, as its reputation i. too well known. The adverti'ements of
the Bissell in high class magazines and newspapers for the year 1906, will practically reach the entire reading population of the
United States and Canada. Write for our spring offer.
BISSELL CARPEr
SWEEPER CO., GrandRapid., Mich.
(Largest Sweeper Makers in the World.)
B'RANCHES: NEW
C.
YORK (Eastern office.; saleSloom and export dept.) 'Jol) Wauen St., LONDON, ENGLAND (Officeand warehouse)
38 Wilson
TORONTO, CANADA, (Office and factory)
18-20 Pearl St. PARIS, FRANCK, (Officeand factory) 42 Rue des Vinaigriers.
St., FlnsbUty, E.
LUCE BUFFETS
possess the
Individuality
of desigu
and the careful
construction
which is
characteristic
of the
Grand Rapids
product.
CATALOGUE
UPON
RE&(UEST.
No. 121
LUCE FURNITURE
CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.
37
NO. 714.
Has raised panels
and
between
all around
pedestals;
wide
pedestal drawersjcenter
drawer
with
double
flat
writing
keyed
lock;
beds; heavy pilastersand
roll top arms.
Drawers
varn-
ished inside, have movable
titions,
deep drawer
for books.
bracket
and
heavy
Pigeon
hole
card
case
index
with
oak
polished.
massive
is
desk.
supplied
drawer
follow block attachment;
file drawer
or
Golden
rubbed
Very
with
Overhanging
front.
finish,
par-
partitioned
index,
with
letter
J2
all
wood pigeon hate boxes, private
compartment
with
flat
ke~'ed
lock.
[.MOON DESK ,COMPANY
Muskegon, Mich.
The Fable of the Lady in the Moon.
A few years ago it was discovered that the man in the
moon has a companion, and of course it is a woman. Since
then it has been discovered that the man aforsaid is a business man, and that the young lady is his stenogrnpher and
typewriter.
Now this young lady is a steady reader of the
Lunar )ilorning' K e\vs, and having read that her sisters in
the same line of work on the earth were supplied with typ~writer desks, she demanded of her employers a six weeks
leave of absence: in the famous
new airship
Neptune
that
she might
make
an investigation
for herself,
ami
purchase
whatever seemed
best
for
the
office.
Of course her request was granted, so she started one mOOIllight night, and early the next morning landed in )'l11skegon.
Immediately after walking down the gang plank from the
ship she looked up and to her astonishment
she read the
sign on a great factory building "The Moon Desk Company,"
and manager Stevens, hat in hand, standing in the doorway ready to gored her. Of course Stevens was as surprised
as the young lady, but when was he ever known to be anything hut the politest of gentlemen, especially La the ladie,.;,
She handed hin} her card, was invited into the office and show
rooms, '....
as delighted at the beautiful roll flat top and typewriter desks, made a selection of a half dozen of the fllW::.i
took a sail on 1\.fuskegon lake with 1\.'lr. Stevens, dined ,vith
him at the Occidental; said she did not care to visit any other
places on earth as she did not think there were ,l1ly so charming as lvluskegoll any\vay, and took the same ship she ...:.ame
on back to her home, "vhere she landed next morning and
surprised the man in the moon with here wonderful experience. Of course the g'oads were packed and shipped by
the same ship, and by ten o'clock in the morning they were
unpacked and set up and the happiest man between Mars
and Jupiter was the man who has in his employ that steno. grapher and typewriter.
Obituary.
Earl Theodore Church, for thirty-two years president of
the Charlotte, Mich., ::\.'lanufacturing company, died recently.
As he was riding home to his farm, about one mile from the
city, on February 6, his horse became frightened and ran
away, throwing him from his buggy, and he received injuries
that resulted in death on \Vednesday, February 14th. He
was 71 years old, and had been a resident of Charlotte since
1854, and was one of the most honored and respected business men of the city. Fa,· nearly twenty years he was
president of the Merchants National Bank and president of
the Eaton County Saving Bank since its organization.
He
,vas deeply interested in everything for the betterment
of
Charlotte, and freely gave his time, money and talents to
that end. He \vas prominent in masonry, having filled many
of the chairs in blue lodge, chapter and commandery.
He
leaves a wife and one son. The business of the Charlotte
1bnufacturing
company wilt not be' affected by,the passing
of M!". Church as it is one of the best managed and most
substantial
institutions
in the state. .Messrs. Smith and
Higbee who have been the active managers of the business
for years, will continue in their respective positions.
A good
man has gone to his rest and reward, and his memory will
be kept fresh in the millds of many who are left to mourn
his departure.
SLIDING SHOE.
Something
New Under The Sun.
The Onward 1lanuiacturing eOl11pnay of Streator, Ill., will
within the next sixty days begin the manufacture of a slidingshoe to take the place of the old style wheel caster, for use
on furniture, etc., and which can be lIsed in hundreds of other
places where the ordinary rolter or wheel caster is a nuisance
or cannot be used. This new device consists of a circular
disc or shoe of stamped, pressed or cast metal, highly polished or enameled, or of porcelain, with flat bearing surface
and edge turned up all around.
\Vith these sliding shoes the
heaviest table or piano will move easily and smoothly on a
wood floor without marring it in the least, or 011 a carpet
or deep pile rug without a wrinkle when rug is laid on highly
polished floor. O. C. Little of Menasha, Wis., is the inventor.
.
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The Refrigerator Season will be here very soon.
If you have not yet receiveda set of our CATALOGUES and PRICES for 1906 a
postal card will bring them to you by return mail. We make a full line of
Zinc-Lined, White Enamel, and Opalite lined, and
Porcelain lined Refrigerators of any size desirable.
THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO.
Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers.
New York Office, 35 Warren St.
Muskegon
There
city filled
is nothing
facturing
MUSKEGON, MICH.
Mich.
is ahvays something
doing- ill :\1tlskegoll.
It'.-; a
with enterprising
hn:-iin('ss tHeH, who think
th('l"('
too good for ::Vfuskegou;
ilnd if there
is a manuconcern
any\vbcre
that is looking
for a better
location, their town is the place to locale.
has a number
of very
they are all flourishing
he mentioned:
large
and
m;\1wfacturing
prosperous.
Today 11uskegon
institutions.
Among
these
and
m:I.Y'
The Alaska Rdrigerator company, which came here [rom
;\·Tichigan
City,
Jnd.
Cnder
the skillful
management
(li'
J
1-1. Ford
it has g-rOWIl to he one of the larg'est
refrigerator
manufacturing'
concerns
in the world.
To empty
their gTe;lt
warehouses
vV(juld require
a train
nf freight
c,lrs more than
a mile long, and they arc fl1led :ltH.! empted
l'\'cr)' yeaL
The IVlliskegon Valley
FlIrllitllre
company
has long- been
famous
for the beauty
and excellence
of its ware;; con,~isting
of odd dressers,
chiffonier;;,
wardrobes,
ladies toilets,
dressing
tables,
etc., in the finest figured
quartered
oak and inlaid mahogany.
This
company,
h<l\'ing
tired
flL "paying
tributl'
Muskegon Valley Fumiture Co.
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MUSKEGON. MICH. ------
unto Cae:'iar,"
in the shape of rent for space in Grand
Rapids
rwnitl1re
exhibitiol1
buildings,
\vere anlOllg' the ijrst to gO
into the ('nterprise
of putting\1P a huilding
for themselves,
;ll()ng with other enterprising
manufacturers,
frOlll Greenville
Sntrgis,
and otber
cities,
and the result
is the llew manufacturing"
huilding
on Ionia
street,
Grand
Rapids,
which
11a,,;
;dread:y
reachecl
the sixth
story,
and will have
011e or two
morc. Tt will he completed
in June ready for the July exhibits.
The :\Iuskegon
Valley
Furnitl1re
cOlllpany
always
at the top
of the heap, \vill locate on the top oor, and have a show room
alld a display
of goods
that will be the envy of many others
who boast
(d their
sl1periority
in all things
pertaining
to
rurnitnrc.
'rile
Sargelll
manufacturing"
company
manufactuTe
all excellent
line of bacheloT's
cabinets,
ladies
desks,
extra
larg-e
chiffoniC'r".
r,dling
chairs,
etc.
They
arc
enjoying
a fine
tra(\t'.
The industrious
salesman
has
pound hi:-; ri\'al with a hammer.
hut
little
time
in vI:hieh
The Sargent Mfg. Co.
MUSKEGON. MICH.
Odd
Dressers
Bachelors' Cabinets
Ladies' Desks,
Chiffoniers
Wardrobes
Ladies'
Toilets
Dressing
Tables
Mahogany
Inlaid
Goods
Extra Large Chiffoniers
------
AIIlO Manufacturers and Exporlers of -------
ROLLING
CHAIRS
Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for
house and street use.
OVER
FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM
to
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Vat Uer Matter Is?
FIans Hammerschmidt
had a grievance against a iurniture
merchant in his town~August
Hunsberger,
and proc.eeded
to expres." himself after this manner:
"I dold yau vat del"
matter is. :'I.'1r. HUlls berger.
Trec weeks ago .l l>oughtan
e1eg;l11t mahogany dresser, chiffoJlier and gomnlOde to go
1llit del' brass bed. uod paid you h'('c hundred and fedty dollars for him already.
You dold me everytillg" aboud dat furniture was der very best dot lJlOJlC}" could puy.
Now.l gOll1e
in to tell you dOlt t\vo oi uer drawer pulls Oil del' dresser, olle
ORRUGATIONS
del' cbiffol1iei' ;Lud (lile tIll the g0I1111HH..!e
hai aL-eady got
lnuse and COl1leoff arld spuiled der drawer fronts h~rscratchillg. dem so hadly dot dey looks like del" duyvcl h'Hl been nccllpying dot hcclruoll1 illste8.d uf me unci my vife.
Nnw. V,lt
you going to do apullt it, already?
You either lied to me or
you daml kno-w your pceSHess, by jimminy!
Did you n,ever
hear of (kr ]"O\"'Cf patent drawer pull h5tener madc by clcr
Grand Rapids Brass gompany?
Der dam.age to dotfurnittuc
is at least sdenty-five dollars. and if you had sold me furn\.tUfC mit dem Tower fasteners on der polls dey would neter
haf come off, und I would haf no gomblaint to make. Gustaf Kllol1enberg, "...ho keeps der furniture store up der street.
told me aboud dis, and showed me der leetle fastener's, and
how dey are put all and hold de pulls so dightly dot noddings
but a nre ()r an earthquake can loosen 01' make dem gomc
offAnd Gust(lf totd me dey co::,t him noddings at all, and
so yon must bay 111esdenty-:five. doltars, or Twill neier 1my
anoda dollar's vorth of goods from you agalu, but will gif
rtll my drade to ~fr. Knol1enberg."
The eut shown here'''''ith illustrates the Tower patent iasteller, the absence of which on J\Jr. fJanunerschmidt's
furniture
c8.used ;ill the trouble and cost August HUllserger $ 75. The
hil1dsight of "ome furniture dealers is rather expensive, but
it's a good <:d1..\c\tor.
ou
A Visit to Klingman's New Store.
Klingmall retail store one finds a very pleas~
ing' arrangement
of fUTl1ittlfe. The various styles of furniture ;lre shown in their proper setting.
The l\,'fissiotl furniture is displayed, for illstaltCe. in a room with red burlap 011
the w~tl1s. plate rails, with steins and other appropriate
pieces of c]lill<Land proper pictures, thus showing the intend·
ing purchaser the fUl"lliture as it really looks in a 110llie ;\t11losphere.
Z\Iany other rooms are furnished with pieces
of differcl1.t pcriods, each kind in a ruom by itself.
011
;111
UPIH:r!lO()t· there is :t series of room::, il1u:;trating fine
pa:'lor hrnitllre.
The DuBarry r(lOll"t with its I"ose tapestry w;:dl eoyering and gold furniture is very attractive.
Dining rool11s ill old Ellglish and 1\fissiotl style are also handsome.
The bedroom furnished in Circassiall walnut is soothing
in tOlle.
A display of fwe upholstered goods was very inviting, the softness of the upholstering of a beautiful dan,:!,·
port w-ith its brocaded satin and velvet design was v.::r)' V'/t>1come to a tired sight~{'.er.
A hedroom furnished in tuna
mahogany W;lS seen but not admlred as much a:; th.~ ()t\H~rs
The leather
goods
was very
fittingly
placed
in a
room with restful green walls. The store is certainly kept
lit the
tip
:;<\\C
III
a p1c,lSillg way, ;Llld appearances
guods.
count for much in the
o[
Trade Notes.
Joseph Kolmus, a cabinet maker of Utica, N. Y, died recently.
The rea cock Couell company of Lexington,
N. c., has
been org,mized to manufacture couches.
The Mississipi Seatillg company, Jackson, Miss., has been
organized to manufacture
desks and chairs.
The Rodkev Table & Furniture company will manufacture
ttlrniture in Pittsburg.
Capital involved in $40,000.
The Root Furniture company of Shelbyville, Ind., is organized with a capital stock of $15,000 to manufacture furniture.
Tbe William A. Berkey Furniture company of Grand Rapids have extended their corporate existence t ..,ienty years.
Capital stock is $85,000.
\\rilliaIll Alward, nigllt walchman at the St. Johns Tab)e
company, St. Johns, Mich, fell down the elevator shaft and
was injllred internally.
Recovery is lhought to be certain.
II ellr)' P. \Vetmore,
for a long time (oreman of the
Smith, DolY and C0111pallY'sfactory in Detroit, died a io...
weeks ago of heart disease.
He original1y came from Oswego, N. Y., and was employed ill the Jirst furniture [;.lctill"Y·
in Detroit.
.
The Purniture
11allufacturers'
Association
of Evansville
has elected new officers as follows:
President, John Jourdan; vice president, Gus Stoltz; secretary and treasurer, J..l.
VV. Breger; directors, A. F. Karges, F. A. Riehl, Harry Schu
and \tV. A. Koch.
It was stated at the meeting that the
Evansville export furniture trade for J;lI1uary this year shows
Ill'W
Manufactured by lhe Century Furniture Co .• Grand RaPIds. Mich,
a gain of 14 per cent over the same month
factories
year.
have orders
last year.
All the
eu{mgh to run them six months to a
The uprooting of jealousies among competitors; the recognition of the fact that marc profit would result from seiling
goods at a fair margin than by engaging in a senseless wa:'fare
in prices; friendly co-operation under which business can be
trans,)eted npon a healthy basis, should be the aim of the retail associations rather than in engaging in fruitless efforts
to des.troy the catalogue houses.
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..HIG7fN
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7IR- T I.s'.7I.N
e
SAMPLE OF GOOD ADVERTISING.
sr-
\Clt<I!P:t.
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Goods Bearing, This Trade Mark
are Profit Getters for You.
Sofa Bed
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LINE
THAT SELLS AND SATISFIES.
The following new catalogues are now ready:
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
17-B
17.0
17_L
17_M
17-8
WARDROBE COUCHES
DAVENPORT SOFAS
LEATHER WORK
MISSION and ARTS & CRAFTS
"SIMPLICITY" DAVENPORT SOFA BEDS
SUITES.
SIDEBOARDS.
BOOKCASES.
Blue Prints
"All
BUffETS.
RACKS.
for'" the asking,
Manistee, Mic:1.
Review your files and if you lack any of the above. advise us and we will supply the deficiency.
Our goods glVe the dealer highest profit and prove a
lasting advertisement.
The
::\hnistee
Matlllf,lCltlring
company·s
catalug1.lc
for
1906 is ollt, .11H] shows
mally
new patterns
in sideboards,
buffets,
chiffoniers,
dressers
,princess
dressers
and
eot1lllHldcs.
.:\!;-\l1'lge;· Chas. Elmendorf
sai(l "our sales in Chicago
in )al1l1:tr}' were douhle those of ally previous
<:xhibit at any
espo."itiol1,
and Fcrlmray
(J:"de:·s have exceeded
those of any
February
ill the history
of (mr company. Vie have engaged
the services
of
a lWW s<.\.leSm;111
in ChicagD.
T-inlothy
O'Donnell.
<l youllg
ellcrgetic
s,desman,
who is doing finely,
lnaking
10t:-; (If hicnds
,l11d :-;cllding In mally orders.
Not,,'ithst<lllcling
Grand
R<lpids is kllO\\'ll the world o\'e;- as the
Furniture
City, we 1wve a jim' trade \vith the retail
stores
the,,,
who frequcntly
hlty in car lOb. They know
how to
app;'eciate good l'dichig,lll .\lade furniture.'·
Jamestown Lounge Company,
JAMESTOWN.
NEW YORK
Miuiotl Davenport
Built
.\1r. Htl11J1
for
the
Grand
Duke
Alexis.
Atlanta was ill a reminiscent
mood recently,
;1I1(1 the visit of the Gr:llld Duke Alexis
of Russla
was recalled.
"Tt Wib more than thirty years ago when my father,
(11C11 the 1H:ad of the ILfm of Hnnll,
Spencer
& Smith, engaged
in the Jlllsill;:SS of malluf:!ctllrirlg
furniture
in Rochester,
N.
Y. r('cei\"t~d;w
order to build a clJilmber
suite, to be used by
the dnke dnril1g: his stay at Cine of tlw hotels at Nia!!::l','a Falls.
Tilt, linn 1llimIJtactu;·"d
only higb g'-ade work, and occupied
t1,I: lactor}' reC\~nt\y sold by Copeland
& Durgin to Lal1gs1ow,
I'(iwler
& Cn.
Dnrgin
was in the employ
Of the firm as a
fnreIll;lIl.
The WO'-klllCll were mostly
Germans-men
highly
skilled in the t'·adc.
A snile was designed
that r.epresented
a ('olllhil1:ltl()]1 of Ii Ill' cahinet
work. ornamented
with carvin~"" tapi.':-:.tries ,mil panels covered witll blue silk. in hox
plaits.
One of these p<lue!s, the lal'gest
of three placed
in
the he,lcl and in(lt rcspectively,
we~e ornamented
as stated,
affording
relief to the clark wal11l1l wood used in the construction.
The t-irm rect;ived $1.500.80 fnr the suite."
(Ii
THE LEXINGTON
1\;1"0
CHICAGO,
ILL.
RetuTnisllf.ld
and
fiu~·d :IJrollg!w":.
:\1 ~lln.v:ell\
fllnlillJr"
i.1.01"l\tr~.
\'el\iel\;I~'
le-
:"f\\-
,,;1 t
Th'
dCXt:"TS'llCS,-i-
con
:lli)sl
sit><8ied
t ()
1 h <' ill ,II: \lr~ ,\i~J'la\'
hO'Jses.
E. i-'::. ~_:nle\ Pres.:
T :vt. Lliler. V. Pres.:
L. I£. h,-ey, Sel"' rre:'\~.
Chicago Lct'.er.
thi~
writing
Utt"
lll:'
tlH~
J"1l\1;L":Y
keto
F,,!lr\1<l'-"
1'\\
lliln:-l'
ill
P~'nc(-rl1l
.:;t'!nl l·:\\ill.l~·
~C"~"l1
I."r,"al
:l11lC r); mind
sucn'<..'d,,('l
1:,1<..'
111:lllttr:I\'tul'r,;
;11
,,",r~'HI'
-
"~I'
\.vit.hOl\L l':\cejJti()n
1H-,':'y (nl lh", 1,,1 U l \ 'I ill " dUll il 111 1"prcssiOll~ j'card
all :\1e ;qJlilni:~lil' :,\)"tll thl' "ttt!'Hlf,;
{"t" 19C{),
The deaih
of JO,"Cp)1 Phil1ipc;I"J.
prl.'pn~'ii'l·
ld
:\\"J
w~ll
known
Chicag(: ,dep,,· tH1Cm ~1'iH'~, :~t lllTlitll
lla]';;tcd
~l n:t~
and Jeffv;'<.on
:-,-t1"('et ;llHl 11',;:)[t11
Vi' 'U·.
,."c((pied
at
] 1';1,
SJlril1g~, .\: k" Ull lilt: 2hll ill~r
Tlw (hTl;I'-'erl
h,ld
hL'L'11
suffe;'n
from
diabite:,> fl,r ",'tlwtI1l1C
.\1
Ph:,lLpi,l1 \...:'
11ighly rl.\"lH'c/l'd
awl kid bri'l1 ;Il h\1~inL'''''- tllt' jla_~t \\\'e11.>,
year;;.
II ... wa~
!'onh:r-lh
c','
yc;lr~
ul 'lg'..: ;end l~;I\T~
widuI\
alld (Olll' c:hildn:'ll
Tlrv FUllL" :t! t ~kL"~ I'I,'/ce
rht,',~o:I:IY
from the hume 4327 (j ;;11d Ulll1lcI·<Lrd.
I'l\
The I'::nl \let~ll H('d ,>:,nlp<t11y OJ;, l'alD, !~l.;Ir,' ll()\\ 111 tlh'
h;:wd,,-, "j'
,<eCC1\'er.;I, petlliull
111 ]);lllkrnpICI
11:1\'il1;'>: "1;('(':\
iiled ill ll1(' L'nitcd
Statc:-;
CUll'! 1U Sprillglle\d.
Il', hy "i-'IlL'
of the cn'ditOLs,
'1'li<.' :1:;S('l~ (Ii tJkqid
CPlI1lP;ilJy :lr\' rl'}><!ncd al $12,COO an(l it"; !iabiliti..:s
;Il $2\)"C(L:,
r II Urdl'; t" <"::01
this cnmp,llly
to mil,';: iu phnl
("':In
Plano
(,' l'a11:l.
r111111her ",f citizC'J1S in the
latt\",
l'lty ~\.1b"l'hihc(l
t,: t!l('
:clli,:,1
stock,
not knov"i11g
anytbing
alvl\1(
the
C(\llqnIlY'"
li;\hiht\ ..,~
IV. I. 1:e1lar, secrt;Hy
of tll(' (',)1]'p:ll1y
\\"<1"ill Cllicl.'02·'
lhi~
week,
and
staled
th~ll
\\-.
J, Farl-,rbl' 11l(l\'ll1p: ~l)l·lt
,h,
defullct
company
is no,\" nllt nt lbl' cUlIlpany.
:(lld t1J;'
,17(·
husincs,; will be continucd
alld tbe name
changed
to the
Pan:) },\cta\
Bed C()1l1P;IIlY
He ,,;\y tile nc\\' ceoI1lp:l 11.1 \\'il;
p.1y tllC c\;lilll," ill illil.
R. A, Ford,
genera!
,,:l!c:, nHllagc'
all'! ptl -ch;LSing- :I~l'l'
of tIll'. Ford
& ]o]rll:-ion COJll[,:Ull}' iICC<dllp;JJlied
hy .\Jrs,
Fr)ni
has becn
stopping
in Fl ra~(), "1'",;1", and
\'lunlty
",uu
January
1. <111(\ is, expcctl:d
til rcturn
t" Chi,'ag"
;<I)"11t \') iI
The
& Johnsoll
Fo,"d
CI)llljl;,lly
arc l1l:tkiug
lwtabL
iw
\lichigal1
City,
hy the ;)(lditiCln
I\i ;ltl"Ull'r
story to lactory
C, the st nl~tnrc ~tt prcsellt
being n,"'l s[llrie,~
;lIH! in size
sixty-tin'
by three hundl"t'c!
seycll(yll\",'
-reet Thl'
plant
i'1r111crly belong-cd
tu the \VeslL'l'n
CauL' S('ating
com
p;.I11y, ;\11<[ i" 111)\\" de\"oted
t,)
the l"I:'1111);\,:tufe "f the I,h-e
rHsh,
lll:l!<lCCa,
and
mi,,,,,j"l1
\U niL1 l·. al~lo
El;ll;:illl.( diuini.:
room blbles,
buffeh ,llHl china Cdlilll'\s
ill ~{)'Iid mahogany
pl"o\-"cmellt.-;
at
.."L'l1tr;ll
ii'll'
!>(' '('I,t
lJlll:
t1:cil'
hy tlJl" (:'01l1P;U1.y
1:\ r,,:-'-, , ,lrl' now "l'IHlill,Q' l\tH tll\,',r lk\I' cat:d(lR\H~
to
tI',l
t1'adl'.
The cl!;lm1Jcr
:-;uite Lilt" i~ ;:~I;,rgc
:1:-; CCllHllli\t1d
r'tw,I
line (If desks
in ([u:I"tcl"l'd
I>,\K ha~ be('11 ('nl,:,:-g:cd,
llan'I,,'
Hr')~ .. ;1:(' 1ll,lilillg S;n~l11il'''- tl) the l":!ck of illitatilJ/J
";l;I,-tl"'"
<l,\'ecl
'1;1];:" printed
(11"]J;ll;l'~- ,',~ it is used on cert"in
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up on
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Sikes
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t(OP rlc,~ks cS]leeialiy
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\ new
"tille of t'.'ach~'--s
deck~ in
',k i" :-;til', ;11t.II't'1'
eatn1"\'.
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Reduce Your Stock
at a good profit Or sell entire stock at cost.
"THE NEW.IDEA MEN"
460
Monon BI'd'g
CHICAGO
WRITE
FOR
TERMS.
:1L:l1lhn
of die iarger
cities,
"\\'e
h;lve bccll ch;\llgll1g
tlling-s
;;r ,:lll p1:11lt SI, tll,a ol.1r capaCity will bc incr<.'aseU
clll1sider:,hly"
said
he.
"The
t"ad~
outlook
intht~
e<ht is
..:,;:cdlcl1t.
L,"cT"yb,'xly
is <lllticip:,:tiJlg
;, hig spring
husincs;-; ,
['-, T, Plimpton
leaves
~ILardl ht for :J.' trip to Oril,aha.
:11 "!11)(]
_\lillueap()lis.
St. Lonis and othcr c.itics.
T1H.' Casb
Rn,yers t:'lliun First
:\ati',nal
SociClj-", one of the
lwst \()),,\\"11 Chicago
COI1CCnb
in lhec()\1ntry
i,:; ill the hanr.\;.;
,,[
;l
1·,·..:o.;ll"C:" lhe
Unitcd
States
Ci!llT"t. l!'l\'ing"
;IJlPointed
Ld\\'ill
l);lY tu t!l,lt positiol1
:'<Ir 1);iS, "tale;; thal ~250,OCO
'"epi"t'Sl:lll"
the
;\SSe[S in 111e,"chnlldi'::L' :tnd that
therc
1."an
l";ltal
al1Hll1nt
in liabilities,
T11(' Ca"h Buyers'
t~lliun
is the largest
e,,-opcr,lti\"c
COHeeI'll
111 .\nlcrica.
11 \vas organized
lhree
years
ago in the
'il1<->, it W;l" ,,;aid, of the ~Tanchcste1Co-operative
society
of
EIlg'I:l11d
Shares
were s(lld at :510 each to farmers
and others
t\J1"i!11~:\1"I\t
lh..: u,untr)'.
[t is said
$1.027,000
or st.wk wa,.,
,::(j'1 ,!
Charles A. Fisher & company are sending out six thousand
return poo;tal carels to the fll'11itllre trade, the cards showing
several of the \vel1 known cuts of the COmpil1l)'.
Julius Kahil, the bead of the concern gave up ;; position
as departnH:llt m;l11a.c;er f,)r Sears. H.oehllck & Co" to o;'g'anize the Cash nt1y('r:~' Union
lie took the old ulliull, i)rganized in IS::.;5.and got ;\ :\ew Je"scy charter for his company
of $5,000,:1CO. lie divided the ."tock eqnally in preferred and
COOlmon swck, selling the prdencd
to shareholders
Kahn
controlled
the company
lie p;'ovided that the common
stock, which he resen'cd
as paymcnt
fnl' his services
in
promoting
tl1l' COllce:"ll. ilave
equal
voting
powers
The New Somersault
Davenport,
The Fnion \Vin: IVlattress company
184 ~'lichigan Ave"
Chicag'o, with it:-' usual enterprise.
is Ollt with anot'her
novelty,
This time it is it davenport bed, of a high order o.f
merit.
Il' is equipl1ed '''lth tel11pore(l spiral spi'ings, throughout,
with "spring
edge" all aroun(1 and is complete
with extra
quality luxurious
eusbions.
The cOllstructlon
in hygeuics
throughout,
\vith cushions
arranged so tlnt they can be easily removed.
\\"ithout being moved from the wall, it can be quickly
transformed
[rom the d8yenport into as perfect a bed as one
could desire.
The advance sale of this excellent article is very large and
there is every indication that the sale for 1906 will be ,a record
breaker.
Full de:-:crij1tioll and prices ,vill be mailed promptly
on
application.
The new c<ttal,)gue is in the printer's
118nds and will be
mailed about April ht.
It ,,,,ill s110w a large number of new
pattern
111
artistic
ir011 beds :ll1d children's
beds with a
Hlltrlbet" of Hew articles ill the line of springs.
Good Stuff.
ffi
The l'\ational
Furniture
company
of Atlanta,
Ga., has
steadily incresascd
its otltpl1t of chamber suites, sideboards,
hall racks, parlor desks, and ki.lHlred goods in 111ahogany,
and JJg"lll"edo8k, and lInds a ready sale for the same in the
sonthern states.
The styles are attractive and the work substamially constructed
and well linished.
Over 200 hands are
employed.
A
]apanCiIe
Interior
with the preferred,
:\ small sh:neholdcr,
Cbades Smith, is
secretar:y of the C0ll1P;\I1y The 'llll::;,-other director lives in
Orange, :\. J. l1is residence in \;ew Jeney being a necessary
charten
pru\"isiull
The Sanitary
Steel Folding
Bcd
company.
12 sOllth
Jefferson
street. Chicago, is removing
its plant to Elklnrt,
Ind., nnd wiil occupy tbe big plant fornlerly operated by the
Elkhart Raihv'lyFrog'
company.
The company will he elltirely recognized and he;"eafter \'v·ill be known as The Sanitary
Specialty J\Hg-., eOmp'I1lY. The officers of the tlel,.Vcompan:y
will be as fnllnws:
president, ClJarles Sidway; vice president
and sales manager, L. X. Bachand;
gC!l('ral m;llJaget·, L E.
Grotenl1 n:"s
Tile l1el~' COTupall)' ...vill commence
operations
about "[\1:l1'el, 15- and will be in full s\ving about April 15.
A force of OIlC hundred twenty zl'e men v,rill be en1.ployed.
Xew machil1cry will be instailed.
TlJ(' Sanitary Steel Folding
Bed company
bas been located in Chicago the past f-ive
years, and \'ice president
l1achand, who v,'-as the head of that
company says the moye to Elkhart is the reSlilt of strikes
with which Chicago i.~ so frequently afHicted.
The iittle cla,~silie<1 direeto:-y of the Chicago furniture
n1.arkct heretofore
k1lown as "3,Ianahan's
Director)"" is now
issued under the name "Red Line Directory.'"
lIolinger
Seymore
botlght the bouk of C. F. ~I'[anahan bd,,)t'e the
Jaltuary
seaSll1l and will continue
it on more aggressive
lines. The Director}' has been puhlishe(l and distributed
at
thc Chicag-n e"hibits [0:' nineteen years and furniture buyers
have come tn rd('r to it as a lived habit.
The booklet is
thoroughly
indexed and classified so that the list of Chicago
manufacture,s
of any particular
furniture
article
can be
"spotted"
almo."t instantly.
The Red Line Directory
is puhlished at 303 Security lmilding- city.
Lyman L:nhrop
of the Lathrop
company
is making a
short trip through the cast.
Ed. Dwyer of STcAnsh Dwyer company, accompanied
by
"Hank" Johll~on, will spcnd a week at ~It. Clemens early tn
1\'1arch. 1\[r. Dwyer at thi.'" w"itillR is havi11g :l touch of
rheumatism
aud \\"ill have it built out at !lIichigan's famous
,\'~tc.''' ·,"esort.
Rich Japanese Furnishings,
The homes ot Japan are noted for their lack of fUfnish1l1g'
/\dvoc8tes
of tbe simple inexpensive
plan of furnishings \\"uuld bc gratiiJed Ivith the appearance
of rOOtrls like
those of a \-,"calthy lad)" of Japan illustrated
below.
All AmcriC;ln manufacturer
with a lllOdern p'lant would
probably be ahle to :=.upply all the furniture needed in Japan.
Commodes with toilets a:'e greatly" preferred
by the people of the southern
states.
"Fully ninety pef cent of OUf
sales of chamber suites contain commodes
with good-sized
mirrors. mostly of the landscape pattern." remarked the manager of a large furnitme
factory Hear Atlanta.
"'The suites
cost the huyer C(msiderably more than suites without toilets,
we 1Ia\"e no re;J.son for objecting- to the preferences
of those
\,",,110
eventually hu}' the good,;: for lIse."
j
,
f
44
Koenig &. Gamer furniture
MANUFACTURERS
Co.
OF
VICTORIA, COMBINA nON, UPRIGHT and M~NTEL
folding Beds
Odd Oressers. Princess Dressers, Napoleon
Beds in Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird's Eye
Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319
MiGhigan I\ve.
Office and Warehouse
266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago. III.
Factory No. 22 10 48 Pratt Street
Catalogue rUl<{)' Aiarrh NT.
&nJ for ir alJd melilioll the Anisall.
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
American G;)-Cart C~
6
Alaska Refrigerator Co
.38
Atlas Furniture Co.
.29
Barnes Co., W. F. & J.. .
. .21
Bennett, Chas., Furniture Co.
.10
Berry Bros.
34
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co
.36
Bockstege Furniture Co...
.24
Burt Brothers
... 35
Bosse Furniture Co.
.25
Cadillac Cabinet Co. .
. .. Cover
Century Furniture Co., Gd. Rpds .. 29
Century Furn, Co., Jamestown. Insert
'-~hallenge Refrigerator Co...
8
Choate-Hollister Furniture Co.
8
Chicago Wood Finishing Co..
3
Evansville Furniture Co..
25
Evansville Metal Bed Co.
. .. 24
Fisher & Co., C. A.
. .32
Ford & Johnson Co.
2
Friscc System.
' . _ 31
Globe Furniture Co. ,
24
Orand Rapids Caster Cup Co.
5
G. R. & I. Railway.. .
,
20
Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co..
30
Grand Trunk Railway.
.20
Hoffman Brothers Co.
12
Horn Bros. Mfg. Co.
,28
30
Hot Blas~ Feather Co.
..31
Illinois Central
4
Invalid Appliance Co..
. .. 41
rater-State
Hotel Co.
.43
Jamestown Lounge Co.
.24
Karges Furniture Co.
. .. 20
Kauffman Mfg. Co..
Koenig & Gamer Furniture Ca. , .. 30
28
Lentz Table Co
. .... 36
Luce Furniture Co.
1
McDougall & Son. G, P ..
.13
Madden, Son & Co.
.
21
Michigan Barrel Co.
.
25
Miller Co.
.. 44
Miscellaneous
37
Moon Desk Co.
20
Morton House
6
Murphy Chair Co ..
38
Muskegon Valley Furn. Co.
.43
National Furniture Co.
.31
Netschert Co., Frank
.. Cover
Nelson·Matter Co,
In3ert
Norquist & Co.. A. C.
Northern Furniture Co.
9
Overland Freight Transfer Co .... 17
Palmer Mfg. Co.
6
Peabody School Furniture Co..
. .31
Pere Marquette Railway
.20
MISCELLANEOUS
On side
Big sellers
Good Commission.
('[;'Iir
line of (llnliture
specialtes.
fot' holiday
trade.
Address
\\_\:'\TEU:_._\
rHK'
\"Ilar,'-:"
(It
Pioneer Mfg., Co..
6
Posselius Bros. Furniture Mfg. Co. 5
Ranney Refrigerator Co
Insert
Richmond Chlir Co..
. 17
Robbins Table Co
4
Rockford Chair & Furniture Co ... 21
Rockford Frame & Fixture Co.
2
Rockford Union Furniture Co.
5
Royal Chair Co
Cover
Sargent Mfg. Co..
.38
Sheboygan Chair Co.
.16
Schultz & Hirsch Co..
5
S-helbyville Desk Co
.28
Sligh Furniture Co..
..35
Smith Chair Co.
.
25
Smith & Davis Mfg. Co.
.
17
Schmidt & Co., Henry..
7
Southern Railwa.y Co.
. .. 12
Spratt & Co., Geo.
. ..... 29
Stow & Davis Furn. Co.
. .31
The New Idea Men.
. ,41
Union Emb:::lssing Machine Co
,31
Union Furniture Cc.
. .. 15
Union Wire MJ.ttre;;s Co.
.,
16
Valley City Desk Co.
.
12
White Ptg. Co.
.
16
Woodard FurnLu~·e Co.
4
Yeager Furniture Co.
.12
ADVERTISEMENTS
::\-111nson. Clinton.
:-",1.
Iowa.
1 FurllilurE'
fUI'ni\tll·,·
1arl<", 0.'1, l,nrllr,'nl
9-25 if.
Man
,],.'pal'lllwnt
Bon·,
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in
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Hamm'lnd.
Ind.
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•
THIS PUSH
BUTTON
DISTINGUISHES
THE
Royal Morris Chairs
FROM THE
OTHER KIND
SIX YEARS
THE"R.OYAL
PUS" BUTTON
OF TEST HAvE ESTABLISHED
ITS SUPREMACY.
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MORRIS CHAIR
Chairs
~~-FROM.-~
$6.00 to $30.00
Catalogue upon Application
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STURGIS, MICH.
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