Show 9 CENT U BY I 1 I 1 oil ail kat 10 M three thousand persons an ferll for antique upholstery 1 upholstered ai s 1111 furniture coe considerably sid sider drably ably more than a century old still in good and that has bebenin been ln dally daily use since the time of it its has been discovered coveted dis by bir tife the science institute of chi ch i cago agol in im response to a prize offer of 2510 forthe oldest piece of bf furniture covered in mohall moar lr 1 since the day dai abe q contest opened interesting te reports and descriptions of old pieces of been conr adir ing into the institute offices and now a staff 0 engaged in sorting over the contestants the contest closes cloes octo ber 1 k one sofa entered in inthe the com petition i Is claimed to ti b be e at least i years old bid a iligir chair I 1 bie one of a set pur chased by a bride and groom before athe the war f 12 Is another interesting entry tri and and there are several articles reported to be beat at least a century old red was the predominating colorin color in i olden days the samples submitted ashow but occasional green ones a are re i entered suggesting that the modern love of color variety and the preference for cooler shades had its beginning many years ago g aio alonga hg with the entries many of horbelt hor were received unfortunately for the contestants who submitted horse hair they wilt will not fe be eligible e for the aaa as t I 1 must submit mohair th hair OL ape the an ackorn 0 1 goat to boate obeah wah ah entries haseben hav eben received practically every ever sta state te in the union has been represent led ed the most likely ants for the prize so fari far are ire from the east here furniture used ari ln the early days and imported Is still the c ch h fished wt the household i 1 |