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Show p Tho Crazo for Brass Bod-s Bod-s toad s. Mi. Mnloney, BnlcBtimn: You would do surprised to know tho oxtent oi tho crazo in Chicago for brasn bed-Bteailu. bed-Bteailu. When wo first introduced them thero wna a projudico ngaltiHt them, tho good houso wives urging; as an objection that extra servant would havo to bo omployod to keep tho hcdstondri burnished. This objection, ob-jection, ljowover, had nothing In it. A brasH bsdstcnd required no moro attention that is bestowed upon any V . nice pleco of lurnlturo. Thuro an ' only threo manufactories in tlio " United States. Ono is hero in fill- " ago and two aro in Now York. Tho ono in Chicago wns a failuro at tho f stnrt, and, if I remember correctly, l came near going to tho wall. I be- liovo it revived when it removed to Pullman, and now it is doing its. share of business. Tho brass lietl-stend, lietl-stend, ns you arc probably aware, is English. Many nro discarding their old bedstends for .brass ones, while I thoso who arelurnishingliouscsanow W orforthollrst time purchase tlio brass W bedsteads. They aro not as expen- m slvo ns you might imagine. You can 21 tret a hnndsomo ono for Irom ?(J0 to J $75, and that's what you would pay (jf lor a well finished wooden bedstead. 'if Chicago Tribune. ' i im I |