ray, Springfield, Mass. ; J. P. Verhine, Union City, Tenn. ;
E. L. Cowden, of Cook, Salmond& Cowden, Altoona, Pa. ;
Alex Dick, of Fowler, Dick & Walker, Wilkesbarre, Pa. ;
D. A. Godfrey, for Joel Gutman & Co., Baltimore; F.
T. Buchanan, for Newcomb, Endieott & Co , Detroit^ R.
B. Collins, for Clarke & Co., Peoria, 111.; C. C. Cobb, of
j. L. Cobb & Co., Montgomery, Ala.; II. H. Brandeis,
of J. L. Brandeis & Sons, Omaha, Neb.; B. Peck, of the
B. Peck Dry Goods Company, Lewiston, Me. ; H . Weil,
for Nathan Gutman & Co., Baltimore; M. T. Gar-
vin, of M. T. Garvin & Co., Lancaster, Pa.; Ben
Strauss, of Kaufman, Strauss & Co., Louisville;
V. J. Mitchell, of Mitchell & Co., Haverhill, Mass.; W.
M. Rickc, of L. B. Ogilvie & Co., Paducah, Ky. ; S. I.
Raymond, Baton Rouge, La. ; Charles L. Reed, of William
Reed & Sons, Huntingdon, Pa. ; J. S. McAnulty, of
Williams & McAnulty, Scranton, Pa. ; W. W. Hills, for
H. P. Wasson & Co., Indianapolis; S. M. Funkenstein, of
O'Farrell & Funkenstein, Athens, Ga. ; L. Hofmayer, of
Hofmayer & Jones, Albany, Ga. ; C. M Berry, for the
Brooks-Tyler Dry Goods Company, St. Johnsbury, Vt. ;
H. C. Moses, of W. B. Moses & Sons, Washington, D. C. ;
J. W. Smith, Leadville, Col.
Mr. McQuay, for J. II. Buuce, Middletown, Conn. ;
Charles Cooper, of W & J. Sloane & Co., San Francisco;
H. F. Williamson, for John G. Myers, Albany, N. Y. ;
Capt. J. B. Boyd, for Warner Brothers, Erie, Pa. ; Frank
Schmitt, for J. Bacon & Sons, Louisville; R. M. Vincent,
of Vincent & Scott, Pittsburg; F. J. Lerch, of the Lerch
& Rice Company, Bethlehem, Pa. ; J. Hislop, of J. Hislop
& Co., New London, Conn.; F. Williams, for Schlesinger
& Mayer, Chicago; D. N. Walker, of D. N. Walker & Co.,
Union City, Tenn. ; H. Jones, of J. C. Jones & Son, Paris,
111. ; C. E. B. Lamson and V. E. Lott, for Lamson
Brothers, Toledo, Ohio.
THE DUTY ON SCOTCH HOLLANDS.
n^iiE question of the classification of Scotch hollands
came up before the Board of General Appraisers on
•ind inst., in the ease of the Pinney, Casse & Lackey Com-
pany against the collector of New York. In the Dingley
tarill:' there is a provision for cotton cloths that are filled
or coated, and the Government claims that hollands, being-
treated with starch and otherwise manipulated, are duti-
able as filled or coated goods at 3 cents a yard and 30
per cent ad valorem.
The importers contend that the threads of Scotch hol-
land in its finished state can be counted, and that it is
therefore entitled to entry as "countable cotton cloth"
at 4") per cent, ad valorem.
The decision of the Board of Appraisers has not yet
been rendered.
The very fine line of upholstery and drapery cords
shown by the Hensel Silk Manufacturing Company is
being appreciated by the trade with liberal orders, as is
also their large assortment of curtain edgings.
1^1^ ' i nrw YOf^i\
The Mutual Benefit A«!ociat«>n of H, O'Neill & Co,'»
employee!* heW a reception at the L&no!c hyamm on th'e
evening of the Kith in»L, it being the annual aflEair of the
organisation, whi/ih includes mojit of the men &mpUjy(^l in
the hig dry goods honm.
/Immett S. VAg&rUm, assignee of H. C. Kroh & C>>,,
report* that hehma balance of $if,()(l() cash on ban4, which
temiiirm to be dmirl) >\iWl arnf/ng the creditors, Mr,
Kroh is on a three months' trip in the West as a representa'
tive of th* Warren & Fuller Wall I-'aper O/mpany, of Nev/
York.
Titusbktter & Co,, the 1/j/y: curtain manufacturers
and importers, have «r^/j of the finest lace curtain show-
room* in the city at their new r^^uarters, Broadway and
Nineteenth street, They have e^^sllent light an/J in
every way imprc/ved facilities for dispfeying their hand-
some lines,
Thomas Wilson & O^,, of 3^0 Broadway, have tal«in
over the account of Stewart, Moir & Mwir, who ba^ve
closed their New York office, Mr, Arbuckle, the ma.n^}(f^r,
returning to Scotland, WiW/n & f>>, will carry full lines
of the goods made by the house, wh)/;h have for many
years bfien feivorably known to th/; American tra^Je,
As selling agents f^^/r the i-^len ,Vfanfjfacturing O/m-
pany, Charles B, Voung & Co,, fiartf/yrd BmUUng, M
UnUm s<i«are, show especially attractive lines of drapery
fabrics, curtains, piece goods, c^^uch covers, n//veJties, &e,,
which deserve the prompt attention of buyers. See the
firm's advertisement on page M of this fossfs/;,
A nev/ wholesale window shade e»taMishrn'^,t fj^,-, r/<-,'Tr,
opened at 8,^ Walker street by H, A, Jiisner, Mr, Mu'infir
was with I', E, jum&», of Canal street, f/>r a nurni>&r of
years, occupying an important position, awl is well ver«e<][
in the shade business, He is handling a general line of
mooftted sha/Ies and shade cloths and also Sc^ytch and
domestic holland^, Oscar R, VAmm&rm^n, for many
years with a leading New York shade house, is now witi-
Mr, Eisner,
George W, <'>raharfl, rflannfa/.-tsirer of girftjvs, l/rayj-v ?:.r,d
carpet fAnding at No«, ,^1^ to ,^524 West Thirty-fifth street,
made an assignment or. r /, Henry G, Bell
« »i^ » ».» "Mt * jU«-,»-jka-_»^^»L» «t» * « m t mt. ■.«."»ii,m mM.-K ■ «.« it jiAjtj
without preference. The business was ?,Ui,r\M ronny year?-;
ago by his father, John Graham, The assignor has hr^en
mnn&QtM with it for a number of years, and succe^^^le^l f//
it in September, ),8(^K, using the s^fcyle of John C',rabam's
Son,
Campbell, ,Vfet7,ger /S; Jfl//;bson, uphoIst<;ry noyeh,ies,
liave remove'l from r;r<5ene street f/> 44*5 and 448 Broa/J-
v/ay, fj, (/, Croweil, wjlling agent for the Bibb Mani(fa/>
turing Company, has remoye^'l from Worth »tre^?t (// 18
and ii^) Thomas street, and. fi, I;«i?i/« & Brotiser, Japanese
an/1 Cliinese goo<J.?>, have remove! from ,'/-^i) »// -'i'J'/ i',n/ii/U
w(i.y.
Charles A, fiirkle, buyer of upiioisf/rry goorJs and car-
pets f'^/T The Fair, CW^ago, is in t//wn for a s^/journ </f
about ten days' duration. He sai/1 that f>usine?« b?(/I
been f'.y,f»ArMn'/^y gof>d in Jammry in his department, and
that he would purchase about the usual quantity of goc/ls
on this trip. He is rjuartere<I at the Holland House
** v/ben he's b//me,"
The n/;w fjalesrooms of B, L, '*//l/:/mon.'s Sons, l?ifth
avenue and Seventeenth street, 'MonX sujverior a/:} vanUges
for displaying the f/rm's e»^jllent fipnn% lines, A »f>e^;(al
f/;ature of their offerings is lov/ and mf^Uum fmfM ff/mi'^n
fjpholsteri^js, whieh v/ere selecte<l by ,Mr, Sim fifAomrm
with a view of (catmin'^ f/f the present desire of the trade
for popular \mfml ({Ofxh,
'Vim rft^nafnaUir'mg department of Rieser & Co, is bay-
'■n^^ a bugy season on rufifie^l and mmrtion uf^i^ and mmVm
irtains. The f^,ll prrxJuct is kept sold up and the ney/
eife;ts being ^mtintmUy a/lde^J increase the a/,i;iyity, '1 he
firm are also difitrihutin^ a large -'juantity of Ameriean
and Nt^AXinahiirfi kce curtains, in y/hieb they sh/'/y/ asfx/nish -
ingly ba,ndsome effecfcs, Tbey are able as of old t/i give
the tra^le the finest hand ma/ie laces hnd Sv/is« goo^is in
great yari/rty, an4 can shoy/ all lines to a/ivantage in their
ftJesroom, 478 Broa/!y/ay,
Samuel S, Kerr, manager of the upholstery an4 rug
departnient of the Wm, Barr l>ry G»^>yls O/mps^tny, St,
fyOttis, is in New York this v/eek purcinasing ^^nna
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Arbuckle. — John Arbuckle, who has been the representative of
Stewart, Moir & Muir in this city, sailed for home on the Teutonic
February 9. He may hereafter travel for the house in South
America, and perhaps go to Canada, in which event he will be
again seen in New York on his way to visit the blue noses, and will
be a welcome guest among the men who, if the^' cannot buy of him,
will always give him a hearty greeting. When he goes through
here he will bear the tag " Not made in Germany," and will not be
held for San Jose scale, trichina, influenza or zinc poison. His ac-
count goes to Thos. Wilson & Co.
Berry. — C. M. Berry, buyer for the Brooks-Tyler Dry Goods
Company, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., that bought out the E. & T. Fair-
banks Company about a year ago, was in town last week buying
goods for his firm. He is a careful and discriminating buyer.
Bradbury. — George T. Bradbury, who has been very ill for many
weeks past at Liberty, N. Y., is considerably improved, and is able
to be around again and take a hand in running the town.
BuRBRiDGE. — Charles T. Burbridge, formerly Chicago representa-
tive of Arnold, Constable & Co.'s upholstery department, is now with
Arnold B. Heine & Co., and will cover Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, &c.
Callahan. — J. J. Callahan, upholstery buyer for James A. Hearn
& Son, and concededly one of the most accomplished and popular
gentlemen in the city trade, was around early last week after a ten
days' painful though not dangerous illness.
Dawson. — After a few linishing touches shall have been put upon
the Waldorf-Astoria, Edwin Dawson, manager of Arnold, Constable
& Co.'s upholstery department, will sail for Europe, probably about
the last of this month. When he gets on the other side he can enjoy
the reflection that no other man has ever had the opportunity or has
so magnificently improved it to show what could be done in the
drapery art. Nothing in the world has ever equaled his work in
the Astoria.
Earle. — H. A. Earle has returned from his first road trip for
J. B. Ryer, Son & Co, , and besides covering his old route when with
Mills & Gibb, he traveled over territory covered by him several years
ago and received a warm welcome and a goodly share of orders.
Feelev. — James Feeley, of Brooks & Feeley, finds the walking very
fine these foggy mornings between City Island and New York city.
The New York and New Haven road is altogether to slow for Jim.
Frank.— Jo Frank, of the Jo Frank Tapestry Company, is carry-
ing the line of bamboo novelties made by the Stickley & Simonds
Company, of Syracuse.
Grosshardt. — H. Grosshardt, formerly upholstery buyer for
Smith, Murray & Co., Bridgeport, is now with the Chauncey Tapestry
Company.
Hayward. — W. T. Hayward, president of the Jay C. Wemple
Company, returned recently to New York after spending ten days
at the company's branch store in Chicago.
Hargraves. — John Hargraves, from his seat at his desk in the
front of J. B. Ryer, Son & Co.'s store, at 453 Broadway, keeps a
sharp eye on the buyers who visit that neighborhood, and besides
he is active in looking up all out-of-town visitors.
Hees. — W. R. Hees, of Hees, Macfarlane & Co., the Detroit shade
manufacturers, has been recently elected a director of the Columbia
Shade Cloth Company.
Hill. — H. A. Hill, recently with Gimbel Brothers, of Philadelphia,
is now in charge of the upholstery department of Kaufman
Brothers, of Pittsburg,
Jordan. — Chandler Jordan, buyer for the upholstery department
of Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, returned a few days since from a
two months' tour abroad after novelties and choice staple goods.
Keane. — Miss Margaret Keane, upholstery buyer for the Tobey
Furniture Company, Chicago, was, as she always is, a welcome
visitor in New York last week. Some day there will be a domestic
manufacturer with brains enough to make it an object to Miss Keane
to come to this town and become selling agent for his product.
Keegan. — Thomas, Keegan, formerly second man in the uphol-
stery department of F. M, Brown & Co., New Haven, Conn., succeeds
Mr. Laflin as manager.
Laflin. — James Laflin, formerly upholstery buyer for F. M.
Brown & Co., New Haven. Conn., now holds a similar position with
Malley Neely & Co. in the same town.
Magee — Gibson. — Frank Magee, upholstery buyer for Simpson,
Crawford & Simpson, was married at Jersey City Heights, on Feb-
ruary 9, to Miss Daisy Gibson, M, J. Downey, of George Lackey's
staff, was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Magee left the same evening for
a brief trip to Washington, Among the guests were James Brooks,
Walter Magee, William and Geo, Lackey, P. D. Crimmins, of Stern
Brothers: Garrett Nagle, of B. Altman & Co., and James White,
Joseph Murphy, Robert Johnston, John Edwards and M. McCormack,
of Simpson, Crawford & Simpson.
McLaren. — Peter McLaren is home from his Western trip for
Rieser & Co., which extended to Omaha. He did a satisfactory
business and reports an excellent feeling among the trade.
Naumann. — A. Naumann, of the A. Naumann, Pulfrich Company,
arrived in New York on the St. Louis on the 13th inst. from his trip
to Europe,
Rice. — Jerome Rice, who vifas assistant to Mr. Suydam at Emory,
Bird, Thayer & Co.'s, Kan.sas City, goes with that gentleman to the
Robert Keith Furniture and Carpet Company.
Sh.innon. — M. J. Shannon, of J. A. Brittain & Co., "Next, Mike;
no cards."
Swift. — Charles Swift, formerly of Umbstaetter, Russell & Swift,
is now with W. B. Quaintance.
Wasserman — Dahlman. — Miss Flora Dahlman was married on
the 19th ult. to Benjamin Wasserman, secretary and one of the
founders of the Philadelphia Tapestry Mills. The marriage took
place in the assembly hall of the Mercantile Club, Philadelphia, which
was superbly decorated for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Wasserman
held a reception in the evening, at which there were over 200 guests.
Williams. — Walter Williams, of the Howe & Rogers Company,
Rochester, the Berry Wall of the upholstery trade, was in town
week before last getting forward his stock so that he could take a
brief vacation before the opening of spring business. Chairman
Dingley's statement that there had not been a silk hat imported
into the United States for twelve years started him home in haste.
It will be a bad quarter of an hour for the hatter who has been right
along selling him "the last thing from Lunnon, you know, Mr,
Williams."
Wright, — W. H. Wright, the upholstery buyer for the Howland
Dry Goods Company, Bridgeport, Conn., is now general superin-
tendent of the establishment.
F, H. Lapsley & Brother have issued the following cir-
cular to the trade :
Baltimore,, February 13, 1808,
Gentlemen — As you are doubtless aware, our firm was dissolved
by the death of our Mr. Frank H. Lapsley on the 8th day of Feb
ruary.
The business will be continued, under the old firm name, by our
Mr. William E. Lapsley, who is the sole legatee of his deceased
brother. F. H. Lapsley & Brother.
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A MODERN FRENCH BEDROOM.
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NEW FORMS FOR FURNITURE.
THE little double writing table shown on this page is
intended for a lady's use, and would probably be-
come popular, as most ladies have felt the inconvenience
of having only one writing table in the room, and that oc-
cupied! It should be made just large enough to accom-
modate two persons comfortably, but the centre part must
not be raised so high as to form a complete barrier, as the
table would probably be used occasionally by a lady and
her secretary or housekeeper while arranging their work
or accounts together, when they would require to see and
chirruping to her favorite. But German birdcage stands
are heavy pieces of furniture, taking up so much room
that they would not be tolerated in any country less de-
voted to feathered pets. The passion for keeping birds is
a regular mania in Germany, and few indeed are the
houses without one or more — indeed, it is a matter for re-
flection whether the absence of cats in that country is
cause or effect.
Now a cage ought to be hung in the window, for birds
depend on light and air qiiite as much as we do ; so the
cage table must be small and slight, to take up little space
at the side of an oriel window. Our first sketch is designed
communicate with each other. All the double writing
tables which have been previously made have been of a
cumbersome description, intended either for office use or
as fixtures on the great Atlantic liners.
The material for this table ought to be as dainty as its
shape, though mahogany could be employed, with the
scroll design inlaid in satinwood, and the writing side
covered with blue or brown morocco. Its entire construc-
tion in satinwood would be more expensive, but the table
would gain greatly in beauty. The design was really in-
tended to be carried out in pale blue gray stain, with in-
laid copper ornamentation. Though green stain has be-
come common everywhere, the artistic variation in blue is
little known.
The wooden cup attached to the side of the table holds a
copper lamp for use in the evening, though floral decora-
tion could be substituted in the daytime. The lamp might
be made a fixture, and the cup omitted, or a drooping
floral electrolier fastened to the woodwork.
With the stain blue the morocco for the writing slide
might be gray in tone, or even copper colored.
Wooden birdcage stands are popular in Germany, and it
is a common sight in that country to see the old haus-frau
seated, with her work on the little table below the cage,
with that idea, and the table would hardly be more in the
way than a cage alone.
The construction is both simple and inexpensive, but if
considered too plain, it could be rendered more attractive
by a painted wreath of flowers up the stem, after the style
of a Sheraton lamp
stand. The wood
might be mahogany
or common deal en-
ameled white, but
for a drawing room
a very pretty effect
could be brought
about by gilding the
entire stand. The
flowers are merely
placed in loose cir-
cular glasses, btit
they add a touch
of color and bright-
ness to the whole.
Our third illustra-
tion almost explains
itself, but the quaint
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Chinese effect should be studied and sustained in every
particular, for if an ordinary round cage were substituted
for the pagoda the effect would be disastrous. Tiny pots
of ferns could ornament the lower stand as well as the up-
per, and the cage must be fastened in the centre so that
the seeds Master Dicky scatters will be caught among the
flowers. Green stain with a brass cage would be most
suitable for this arrangement, as it is not so well adapted
to mahogany as the centre one of the group. This is of
heavier and more substantial make, and may be called the
dining room or parlor birdcage stand. It will recommend
itself to the practical and tidy housekeeper, as the larger
table top will more efficaciously prevent the seeds from
being scattered all about, and the little drawer is designed
for their safe custody. The support from which the cage
is suspended could be raised still higher if the lower part
were desired more as a work table, for all these designs are
intended to be modified or improved upon as circum-
stances may direct.
In changing furnishings from one house to another or
from one room to another, curtains will often be found
not to fit the new windows and to be too short or too long.
If they are too long the remedy is, of course, simple. When
they are of plain or figured goods, without a fringe or bor-
der on the lower edge they may be turned up and hemmed
at the right length ; when they have a bottom decoration
they must be turned down at the top to the necessary
depth. If they are too short, however, more work is re-
quired in order to rectify the fault. When they are of
heavy stuff, like brocade, lampas, brocatel, velvet, damask,
chenille, satin or raw silk, the addition of a band of tapes-
try at the bottom and up the inside edge will give the nec-
essary length, and will have no aspect of being an after-
thought or a makeshift. Real tapestry is, of course, very
costly, but there are plenty of imitation tapestry fabrics
which answer the purpose satisfactorily. Tapestry is rec-
ommended because it goes well with anything, and may
be obtained in all combinations of color.
I T is strange that the mirror should, in many countries, be
looked upon as " unlucky," but so it is. An expert in
matters of folk lore tells us that if we have the misfortune
to behold the new moon first reflected in a looking glass
disaster is sure to overtake us. If you have a friend who
is dear to you, see that you never glance at your reflections
in the mirror side by side, lest your friendship be brought
to an untimely end. The Swedish girl carefully avoids
looking at herself in the mirror by candle light, for if she
will do so she will certainly lose her lover. Everj'one
knows that it is very unlucky for a bride to see her own
image in the mirror after her toilet is completed. Should
she, by any evil chance, catch a glimpse of herself under
these circumstances she will, if she be discreet, turn away
immediately and seek to appease the angry fates by draw-
ing on her gloves, or fastening some bit of ribbon, a
flower or a jewel in her dress. By thus adding a final
touch to her toilet she may be fortunate enough to turn
away the evil which threatened her destiny.
AN EMBROIDERED CURTAIN.
THE pleasing curtain illustrated herewith is one of the
recent achievements of the Chiswick Art Workers,
Guild, of London. It is of tolerably easy workmanship,
is satisfactory in all its details, and simple in execution.
There is considerable variety in the pattern. At the
bottom is a deep border showing a flowing but conventional
floral design, bounded by a lattice band on top and a finish
giving some indication of scallops at the bottom. Up
each side runs a border corresponding with certain details
of the band below, but embroidered more simply.
At the top of the curtain is a valance which turns over
the pole and is ornamented with an extremely rich design
which appears to be an amplification of the one carried along
the bottom edge
of the curtain. ,^j|
The field is or-
namented with
a simple pow-
dering of small
sprays. There
are but two
colorings, one
shade of each,
used through-
out. The back-
ground is soft
linen, without
any suspicion
of " dress," of
a full tone of
china blue, and
the embroidery
is carried out
solely with one
shade of flame-
colored filoselle,
four strands
of this being
taken together
in the coarser
details of the design and two strands in other places.
The stitches are so deftly managed that, until the curtain
is minutely inspected, it would be thought that more than
one shade had been employed. For instance, in the bold,
star-like flowers near the bottom. Oriental plait stitch is
used for the filling in of the details, and as this brings
the stitches so closely together that the ground is almost
entirely hidden, a darker shade of the flame color would
appear to have been used. The same remark applies to
the bolder details of the turn-over portion at the top of
the hanging. The minor items of the pattern are exe-
cuted with what many people will understand as " stroke "
stitches, and which are so embroidered as to be very
irregular, and yet do not show so much silk on the right
side as do the "long and short" stitches in general use.
The lower margin of the turn-over is finished with a
knotted fringe raveled out of the linen, into which some
threads of the flame colored filoselle have been introduced
in order to carry out the blending of ths two colors so
successfully managed in the other portions of the hanging.
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^PANESE METAL CABINET, FROM THE EM-
PEROR OF JAPAN TO QUEEN VICTORIA
ON THE OCCASION OF HER GOLDEN
JUBILEE.
NEW ADDITIONS TO
THE COLUMBIA SHADE CLOTH COMPANY.
THE important position held by the Columbia Shade
Cloth Company as distributers of window shades is
further strengthened by the Western Shade Cloth Com-
pany becoming a
member of that or-
ganization. From
February 15, the en-
tire product of the
Western Company
will be distributed
solely through the
Columbia Company
from their various
salesrooms through-
out the country, and
also by their travel-
ers. The Colum-
bia Company have
also rented the
factory recently occupied by the American Shade Com-
pany, of St. Louis, and will operate its plant of seventy
frames on hand-made shade cloths. In November last,
the firm of Hees, Macfarlane & Co., of Detroit, be-
came a member of the Columbia Company, so that within