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FAFF SHUTTLE MACHINES, |

made in two sizes, E and

F, are specially adapted for MANUFACTURING POUR= =< POSES, for all kinds of plain | > work, for dressmakers, for [ linen, corset, hosiery, and boot Factories.

HEADS ONLY, to be driven by power for Factory trade.

SIMPLE, DURABLE, and LIGHT-RUNNING.

M anu f actur ed b y: : Pfaii ‘ Eoin Shuttle Sewing Machine.

G. M. PFAFF, Kaiserslautern.

SOLE IMPORTERS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM :

WILHELM & GO. 132, Wool Exchange; LONDON, EC. SPECIAL NOTICE—IMPORTANT TO THE TRADE.

THE “BRANSTON” —

i) @) o A, - . Tyo-hKheel sewing achive GO., LIMITED,

Having completed their factory, and the Machinery for producing their

new Patent Two-Reel Sewing Machine, which makes a PERFECT

LOCK-STITCH, WORKING DIRECT FROM TWO ORDINARY REELS

OF COTTON, DOING AWAY WITH ALL WINDING OF SPOOLS, invite Dealers and Users to inspect same at their Showrooms:

59, Molborn Viaduct, London, E.C,.

The Company are ready to appoint responsible Agents in each district for the sale of their Machines, and invite applications for agencies. Thisis agood opportunity for any Dealer to combat with the competition of the present day.

HAND, FAMILY, AND MANUFACTURING MACHINES. |

The Journal of Domestic Appliances JAN. 1, 1894,

BIESOLT & LOCKE, }i!5i'\, SAXONY,

emus | SEWING MACHINE MANUFACTURERS. | “Sc!

1869,

NON-GENUINE WITHOUT

TRADE MARK.

The CINDERELLA +\ 4

Perfected Automatic Hand and Treadle Sewing Machines for

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7 alos ; 7 parts finest tempered steel. Appearance superb. Undoubtedly

B. & L. Machine, Lt. B. (high arm) for family use, with New the best Machine in the market. Silent, uniform, rapid, easy Shaped Stand, movement.

SPECIALITY-SACGK-S EWING andthe ** NORNE”’ SACK CUTTING MACHINES,

WHOLESALE AGENT—

CG. ZSCHWINZSCHER, 102, Fenchurch Street, LONDON, E.C.

AGENTS WANTED.

G. H. WELLS & CO.,/BENSON, LEES, & CO.

MANUFACTURERS, BRIDGE END RUBBER WORKS, 151 & 153, BISHOP STREET SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM! nyu KINFIELD, near MANCHESTER: ESTABLISHED 1862. Makers of all kinds of Cycle Tyres, Cushions, and Solids, also eae Bassinette Tyres and Cement, which cannot be equalled at the price. WAMMOCKS (The “ Wonder.”’) WHOLESALE AGENTS— Lonpon : SCOTLAND ; | BELFAST ; Mounted f 20-inch Wheels, all lete. A | a ci eh eee Le ar The American ‘The Victoria B. Johnston & Co Wholesale Trade only 24s. each, or 22s. 6d. each for an A : order of twelve. Wringer Co., Manufacturing Co.) , York Street,

ae ; 122, Southwark Str et,\ 78 to 82, Hanover St PARTICULARS and DRAWING ON APPLICATION. S-E.| Glasgow. Belfast.

VELOCIPEDE, ROCKING, and SWING HORSES. TOY MAIL CARTS, PERAMBULATORS, AND LARGE STRONG TOYS.

THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT NOW ON VIEW AT

LLOWD & CO.’S, BORO’, LONDON, S.E.

Send for New List of Goods suitable or the coming Season’s Trade.

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NO COMPLICATED COGS, CAMS, OR ELABORATE

MECHANISM. SIMPLICITY WITH EFFICIENCY. DURABILITY WITH SPEED.

THE BEST FOR THE AGENT: THE BEST FOR THE MERCHANT. THE BEST FOR THE MANUFACTURER. THE BEST TERMS,

THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIA.

AWARDED THE HIGHEST HONOURS AT ALL THE

GREAT EXHIBITIONS.

13 GOLD MEDALS SINCE 1879,

BASSINETTES.

} UR cabinet department being replete with the most recent machinery, we are able to manufacture Bassinettes in a more handsome, substantial, and better-finished manner than any other maker. They are all made of thoroughly seasoned timber, have the best fittings, rubber tyre bicycle wheels, springs, oil caps, &c., are well upholstered, and richly ornamented in various beautiful designs.

BRADBURY’S NO. 82.

ys i o a= | fa 1 Landau body, same as the Nos, 30 and 31, but fitted on registered design (No. 205,507) Rocker springs which are fastened to C springs, and mounted on 25 in1ubber tyre bicycle wheels. When the carriage is stationary a gentle ' Fs 4 > " : abe *’ | rocking motion can be imparted to the body of carriage by the person in P registered design (No. 205,508) spiral springs, 25 in. rubber tyre bi- | charge of same, who has only to turn a thumb-serew. When desired the body cycle wheels, fitted with registered pattern China handle, well-cover, ce Peidetached (romithe > eprines aud can then ee Reape Thenbae na =| =k ae ees “4 ~ will r 5 easlly and as selessly as Ss. three loose cushions, str ENSE and reversible hood, w ith tw isted complications, no risks, no danger of upsetting, and the carriage runs as lightly brass joints. Every article used in the manufacture of this carriage | 93 an ordinary bassinette. It has the same fittings, and is upholstered in the is of the highest quality, and great attention is paid to the finish. | same style as the Nos. 30 and 31. J i; t ’ An assortment of the New Season’s Bassinettes now on view at 7 DARUDU aa aa aiaras Fa gz Catalogues Free on application to any of the Depots

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A TIP WORTH KNOWING.

HOW TO COMPETE WITH YOUR WEALTHY RIVALS

Sell Harris's Unrivalled Defiance Lockstiteh SEWING MACHINE.

Retails 45/- Complete.

Guaranteed to sell quicker than any Machine in the market.

THOUSANDS IN USE. PRAISED BY EVERYONE,

Trade Terms and List of Testimonials post free.

W .SJ. HARRIS & Co.,Lip. HAYMERLE ROAD, LONDON, SE.

JAMES LLOYD & COMPANY.

Patentees and Pe eNE Manufacturers : Goldendine every tli B odies OF IN GREAT VARIETY. BASSINETTES, ah CARTS Buyers will ue: i = ee well by placing Invalid Carriages, = Orders eariy.

WorKsS-HURST STREET, |

Mr W, F. KNIGHT, 8a, CITY ROAD. Birmingham.

and Sewing Machine Gazette.

1894.

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the Celebrated “KNOCH” MACHINES

CN THE

WHITE SYSTEM (IMPROVED),

MANUFACTURED BY

RICHARD KNOCH, stl

Lightest and easiest-running Shuttle

Machine.

MADE IN THREE SIZES:— A, For Dressmaking. B. For Tailoring. C, For Family Use.

Generally acknowledged to be of best class and finish,

ELEGANT WOODWORK. LOW PRICES. SOLE WHOLESALE AGENT: Cc. LOMWLANRNIN, 36, ALDERSGATE STREET, LONDON, E.C.

MISSING CATT G6 « w » THE MARVEL,

Made in three Classes CLASS A. Papier-maché body, well painted and upholstered, wood

hammock handles, wheels, 20in.x20in. |

PRICE 24/- EACH.

Or 22/6 each for an order of six.

CASH WITH ORDER.

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Circular wicker body, bent shafts, 21 in. wheels, 8/- each or 7/6 each per dozen order. |

FULL ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST on Application.

GH. WELLS & GO. jpiocun nome fISHOP ST, BIRMINGHAM

Jan. 1, 1894. and Sewing Machine Gazette, 9

NEW HIGH ARM

“SEWING MACHINES

ron BOUDOIR, FAMILY USE, & MANUFACTURING Purposes. J 42 Are the BEST and MOST COMPLETE MACHINE in the Market, £9 } } MAKE A PERFECT LOCKSTITCH. WILL SEW FROM THE y FINEST MUSLIN TO THE STOUTEST CLOTH. Are the mostSimple in Construction. The most Silentin Action. WOODWORK TASTEFULLY INLAID WITH MOSAIC.

1 SEIDEL & NAUMANN 23, MOOR LANE, LONDON, E.C.

RELIABILITY! SUPERIOR FINISH! hum SU WARRANTED QUALITY! ss = LATEST PATTERNS! =e # SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP! # ELEGANCE & LOW PRICE! COMPETITION DEFIED! INSPECTION INVITED!

—_—_ ZL NN fi FS E a A ’ 1,600 Workmen. Yeariy Production: 5 j 1

NAUMANN’S FACTORY—so\c00 sewing Machines, 10,000 Cycles, BUY NO Machine without the above Trade Mark.

SEIDEL & NAUMANN’S CYCLES were Exhibited at the National Cycle Show, Crystal Palace, and gained the Highest Notice of all Cycle Papers.

Wholesale Department :—Pianos, Musical Instruments, Musical Albums, Etc., Etc.

ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST AND FULL PARTICULARS FREE ON APPLICATION.

_DRES DES =|

AGENTS WANTED. Special Terms to those

doin i = ee o. saa atixe Purchase Trade. Write for List

MANUFACTURED BY EARERY Ss. ROBERTS, % CYCLE *# WORKS, + DEANSHANGER, STONY STRATFORD, BUCKS.

The Journal of Domestic Appliances JAN, 1, 1894.

‘LEON L’HOLLIER.

4,5, 6, 7, 8, BATH PASSAGE, BIRMINGHAM,

Has great pleasure in informing you that his NEW ILLUSTRATED LIST for 1894 is now ready, and will be sent FREE upon application. ; ~. It is a List of 96 pages, the most complete the Trade has ever seen, and full of all the recent Inventions. &. It also includes 33 ) Fem, Designs of the RENOWNED HAMMOCK

(Patent No. S56). This is the same Ham- mock Patent that has caused such a_ sensation in the Pram Trade, and which was reinstated by — Act of Parliament in June, 1892,

L. L’7HOLLIER is most happy to state that he has concluded a special ar- rangement with the Paten- tees of this valuable Patent, by which he has acquired the right (under a License) to make and sell this popu- lar article for the remain- ing term of the Patent.

> Infringements of this Patent have taken place, with the result that the infringing Firms have been, and are being, called to account,

L. LHOLLIER therefore cautions his numerous Friends and SGustomers that in future this Ham- mock can only be obtained from himself or from the Patentees.

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Jan. 1, 1894

CONSIDERABLY OVER

1,000

OF THESE

LAN DAUS WERE SOLD LAST SEASON.

We have now made several improve- ments and GUARANTEE EVERY ONE to give satisfaction.

SEND FOR OUR 1893 CATALOGUE.

WE DEFY COMPETITION,

and Sewing Machine Gazette.

The HALESOWEN PERAMBULATOR Co., Ltd., Halesowen, nr. Birmingham

BEST HOUSE FOR PERAMS., MAIL CARTS, INVALID CARRIAGES, WOOD COAL VASES, ROCKING HORSES, dc., éc.

TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

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ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE,

Sewing Machine Gazette Office, 28, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.

RATE.—4d. per Word ; Minimum, 6d.

KING'S UNIVERSAL SUPPLY, Limited, 17 & 18, Railway Approach, London Bridge, are offering the best terms to Agents for the sale of their Sewing Machines, Gold and

Silver Watches, &c , &c. £50 OFFERED FOR PARROTS that repeat “ Dunkley’s Baby Car Ball Bearings, 105s.” —76, Hounds- ditch, London, or Birmingham. el THE IDEAL KNITTER.—The Macnine, at last, which will give you No Trouble (see advertisement in this page). A few Sole Agencies still open where not represented.—Write at once, G. Stibbe, Glasgow.

JBXLTS! BELTS!! BELTS!!! — For Sewing Machines (round). Best Straight-grained Leather. Assorted lengths from 54 to 60 in.; 18s. per gross, nett cash.—Marvie’s, 10, Kirkdale Road, Liverpool.

oeebe OILS Burning and Lubricating, Loose or Bottled. Knitting Machine, Wringer, and Pram Oils. All kinds of Machinery Oils.—Lady Bridge Oil Works, Spring Street, Bull.

aie —————e SEWING MACHINES.—Agents on the look-out for a

first-class make of Machines to push, should apply to us for Illustrated Catalogue and Terms. Machines for all classes of work at keenly-cut prices. Oils, &c.—The Victoria Manufacturing Company,

Glasgow. SS (EN CEeS ute the Victoria Manufacturing Com- pany for Illustrated Catalogue and Terms. You will find it to

your advantage. Accessories and Repairs at keenest prices. Agents wanted everywhere,—78 t) 82, Hanover Street, and 71, Cathedral

Street, Glasgow.

SAMPLES, etc., Post Free. INGERS’ Medium and Family, 2s. per gross, other

makes cheap.—S. Cox & Co., Alcester,

T° MANUFACTURERS.—Wanted, Sole Agency

(or arrangement to open Branch Depot) for saleable Machines ; also for useiul saleable Novelties and necessities suitable for Machine Shop.—Repairer, care of Sewung Machine Gazette.

BELLIS Round, Flat, Square, or Angular. Round, assorted lengths, 44 to 48in., 14s. ; §4 to 57 in, 16s. per gross.

Other lengths (up to 200 ft.) equally cheap. ell made from English

leather only.—J. W. Cable & Co., 35. Clerkenwell Road, London.

IL (‘Alca” refined Sewing Machine), warranted not to clog; 4 0z., 153, 6d. per gross. Attractively put up.—J. W. Cable & Co., 35, Clerkenwell Road, London.

NEEDLES, Sewing Machine. Very highest quality. Very lowest price. Samples and price with pleasure.—W. Heath, junr., Web Heath Works, Redditch.

WANTED, one or two good CANVASSERS to sell our Mangles, Wringers, &c., on Easy Terms. Good Commissions to good men.—Apply, Crouch End Domestic Machinery Stores, and Cycle Depot, 39, Crouch End Hill, N. T. Arnold, Manag=r.

Gooey BUSINESS PREMISES for Sale. Freehold to-room House, with Warehouses, Musical Instruments, and Domestic Machinery, at 8, St. Andrew Street, Hertford, Herts.— Apply to Manager, 8, St. Andrew Street, Hertford.

AN ENERGETIC MANAGER ‘seeks a RE: ENGAGEMENT, in the Sewing Machine ani Domestic Appliance Trade. Thoroughly up to the Hire Business. West of England preferred.—Address, 5. C., Sewing Machine Gazette,

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JAN. 1, 1894.

THE JOURNAL OF DOMESTIC APPLIANCES AND SEWING MACHINE GAZETTE.

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Replies to Advertisements —We request that readers, in replying to advertise- ments in our columns, will mention our Journals as the source of their information, In Writing to Us Please address all communications either ‘‘ Publisher,” or ‘‘ Editor,” at the address given below. Uine Agreements and Payment Cards.—We supply these to most hire traders, Particulars on application List of Cycle and Domestic Machinery Dealers.—We keep at our office a complete jst of the trade for the benefit of manufacturers, E Non-subscribers —Will these please take the receipt of a free copy as an invitation 0 subscribe ? ; Local Papers.— Many of our readers are kind enough to send us copies of their local papers “henever they contain anything of interest to the trade, and for this we are deeply grateful Would @// our readers do likewise?

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As our readers will remember, at the expressed desire of the trade the editor ; of this Journal last January arranged an exhibition of sewing machines, perambulators, &c., which was held at the Crystal Palace contemporaneously with the National Cycle Show. The agreement then entered

An Explanation.

into with the Palace Company precluded both parties |

from holding or being interested in a similar exhibition during a perzod of twelve months.

Last autumn nearly all the exhibitors at the last show |

expressed a desire for a second exhibition, and the secre-

tary (Mr. Sewell) accordingly asked the Palace Company

if space was available as formerly. He was then told that the gallery, the /oca/e of the last exhibition, had been taken by the cycle show people. course, that a second sewing machine show could not be ar-anged, and the trade were duly informed of the fact. Much dissatisfaction was expressed at the news, and several firms asked Mr. Sewell if they could not exhibit in’ the cycle section, but were told that this was not possible having regard to his agreement with the Palace Company.

To the intense surprise of these firms, and Mr. Sewell in particular, when the National Show opened it was found that not only was the gallery absolutely unused, but in the cycle section was an exhibit of sewing machines

by a leading manufacturer. There was every appearance of | deception on the part of Mr. Sewell, and he immediately :|

wrote the Palace Company foranexplanation, and this was immediately supplied to the effect that the exhibits were “ special machines used for sewing tyres, saddles, &c., in connection with cycling.” Obviously, this reply was unsatisfactory, and so Mr. Sewell told the Crystal Palace

sewing machines could have similarly justified application for space.

We desire to take this opportunity of explaining to the trade that ifthere has been any “selling” in the affair it has not been on the part of the editor of this Journal.

We skall not dwell further on this unsatisfactory busi-

ness, except to say that any of the trade are welcome to |

read the correspondence which has passed thereon.

Sev-ral of our friends have asked us: (1) Why the National Show organisers engaged the gallery when they knew that they should not require it ; (2) Why did they break their rule as to not accepting as eligible any exhibi- tors who had stands at the ‘‘Stanley”’ in order to admit a sewing machine exhibit ?

We give it up ; but their conduct does not strike us as |

particularly friendly or discreet. It is a showman’s duty to attract, and it is not open to doubt that the course adopted was not calculated to increase, but to diminish, the attendance of the dealers in whose interest the exhibition was supposed to be held; —

This meant, of |

Under this title /vonmongery joins issue with us in our remarks as to the tendency of trade in sewing machines. It will be remembered that we stated ina recent number that ironmongers and drapers sell less of these goods to-day than formerly. Our juvenile con- temporary must remember that this Journal has for twenty years chronicled the movements of the sewing machine trade and must reasonably Fe supposed to know more on the subject than an “outsider ’’—we use this term in no unfriendly spirit. Further, we have specially collected statistics and data with a view to writing a series of articles on this subject. It is idle for lvunmongery to talk of ‘‘the wish being father to the thought” in our statement as to the course of the trade. We were not prophesying but recording accomplished facts ; unpalat- able though they may be to our contemporary. We advise our ill-informed critic to have five minutes talk with an old sewing machine traveller and get posted on the annals of the trade, and it might also have a few words with an ‘‘instalment-plan dealer.’ Knowledge on these subjects requires getting and well digesting before useful leaders can be written thereon.

“A Queer Combination.”’

The Story of the Sewing Machine. WITH REMINISCENCES, PERSONAL AND GENERAL. By NEWTON WILSON.

CHAPTER XX. 1866,—THE YEAR OF BLACK FRIDAY.

The annals of commerce and finance will ever record this year and the day we have named as one of the most notable periods of history. On that disastrous Friday, when the great financial house of Overend, Gurney & Co. crumbled into hopeless ruin, there was brought down in its collapse nearly all the weaker banks in London; leaving the hapless shareholders overwhelmed in one common and gigantic disaster. Not a banker or a merchant then and now alive can ever forget the vviid memories of that fatal day.

But what has that to do with our story ? Chiefly nothing, for the sewing machine trade was unaffected bythe financial crash, and it is referred to here only to furnish a chronological association with the important events which occurred in that same year in connection with the history of the sewing machine. These were three, every one of which marks an epoch in our story.

The first of these was the introduction into the market of hand sewing machines as such; the second, the ex- piration of the parent patents; and the third, the application and the registration of trade marks. We will treat of them in their order.

Up to this year, 1856, though the want of something of the kind had long been felt, yet no serious attempt

¢ | had been made to dispense with the pedal movement, Company, adding that every would-be exhibitor of |

which had been regarded by manufacturers as essential to the freedom of the hands and the satisfactory manipu- lation of the machine.

A somewhat crude attempt, and certainly a costly one, had been made by the Grover & Baker Company several years before by fixing the head of the machine, with a slight modification, into a kind of workbox, This gave a little additional portability but no diminution in cost, as these were retailed at £12 12s. and £14 14s. according to the size. Something more and very different was wanted than this—a small light running machine that could beclamped to the table, which could be carried to the operator without having the operator transferred to it. This was the article for which a welcome was wait- ing. It appeared almest simultaneously in two or three forms, The “ Judkins” machine, which possessed most of these features and worked with a reciprocating hook below the bed-plate, and produced the chain-stitch, came out at this time and had a limited sale for some years. Very similar in size, form, and action was the

, © Raymond” machine built in Canada, and introduced into

Jan. 1, 1894,

this country by Mr. James Galloway Weir, who sold it under his own name as the “ Weir” machine. This was an exceedingly well-made little thing, and getting introduced to one or two of the aristocracy, who con- sidered it quite sufficient for the use of their maids, it spread, particularly among ladies of rank, to a perfectly astonishing degree. The business of Mr. Weir was conducted under a veil of something like secrecy, commencing with a small office in Featherstone Buildings, High Holborn, after- wards removing to premises very little more commodius in Carlisle Street, Soho Square. Here it was maintained for many years with great success, sufficiently so at least to enable Mr. Weir to retire some years ago with a fortune estimated at £60,000. He was in it long enough to witness its rise, its culmination, and its decline ; for like many other machines it passed through all those stages, and when he retired the machines had become utterly unsaleable. He was almost the only Englishman (and he was a Scotchman) who was able permanently to

retire on a fortune. Instead of wasting the profits already

made, like so many unfortunately have done in vain attempts to resuscitate a falling business, he withdrew from the trade and its conflicts, and devoted his energies to the public service. In the second Connty Council election of March, 1892, he was returned as one of the representatives for East Islington, and at the General Election the July following he was returned to Parliament as member for the Ross and Cromartie division in the Gladstonian interest. He has been well known since as one of the most inveterate and pertinacious questioners in the House of Commons, where, let us hope, he will long continue to render good service to his tountry.

The third variety was patented on the 14th of February, 1866, by myself. This machine was the result of very considerable study. It was much more important than the others described. Resting its four feet on circular rubber cushions, it would stand on a table and remain firm without any clamping. It, too, produced the chain- stitch, but employed for the purpose a rotating hook on the Wilcox & Gibbs’ principle.

The first form of it was called the ‘‘Queen Mab,” and this produced but two stitches to each revolution of the driving wheel ; but ina second form a novel mode of driving was introduced. Inside the rim of the driving wheel was cast another of inverted teeth. A soft, com- pound white metal was introduced for the purpose, and this gearing, embracing in its circumference two small pinion wheels on the upper and lower shafts of the machine, gave it a rapid and noiseless motion. It was double the speed that had been attained before, giving four stitches to each revolution of the driving wheel. This constituted an immense improvement on anything that had gone before, and it immediately became a great success. So long as the chain-stitch was favourably regarded by the public, it held the field unrivalled. To it was given the name of * Cleopatra. $3

Ts is said that only good things are imitated, and that as regards machinery may be taken as absolutely true. Tt was again and again infringed, both at home and abroad ; but involving legal proceedings, as these infringe- ments did, it was soon found to be more economical to accept of licenses at a reasonable charge than to contest, with very doubtful results, the validity of the patent.

‘When the patent was approaching expiration in the year 1880, the licensees themselves requested me to apply for an extension, but I felt that there was little chance of such extension being granted having regard to the conditions imposed by the Patent Law. No application was therefore made.

‘An invention that is really valuable does not expire with the currency of the patent. So it was in this case. "The patent expired, there was a liberal rush, especially of foreign makers, to apply it to their own purposes, and. this resulted in so keen_a competition as rapidly to pro- duce suicidal effects. To-day it is used by the manu facturers of the Rhinannia and the Brunnia, besides nearly all forms of chain-stitch hand machines. It will probably continue to be used long after the name of the inventor has.ceased to be associated with it.

T have said that the year 1866 was notable for the tion of those parent patterns which were taken out

eens These were specially the Wheeler & Wilson

-in 1852.

and Sewing Machine Gazette, 13

patents and the Grover & Baker (or Judkins) patent. At this time the Wheeler & Wilson had acquired a very large sale, and English manufacturers ‘“up to date’ hid made ample preparations for the issue in the market of their own copies of this now celebrated machine.

As might also have been anticipated, the expiry of the patent was accompanied by a considerable diminution in prices, quite apart from the competition which instantly arose. So it came to pass that there was quite a boom in this particular class of machine, which lasted for several years, until the new ‘‘ Family Singer,” gradually creeping up in public estimation, passed it in the race.

Some defensive measures were clearly needed on the part of the old companies to protect themselves from the inroads of what they regarded as the Goths and Vandals of the trade ; and so it came about that trade marks, which had never till then been thought of in such connection, were introduced and applied to sewing machines. In the Howe and th: Wheeler & Wilson these took the form of a circular brass-plate, while in the “Singer ” and other machines of that type an oval plate was attached to the arm facing the operator.

The registration of these trade marks was absurdly primitive; no arrangement at that time existed in connection with the Patent Office for that purpose.

The modus operandi was as follows :—The particulars Were drawn out on a form, which was supplied at Stationers’ Hall, where the copyrigats of all books were registered. I was in advance of the firms already named, and was probably the first to register a trade mark. Filling up at Stationers’ Court the furnished form, I found that I proclaimed myself the author of a book entitled the “ Prince of Wales’ Plume” with the motto, “Ich dien” ([serve) on ascroll attached. A very appropriate and pretty design for a sewing macuine ! Such application or designs as trade marks are not now per missible by law. The last Pattern and Designs Act ex- pressly forbids the use of anything connected with the Royal Arms as trade marks. This did not exclude the use of existing trade marks, but prohibited all fresh regis- tration of such marks, and hence such a mark as that described can no longer be applied to any design or manufacture whatever.

It would be interesting to examine for a moment the trade marks of the two leading companies, the Wheeler and Wilson and the ‘Singer.’ In both cases the full designation of the company figures prominently on the plate in a circular or ovalscroll, as the case might be, and enclosing an emblematical design.

In the case of the ‘‘ Singer” this design consisted in a copy of their shuttle with needles, and intersected by a line of thread in the form of the letter “ S.”

At this time, and for nearly 2» years succeeding, there was also applied to the top of the arm in old English type the full name of the company, and it will be tolerably evident to the observer, that the words “ Singer” or Wheeler and Wilson which had already come to be regarded as descriptive terms and used as such were not considered £7 se at constituting any essen- tial part of their trade mark. The trade marks themselves, in my belief, have never been the subject of imitation either here or in foreign countries ; and it was only some years after, when the trade mark was found to be abso lutely unavailing in checking the many reproductions o the machine, that the idea was suggested of claiming these names as essential parts of the trade mark, and it was this idea that gave rise to the series of litigation which was initiated a few years later, and which have continued to vex the trade and disturb its peace for the last 25 years.

The history of thes various suits, lengthy as it neces- sarily is, is still essential to the general completeness of the story. For this we must refer the reader to the future

chapters. (Zo be continued)

We have received from the Singer Company’s ‘‘ Central Office for London District,” a handsome Christmas card, which conveys the astounding information that! the Company's customers in the metro- politan district now number forty thousand (40,000), and that the persons employed in the same area exceed one thousand (1,000). The enormous progress made by this Company during the past few years is graphically shown in the statement that whereas four years ago 258 employes only were required, at the present date four times that

number are necessary.

14 The Journal of Domestic Appliances

A LETTER FROM MR. LOOG. TO THE EDITOR OF THE “SEWING MACHINE GAZETTE.”

Dear Sir,—I have been away, and on my return my attention is called to one or two somewhat personal

references to myself in your columns, in response to which I trust to your sense of fair play to allow mea little space for a reply.

You reflect, with peculiar logic, on the personal position of the late manager of the Singer.Company, who, at the conclusion of their action against me, retired to enjoy a well-earned repose from business cares; and you go on pointing to me, who, although I had won the legal battle, had remained a poor man, and, I suppose, with a view of pointing toa moral and adorning a tale, you then claim the attention of the younger members of the sewing machine industry to draw a lesson from this contrast.

Surely, Mr. Editor, it cannot be your idea to impress upon these younger members of the sewing machine trade that they had better make up their minds to submit to any demands the Singer Company may make, rightly or wrongly? It is unfortunately not to be denied that going to law is about the very worst thing a man can do; but, same as in my case, this is easier said than prevented. J was made the defendant in an action begun against me by this powerful company, and it was Hobson's choice for me to either submit to an unjust judgment against me or defend the action. From a pecuniary point of view, I would certainly have done much better to submit to a wrong ; but then the wrong was not only one against myself, it was a wrong against the whole English sewing machine industry in general, and, as a wholesale dealer, it was my duty to think of numerous trade customers in particular.

Twenty years ago, when you, Mr. Editor, must have been a very young man, and long before you had any connection with the sewing machine trade, there existed in England an association called The British Sewing Machine Association, of which eyery single British manufacturer, and certainly most of the large English dealers, were members. If ever a whole trade was properly represented it was certainly the case here, and therefore an opinion from such a representative and powerful body is, I suppose you will admit, worth having. And thisis what this British Association wrote to me on December 17th, 1878 :—

“We have received your letter enclosing statement of claim and defence in the case Singer 7. Loog ; our com- mittee went through both very carefully, it considers the defence a good one, and worthy of the general testimony and support of the trade.”

This letter was followed up by an invitation to meet the Association at the Imperial Hotel, Holborn, which I did, and there I found nearly every English manufacturer and many large dealers ; one and all encouraging me to defend to the utmost,'with the action, the interests of the British sewing machine trade. At the end of the meeting old George Bradbury, in the chair, informed me in the presence and in the hearing of all the many members present that the Association had unanimously resolved not only to support me with their testimony, but also to present me at the end of the struggle with a well-filled purse, as an acknowledgment of the great services I was then admittedly rendering to the trade.

Well, Mr. Editor, the purse has been coming a long time, but it has not come yet ; probably because some time before I had finally finished with this monstrous attempt on the part of the Singer Company to stifle competition the Association was dissolved ; indeed, it is only a few weeks ago that I met one of the largest dealers in sewing machines, who then was the treasurer of the British Association, and I reminded him of the old promise about the purse, and it was a consolation to me (though a poor one) to hear him say, “I have to admit, Mr. Loog, we did not treat you very well.”

Now it naturally struck me as odd to hear you, as editor of a trade paper, the only representative organ of the trade, point to my poverty—and hence, and hence only, my reference to past facts, which may be forgotten, but which cannot be removed. It is sometimes the case that the sons are wiser than their tathers, or at any rate think so; still, if some of the younger members of the trade will consult some of the old ’uns, they will probably be surprised to be told that a good many amongst them

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would probably be to-day, what they were then, namely, the humble servants of the monopolists, but for the salutary lesson which it was both my honour and my misfortune to be compelled to inflict upon the latter.

Do not think the non receipt of the purse alluded to makes me very unhappy, and I would not have even alluded to it, but for your reference to my pecuniary position, which, with the recollection of what I said above, struck me as coming with questionable taste from the only representative of the British sewing machine trade. There is nothing in my position I have to be ashamed of, nor is the non-receipt of the wonderful purse referred to responsible for it, because as you are well aware, it was the conduct of the German manufacturers, whose trade I established, which has to explain my position as referred to by you. I refer tothe Frister and Rossmann Company, through whose conduct I lost not only £20,000 hard cash, but also my business for a time ; —I say for a time, because I still rely on the support of my old customers and friends, and know I shall have it.

It is a consolation to me (again a poor one) to be able to put on record that since these shameful proceedings against me, they have gone from bad to worse—I will furnish you with their original balance-sheets, and the figures therein will give to your readers interesting subjects for your February number—suffice it for the moment to say that, although it is only four years ago, failing to screw out of taeir poor shareholders more money to bolster up an unpaying concern, they called in their shares to be cancelled, and re-issued converted shares in the proportion of 4 to 1; in other words, they paid their unfortunate shareholders 5s. in the pound, not in cash, but oz paper; and now, only last month, they repeated this creditable operation in an improved manner, this.time in the proportion of 6 to 1. So that the holder of a £1 share in this model concern, a few years ago, is now the holder of a “converted” share of the nominal value of Zen Pence Sterling, and my advice to them is that if they can get anyone to give them an honest “ Three-penny bit” for them, to jump at the offer, because I can see in the distance and not very far off either, a clique of debenture holders, who, I know it to my cost, are possessed of a large movth (in contrast to their brain, which at best, as I found it, is not much developed), a mouth which a ‘“‘tenpenny share” seems hardly good enough to close upon, so they only wait fora more convenient moment and a more profitable bite.

And now in conclusion, so as not to pass altogether over your lengthy comments on the merits of the Singer strife, allow me to say that I altogether disagree with you. Your whole arguments and comments are personal opinions of your own, to which you are fully entitled ; on the other hand, I am quite sure as an independent trade paper you will not close your columns against contrary views, which are, to say the least of it, equally sincere as your own.

Having made up my mind to push business with all the vigour as of old, I look forward to the pleasure of giving you occasionally some good hard honest knocks, where we differ on trade questions, and I sincerely hope my so doing will not prevent our meeting personally in perfect harmony.—Believe me, yours faithfully, ;

HERMANN Looe.

85, Finsbury Pavement, London, December, 1893.

RE THE SEWING MACHINES CO. OF INDIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ‘“‘ SEWING MACHINE GAZETTE.” Sir,—Our attention has been drawn to a paragraph

which has appeared in your esteemed journal of October

last concerning our business. We have reasons to believe that the paragraph under question is the outcome of false information maliciously conveyed to you by some of our competitors in order to injure us. The material contents of the paragraph are unwarranted by facts and are most misleading, and we request that in strict and fair justice to us and our business interests, you will be good enough to insert this letter in the next issue of your journal, so that the broad facts of the matter, as they stand, may be brought to the notice of those concerned in the

sewing machines trade. .

The Sewing Machines Company, Limited, as origi- nally incorporated on 10th August, 1892, had taken up

Jan. 1, 1894. .

the business of a well-known merchant, Mr. Rustomji, N. Rustomji, at Colombo, Bombay, Secunderabad, and Karachi, and had started under fairly good auspices, and with considerable prospects before it, 99 shares of the value of 50 rupees each having been subscribed, in addition to 260 fully-paid-up shares which were agreed upon to be allotted to Mr. Rustomji N. Rustomji, for stock, &c., taken over from him. The attention of the agents was drawn by the Solicitors of the Company, appointed by the Directors subsequent to the registration of the Company, to certain legal flaws in the formal registration of the Company. They were further advised to get the Memorandum and Articles of Associa- tion of the Company amended in respect of certain impor- tant clauses on no other but purely technical and legal grounds. Under the circumstances, it was resolved to re-construct the Company, anda number of applications for shares in the Company had necessarily to be refused. The whole matter of re-construction was settled through the Company’s Solicitors in consultation with Mr. Mac- pherson, an eminent local counsel, and the Company was re-constructed under the same name as before. It took up the going business of the old Company, as a matter of course, and was registered on the 14th February, 18¢3.

Since the registration of the re-constructed Company, two more branches of the Company’s business centres have been opened at Poona and Lahore, and there are now altogether five branch offices of the Company, besides the Head Office at Bombay, carrying on a fairly lucrative trade in sewing machines.

Finally we have pleasure in stating that shares of the aggregate value of nearly 19,000 rupees have been already subscribed, of which 18,000 rupees are paid-up, and more applications for shares are gradually coming in.—We remain, Sir, yours faithfully, for the Sewing Machines Company, Limited,

R. N. Rusromjr AND Co. (Agents). Bombay, 17th Nov., 1893.

THE STORY OF THE SEWING MACHINE G*

Mr. Newton Wilson continues his serial in our present number, although few persons know the agony he suffers through his incurable complaint and his frequent near- ness to death. Our readers will recognise, however, that he is doing the trade a lasting service by recording its history, and we sincerely hope that he may live to com- plete his task. It is unnecessary for us to state that no man living cther than Mr. Wilson could have written the “story,” simply because no one else has had his experience. = ;

Mr. Wilson is particularly anxious to be accurate in every detail, also complete in all matters of importance. He wishes us to state that should any reader find the slightest error in his articles, he will consider it a special favour to be notified of the same. He is now no longer commercially interested in the trade, and has, therefore, only one-object to serve, viz., to act as the honest, just, and fearless historian of the trade. Not only will he be grateful for corrections where necessary, but he invites criticism from any quarter whatsoever.

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Messrs. J. Malcolm & Co., of Bayham Street, N.W., have applied for a patent for a new action for American organs, which can be more readily removed from the case for purposes of repair. * *

One of the latest and most novel designs in pianos is that of Messrs. Sandon & Steedman, of 14, Charlton Street, N.W., the wood being lacquered and decorated in the Japanese style.

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The well-known Bell Organ and Piano Company, of 95, New Bond Street, W., are introducing a new model in organs called the “ Boudoir.’ The cise is fitted with a number of bevelled mirrors, and is exceedingly

handsome. * *

The Kimball & Morton organs can now be had wholesale from Mr. R. M. Marples, of 7, Cripplegate Buildings, Fore Street, E.C., who keeps in stock a full range for the convenience of dealers.

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A change has taken place in the constitution of that well-known small goods firm, Haynes, Foucher, & Co., Lim., Gray's Inn Road. Mr. Foucher has retired, and is now trading on his own account at 54, Mortimer Street, W. Herehe will be able to supply stringed and wind instruments and accessories promptly and at moderate prices,

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Messrs. John Gough & Co., of 20, Cross Street, Swan Street, Manchester, have sent us a copy of their new catalogue of pianos and organs. It contains illustrations of a variety of instruments to suit all classes of trade. This firm deals exclusively wholesale, and are agents for a number of first-class makes of both organs and pianos.

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We have recently tested the ‘‘ Clarion Pianoforte Attachment,” the joint patent of Messrs. Mann and Dawkins, the former a Colchester piano dealer, and the latter connected with the well-known small goods firm, Thomas Dawkins & Co., 17, Charterhouse Street, E.C. The object of this invention is to convert an upright piano into a reed instrument without interfering with its qualities as a piano. The inventors succeed in their purpose by such ingenious means that the attachment can be applied to any existing cottage piano without structural alterations. The tone produced partakes somewhat of the nature of a clarionet or flute, and is most pleasing. The invention can be described as follows :—A sound board, enclosed in a box containing the reeds and the pallet action is placed inside the piano, either on the top of the damper rail or upon supports above the same, and is connected with the back part of the keys inside the instrument. A vertical bellows, consisting of a feeder, is placed inside the lower part of the instrument in front of the strings, and the wind is conveyed by a tube of India rubber. A neat movable pedal, placed in front of the instru- ment, is used to work the bellows, and all that is necessary to start the playing is to operate the bellows by means of the foot, and the keys in the usual way, and both the piano and reed instrument are then heard with striking effects,

THE §. AND F. “ HAMMOCK” PATENT.

As our readers well know, Messrs. Simpson and Fawcett are now in full possession of their patent rights as regards their ‘‘ Hammock ” carriage. This position has been attained at such heavy cost that they intend, we hear, to leave no stone unturned to reap the full benefit of their ingenuity. This accounts for the fact that they are now proceeding very energetically to stop all in- fringers, and that several firms have already paid damages for infringement.

It is well, therefore, that both manufacturers and dealers thoroughly understand that carriages can only be made according to this patent by the original patentees, and by Mr. Leon L’Hollier, of Bath Passage, Birmingham, who holds a special licence to manufacture.

Mr. L’Hollier has got out for the coming season no less than 33 new designs on the Hammock method of sus- pension, one of which we show herewith, and two others

appear on anothe~ nage.

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JAN. 1, 1894

| A BRADBURY SOCIAL GATHERING.

Mr. J. H. Wiber, late of Forest Gate, has just opened a Domestic Machinery Store, at 48, High Road, Balham, S.W. * *

Manufacturers of cycles or perambulators may be interested to know that the Agence Generale Velocipedique, of 3 and 5, Rue de Roanne, St. Etienne, also of Lyons, are o pen to accept agenc’es from British firms. The Agence has been established seven years, and supplies first-class references. Ma

One of our subscribers recently disputed an account for a cycle, and the manufacturer sued him in the county court and got judgment for same. Curious to relate, a few days later he received a letter from a financial agent, offering to advance money to clear off his liabilities if he was short of cash, andif his creditors were pressing, to “‘assist you in many ways.” This kindness from a stranger is quite touching, and our friend did quite right, we think, by declining to have anything to do with the writer.

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We are frequently asked where the ‘‘ Bedford ” Sewing Machine can be obtained, and therefore consider it desirable to state that Messrs. Sellers & Allen, of 12, Walbrook, London, E.C., are the wholesale

agents for same. x *

An International Cycle Exhibition is to be held in Brussels from the 24th of March to the 8th of April. Particulars can be had of the Secretary, 36, Boulevard Anspach, Brussels.

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An International Exhibition will be held in Antwerp next year. Mr. Dz Courcy Perry, the British Consul at Antwerp, will supply particulars on application.

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Mr. James Clegg, the well-known New Zealand perambulator manufacturer, writes us that his business has so increased of late that he has been compelled to remove to larger premises situated at the corner of High and Tuam Streets, Christchurch, New Zealand.

The Bream Supply and Exchange Tea Co, of Bream, Gloucester- shire, send us their trade card, which says ‘‘ anything suppliel from a needle to an elephant.”’ We do not know the extent of their trade in elephants, but they appear to b: doing a good business in domestic machinery.

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Under the style of “ The Universal Agency, Mr. Hermann Loog, manager.” 85, Finsbury Pavement is once again opened as a Perambu- lator Warehouse. We are told, however, that cycles, sewing machines, wringers, gas engines, and electric light installations will form departments of the business at an early date. :

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Messrs. Long & Co, of 101, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, extensive importers of Sewing Machines, are always pleased to receive pro- posals of agencies for domestic machines.

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Messrs. W. J. Harris & Co., Lim., have just opened anew depot for

domestic machinery, close to Forest Gate Station. *

Mr. C. Peachey, of Middlesex Manufacturing Company fame, and latterly manager for Messrs. Boyd & Co., of Holborn, is no longer with that firm.

A BAD CASE OF “ PRICE-CUTTING.?

An anonymous correspondent sends us a copy of a Greenock newspaper containing the advertisement given at foot, and says that the manufacturers, whoever they may be, supplying machines to be sold in this fashion, are acting antagonistically to their own interests, as well as to those of the regular dealer. We suppress the name of the advertiser,but copy the exact style of his advertise- ment.

£2,000 SAVED

We beg to call the attention of our numerous customers, and others who have not yet visited our warehouse, to the fact that from now till the 20th December we are prepared to sell to all comers a £6 tos. meditim sewing machine, by a well-known maker, for the extraordinary price of £2 9s. 11d. This sewing machine is not a toy, but a full- sized treadle machine, ofsuperior finish and handsome design.

On reading this advertisement we have no doubt but that many will say whata certain Greenock gentleman said when his good lady in- formed him about the value we were offering in sewing machines, namely, “ You are havering, woman! it must bea toy at that price.” But, with the persuasiveness which women usually possess, she pre- vailed upon him to come down to our warehouse and see for himself. IT need scarcely add that as a result of this visit he purchased one of the above machines. -We invite you to come and inspect them, and observe, snould you not find it convenient to purchase one now, by leaving your order, with a deposit of 1os., before the 20th of December, we agree to deliver one of these machines to you upon payment of balance any time between now and 2oth March, 1894. Cost of above machine, if bought on hire system, £6 r1os.; our cash price, £2 9s. 11d. —effecting for the purchaser a saving of £4 os. 1d. The saving hereby- effected onone machine is not a very large sum; still there are not many of us who can afford to lose even that. But let us take and combine the amounts which would have been saved to 500 of the house- holders who at present possess a sewing machine, which they pur- chased on the present popular system, and the result shows that they would have effected a saving of £2,000 had they purchased it.

On December 21st the employés at Messrs. Bradbury & Co’s., Birmingham Depot were entertained to a substantial tea at the Tem- perance Institute, Corporation Street, Birmingham, by the late depot manager, Mr. G. W. Owen, who has been appointed travelling super- intendent of depots. After a substantial repast, served up in splendid style, and to which ample justice was done, on the motion of Mr. J. Vale (Wednesbury) Mr. Shuttleworth was voted tothe chair, In opening, the Chairman stated that he was pleased to see so many present on that occasion, as it showed there must exist a good feeling between managers and employés. Messrs. Vale, Green, Hall, Rayner, Faulkner (Walsall), Davies (the company’s traveller in the tool trade), and Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Woodyet then entertained the com- pany with songs, recitations, and sketches. Subsequently Mr. Allen (Northampton), proposed ‘‘ Success to Bradbury & Co.,” and stated that with what the company had now to put on the market no man need have the slightest doubt but that he had the best English machine in the market to sell, and might go out to the public and offer it with confidence. This toast was supported by Mr. Davies, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Shuttleworth, and drunk with enthusiasm.

Mr. Vale then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Owen, and said that when Mr. Owen first came to Birmingham as manager, he (Mr. Vale) was afraid they were going to have one who would make their position miserable, but he was very pleased to find he had been mistaken, as Mr. Owen had proved most genial and a great help to the men who worked under him and acted most impartially to all. He therefore wished him every success and prosperity in his new position. Mr. Anderson seconded the proposition, Messrs. Davies, Evans, and others supported, and it was carried with acclamation. In reply, Mr. Owen thanked them all for their kind feelings toward him and Mrs. Owen. He was very pleased to hear the expressions of cordiality, ani to tell them that the Bradbury Company were in a better position to-day than ever they were, and as they prosper so would the employés from lowest to highest. They would find in a short time they would have better facilities for selling than ever, and trusted every man and woman would work honestly and fairly for the firm, then success was bound to follow, Other gentlemen gave their experiences of the trade, and a neat and encouraging speech from Mr. Shuttleworth brought a most enjoyable evening to a close at eleven o'clock, 2 z

THE WORLD'S FATR: No. IV.

SEWING MACHINE SECTION (continued).

Crosby & Kellogg. Pat. No. 37,033, Dec. 2, 1862.

An ordinary twin-needle sewing machine is frovided with devices for forming crimps in a strip of cloth, the crimmps being secured by two rows of stitches. The crimper blade is actuated to form the crimps through intermediate connections from cams on the main shaft and is spring retracted. The presser-foot and table hold the goods at rest while the crimp is being formed and the presser-foot alone serves to smocth and flatten down the crimps as they are formed. One cam on the main shaft forces the blade forward to form the crimp against the presser-foot, and another cam gives to the blade an additional forward movement to carry the crimp under the presser-foot where it is held and stitched.

W. O. Grover. «Pat. No. 37,502, Jan. 27, 1862.

Form of Grover & Baker machine, at one time largely in use. Horizontal main shaft carrying feed-actuating cam, arranged directly under feed-bar. Crank on said shaft actuates a bell-crank carrying needle above cloth-plate. Curved oscillating needle catried by vertical shaft beneath cloth-plate, actuated by projection-on end of lower arm of bell-crank, Two threads employed.

J. A. Pipo. Pat. No. 37.550, Jan. 27,1863. : ;

An early machine for forming and sewing a rufile between two folas of cloth zt one and the same operation, the ruffle'and both pieces of cloth being secured by an ordinary seam. The machine has, - in addition. to the ordinary ruffling-blade and the stitch-forming mechanism, three guides—one for each of the folds of the cloth and an intermediate guide for the strip to be ruffled. -

A. B. Howe. Pat. No. 37,913, March 17 1863. shee

Substantial representation of Howe mechine as it went into market. The ‘‘ box ” carrying the needle-bar is adjustable by screw and spring to bring needle into desired relatioa to shuttle or hook. Lever, operated by cam on main shaft, presses upon needle and prevents shuttle striking and breaking same. Compound levers, operated by eccentric, constitute friction-clutch for operating feed-wheel.

L. W. Langdon. Pat. No. 39,256, July 14, 1863.

Teeth of feed-dog arranged: vertically. Nise and fall of feed-bar given by cam on shuttle-thread manipulating hook. Feed movement derived from vibrating lever, pendent from feed-bar, operated by lever which receives its motion from eccentric on main shaft. Arm on short shaft, connecting with vibrating lever, regulates extent and reverses direction of feed. Vibrating catch-lever operates on feed-bar-operating lever to arrest feed movement at each alternate operation of needle.

S. J. Baird. Pat. No. 97,858, Dec. 14, 1869.

The first patented button-hole attachment to be put on the bed- plate of an ordinary sewing machine to feed the material in the proper path to enable a button-hole to be stitched. The attachment is operated by the reciprocations of the needle bar.

Hurtu & Hautin. Pat. No. 98,064, Dec. 21, 1869.

An early French machine for sewing harness, &c., with wax-thread. A lock-stitch is mad= by means of an eye-pointed needle and a revolving hook carrying the ‘needle-thread around a bobbin-case or “shuttle.” Tne nee ile and awl have“a vertical reciprocation and a horizontal rotary reciprocation, and are operated alternately in order that the needle may pass the thread through the hole just previously made by the awl. ae

: JAN, 1, 1894. and Sewing Machine Gazette. 17

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mon DON.

In view of the confusing information circulated on the subject lately, and in response to numerous inquiries, I have issued a correct, comprehensive, and up-to-date pamphlet respecting the rights of anyone to the use of the word ‘‘ Singer,’”’ and I will send it free of charge to anyone on application.

To my old friends and customers ‘‘ A Happy and Prosperous New Year !’’—HERMANN LOOG.

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Proved By the Test of Time.

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Among the stacks of good advice given in the “ Hints,” both those published by the ews some years ago and those printed in the numbers of the present year I have looked in vain for a description of a “ kit ” that shall be at once large enough to carry what is needed and yet be small enough to carry without assistance. I have seen various kinds and styles, some of them large enough to contain a whole machine head and constituting a load fora mule. Again, I have seen them that were small—so small that a four-irch hammer could find no place therein. And they were made of all kinds of material and by all sorts of craftsmen. Wood, tin, leather, and carpet entered into their makeup. The objection to wood is that it is too heavy if thick enough to be sufficiently strong, and this thickness robs you of space inside unless a size be accepted that wil! have the objection again that it’s too bulky. Tin is durable and thin enough to admit of making of proper size, but has the objection that it is noisy, the tools, etc., rattling when being carried, and if it receive a knock or bang from the outside, the injury is lasting. Leather is very expensive, if heavy sole leather be used, and the thinner kind requires a wooden box—more loss of space and waste of material. The carpet bag savors too much of the plumber or carpet upholsterer, and is inconvenient in many ways. After seeing and examining all these different kits, 1 made myself one that will last me, with occasional repairs, as long as I shall be able to go out repairing sewing machines. Before explaining how this most excellent kit is made, I will answer the question possibly raised by some repairers, 7.e., what need has a repairer of akit ? Why not do the work at home inhisshop? That is without dispute the best place to do it, when possible, but it is not always possible. It often happens that a number of machines are to be repaired in some factory wherea machinist is not constantly in attendance. Then you _must take your tools with you, for if you depend on find- ing what you want there you will get most awfully left. There may be some there, but they won’t suit you, and you can’t get along as well with them as with your own. Again, you may be called to a town in which there area number of machines to be looked after that are scattered about in twos and threes, the property of small manufac- turers of shoes, clothing, &c. At such places you will never find even a screwdriver that yon would use. Hence the necessity of carrying your own with you, and carrying them in a manner that will be convenient in every sense. Now then for my kit. It is made of stout ~pasteboard, measures five by thirteen inches on the bottom, and is ten inches high. One of the sides extends only half way down from the top, and a second bottom is placed there. In this receptacle, at each end, is a cleat of thin wood secured with glue and rivets to the outside, so adjusted that a tray two inches deep rests on them flush with the top. This tray is also of paste- board, but not as_heavy as the main box. Rings are secured to each end.by loops of cloth by which it can be lifted out. Inthe chamber below, this tray I carry all my large tools, such as hammers (2), monkey-wrench, hand vise, large screwdriver, &c.~ In the tray itself I carry my pliers of different sizes. beltpunch, and other smal] tools. In the lower five inches of the main box are three drawers extending the entire length of the box, the top one of which is one inch deep, the next one an inch and a half, and the lowest one two and a half. When these drawers are pushed all the way in they admit of a flap, hinged to the upper part of the box, closing flush with

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the rest. The drawers are made of pasteboard the same as the tray, with bottoms as heavy as the outside of the box. The top drawer has a partition running across it the narrow way, and one extending from this lengthwise to the end, making one large compartment and two smaller narrow ones. In the latter IJ keep small files, and drills and taps, reamers, countersinks, etc. Other small tools of various kinds find a place in the larger compartment. The next drawer is divided up into a number of compartments of different sizes for carrying parts of machines, pieces of material, like bits of wire, brass, steel, German silver, and the like. Very small parts I carry in little paper boxes, and needles in labelled envelopes. The bottom drawer is given up to miscel- laneous purposes, and in that I generally carry things too large for the other drawers, some wiping waste, round belting, and asmallalcohol lamp. I forgot to mention among the tools kept in the large box at the top a hand drill stock. This I have arrang-1so that handle and crank-handle can be removed, and the tool, usually very bulky, can be put into very small space. The drawers rest on brass runners, made of sheet metal, in angle form, secured to the main box by rivets*” They are strong, afford a resting place of three quarters of an inch wide on each end, and yet sothin that the drawers do not have to be made much lower to allow for them. Of course the lowest drawer rests on the bottom of the box.

There you havea general description of my kit as far as general arrangement goes. Now for construction. The outside box is made of pasteboard a little less than an eighth ofan inch thick. To make the corners sharp I mitred the joints, and then secured them by gluing strips of strong, but fine, linen on the inside and outside. The strip securing the bottom of the upper chamber to the five inch side is cut at several places to allow pieces to extend down on the flap to serve as hinges. All joints in the drawers and the tray are reinforced in the same way. All inside work is then covered with smooth, strong paper, not too thick, and the outside with black cambric or calico, secured with good paste. Metallic corners can be put on the bottom if deemed necessary. These can be procured at hardware stores. I do not think them essential. There you have my box—now for the cover. ‘This is just enough larger than the box itself to entirely cover it clear to the bottom, or within perhaps a quarter of an inch of it. This is of pasteboard not quite as heavy as the box, and is covered with book- binders’ leather. Any thin leather will answer equally well. A stout leather handle, secured to the cover with small bolts or rivets (with large heads underneath), sup- plies the means of transportation, while two straps, with buckles, passing through the ends of the handles and around the box effectually close it. I have never had occasicn to carry more in it than the dimensions of the box will accommodate, but if need be the cover can be extended, giving extra room.

Akit ofthis sort can be made by any handy man, with such variations as to size and other conditions as may suit his case; is not expensive, for the pasteboard need not be new ; and, if he likes, he can make it very orna- mental. If carefully made it will last for years, as corners, when they get worn, can be easily recovered, and that is about all there is to wear,

NOTHMANN'S WASHING MACHINE.

WE illustrate a new washing machine which Messrs. Nothmann, the well- known Berlin sewing machine manu- facturers, are introducing into this country.

This machine is of a type very popular in Germany, and by no means unknown in this country. It is operated, as is too obvious to need

pointing out, by moying the Jéver~backwards and

forwards. fe

Mr. E. Rausnitz, of 56, Doughty Street, London, W.C.

is the wholesale agent, and he will supply full details on application

AGENTS & DEALERS.

We know you want a well=- — finished and reliable Cycle to sell ata popular price, and one that will give you entire satisfaction.

We make a ke this CYCLE

THE MACHINE of the SEASON.

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The CHEAPEST & BEST SAFETY in the Market WRITE AT ONCE FOR LIST AND TERMS.

‘Witton Manvracrmaye Co,

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78 to 82, HANOVER ST., 71, CATHEDRAL ST.

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TO ROYALTY AND THE ELITE OF EUROPE.

Bley) Instrument fitted with our Patent Mouse-Proof Pedals, AND GUARANTEED FOR SIX YEARS. ‘CATALOGUES SENT FREE ON Oe ele AND INSPECTION INVITED.

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Acknowledged | best Makers in the Trade for High-class , BABY CARRIAGES, “ey MAIL CARTS & BATH CHAIRS. Coloured Catalogue sent on

application, with best Terms to the Trade.

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rollers in our ma-

JAN. 1,°1893.

THE

American Weinger GO.

(late BAILEY WRINGING MACHINE CO.)

beg respectfully to call the attention of the Trade to their improved

“HOUSEHOLD” CLOTHES WRINGER.

The ‘ HOUSEHOLD ” WRINGER is manufactured exclusively for the Hire-Purchase Trade, and will not be supplied to any but bona-fide Hire- Purchase Dealers.

The ‘““ HOUSEHOLD ” WRINGER is made throughout of the very best materials and can therefore be specially recommended for sale on the Hire System.

The Rollers of the ** HOUSEHOLD” WRINGER haye a covering of Solid Rubber, half an inch thick, which is vulcanised on the shaft and cannot be removed except by cutting it off.

The ‘‘ HOUSEHOLD” WRINGER will fit on any tub of any size or shape.

Considering the quality of the materials used, the ‘‘ HOUSEHOLD ” WRINGER is the cheapest in the market.

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This is a section of one of our Rollers, and iadicates the exact thickness of rubber on the spindle We guarantee all

chines to have an equal thickness of rubber to that shown

in the sketch.

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a natural lubricant, and never require oiling.

Our new Catalogue is now ready and will be sent, post free, on application.

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GENUINE AMERICAN MB KNITTING MACHINE.

The most reliable and most easy running Stocking and Glove Knitter in the Market.

SWISS KNITTER. EUROPEAN KNITTER, CHEMNITZ KNITTER.

For all kinds of Garments, with special automatic attachments.

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S =e 3 5 — : S Kt iTS Stockings ribbed or plain a . 2 vidi tO GLOVES ard CLOTHING 1 WOOL, SILK, or COTTON, INSTRUC TIONS ERBEE, Lists 2d per post TPIT MET AWARD at PAKIs. The or'y Wis in the WOLD of ' GOLD MEDALS and W@other Fonou~, WAT RISOY KNITTING MACHINE CO. orks

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First-Class Quality. Low Prices. Latest lmnrovements. &¥ WRITS FOR NEW ILLUSTRATED LIST.

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which can knit every garment Ss that can be done by hand.

It would take three days by hand what could be cone on the «“ New Rothwell Knitter” in an hour, and toousands of ladies who have entirely abolished hand kaitting are now earning good incomes at their own homes by these machines, which Knit Stockings, Socks, Gloves, Combinations, Vests, in fact everything in either slik, wool, or cotton.

Write for prices and full particulars to

W. Rothwell &Co., Limited, Albert Works, Bridgeman St., Bolton.

Telegrams, ‘‘ Grovod, London.”

THE NATIONAL CYCLE SHOW.

Closely following on the footsteps of the ‘‘ Stanley,” the National Cycle Show was held at tne Crystal Palace during the past month, opening on the rst and closing on the 9th of December. Compared with its predecessors, it certainly showed increased patronage, notwithstanding the prohibition against any firms who exhibited at the “ Stanley.” The total number of exhibitors, however, is expressed by smaller figures than the “Stanley ” which had in November last 360 supporters as against 236 firms which occupied stalls at the ‘‘ National.’ Further analysis discloses the fact that tha exhibitors of complete machines numberedatthe ‘‘Stanley,” 140, andat the “ National” only 100. In the accessories section the ‘‘ National” received less support than its rival, but in the tyre and rubber department tue difference was less marked.

From a spectacular point of view the Palace show was generally ranked first,although the credit in our opinion, js more due to the building than to the arrangements of the exhibits. Beyond question the ‘‘ Stanley ” exhibits were more compactly displayed, and, after all, the con- venience of the trade is of more importance than mere appearance.

‘As to the volume of trade done we do not think that either of the two shows were satisfactory to the exhibitors, It is always very difficult to get at the real truth as to the

actual orders booked with a manufacturer during the run of an exhibition. Many of them have a habit of adding mere inquiries, based on a possible large order, to the number actually sold and thus arrive at large figures, which are given to the investigating journalist in perfect good faith. Occasionally, however, it is possible to get at the cold-blooded truth, and then the figures often

merely represent less than the outlay the exhibitor has |

been put to for stall space, printed matter, and attendants.

We had many opportunities of talking over this question with exhibitors at both the “Stanley” and the

‘“« National,” and at both shows the majority complained | that dealers are becoming less and less inclined to give

large orders on the spot, their visits being more due to a desire to inspect than to purchase. these enterprises are becoming less marts than mere shows.

Nor is this surprising. The actual manufacturers

of cycles primarily for sale through dealers now number | upwards of 200, and very often the worst machines are | exhibited by the best salesm-2a, as many of the largest | makers secure as salesmen winners of races, because of | their prowess on the racing path, although theability to | send round a wheel faster than other men cannot possibly | cycle | trade isnotoriously conspicuous for inconsistenciesand false | notions and the public are proverbially easily gulled. |

in itself bespeak commercial gifts. But the

For instance what possible connection is their between a racing machine and a roadster ?

another and at enormous cost get that machine pedalled

firm can necessarily manufacture a first-class roadster ? Weentirely fail to understand the logic of such reasoning, yet it is one of the fixed ideas of the trade.

is no more connection between a racer and roadster than between a race horse and a dray horse. They both have their uses, but they are never interchangeable. THE TYPE OF MACHINE. There can be no doubt as to the type of machine for 1894—the Humber pattern safety. The geared-ordinary

was exhibited on several stalls, but mostly in away which | seemeil to say that the firm had little faith init as a |

saleable machine for the coming season, and our advice to dealers is to leave it severely alone. “account stock it,and if you get it to order let it be acash transaction between you and the customer. We think

it highly probable that tandems will sell well in the im- | mediate future, but to stock them means a large outlay |

on a single machine, and since they are in their infancy, | L : | “oilt off” any business that really results In our opinion

there is a great risk of being left with old patterns through theimprovements which are rapidlyand constantly taking place. . tube of larger diameter not only for the frames, but also -for the handles, and that strength rather than mere

lightness is being increasingly considered. By narrowing |

the brackets and doing away with the pedal nut, and placing the pedal close to the crank a narrower tread is

obtained, and this is considered so desirable that many | manufacturers have adopted it for their new machines. | On a number of stands, notably those of Humber, Howe, | Coventry Machinist’s, the two Starley’s, Raleigh, and |

the Centaur Companyconsiderable prominence was given

to a high frame machine, commonly called the “ Giraffe.” | Never before, we should surmise, has so much attention | been shown to ladies’ safeties ; they were to be seen at |

most of the stands.

Among the other noticable features was the increased | use of gear cases with oi! baths which were mostly of the } One objection to these is their liability |

‘detachable’type. to leak. Mr. John Marston is fitting to his; ‘‘ Sunbeam ”’ one of the Carter pattern cases which is at once oil proof

and easy to detach. Among the more easily detachable | cases is the ‘‘ Humber” which they state will not leak. | The Premier Company also showed a case of their own |

invention which is said to be thoroughly practical.

Many of the machines on show had detachable chain | wheels, such as the Tower safety which screws on and is } secured by a nut, and the ‘‘ Triumph” in which case the | chain wheels and crank are made in one piece secured by |

a pin.

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| to be seen.

In other words | | to bea step in the right direction. The rim is absolutely

And how does it follow | that because one firm can produce a machine lighter than | a ; | tokeep abreast of their competitors. home ahead of all its competitors that therefore that |

Perhaps | some day the public will wake up to the fact that there |

We observed that most manufacturers are using |

JAN. 1, 1894.

We ohserved also that detachable brake fittings were largely in use. The Howe Company showed a guard made of aluminium, Most of the guards on show were detachable by simply turning a couple of screws.

The introduction of the pneumatic tyre has givena great impetus to brake invention, and several varieties were Among these the Hall was the most con- spicuous, as it 1s the best known. Most makers appear to favour rubber or metal rollers, but there are two genuine novelities to be seen,of which much is likely to be heard in the future. We refer firstly to the ‘Roper’? which depends upon the frictional powers of stiff bristles applied in the ordinary way. ‘The other is called the “Gardner,” and isa band brake put in operation by back pedalling.

The “ Pugh ” rim attracted great attention as it appears

jointless and hollow and is spun from sheet steel. THE TYRES.

The Tyre Section was, of course, the great centre of attraction, but among the 33 or 34 varieties of tyres on show there were few possessing striking novelty or excel- lence. At stand 224 there was to be seen the Whaleite Sponge Tyre invented by Mrs. A. M. Wood. It is a‘ solid tyre of extraordinary resiliency, due, it is said, to its peculiar composition, which includes whalebone dust.

Among other exhibits were the Preston-Davies, Tor- rilhon, Michelin, and the Seddon, most of which have been slightly altered or improved.

Much curiosity was naturally directed to the Dunlop stand, as the parent company no doubt strain every nerve We find that the roadster pattern for the coming season will differ very little from that of last year, and is, therefore, of the de- tachable type.

A number of tyres such as the “Stead,” ‘“ Imperial,” “Lindner,” “ Armstrong,” and the “ Bcdinar,” were shown for the first time, but their chances of a successful career are, we believe, in every case very remote. Not

| that they are wantinz in merit, but now that there are up-

wards of sixty distinct pneumatic tyres on the market, it is obviously impossible that one-quarter of them can find a sale. Inventors seem to forget that the differences between one tyre and another are asa rule so trifling that the public cannot possibly be expected to comprehend them. Further, that neither manufacturers nor agents

Do not on any | ¢an be expected to keep in stock more than two or three

varieties of tyres, and those the most popular. It follows then that the success of anew tyre is dependent mostly upon mere public request, and in order to produce this enquiry so much money must be spent in adver- tising, and in record work, as to entirely take the

dealers should only stock, say, a tew ‘‘ Dunlops,” and two or three “Clincher’s” or “Nedderman’s,” which are thoroughly reliable, and cannot possibly result in baa

| stock.

EXHIBITORS OF MACHINES.

We cannot possibly describe the whole of the stands devoted to complete machines. Of course, the leading makers, such as Humber, Coventry Machinists Company, Centaur Company, Triumph Company, &c., were worthily represented, but so uniform were the patterns that prac- tically a description of one stand could apply to the remaining 99.

There were no less than three manufacturers of sewing machines exhibiting cycles of their own manufacture. Among these was the Eslipse Machine Company, of Old- ham, formerly known as Shepherd, Rothwell, & Hough. The seven “ Rothwells on show bore evidence of that attention to detail which is indispensable in a sewing machine factory. Lightness, combined with strength, not forgetting superior finish, was very noticeable in

# connection with these machines.

Close by this stand were staged five machines made by Bernhard Stoewer, the well-known Stettin sewing machine manufacturer. They were built on English lines entirely, and could readily have passed for Coventry goods. Mr. Peth, who was in charge, told us that his firm had only been making cycles a few months, which would seem to render certain immediate success, consider- ing the excellence of what was almost the first fruits of

| their cycle department,

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EXHIBIT

AT THE

STANLEY Snow

WAS THE

TALK OF THE PLACE

Dealers should not fail to see our latest Novelties before placing their Orders for the New Season.

New Illustrated Catalogues ready January Ist, 1894. |

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STAR MANUFACTURING 60.,

STAR WORKS, GOODINGE ROAD, LONDON, WN.

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The other sewing machine house exhibiting complete cycles was the White Sewing Machine Company. Their exhibits comprised fifteen machines, most of which were ““Wincycles,” which during the past season enjoyed remarkable success. A very large number of our readers have already secured the agency for these machines, and know them to be built on the very best lines and to give complete satisfaction to their customers. The ‘ Triumph ” is another machine which was on view at this stand, and it is superfluous for us to state that it has for two or three years past been considered as entitled to front rank. :

No doubt many of our readers visited the stand of Mr. Harry S. Roberts, of Deanshanger, Stony Stratford. Here were displayed a dozen “‘Condors” in a manner which shows our friend’s taste in design and finish, to be by no means confined to cycles. His stand was one of the handsomest in an exhibition conspicuous for tasteful arrangements. Mr. Roberts specially caters for a middle- class trade, turning out a thoroughly reliable safety, with “Dunlop” or “ Clincher’”’ tyres, at something less than £20. Another feature of his business is his special terms to agents, under which dealers can take orders on instalment terms, and, if approved of, be paid a handsome commission at once. Nor have agents any further trouble, as Mr. Roberts himself attends to the pay- ments.

We should not cmit to state that Mr. Lohmann, the well-known sewing machine importer, &c., had a most comprehensive exhibit of accessories. To enumerate them would be next to impossible, as this firm deal, whole- sale only, in everything required by agents or repairers, and, in addition, have a new pneumatic tyre, the Veith, which has been much commended by the trade.

BRADBURY’ S CYCLES.

For some months past there have been rumours in the trade that Messrs. Bradbury & Co., Limited, the well-

known sewing machine manufacturers, were completing arrangements for adding a cycle department to their existing extensive business. During the recent cycle shows quite a number of persons hailing from Oldham and elsewhere were good enough to apprise us of this new enterprise, and since the knowledge is now so wide- spread we shall delay no longer our announcement that it is a fact that the Wellington Works, Oldham, will shortly be renowned not only for sewing machines and bassinettes but also for a high grade of cycles, to be called, we believe, the ‘‘ Wellington.”

Messrs. Bradbury will start with immense adyantages over their competitors. In the first place they are the oldest European manufacturers of sewing machines,and possess one ofthe best equipped factories in the world. This means morethan appearson the surlace. To manufacture a sewing machine at the present day requires, beyond doubt, the very highest level of mechanical skill, and the best adaptation of means to ends in order to attain accuracy of adjustment at a lowcost of production. ‘This accounts for the fact that: nearly all of the successful Continental cycle manufacturers are also makers of sewing machines, the former department having been engrafted on the latter.

But Messrs. Bradbury's advantages do not stop here. They have for years been extensive makers of tools and machines for engineers, and have supplied many of the most successful cycle manufacturers with plant. Thus they may almost be said to stare with a long exper‘e1ce. of cycle manufacture, which, combined with the fact,tha’ they have in their employ a number of mechanical experts of tried abilily, give additional importance to their new departure.

Of course, Bradbury’s will aim to produce for their cycles a reputation equal to that they enjoy for their sew- ing machines and bassinettes ; in other words. manufac- ture only sound, reliable machines. They are commencing somewhat late in the day: compared to the other :e ving machine manufacturers, but history is made quickly in the cycle trade, and the “ Wellington” cannot fail to quickly overtake many older machines.

ANN Sewin

lachines.

NOTHMANN’S NEW SHUTTLE WITH LID.

With this new siittle thy n- Fe.tton of the veel »und fixing ot the ihread is exceedingly Slvple.

Open the lid at the part marked a

and tarn it forward, the reel is thea liberated, and will fall out behind.

fly

All important parts ara

CEBR. NOTHMANN,

best quality.

=| Several valuable improvements. A ! manship. Silent Action.

The new b>btbin,wh'ch shouldro5 be Overwound, 1s piacea in the sh. ttle from behind, leaving about two inches of loose thread out, then press down the lid until it closes with a slight click, and draw the end of thread for- ward ATONE h the slit b, met comes

: - out under the tongue ¢, and flows over First-class work- the same. The tension is regalated - by the screw d, for which the small screwdriver is provided.

BERLIN.

adjustable and of the

Great Durability.

wing Machine Factory,

core scenr ron. £, RAUSNITZ, 56, Loughty Street, LONDON, W.C.

THE UNITED Sk Illustrated Price List free on application.

Suo-Agencies for any towa or district arranged.

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RECENT CHANGES IN THE TRADE.

Birmingham.—Mr. Thomas Avery, ironmonger, Sher- lock Street, has given up the sale of mangles.

Bolton. Hs Joseph S. Sugden, described on his letter paper as “wholesale and retail clothier and sewing machine agent,” has given up the latter department.

Ealing.—Mr. W. ik Cocks has closed nis cycle depot in High Street.

Kirkham.—Mr. J. Singleton, dealer in cycles and domestic machinery, has closed his branch in this town, but continues his business in Lytham.

Middlesbro’ —Messrs. R. W.C. Huggins & Co., cycle acd perambulator dealers, have removed from Linthor pe Road to Yorkshire Bank Chambers.

Newport Pagnell—Mr. Geo. Salmon, gunsmith, 4, High Street, now sells prams. and sewing machines in addition to cycles.

Petworth.—Mr. B. S. Austen, ironmonger, Market Piace, has given up the sale of sewing machines, but continues to sell mangles.

Pontefract.—-Mr. Jonas Batley, of Northgate Works, maker of mangles, has taken up the sale of cy cles.

St Albans.—Mr. Geo. Humphrey, dealer in cycles and sewing machines, 22, St. Peter’s Street, has closed his premises,

Stockport.—Mr. H. Ferrester, dealer in cycles, knitting, washing, and sewing machines, has removed from Great Underbank to 32, Dundonald Street, Heaviley, Stock- port.

Sutton-in-Ashfield——Mr. J. Starr, house furnisher, Upper Green, has givenup the sale of sewing machines and now sells wringers.

Tottenham.—Under the style of the Reliance Machine Company, Mr. Carl Petersen, who for some years managed one of Mr. C. L. Young’s depots, has started

business for himself at 114, West Green Road, Tottenham. Watford Mr. E. Wright, dealer in cycles and

domestic machinery, has closed his premises in this town. : Walsall—_Mr. E. Allsopp, cycle dealer, 15, Caldmore

Road, has taken up the sale of sewing machines.

Widnes.—Mr. M. Blank, house furnisher and dealer in cycles and domestic machines, has closed his premises in this town.

Woolwich.—Messrs. Watson & Co., dressmakers, 41, Hare Street, in addition to cycles and Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines, write us that they intend shortly to handle domestic machinery.

MILNE’S IMPROVED NEW DESIGN 2-ROLLER MANGLE.

ENTIRELY NEW FEATURES.

The old-fashioned bow-spring done away with, and in its place a Steel Spiral Spring, with two pressure levers.

The gearing all to one end.

No Star Wheels. The upper roller is driven through two stud wheels, so that the rollers may be re-dressed when required without altering the gearing, as is necessary with Star Wheels.

VERY EASILY DRIVEN.

This is a STRONG, SUBSTANTIAL MANGLE, the 24-inch weighs 294 lbs,

— Manufactured solely by — GEORGE MILNE, SHIELDS ROAD, GHLASGOW.

PDADALRADARAYYawoow>

—Representative in London—

MR. CHARLES WATT,

skill in management.

FOR THE FAMILY ¢ OR THE MANUFACTORY, — f IT STANDS AT THE HEAD BECAUSE

It is the simplest machine made, haying few parts, no complications, and requires little

20, BUCKLERSBURY, MANSION HOUSE, E.C.,

from whom Prices and all particulars may be obtained.

It is the lizhtest- running machine, hence produces less fatigue in operating, and on that account is especially recommended by the medical faculty.

It is adapted to the greatest range of work, will do the finest as well as the heaviest, and is suited to the use of ‘all appliances that facilitate the ordinary, fancy, or difficult work.

It is always ready for use, and requires no special adjustment when the work is changed.

It is the most durable machine ever made. advanced and approved mec hanical principles, and all the parts are case-hardened, working on adjustable conical bearings.

Its construction is in accordance with the most

HAND MACHINES from £4 45., TREADLE MACHINES from £5 10s.

Terms and full particulars can be obtained from

GORDON & 'GOTCH, 15; St. Bride Street, LONDON, EC.

AGENTS WANTED WHERE NOT ALREADY REPRESENTED.

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JAN. 1, 1894.

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USEFUL RECIPES FOR MECHANICS. To PropucE A STEEL BLUE ON Brass.

Compound the following mixture, strain it, and place the polished brass article therein until it assumesa fine steel blue colour.

Ingredients—6 drachms sulphate of antimony, 8 ozs. calcined soda crystals, 11 drachms Kermes, 11 drachms tartar, 22 drachms hyposulphite of sodium, 3 pints of water.

Preparation—In half the water dissolve the antimony sulphate and calcined soda, and to this solution add the Kermes and filter the fluid. Separately dissolve the tartar and hyposulphite in the remainder of the water and then mix the two solutions and use warm for steep- ing the brass in.

To Give Brass A Goop Biack-BronzED APPEARANCE.

Dip the articles in a solution of nitric acid and water and then rinse in clean water to remove alltraces of the acid, and steep it in the following compcund until it turns black, then take it out, rinse off this fluid in clean water, dry it by putting in heated sawdust, polish with blacklead, and then lacquer with green lacquer :—12 parts (by weight) of hydrochloric acid, r part (by weight) green vitriol (sulphate of iron), 1 part (by weight) white arsenic. A good green lacquer is prepared as follows :— Digest in 3 gallons of methylated spirit, 18 ozs. of turmeric powder, 15 ozs.shellac (or ata push) rt oz. sandarac resin, 3 ozs. resin, 3 ozs. gamboge, and when the shellac has dissolved, strain the fluid through muslin, and to the sediment add another 14 gallons of methylated spirit, and let it digest for some days, and when strained mix the two fluids. Laythe lacquer onthe warm metal as directed in a previous recipe. Any shade of brown to black can be obtained by the above bronze fluid, according to the length of immersion, the action of it being stopped by oiling the articles when colour is reached.

MetuHop oF GIVING Iron a BronZED APPFARANCE WITHOUT COATING IT WITH METAL OR ALLOY.

First well clean the articles by scouring in an alkaline solution (potash or soda) and rinsing off, then coat the articles with a thin film of a fat or non-drying oil—not fish vil—as castor oil or rapeseed, and then expose the arti les to the heat of a fierce furnace, the heat of which. however, is not strong enough to carbonise the oil. In this way cast iron absorbs oil at the moment the oil is decomposed, and there is formed at the surface a thin coat of brown oxide of iron, which adheres very strongly tothe metal, and which takes a high polish, giving the iron articles the appearance of bronze.

FORMULA FOR A SIZE FoR BRonNZE POWDER For IRON.

Put one pint of methylated spirits (¢e., wood polisher’s spirits of wine) into a bottle, and then add ¢ lb. of shellac and 4 oz. gum benzoin, and stand the vessel in a warm place, giving it a shake occasionally, and after the resins

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28 The Journal of Domestic Appliances DS RS Une ARON a rd

Failures and Arrangements.

ARTHUR REAVILI, Peramlulator Manufacturer, 200, High Street, Deritend.

At the Birmingham County Court, on the 18th ult., before Mr. Registrar Cole, the pvblic examination of the above was taken, Liabilities, 4121 ; assets, £49 —The Bankrupt stated that up to June 1890, he was engaged as a journeyman perambulator-maker, and in that year he started in business in Arthur Street, Small Heath, with a capital of £5. He tradedas a perambulator manufacturer, and his wife carried on a toy business. In July, 1892, he removed to Deritend, Lut instead of his prosperity increasing, as he had anticipated, he began to feel the pressure of trade depression, and soon found himself in diffi- culties. In the course of the examination it transpired that the bank- rupt had obtained £10 from a money Jender named Jones, agreeing to pay £14 tcs. for ‘t in weekly instalments of 10s. One week he was unableto keep up the payment, and proceedings were commenced against him in the County Court, but these were withdrawn on his undertaking to pay the costs, £1 12s., and £16 in addition to £3 Ios: which he had alicady 1epaid. Subsequently he again failed to raise the money on one occasion, and received an order for payment forthwith.— The Registrar said he had always refused to grant such an order in re- gard to claims by money-lenders, the 86th section of the County Courts Act under which thet procedure was provided for being designed to benefit tradesmen who were entitled to money for goods supplied. Money-lenders actually sought to avail themselves of that provision for recoviring forthwith, notwithstanding that they had covenanted to accept payment by instalments. He (the Registrar) had always refused to grant such orders, and was supported in the viewhe took by two County Court judges whom hehad consulted.—The examination was concluded.

SAMUEL LEIGH BRYAN, dealer in perambulators, 10, Malcolm Street, and 7, The Hardwick, Derby, and late of Harrow Road, London.

The statutory meeting of the creditors interested hereunder took place on the 15th ult. at the offices ofthe Official Receiver, Derby. The unsecured debts were returned at £445 8s. 5d., and the assets, which consisted entirely of book debts, were estimated to produce £80, thus leaving a deficiency of £365 8s. 5d. 3

Tt appeared from the Official Receivers report that the receiving order was made on the debtor’s own petition on the Ist ult. He alleged his failure to have been caused through bad trade and bad debts. He commenced business’ in London, where he had shops at 459, Harrow Road, W., and 13, St. George’s Road, Notting Hill, W. Nothirg cf importance was done at the meeting, the.efore the estate will be wound up by the Official Receiver in the usual way.

HARRY VICTOR LLOYD, trading as LLOYD & CO., Peramku- Jator Manulactur r, &c., Boro’, London, S.E.

At the London Bankiuptcy Court, on the 15th ult., the above passed his public examination. Very few of the trade were present, and the pioceedirgs lasted only some twenty minutes. Questioned by Mr. Hough, the Official Receiver, the debtor stated that he was formerly in partnership with two others, and the firm was made bankrupt in 1885, with liabilities about £6,0co. Prior to obtaining his discharge, one of his former employés, Robert Ives, looked after the old business in the Boro’, and he (debtor) subsequently took over the same. He had no interest whatever in the premises kept by Mr. Whymper, in Burdett Road, E., but he had for some time workshops in Brandon Street, which he gave up some months ago. Mr. John Lees joined him in partnership in June, 1892, and this was dissolved a year Jater, the debtor himself taking over all the liabilities and assets, and agreeing to pay his partner back the money he brought in (£750) by weekly irs'alments. At the time of the dissolution no balance-sheet was prepared. He (the debtor) first ascertained that he was in financial difficulties a few days before he called a meeting of his creditors, and then because of a writ. He considered-his failure due to losses to the extent of £1,400 incurred during the partnership. A substantial part of this was due to his having carried on an unprefitable trade in Brandon Street on a particular class of goods.

The debtor was then asked a number of questions with reference to his wife’s connection with the business, in the course of which he ex- plained that she formerly conducted the canopy department of his perambulator factory. In December last she took premises at Haver- stock Hill, and openedthem in her own name asa domestic machi- nery store, and bought goods both of himself and other wholesale dealers. They were called the Haverstock Hill Cash Machine Stores, and the name of Lloyd did not appear therecn. All firms supplying goods knew that they were for Mrs. Lloyd. Both he and his wife lived at these premises. Mrs. Lloyd had made him a number of ad-

vances for his business in the Borough. As to the household furniture |

removed from the Borough to Haverstock Hill, most of this was pur- chased athis former bankruptcy by his wife. The last loan he received from Mrs. Lloyd was in September, and the last repayment in October, before he knew of his insolvency. All the amounts figure in the books ot the firm.

In reply to further questions, the debtor said that no goods were supplied to his wife under cost. The gift of 4200 to Mrs. Lloyd is explained in this way: His partner actually brought into the business £1,0co, but £250 was not to be considered as partnership capital.

Thus in June, 1892, he hadasum of £250 at his disposal, £200 of |

which he gave to hiswife. It was certaimly not intended as a loan sa'dthe debtor, in reply to the trustee, as he con-idered that he owed it to hiswife. Mrs. Lloyd had paid him for the goods she had for her business at Haverstock IJill, which business was sold in June last.

The public examination of the debtor was then close. JACOB SAMUEL BROUDY, furniture dealer, &c., 41, Chee.ham

Hill Road, Cheetham, Manchester.

Deed of arrangement, dated November 17th, filed November 24th. Unsecvred liabilities, £214 15s. 5d. Assets, £20. The Midland Perambulator Company are creditors for £16.

JAN. 1, 1894.

MENDEL BLANK, furniture dealer, &c., 17, Bridge Street, Runcorn. A deed of arrangement, dated November 15th, was filed on November 22nd in the above matter. Unsecured liabilities £776 17s., and estimated net assets £160. Among the creditors are : — s. Midland Perambulator Company, Birmingham ... 10 oO Varley & Wolfenden,‘Keighley ... 600 Io oO Holmes, Pearson, & Co, Keighley 0 oo, tg} © Smith, Marks, & Co., Keighley 50 iit - @)

JOSIAH GLADWELL, cycle and machine agent, Quarry Stree Guildford.

In theabove matter, which was an arrangement, a first and finil dividend of 5s. in the pound has just been paid. Tbe trustee's re- muneration was £13 I2s., the total receipts £123 17s. 5d., anl the liabilities 4347 8s. 5d.

SIDNEY BALLARD, draper, &c., High Street, Godalming.

At a private meeting of creditors held herein recently, it was decided that the debtor should file his petition in bankruptcy. Among the creditors are : —

Grit/ner Machine Co , Limited, Durlach... 22 17 10 Jones’ Sewing Machine Co., Limited, Manchester 28 4 8 Hardstaff, T., Nottingham ... oY 2) 3) Coleman, C., & Co., London Bo) BB

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COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS were registered against Wm. James Rae, Jate perambulator manufacturer, 3, Hamilton Road, Reading, for £13 12s. 11d. on October 27th, and against Henry Scuthwell, wringing machine dealer, of Heap Bridge. Bury, for £13 Ios. 34. on October 23rd.

A BILL OF SALE, dated December Ist, was filed on December 7th, by Job McKeown, sewing machine manufacturer, 59, 63, and 65, Long Millgate, Manchester, in favour of Joseph Brown (trustee), the same being a settlement in trust for wife, &c., of household furniture at 63, Long Millgate, aforesaid, and life policy.

THE TRAVE SMOKING CONCERT,

On the 7th ult. there was held at the Salutation Hotel, Newgate Street, London, E.C., the third smoking concert of the sewing machines and kindred trades. The committee was composed of the following gentlemen, viz., Messrs. Charles Bradbury (Grimme, Natalis & Co.), R. C. Carpenter (The Thomas Sewing Machine Company), Thos. C. Cole (American Wringer Company), W. J. Harris (W. J. Elarris & Co., Limited), Geo. H. Hughes (Geo. H. Hughes), R. J. Johns (Branston Two-Reel Sewing Machine Company), James A. Jackson (Bradbury & Co., Limited), Henry Nash (Star Manufacturing Com- pany), Geo. W. Phillips (Vertical Feed Sewing- Machine Comrany), Joseph Powell (Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Company), George Sawyer (White Sewing Machine Company), H. E. Tudor (Solicitor to the H.T.P.A.), and Mr. Samuel J. Sewell, secretary.

Mr. Geo. D. Philips (Yertical Feed Sewing Machine Company) was appointed to take the chair, with Mr. Geo. Sawyer as vice, but both these gentlemen were, at the last moment, to their great regret, unable tole present. Able substitutes were, however, found in the persons of Messrs. James A. Jackson (Bradbury & Co., Limited) and R. J. Johns (Cherry Tree Machine Company).

The concert was well attended and passed offina highly satisfactory manner, largely due to Messrs. Jackson and Charles Bradbury, to whose hands the musical arrangements were confided. Professional talent only was engaged, and this included Messrs. Richard Coltman (bari- tone), H. Hicks (tenor), and Fred. W. Stephens (comic), who were accompanied on the piano by Mr. L. Stanley Overton. All these artists gave the greatest possible satisfaction, as, too, did Mr. E. Dennett in several short recitations. Among the best items on the programme were performances on the silver bells by Mr. R. B. Hopkins, whose skill is simply remarkable, and was received with enthusiastic applause. A ventriloquial entertainment given by Mr. Frederic Russell was also one of the “hits” of the evening.

As the evening was drawing to a close several votes of thanks were passed,in which Messrs. Powell, Cole, Bradbury, Jackson, Johns, Car- penter, Snow and H.M. Scott took part. A number of gentlemen were present from the Continent, including the Messrs. Stoewer andMr. Peth, and the latter replied to toast of ‘Our Foreign Visitors.” The

_ proceedings were brought to a close shortly after 11 p.m., after having | lasted nearly four hours.

The programme was specially designed by Mr. Frank Jackson, and generally considered as showing exquisite taste. ;

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3 ¢ The Journal of Domestic Appliances.

The following list has been compiled expressly for this Journal b« Messrs. G. F. Redfern & Co., Patent Agents, 4, South Street Finsbury, London, E.C.

APPLICATIONS FOR LETTERS PATENT.

21,697. G. H. Colley and The Weeks Colley Manufacturing Com- pany; for improvements in sewing machines.

21,712. EE. J. Franck, for improvements in knitting machines.

21,851. T. Cowburn, for improvements relating to the sewing of leather and other articles.

21,941. K. L. Skinner, a communication from D. W. Gardner, o

United States, for a new or improved sewing stitch.

21,948. J. Fennah, for improvements in and relating to mail-carts for children.

21,956. S. H. Crocker, for a new or improved thread knotting and cutting device.

22,230. J. Anderson and H. Craig, for improvements in and relating to circular knitting machines.

22.392. W. J. Ford, fof improvements in circular knitting machines.

. 22,466, A. Bianchi, for improvementsin or relating to children’s mail-carts and the like.

22,585.- E. Palmer, for improvements in children’s mail-carts.

22,988. E. Bennett, for improvements in brakes for perambula- tors.

23,036. H. H. Lake,a communication from G. Caspani of Italy, for improvements in motors for driving sewing machines and other apparatus.

23,040. R. Steiner, for improvements in lock-stitch sewing machines.

23,290. F. B. Barthel, for improvements in lamps for sewing machines. ~~

23,481. J. Haas and R. Lintz, for improvements in sewing machines.

23,699. F. J. Gray, for improvements in the construction of perambulators.

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20,067. Sewing Machines. A.G. Brookes, a communication from K. Fogel; of Chelsea, Mass., U.S.A. Dated November 7th, 1892.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of sewing machines, whereby novel stitching composed of several threads, may be made in any part of material to be stitched, #.e., the stitch may be used to produce a strong ornamental seam, either in the body of the material, or along an edge.

20,618. Fancy Stitch Sewing Machines. W. A. Robertson, of Newtownards, co. Down, Ireland. Dated November 15th, 1892.

The improvements consist in constructing a sewing machine with two or more needles, and a corresponding number of shuttles or loop- takers, which, while working in union, are made to approach and recede from each other in lateral directions for the purpose of producing at one operation, and with greater precision, a series of fancy stitches, such as double or triple hemstitch, or double hemstitch with a row of what is known as spoking or sparring between, and other stitches of a like nature, such stitches having been produced hitherto by a series of operations on one-needle machines.

20,200. Sewing Machines. F.Maginn, of Lower Broughton, and J. Shovelton, of Manchester. Dated December 5th, 1892.

Consiststs in (1) an improved method of, and means for, communi- cating motion from the hand-wheel spindle to the needle-bar, and to the lock-forming device for the lower thread. (2) The substitution for the reciprocating rotary or oscillating shuttle of a stationary spool holder in which an ordinary reel ball spool or bobbin of thread may be empleyed. (3) Animproved construction and arrangement which enables eon to produce either the ordinary lock-stitch, a chain-stitch, ora-lock-chain-stitch at will; and (4) an improved means of securing the needle in the needle-bar.

22,388. Sewing Machines, C. W. Allen and T. R. Rossiter, both of the firm of Chappell, Allen, & Co., London. Dated December 6th,

The object of this invention is to provide in sewing machines two or more lines of stitching means whereby the distance apart of the lines can be varied.

23,817. Circular Reversible Knitting Machines. W.J. Ford, of Humberstone, Leicester. Dated December 24th, 1892.

The object of tbe improvements are (1) to enable spliced goods to be made without cutting or breaking the splicing thread, and (2) to provide an improved arrangement of driving gear so that in the event of an extra thick portion of the splicing yarn being presented to the needles so as to clog them, the latter instead of breaking, will be thrown out of action by the stoppage of the machine.

16,610. Circular Knitting Machines. S. Davis & J. Lee, both of Hinckley, dated September 4th, 1893.

JAN. 1, 1894.

_ The object of this invention is to provide improved mechanism for introducing a splicing thread into the knitted fabric at those places which require to be thickened. It consists mainly in the combination with a circular knitting machine of a rotary splicing device, comprising a spring clip adapted when released to trap and sever the splicing thread, the clip being controlled by fixed or adjustable cam-like pieces or stops.

18,568, Cross Hem Stitch Sewing Machine» F.Gegaux & J. G. Gegaux, of Steckborn, Switzerland, dated October 4th, 1893.

Relates to improvements in apparatus used to effect the cross hem stitch now so generally used in bordering or hemming handkerchiefs and for other purposes. The improvements relate primarily toa novel arrangement in connection with the needles, and secondly to the feed and to the pressure plate appliances.

UNITED STATES PATENTS.

IssUED AND DATED NOVEMBER 7TH, 1893. 508,031. W. A. Mack, Cleveland, Ohio, sewing machine tables. 508,205. G.H. Coburn and A. W. Stone, Laconia, N.H., thread splicing mechanism for knitting machines. 508,233. J. I. McDonald, folding guide for sewing machines. 508,238. W. A. Pridemore, Ironwood, Mich., spool holder for sewing machines. RE-ISSUE. 11,378. G. Reid and C. Stevenson, Philadelphia, Pa., automatic controlling mechanism for circular knitting machines. IssuED AND DATED NOVEMBER I4TH, 1893. 508,452. E. Vermelyea, Waterford, N.Y., adjustable support for the cloth wheels and burr wheels of rotary knitting machines. 508,512. E. J. Franck, Philadelphia, Norristown, Pa., circular knitting machine. 508,600. G. H. Colley, Jackson, Mich., sewing machine. 508,715. D. Howell, Yonkers, N.Y., sewing machine. IssUED AND DATED NOVEMBER 21ST, 1893. 508,965. A. McMichael and F. B. Wildman, Norristown, Pa., circular knitting machine. 509,062. G, F. Wells and M. J. Sparks, Philadelphia, Pa., sew- ing machine attachment. 509,243. J. A. Parr, Amsterdam, N.Y., striping attachment for circular knitting machines. , 509,283. H. S. Becker, Charlottesville, Va., stop motion for knitting machines.

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Mev on During the past month there have been Trade. Some slight signs of a revival-in trade, and it is to be sincerely hoped that they will increase. The latter half of last year was, perhaps, the worst ever experienced by the domestic machinery trade. Not only was little business done, but dealers found it next to impossible to collect their instalments, due in a large measure to the coal strike. The pram trade started well last year, but the season was phenomenally short, so that trade as a whole in 1893 was most unsatisfactory. The mangletrade, perhaps, felt the depression the most, although the sales of sewing machinesalso fell off toan alarming extent.

The mangle manufacturers have fostered a habit of discontent, and are always complaining that they make no profits. Yet, as will be seen elsewhere, they have reduced their prices 1s. 6d. on even their smallest sizes. We confess to having heard of this reduction with feel- ings of amazement, as even at the old prices we have been assured over and over again that there is no margin whatever for profit. Oneof two things is certain, either we have been deceived in the past as to the cost of pro- duction or the makers are making rapid strides towards liquidation.

MR. HARROP'S ANNUAL SOIREE.

The sixth annual tea party and soiree given by Mr. John Harrop, the well-known perambulator manufacturer, io his employees came off on the 5th ult. at the Mechanics’ Institute, Stockport, and was a great success. There were about 150 present at tea, including representatives of the various departments of the firm. Afterwards Mr. John Harrop (the head of the firm) presided, being supported by Mr. George Dudson, Mr. Eggington (Cheadle), and the managers of the various departments. After the opening song, *‘ Should auld acquaintance be forgot,” had been rendered, the Chairman wished all present a happy and prosperous new year. It was, he assured them, a pleasure to him to be present at that, the fifth of their annual gatherings. Speaking of the friendly relations which existed between himself and his employees, Mr. Harrop said that the more the masters and employees came together a better understanding was arrived at between them. Reverting to the coal strike and its effect upon the business of the firm, the chairman said two years ago he was of opinion that the Government of the country should recognise an Arbitration Board. If theycould submit their differences to such a Board he believed that great strikes would cease. A large number of people who were not engaged in the coal trade suff-red from their effects. The question of strikes ought to become a national ques- tion. They were advancing in that direction, and the sooner they recognised it the better. Mr. Harrop concluded by hoping they would spend a happy evening. Mr. Eggington (of Cheadle), in th: course cf a brief address, said he was very pleased to be present that evening. Mr. Harrop had, by devotion to business, built up a flourishing concern, and he had no doubt that had it not been for depression in trade there would have beenavery much larger number present. (Applause.) Mr. Eggington spoke in eulogistic terms of Mr. and Mrs. Harrop and family, and concluded by wishing them alla happy new year. Then followed a music.] entertainment, in which the following took part :-—Messrs. Johnson, Bradshaw, Price, Arthur Harrop, Hunt, Sykes, A. Shore, Stewart, Bayley, S. Shore. and the Misses Stafford, Pratt, and Goodwin. Dancing then commenced to the accompaniment ef Mr. Dean’s band, and only ended at three a.m.

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The Story of the Sewing Machine. WITH REMINISCENCES, PERSONAL AND GENERAL. By NEWTON WILSON.

CHAPTER XXII. L’ExposITION UNIVERSELLE, 1567.

Napoleon IIJ. had attained the zenith of his fame and power when there uprose, on the Champs de Mars, the most unstately, ill-designed, inartistic building ever constructed for exhibition purposes.

One huge elliptical iron ring leading nowhere but to the point at which the visitor started, in which the visitor was ever losing himself, and in which the most essential guide being a pocket compass he was for ever turning a never-ending corner. This was the Industrial Palace of 1867.

Twelve years had elapsed since the previous exhibition was held in the Champs Elysee; but since then the intervals have been eleyen years, those succeeding being in 1878 and 1889, while the next will, in all proba- bility, be in the opening year of the next century.

The period was fateful; the Emperor had made a great and irreparable blunder. Hehad given to the Austrian Archduke his support in the disastrous Mexican expedi- tion under the command of Marshal Bazaine. J

Well do I recollect the Sunday before the departure of the newly-made Emperor. Walking with an American friend in the Bois de Boulogne,a block occurred in the great crowd of carriages, that moment my friend, turning to me, said, ‘‘ Wilson, look here! Here’s the Emperor; ’ and there, within three yards of me the Imperial carriage stayed. On the near side, with his back to the horses, the Emperor Napoleon faced the Empress Charlotte ; on his right was the Emperor Maximilian facing the Empress Eugenie. Instantly I doffed my hat, and was rewarded by an acknowledging bow from the occupants of the carriage. Tomy amazement I saw no cthers showing the same mark of respect, and there was no attempt at a cheer. :

“They do these things better in France,” so ’tis sa‘d, but I thought how very different would have been the reception in England.

But to return to the exhibition of that year, for it is not mine to tell the story of Maximilian’s sad death so soon after.

The space devoted to English sewing machines was very narrow, and lay along the inside wall of the ellipse— French, German, and American were differently treated and much more advantageously ; being arranged in their several countries in what might be termed the nave of the structure, save the American exhibits, which were in a separate annexe in the grounds.

An American calling at my stand said, “I see only two new things in sewing machines here.’’ “ What are those?” Lasked. “Your internal gear machine,” said he, ‘‘and my invention of ’—I’ve forgotten what.

But few of those who exhibited on that occasion remain at this moment inconnection with the trade.

The Maison Americaine (Charles R. Goodwin) and Charles Callebaut, then large manufacturers in Paris, and many others have gone to that sewing machine bourne from whence no traveller returneth.

Amongst the Germans appeared Pollack, Schmidt, & Co. This firm made a notable exhibition of artistic cabine* work, but they have long since disappeared. Germany was at that time making its first efforts in the building of sewing machines. Very little credit can be assigned to them for mechanical inventions, their energies being wholly directed to the reproduction of well-known types like the Howe and the Wheeler & Wilson, at that time holding high rank in public estimation. The German people for a considerable period gave their preference to machines of English construction ; nevertheless those which they did build were upon the whole well constructed and of excellent finish, and to-day

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the German manufacturer holds more than his own as a Tival to British houses.

A small hand lock-stitch machine, known as the Jack- Son, appeared amongst the English exhibits ; it operated by a hook in combination with a spool case and spool. The present Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 is almost an identi- cal re plica of that arrangement. Jackson, who had been a mechanic in my employ, achieved quite a little success on this occasion, and for some years it had a considerable sale. It has long been numbered with the

ast.

About the -ame time the “ Little Wanzer’’ appeared. Mr. Wanzer wsasa Canadian, and had his manufactory at Hamilton, in the Province of Ontario. j

He had previously introduced into England a more important machine in the shape of a Wheeler & Wilson, but, working with a shuttle instead of the well-known hook and spool, this machine was not calculated to take any great hold upon the English market, being somewhat noisy.

The first practical button-hole machine, exhibited by the American Button-Hole Machine Co., was in the American Annexe, and subsequently established itself in Newgate Street, London, The Florence, aiso an Ameri- can Machine, with vibrating arm like the Wheeler & Wilson, but with shuttle movement, opened premises about the same time in Cheapside.

There was, indeed, a considerable extension and enlargement of the trade about thisperiod. The general trade being healthy, and the prices remunerative, many new varieties appeared, and especially of hand machines. The Dorcas and Penelope, two lock-stitch hand machines operating with revolving hook andspool case, and driven with the internal gear, were produced by myself in the year 1868. The Franklin Sewing- Machine Company, of Birmingham, conducted by Mr. Maxfield, a former manager of mine, brought out the Agenoria, a lock-stitch hand machine working with a shuttle. This had a very fair sale for a few years, then disappeared. The number of different hand machines which succeeded one another in rapid succession was in- deed legion ; everv large manufacturer or manufacturing company made the attempt, with greater or less success, to convertthe pedal machineinto a form driveable by hand, whilst every small manufacturer had one or more of these machines either in chain-stitch orlo-k-stitch: withshuttle or with the rotating hock. One of these aspirantsto fame was the manufacture of Nussey and Pilling, of Leeds. They gave to it the somewhat striking name of “ The Little Stranger.” The welcome accorded in the nursery rhyme was meted out to the new comer, which, however, pre- sented but few precccious features. It had a limited growth, flourished for a few years under partial public

patronage, and then became a “ Great Stranger.”

Omission must not be made of the shuttle hand machine brought out by myself in 1869 under the name of the “ Princess of Wales.” Decorated by the‘floralDanish emblems, and with the plume in relief on each of the scroll shaped corners of the base, it was constructed with a regard to taste and form which few of the machines could approach.

I had obtained a large contract for this machine on its introduction, from a German house. There was a provision made in this contract for its determination in case of war, and, unfortunately for me, this took place on the breaking out ofthe Franco-German War in 1870.

The results of that war were not advantageous to Eng- lish commerce as far as regards the sewing machine.

The heavy indemnities paid by France, andthe freedom of money in the Fatherland in connection therewith, stimulated the establishment of German manufactures to an extraordinary extent.

The Germans aimed at high finish, making no pretence to originality of construction. They were content to con- fine themselves to the exact reproduction with all the English improvements of almost every known type of machine. And with the advantages they undoubtedly possessed of the proximity of coal and iron, and still more by the employment of cheap labour in conjunction with long hours, they rapidly obtained an important status, a status of which neither American nor English competi- tion has been able to deprivethem, They produced the best imitations—rather, perhaps, should they be dignified

by the higher term of reproductions—of th: Wheeler & Wilson and the Family Singer forms of machine. In both classes they realised distinction; and in the latter particularly, the ‘ Singer,” they “ hold the fort ”’ in spite of the strongest efforts on the part of the original com- pany to dislodge them.

Loth as I am to admit it, the accuracy expected and re- quired from the historian compels me to admit that at the present time they have to a very great extent drivea out the English manufacturer both here at home and over the continent of Europe.

A single illustration I will give. The Peninsula of Spain and Portugal was, 20 years ago, one of the best markets for English-made machines. All the large manufacturers had extensive connections there. What is the state of things to-day? With the exception of the manufactures of Kilbowie I know not of any British productions of sewing machines that find their way into Spain and Portugal, whilst I can learn that whole train loads of German machines find ready sale there.

How is this? Partly the cheapness arising from the causes already enumerated, and partly the.lack, of enter- prise on the part of the British ma pee fast] y the cultivation of finish which pas again y stink, guished the German mechanicia oF nc the decadence\\ of English trade. FEBI91894 ¥

To return ; the period of which,wWe have been w pe that from 1867 to 1871 inclusive, ¥ 45 ehAATEN TIVE | pot alone by the large introduction of almost amvamcrable varieties of the hand machine, some of which appeared for a little moment as meteors in the firmament, but which were lost and forgotten with almost equal rapidity, whilst others possessing a stronger vitality had a more extended career, and competition healthy and strong was every- where apparent. We have mentioned many varieties of the hand machine. One had nearly escaped our notice, and yet deserves a reference in these pages, it was the “ Tayler,’ a hand machine, somewhat clumsy in outward appearance, Operating with a shuttle, having an elliptical movement. This was the invention of a banker’s clerk of like name, who hailed from Driffield, in York- shire.

A small company conducted the business, the machines being made in Hamburg. The company took the premises formerly occupied by the Florence, 97, Cheapside. The machine was well built, and the company actually thought itself of sufficient importance to publish a “ Gazette” of its own.

A few years ago, when at Harrogate, I consulted a physician there. To my astonishment he addressed me, “Are you the Newton Wilson of London”? He was a shareholder and director of the Taylor Sewing Machine Company, Limited, and gave me the history of the ill- fated company. It had made profits, but they had all been absorbed in heavy expenses, and as the trade diminished the directors discovered that the whole of their property had been frittered away, and the once well- known ‘ Taylor’? machine had vanished into air—“ into thin air.” Its demise took place about a.p. 1880.

(Zo be continued,)

HONOUR TO A SEWING MACHINE MAN.

The good folk of Kingussie, Inverness, on th2 16th ult., accorded a right royal welcome to Mr. P. A. C. Mackenzie, in honour of the title of Visconde de Serra Largo, recently bestowed cn him by his Majesty the King of Portugal.

Mr. Mackenzie has for the past eleven years managed the business ofthe Singer Manufacturing Company in Brazil, and in that capacity visited every town of importance on the east coast of America and inland, establishing branches and appointing representatives of the Company all along the line of route, and it is largely because of his assiduous attention to the extension of business throughout not only th- Brazilian territory, but also in Uruguay and Paraguay, that the honour has been conferred on him.

Not only had his connection with the Brazilian Republic reference to Singer business, but, by the advice of his friends, he also engaged in other concerns, and identified , himself with various banking institutions. During his sojourn in Brazil he also formed an additional link in his connection with South America by being united in matri- mony to the eldest daughter of Commander Jose Maria do Amaral, of Para and Rio de Janeiro, one of the leading families in Braz'l.

The rejoicings by the townsfolk of his birthplace were on a most elaborate scale, among which may be mentioned a monster bonfire and the playing of pipers. Congratulatory speeches were delivered by Mr. Crerar, ex-Provost, to which Mr. Mackenzie suitably responded.

At the close of the rejoicings the hero of the hour was carried shoulder-high to his residence.