Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-16

that President Harrison ought to do
something. Pm . republican, and
have always voted the straight repub-
lican ticket. but I can't help feeling
that the president is delaying this mat
ter for political popularity. There can
be no question but that We have been
grossly insulted down there. and
our citizens misuscd. Perhaps feel \.
little different in regard to such mat
ters than many Americans. WAS born
in England and brought up under the
British flag. England never allows a
thing of that kind to occur without ex-
acting the strictcst justice. l have be-
come imbued with that sentiment, and
feel that if Chill had offered that In
suit TO English citizens British men-of-
war would have wiped her oH the face
of the earth long before this. Am
firm believer in that grand old English
sentiment that would send fleet OF
gunboats TO the farthest corner of the
world TO protect the rights aud inter-
ests of the poorest and neanos. citizen.
1t is that trust and confidence In gov
ernmental protection that makes tho
EnglIshman the most unyieidingly pat
r,o,ic of all citizens. No matter where
he goes he knows the whole British
navy Is ready TO protect his rights and
aveIge the slightest insult TO his nation
atty. Why, the idea OF that little
scrub bundle of South American rcvo-
lutlonists prcsuming to defy a country
like the United states. II IS absurd.
and the government should have
squelched 1t long ago. The longer the
matter is delayed the harder it will he
TO get satisfaction. Mr.. Harrison should
not think more OF a second term than
he Goes of the coed name Of the CONF
monweaith.'
Furniture Desigu., Present and Future.
eve talk great deal about new
designs IN furniture" said A. III.
Mitchell, ClnciDnatis heaviest buyer,
yesterday; "but as matter of fact we
never produce scrIctiy new and origl-
nal design. OF the hundreds Of de-
signs IN furniture that have been and
are on the market, embracing every
thing from the Eastwood char to the
mahogony sldc-board, not one single
dc.ign Is original. We copy everything
from the old designs in furniture. We
go-back 4 century or two centuries, or
three cen turies. perhaps, and select
what the customs of that day had
ihs1toiitu iito typlc1t ueelsu ii Ao-
niture-a design that represented the
life, the manner, the thought and the
artistic development OF the people.
We take this design and by countless
adaptations AMI notifications mould 1t
into various styles of furniture. which
IN vacIllAtlng way, control the pub
lie taste. We get some very pretty
effects by these notifications; but they
are in no wise typical designs. think.
though, that We are working toward a
national idea in furniture that will ss
truly represent Us as the Louis XIV de-
sigma do the court OF France at the
the time the designs we're made and
adopted. IL can not be otherwise. As
our artistic taste develops. IL vii as
snme a chsractefistic type, as II did IN
the days of the Louis. OF Elizabeth, OF
frauees /, OF Napoleon and during the
renasssAnee. There sre great posslbil-
llsss in the way n ofiYinai American
d~ssgps. and u y orly question of
tIme shen these possibilities viii be
fulfilled.