Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-25
THE AUTOMATIC"
Or SeIf-FOlding School Seat-A New
 Invention.
The Agency Secured for Ariz1na-The
 School Seat of the Future.


 | school Seat of the Future.
 Leo. Goldsmith, the well known furni-
 ture dealer, whose Main street estsb- lishment is, outside Of San Francisco, among the largest on this coast, has se- cured the agency for Arizona for the
 Automatic" or SeIf-Folding School
 Seat, which for general and specified
 use in the school room is without an ac-
 knowledged equal.
 Their introduction to the public
 schools of thls Territory is move well
 made in the right direction, and one cal
 culated to reflect credit on the liberal
 and observing minds of those having our
 young and growing schools in charge
 child to study well, to be observant
 at ease. Let children be otherwise and
 teachers may look in vain for progress
 sIveness in their studies.
 The Automatic" seat for its intended
 purpose, is superior to any and all of the
 various makes, worthless trash called
 seats. with which schoolrooms are too
 often encumbered, but which are now
 being rapidly surplanted by the "Au-
 tomatic," seat of great merit, strength
 and durability. Their natural, easy and
 noiseless movements make them the desk and seat of the future.
 | The construction of the Automatic"
 is such that the act of rising folds the
 seat, and in sitting down it IS brought
 readily into its place without touching
 with the hands. Thus the seat, as a
 matter of fact, takes care of itself, and
 tine pupil can either rise or sit, even with
 his hands full of books, without turning | into the aisle, with perfect ease and free | dom, the seat being no obstruction what | ever, as Is the case with other makes. The Automatic" in it's mechanism, is exceedingly simple. There are no rubber-stuffed hinges to wear loose, be- come noisy and sag; nor IS there weight
 upon any joints or bearings of the seat. A further advantage IS the nearness with which the desks can be brought to the pupil, thus economizing space and se- curing to the pupil an erect and health
 full position.
 The agent, Mir. Goldsmith, challenges comparison with all other seats Tn the following essential particulars: Strength, firmness, ease, beauty, simplicity, con venience, durability, economy and healthfullness
 The wood used in their manufacture, IS hard, well seasoned; maple that is capable of receiving and retaining most | beautiful polish, and, unlike ash, birch, | beech or sycamore, which invarIsbly | roughen and splinter with age, it always | remains smooth and in place. The | slats of the seats are all doweled. pinned | together with three rows of heavy | wooden dowels set in glue, thus making | them perfectly rigid like a single board. | The wood is fastened to the castings | with iron bolts, thus making the union between the two at once both simple and strong.
 The Automatic IS endorsed by prominent educators, school superin- tendents, principals and members of boards nf education Tn the leading cities of the United States, many of whom have national reputation and whose opinions voluntarily given may reason- ably be held as conclusive. Among them may be mentioned James Frake chairman of committee on apparatus and furniture of the Chicago Board of Education; Ira $. Baker, Principal West Division High School, Chicago; James Ward, Building and Supply Agent Of Chicago schools; N. W. Lawion, Super of schools at Jackson, Mich. Egbert Phelps, President O; School Board, Joliet, IL; J. W. Stearns, Presi- dent of the State Normal School at White Water, Wis; Chas. H. Allen, Principal State Normal School, San Jose, Cal; W. W. W. Jones, State Super of Nebraska; J. W. Cooper, Principal High School, Lawrence, Kansas; ]. NJ. McBryde. Chairman of Faculty South Carolina College, Colum- bia, s. C.; E. l.. KIrtland, Superin- tendent of Schools, HolyOke, Mass; Wm. Finn, Trustee of Union Free Port Henry, New York; c. F. Clough, Chairman of School Committee, Waterbury, Vermont; D. A. Bigelow, Chairman Supply Committee, Ames, Iowa; Isaac R. Thatcher, Clerk Pleasant Run, New Jersey; H. H. Meek. Ham, burg, Pa; and q thousand others, equally as well known, have, unsolicited, given their testimony Tn its favor. R. W. Putnam, Superintendent of Public Ypsilanti, Mich; wrote to the Union School Furniture Company Cmanufacturers): "I am delighted with the seat. The teachers are delighted with it The pupils like it. The people like it. Every body likes it except the makers of other seats. The ianltor is loud in his praise of it and would sign a testimonial in its favor with both hands. The only regret anyone has eI- pressed IS that we cannot afford to throw away every other seat We have and replace them with the Automatic"
 At MT. Goldschmidt's mammoth fur niture store, on Main street, the seats are on exhibition and for sale. There are also to be seen seats of various other makes which are kept, not for sale. but to practically illustrate their inferiOrity in comparison with the Automatic" School Superintendents, Trustees, teachers, parents and in fact anyone having or feeling an interest in the education of our boys and girls are in- vited to call and thoroughly examine the many merits of the Automatic" before purchasing cheaplymade and inferior goods elsewhere. Correspond snce solicited. Address Leo Gold Tucson, A. T.
 4 number of gentlemen in Los Angeles -, ,-o.,,,-,,,, c.. , cor,aI bupf su fba |