The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-10-31
VERY TONY
Are the Tastes and Demands
for Carpets. Curtains and
Rugs, this Season.
A Chat About Floor Coverings,
and a Prologue, Philosophical,
Of Their Secrets.

man runDeth not to the contrary, coverings
for the floor of his dOmicile have been
used, both for comfort and ornament. In
ancient days there WAS the purple and gol,:
rug, deity interviewer with devices which
told of the hunt or foray; rude pictures OF
warning armies with their print
tive weapons; wild beasts Of the
forest, the bear, the boar, the swiit-footed
deer, with hunters in full pursuit. Some
of these coverings ior the floor were most
costly, both as To material and work upon
them, and often the standing OF a house
hold was easily determined by the expense
Of the rug or carpet upon which their
patrician or plebian feet were placed.
And that test holds good in thii day. II
is no difficult matter TO tell In just what
circle Of the social world family moves
by simple glance at the
CARPET ON THE FLOOR.
II it be a Wilton, Moquette, an Ak
minister, upon which presses the foot of
visitor, or gently yields to the touch OF
dainty maiden, as she trips to
her couch of rest, or kneels to murm ur
her morning Orison, then may one look
for such symphony of surroundings as al
ways indicate wealth, culture and refine
ment.
But If there be the cheap, coarse carpet,
whose touch to the unprotected foot is as
harsh as that Of a nutmeg crater, with its
tawdry cOlOrs, its shabby -genteel appear
ance, Won must not expect Tire occupants
of the house to feel chagrined when no
invitation comes To them to join in the
festivities of the home whose guests move
noiselessly across the bread halls and
spacious saloons they do not expect such
invitations, Tor their carpet denotes that
between these two households there is as
WIDE A SOCIAL POSITION
as there is between the price and texture of
their carpets.
1t is strange how these things tell the
secret life of family. How wildly, yei
silently, they bespeak the bank account of
the one, or portray the hard struggle of the
other for daily sustenance
And vet q poor carpet is not always a
safe thermometer by which to guage the
happiness of a family circle. In many
home where wealth crowns everything with
its potent power to please tn, eye and
crafty the taste, there turks a skeleton in
the closet, whose rafting bones drives
away peace, happiness and con-
tent. Not every home where
the luxuries of life are never found only
in occasional visits, is one where repiuing
and fault finding and bitterness OF speech
drives ont all domestic sweetness and pure,
social enjoyment The carpet may indi
cate wealth, sometimes
1T INDICATES DISHONESTY,
a straining ior place and appearances,
which are not legitimate, but it caunot tell
of comfort and happiness.
But how runs the demands for carpets
to-day? With this query rs prompter,
BAzoO representative, last evening, visited
the leading dealers in floor coverings, to
gain few points on this subject.
THE HANDSOME HALL
of John Walmsley was the trst visited.
The proprietor was not In, but
genial Joe Black was, and under
his guidance the reporter was enabled to
get look at the stock of carpets, curtains,
cretons, rugs, ETC., kept by this substantial
house, without being talked int decline
by q salesman anxious to sell.
"Here's daisy" said Mr.. Black, as he
unrolled a crushed strawberry Wilton.
"How is the demand for such goOds?"
Good; never better in this city. People
are buying more carpets this year than l
have ever noticed in this city, and they buy
the very best, as q rule.
"What do you mean by the very best?"
"Such goods as these"
do you mean to say that all who buy
carpets, buy these high priced ones?"
"Not Just that, but mean they want the
best of any class. No shoddy goods for
them. However" said the clerk, as he un-
rolled beautiful Administer, there isn't
more than two houses in this city carpeted
with this. 1t costs too much"
$50 the carpet trade is brisk?"
avery lively, / should gay"
From Walmsley's, the reporter strolled
up to d H. Black & Co.'S. The same in
auiries were made there as at the first
rlace visited and the same answers given.
as your business satisfactory IN the
carpet trade p
Perfectly, considering the extreme
youth of our establishment 1t is a
good year for carpets and those
of the better kind. People are putting on
style in this respect, end / judge they are
buying other things to keep their carpets
company"
How about window shades"
''Same rs CARPETS. They are in demand,
and the better and costlier they are the
quicker they are bought. Oh, there's
heaps of style, tell you"
"Where are these carpets made % was
the inquiry, as Mr.. Black unrolled some
very handsome ones.
Gall in Philadelphia; the greatest carpet
manufacturing city in the world. Just see
this rug, made there"
1t was indeed a beauty, with its rich
colors, portrsying as clearly as a photo
graph, q troubadour playing to three
beautiful women.
"How do The. get these colors so arrang.
ed?"
"Can't say, only that they are woven in"
Suppose you will sell it soOn?"
Certainly. Just such rugs take, these
days. Tastes are tony now"
A hurried inspection of this handsome
stock shows fine display of rich velvet
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