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 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 
 
 — Shakespeare, "" Tempest'' IV., I. 
 
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 In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, 
 And born in bed, in bed we die. 
 The near approach a bed may show 
 Of human bliss to human woe. 
 
 — Isaac de Benserade. 
 
Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 
 
 — Shakespeare, " Tempest" IV., I. 
 
 Ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep. 
 
 — Shakespeare, " Othello." 
 
 Ever soothe thee to repose 
 
 
 — Reyom. 
 
 Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep. 
 
 ■ — Edxu. Yount 
 
Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 
 
 — Shakespeare, " Tempest" IV., I. 
 
 
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 O Bed! O Bed! delicious bed! 
 That heaven on earth to weary head. 
 
 — Hood, " Her Dream." 
 
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*) INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
 
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 Pages 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 
 16, 
 
 17, 18 
 15 
 
 • 24 
 
 26 
 
 . 25 
 
 26, 
 
 27, 
 
 35, 37 
 
 
 20, 
 
 21, 22 
 
 28, 
 
 29, 
 
 32, 33 
 
 ^ Beds. 
 
 Feathers ....... 
 
 Of Other Days 
 
 Importance of ..... . 
 
 Cotton. 
 
 Curious Facts About ..... 
 Fibre ; Nature of ..... 
 
 Exceptional Purity ..... 
 
 The Ostermoor Treatment of . 
 
 Hair. 
 
 A Dangerous Mattress Filling- 
 Contrasted with Ostermoor 
 Human ........ .21 
 
 Mattresses, Renovation of ..... 32, 33 
 
 Hand'Laid Filling. 
 
 Described 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 
 
 Illustrated 21, 33, 40, 41, 42, 43 
 
 Imitation of Ostermoor 38, 39, 135 
 
 Label, Genuine Ostermoor .... 39, 135 
 
 Ostermoor Cushions. 
 
 All Kinds, Price List 105 
 
 Boat .... .88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 105 
 
 Car 118 
 
 Carriage .......... 70 
 
 Chair 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 
 
 Church Pew 107 to 115 
 
 Church Kneeling 115 to 117 
 
 Deck 95 
 
 Divan 119, 120, 121 
 
 Mission Style . . . 102 
 
 Seat, Hall 72, 74, 97 
 
 Seat, Window 67, 68, 104 
 
 Ostermoor Mattress, Built not Stuff ed, 40, 41, 42, 43 
 
 Ostermoor Mattress, Contrasted with Hair, . 20 to 33 
 
 Ostermoor Mattress, Construction and Materials. 
 
 A. Ostermoor Filling, What it is ..... 25, 26 
 
 B. -Formation of Sheets ....... 27 
 
 C. -Ostermoor Method of Building, . . 28,29,40,41,42,43 
 
 D. -Specialization ........ 30, 31 
 
 E. -Evolution . 37 
 
 F. -Imitations of . . . ..... 38 
 
 G. -Label ; for Your Protection ..... 39 
 
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 Index of Contents — Continued 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses. Pages. 
 
 For Gymnasium Use ........ 73 
 
 For Hospital Use 49, 62, 63, 64, 65 
 
 For Invalid Use 58, 59 
 
 For Yacht and Steamer Use . . . . . 75 to 95 
 
 Flotation Qualities . 76 to 79, 81, 82, 88, 89, 91, 92, 95, 106 
 
 Government Tests 76, 79, 82 
 
 Testimonials of Actual Use, Nearly Every Pag-e, Beginning 28 
 Yachts Furnished with . . . ... . 92, 93 
 
 Price Lists, Ostermoor Mattresses. 
 
 As Advertised, $15.00 Kind 129 
 
 Covered with Dust-proof Satin Finish Ticking- . . 130 
 
 Covered with French Mercerized Art Twills . . 131 
 
 Especially Soft 132 to 134 
 
 Extra Thick Imperial Edge . . . 133 to 134 
 
 French Edges, Special 132 
 
 Irregular Shapes, Angres, Corners, etc. .... 128 
 Round Corners ........ 128 
 
 Smaller Sizes for Cribs 129 to 133 
 
 Special Coverings, etc 130 to 134 
 
 Price Lists, Ostermoor Pillows and Bolsters. 
 
 Bolsters 127 
 
 Pillows 126 
 
 Price List, Ostermoor Springs. 
 
 Description .......... 123 
 
 For Metal Beds 125 
 
 For Wooden Beds 124 
 
 Sleep, That One-third Our Life. 
 
 As Nature Acts 9 
 
 Food, and its Relation to Life ..... 10 
 
 Importance of ; Its True Value 11 
 
 Life and; Table of 12 
 
 Poverty of ; Through Willful Abuse 13 
 
 Suffering* from Lack of ..... 14 
 
 Ways of Inducing ........ 15 
 
 Specials of Ostermoor Quality. 
 
 Bedsteads {Ask for special book " Built for Sleep") . . 122 
 
 Couch-Chair 100 
 
 Divans 119, 120 121 
 
 Springs ... .... 123, 124, 125 
 
Ostermoor 
 Mattresses 
 
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 as the Elegant Modern 
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SLEEP. 
 
 " The Night-time of the Body and the Day-time of the Soul." 
 
 — Iamblichus. 
 
of all things, good, sound, restful, beneficial 
 
 sleep — is without doubt the most vital necessity of our very 
 existence, and ^f/l that our vitality, our sole life's capital, depends entirely 
 upon sleep? ^^-gSS*^^ Every twenty-four hours we go to sleep, and wake up, 
 and thus ^S^^ every day we prove nature's wisdom even to the 
 smallest details of the immutable laws ever guarding us. 
 
 The body we inhabit is most marvelously constructed. The brain, the highest 
 development of the body, a wonderfully complex machine, the seat of thought 
 and will, is the controlling motor of our entire bodily mechanism. 
 
 Our individuality, that wonderful, many-sided mystery, without form, matter 
 or name, sits in the brain, guiding the body, like a grand central operator with 
 millions of wires, controlling an immense electrical system. 
 
 The heart, our engine, works on for ever, providing the power which pumps 
 the blood that feeds the brain and makes possible its unceasing work. 
 
 The eyes, danger signals, aided by the nerves, which perceive light, and the 
 cars, secondary danger signals, through nerves interpreting sound waves, are the 
 sentinels of nature, while the machinery is in op- 
 eration. They, with our other senses, taste, 
 smell and touch, act as guardians, and when 
 we sleep the most vigilant and important 
 is last to go off duty, and first to return. 
 
 The onset is gradual, sleep general, 
 being made up of many delightful 
 little sleeps, premonitory intima- 
 tions that nature is preparing to 
 take complete possession of our 
 body. These little sleeps ob- 
 scure each sense and the 
 physical and muscular or- 
 gans, slowly, separately in 
 regular order, one after another, 
 until each becomes involved. 
 The brain reposes, volition 
 ceases, unconsciousness is 
 complete, and sleep becomes profound 
 
 We sleep to wake, 
 
 And wake to sleepagain." 
 Anonymous. 
 
^PTW W' E EAT T0 SLEEP— but we sleep to live. The cry for 
 M ^L sleep being ever greater than the cry for food, although 
 
 ^k A our existence depends upon both, sleep itself is of far greater 
 
 , H at i importance than food. 
 
 h^M mr *& As nas b een proven, a man can go forty days without 
 
 ifej^^T ^^T '^B&t food ! He can live seven days, or even longer, without 
 food or water !! He dies in seven days without sleep ! ! ! 
 During sleep only, the resting time of consciousness, 
 the brain and entire nervous system are in a somnolent 
 quiescent state, off duty as it were, and it's then that nature, 
 through our complex internal mechanism, does that peculiar 
 daily housekeeping on which our very existence depends. 
 
 Does it, too, in a certain orderly co-operative way, curiously following a regu- 
 lar method of work both intricate and elaborate, which mysteriously results in the 
 conversion, assimilation and absorption of the food we eat into the blood cells 
 and tissues of the body, throwing off and repairing all waste, giving just the 
 amount of care and nourishment required to all parts of our body, both mental 
 and physical, in regular sequence, and thus preserves that just balance — 
 vitality — the capital which carries us through life, and by vital force makes 
 possible its accomplishment. 
 
 This interchange or renewal of energy so vital to health, occurs much more 
 rapidly and thoroughly before midnight than after, because it's then the heart, 
 our engine, works along, pumping the blood, carrying the new material and 
 removing the waste. 
 
 There is also a greater consumption of oxygen before midnight than after. 
 Oxygen is the one thing needed in order that nature's work shall readily and 
 healthfully take place. 
 
 The heart gradually runs down in force from the time of 
 retiring until arising in the morning. The pulse beats more 
 slowly, and less strongly; the vital 
 processes are slower; the circula- 
 tion becomes more sluggish. 
 
 Therefore, although to many 
 the morning nap is particularly re- 
 freshing, it is a fact that for pur- 
 poses of best recuperation, the old 
 adage of "an hour before midnight ^ 
 is worth two after it," points uner- 
 ringly to the better way physically. 
 
 'Sleep, gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse." 
 ' Sleep that knits up the ravel I'd sleeve of care. " 
 
S A RACE we sleep far too little. An infant's life is nearly all 
 sleep. Gradually, as the child grows older, the hours of 
 sleep are shortened to half the day or about twelve hours. 
 Youth, until the age of twenty is reached, requires fully 
 ten hours sleep. 
 
 Although nature demands less hours of sleep in sum- 
 mer than in winter, it has been proven that eight hours of 
 sleep is required for the average male adult in good 
 health. By this is meant not simply eight hours in bed, 
 but that amount of good sound, restful sleep, night after night. 
 
 Men as stated, really need to sleep fully eight hours, and men require less 
 sleep than women. When this period is voluntarily limited, the animal part of 
 the body secures all the benefit of rest, robbing the brain, the most important of 
 all, of its strength and virility. Experience readily verifies this. 
 
 The physical part of the body makes the first demand through nature for 
 new force — and a few hours sleep only will invariably repair the ravages of 
 physical fatigue ; but the brain and nerve system, unless the sleep be of sufficient 
 duration, receives no benefit whatever, and yet all our prosperity depends entirely 
 on the quality of work our brain performs. 
 
 Our power to work is intimately related to our ability to sleep, and there is 
 no more reliable indication of sound health than the capacity to sleep naturally, 
 and the more active and energetic the waking life, the deeper the sleep. 
 
 To expend more nervous energy each day than can be evolved by food and 
 sleep, is to become both mentally and physically bankrupt in a short period ; hence 
 the absolute necessity of permitting tired nature to have her required time, a good 
 eight hours, to properly restore the lost vitality which fully preserves that "just 
 balance" called health. 
 
 Woman possesses more nervous excitability 
 than man, and therefore requires more sleep 
 than man. Her pulse beats five times more 
 per minute, than his, yet women can bear 
 the loss of sleep far better than men, 
 and the length of time they can de- 
 vote to night nursing, in response 
 to calls of affection or duty, has 
 scarcely any limit, and their phys- 
 ical recuperation is most rapid. 
 
 * Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." 
 'For some must watch, while some must sleep. 
 
 So runs the world away. 
 
ARLY SLEEP IS BETTER than late, because the muscles 
 of the brain and other nerve centers recover more quickly 
 and thoroughly from strain or exhaustion before midnight 
 than they will after, the heart works better, and recuper- 
 ation is then more complete. 
 
 Sleep follows the diminution of blood in the cerebral 
 vessels. The blood is squeezed out of the brain like water 
 from a sponge, and it becomes in a measure bloodless. 
 This bloodless condition is indispensable; without it, sleep cannot be induced. 
 Wakefulness means a full flow of blood through the brain. Whatever, then, 
 tends to withdraw the blood from the brain, tends to produce sleep; with healthy 
 persons leading a perfectly normal life, this change is automatic. The blood 
 naturally ebbs away from the brain because it is time the brain had a rest, and 
 sleep slowly steals away the senses. 
 
 On the other hand, mental strain, worry, over-work, over-eating, and all 
 other "overs" which interfere with the even, placid working of the nerves, are 
 decidedly detrimental to the function of sleep, and at such time the breathing is 
 labored, irregular, and not that deep natural inhalation; which induces sleep. 
 
 More oxygen is consumed, and more needed during sleep, as breathing is 
 deeper before midnight than after, therefore the great necessity for plenty of 
 fresh, pure air, in order that nature may have all the materials needed during 
 her hours of recuperation. 
 
 This requires open windows in sleeping rooms, wide open windows too, if you 
 please, with proper protection from draft, for good sleeping means good breath- 
 ing, good breathing means good health, good health means good digestion, good 
 digestion, that greatest preservative from all ills, both mental and physical. 
 
 Indeed, by far the most common cause of sleeplessness is indigestion in 
 its various forms, due in the majority of cases to injured nervous systems; a 
 
 condition unheard of, unrecognized, and absolutely 
 unknown and unappreciated during our forefathers' 
 less strenuous times one hundred years ago. 
 
 OUR LIFE IS ONE-THIRD SLEEP. 
 
 According to statistics of scientists, the average 
 lifetime of 70 years is spent about as follows : 
 
 Sleeping 24 years 9K months 
 
 Working - 16 " 8 " 
 
 Playing 15 " 6 " 
 
 Eating - 6 " 6 " 
 
 Illness - - - I " 5*/ 2 " 
 
 Dressing - - 2 " 1 1 
 
 Waste - - - 2 " 2 
 
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13 
 S ONE SUFFERS through an occasionally empty purse, so one suf- 
 fers, both physically and mentally, through occasional lack of 
 sleep, and utter destitution pecuniarily can far better be borne 
 than the destitution of sleep. 
 
 We begin life with a certain amount of vitality, a certain 
 
 initial vital velocity, the capital which carries us through 
 
 life, and makes possible its accomplishments. 
 
 When we deprive ourselves of sleep, we squander this original 
 
 capital, just as surely as the young spendthrift ruins himself 
 
 financially when he throws away his money ; just so surely do we 
 
 bring upon ourselves irreparable loss through squandering 
 
 our vitality by too little sleep. 
 
 •Sleeplessness is not only the source of much misery and discomfoi 
 
 but it entails upon the sufferer a grievous hardship, in that the battle 
 
 of life must be fought in a maimed condition. 
 
 Day after day, through thoughtless ambition, or with a 
 foolish idea of self-control, many compel themselves to sleep too 
 little, and so recklessly injure their chances in life, and ruin their 
 self-poise, that they are unable when the opportunity arises, to 
 seize it with the vigor of a clear brain. 
 
 Deprived of the nightly restoration of potential energy, the brain grows 
 weary, and one's whole mental and physical vigor becomes impaired. Persistence 
 in striving to work, under these circumstances, only encroaches upon that fund 
 of reserved force and leads eventually to total nervous and physical bankruptcy. 
 No man can deprive himself of sleep, or sleep irregularly, without suffering 
 permanently, or without greatly compromising his health and seriously diminishing 
 his chances of success in this world; so don't cheat your brains 
 by too little sleep. Without sleep we are nothing. Sleep 
 
 makes for success. It is a life giver and a life saver as 
 well, and the most precious of all our possessions 
 Without it, we are as nothing. Its loss means 
 despair and failure, both mental and physical ; J t 
 so guard it well, for it is worth guarding. 
 
 God give me sleep — the night is worn away ; 
 Soon from the East will come relentless Day — 
 Day, that will summon me to strive again 
 With strong, resourceful, eager, selfish men. 
 I, with spent nerves and brain long robbed of rest, 
 Must face the fight they enter on with zest. 
 Fame, fortune, all is staked ! How shall I keep 
 My foothold? Help me, O thrice-blessed Sleep ! 
 
14 
 
 E CONTROL our own destiny, our every movement; it's 
 
 all entirely volitional on our part. And yet many go 
 
 through life casting aside golden opportunities that 
 
 rarely come again, or if favored with an encore, through 
 
 lack of self-knowledge fail to seize the chance, and thus 
 
 ignorant of self and life, go on groping in the dark. 
 
 So it is with sleep and its value to our physical well-being, 
 
 its proper environment, and our inability to secure all its 
 
 true worth, either through ignorance or a disinclination to 
 
 seek out truths, following only habit, tradition, or what others have done, like 
 
 the instinct of animals; instead of searching for the why and wherefore, and aiming 
 
 at the best in life and sleep. 
 
 The prodigal abuse of sleep through spendthrift use is akin to life — as we 
 make or mar it for ourselves. It's all in our own hands, so beware the danger of 
 sleeplessness, for what at first may be only an occasional bad night, so often sud- 
 denly develops a sleeplessness that refuses to be conquered. 
 
 The victims of sleeplessness dread bedtime, for unhappily it means long 
 restless staring into the darkness, fretting over the troubles, worries and excite- 
 ment of the day; when self-control is gone, troubles are magnified, all pleasures 
 seem trite, every single nerve tingles, and life itself seems everything else but 
 "one grand sweet song." 
 
 Chronic sleeplessness spells insomnia, that dreadful, baffling, almost incurable 
 disease, which so rapidly paves the way for melancholia and all sorts of mental 
 distress. The most vital question, therefore, certainly the most practical one, is 
 how to promote and preserve the function of sleep against such disturbance. 
 
 The first thing is to remember that wakeful- 
 ness and not sleep usually means a full flow of 
 blood to the brain. 
 
 Whatever, then, assists in draining the 
 blood from the cerebral 
 region, ought to aid 
 
 in inducing drowsi- 
 ness, and drowsiness 
 is but a step to sleep. 
 Authorities agree 
 that this may be 
 readily accomplish- 
 ed by a hot foot or 
 sitz bath, a quick 
 cold sponge, or a 
 i^lass of hot milk. 
 
 Cervantes Says: — 
 
 Now, blessings light on 
 him who first invented 
 sleep! Sleep which covers 
 a man all over, thoughts 
 and all, like a cloak; a'nd is 
 meat for the hungry, drink 
 for the thirsty, heat for the 
 cold, and cold for the hot. 
 Sleep is the current coin that 
 purchases all the pleasures 
 of the world cheap, and the 
 balance that sets the king 
 and shepherd, the fool and 
 the wise man, even. 
 
15 
 iN UNCOMFORTABLE BED will induce insomnia in the 
 healthiest, serenest person. It is more often the cause of 
 those twin torments, sleeplessness ami wakefulness, even 
 than indigestion. Indeed, barring indigestion, that im- 
 poverisher of sleep, the primal cause of all our ills, both 
 mental and physical, and which so insidiously undermines 
 even the strongest constitution, nothing so quickly or so 
 radically destroys sleep, or prevents that perfect relaxation 
 conducive to sleep, as an uneasy bed. 
 An absolutely even, elastic surface, springy yet firm, is the necessary quality 
 of a good bed; one that is non-absorbent of moisture or emanations of the bod) , 
 that is clean and healthful and non-heating, is the great desideratum; and yet, 
 how rare a luxury is such a bed. 
 
 A good bed is a physical necessity. Good habits are as important. Get the 
 sleep habit. Seek sleep, don't let it seek you. Prepare for sleep at the proper 
 time, place yourself in a restful position, upon a firm, soft mattress, which sup- 
 ports every ounce of your weight and your muscles none of it. 
 
 Relax thoroughly at the very first. Lie limply as you can on your left side. 
 The unusual weight on the heart will quiet its action, and tend to decrease its 
 activity, and thus also that of the brain. Retain this position until you find that 
 the world is getting hazy, and strange, foolish, drowsy, incoherent ideas creep 
 into your mind; in other words, until your senses begin to go to sleep. 
 
 If you can possibly catch yourself 
 just as the sleepy moment comes 
 on, turn on your right side, 
 and you will have no dif- 
 ficulty in sleeping most 
 h a p p i 1 y and healthfully 
 through the entire night. 
 
 You will find that this 
 simple way of inducing 
 sleep will soon become a 
 habit. In some cases by 
 steady practice, through 
 nightly repetition, it has 
 been known to cure sleep- 
 lessness altogether. 
 
 ' bed ! bed ! delicious bed I 
 
 That heaven upon earth to the weary head '." 
 
i6 
 
 HE SLEEPING PLACE has always played an important 
 part in human life. Its history and evolution is exceedingly 
 interesting. Antiquity began with leaves, then used the 
 skins of beasts to seek creature comfort. 
 
 Beds at first consisted only of coarse, stuffed pillows, 
 
 or cushions, thrown or piled in a corner. Later cushions 
 
 were placed on shelves or seats at end or side of room, 
 
 ■^^*" serving as seats by day, and beds at night. Finally a 
 
 place was built more elevated than a seat to receive a stuffed cushion, and this 
 
 became the usual mode of sleeping. 
 
 In course of time, these elevations were made movable by the Egyptians, and 
 from all records found, appear to have been narrow and of single width only — 
 really half couch, half bed. These were exquisitely fashioned from wood, bronze, 
 copper, even ivory, gold and silver ; gradually increasing luxuries on such a 
 magnificently, collossal scale, during that zenith of luxuries which immediately 
 preceded the fall of Rome, and which the world has never since seen equaled. 
 The Romans considered eating and sleeping the Alpha and Omega of life. 
 The table and the couch became incomparable luxuries. Evidence their prodig- 
 ality by Gabius Apicius, who after 
 spending over $4,000,000 on the 
 elegancies of his table alone, hanged 
 himself rather than "face starv- 
 ation on such a miserable pit- 
 tance " as he called the $400,000 
 remaining of his large fortune. 
 
 After the consequent confusion 
 resulting from the utter destruction of 
 the Second Roman Empire, every- 
 thing was chaotic, living again became 
 most primitive, and furnishings were 
 of the simplest description, comprising 
 but the barest of necessities. A bench," 
 a chest, and a few skins were all the 
 household goods of the masses. The 
 chest held the stores of coarse linen, 
 and was used as a seat or table by day, 
 serving as bed at night, with the ad- 
 dition of skins. 
 
 Shakespeare's Historic "Great Bed of Ware" 
 
 Completed by Jonas T'osbrooke for King Edward IV, in 1463. 
 This wonderful bed is now in Rye House, Roxbury, England. 
 
17 
 OMFORT, sleep comfort, during the middle ages was unknown. 
 Civilization became slowly re-established. The couch chest 
 grew into the " Beddstock," at first but a movable sleeping 
 structure, crude in style. Ornamentation gradually followed. 
 Finally, the bedstead was built into a corner of the room. 
 Then a movable section was set apart and built up for sleep- 
 ing purposes, simple curtains being added as a screen, and 
 here the first known double bed appeared. 
 The bed, thus evolved from a most meagre showing, was the first real luxury 
 of the home and became greatly cherished for its artistic value and beauty. 
 
 The social position or aspirations of a particular family was centered upon 
 and recognized in accordance with the stateliness of their bedstead, which 
 dominated all other household furniture in character, cost and importance. 
 
 The size grew enormous. Each home of any pretension contained a pro- 
 digious bedstead, upon which slept the man, his wife, his children, his guests, 
 and even the stranger who asked for hospitality. 
 
 Royalty also sanctioned the custom, and a guest welcomed at castle or 
 chateau could receive no greater honor than to occupy the same bed with the 
 lord and his lady. 
 
 In Feudal 
 times nearly 
 every m a nor 
 house and 
 castle contain- 
 ed a T r i n i t y 
 lied, really 
 three in one, 
 all component 
 p arts of one 
 c o m p 1 e t e 
 whole. 
 
 The " Trinity Bed " 
 
 1st.— The Bed of State, 
 usei 1 by the lord, his lady, 
 and immediate family. 
 2nd. — A lower bed upon 
 which their attendants 
 slept. 
 
 3rd. — A still lower bed, 
 drawing from under- 
 neath the second, like a 
 trundle bed, used by the 
 servants. 
 
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i8 
 
 THE TWELFTH CENTURY appeared the first high post 
 canopy top bedstead, separate, movable, hung with hand- 
 some embroidered curtains, a thing of beauty, imposing and 
 important. 
 
 Early in the Fourteenth Century, all bedsteads sup- 
 ported the mattress by cords or straps attached to the frame- 
 work; before that the bed had a solid bottom. 
 
 Slats were first used early in the Sixteenth Century, and 
 the canopy top bedstead began to be made so high, that it 
 was provided with a pair of steps to enable the occupant to get in or out. 
 
 They were so made with many variations until the early part of the Eighteenth 
 Century, when these, together with the severe yet graceful lines of the French 
 Empire, merging into those of Chippendale and Sheraton, set the stamp upon the 
 early Colonial " four-posters " of America, now so rarely seen. 
 
 Bedsteads of today are mostly brass, or metal trimmed with brass, and are 
 certainly far more desirable than those of wood, however elegantly carved or 
 decorated ; but the bedstead is merely the setting, the mattress is the real bed, 
 the jewel; the bedstead and spring, a modern innovation, being merely supports 
 for the mattress. They may be richly sumptuous in elaboration and cost, or of 
 the utmost simplicity, without adding to or destroying the sleep-inducing quality 
 of the mattress. 
 
 The mattress is far more intimately related to our daily life than any other 
 household article made, and it's the very one of all with which we come in closest 
 possible personal contact during fully one-third of each day. 
 
 The material from which it is constructed — its fitness, its comfort, its purity 
 and healthfulness — is of the very utmost importance, and should be selected 
 
 with the greatest possible care 
 and attention. 
 
 The importance of the bed, 
 as the mattress was called in 
 the Sixteenth Century, is 
 shown by Dr. Johnson's trans- 
 lation of the following cele- 
 brated rhyme, which was 
 written by Isaac de Benserade 
 two hundred and fifty years 
 ago. 
 
 In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, 
 
 And born in bed In bed we die. 
 
 The near approach a bed may show 
 
 Of human bliss to human woe. 
 
19 
 ONSIDERING the importance of the sleeping place, its fitting 
 and environment, and the progress of the Century in other 
 directions, it is both astonishing and unaccountable that 
 the mattress should have received so little attention, espe- 
 cially in an age that has made such strides in the study of 
 personal hygiene, and the proven origin of germ infections. 
 How many forms of the commoner infectious diseases 
 and complicated skin affections, which are the " bete noir " 
 of medical practice everywhere, have their origin and source 
 in the saturated, unsunned and unsanitary mattresses on which we spend so 
 much of our time, on which we are born, and on which we die, is a pathological 
 conundrum that no statistician has as yet attempted to solve. 
 
 Of all materials employed for fillings in making mattresses, except among 
 the very poor, horse hair has been by far the most com- 
 monly used during the past Century. Prior to hair, 
 feathers were used for many years, and were £ 
 considered the very best ; although they 
 are really, in every sense, the poorest. 
 Feathers are soft and warm, entirely 
 too soft and warm, and are without any 
 redeeming feature. The feather beds of 
 our great grandmothers, than which there 
 is nothing more abominably unhygienic, 
 saturated with the emanations of half a 
 dozen generations, perfect charnal houses 
 of filth, were handed down for years as price- 
 less luxuries. Feather beds, however, became 
 gradually recognized as undesirable, and slowly 
 but surely the hair mattress became in turn the 
 
 " best " obtainable, gradually superseding feathers on account of its greater desir- 
 ability and mistakenly supposed cleanliness. 
 
 All other fillings, consisting of the various cheap substitutes for hair, 
 ranging all the way from the straw of the country, excelsior of the city, 
 corn husks, hay etc. — to the more pretentious vegetable fibres, like sea 
 grass, pine bark, moss, silk floss — adnaseum, kapok, etc. — are most of 
 them, comparatively, although by no means entirely wholesome. 
 
 Many of these pseudo articles often masquerade, however, under 
 high-sounding titles to conceal their humble origin, or their identity, and 
 especially when mixed, are rarely pure, for this very admixture of other 
 still cheaper substances but adds to their impurities. At best they are all 
 simply evolutions — worthless pretences, and not suggestive of slumber, 
 repose, solace or thrift. 
 
 Diamond Beds. 
 
 "What're ye readin' 'bout?" 
 asked Mrs. Hayseed. 
 
 " Di'mund beds in Africa," 
 replied her husband. 
 
 " Deary me! It does beat all 
 how much luxury these people 
 manages ter crowd inter a life- 
 time. But I don't envy 'em. 
 Not a bit. I don't ask for no 
 greater comfort in the way o' 
 sleepin' than plain old-fash- 
 ioned feather beds in winter 
 and straw mattresses in sum- 
 mer.' ' — Pea r son's. 
 
F ALL MATERIALS, feathers, the most heating, most objec- 
 tionable of all fillings, used on the old four-posters of our 
 grand fathers, were considered the best obtainable. Users 
 of horse hair were possessed of the same peculiar fallacy; 
 but feathers, once considered the best, have proven in 
 every case not merely the poorest, but the worst. Horse 
 hair is far cooler, but without any other redeeming feature 
 than its original "spring," and that favoring feature is 
 entirely due to artificial curl, produced mechanically. 
 
 Genuine horse hair, the best of which comes from the manes and tails of South 
 American horses, is an animal fibre from which it is impossible to expel the natural 
 animal secretions, and, owing to its porous, sac like nature, attracting and hold- 
 ing tenaciously myriad flakes of dust and minute atomic particles of impurities, 
 which, microscopically examined, would fill the average person with horror untold. 
 This foul matter clings not only to the outside of the hair, but enters and 
 thoroughly saturates it ; the process by which it is treated — 
 washing, steaming, scalding and baking — removes the dust 
 but does not clean it ; while scalding and baking if carried 
 too far ruins the hair commercially, renders it brittle 
 and hard, and absolutely destroys all elasticity. 
 
 GERMS IN IMPORTED HAIR. 
 Sing Sing Convict Attacked with a Rare Trouble Peculiar to Animals. 
 
 Dr. R. T. Irvine, physician at the Sing Sing prison, has a rare case under 
 treatment in the prison hospital. It is that of maligna, and the patient is 
 John Culleton, aged 28, of Flatbush, L. I. 
 
 The attack is a common one in South America among cattle 
 worked in the curled hair industry in the prison. The hair used 
 comes from South America. About two weeks ago he had a 
 pimple on his neck and rubbed it. At the time he must 
 have had some of the germs under his nail, gathered while 
 handling the curled hair. i j 
 
 The man is now paralyzed on his entire left side. 
 The attack is generally fatal, but the doctor thinks his 
 patient will pull through. — JV. Y. World, Dec. IS, 18%. 
 
 Egbert Guernsey, M, D., New York. 
 
 180 Central Park South, 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 21, 1903. 
 
 1.1 mi hen:— My opinion after twenty-eight years' use of 
 Ostermoor Mattresses is that too much cannot be said in their 
 praise. 
 
 In fioint of contrast they are far better than the best , urled 
 hair, infinitely more durable and much superior in cleanliness. 
 
 The Middletown State Hospital adopted them at ray sug- 
 gestion. The Hudson River Women's Reformatory, at that of my 
 
 Wife, who was Commissioner, and the Hahnemann Hospital as 
 well. We use them throughout my house. 
 
 Yours truly, E . GUERNSEY 
 
 Culleton 
 
Copyright 
 
 1904 
 
 Ostermoor & Co 
 
 THE HAIR ON THE HEAD OF A WOMAN is certainly far pure, 
 sweeter, cleaner than the hair from the tail of a horse; and yet, can you 
 fancy sleeping on a mattress made from human hair — even though naturally 
 curly — therefore having a natural, not a mechanical "spring"? Would not a 
 shudder of repulsion creep over and possess you with the nauseating thoughts 
 of its horrid incongruity ? 
 
 Why, if human hair was used fur the making of mattresses, how extremely 
 careful you would be — demanding to know whence the hair was gathered, how, 
 when, why, whose? And in spite of the dealer's declaration, that they contained 
 naught but "virgin tresses fragrant as the breath of spring," a guarantee would 
 be required, signed by the Board of Health, as to its sanitary condition. Nothing 
 could dispel visions of untold disease, the morgue and hospital; and the horrors 
 of contagion from bacilli would ever be present in one's dream. And yet a horse- 
 hair mattress is in reality far more dangerously unclean than a mattress of human 
 hair; for horse hair, coming from tropical countries where malignant diseases 
 abound, can never be thoroughly cleansed, and many cases of fatal contagion 
 occur, that do not become public, owing to their peculiarly malignant character. 
 
 CATTLE DISEASE ATTACKS HUMAN BEING. 
 Workman in Baltimore Hair Factory Suffering from Anthrax. 
 
 August Hanneman, of 414 South Smallwood Street, was found yesterday to be suffering from Anthrax. The 
 disease is a rare one in this part of the country among cattle, and a rarer one still among human beings. 
 
 Anthrax is a contagious disease, contracted through its germs coming in contact with the blood. The dis.Msi , 
 a most dangerous one, usually ends in blood poisoning, and kills its victim unless a great resisting power is manifest. 
 The germ is the largest known to medical science. 
 
 Hanneman was employed in a Northeast Baltimore hair factory, became infected while handling hair, as he 
 has an abrasion of the skin. The poison caused a swelling of the neck glands after it worked through his system. 
 The swelling was followed by the formation of blisters and the hardening of the tissues. 
 
 The health authorities have ordered an examination of the hair factory in which Hanneman worked for fear 
 that other germs may be lurking therein. — Baltimore Herald, March 8, 1904. 
 
lAIR makes a fairly comfortable mattress at first, but soon becomes 
 
 dusty, matted, foul and filthy, and its small organic cells are filled 
 
 with unclean matter every time there is a rain of perspiration from 
 
 the body. It breeds both vermin and disease, and is a constant 
 
 menace to cleanliness and health. 
 
 At the present time this is especially the case, owing to the keen 
 competition of the manufacturers, who have forced into use all the 
 filthy and ill-smelling scrapings of the tan yards, the refuse of the 
 abbatoir, and additions of former discards, together with various 
 mixtures of other waste for the purpose of reducing cost, the great 
 desideratum; so that today it is not how genuine or how good a hair mattress 
 can be made, but how cheap. 
 
 Daily cheapening is making of the hair mattress nothing more nor less than 
 a makeshift. Even when made from the best quality of hair, if you can find a 
 best, however soft and springy at first, it soon loses elasticity, gathers dirt and 
 dust, for the natural oil of the hair most tenaciously holds all impurities. 
 
 A hair mattress requires frequent renovation to keep it in even a fairly clean 
 and comfortable state, is a constant source of expense and annoyance, and on 
 the whole, unsatisfactory, unhygienic and unhealthy, and is being rapidly dis- 
 carded by all who understand its obnoxious character, and will shortly be as great 
 a relic of the past as the old feather bed. 
 
 Really the thoughtlessness 
 even the ignorance of many 
 sicians on this subject of beddins 
 is astonishing. For instance, 
 a prominent physician, a 
 recognized authority on hy- 
 giene at that, states in a 
 recent magazine article: 
 
 " Genuine curled hair, de- 
 rived from the tails of neat cat- 
 tle, and the tails and manes of 
 horses, when thoroughly cleansed 
 and made aseptic, makes good mat- 
 tresses and pillows that are immeas- 
 urably superior to feathers." 
 
 Can you picture neatcattl 
 The absurdity of it! Asept 
 cattle tails! Sterilized und 
 glass, possibly? Surely another 
 case "where ignorance is bliss." 
 
 A Future 
 
 Relic of the Past 
 
23 
 
 HEY SLEEP WELL, who know not that they sleep ill. And 
 yet, is it wise to go through life without knowing ? 
 
 In these days of physical culture and personal hygiene, 
 
 and that tending to daily betterment of manhood and 
 
 womanhood, which is upbuilding the coming generation to 
 
 a higher and greater physical standard, sleep and the care 
 
 of the body while asleep must receive the proper attention 
 
 due its pregnancy. 
 
 Every person is a living machine, constantly in motion, while asleep or awake. 
 The pure air we breathe is the lubricant that keeps the machine running smoothly. 
 Nature provides a change of air for the lungs from sixteen to twenty thousand 
 times per day, to maintain the even working of the heart — the machine which 
 pumps the blood that feeds the brain, and makes possible nature's daily work 
 we call life. It is most necessary, therefore, that sleep should have its proper 
 setting, and every possible appliance conducive to its perfect accomplishment. 
 
 Our standards of personal cleanliness hereto- 
 fore, while highly placed, have been quite inade- 
 quate as to bedding and unworthy its importance. 
 But the prejudice that "hair is best," like the 
 tradition of the desirability of feathers, and tra- 
 dition is almost prejudice itself, has now been 
 overcome, and investigation is rapidly forcing 
 a marked change for the better. 
 
 It is already an accepted fact among thought- 
 ful people, that a mattress filled with a contami- 
 nating animal fibre does not harmonize with the 
 trappings of a clean and wholesome bed, any 
 more than a foul or polluted smoke laden atmosphere is in keeping with the 
 surroundings of an otherwise healthful sleeping apartment. The merits of the 
 Ostermoor Mattress — a genuine sleep inducer of undoubted purity — are fully proven, 
 and as the mattresses stuffed with hair displaced the feather beds of old, so now 
 
 in turn is the dirty, dusty hair being rapidly dis- 
 carded in favor of the greater comfort, purity and 
 wholesomeness of the Ostermoor Mattress, which 
 is "built," not "stuffed," with a hand-hud 
 sheeted filling, made from a very elastic, abso- 
 lutely pure, germ-proof, dust-proof, vegetable 
 fibre, that has proven superior in every possible 
 way and been found better than the best of hair 
 or any other filling obtainable, as demonstrated 
 by many severe tests. 
 
 A good morning — "Ostermoor." 
 
 A bad night- 
 
 Hair. 
 
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 RRIAN, THE HISTORIAN, in 327 B. C, in relating a voyage 
 through the Indian Ocean of Nearchus, an Admiral in the 
 Navy of Alexander the Great, states he found the people 
 wore fine shirts reaching below their knees, also head wrap 
 pings of a substance whiter and finer than flax, which grows 
 on trees, and is used freshly picked as bed "stuffings." 
 
 Herodotus, another historian, in writing of the Hin- 
 doos, 484 B. C, states they possessed a sheep plant which 
 produced wool of a finer and better quality than a sheep, and of it make their 
 clothes, and "stuff their sleep bags." 
 
 Sir John Mandeville, an English traveler, in 1366, returning to his home — after 
 34 years of travel through all the then known world, stated that beyond far 
 Cathay, even India, in a kingdom called Caldeya, there grew a vegetable lamb 
 with wool outside, a great marvel — exhibiting a sketch of the wonder. 
 
 Baron von Herberstein, of the Court of Maximilian, also records a similar 
 account, stating that from a seed there grows a plant 
 2 x /2 feet high in the exact form of a lamb. It is rooted 
 by a stem in the middle, and has an exceedingly soft 
 covering of white wool. 
 
 Cotton was first grown in Egypt, many centuries 
 ago, according to Pliny; in East India, according to 
 others, and was long after introduced into China on 
 account of its beautiful flowers, an obscure manuscript 
 stating that the Emperor's bed was stuffed with cotton 
 in 100 A. D., although even then it was but little known, 
 as Marco Polo, the celebrated Venetian traveler, does not mention cotton in his 
 works, although writing of China at that time. 
 
 Cotton was first introduced into Spain by Abdurrahmah the Great, in the 
 Tenth Century. The first importation from Egypt to England was during the 
 
 reign of Mahomet Ali Pascha, in 1823. Although found 
 growing wild in this country, in what is now Mississippi 
 in 1620, it did not become an article of cultivation un- 
 til 1621, in Virginia, and yet Magellan, while recording 
 his wonderful voyage in 15 19, states he found the Bra- 
 zilians using cotton for making beds! 
 
 In 1790 we began exporting cotton to England, and 
 our production has increased so enormously, that while 
 we only produced one million bales (500 lbs. each) in 
 1834 — 70 years ago, today we grow ten times that 
 T , ral , ,„ v t u, t . quantity, in fact three-quarters of all the cotton grown 
 
 I he Caldeyan Vegetable Lamb. l J ■> 1 c> 
 
 After Sir John Mandeville. throughout the World. 
 
 Lamb Seed Plant. 
 After Baron von Herberstein. 
 
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 k HE MATERIALS from which the mattress is constructed 
 are more vitally important than is generally recognized by 
 the average sleeper, or even by the highest authorities on 
 hygiene and sanitation. Physicians only cursorily dwell upon 
 this subject, and have given it by far too little thought. 
 In health, we spend fully one-third of our lives in bed — far 
 too many invalids all their weary hours — and yet we passively 
 continue the use of whatever material habit, tradition or in- 
 heritance may have handed down for a mattress filling, utterly regardless of its 
 sanitary or unsanitary qualities, although during sleep the pores of the skin are 
 all wide awake, wide open as it were, and ripe for 
 the absorption of germs. 
 
 Therefore, a germ-proof mattress is an absolute 
 necessity. This requires a non-absorbent filling of 
 positive purity, and one that will remain uncontamin- 
 ated under all conditions. 
 
 Cotton is undoubtedly the purest filling obtainable. 
 Being a vegetable fibre, it has none of those horribly 
 objectionable features like hair. Of far greater resi- 
 liency than hair, having a natural spring, it is readily 
 sterilized and made non-absorbent owing to its pecu- 
 liarly complicated fibrous formation. It is hygienic and sanitary, and the coolest 
 material known, non-heating, a non-conductor as well, and peculiarly cool tot- 
 summer use. 
 
 Cotton was used for stuffing Cushions in Egypt, in the days of Menes, nearly seven centuries ago. 
 Frequent mention of its use is made by historians. It was then known as Kurpas ; its origin a 
 mystery. Centuries later, but little understood, it was called "vegetable lamb" or "plant wool." 
 
 One of our own Cotton Fields. 
 
OTTON— not simply cotton and nothing more — but cotton 
 mixed with brains, a fabric evolved from cotton, that is 
 no more like original cotton than the finest cloth is like 
 original wool, makes the celebrated Ostermoor, that un- 
 rivaled mattress filling. We use only an exceedingly high 
 grade of fully matured cotton, having unusually long, tough 
 fibres of great strength and resiliency, botanically known as 
 Gossypium Herbaceum. Our standard of quality secured, 
 the fibres pass a rigid inspection, being most carefully tested for that first 
 essential, elastic strength and requisite length of fibre. 
 
 They must also be fully matured, or the valuable 
 protection from all impurities and atmospheric 
 changes given each fibre by that outer skin 
 may be entirely lost from imperfect growth. 
 Absolute purity is our especial pride ; pure 
 originally, we make cotton purity itself by our 
 treatment, all developments are made under 
 the most rigid precautions as to cleanliness, tt| 
 that extreme cleanliness which is a part of purity. ^= 
 
 We are remarkably careful in manipulation 
 to enhance and preserve the original purity and 
 eliminate every trace of even the minor vegetable oils 
 and all bacteria, microbes, germs, etc., while aging, 
 curing, cleaning and preparing the fibres for use, not only by the most approved 
 sterilization, but also by an especially adapted system of air filtration with 
 
 m, as through various processes, 
 passes forward to completion. 
 
 Cotton is one of nature's marvels and a far 
 more complicated structure than is generally 
 understood. 
 
 Microscopically examined it presents the 
 appearance of a collapsed tube with corded 
 edges, tightly curled or twisted spirally its 
 entire length, like an elongated spring, and is 
 composed of four distinct parts: 
 
 1.— The inner tube, resembling the core of 
 a (mill, 
 
 2.— Which contains the spiral center above 
 described, 
 
 3. -This tube being again enclosed within an 
 crter tube of cellulose. 
 
 4. -The whole is further protected and com- 
 pletely covered by an encircling skin, or en- 
 swathing sheath of hard white varnish, really 
 cotton wax, — a shell-like, non-absorbent guard 
 against all impurities. 
 
 Baling and Shipping Depot. 
 
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 HE FINAL TEST for tensile strength of fibre and prepara- 
 tion complete, the filling as nearly perfect as human hands 
 and almost human complicated machinery built by the 
 ingenuity of great experts can make it, is the only filling 
 known that, unlike hair, is absolutely germ-proof, dust-proof, 
 moth-proof, vermin-proof, water-proof, and so absolutely 
 dry that it is free even from the water of hydration, and 
 so entirely non-absorbent it will float. 
 After all this preliminary preparation, which covers far more work and exacting 
 labor than you can imagine, or than is easy to describe, it is made into sheets 
 for the purpose of making an enduringly perfect filling of everlasting elasticity, 
 so that a hand-laid mattress can be built up therefrom. 
 
 Judge the value of these sheets by the amount of labor required 
 to make them. The already carefully prepared material is lightly 
 blown apart and thoroughly worked and beaten by frictional rotary 
 air pressure into loose, flaky sheets, all the while undergoing the in- 
 tensest heat, thus preserving unbroken, unstrained, each separate 
 fibre we took such pains to cure and treat. 
 
 These sheets are slowly and evenly drawn over drums, and re- 
 drawn or spun over cards, while the fibres are being straightened 
 and stretched to their utmost tensibility, and at last are carded over 
 great giant complex machines, during which certain action is 
 brought to bear which shrinks or contracts the tensibility, thus 
 naturally curving the fibres. Now, passing along over open cylin- 
 drical revolving hoops, twin sheets are formed one over the other, the fibres of 
 which unite, each joining or interlacing one within the other through natural curl 
 or spring, and these coalesce into the first perfect single sheet. 
 
 A few more revolutions to increase thickness, and at last appear those won- 
 derfully elastic, beautiful, light, airy, interlacing, fibrous sheets of Ostermoor, 
 
 virginal in purity, absolutely sanitary, 
 perfectly non-absorbent, 
 which made day in, day 
 out, year in, year 
 out, during over 
 fifty years of ever 
 constant better- 
 ment, has revolu- 
 tionized the art of 
 mattress making, 
 and made the name 
 of Ostermoor famous. 
 
 Magnified section of 
 pressed Ostermoor 
 
 a corn- 
 sheet. 
 
 Ostermoor Sheets at Cutting Table. 
 
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 with the Osterrrioor 
 
 OMPARE the vast superiority of the Ostermoor sheeted 
 filling over hair, which is still further enhanced by the un- 
 usual method of making an Ostermoor Mattress. A " hand- 
 laid" filling "built" in layers, not "stuffed" like hair, makes 
 the Ostermoor Mattress peerlessly perfect in shapeliness 
 and elasticity, and evenly soft in every spot. Unlike hair 
 these merits are enduring, it is practically un-wear-out- 
 able, first cost being last and only cost for years to come. 
 By the Ostermoor, and no other method of making, 
 " hand-laid sheeted filling," and no other filling, is this 
 possible. That's why the name of Ostermoor made the mattress famous. 
 
 In making a hair mattress, the tick, cut any old way — no attention being 
 paid to matching pattern or stripe — is sewn up and completed all but one end 
 like a bag with an open end, and into this bag the mattress maker " stuffs "the 
 hair, never evenly, easily displaced, tufting alone shifting and bunching it. Does 
 the picture appeal to you ? Surely not. 
 
 Contrast with this primitive method of work, the extraordinary care used in 
 building an Ostermoor Mattress. Our method requires that the ticking cover be 
 cut in a peculiar way, not only that, but cut to match pattern, top, bottom, 
 sides and ends, and stripes or pattern seamed to match both border and top — on 
 this detail we insist — and it's all such details that count. The Ostermoor cover, 
 unlike the hair bag, is only partially made, the borders are set on and double 
 stitched, the top being left open and folded back like the lid of a box or trunk. 
 
 (Continued next page. ) 
 
 Stuffing a Hair Mattress. 
 
 Norton, Bristol Co., Mass. 
 
 February (5, 1901. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — My first experience with an Ostermoor 
 Mattress was in 1880, when I spent the winter in Boston. 
 I always supposed it was an unusually fine quality curled 
 hair, and often remarked I never saw so good a bed. 
 At length I espied a label upon end of mattress witli your 
 firm name on it, stating the material of which it was made 
 and your wonderful guarantee not to mat. 
 
 This led me into purchasing an Ostermoor mattress 
 lohich, during the past tiventy-one years, has given us 
 more and more satisfaction each day, and is today just 
 its coed as the day it was ///ado. 
 
 You made our church pew cushions, and I must say 
 they are just as satisfactory today as when we first used 
 them. Ostermoor mattresses and cushions certainly do 
 not mat down as does hair, and are everlastingly soft, 
 clean and comfortable. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 E. B. WHEATON 
 
2g 
 
 Into this well-made, box-like cover, the Ostermoor sheets of natural springy 
 softness, fully two and a half inches in thickness, purity itself, are laid one over the 
 other by the hands of experts, until the required thickness be obtained, and then 
 gently compressed to about one-fifth the original thickness, thus deftly incorpo- 
 rating or interlacing the whole billowy mass into one sheet of uniform thickness 
 throughout, which is then daintily enclosed in tick entirely by hand, and hand- 
 sewn within across both ends and one entire side; see pages 40, 41, 42, 43. Thus, 
 all the softness being most evenly distributed, every square inch possesses exactly 
 the same resilience and elasticity, no formation of bunchy lumps or hollows, nor 
 matting down, for shifting of filling is an utter impossibility. 
 
 Thus is achieved that high standard of "hand-laid" construction, so dif- 
 ferent from the usual mattress making, enhancing so greatly the value of the perfect 
 Ostermoor filling, which together with that exacting detailed finish; that minute 
 accuracy in tufting — each tuft of same space and tightness of tension ; that care- 
 ful stitching and boxing of border; that wonderfu' blending of brains, skill and 
 materials so all too briefly described, which results in the upbuilding of that perfect 
 whole, that incomparable sleep inducer — the Ostermoor Mattress, which unlike 
 hair is exceedingly soft and elastic, besides being absolutely pure, dust-proof, 
 germ-proof, vermin-proof and water-proof. 
 
 E. H. Gregory. M. D., St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 3525 Lucus Ave, March 10, 1904. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Siks: — Ostermoor Mattresses have been in 
 use in my house since 1877. During these twenty-seven 
 year* they have constantly grown in favor, remaining 
 always the same, requiring no remaking. I think them 
 far superior to hair in every way. 
 
 Hair beingan animal fibre — is sanitarily unclean, 
 and uncleanable — while I have proven Ostermoor mat- 
 tresses to be what you claim — purity itself. 
 
 They unquestionably make the most comfortable, 
 the cleanest, and the most wholesome beds. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 E H. GREGORY 
 
3° 
 STERMOOR MATTRESSES are built, not stuffed, and the Oster- 
 moor method of mattress building remedies all the faults so com- 
 mon in other mattresses and is absolutely the only mattress so 
 built on the market, and the only mattress that does not require re- 
 novation. We build as many mattresses in a week as most manu- 
 facturers stuff in a year, and guarantee our cheapest mattress at 
 $15.00 to be better by far than others can possibly stuff at $50.00. 
 Other manufacturers hire men for general all-around work, 
 mattress makers who stuff, stitch, tuft, etc. — in fact one man, a mattress maker, 
 who does all the work upon the mattress except making or sewing the tick. 
 
 The Ostermoor system of mattress building is radically different. Each mat- 
 tress passes through the hands of at least twenty different operators, some men, 
 some women, which ever is best fitted for the 
 work, and they are given sufficient time to 
 properly complete each portion of their labor, 
 and do it well. 
 
 Perfection of work is our hobby. Our 
 whole system is built upon that plan of individ- 
 ual specialization which secures absolute per- 
 fection. This means expert services; to secure 
 which we divide the work in branches, the 
 branches in parts, and put one person only at 
 work on each particular part, that part in which 
 they excel, and they do nothing else but that 
 one thing hourly, daily, yearly, in many cases, 
 as their parents have done before them, during 
 the past fifty years ; as the entire work through- 
 out our factory has been so specialized, for 
 nearly fifty of the fifty-one years we have been making mattresses, during which 
 time we have made the building of mattresses a science! 
 
 'His occupation gone". — An Ostermoor 
 Mattress needs no renovation. 
 
 Watkinson Juvenile Asylum and Farm School, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Albany Ave., P. O. Box 965, March 1. 1004. 
 
 Gentlemen: — It is twenty-three years since I first fitted out a dormitory with Ostermoor Mattresses, and all 
 additional mattresses since, except four I was induced to purchase on the claim that they were equal to yours, and a 
 trifle less in price. None of these four are in existence now, while the first and all that came from you are as good as new. 
 
 Our beds are occupied by boys from twelve to twenty years of age, who wear them very hard, and two years ago 
 we took off ' t he ticks for a thorough washing, ami your mattresses went together without a single exception in perfect 
 order, while the four I speak of went to pieces, so that we could do nothing with them. 
 
 For durability and cleanliness toe cannot find their equals and no bed is more comfortable. 
 
 Soon after my first purchase of you, I replaced hair mattresses in my own house with Ostermoor Mattresses, and 
 to show you how well we like them, after using them so long without any repairs or renovation of any kind, it is a 
 common expression, both by my wife and myself , when we spend a night away from home, " How I wish we had 
 our Ostermoor mattress with us." Yours faithfully, 
 
 E. B. SMEAD, Principal 
 
3i 
 STERMOOR SPECIALIZATION shortens time, and time means 
 money in mattress making. Each specialist doing but the 
 one thing they do best soon become experts, do it better and 
 far quicker than it can possibly be done by others. 
 
 Ten different branches are each grouped under one pro- 
 fessional head in that expert construction, constituting the 
 Ostermoor Hand-Laid System, which requires eight additional 
 individual operations by specialized experts to complete. 
 All these experts command the highest salaries, salaries that 
 are prohibitive to the average mattress manufacturer, who knows nothing and 
 cares less as to the training or treatment of expert work people, and seeks only 
 for cheap labor to cheapen cost, for with him it is not how good a mattress can 
 be made, but how cheap. 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses are not the usual kind that most people consider good 
 enough; not the cheap kind, dear at any price, but cheaper in the end by far than 
 the cheapest of all; they are the different kind — the better kind — of a quality 
 not obtainable elsewhere at any price. Quality only bears the Ostermoor Label. 
 Ostermoor-quality. One suggests the other. Not a mattress for one taste, but 
 for all tastes. Not for one pocket, but for all pockets. An underpriced luxury. 
 An Ostermoor un-wear-out-able money's worth. 
 
 Imitation of an 
 Ostermoor Mattress 
 "A Hopeless Task." 
 
 Discouraging to 
 Hair Mattress 
 Renovators. 
 
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 ; ONE LONG SLEEP. An Ostermoor Mattress ends all sleep 
 troubles, and makes the way infinitely smoother, brighter, and more 
 comfortable during one-third the journey at least. 
 
 The first cost of an Ostermoor Mattress is the last and only 
 cost. It will never cost you a cent for repairs of any kind, and will 
 not mat or pack like hair, nor need to be made over just every so 
 often like the hair mattress, which ever becomes an increasing 
 source of expense, until even remaking is impossible, and the 
 purchase of a new mattress becomes an absolute necessity. 
 
 The change from a dirty, dusty hair to an Ostermoor Mattress can be made 
 at any time, in any climate, under any condition of health, and is a change for 
 the better under all circumstances, and cannot be made too soon, either for your 
 comfort, health or economy. We want the Ostermoor to become your mattress, 
 its purity your delight, and its luxury your everlasting comfort. 
 
 The cleaning or remaking of a hair mattress, means merely beating out the 
 dust, ripping apart the old tick, repicking, washing, drying, and finally baking 
 the old hair to kill the vermin, and moth, and their eggs, losing a large part of the 
 hair so doing, then restuffing in new tick, or the old one which has been washed 
 
 meanwhile, and the result is but a dis- 
 
 fmM 
 
 The usual annual mak- 
 ing over and refilling of a 
 hair mattress absolutely 
 necessary to keep it fairly 
 clean and comfortable. If 
 done at home — dirt and 
 annoyance. If sent away 
 — expense and loss. 
 
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 v, 
 
 mm 
 
 couraging makeshift, which must soon be 
 repeated. 
 
 Such work if done at home means dirt 
 and annoyance, if sent away expense and 
 loss, without any allowance whatever for 
 value of hair that may be stolen by dis- 
 honest workmen, or inferior hair used in 
 substitution, a trick often practised, as 
 you know by experience. 
 J* 
 
 John Byrne, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 314 Clinton St., February 7, 1902. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — I have used Ostermoor Mattresses in my 
 house without any renovation whatever , for over a quarter 
 of a century — (28 years)— and have seen them for that length 
 of time in St. Mary's Hospital, and / do not hesitate to state 
 that triey are in every respect superior to those made from 
 the best quality of curled horse hair. 
 
 Ostermoor extracts heat from the body without absorb- 
 ing moisture, and has therefore a special advantage in cer- 
 tain r/ieuiuatii conditions. 
 
 As for cleanliness, perfection in workmanship and 
 i extraordinary durability, I doubt if the Ostermoor Mattress 
 has any equal. Very respectfully, 
 
 JOHN BYRNE 
 
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 Contrast the simplicity and wonderful cleanliness of an Ostermoor riattress, which needs 
 
 no remaking— with the dirty, dusty, hair. See how easily tick is removed 
 
 for washing, if desired, owing to its superior construction. 
 
 Should the tick of an Ostermoor Mattress become soiled through any cause. 
 soap, brush and water will cleanse it thoroughly, and will not hurt the filling, 
 because it's non-absorbent. Dried in the sun it is absolutely unharmed. If pre- 
 ferred, ticking is very readily taken off to wash, the sheets of Ostermoor Filling 
 having incorporated into one sheet, thickness of mattress cannot become dis- 
 placed, and will remain intact, sweet, pure and clean. In rare instances should 
 top sheet be stained, as it cannot penetrate over one-eighth of an inch, soiled 
 part is easily peeled off, the filling returned and closed within the washed ticking, 
 and retufted, when mattress in every respect is equally as good as new! 
 
 An Ostermoor Mattress is dust-proof, and during twenty years' use can never 
 become as dusty and dirty as a hair mattress will, in less that many months. It is 
 also proof against all germs, all vermin, all dirt or water, and is so resilient and 
 elastic it will never mat or pack, costs new less than half the price of a really first 
 class quality hair, and never costs any more. 
 
 Hair, originally unclean, and practically uncleanable, attracts dirt, absorbs 
 all moisture and emanations of the body, is a breeder of vermin, an ever increas- 
 ing expense, and, at all times, new or old, a dangerous menace to health. 
 
Long, practical 
 
 experience. 
 Superior ever- 
 lasting 
 elasticity. 
 Proven non-ab 
 sorbent. 
 
 34 
 
 RIVING, POURING RAIN WETS YOUR CLOTHES. 
 
 You are wet to the skin, as wet as if you had taken a 
 bath in your clothes, but you have not absorbed water ; 
 neither will an Ostermoor Mattress; and its clothes (or 
 
 tick) will dry far more quickly than your own. It is 
 
 non-absorbent. It will float. 
 
 John C. Barron, New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 35 Broadway, Jan. 6, 1902. 
 
 Geni lemen :— I have no hesitancy in adding my testimony, from a long, practical experience, as to 
 the everlasting elasticity, durability, non-absorbent, and buoyant qualities of the Ostermoor Mattress. In 
 these respects I think them superior to all other mattresses. Yours truly, 
 
 JOHN C. BARRON 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 Prindle & Russell, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 509 Seventh Street, May 29, 1897. 
 
 Gentlemen :— In response to your inquiry of the 2Gth inst., we have to state that some time in 
 1889 you made a set of Ostermoor Cushions for our steam launch, the " Alma," which launch, during 
 the flood of 1894, was suite, and remained under water for a number of days before av could raise her. 
 
 Upon raising the launch we found some 
 of the Ostermoor cushions had been 
 away, but of such as remained each one 
 was in perfect condition, except •with • 
 to the plush covering, which was too much 
 soiled by mud for use. The said cushions 
 were returned to you to be recovered, and 
 were then in as perfect condition as were 
 the new ones which were made to replace 
 those lost. 
 
 The cushions in question, which have 
 been in use since 1889 (eight years), are 
 entirely free from mildew ami unpleasant 
 odor, "eery elastic and satisfactory and 
 prove all you claim. 
 
 We most heartily recommend the Oster- 
 moor as being the best material of which 
 we know for cushions, and also because 
 cushions made of such material are perfect 
 life preservers, being acceptable to and 
 approved by the United States Steamboat 
 Inspectors. Very cordially, 
 
 PRINDLE & RUSSELL 
 
 Prindle & Russell. 
 
 Washington, D. C, Jan. 3, 1902. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — Our present views relative to 
 Ostermoor Cushions have not been changed since 
 our letter of May 29th, 1897, and we most cordially 
 endorse today every statement made therein. 
 Very cordially, 
 
 PRINDLE & RUSSELL 
 
 Under water 
 
 2 months. 
 Good as new 
 after 13 years' 
 
 service. 
 
 Perfectly free 
 
 from damp 
 
 and mildew. 
 
35 
 HE SUPERINTENDENT of one of the largest Massachusetts 
 State Institutions, using nearly a thousand Ostermoor Mat- 
 tresses, and enthusiastic in their praise after twenty-four years' 
 actual use, stated to us recently that his original order was given 
 us against the judgment and advice of his Matron and her as- 
 ^Tt7fr^^'?>*** 1 ■■ sistant, who wanted hair — which they had previously been using 
 — and was given to us unknown to her. Several months after they were in use he 
 asked how she liked the mattresses he bought; she exclaimed, "Oh! they are splen- 
 did— perfect — I am so glad you bought such good hair mattresses and not those 
 cotton ones. My bed is so comfortable, and the mattress the best I ever slept 
 on." (Used even without a spring of any kind.) " At this statement I sent for the 
 mattress, had it opened, showed her the filling, when she would hardly believe 
 her own eyes. " 
 
 They think Ostermoor mattresses far better than any hair, for they are as 
 soft today as when new. Soap and water don't hurt them in the least, for when 
 the Ostermoor ticks become soiled, as will happen, they simply put them through 
 the hot steam sterilizer, and dry them in hot air, and they come out like new, 
 without any injury whatever, and that's impossible with hair. 
 
 Absolutely 
 
 nothing 
 
 approaches 
 
 Ostermoor 
 
 Mattresses 
 
 in excellence. 
 
 Nayatt Point, Rhode Island. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 25, 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I learned to appreciate the merits of cotton as a material for a mattress fifty years ago, when a 
 young housekeeper, desiring something better than I could then buy for a bed, I procured thirty-odd pounds of the 
 
 very best cotton, and, with my wife's help made a mattress 
 which, when placed upon a spring arrangement, also 
 of home construction, furnished all the needed 
 requisites of softness and elasticity. 
 
 Since that time I have had many beds of 
 many kinds, among which I have a vivid 
 memory of some hours of refreshing 
 slumber upon a bed of warm ashes, un- 
 der the boilers of an Alabama River 
 steamer one winter night, and also 
 of occasional bivouacs upon Vir- 
 ginia soil during the war. 
 
 At other times the best 
 curled hair mattresses have 
 been mine, but I have found 
 absolutely nothing ap- 
 proaching in excel- 
 lence your Osier, 
 moor Mattress. It 
 is indeed a mar- 
 vel, and I can 
 most heartily 
 endorse same 
 as fully prov- 
 ing all you 
 claim. 
 Yours truly, 
 H. H. RICHARDSON 
 
 SS?fwKW^ISS3^Si 
 
36 
 
 STERMOOR MATTRESSES need nothing; in the way of re- 
 newal for an ordinary lifetime, except a cleanly turning- and 
 airing daily — as all mattresses should have — and a generous 
 sunbath several times yearly, to keep them indefinitely as 
 44 good as new." They puff or rise in the sun and heat, 
 as if endowed with life — as a ** pan of biscuit n rises. 
 
 Used with 
 
 pleasure for 22 
 
 years. 
 
 Cannot be 
 
 excelled. 
 
 Proved superior 
 
 to best 
 
 Hair Mattress 
 
 during 1(5 years' 
 
 constant use of 
 
 a large number. 
 
 Four special 
 
 points have they 
 
 surpassed. 
 
 Marion, Ohio. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermooe & Co. January 18, 1901. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — I beg to assure you that our great regard for Ostermoor Mattresses makes it a pleasure 
 to tell you that they cannot be excelled by any other. After using our first one, purchased in 1879, twenty- 
 two years ago, for a few months, we disposed of a hair mattress and replaced by another one of yours. 
 
 ( >n general cleaning- days we place our mattresses in the sun for a few hours, and as my little girl 
 once said : " They act as if they had Royal Baking Powder in them," they puff or rise so greatly .' 
 
 They are so cool in summer and warm in winter, fully as soft without being so oppressive as feathers, 
 and much soft r than hair. 
 
 All our beds, and also those of nearly all our friends, are supplied with Ostermoor Mattresses, and 
 time only makes us think more highly of them. They are surely perfection in every way. 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 MRS. E. J. FAIRFIELD 
 
 New Jersey School for Deaf Mutes, 
 
 Trenton, N. J. 
 
 Weston Jenkins, Principal. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co March 21, 1900. 
 
 Dear Sirs :— Ostermoor Mattresses have been used 
 in this school for the past sixteen years, and have proven 
 entirely satisfactory. 
 
 They are fully equal in comfort to 
 the best hair mattresses, and are superior 
 in the following respects, viz. : 
 
 First — They do not mat or pa, A- a ft, 
 many years' us,'. 
 
 Second— They are lighter and 
 more elastic than hair. 
 
 Third — They do -not absorb 
 emanations from lite body and foul 
 odor to the extent that hair 
 does. 
 
 Fourth — They can be made 
 perfectly fresh and sweet af- 
 ter long continued use by 
 simple exposure to the 
 air and strong sunlight. 
 
 I would not wil- 
 lingly have any other 
 material used for mat- 
 tresses in an institution 
 under my charge. 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 WESTON JENKINS, 
 Principal 
 
37 
 E ARE OFTEN COMPLIMENTED, we regret to say, 
 upon the Ostermoor Mattress in various words, as fol- 
 lows : " That Cotton Mattress of yours is truly wonder- 
 ful." "Yours is certainly the finest Cotton Mattress 
 made," etc., etc. 
 
 The Ostermoor Mattress is not a cotton mattress ; 
 its raw material, we grant you, was cotton, but cotton of 
 an unusual grade, and the various processes to which we subject the fibres en- 
 tirely changed and evolved from that cotton an entirely new fabric, the same as 
 cloth is evolved from wool, — and not ordinary cloth, either. The Ostermoor 
 process of imparting enduring elasticity and wonderful softness to the fibrous 
 texture of cotton, has achieved a result incomparable with any other known 
 material, it being impervious to moisture, proof against vermin, permanently 
 elastic, and will never mat, pack, lump or bunch like hair. These enduring and 
 desirable qualities, together with our unusual method of making — hand-laid 
 sheeted filling, and hand-closed ticks — make the Ostermoor Mattress an article of 
 distinctive merit; while the cotton mattress is simply cotton, a makeshift and 
 nothing more, usually much less, as the many so called cotton mattresses are not 
 even cotton, but the poorest refuse waste thereof, being only cotton ginnings, no 
 more cotton than shoddy is wool, or coal dust is coal, and relatively as worthless. 
 
 t£* ^* (£* 
 
 Howell Co. Bank, West Plains, Mo 
 Jos. L. Thomas, Pres't. 
 
 March 7, 1900 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen: — I had entire- 
 ly forgotten the fact that I 
 had purchased one of your Os- 
 termoor Mattresses some 
 seventeen years ago, and 
 doubted your statement, sup- 
 posing, of course, I had a hair 
 mattress; but on appealing to 
 my wife she coolly informed 
 me that I had been sleeping 
 on one fur the past seventeen 
 years. 
 
 / ha-cc enjoyed it vastly, 
 and it is now as satisfactory, 
 as fresh and as clastic as it 
 was when first gotten, not- 
 withstanding its constant use 
 since purchased. 
 
 I take pleasure in adding 
 my testimony to its merits in 
 these late days of fraud and 
 humbug. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 JOS. L. THOMAS 
 
 Liked so well 
 
 thought it Hair 
 
 during over 
 
 17 years' 
 
 constant use. 
 
 As fresh today 
 
 as new. 
 
38 
 HE SUCCESS of the Ostermoor mattress is due to merit, brains, 
 push, business ability, and the advertising publicity, that has 
 cost us over a million dollars, and has made its fame world 
 wide. That's reputation. 
 
 Such a reputation is so valuable, you may safely trust us 
 not to wreck it, but to ever guard most zealously. It means 
 also that we must be always making mattresses ever of the 
 same merit and trustworthiness, yesterday, today and tomorrow, 
 to retain our success. That's responsibility. 
 
 Beware of imitations — don't be swindled — the storekeeper who offers you a 
 substitute for the Ostermoor Mattress, claiming it's "just as good," "expressly 
 made for me" — or "I made it myself and I know how it's made " — not only in- 
 sults your intelligence, but is a dishonest swindler as well. He is simply trading on 
 
 our success — our reputation — has no responsibility 
 and nothing to lose. 
 
 Would he accept counterfeit money in payment? 
 Oh, no ! And yet imitation money is " just as good " 
 as his imitation substitute. 
 
 As a matter of fact, such substitutes are dis- 
 honestly worthless, 
 and attempts to 
 sell them nothing 
 but the commonest 
 form of mean, petty 
 swindling. 
 
 Storekeepers 
 don't make mat- 
 tresses, and don't even know how they are made, 
 ami if they sell an imitation of the Ostermoor 
 Mattress, they must patronize one of those 
 numerous concerns who are making it a business 
 to furnish cheap substitutes of no value whatever, 
 that are simply expected to sell on the true merit 
 and honest reputation of the Ostermoor Mattress. 
 Any storekeeper who attempts such substitu- 
 tion, recognizes that it is possible only because 
 you have heard how .desirable our Mattress is, 
 through our advertising, and he not only robs 
 you of your money and cheats you with a worth- 
 less counterfeit, but betrays your confidence 
 and insults your intelligence. 
 
 The Cheap Imitator's Fate. 
 
 The cheap imitator who endeavors to 
 trade upon the ideas or reputation of an- 
 other can not win permanent success. 
 
 The man who copies and cheapens his 
 competitor's productions often finds that 
 the cream of the business belongs to the 
 honest, responsible originator, and that 
 the imitator must at best content himself 
 with the leavings. 
 
 No matter how he fools the public, the 
 man who imitates the goods or trade- 
 mark of a competitor, by that act con- 
 fesses to the world his inferiority, and 
 is sure ultimately to lose tenfold what he 
 gains by his dishonest course. 
 
 That which leans on another's reputa- 
 tion will ultimately fall. — Clip. 
 
 Substitution is Suspicious. 
 
 A sale of stock is advertised. There are 
 horses with pedigrees and records to be sold. 
 Farmer Brown attends the sale with the pur- 
 pose of buying one of these good horses. 
 But the seller says to him, " That horse you 
 want is a good horse, of course, but I've got 
 another there that is just as good which I'd 
 like to sell you." 
 
 " Has he just as good a pedigree?'" 
 
 ' ' Well no, he hasn't anv pedigree to speak 
 of." 
 
 " Has he any record." 
 
 " Well, no, we never held a watch on him 
 that I know of, but he's ' just as good ' as 
 the horse you want." 
 
 Would Farmer Brown buy the " just as 
 good " horse ? The question answers itself. 
 And yet this same farmer will allow himself 
 to be swindled time and again by accepting 
 " just as good " articles in place of those he 
 called for, although the article he called for 
 has a pedigree and a record, and is a standard 
 in the markets of the world. Yet in place of 
 this standard article he will accept a substitute 
 which nobody knows anything about, an un- 
 tried, unproved article which has no record 
 of value and no proof of origin. 
 
 Let the buyer who is offered a substitute 
 bear in mind that substitution is suspicious, 
 and that a substitute always carries the ear 
 marks of a swindle. — Printer s Ink. 
 
39 
 HOSE prosperous human vultures, offering an imitation "just as 
 good " mattress, brazenly preying on our pockets and yours, slyly 
 fatten on such dishonesty simply because they have nothing to 
 lose, no reputation to maintain, no valuable name to ruin, no 
 merit or quality to guard ; they have no responsibility, and when 
 caught and exposed, just creep back without even a squeal of 
 protest into that obscurity where they belong, and are despicably 
 greater thieves than the desperate human failures — thieves through hunger. 
 
 Take care ! Don't be fooled ! The name of Ostermoor is a personal guarantee 
 of reliability, our confidential responsibility. Our label on each mattress we make 
 is as much our personal guarantee as though issued to you individually. 
 
 Beware of imitations. Every genuine Ostermoor Mattress bears our illustrated, 
 trade-marked, Hand-Laid Filling Label in exact design and colors as reproduced 
 above — and also has the name Ostermoor woven every three inches in the Binding 
 on all Edges. Put there for your protection. Look for them. Accept no substitute. 
 
4o 
 
 Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 
 
 Hand=Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand Sewed Closing 
 
 of the Ostermoor Mattress. 
 
 Copyright 
 
 1897 
 
 Ostermoor & Co 
 
 Fig. 1. 
 
 Building the Sheets 
 
 of Ostermo-T 
 
 in open tick 
 
 by hand. 
 
 See description, 
 
 pages £8, 29, 30. 
 
 Used 12 hours 
 daily for ix 
 years. 
 Good as new. 
 Everlastingly 
 comfortable. 
 
 Trade Mark — Registered 
 
 A billowy, downy mass of springy softness, virginal in its purity, an un- 
 rivaled mattress filling — such stuff as dreams are made on 
 
 Price list, Ostermoor Mattresses, as Advertised, page 129. 
 
 Blackstone, Va. , , ,. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor iS: Co. January 14, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress bought by my grandfather, T. Freeman Epis, of Blackstone, 
 in June, 1856, forty-eight years ago, is still in use, and as good today as the day it was made, and lias had 
 no repairs or renovation of any kind during all that time, except that the tick has been taken off and washed. 
 
 This mattress has had harder usage than many, for it has been lain upon at least twelve hours every 
 day for the past f arty -eight years, with the possible exeeption oj some twenty days during all that time, 
 when it was not used. 
 
 It was bought as the very best mattress that could be obtained in 1856, and we had always spoken of 
 it in the family as an exceptionally fine quality hair mattress, and it was only when ticking was taken off 
 for washing some four years ago, that your label was discovered. The new mattress purchased from you 
 by myself at that time has proven to be fully as good, if not better, than the original one. 
 
 To say that we are delighted with Ostermoor Mattresses is to poorly express the satisfaction we have 
 
 found during all these many years' experience of their wonderful merits and everlasting r< iinfort, 
 
 Yours respectfullv, 
 
 1 3 IMRS.) R, F, DILLARD 
 
4' 
 
 Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 
 
 Hand=Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand^Sewed Closing 
 
 of the Ostermoor Mattress. 
 
 Copyright 
 
 1897 
 
 Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 the 
 Sheeted Filling 
 laid in place, partially 
 • 1 within ticking. 
 See descript ion, 
 pages 28, 2! 
 
 Trade Mark — Registered 
 
 This results in that absolute uniformity in thickness, softness and elasticity, 
 where every square inch exactly duplicates the other — bringing sleep full of rest 
 from head to feet. 
 
 Price list, Ostermoor Mattresses, as Advertised, page 129. 
 
 Rev. Jos. A. Seiss, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 1338 Spring Garden St., February 14, 1904. 
 
 Sirs: — I have had one of your Ostermoor Mattresses in constant use for thirty-two years past. It is not 
 in the least matted down, but is just as soft, clean and elastic as tvhen new, although the ticking is very 
 badly worn and giving way rapidly now, so that I think recovering is necessary. 
 
 / certainly would not have a mattress for personal use except the Ostermoor, for there is not, to my 
 knowledge, anything so satisfactory and enduring as your mattress possible to be obtained. Surely the 
 sight of this thirty-two-year-old mattress, and my remarkable experience, must convince doubters, if 
 any are left. 
 
 My experience, wonderful as it is, I understand is not exceptional, and I most heartily recommend 
 your wonderful mattress. I have given you many orders for self and friends also the Lutheran Theo- 
 logical Seminary at Mt. Airy, which we furnished throughout with Ostermoor mattresses, where they 
 are proving just as satisfactory. 
 
 The Ostermoor Cushions you put in the pews of the Church of the Holy Communion thirty-two years 
 ago have given entire satisfaction. Not a cushion is in the least matted down, and I cannot in any 
 particular see that they have depreciated from what they were when new. Yours truly, 
 
 JOS A. SEISS 
 
 Used constantly 
 
 for 32 years, 
 but just 
 
 clean and elastic 
 as when new. 
 Would use- 
 no other 
 
42 
 
 Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 
 
 Hand-Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand~Sewed Closing 
 
 of the Ostermoor Mattress. 
 
 
 Copyright 
 1897 
 Ostermoor & 
 
 Possess mar- 
 velous merits. 
 
 34 years old. 
 Recovered after 
 
 26 years' use. 
 
 Good as new 
 today. 
 
 Fig. 3. 
 
 Binding and enclosing 
 
 the sheets within the 
 
 tick by hand sewing. 
 
 See description, 
 
 Trade Mark— Registered pages 28, 29, 30. 
 
 Careful stitching and boxing of border, and minute accuracy in tufting, 
 complete this peerless mattress — perfection itself in every smallest detail — whose 
 merits invite one to sleep. 
 
 Price list, Ostermoor Mattresses, as Advertised, page 129. 
 
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 Buffalo Stained Glass Works, Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Ecclesiastical and Domestic Stained Glass. 
 Mi isrs. O rERMOOR & Co. 29 Pearl St., February 3, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — Thirty-four years ago my lather bought an Ostermoor Mattress. It was in constant use 
 w itli 'lit repairs of any hind untK the spring of 1896, when it was sent to you to fix up and recover. We 
 arc now using it, and as far as I can see it is as go id as ii was the first day we £, r ot it. We have three 
 others of your mattresses bought within two or three years after the above, and are using them every 
 day. So far we have not had anything done to them, and they arc in good shape. 
 
 I can commend them for their marvelous merits and absolute freedom from vermin. Should I need 
 a mattress any time I shall get yours unquestionably in preference to any other. They are the best in 
 the world. Yours respectfully, •>- 
 
 R. O. RIESTER 
 
43 
 
 Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 
 
 Hand-Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand=Sewed Closing 
 
 of the Ostermoor Mattress 
 
 Fig. i. 
 
 A completed 
 
 Ostermoor Mattress 
 
 Opened to show construction. 
 
 See description, 
 
 pages 28, 29, 30. 
 
 Copyright 
 1897 
 Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Trade Mark— Registered 
 
 A dust proof, moth proof, vermin proof, germ proof and absolutely water 
 proof sleep inducer that will not mat or pack, and needs nothing to keep in 
 perfect order for years to come but a good, airy sun bath several times a year. 
 Price list, Ostermoor Mattresses, as Advertised, page 129. 
 
 Massachusetts School for Feeble Minded, Waverly, Mass. 
 Walter E. Fernald, M.D., Supt. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Cm. March 5, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — Large numbers of Ostermoor Mattresses have been in constant use in institutions with 
 which I have been connected for the past twenty-five years, and I may say that I am thoroughly familiar 
 with them and their good qualities — and we are using them here throughout. 
 
 / consider Ostermoor to be a superior material/or mattresses; in /act I believe it is superior to the 
 best curled hair or any other substance for that purpose. 
 
 I have been sleeping on an Ostermoor Mattress for years and have found it as comfortable as any 
 mattress I have ever used. 
 
 I have always found your mattresses made in a first-class manner, and everything used in construc- 
 tion of same to be of excellent quality. Very respectfully, 
 
 WALTER E. FERNALD, Supt. 
 
 Constant 
 
 use 25 years. 
 
 Superior to best 
 
 hair or any other 
 
 mattress. 
 
44 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on 
 
 — Shakespeare 
 
 By 27 years' actual 
 
 proof best bed 
 
 ever made. 
 
 The widely Advertised Ostermoor Mattress, 4 ft. 6 in. wide, two parts, A. C. A. Ticking, $15.50. 
 
 If made in one part, costs $15.00. 
 
 Price list all sizes of Advertised Mattresses, pages 128 and 12 9. 
 
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 54-0 Land Title Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March JO. 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — / have very satisfactorily used Ostermoor Mattresses in my house for twenty-seven 
 years. I consider them superior to any hair mattress for comfort and service. 
 
 I have induced many friends to buy them instead of hair, believing- them, by actual proof the best 
 bed in the market. Yours very truly, 
 
 Jt Jt <£ M. MOON CHILD 
 
 25 years' use fully 
 
 proves extreme 
 
 durability and 
 
 everlasting 
 
 elasticity. 
 
 The Dalles, Oregon. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April H, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — All my hopes twenty-five years ago with regard to Ostermoor Mattresses have been 
 more than fulfilled with regard to their "extreme durability" and have proven during these years their 
 " everlasting elasticity." They are today wholly satisfactory after all these years of constant service. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 J* .* Jt E. M. WILSON 
 
 30 years old, still in 
 
 use. Exceedingly 
 
 durable. 
 
 Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 J. C. Carson, Superintendent. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 27, 1897. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — The Ostermoor Mattresses purchased of you thirty years ago are stilt in use at this 
 institution. Some of them have been made over and recovered, but the majority have had no repairs and 
 still are in good condition. 
 
 Your mattresses are certainly exceedingly durable, elastic and comfortable, and their use here has 
 been very satisfactory indeed. Yours very truly, 
 
 J. C. CARSON, Supt. 
 
45 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 Are such stuff as dreams are made on " 
 
 — Shakespea re 
 
 Two Part Mattress, 4 ft. 6 in. wide, in Satin = Finish Ticking, 
 If made in one part, costs 50c. less. 
 Price list, stock sizes, page 13 0. 
 
 $17.00. 
 
 W. C. Whitcher, Stoneham, Mass. 
 Dealer in Groceries, Flour, Grain, Hay and Straw, Etc. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 29, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — It gives me great pleasure to say that the Ostermoor Mattresses I bought from you 
 thirty-five years ago, and which have been in constant use ever since, are to-day as good as new ; if any- 
 thing, they are softer and more elastic than when new. 
 
 We are delighted with them, and it's a marvel the way they wear, for they have never matted the 
 smallest particle. 
 
 We think the Ostermoor Mattress the most perfect bed in the world. Use my letter as you like ; it's 
 all true. I'm glad to tell you. Yours very truly, y/V_ c. WHITCHER 
 
 e^* t^* t^* 
 
 Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 10, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — President Story has just handed me your letter, and we are more than glad to have an 
 opportunity to speak in the higliest terms of your Ostermoor Mattresses, for they are the very best mattress 
 •we ever saw. 
 
 We have used them for the past twenty-two years and they are now in need of recovering and retuft- 
 iiig, although not at all matted down, but very shapely and most wonderfully soft. As to comfort, 
 they have proven perfection. 
 
 I am very sorry that I was foolish enough to add a few of another kind of mattress to the house not 
 long ago — they are not satisfactory, and were we to furnish today, we would choose Ostermoor Mattresses 
 in preference to hair or any other mattress made. Respectfully, 
 
 ANNA T. LINCOLN, MATRON 
 
 Most perfect bed. 
 Softer and more 
 
 elastic 
 
 than when new — 
 
 35 years ago. 
 
 A marvel. 
 
 Prefer to hair. 
 
 Used 22 years and 
 
 good for 22 more. 
 
 They 
 
 are perfection. 
 
4 6 
 
 27 years' 
 
 complete 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 20 years old and 
 
 will give 
 
 satisfaction 
 
 years to come. 
 
 Used 25 years. 
 
 No other 
 half as good. 
 
 Entire 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Although 29 years 
 old, could not 
 
 ask for a 
 better mattress. 
 
 Better than hair. 
 
 Best obtainable 
 
 for comfort, 
 
 health 
 
 and cleanliness. 
 
 Bank of Honeoye Falls, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
 
 A. M. Holden, Banker. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 23, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress I bought of you twenty-seven years ago has always given 
 complete satisfaction, and it is in absolute perfect condition to-day after having been in constant use all 
 of these years without the slightest renovation or repairing. Yours truly, 
 
 A. M. HOLDEN 
 (^* ^» %£*> 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & C< 
 
 Crawfordsville, Ind. 
 
 March 9, 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen : — My Ostermoor Mattress bought of you twenty years ago is still in use — it is by far the 
 most satisfactory mattress we have ever used- is in very good condition indeed, and we feel sure will 
 give satisfaction for many years to come. Yours truly, 
 
 v * J& .* JOHN S. BROWN 
 
 The London Rubber Co., Ashtabula, Ohio. 
 
 A. A. Southwick, Sec'y and Treas. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 23, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress that you sold me in 1879, twenty-five years ago, and the two 
 previous to that time, are giving entire satisfaction and are a great comfort. They have never been made- 
 over, and are perfectly good today in every way. No other mattress ever made is one-half as good 
 rear after year as yours They are so very comfortable, and no expense whatever after once purchased. 
 I am well satisfied. Very respectfully, 
 
 Jt Jk J* A. A. SOUTHWICK 
 
 T. C. Maxwell & Brothers, Geneva, N. Y. 
 
 Forest Nursery. 
 
 Messrs. Oster-rioor & Co. March 9, 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattresses I purchased of you over twenty-nine years ago seem to be 
 just as good as when first received. They are excellent in all particulars and give us the best of satisfaction. 
 
 I am eighty-two years old, appreciate a good bed, and could not ask for better than you furnished us 
 when you sent those mattresses. Yours truly, 
 
 jZ jZ jZ T. C. MAXWELL 
 
 War Records Office, War Department, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Marcus J. Wright, Agent for the Colleetion of Confederate Records. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 20, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — / am delighted with the ten years' use of Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows. They 
 retain their elasticity and the surface remains smooth, with no formation of lumps or knots— being much 
 more comfortable than hair, and better still, absolutely clean. 
 
 I regard Ostermoor Mattresses as the best obtainable for comfort, health and cleanliness. 
 
 Very truly, 
 
 tfi* t£* i£* 
 
 MARCUS J. WRIGHT 
 
 Used 
 
 for 25 years. 
 
 All you claim. 
 
 Recommended in 
 highest terms, used 
 over 25 years with- 
 out remaking, 
 and still in 
 perfect condition. 
 
 Tefft, Weller & Co. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 320 Broadway, March 2, 1902. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — Ostermoor Mattresses are all you claim in every particular, as I have proven during 
 twenty-five years' very satisfactory use in my home. Yours truly, 
 
 
 MORTON D. BOGUE 
 
 Boys' Home, Hamilton, Canada. 
 Mrs. D. B. Pratt, Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 25 East Ave., North, December 6, 1902. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— The Committee of Management of the Boys' Home, Hamilton, Canada, have pleasure 
 in stating that the Ostermoor Mattresses, purchased from you nearly twenty-five years ago, have been in 
 consta nt use ever since, without any remaking whatever, and are still in perfect order. 
 
 As we have found them so very satisfactory in every particular, we take much pleasure in recommend- 
 ing them in the highest terms. Wishing you every success, I remain yours sincerely, 
 
 MAY PRATT, COR. SEC. 
 
47 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 " Are such stuff as dreams are made on " 
 
 — Shakespeare 
 
 Special Ostermoor Mattress. Tufted in Squares or Biscuit Style, which Costs $2.00 Extra. 
 Price list, stock sizes, Mattresses as Advertised, pages 128 and 129. 
 
 For other styles with Special Coverings, Extra Thickness, etc., see pages 130 to 134. 
 
 Rev. Francis Goodwin, Hartford, Conn, 
 
 ~ • or. 783 Main St., February 9, 1904. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & L". ' ,«,„ 
 
 Dear SiRS:-It gives me much pleasure to bear my unqualified testimony as to the excellence ot Oster- 
 moor Mattresses and Cushions. 
 
 I think that in cleanliness, comfort and durability, and never requiring to be remade, Ostermoor IS 
 much to ha preferred to hair or any other material. 
 
 It is over twenty-five years since I first used your Mattresses and Cushions, and my very satisfactory 
 experience only confirms the judgment expressed above. Yours very truly 
 
 1 FRANCIS GOODWIN 
 
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 Goshen Light & Power Co. 
 
 J. W. Corwin, Prest. 
 
 _ „ n J April 8, 1904. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Lo. ... . • t . 
 
 Gen rs:-The Ostermoor Mattress bought of you thirty-three years ago (1871) is still in use, in perfect 
 
 order and fully as elastic as when first used. 
 
 It has been so entirely satisfactory, that I gladly recommend it to any who desire a really good 
 
 Yours truly, 
 mattreSS - J. W. CORWIN 
 
 i^rV %£r* %£& 
 
 St. Paul's School, Concord. N. H., Office of the Curator 
 
 _ s r March 6, 1902 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs— We take pleasure in stating that we have one hundred and fifty, or more, Ostermoor 
 Mattresses purchased from you between the years 1875 and 1880. They are still in use, in excellent con- 
 dition and giving most perfect satisfaction after twenty-seven years' constant use. 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 A. H. CAMPBELL, CURATOR 
 
 Bear unqualified 
 
 testimony 
 
 to their excellence 
 
 after 
 
 25 years' use. 
 
 33 years' in use. 
 
 Elastic as new. 
 
 Gladly recommend. 
 
 Giving most per- 
 fect satisfaction. 
 27 years' old 
 to-day. 
 
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 In constant use 
 for 30 years. 
 
 All we claim in 
 every way. 
 
 Constant use for 
 
 17 years and in 
 
 perfect condition 
 
 today. 
 
 Hav> 
 depreciated with 
 Jij years' constant 
 use. 
 
 Recommended 
 and considered 
 the best during 27 
 experience. 
 
 Proven during H 
 
 years' use quite 
 
 equal to best 
 
 hair. 
 
 D. B. Wendle. Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Messrs. Ostein R & Co. 5811 Haverford Ave., March 3, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — I am thoroughly cognizant of the value of the Ostermoor Mattresses, having had them 
 in constant use for thirty years. They are still in use and giving perfect satisfaction. 
 
 I ordered the mattresses at the time you put the cushions in the Cumberland Street M. K. Church, 
 this city, which are also in splendid condition. 
 
 That wonderful Ostermoor is all you claim. Very truly, 
 
 D. B. WENDLE 
 
 Addison Bank, Addison, N. Y. 
 
 Lattimer & Winton. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 8, 1898. 
 
 Gentlemen:— I beg to say the Ostermoor Mattress bought of you in December, 1881, has been in 
 constant use for seventeen years, has needed no repairs, and is apparently in perfect condition. It is as 
 soft and sweet and grateful to the tired system as when first made. 
 
 The cushions of the First Presbyterian Church of this place were supplied by you at that time, filled 
 with the same material — Ostermoor. They hold their shape and elasticity, and are as comfortable as 
 when put in. I am most happy to certify to the honest material and workmanship that enter in the 
 combination of both your cushions and mattresses. Yours very truly, 
 
 DAVID B. WINTON 
 
 5^W t0& %£& 
 
 H. C. K Kingsbury & Kingsbury, Westfield, N. Y. H. C. Kingsbury, Jr. 
 
 Attorneys and Counselors. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 5, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen: — In October, 1878, I purchased an Ostermoor Mattress and it has been in use continu- 
 ously from that time to this, without any repairs of any kind — and last night it was just as soft and 
 comfortable as when first purchased. 
 
 I cannot see that these twenty-six years' constant use has affected or depreciated it in any manner 
 whatever. Very respectfully yours, 
 
 H. C. KINGSBURY 
 
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 616 High St., W. Hoboken, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 21, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — I have had one of your Ostermoor Mattresses in constant use for twenty-se7>en years; 
 it remains in as good shape and condition as when purchased. 
 
 I have recommended them to my friends, and have ordered several from you for them. All have 
 given complete satisfaction. 
 
 I consider them the cleanest and best mattress I have ever seen. Very truly yours, 
 
 F. C. TOMLINSON 
 t<?* c£* v* 
 
 W. H. Fox. Fox & Curtis, Penn Yan, N. Y. Perley P.Curtis. 
 
 Manufacturers of Straw Wrapping Paper. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 8, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen:— Replying to your inquiry, I will say that the Ostermoor Mattress that I bought of you 
 twenty-/ our years ago (1880) is still in use in my house, and is apparently in good condition. I greatly 
 prefer it in every way to the best hair mattress. Yours truly, 
 
 P. P. CURTIS 
 
 t£& t&* t&* 
 
 Good as evi 
 Nothing con 
 with them. 
 
 Black Hall, Conn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 12, 1902. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— I take great pleasure in replying to your letter of inquiry recently received. Yes, you 
 did furnish us with Ostermoor Mattresses twenty-two years ago, and they are still in active service, and 
 as far as we can see are as good as ever. 
 
 Of the three furnished by you nearly fifteen years ago, can say that the same have been in constant 
 service, have never been remade, and do not seem likely ever to need it. 
 
 We began housekeeping with your mattresses, have never bought anything else, and never will. 
 That ought to indicate pretty thorough satisfaction. I advise every one to buy them in preference to any- 
 thing else. There is nothing to compare with them in any way. Yours truly, 
 
 THEODORE M . PECK 
 
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 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 " Are such stuff as dreams are made on. 
 
 — Shakespeare 
 
 Hospital Mattress, 3 ft. wide, in three equal interchangeable parts, A. C. A. Ticking, $11.00. 
 
 Mattress made in one piece, costs $10.00. 
 
 Price list, stock sizes, as Advertised, pages 128 and 129. 
 
 J* 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 26 Whitney St., March 15, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :— The mattress just ordered makes five I've bought for own use, and I most cheerfully 
 express our great appreciation of Ostermoor Mattresses. The one you refer to, purchased in March, 1875, 
 and which has been in nearly constant use for twenty-nine years, is still doing as good service as ever. 
 
 When we moved into our new house in November, 1880, we bought three others, and have since 
 added one more. We have no fault to find with any of them, and have often recommended them to our 
 friends. They are all you claim. 
 
 The South Park M. E. Church Cushions which, as one of the committee, we purchased at that time 
 0^75), have also been just as satisfactory. Very respectfully, 
 
 Jt Jt J* MRS. GEO. W. ATWOOD 
 
 L. R. Brown, M.D., Elizabeth, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 23 West Jersey St., March 7, 1904. 
 
 My Dear Sirs:— Twenty-eight years ago, July 3, 1876, I bought one of the everlasting Ostermoor 
 Mattresses. It has been in constant use ever since, and is now just as comfortable as when I bought it. 
 The only repair, or the only attention it has received during all these years, is retufting, as much 
 turning over and catching the cover at wrong places in the course of time ripped the t u/ts off. 
 
 In June, 1895, 1 bought another mattress for another bed— it is just as satisfactory — I see no difference 
 between them in comfort. 
 
 By the way, one would have to start early in life, and live long, and finally stand alone without any 
 near descendants, to wear out an Ostermoor Mattress in one's lifetime— if my experience is a criterion. 
 
 " Many times and oft " in my rounds I hear of hair mattresses sent out for remaking. Remaking of 
 an Ostermoor is, we have proven, absolutely unnecessary, as you claim, for they are marvels, so change- 
 less is their comforting elasticity. 
 
 The Ostermoor Mattress requires no attention or expense. Hair needs both. Buy one when you 
 are young, and it will be just the same comfortable affair when you are old and rheumatic. I know — have 
 tried both. Respectfully, 
 
 L. R. BROWN 
 
 29 years' constant 
 use. Great ap- 
 preciation. 
 Are all you claim. 
 
 Everlasting. 
 
 •J.S years' use 
 
 proves they will 
 
 last a lifetime. 
 
 Just as good as 
 
 new to-day. 
 
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 Used 
 
 throughout, and a 
 
 source of much 
 
 satisfaction 
 
 for 25 years. 
 
 22 years old and 
 will long continue 
 
 to give good, 
 honest, satisfac- 
 tory service. 
 
 Today as 
 shapely, sweet and 
 
 pure as when 
 new, 22 years ago. 
 
 In good condition 
 and have given 
 
 extreme 
 
 satisfaction for 
 
 23 years. 
 
 Far ahead of hair. 
 
 25 years' com- 
 fort, satisfaction 
 and pleasure. 
 
 Excellent 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 24 years old. 
 
 Still perfectly 
 
 good. 
 
 New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers, Kearney, N. J. 
 
 P. O. Address, Newark, N. J. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 26, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen: — We have had several hundred Ostermoor Mattresses in use in this Hume for the past 
 twenty-five years. Their use has been eminently satisfactory. Being non-absorbent they are peculiarly 
 adapted for the service demanded in institutions, and they have worn exceedingly well, and have cost us 
 nothing for repairs of any kind. 
 
 Our good opinion of them was well expressed in 1896, when order was placed for the entire equipment 
 of all the dormitories. They are now in general use throughout the Home, and are a source of much 
 satisfaction. Very respectfully, 
 
 PETER F. ROGERS, SUP'T 
 
 Governor's Island, New York. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — It gives me much pleasure to bear testimony to the excellence of the Ostermoor Mat- 
 tress which I purchased from you twenty-two years ago. For more than ten years it was in constant 
 daily use, and very frequently for the rest of the time. Those who have used it are unanimous in its 
 praise. 
 
 It has preserved its form and elasticity, is as comfortable now as when first purchased, and to all 
 appearance will long continue to give good, honest, satisfactory service 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 E. H. C. GOODWIN, Asst Post Chaplain, U. S. A. 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Moore, Elizabeth, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 1365 North Ave., January 5, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — We have used your Ostermoor Mattresses continually for twenty-two years, and 
 several times during that period we have used them during illnesses of many months' duration, and yet 
 today, both filling and ticking, are as shapely, clean, pure and sweet as when purchased. 
 
 We cannot say enough in their praise, and are very glad to add our testimony to those already 
 received. Yours truly, 
 
 CONSTANCE R. MOORE 
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 Naval Examining Board, Mills Building, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9. 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — I take much pleasure in stating that the Ostermoor Mattresses purchased of you twenty- 
 three years ago have been in constant use, are still in good condition, and have given e.xtreme satisfaction. 
 
 Very respectfully. 
 
 J. C. WATSON, Rear Admiral, U. S. N. 
 
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 George Faulhaber, Church Furniture Works, Cleveland, O. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 356-380 Scranton Ave., February 22, 1901. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— Your "everlasting" Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions, which I have used throughout 
 my house for these twenty-five years with comfort, satisfaction and pleasure, are all you claim and more. 
 They are the only mattress today, far ahead of hair in every way. Yours truly. 
 
 GEO. FAULHABER 
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 T. B. Camden, M.D., Parkersburg, W. Va. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 23, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— The Ostermoor Mattresses I bought of you over twenty-four years ago are still in use 
 and in good condition, and just as delightful to sleep on today. 
 
 I bought a number of them for use in the Hospital for Insane, at Weston, W. Va., over thirty years 
 ago, while I was Superintendent, which gave excellent satisfaction and are still in use. 
 
 Yours, etc., 
 
 T. B. CAMDEN. M.D. 
 
51 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 Are such stuff as dreams are made on " 
 
 -Shakespeare 
 
 Single Mattress, 2 ft 6 in. wide, A. C. A. Ticking, $8.35. 
 
 It made in two parts, costs 50c. extra. 
 
 Price list, stock sizes, as Advertised, pages 128 and 129 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Plainfield, N. J. 
 
 January 9, 1904. 
 
 S D e ;r S E Rs.-We have°on.y Ostermoor Mattresses in our house, and some of them were bought in 1876, 
 twenty-eight years ago. They are all giving good service and promise to last for many .yean. 
 
 They are the most satisfactory mattress in every respect that we have ever used, and I take great 
 pleasure indeed in recommending them to any and every one. I would use jootta^ ^^ 
 
 J. E. TURRILL 
 
 !^C (£• *£• 
 
 A. H. Stevens. D.D.S.. Clinton. Conn. March 10> 1904 . 
 
 " le T^S^7wt^even years ago 1 purchased your Ostermoor Cushions for the Baptist Church, 
 and an Ostermoor Ma^esI for iyself 'and it is with great pleasure that I report both cushions and mat- 
 tress /k rood sha fie today < having retained their elasticity perfectly. 
 
 Fifteen ye£s ago I purchased another mattress for a friend, and can say the same of ,t. I much 
 prefer Ostermoor to best hair obtainable, and am glad to recommend them. ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Would use no other. 
 
 Although 
 
 28 years old, 
 
 promise 
 
 to last for years. 
 
 Have retained 
 
 elasticity 
 most perfectly 
 
 for 27 years. 
 Prefer to hair. 
 
 A. H. STEVENS 
 
 J* J* J* 
 
 The Union League Club. Philadelphia. Pa. ^^ ^ ^ 
 
 M % r ; N ™ R ; N '-I hlealways found that Ostermoor Mattresses possess all the excellencies claimed for 
 them having used them personally in preference to hair tor the ^Jm£r*~» years wtfh ever 
 increasing satisfaction. 
 
 J. A. SMITH, U. S. N. 
 
 Possess all 
 
 the excellencies 
 
 claimed. 
 
 27 years experience. 
 
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 No one could ask 
 
 for finer, although 
 
 24 years old. 
 
 Better 
 
 than any new one, 
 
 although 
 
 22 years old. 
 
 All you claim 
 in every particular. 
 20 years old and 
 
 far the best. 
 
 Proved all yi >u 
 
 claim for 28 years 
 
 without repairs. 
 
 Still good. 
 
 20 years old. 
 
 Still giving perfect 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Have given 25 
 
 years of excellent 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Never repaired. 
 
 Seems as good as 
 
 ever, although 
 
 21 years old. 
 
 A. D. Paul & Co., Canandaigua, N. Y. 
 Druggists and Apothecaries. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 172 Main St., January 2">, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress you made me in 1880, twenty-four years ago, I think is the 
 fittest bed we ever had, and is today in as good shape as when you sent it to me. We have had hair mat- 
 tresses, but they do not in any way compare with your Ostermoor. We have three, all in elegant shape, 
 and no oik- could ask for finer. Yours truly, 
 
 C. R. PAUL 
 
 Union Springs, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 10, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — I consider the Ostermoor Mattress purchased of you in 1882, after these twenty-two 
 years of constant use, better today than any new one of any other kind. I am delighted with my ex- 
 perience. Yours truly, 
 
 T. J. MERSEREAU 
 
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 The Warren Packard Co., Warren, Ohio. 
 
 Lumber. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 4, 1808. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — The Ostermoor Mattresses you made for me in October, 1878, twenty years ago, I have 
 not forgotten by any means. They are still in constant use, and are by far the best I have seen, and pre- 
 fer them to any other kind, the best hair not excepted. 
 
 They are in every particular a.\\ you have ever claimed or claim for them now. I take great pleasure 
 in recommending them. Yours very truly, 
 
 WARREN PACKARD 
 
 St. Mary's Orphan Asylum, South Orange, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 12, l'J04. 
 
 Dear Sirs :— We must express our pleasure and approval of Ostermoor Mattresses. They are all you 
 claim, as we have proven in their use here for twenty-eight years, since 1870. Although used they have 
 had no repairs whatever, and are still perfectly clean and soft. 
 
 Trusting that our recommendation will be of some service to you, we remain, 
 
 Respectfully, Sister M. Austin, 
 
 SISTERS OF CHARITY 
 
 Amos Dale, President. H. H. Stephenson, Cashier. 
 
 Oil City National Bank, Oil City. Pa. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 22, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :— I bought my first Ostermoor Mattress in 1884, twenty years ago, and others since, all 
 are still in use and give perfect satisfaction. They are all you promise. We are indeed well pleased. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 H. H. STEPHENSON 
 
 The Upson-Walton Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 155-163 River St., March 15, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses bought of you in 1879 (twenty-five years ago) arc still in 
 use exceedingly comfortable, and have given most excellent satisfaction. Yours respectfully, 
 
 E. P. BABBITT 
 
 David S. Hopkins, Architect, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. December 5, 1903. 
 
 I n vr Sins:— Yours at hand, and glad to say the Ostermoor Mattress I got from you in 1882, twenty-one 
 years ago, is still in use, and never had any repairs whatever until recovered last year, and it is now just 
 as good as new. I had occasion to get a new one some time since, and, having lost your address, got hold 
 of another "so-called felt," which is not nearly as good in any way. Yours truly, 
 
 DAVID S. HOPKINS 
 
53 
 
 OSTERMOOR PILLOWS AND BOLSTERS are far purer, sweeter, 
 cleaner and cooler than feathers or hair, and better in every way. 
 They are not quite so soft as feathers, but are far softer than hair, and 
 from a sanitary standpoint much more desirable than either 
 
 Ostermoor Pillow, 20 inches wide by 30 inches long, 5atin Finish Ticking, 
 Price list, Pillows, stock sizes, page 126 
 
 L.55 
 
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 Edwin A. Van Trump, Wilmington, Del. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 835 Market St., March 23, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — It is with a great deal of pleasure that I am able to say, in my judgment there is no 
 better mattress made than the Ostermoor. Mine has been in constant use since 1876, wit/tout having 
 anything done to it in the shape of repairs, and as tar as I can see it is as good as when I first bought it, 
 twenty-eight years ago. Very truly yours, E. A. VAN TRUMP 
 
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 The Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital, Middletown, Orange Co.,N.Y. 
 
 Selden H. Talcott, M.D., Supt. 
 Messrs. Ostekmook & Co. January 5, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen : — We have used a large number of Ostermoor Mattresses in this institution during the 
 past twenty-seven years, and we take pleasure in stating they have given the greatest possible satis/action 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses are superior to hair, they are extremely light, do not mat or get lumpy, and 
 are very cleanly, durable and comfortable in every particular , and the very best I have ezier seen. 
 
 Hence, we can cordially commend them to those who are in search of a comfortable, most durable and 
 satisfactory bed. With best wishes I am. Very respectfully yours, 
 
 Jt jt Jt SELDEN H. TALCOTT 
 
 Nothing in the 
 shape of repairs 
 in over 28 years. 
 
 For 27 years 
 
 have given 
 
 greatest possible 
 
 satisfaction. 
 Best ever seen. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. No. 1354 Orthodox St., March 16, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The two Ostermoor Mattresses to which you refer as having been shipped for my 
 account in August, 1880, twenty-four years ago, were for my brother, who states that they have been in 
 constant use during' all the intervening period, and that they have given great satisfaction. 
 
 The mattresses which you shipped me to Frankford, Pa., September 12th, 1879, twenty-five years ago, 
 are in excellent condition and we are exceedingly well pleased. 
 
 * * * * I would not think of using other than Ostermoor mattresses, did their cost largely 
 exceed your price, as they never fail or depreciate in the very slightest particular. Ostermoor surely are 
 the most perfect of all beds, and you deserve more than praise, for your mattress is a public benefaction. 
 
 Yourstruly, J EFFERSON JUSTICE 
 
 23 years' 
 constant, satisfac- 
 tory use. 
 Would not think 
 of using any 
 other. 
 
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 Used 28 years 
 
 without remaking. 
 
 Better than 
 
 any new one. 
 
 After 22 years' 
 
 use in good shape 
 
 and very 
 
 comfortable. 
 
 In good condition 
 
 after 21 years of 
 
 wonderful comfort 
 
 and durability. 
 
 22 years' constant 
 
 use. Equal to 
 
 hair Without 
 
 renovation. 
 
 22 years old. 
 Good as new. 
 Would not be with- 
 out it. 
 
 16 years old 
 
 and good as when 
 
 first purchased. 
 
 Used them for 
 
 18 years and 
 
 recommend highly. 
 
 Highest praise. 
 
 Used 20 years. 
 
 Good as new. 
 
 Better than best 
 
 of hair. 
 
 W. L. Farnum, Flint, Mich 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 12, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions are a proven excellence with us. We have used 
 the Cushions in the First Baptist Church, of which my husband was pastor for twelve years, with great 
 satisfaction, and the Mattress in our home constantly without remaking for over twenty-eight years, and 
 it is today, in every respect, better than any new one. Respectfully, Mrs. 1 W. L. FARNUM 
 
 The Middlesex Banking Co., Middletown, Conn. 
 Robt. N. Jackson, President. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor lV Co. 74 Monroe St., January 5, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :— I have received your favor of the 1st inst., asking about the Ostermoor Mattresses 
 which I bought from you in 1882, twenty-two years ago, and in reply beg to say they are still in use, are 
 very comfortable and have certainly worn exceedingly well. Yours truly, ROBERT N. JACKSON 
 
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 Wm. Ray. 
 
 M. T. M vine. 
 
 Geo. Copeland & Co., New York City. 
 Cotton Brokers. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 129 Pearl St., February 12, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :— I take great pleasure in saying that I have used Ostermoor Mattresses in my family 
 for upward of twenty-one years, and can testify to their wonderful durability and comfortableness, they 
 being at this time in surprisingly good condition. Yours truly, m. -r. MAINE 
 
 Lewis & Slocum, Beaver Falls, N. Y. 
 Manufacturers of Wood Pulp and Sulphite Boards. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — I have had an Ostermoor Mattress constantly in use'm my home since 1882, and it has 
 proven more satisfactory than hair, much softer, has not required any of the attention hair does to keep in 
 absolutely perfect order. Yours truly, j N _ SLOCUM 
 
 Charles H. Yeager, Erie, Pa. 
 Shirts, Fine Underwear and Hosiery. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 6, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — Yes, I have used the Ostermoor Mattress, and no other, for twenty-two years (since 
 August, 1882), and it is apparently just as good as new. Now, knowing what they are, would not do with- 
 out it at any price, yes, no matter what it cost. There is nothing so good. 
 
 Yours very respectfully, c. H. YEAGER 
 
 Neshanlc, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 22, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — The Ostermoor Mattress bought of you sixteen years ago has been in constant use ever 
 since, and is today, as far as I am able to judge by sleeping on it every night, as good as when first re- 
 ceived. It is a constant pleasure and satisfaction. Very truly, CALVIN CO RLE 
 
 Ayers & Patterson, New York. 
 Insurance Brokers. 
 
 ■ Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Ill Broadway, March 12, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I bought two Ostermoor Mattresses eighteen years ago. We are still using them with 
 great satisfaction, and they seem to be in as good condition as when we first got them. I can recommend 
 them highly as being just what you claim them to be. Yours truly, h. E. AYERS 
 
 t^* ^* (£• 
 
 Kingston, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. December 8, 1899. 
 
 Gentlemen : The Ostermoor Mattresses I purchased of you twenty years ago have given perfect 
 satisfaction, and are just as good as when I first received them. They are not matted or packed in the 
 least. This is no surprise to me, as I have never heard but the highest praise for them. A short time ago 
 I met an old friend who purchased over twenty of your mattresses at least twenty years ago, and he in- 
 formed me that they were as good as new today. 
 
 That I consider them better than the best hair, accounts for having them in my home. 
 
 Very truly yours, WM. H. SLEIGHT 
 
55 
 
 STERMOOR PILLOWS AND BOLSTERS are far purer, sweeter, 
 cleaner and cooler than feathers or hair, and better in every way. 
 They are not quite so soft as feathers, but are far softer than hair, and 
 from a sanitary standpoint much more desirable than either. 
 
 Copyright 
 
 1897 
 
 Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Ostermoor Wedge Bolster, 20 inches wide, 48 inches long, Satin Finish Ticking, $5.60. 
 Price list Bolsters, all sizes, page 12 7. 
 
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 William Baldwin. 
 
 Methodist Book Concern, New York. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 150 Fifth Ave., March 2, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses I purchased from you twenty-four years ago have given 
 the very fullest satisfaction in their use. They are as good as new today. Yours very truly, 
 
 WM. BALDWIN 
 
 Chicago, 111 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 1444 Monroe St., February 10, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The two Ostermoor Mattresses purchased by me in January, 1883, over twenty-one 
 years ago, have been in constant use ever since, and are at this writing in a most excellent condition, 
 never having been repaired or recovered. 
 
 The highest possible endorsement that I can give them is justified by their use and durability. 
 
 Most respectfully yours, 
 
 J. M. JUDD 
 
 Hotel Fiske, Old Orchard, Me. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 15, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — In 1876, twenty-eight years ago, I furnished my hotel throughout with Ostermoor Mat- 
 tresses ; they have been in use ever since that time, and are apparently as good as when put in, and I 
 cheerfully recommend them to all, their use having been so very satisfactory, and my patrons being so 
 well pleased. Yours very truly, 
 
 C. H. FISKE 
 
 Woody Crest, Tarrytown, N. Y. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 31, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — Miss Helen Gould requests me to reply to your letter in regard to the Ostermoor Mat- 
 tresses we have in use in the house. I beg to say we consider them very good indeed ; they are very soft, 
 keep their shape well, and we think them the best obtainable. Very truly, 
 
 MIRIAM W, JAGGER 
 
 Very fullest 
 satisfaction in 
 24 years' use. 
 
 21 years' 
 
 excellent use. 
 
 Never repaired. 
 
 Highest possible 
 
 endorsement 
 
 justified. 
 
 As good as 
 
 when first made, 
 
 28 years ago. 
 
 Consider them 
 
 the best in the 
 
 house. 
 
22 years' service 
 
 endorses all 
 
 claims in every 
 
 particular. 
 
 56 
 The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co., New York City. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 26 Exchange Place, January 12, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — 1 am simply doing justice both to you and myself by endorsing everything you claim 
 for the wonderful Ostermoor Mattresses. 
 
 The mattresses you furnished me, some twenty-two years ago, are still in good condition, though they 
 have been in continuous service since they entered my house, and I have been entirely satisfied with them 
 in every particular. I use nothing else. Yours truly, 
 
 CHAS. M. FUSSELL 
 
 Highly pleased. 
 
 18 years' service. 
 
 Elasticity 
 
 unimpaired. 
 
 22 years old and 
 good for another 
 
 22 years. 
 
 Splendid. 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor <Sl Co. 318 Monroe St., March 12, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen:— Regarding the Ostermoor Mattress that you sold me some eighteen years ago, we art- 
 using it right along all the time (that is, every night, of course); have done so ever since we first received 
 it, and I do not notice that it has lost any of its elasticity. Of course, we are highly /leased with it. 
 
 With kind regards, 
 
 O. S. HARMON 
 
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 Wellington, Ohio. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 6, 19U4. 
 
 Gentlemen:-— The Ostermoor Mattress we bought of you some twenty-two years ago is good for 
 twenty-five years more, to all appearances. I have thoroughly rested on the mattress nearly every 
 night, and cannot see but what it is just as comfortable as ever. // is splendid. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 J. H. WOOLLEY 
 
 fc?* t^* *2^ 
 
 All you claim. 
 
 21 years' complete 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Globe Iron Works Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 16, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattress I purchased of you in 1883 has given complete satisfaction for 
 twenty-one years, and I can recommend it as being all that is claimed for it. 
 
 Very truly, 
 
 EDWARD J. KIMBALL 
 
 19 years' daily 
 
 use and as 
 good as new. 
 
 New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 334 West 18th St., January 1, 1902. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — That Ostermoor Mattress you made for me in 1883 (nineteen years ago) is still in daily- 
 use, and is as good as new; also the one you made in 1888, and both are giving the best of satisfaction. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 P. P. TERHUNE 
 (^* t^* «^* 
 
 Prefer to hair. 
 
 Fully proven all 
 
 you claim for 
 
 18 years. 
 
 Victor, Ontario County, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 18, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen: — It gives me pleasure to say that I have used your wonderful Ostermoor Mattresses for 
 the last eighteen years, and they have fully proven all you claim in every particular. 
 
 They have been in constant use and are still in fine condition, giving perfect satisfaction. I prefer 
 them to any hair mattress in all respects. Yours truly, 
 
 ORIN S. BACON 
 
 t^* (<?* t^* 
 
 Used 18 years 
 
 with entire 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 The Harlan and Hollingsworth Co.. Wilmington, Del. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January!;, 1904 
 
 Dear Sirs:— We are using two of your Ostermoor Mattresses. ( >ne lias been in use eighteen years, 
 another about thirteen years. Both have given entire satisfaction, and their use is a delightful comfort. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 S. K. SMITH 
 
S7 
 
 STERMOOR PILLOWS AND BOLSTERS are far purer, sweeter, 
 cleaner and cooler than feathers or hair, and better in every way. They 
 are not quite so soft as feathers, but are far softer than hair, and from a 
 sanitary standpoint much more desirable than either. 
 
 Copyright 
 
 1897 
 
 Ostermoor & Co 
 
 Ostermoor Bolster, 18 inches wide, 54 inches long, Satin Finish Ticking, $5.00. 
 Price list, Bolsters, all sizes, page 127. 
 
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 Medical Department U. S. Army, Fort Assinniboine, Mont. 
 Lieut. S. M. DeLoffre. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March L0. 1901 
 
 Gentlemen:— I have used one of your Ostermoor Mattresses for twenty-three years and it has given 
 the most perfect satisfaction in every way, proving all you claim. Very truly yours 
 
 S. M. DELOFFRE, SURGEON, U. S. A. 
 
 Fifth Avenue Theater, New York. 
 Edwin Knowles, Sole Manager. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. December 22, 1000. 
 
 Gentlemen:— I desire to say that I have used Ostermoor Mattresses on my beds for nearly eighteen 
 years, and I would not be without them. I consider them far superior to any other mattress made, both 
 as regards comfort and durability. Believe me, very truly yours, 
 
 EDWIN KNOWLES 
 
 St. Joseph's Institute, West Chester, N. Y. 
 
 Male Department for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen: — Having used Ostermoor Mattresses in our institution for the last eighteen years, we 
 willingly bear testimony to their superior merits. 
 
 Those ordered from you eighteen years ago are about as good as when first used. We consider them 
 far superior to hair mattresses. Very respectfully yours, 
 
 CELESTINE SCHOTTMULLER 
 
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 Hyatt House, Washington, Ind. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1901. 
 
 Dear Siks: — Have used Ostermoor Mattresses for the past nine years, in this house, and for private 
 family use over seventeen years. 
 
 They are in my opinion the very best thing I ever used, as they never mat down, become hard or 
 lumpy, absorb no moisture, and need no remaking. 
 
 I prefer the Ostermoor Mattress to any other, not excepting the finest hair. 
 
 Very resDectfully yours, 
 
 ALBION HORRALL 
 
 Proved 
 
 all we claim 
 
 during 23 years' 
 
 experience. 
 
 Used 18 years. 
 
 Would not 
 
 be without them. 
 
 Superior 
 
 to all others. 
 
 Most superior 
 
 merits. 
 
 Better than hair. 
 
 18 years old. 
 
 Good as new. 
 
 Used 
 
 Ostermoor 
 
 Mattresses 
 
 17 years 
 
 and prefer to 
 
 finest hair. 
 
( < nistant use by 
 invalid both day 
 
 and night 
 for 17 years— with- 
 out the slightest 
 
 depression. 
 
 mi .,■,,, , old 
 
 Retain elasticity. 
 
 Preferred 
 
 to best hair. 
 
 58 
 
 INVALIDS CAN SECURE MORE COMFORT 
 on an Ostermoor Mattress than on any other they have 
 yet found. Its constant elasticity, no matter if used 
 day and night ; its evenness and perfect freedom 
 from lumps or knots makes it a delight and joy to 
 the bed-ridden. 
 
 For special cases and for those seeking 
 exceptional comfort we make special Mat- 
 tresses, thicker and with daintier care, far 
 more luxuriously resilient than regular — more 
 costly, of course, but of still greater perfec- 
 tion, as firm as you wish, or as soft as a 
 feather bed. See next page. 
 
 H. J. Franklin, Troy, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 27, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: We have used Ostermoor Mattresses for the past seventeen years and during that time 
 
 one has been in constant use both night and day — being used by an invalid — really three times seventeen 
 years' ordinary use, equal to more than fifty years ordinarily — and with such continued use there is not 
 even the slightest depression in it. It is my opinion it is far superior to any curled hair mattress of the 
 finest quality in the market. Wishing you all the success possible, I remain, Very truly yours, 
 
 & & jt H. J. FRANKLIN 
 
 Thomas F- Joyce, M.D., New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 217 East 31st St., March 13, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen : — It is now twenty years since I purchased two Ostermoor Mattresses. They are still in 
 use and are giving perfect satisfaction ; they never mat down, become hard or lumpy, but always retain 
 their elasticity, do not absorb moisture, consequently are free from foul odors, always fresh and sweet. 
 1 ptefer them to the best curled hair. Respectfully yours, THOMAS F.JOYCE 
 
 
 Water Gap Sanitarium, IVIinsie, Monroe Co., Pa. 
 Dr. F. Wilson Hurd, Prop. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 10, 1902. 
 
 Dear Slks:— Have been using Ostermoor Mattresses for the past seventeen years. The 
 test has been one well calculated to prove their efficiency and the claims you make. They are 
 certainly most restful, healthful beds, and have given entire satisfaction to all 
 the guests, who pronounce them the finest they have ever slept upon. 
 
 No better beds can possibly be obtained, particularly for use in insomnia 
 nervous cases, and for all persons who have trouble in sleep. 
 
 Your product is certainly a remarkable one, and of great benefit to 
 mankind, and we are happy to say a good word for so wonderful a bed and 
 well worthy of the highest praise. Yours trull , F.WILSON HURD 
 
 (^* ^* ti?* 
 
 David B. Sherwood, Elgin, 111. 
 Attorney at Law. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 6, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen:— I have used Ostermoor Mattresses for some fifteen 
 years in my family. They are all you claim for them ; and to a 
 sick person they are a continuous blessing. In cleanliness and 
 healthfulness your Mattresses are the best and cheapest- 
 good as new after many years' use, evenly soft and comfortable, 
 and very restful. Yours truly, D. B. SHERWOOD 
 
59 
 
 Ostermoor Special Mattresses 
 
 Especially Soft French Edge Mattress,! ft. 6 in. wide, two parts, Mercerized Art Twills, $23.00. 
 
 See price list page 132. 
 
 We make still thicker ones. See price list, page 133. 
 Extra Firm, Hard Mattresses, with Square Tufts, listed, page 134. 
 
 Canandaigua, N. Y. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & ( • ». January 15, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— We have used your Ostermoor Mattresses continuously for thirty-seven years with per- 
 fect and ever-increasing satisfaction. They prove your claims in all particulars, and are certainly 
 uncqualed— so soft and restful, and everlastingly comfortable. Very respectfully, m Q BR , STOl 
 
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 60 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 10, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :— Will you please send me a Special Ostermoor Mattress, to be of the same excellent 
 
 kind I have bought so frequently and found so very satisfactory during the past fifteen years. 
 
 There are none so good as Ostermoor. Yours very truly, 
 
 MRS. THOS. F. RYAN 
 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 161 Gates Ave., March 1, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs :— We have used Ostermoor Mattresses in our family thirty years, and they are still in 
 perfect condition, always used by invalids repeatedly. 
 
 We consider them superior to the best hair mattress in comfort and durability and would use no other. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 MRS. C. 
 
 RIGGS 
 
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 Rev. Dr. S. M. Studdiford, Trenton, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 311 South Clinton Avenue, March 6, 1904. 
 
 Devr Sirs :— The Ostermoor Mattress you sold me twenty-five years ago is still in service and is in 
 most excellent condition, as well as the Ostermoor Cushions you put in our church-the Third Presbyterian 
 — atsametime. All are as good as ever. Yours truly, SAMUEL M. STUDDIFORD 
 
 Cnequaled. 
 
 :!7 years' perfect 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 X' mr so good. 
 - vcars. 
 
 Still in perfect 
 
 condition after 
 
 30 years' use. 
 
 •_'."> years of service 
 and in most excel- 
 lent condition. 
 
6o 
 
 Extract from Hall's Journal of Health. 
 
 WHOLESOME BED 
 
 is at last possible. It is safe to say 
 
 that the majority of ail beds in use 
 
 in the best houses are unclean, and in a good state to induce disease. This 
 
 will seem strange to our readers, but they will presently see the philosophy 
 
 of the remark. 
 
 By far the largest portion of beds in use among us are made in whole 
 or in part from some animal substance, chiefly curled hair. These are 
 naturally and almost uniformly wanting in cleanliness. They impart their 
 own peculiar animal odor to the air about them, and give off an offensive 
 oil to whatever they come in contact with. Besides, the usual manner of 
 gathering and preparing these unwholesome articles, added to the decep- 
 tions practiced by the incorporation of substances to cheapen them, render 
 beds not infrequently things to be avoided rather than to be sought with assurance of 
 calm and sweet repose. 
 
 It stands to reason that vegetable substances would prove more healthful and 
 infinitely more agreeable than animal fibres for this purpose, provided the essential condition of perma- 
 nent elasticity could be secured. The tendency of vegetable fibres is to pack and consolidate, a 
 characteristic which is perhaps less apparent in feathers and curled hair. For many years cotton was 
 employed, and greatly admired for its sweetness; but its tendency to mat, pack and become uneven 
 and depressed in spots after continued use rendered it unpopular and undesirable. 
 
 But some years ago those ingenious people, Ostermoor & Co., discovered a method of forming 
 cotton into light and very elastic sheets, and from that moment it was found possible to make 
 pillows, mattresses and cushions possessing quite as much elasticity as the best hair, and with no 
 tendency to become solid after much wear. To accomplish this a fine quality of cotton was required, 
 which, after being perfectly cleaned, was subjected to intense heat, and afterward treated to a chemical 
 solution which imparted to it interlacing power. It was then made into the light and airy sheets of 
 which we have spoken, and these sheets were piled one upon another until the desired thickness was 
 reached. The structure was then covered with a tick, constituting the wholesome and comfortable 
 
 OSTERMOOR MATTRESS. 
 
 FACSIMILE OSTERMOOR 
 
 MATTRESS LABEL 
 
 REDUCED SIZE 
 
 FACSIMILE OSTERMOOR 
 
 MATTRESS LABEL 
 
 REDUCED SIZE 
 
 NONE ARE GENUINE OSTERMOOR WITHOUT THIS LABEL. 
 
 BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. SEE PACES 38 AND 39. 
 
61 
 
 IT ISN'T NECESSARY TO TRAVEL to seek the rest cure-the change 
 from a hair to an Ostermoor Mattress will do more than change of scene. 
 The expressman brings the Ostermoor to your home— just as it leaves our 
 workroom, carefully wrapped in sterilized water-proof paper ; 
 burlap, fresh, clean, pure, untouched, undefiled, yours 
 alone, not handled 
 by a d o z e n 
 people, and 
 hauled and 
 mauled in 
 open wag- 
 o n t o 
 your 
 door. 
 
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 Nervousness sleeplessness, and insomnia may not be entirely cured— but that 
 dread condition can at least be palliated and restful sleep secured by the use of 
 an Ostermoor Mattress. . . 
 
 This has been proven. At our urgent request a prominent physician 
 suggested the use of an Ostermoor Mattress to a patient, a lady unable to sleep, 
 and unable to travel, and he reports his astonishment and her delight and grati- 
 tude at the wonderful Cure effected. Two more converts to the use of Oster- 
 moor, who heretofore thought hair unexcelled. 
 
 Dr Cyrus Edson. 
 
 _ - r 56 W. 50th St., New York, Feb. 26, 1902. A t b i ess * m g. 
 
 MeS G:; N ™ R rT h t rSennoor Mattresses is an absolutely ideal, soothing soporific sleep inducer and ^ducesjeep 
 
 a ereat blessing. I deem its use in cases of insorr nia almost magical in securing sleep. 
 
 B ° CYRUS EDSON 
 
62 
 
 So satisfactory 
 
 would not consider 
 
 using: any other 
 
 after 15 years' 
 
 experience. 
 
 Can surely 
 
 recommend. 
 
 Good 
 
 as ever, although 
 
 is years old. 
 
 liest mattress ever 
 
 used. 
 
 As good today 
 
 as when 
 
 purchased 
 
 20 vears ago. 
 
 Cannot 
 
 praise too highly. 
 
 after 14 years' 
 
 constant use. 
 
 i.midas new. 
 
 14 years' 
 
 experience taught 
 
 me. 
 
 liest obtainable. 
 
 Superior to hair. 
 
 Northern Papific Beneficial Ass'n, Brainerd, Minn. 
 W. Courtney, M.D., Chief Surgeon Eastern Division. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 18, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen:— It is now some fifteen years since we began using your Ostermoor Mattresses, and we 
 have purchased nothing else since that time. They have been so satisfactory that ive have not deemed it 
 necessary to consider any other goods than your own. They have worn well and remain smooth and 
 elastic longer than any other mattress we have ever used. 
 
 As long as Ostermoor mattresses continue to give us as much satisfaction we will buy no other. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 WALTER COURTNEY 
 
 Interlaken Sanitarium, LaPorte, Ind. 
 Horace Wardner, A.M., M.D. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 21, 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen:— That particular Ostermoor Mattress I got of you eighteen years ago has been in con- 
 stant use, and I do not see but it is as good as ever. I can surely recommend them highly. 
 
 Very truly, 
 
 HORACE WARDNER 
 
 Waldemere. Mamaroneck, Westchester County, N. Y. 
 
 For the Private Care and Treatment of Nervous and Mental Disorders. 
 
 Elon N. Carpenter, M.D., no W. 57th St., New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 12, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen:— I have been using nothing but Ostermoor Mattresses for the past twenty years. Some 
 of them have been in constant use all of this time and today are apparently in as good shape as the day they 
 were purchased, not having been made over during the whole t%uenty years' service. 
 
 I do not hesitate to say they are the best mattresses J have ever used, either in a public or a private 
 hospital. 
 
 I am using them in my New York home, and they are giving me as much satisfaction at home as in the 
 hospital. They can not help but please the most fastidious. Very truly yours, 
 
 E N. CARPENTER, M.D. 
 
 The Glen Springs, Watkins, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 25, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen:— The Ostermoor Mattresses I Purchased from you in 1890 have given perfect satisfac- 
 tion. I cannot speak too highly in their praise, and after fourteen years 0/ constant use I do not see but 
 that they are just as good as they were the day we purchased them. 
 
 I have personally slept on one, and it is today perfectly smooth and elastic as ever. I weigh some- 
 thing over two hundred, and that's a pretty good test. You may send me two more of the four-foot-six 
 size, |30.00 each, extra thick, Imperial border, weighing sixty pounds each. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 WILLIAM E. LEFFINGWELL, PRESIDENT 
 
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 St. Albans Hospital, St. Albans, Vt. 
 T. R. Waugh, M.D., Supt. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 19, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— It is with pleasure that I do what I hesitate to do as general rule. I do not intend to give 
 my name to a bad thing, or speak in too excessive terms of only a reasonably good one. 
 
 But I have used Ostermoor Mattresses for the past fourteen years in the hospital, and I find they do 
 continue soft and elastic and are so far superior to best of hair I cannot endorse too highly. 
 
 Experience has taught me this, and compelled me to change my first judgment, formed hastily on 
 examination, without experience and use, for which I apologize. I am more than pleased, for they are 
 certainly the best mattress we have ever found. I am, respectfully, 
 
 T. R. WAUGH 
 
Used 
 
 "all the time,'' 
 
 not 
 
 'some of the time 
 
 The Ostermour 
 
 Mattresses 
 
 only 
 
 stand this test 
 
 without 
 
 renovating. 
 
 63 
 
 FOR HOSPITAL MATTRESSES. 
 
 ■ Ik 
 
 No better, 
 
 no softer 
 
 mattress 
 
 can be found. 
 
 Used constantly, 
 
 all the time, 
 
 day and night. 
 
 Always 
 
 enduringly 
 
 elastic. 
 
 STERMOOR MATTRESSES HAVE PROVEN THE STANDARD 
 
 of excellence for hospital use where a sanitary mattress of undoubted pur- 
 ity and cleanliness is not only desired, but an absolute necessity. 
 Ostermoor Mattresses are absolutely guaranteed to be dust-proof, vermin- 
 proof and non-absorbent, and practically germ-proof. They possess most marvel- 
 ous everlasting elasticity that is not affected by steaming or sterilization of any 
 kind. They can be put through whole, and come forth as soft and elastic, sweet, 
 pure and clean, showing no depreciation whatsoever. 
 
 For hospital use we recommend that Ostermoor Mattresses be made in three 
 parts, as shown on page 49. These parts are readily interchanged and easily re- 
 placed if soiled, etc. 
 
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 New York Foundling Hospital, New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. East 68th St., February 10, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— We have been using the Ostermoor Mattresses and Ostermoor Pillows exclusively 
 throughout this institution /or the last thirty years, and there has been no necessity 0/ having them 
 remade during all that time. 
 
 We most gladly recommend them as the cleanest and most comfortable mattresses possible to be ob- 
 tained. We would use no other. Theorder just given you for 400 Ostermoor Mattresses, Pillows and 
 Bedsteads for our Summer Home must prove our strong endorsement. Respectfully, 
 
 SISTER THERESA VINCENT, SISTERS OF CHARITY 
 
 Would use no 
 
 other. 
 
 After SO years' 
 
 service without 
 
 renovation. 
 
Proven all claimed 
 
 in every 
 way for 22 years. 
 
 Used 19 years 
 
 with increasing 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 19 years' entire 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Highly 
 recommended. 
 
 64 
 St. Catherine's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Bushwick Ave, January 'JO, L904. 
 
 Gent lem en :— Having used the Ostermoor Mattresses throughout for over twenty years, it pleases 
 me to state that they are still in good condition, need no repairs, all you claim in every way, and I can 
 gladly recommend them, as we are certainly well pleased. Very respectfully, 
 
 SISTER M. CATHERINE, SISTERS OF ST. DOMINIC 
 
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 St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Henry St., bet. Congress and Warren, March 24, 1904. 
 
 Respected Sirs:— We have used your Ostermoor Mattresses for the past nineteen years with increas- 
 ing satisfaction, and we highly recommend them to institutions and hospitals as the best mattress obtain- 
 a le. Very respectfully, 
 
 SISTER DEMETRIA, SISTERS OF THE POOR OF ST. FRANCIS 
 
 St. Francis' Hospital, Trenton, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 2(i, 1901. 
 
 Dear Sins: — Your Ostermoor Mattresses have been in use over nineteen years in our hospital. They 
 have given entire satisfaction, and we can highly recommend them as the most comfortable and durable 
 bed possible to be obtained. Very truly, 
 
 Sisters of St. Francis 
 
 
 For 17 years best 
 
 ever used. 
 
 Possess all 
 
 merits claimed. 
 
 Used constantly, 
 day and night, 
 
 for 22 years ; 
 
 never sag in 
 middle. 
 
 St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Grand Ave. and Montgomery St., March 1, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen: — Your Ostermoor Mattresses have been in use in this hospital for the past seventeen 
 years, and we are happy to testify in their favor. We are convinced that they are the best mattresses we 
 have ever used, and when we add that they have all the good qualities you claim for them, we think 
 further praise is unnecessary. Yours respectfully, 
 
 SISTER M. GABRIELLE, SISTERS OF CHARITY 
 
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 Christ Hospital, Jersey City, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 167 Palisade Ave., March 18, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses purchased of you twenty-two years ago are in good condi- 
 tion to-day. They have been in constant use mist of the time, day and night. They never get lumpy or 
 sag in the middle, and are always comfortable. Very truly, 
 
 Mrs. R. S. NOBLE, Supt. 
 <^* ^* ^* 
 
 Claims 
 substantiated 
 
 during 
 14 years' use. 
 
 House of Divine Providence and Home for Incurables, Ridgewood, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 2, 1901. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— It gives us pleasure to say that we have had Ostermoor Mattresses in use for fourteen 
 years or more, and they substantiate all that may be said in their praise, and are very satisfactory indeed, 
 although used so long without repairs. Respectfully yours, 
 
 Sisters of Charity 
 
 Over 25 years' 
 
 satisfactory use. 
 
 Highly 
 
 commendable. 
 
 Convent of St. Clare, Hartwell, Ohio. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & So. February 14, 1904. 
 
 Respected Gentlemen:— Will gladly state that Ostermoor Mattresses have given, and are giving, 
 full satisfaction during the nineteen years that we have been using them in our hospitals here in the West, 
 and in our Eastern houses, where they have been in use about twenty-Jive years. We find they are highly 
 , ommendable for their wonderful durability and great elasticity. Yours very respectfully, 
 
 Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis 
 
!N HOSPITAL USE Ostermoor Mattresses have proven a 
 wonderful success. Of everlasting elasticity, they never 
 lump, mat or pack. Of such endurance they absolutely stand 
 the hard, constant service necessary for hospital use, as is 
 instanced and proven by the thousands of testimonial letters 
 we have received, those printed below from the Rochester 
 City Hospital being peculiarly applicable. Used constantly 
 for thirty-two years, twenty- 
 four hours instead of eight 
 hours a day, they havii 
 
 given really ninety-six years ordinary home 
 
 service, although the wear, tear and usage 
 
 of a hospital is so much greater, and yet 
 
 these mattresses today are as good as 
 
 new. The record is unparalleled. 
 
 Rochester City Hospital, 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 March 2, 1894. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — The mattresses have arrived and 
 are certainly equal to new. I am glad, indeed, to add 
 my testimony to the many which you have already re- 
 ceived as to the excellence of the Ostermoor Mattresses. 
 // is surely proof enough of their superiority to say that after 
 having had twenty-five years' hard, constant use, without any 
 
 renovation whdtever, they have now been made practically new at less than one-half tin 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 HELEN M. GAMWELL, Su 
 
 original eost. 
 
 PER1NTENDENT 
 
 After 25 years' 
 use. 
 
 Rochester City Hospital, Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. New York, Nov. 22, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen :— Miss Gamwell, Supt. in 1894, is now married, but I take pleasure in stating that the 
 Ostermoor Mattresses are still in use, have been frequently steamed and yet are in excellent condition 
 today. Yours very truly, 
 
 S. F. PALMER, Superintendent 
 
 St. Agnes' Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 10, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen: — It affords us great pleasure to recommend Ostermoor Matresses as the best we ever 
 had. We have been using them in our St. Mary's and St. Agnes' Hospital for the past twenty-two years, 
 and they are in perfect condition today, although used nearly all the time — both day and night. 
 
 We are /leased with them yearly, more and more. They are a comfort to the patients and also to the 
 nurses, and we would never use any other, and we gladly recommend Ostermoor as the most durable and 
 satisfactory mattress known. Yours respectfully, 
 
 Sisters Mary Borromeo and Xavier, o. S. F. 
 
 After 32 years' 
 use. 
 
 22 years old 
 
 and in perfect 
 
 condition 
 
 today. 
 
66 
 
 Well pleased 
 
 during 16 years' 
 
 ci instant use. 
 
 23 years' satisfac- 
 tory service. 
 Would use no 
 
 other. 
 
 AINTY LITTLE MATTRESSES for the little folks' 
 dainty little Cribs and Beds, daintily made of dainty 
 coverings on special orders, filled with Ostermoor, are 
 
 Superior to all Others. Price List, foot Pages 129 to 134. 
 
 New Jersey State Board of Education, Alpine, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 23, 190-1. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattresses I purchased from you twenty-two 
 years ago have been constantly in use ever since, are still in good order, and 
 most satisfactory. We have not found it necessary to have anything done to 
 them whatever. Yours very truly, 
 
 S. MILES 
 
 Judges' Chambers, New York City. 
 U. S. District Court. 
 
 Room 64, P. O. Building, February 20, 190:!. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses you made for me sixteen years 
 
 ago have been in constant use ever sini e and are still good. I am so well pleased, 
 
 and entirely satisfied in every way — this present order is to equip me throughout. Both Mattresses 
 
 and Cushions are all you claim. Yours truly, 
 
 ADDISON BROWN 
 
 Unsurpassed. 
 
 I 'sciI fi ir '_!U years 
 
 Stood the test 
 
 in every 
 
 particular. 
 
 St. Mary's Orphan Asylum, Jersey City, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 2, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— We have been using Ostermoor Mattresses with the utmost satisfaction for the past 
 twenty-three years and consider them far superior to the best hair. We cordially recommend them, es- 
 pecially for hospitals and institutions, where their good qualities are a necessity. We would use >io other. 
 
 Yours respectfully, S|ster p _ ASSIS , UM 
 
 St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Burlington, Vt. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. December 13, 1903. 
 
 Gentlemen: — We think Ostermoor Mattresses are unsur- 
 passed and most highly commendable in every particular, and 
 especially so for their durability, sweetness, etc. We have 
 used them for the last twenty years, and they have stood 
 the test so well that they will prob- 
 ably last a number of years longer 
 with even greater satisfaction. 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 Sister JOSEPH 
 
 St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Messrs. Osterm < & Co. February 12, L904. 
 
 Gentlemen:— It gives me pleasure to say that we have 
 been using Ostermoor Mattresses for the past thirty 
 years, and we like them so well would use nothing else. 
 
 The old ones are still in most excellent condition, 
 fully as soft, fresh and comfortable as the new ones fur- 
 nished in 1896 
 
 Notwithstanding the hard, constant use they have 
 had both day and night they never get lumpy or sag in 
 the middle. I have recommended them to everybody. 
 Very respect full v, 
 SISTER M. STEPHEN, Sisters of Charity 
 
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 HE LARGE HOTELS, CLUBS, Etc, desiring the most 
 luxurious of Mattresses and Cushions have found the 
 Ostermoor all that they desire — a delight and comfort 
 to their guests and patrons. 
 
 Hotel Marie Antoinette, New York City. 
 Grand Boulevard and 66th Street. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Cn. March 6, l'.KH. 
 
 Gentlemen :— Ostermoor Mattresses are all that you claim. 
 I prefer them to any hair mattress, and gladly endorse them most 
 highly- Yours truly, 
 
 A. DUTTENHOFER 
 
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 Louisville Hotel, Loulsviue, Ky. 
 Ross Paris Co. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 22 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs :— We have in use over one hundred Ostermoor Mat- 
 tresses purchased of you in 188G, eighteen years ago, at w hich time the 
 hotel was remodeled and refurnished. 
 
 We have much pleasure in saying that they are as good as new to- 
 day, and have given most excellent satisfaction. 
 
 Very respectfully, ROSS PARIS CO 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. G2 2d Place, Jan. 24, 1900. 
 
 My Dear Sirs: — More than twenty-five years since, my Mother 
 purchased several Ostermoor Mat- 
 tresses of you ; we were so satisfied 
 that five years later we used 
 them throughout the Guigou 
 House, at Pine Hill, N. V. 
 They gave tin- best of 
 satisfaction, and are still in use. 
 
 I am now using one of the first mattresses 
 bought of you, and after twenty-five years' 
 constant use I find it as good as new. 
 
 I consider them better than hair and cannot 
 speak of them too highly. 
 
 I am very truly yours, 
 A. GUIGOU, 
 Former Owner and Prop, of the 
 Guigou House, Pine Hill, N. Y. 
 
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 The Julien House, Belvidere, III. 
 D. A. Tousley, Proprietor. 
 
 January 10, 1900, 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen: — Although we have run the 
 Julien House since 1865 we only commenced using 
 Ostermoor Mattresses sixteen years ago, and they 
 
 have always given perfect satisfaction in every particular. The oldest ones we have are apparently as 
 good as the day we f>ut them into use. We-think they are in every way superior to the /-est hair matresses, 
 and cannot say too much in praise of them. Yours very truly 
 
 D. A. TOUSLEY 
 
 All you 
 
 ;laim. Prefer 
 
 to hair. 
 
 Good as new, 
 though IS years 
 old, giving 
 excellent satisfac- 
 tion. 
 
 After 2"i years' 
 constant use 
 good as new- 
 today. 
 
 16 years' 
 
 experience. 
 
 Cannot say too 
 
 much in praise. 
 
Slept on one for 
 
 15 years. Still 
 perfect and noth- 
 ing like it in the 
 world today. 
 
 68. 
 
 PRIVATE RESIDENCES IN THE UNITED STATES 
 
 from Maine to California — North, South, East 
 West — arc using Ostermoor Mattresses and 
 Window Seat Cushions, Chair Cushions, etc., 
 wherever Ostermoor can be used, and a sightly, 
 shapely Cushion is desired (and when is it not?) 
 An Ostermoor Cushion is free from dust, will 
 keep in shape ami never mat down. 
 
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 Bell Place Realty Company, St. Louis, Mo. 
 E. P. Bell, Gen'l Manager. Office, 814 Union Trust Building. 
 
 707 Olive Street, February 13, 1902. 
 
 Gentlkmkn :— The Ostermoor Mattress you sold me in June, 1887, fifteen. years ago, has been slept on 
 by mo ever since, and I exfet t to enjoy its comfort for many years to come. We have never had anything 
 done to it in these years. If everything we buy would give as good satisfaction for the money as the 
 Ostermoor Mattresses, our lives would be strewn with true happiness. 
 
 The mattress you ask about is on an old family four-post bedstead, one hundred and fifty years old, 
 handed down in direct descent from one of the Royal Dukedoms of France, and I think your mattress now 
 on it is better than any the whole line of Dukes ever saw in their lives, and there is certainly not// ing like 
 it in the world today. Very truly, 
 
 ERNEST P BELL 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & C< 
 
 Up; 
 
 
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 OSTERMOOR not HAIR 
 
 is the only Mattress 
 
 suitable for use in refined homes 
 
 Ostermoor means Mattress Insurance 
 
 Plus ever increasing comfort 
 
 Less all remaking charges 
 
 Austin, Nichols & Co., New York City. 
 
 Importers, Manufacturers and Wholesale Grocers. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 1, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen : — Nineteen years ago I was first attracted to Ostermoor Filling instead of hair as one of 
 a committee of three looking for a good church cushion for the Janes M. E. Church of Brooklyn. 
 
 We sold the hair cushions in use and substituted Ostermoor Cushions, by preference over all others, 
 and our action has never been regretted. They have given perfect satisfaction during the past nineteen 
 years of continuous use, and the wear is hardly perceptible. 
 
 I also purchased Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions for my personal use at various times, then and 
 since, and I assure you that I never go away from home that I do not notice a vast difference, and sadly 
 wish for the delightful luxury of my own bed. 
 
 / would not exchange Ostermoor Mattresses for the l>est hair mattresses that can be made, and I 
 honestly believe there is no other material comparable with Ostermoor for a mattress or cushion. It is 
 simply "par excellence.' 1 ' 1 Respectfully yours, 
 
 ♦J a ft CHAS. M. PATTERSON 
 
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 J. S. Prout, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 26 Schermerhorn St., March 5, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — It gives me much pleasure to say that your Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows, after 
 nineteen rears' service, are as elastic and satisfactory as at the time of their purt hase. 
 
 We know of nothing to compare with them in excellence, and would use no other. 
 
 Respectfully, (Mrs.) J. S. PROUT 
 
 ' Par excellence. 
 19 years' 
 experience. 
 Nothing com- 
 parable with 
 Ostermoor. 
 
 19 years' 
 
 satisfactory 
 
 service. Elastic 
 
 as ever. 
 
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 > A PADDING FOR OR CUSHIONS in Railway 
 Cars and Carriages, nothing has yet been found 
 that equals the Ostermoor Filling. It makes a 
 cushion proof against moisture, moth and vermin, 
 as well as dust ; is markedly resilient and practically 
 unwearoutable, and for this purpose, as well as 
 many others, Ostermoor Filling is incomparable. 
 We refer to all the most prominent Railroad Car and 
 Carriage Builders, who are large customers. 
 
 Used 20 y'eai s. 
 
 Words 
 
 of highest 
 
 Commendation, 
 
 17 years' 
 
 most 
 excellent 
 satisfaction. 
 Highly appre- 
 ciated for 
 everlasting 
 elastic quality. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor iV G 
 
 Edward L. Spencer, New York City. 
 
 Attorney and Counselor at Lav/. 
 
 45 Broadway, January '28, 1900. 
 Gentlemen :— In 1880, twenty years ago, I purchased two of your Ostermoor Mattresses. These 
 'mattresses were in constant use during all that period and had never been remade or required repairs of 
 any kind. They a/ford us the greatest satisfaction. I used one personally ',' preferring it to a hair 
 mattress. Their elasticity and durability, in my opinion, surpass the best hair. This is evidenced by the 
 long and thorough test they were subjected to in my family. I have only words of the highest commen- 
 dation for Ostermoor Mattresses. Yours very truly, EDWARD t- SPENCER 
 
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 J. W. Beardsley's Sons, New York City. 
 
 Pure Food Specialties. ' '\ 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 474, 476, 478 Greenwich Street, March L5, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — We take great pleasure in saying that the Ostermoor Cushions we purchased for the 
 
 Wesley M. E. Church, Hamilton, Bermuda, 
 
 now in use some seventeen years or more, 
 
 are giving most excellent satisfaction and 
 
 are apparently as elastic as when put in. 
 
 We can further say that the many Os- 
 termoor Mattresses that you have sold us 
 
 during same number of years, some of 
 which we have been using in our 
 own houses, have given most 
 e cccllcnt satisfaction. The Os- 
 termoor Cushions that you fur- 
 nished for the Clinton Ave- 
 nue Baptist Church, New- 
 ark, N. J., have been much 
 admired, and are also high- 
 ly appreciated for their 
 clastic quality. 
 
 We take great pleasure 
 in commending the Oster- 
 moor Filling, and also the 
 superior -workmanship dis- 
 played in the various forms 
 in which you have manu- 
 factured it, and we have no 
 hesitation in saying that we 
 believe any one using it 
 will be most thoroughly 
 satisfied. We remain, 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 J. W. BEARDSLEY 
 
 Ostermoor 
 
 Carriage 
 
 Cushions 
 
 are 
 
 Rain proof 
 
 and 
 
 Dost proof 
 
7i 
 
 STERMOOR MATTRESSES are so absolutely water proof they 
 will float. Moisture doesn't affect them in the least. They are, 
 therefore, especially adapted for seaside use, where all other mat- 
 tresses so soon become sodden and damp and uncomfortable. 
 
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 The Christian Intelligencer, New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. i and 6 Warren St., March 27, 1004. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress, in our judgment, is far superior to the 
 best hair mattress, being- decidedly more comfortable and cleanly, and requiring practically no attention 
 bei ause of its freedom from matting and everlasting softness. 
 
 We have had your Ostermoor in 
 constant use in our home since the fall 
 of 1889, and with the 
 exception of cleansing 
 the ticking, 
 nothing has 
 been done to 
 it, and 
 yet it 
 holds 
 
 Words of warmest 
 
 praise for 
 
 sterling merits. 
 
 Proven superior to 
 
 best hair, 
 
 during 15 years. 
 
 its shape al- 
 ia o s t pi 
 fei tly to this 
 day ; apparently it is as 
 good as the day we re- 
 ceived it, fifteen years 
 ago. We have nothing 
 but -words of the warmest praise for the sterling merits of Ostermoor. 
 
 Geneva Hygienic Institute, Geneva, N. Y. 
 
 Dr. J. C Knapp, Supt. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 19, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— It gives us pleasure to say that the Ostermoor Mattresses we purchased of you twenty- 
 six years ago have always given perfect satisfaction. They have been in constant use since we purchased 
 them, and we think are superior to the best quality of curled hair. We cheerfully commend them as 
 the most comfortable, satisfactory bed obtainable. Respectfully yours, j c KNAPP 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 R. F. BOGARDUS 
 
 26 years' 
 
 constant use. 
 
 Perfectly 
 
 satisfactory. 
 
 Superior to hair. 
 
Perfect 
 
 as they can 
 be made. 
 
 Wholesome, 
 
 Healthful, 
 
 Comfortable. 
 
 Insures 
 
 Perfect rest 
 
 and poise 
 
 of B< idy. 
 
 72 
 
 AKE ADVICE FROM THE HUMBLE CAT— seek an 
 absolutely dry place to sleep. An Ostermoor is the only 
 mattress made that is so dry that it will not even absorb 
 moisture from the body ; hence absolutely sweet, pure, 
 clean and comfortable at all times, under all sorts of con- 
 ditions, and a hair mattress isn't ! 
 
 Dr. H. B. Campbell. Bridgeton. N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermook & Co. April 8, 1903. 
 
 Gentlemen :— I have an Ostermoor Bedstead, and on it an Ostermoor Upholstered Spiral Spring. < >n 
 each there is an Ostermoor Mattress, both being covered with your High Grade Satin Finish Ticking, and 
 it is no wonder that with a combination of such No. 1. body rests as that I have been sleeping so rest- 
 fully over a third of my time ever since. 
 
 I am timing up a cottage at the shore, and hope to 
 add Ostermoor comforts there, on account of their 
 peculiar fitness, for I think Ostermoor Mattresses, 
 Cushions and Springs are about as perfect as they can 
 be made and that you deserve success. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 H. B. CAMPBELL 
 
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 Avon Park, Florida. 
 
 March 12, 1903. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I have slept on Ostermoor Mattresses 
 for several years with the greatest possible satisfac- 
 tion and comfort, on account of the non-absorbent 
 quality and consequent wholesomeness, being so much 
 more healthful than any animal product can be. 
 
 Dr. McCartney has some fifty of your Mattresses 
 at the Hotel Verona of this place, and I hear only good 
 words spoken of them. Their perfect wholesomeness 
 and durability have been well proven. 
 
 Wishing that every one could be supplied with your 
 excellent beds, I remain, 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 O. R. THACHER 
 
 Dr. R. R. De Witt, Hampshire, 111. 
 
 March 6, 1004. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I really think I owe you an ac- 
 knowledgment of the complete satisfaction the Oster- 
 moor Mattress has given me during five years' use. 
 To a doctor particularly, its firmness, softness, and 
 hygienic qualities insure that perfect rest by a poise 
 of body he of all others most appreciates. 
 
 It is the one household article we prize above all 
 others, and my wife says it is as good as the day it 
 came. 
 
 Yours truly. 
 
 R. R. De WITT, M D. 
 
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 PECIAL OSTERMOOR MATTRESSES OF ALL KINDS, 
 
 hard as are used for gymnasium and tumbling, or to cure in- 
 somnia, luxuriously soft sleep inducers, which possess an endur- 
 ance four times as great as those made of any other material . 
 Their absolute non-absorbent qualities, and even thickness 
 and elastic resiliency, being markedly superior to all others. 
 
 ini^ljl1111l1lliniU U;[ataLHttlttitli Martin W. Baku, M. D., Chief Physician. Frank M. Scheiblev, Steward. 
 
 Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, 
 Elwyn, Delaware County, Pa. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 17, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen: — Ostermoor Mattresses have been used for many years (nineteen i in this institution, and we have 
 found them entirely satisfactory. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 
 F. M. SCHEIBLEY 
 
 William E. Norris, Palo Alto, California. 
 
 Resident Agent Caledonian Insurance Co. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor cy. Co. February '.mi, huh. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — I purchased one of the Ostermoor Mattresses through an advertisement that induced me to make 
 the trial over eight years ago. On receipt of the goods I found that your guarantee as to workmanship had been fully 
 complied with; this is assured now, havingtesied to my infinite satisfaction its qualities as a bed — my faith in 
 your promises being unconditionally con tinned, and I feci safe in asserting that you are selling the very best bed 
 that mortal man ever slept upon. 
 
 I am past middle life, of active habits, and my business keeps me out of doors most of the time, and since having 
 the mattress, when I prepare for my night's rest it is with the blessed assurance of sweet and refreshing sleep and a 
 pleasant awakening in the morning, with that " tired feeling" entirely 
 banished. 
 
 I had been greatly annoyed of late years with wakefulness, but 
 I now enjoy most blessed rest and sleepless conditions have all disap- 
 peared, that demon Insomnia having been forced to retreat before 
 the magic of your sleep inducer, and I feel positive that did 
 old Rip Van Winkle but have had an Ostermoor Mattress in- 
 stead of a bed of forest leaves he would still be 
 comatose, and Joe Jefferson an unknown man. 
 
 Sancho Panza gave thanks to the 
 man who invented sleep. I, wh 
 through sad experience greatly 
 value that invention, feel 
 just as grateful to you, 
 for your invention surely 
 makes sleep possible. 
 It is for that I give 
 you this unsolicited 
 testimonial to the val- 
 ue of your produc- 
 tion, and / consider 
 it worthy of far more 
 than I have said or 
 can say in its praise. 
 It is an absolutely 
 perfect bed. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 WILLIAM E. NORRIS 
 
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 .UAINT CONCEITS in the way of Furniture, 
 with movable Cushions, can be most success- 
 fully carried out with Ostermoor Filling, the 
 two special pieces, as illustrated on this page, 
 conveying but a slight idea of their beauty. 
 The richness and elegance of movable cushions, 
 daintily made, rather than heavy upholstery, is 
 certainly appreciated by lovers of the artistic. 
 
 The Gleason Health Resort, Elmira, N. Y. 
 E. B. Gleason, Manager. 
 
 PIANO SEAT BACK. 
 
 Mahogany Frame, Movable Seat Cushion, 
 
 Attached Back, Silk Velour Covering, $150. 
 
 Nothing but 
 
 words of praise. 
 
 Will last 
 
 indefinitely. 
 
 After 
 15 years' use. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses which you sold me 
 snme fifteen years ago have been in constant use in our establishment 
 ever since that time. 
 
 I am glad to say they have given entire satisfaction, and from their 
 present appearance I think they will last for an indefinite period without remaking, required by hair. 
 / have used one on my own bed and have nothingbut words of praise for it, as it retains its elasticity 
 and smoothness \ ami is superior in comfort to any other mattress that we have ever used. I can most sin- 
 cerely recommend them to any one who desires an evenly soft, restful mattress, that unlike hair willnot 
 be, ome dt ad or lumpy by < onstant, hard use 
 
 It is not my habit to give such letters, but when I find an article so really good, I am pleased you 
 should derive any benefit you can from my appreciation of your excellent mattress. Yours truly, 
 
 ■£ •>* •* E. B. GLEASON 
 
 January 7. 1900. 
 
 Ostermoor 
 
 all you claim. 
 
 Better than 
 
 anything 
 
 else. 
 
 17 years old. 
 Worn exceedingly 
 
 well. Have 
 retained elasticity 
 
 remarkably. 
 
 A. D. Southworth, Northfield, Minn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress is indeed all you claim. 
 
 Until I bought your mattress I had been sleeping on an "air mattress," which caused me no end of 
 suffering'. It was fairly good with the mercury not lessthan 65 degrees, but lower than that, even with lots 
 oi blankets under one and unless the bed is softly blown and only half full of air, the cold air rushes between 
 one's back and the [mattress and it takes far more of the warmth from this aged fellow than I have on tap. 
 
 The man who induced me to buy the "air mattress" suicided last August, a victim of insomnia. Had 
 In- but an Ostermoor he would have had a far better show of favors from that coy goddess " Sleep," and 
 would have had, I am sure, a much longer life. 
 
 Anything I have said relative to the merits of the Ostermoor Mattress 1 am ready to substantiate. 
 I 'seas von see /it, if you think it will indu, e any one to buy an Ostermoor, and so set themselves the best found- 
 ation in the wide, wide world for a grand, 
 restful time, hater than anything they 
 ,) a . <e yet , rperit n, ed. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 A. D. SOUTHWORTH 
 
 t£m i£m if* 
 
 Cincinnati, O. 
 
 2209 Auburn Ave., January 26, 1902. 
 .i irs. Ostermoor >V ( !< i. 
 
 Gentlemen: — We like Ostermoor Mat- 
 t resses after seventeen years' use very much 
 indeed ; they have worn exceedingly well 
 and have retained their elasticity to a re- 
 markable degree. We prefer them to any 
 'her mattress made. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 J. B. TREVOR 
 
75 
 
76 
 
 TEST MADE ABOARD U. S. MAN OF WAR. 
 
 U. S. S. "Vandalia," 3rd Rate, 
 Navy Yard, New York. 
 
 ~F~- "t\ commodore earl English, U. S. N., 
 
 ™*-* — v ' Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting. 
 
 Washington, 1). C, December 10, 1879. 
 
 Sir : — In obedience to your orders of December 8th, I 
 beg leave to submit herewith the statements to me of Lieut. - 
 Commander G. F. F. Wilde, Executive officer of this vessel, 
 in reference to the Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows. 
 
 This statement is made in accordance with the Instructions received at the time 
 the said articles were issued to this ship for trial, with my approval of the same. 
 " The Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows were placed in the berths of the ship on the 2Gth day of 
 March last, and have, therefore, undergone a trial of something more than eight months. 
 
 " The present condition of the Mattresses and Pillows shows that they retain their original elas- 
 ticity unimpaired. The surface of the filling remains even and smooth without having formed into 
 'lumps' or 'knots' to the slightest extent. In the tropical climate the filling was found to be a 
 remarkably cool and comfortable substance to lie upon. It was non-absorbent of moisture, either from 
 the body or damp atmosphere, and remained sweet and pure, and free from the slightest objectionable 
 odor under all conditions of atmosphere. 
 
 " The Mattresses and Pillows were also found to be free from vermin of all kinds, at all times. 
 In one room where there was a hair mattress in use, the officer occupying it was troubled with bug 
 vermin, despite all efforts to prevent the annoyance, but the Filling in every instance remained proof 
 against the pests. 
 
 " As regards the flotation qualities of the ' Ostermoor,' I would make the following report of test 
 made by me. A sample or ' model ' mattress, one foot long, ten inches wide, and five inches thick, 
 weighing one and one-half pounds in the aggregate, was used. The ticking at one end was cut away 
 to permit the water to make its way in between the sheets of filling, if possible. A chain shackle, 
 weighing twenty-five pounds, was made fast to the model, which was then placed in the water. At 
 the end of twenty-four consecutive hours the upper side of the model was still above the surface of the 
 water ; upon being taken from the water and examined, the model was found to weigh four and one- 
 half pounds gross weight, the greater part of this weight being caused by the water which the ticking 
 had absorbed. The water had penetrated the ' filling' only about one-eighth (%) of an inch. 
 
 " I would recommend the Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows for the use of Officers of the Navy. 
 My opinion is that the Ostermoor filling is the most cleanly, comfortable and durable substance, for 
 the purpose to which it is put, ever tried in the navy, and it is a most efficient life-preserving material 
 as well. 
 
 " All the officers of the ship using these Mattresses concur with me in this opinion, and I strongly 
 recommend the universal use of these Mattresses and Pillows by the bureau." 
 
 Very respectfully. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 Commandant's office, RICHARD W. MEADE, 
 
 Navy Yard, New York. Commander U. S. N., Commanding. 
 
 Forwarded December 11th, 1879. 
 W . W . QUEEN, Captain Commanding. 
 
77 
 
 T SEA THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MATTRESS is most 
 
 readily recognized. Many a passenger can recall the discomfort, 
 
 even agony, of a night spent on a damp, dank, sodden mattress, 
 
 and the after effect of cold and rheumatism. Not one in a 
 
 hundred of the average steamer mattresses is as dry as it should 
 
 be. All other mattresses we have ever seen when near water 
 
 rapidly absorb moisture. The Ostermoor never will, but is 
 
 so non-absorbent it wi 
 than cork, sustaining 
 
 weight in the water for 
 
 moor Pillow or Mat- 
 that straps and 
 
 plicated ad just - 
 
 life preservers 
 
 Every ounce of 
 
 an ounce of life 
 
 mattress fi 1 1 e d 
 
 superior to hair 
 
 luxuriously soft \ 
 
 ab 1 e , surpassing \ 
 
 and purity, and 
 
 enduring. Always 
 
 clean — n o m u s t y 
 
 perfect at all times and 
 
 against all vermin. The 
 
 fectly ideal mattress in every 
 
 float, and is more buoyant 
 fifteen times its own 
 many days. An Oster- 
 tress is so effective 
 their varied com- 
 ments used with 
 are unnecessary. 
 Ostermoor is 
 preserver and a 
 with same far 
 and far more 
 and comfort- 
 i n cleanliness 
 these merits are 
 sweet, pure and 
 odor — s an i tar i 1 y 
 absolutely proof 
 Ostermoor is the per- 
 respect, a s h o r e or afloat. 
 
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 Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 
 
 w „ n March 18, 1904. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen :-While Executive Officer of the U. S. S. "Vandalia," in March, 1878, just twenty-six years ago, 
 Ostermoor Mattresses were purchased for the Ward Room against my desire, as up to that time I considered [hair 
 very much better, but I have always congratulated myself upon their introduction, for my bed proved to be the finest 
 I had ever known, and as I wrote you in my last letter from Manila while aboard the » Oregon, I have since that 
 time used Ostermoor Mattresses exclusively, and would buy no other did they cost double that of any other mattress 
 
 made. . ... . , 
 
 Those I have purchased for my own use at various times during the past twenty-six years, arc still in use, and 
 have proven perfect in elasticity ; free from lumps and hollows, are fully as satisfactory as the day they were fur- 
 chased, and I have gladly sung their praises at all times. 
 
 When Secretary of the Light House Board, from A ugust, l8g 4 , to March, l8q8, I purchased Ostermoor Mattresses 
 to Jit out various vessels for the Light House Establishment. They have all given the most entire satisfaction not 
 only for their exceptional comfort and elasticity, but because they retain that elasticity, are non-absorbent, and more 
 than all aboard ship, vermin will not come near thou. _ 
 
 From actual experience, I can most heartily endorse all you can say in their praise, and wishing you every 
 success deserved by so meritorious an artiele I am sincerely yours, 
 
 F. F. WILDE, Capt., U. S. Navy 
 
Thorough 
 
 and exhaustive 
 
 tests made 
 
 and 
 
 reports gathered 
 
 from 
 
 exact data. 
 
 73 
 
 Extracts J from paper before the American Geographical Society, New York. 
 
 BY THEODORUS B. M. MASON, Lieutenant U. S. Navy. 
 
 From the Bulletin of the Society: 
 
 "The Ostermoor Mattress has just been adopted by the Navy Department. 
 
 It has been approved and recommended by a board ordered by the Chief of 
 
 the Steamboat Inspection Service. This is a step in the right direction, and 
 
 could steamship companies be made to see that their own interests would 
 
 be advanced by providing such means and advertising it, just as hotels have 
 
 provided fire-escapes and apparatus, a great stride would have been taken. 
 
 "This mattress is an invention of Mr. H. D. Ostermoor, of this city. 
 
 The Board of Naval Officers who tested it at Washington report that ' the 
 
 Mattress ' consists of several sheets or thicknesses of raw cotton, which had 
 
 been subjected to a great heat, to remove all possible traces of vegetable oils, 
 
 and then while under pressure, to a process which renders the fibres impervious 
 
 to water or dampness. 
 
 "A 'bunk mattress' of this kind supported one man weighing 150 lbs., 
 who stood upon it, and a dead weight of 50 lbs. of iron, without sinking 
 enough to wet its upper side. It also supported two such men, only wetting 
 the soles of their shoes. After twenty-four hours floating, the ticking having 
 become saturated, the inside was examined, and found to be totally untouched by 
 moisture, the extreme outer fibres of the outer sheets being barely touched by the 
 dampness. Heavy weights were then used to sink it, and it remained under water 
 forty-eight hours. Upon being examined at the end of this time, it was found 
 that the moisture had penetrated between the sheets, the interior of the sheets 
 themselves being entirely free from dampness. The mattress was then 
 dried, when the usual softness and sponginess was observed to return to the 
 material. So well pleased was the Board with the comfort and cheapness 
 of the mattress that they recommended it even for shore use. They have, 
 however, already been used for a long time on shore and afloat. Pullman 
 uses them in his sleeping-cars and uses the material for filling cushions of 
 his palace cars. They are used in many of the Hospitals ami Public 
 Institutions. All who have used them testify in highest terms as to then- 
 softness, their not lumping and their cleanliness. The objection to mattresses stuffed with cork is 
 
 their hardness and sogginess after being in the water 
 waterproof covers, their smell. An Ostermoor Billow 
 pounds, on which were placed thirty pounds of iron, is 
 spectors to have floated eight days. An Ostermoor chair | 
 a man in the water with the greatest ease." 
 
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 1 606 20th Street, N. W., Connecticut Avenue. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Washington, D. C, March 22, 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen :— In answer to yours of the 18th inst., regarding a 
 paper read by me before the American Geographical Society, Feb- 
 ruary 27th, 1870, beg to say that I have had no reason to change my 
 opinion since ; on the contrary, my twenty-one years' experience with 
 ( (stermoor Mattresses has but strengthened it. I shall be glad to ren- 
 der you any other assistance you may require in bringing so good an 
 article to public notice. Very truly yours, 
 
 THEO. B. M. MASON, LIEUT. COMD., U. S. Navy 
 
 for some time ; to those with 
 weighing three and a half 
 reported by the steamboat in- 
 cushion would therefore support 
 
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79 
 
 THE OSTERMOOR IS A LIFE PRESERVER. 
 
 Extract from Proceedings of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels 
 
 at the Twenty-seventh Annual Session, held at Washington, D. C, 
 
 Commencing on January 15, 187 9. 
 
 At the meeting of February 3, 1879, the following was adopted : 
 
 " Your Committee on Life-Saving Appliances, to which was referred the Ostermoor Mattress, for 
 approval as an auxiliary Life-Saving appliance, have examined the same. The Committee has made 
 some tests with the Ostermoor filling, and finds it very satisfactory. It also finds, after the Mattress 
 had remained in the water several days, that the filling was only partly wet. In one test, a Pillow of 
 three and one-half (3j^) pounds was made, on which were placed thirty pounds of iron, and it floated 
 eight davs without sinking. When the mattress is made of the same material as that which was tested, 
 the ("ommittee would have no hesitation in recommending them as an auxiliary." 
 
 (Sigd.) FRANK BURNETT, 
 iSig-d.i e. PLATT STRATTAX, 
 (Sigd.) JOHN FEHREXBATCH. 
 
 Office Supervising Inspector-General Steamboats. 
 
 Treasury Department, April ■!(), 1902. 
 I certify that the above is a true copy of an extract from the proceedings of the Board of Supervising Inspectors, 
 Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting, held in Washington, January, 1879. I am using an Ostermoor Mattress mysetf and 
 think them absolutely unequaled. 
 
 JAMES A. DUMONT, Stip'g Inspector-General 
 
8o 
 
 Used 
 
 continuously for 
 
 •21 years and 
 
 still the best 
 
 ever slept on. 
 
 Softer and more 
 
 pliable than 
 
 hair. 
 
 Has stood all 
 
 tests, not a sign 
 
 of a lump in it. 
 
 U. S. S. Passaic. Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mr. II. D. Ostermoor. December 7, 1879. 
 
 Dear Sik : — Your letter of the 5th is at hand, and in reply I desire to inform you that I will very 
 gladly ffive you my opinion of the Ostermoor Mattress I received from you last December. 
 
 Since reci ived it has been continuously in use, beingon the bed occupied by myself ami wife, ami it is 
 today in as good condition as tin- first day it was used. Jt is, -without exception, the best mattress 1 have 
 ever slept on ; much better, in my opinion, than a hair one, as it is softer and more pliable. 
 
 I shall never use any other kind on my beds in my house if I should ever go to housekeeping, and 1 
 intend, when I am ordered to sea, to make a special request to be furnished with one for my cabin 
 bunk. 
 
 If you remember, our Board pronounced on all features except the matter of getting lumpy by long 
 usage, and it was principally to test this feature that I ordered mine from you, and I can cheerfully state 
 that mine, having been used for one year, is as smooth now as the day it came, not a sign of a lump 
 in it. 
 
 ) 'on are at perfect liberty to show my letter to any officer you wish, and I can fully endorse the re- 
 commendations of your other patrons by stating that I am more than pleased with my mattress. and 
 think it is the most comfortable one I ever saw, and, in addition to that, my official report will show what 
 I think c fit as a life preserver. 
 
 A mattress that will stay under water for forty-eight hours and thin come out with only the outside 
 layers of ( >stermoor damp, should speak for itself. I am, 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 J. D. GRAHAM, COMD. U. S. NAVY 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. New York, March 20, 1899. 
 
 Gentlemen : — In reply to your letter of the 18th inst., I beg to state that I reiterate everything I said 
 in the above letter twenty years ago. 
 
 / have used an Ostermoor Mattress continually from the t/'/iit I received it in 1878, uud it is to, lav in 
 as good condition as the day I received it from you . 
 
 I again say it is the best mattress I ever slept on. I should use no other. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 J. D. GRAHAM, Comd. U. S. Navy 
 
 ^* ^* t^* 
 
 Delighted. 
 
 Could not be 
 
 induced to use 
 
 hair after using 
 
 Ostermoor 
 
 for fifteen 
 
 years. 
 
 Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bureau of Construction and Repair. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. August i, 1892. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I have severaFof your Ostermoor Mattresses In use today 
 and I am most happy to say that I have used them continuously for 
 nearly /if teen years, and I prefer them to the lust of hair in\every 
 respect, and could not now be induced to use hair — although before 
 I used the Ostermoor I thought hair could not be beat. 
 
 Their most satisfactory use since adoption by various Depart- 
 ments of the Navy first brought them to my attention, and / 
 have been delighted with my experience of them, and have 
 always thought I was favoring my friends in recommend- 
 ing Ostermoor Mattresses. 
 
 Nothing whatever has been done to those I haz 
 in the way of repair, nor has renovation been 
 needed, but there is one now that needs a 
 little attention, new tick, etc. I send it to 
 you by express ; please fix it up, return 
 to my residence, 1631 16th 
 Street, N. W., with bill, for 
 ! wish it to last, like an old 
 but true friend, as long as 
 I do. 
 
 Wry truly yours, 
 
 THEODORE D WILSON 
 
OSTERMOOR 
 
 A AATTRpSS^ 
 
 thatwiuFloAT 
 
 This illustration represents an actual 
 occurrence in N. Y. Harbor, where 
 an Ostermoor Mattress was so used : — 
 
 f* 
 
 On Board Steamer Tiger Lily. 
 
 New York Harbor, 
 B July 15, 1880. 
 
 T Whereas, We, the under- 
 
 a signed witnesses to the test- 
 
 i lg of the Ostermoor Mattress 
 and Pillow, being- interested 
 in the question of the most 
 efficient means of saving 
 life at sea in case of sudden 
 disaster, so many of which 
 disasters have recently oc- 
 curred, do hereby 
 
 Rks. ilve, That the Oster- 
 moor has stood the test with 
 astonishing effect, and so 
 far as wc can see is as buoy- 
 ant as cork. We further 
 
 Resolve, To recommend 
 all Steam Vessels to adopt 
 the Ostermoor Matt n 
 use. The Pillow alone, 
 which any person can use 
 in the case of an accident, 
 without having to adjust it 
 to the body, is, in our opin- 
 ion, after having witnessed 
 the tests, quite sufficient to 
 keep afloat one person, and 
 probably two or three. 
 
 JOHN F. MCGLENSEY, COMOR. U. S. N 
 
 SUCH AN ONE IS THE 
 
 WONDERFUL 
 
 OSTERMOOR 
 
 \. Heaton Robertsqn. 
 Dan'i D. V. Stuart, 
 
 Lieutenant I". S. N. 
 H. J. Lamarche. 
 H. F. Peck. 
 Robert Courtney. 
 Francis S. Nash, 
 
 Ass't Surgeon U. S. N. 
 Francis W. Bi oi d. 
 
 R. B. Chouler. 
 John B. Morford, 
 
 Supt. Jersey City Ferry. 
 ('. M. Witsc ii. 
 R. S. Bussing, Jr. 
 James W. Britt. 
 Edwin W. Ivins. 
 R. C. Hamii ton. 
 Geo. E. Condit. 
 
 I S. MlTCHKl I . 
 
 EVERY OUNCE OF WHICH IS AN OUNCE OF LIFE PRESERVER ! 
 
 We have furnished over fifty thousand Ostermoor Mattresses to the 
 different departments of the United States Navy.- 
 
82 
 
 XHAUSTIVE test made and glorious 
 recognition received for the marvelous 
 merits of the Ostermoor Mattress at 
 Hyde Park, London, England. 
 
 Steamer Hudson, New York, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 13, 1897. 
 
 Gentlemen : — At the suggestion of the agent of a steamship line of this city 
 whose ships are furnished with your mattresses, and with whom I was discussing 
 their merits a few days since, I write this letter, believing you will be interested in 
 this account of how the Fisheries Exhibition Gold Medal and Diploma were won by 
 the Ostermoor Mattress. 
 
 While in charge of the United States Life-Saving Service exhibit at the International 
 Fisheries Exhibition, held in London in the year 1882, a much soiled and torn mattress was sent 
 to my exhibit from the United States National Museum, it having been entered as a life-saving 
 appliance for fishing vessels. (Adopted and used exclusively by Commission of Fish and Fisheries.) 
 
 I learned that it was an Ostermoor Mattress, which had the previous year been awarded a medal 
 at Berlin, returned to the National Museum with other exhibits, and stored there until preparations 
 were made for the Fisheries Exhibition, when it was, by order of Prof. Spencer Baird, shipped to 
 London. On account of its soiled and torn condition, it was not given a very prominent position in 
 my exhibit, and I am free to confess I took but little interest in it. 
 
 As it was an American article, entered for competition, it was taken, with other exhibits, to the 
 lake in Hyde Park on the day the practical tests of life-saving appliances were made. Being a member 
 of the jury on life-saving devices, I took an active part in the tests. The jury was composed of two 
 Admirals, one Captain and one Commander of the English Navy ; a Commander of the French Navy, 
 a Captain of the Spanish Navy, a Lieutenant of the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service. The jury made 
 very thorough tests, and the decisions were impartial and never questioned by the exhibitors. 
 
 There were entered for competition mattresses of all descriptions and materials ; various prepar- 
 ations of cork, and different shapes and designs of rubber. One in particular, of which much was 
 expected, was a combination of several inflated rubber cylinders. 
 
 The Ostermoor was the last on the list to be tested, which gave it a better opportunity to show its 
 superiority. Its predecessors all failed in one particular ; that when a man attempted to climb from 
 the water upon them, the opposite side invariably tipped up, which made it impossible to get on unless 
 a man was on the opposite side to hold them down. Much to my surprise and satisfaction, when the 
 Ostermoor Mattress was placed in the water, it showed greater buoyancy, and the men had no diffi- 
 culty in getting upon it — several on one side even, it remaining flat and firm in the water, Nine men 
 were easily supported upon and around it. 
 
 After the tests at Hyde Park, by direction of the jury, the mattress was weighed and placed in the 
 basin of the fountain on the Exhibition grounds, where it remained two weeks, the fountain playing 
 upon it all that time. On its removal it was weighed and found to have absorbed the weight of one 
 man (150 lbs.) and part of that was no doubt due to its torn covering. 
 
 I have since used (for fifteen years) your Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions, both ashore and 
 afloat, and consider them far better than the best hair in every way. 
 
 They possess wonderful elasticity, are exceedingly durable, and all you claim in every particular, 
 and I cheerfully write this in their behalf. Your attractive circulars do not exaggerate the merits of 
 Ostermoor in the least. Very truly yours, 
 
 C. H. McLELLAN, First Lieut. U. S. R. S., Commanding 
 

 
 Is 
 
 
 ^aaxsQoo'uQ©®*^ 
 
ASSING ALL TESTS SUCCESSFULLY, referred to in preceding pages, 
 Ostermoor Mattresses have been approved and adopted in various de- 
 partments of the United States Navy. We have furnished over fifty 
 thousand Ostermoor Mattresses aboard the (J. S. War Ships, Torpedo 
 Boats, Torpedo Boat Destroyers, etc., etc., both for officers and 
 enlisted men, and also throughout the 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & C< 
 
 United States Marine Corps, 
 
 " Revenue Cutter Service, 
 
 " " Light House Service, 
 
 44 Commission Fish and Fisheries, 
 
 " ** Life- Saving Bureau, 
 
 44 " Engineer Corps, 
 
 " " Naval Hospitals, 
 
 44 Mississippi River Commission, etc., etc. 
 
 J* 
 
 Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps. 
 Quartermaster's Office. 
 
 Washington, D. C, February 15, 1902. 
 Siks: — Referring to your communication of the 7th inst., requesting an expression from this office of the ex- 
 perience of the Marine Corps with Ostermoor Mattresses, I have to reply that the large quantity of Mattresses 
 procured from you were distributed to the various posts of the Corps for use of the enlisted men serving there ; that 
 they have been subjected to much necessarily hard service ; and that they have been found highly satisfactory, being 
 exceedingly clastic, durable and far superior in all respectstooth.tr kinds of Mattresses previously tested by the Corps. 
 Forwarded approved, Very respectfully, 
 
 CHAS. HAYWOOD. F. L. DENNY, 
 
 Brigader-General, Commandant Colonel and Quartermaster 
 
 U. S. Revenue Cutter Service, 
 
 Treasury Department. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Washington, D. C, March 15, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen': — Ostermoor Mattresses, Pillows, Boat Cushions, etc., have been adopted exclusively for use of the 
 Revenue Cutler Service. Five new ships have been completely equipped with them throughout, and it affords me 
 great pleasure to say that they have given perfect satisfaction in all particulars, and in wear, cleanliness, elasticity 
 and durability we deem them better than hair or any other mattress known. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 C. F. SHOEMAKER, CAPTAIN R. C. S., 
 
 Chief of Division 
 
 ht House Establishment, Tompkinsville, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 11, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — I have found Ostermoor Mattresses so 
 superior in every way, and especially rind them so 
 much better than hair, that I have purchased many 
 for my personal use and have also equipped the 
 Light House Tenders under my charge with them 
 throughout. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 -4 D. P. HEAP, Colonel, 
 
 Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army 
 
 J 
 
U. S. Engineers' Office, Chicago, III. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 1637 Indiana Ave., January '27, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen:— I feel no hesitancy whatever in commending Ostermoor Mattresses, as / consider them the best 
 Mattress obtainable in every possible way. 
 
 In October, 1886, I purchased your Mattresses for the U. S. Snag Boat John R. Meigs, and after more than fif- 
 teen years' service they arg still in use in good condition and entirely free from vermin. Since then all additional 
 Mattresses required for other vessels in that District I have purchased from you, and they have all been equally 
 satisfai tory. 
 
 I also recommended the use of your Mattresses aboard the rive new boats of the Mississippi River Commission 
 and for the new boat, General John Newton. 
 
 It is with infinite satisfaction that I personally use an Ostermoor Mattress in preference to best •white hair ob- 
 tainable, without regard to price. Very respectfully, 
 
 J. H. WILLARD, Maj. Corps of Engineers 
 
 (^* %£* %0& 
 
 General Superintendent, Llfe-Saving Service. 
 Treasury Department. 
 Messrs. Ostermook & Co. Washington, I). ('., March 16, 1904. 
 
 Gen rLEMEN:- The Ostermoor Mattress which I purchased of you rive years ago I am able to say without qualifi- 
 cation is in every way the best Mattress 1 ever slept on. Until I began using it I slept on a hair mattress and nobodj 
 
 could persuade me that there possibly could be anything better. Testi- 
 mony was not enough, but my own experience proves all you claim. 
 
 Last Spring I lay in bed more than a mouth, day and night, suffering 
 
 from an attack of sciatica, when I could hardly move, and I 
 
 found that the softness, elasticity, 
 
 and sweetness of the Ostermoor Mat- 
 
 V. S. Battleship Missouri. 
 
 tress wonderfully reduced the discomfort 
 and irksomeness of that painful period. I most cor- 
 dially recommend the mattress for both sick and well. 
 
 In my opinion, considering the amount of time we have to spend in sleep — if one only can sleep— you are actually 
 conferring a blessing upon mankind by offering so reposeful a couch, and that, too, at so inconsiderable a price. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 jt Jt Jt S. I. KIMBALL, GEN'L Supt. 
 
 2204- R Street. Washington, D. C. 
 Messrs. Ostermook & Co. February 22, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — In reply I beg leave to say that tin- Ostermoor Mattresses furnished by you to the vessels of U. S. 
 Fish Commission, "Fish Hawk " in 1880 and "Albatross" in 1882, are still in use aboard both vessels ; those on the 
 "Albatross" were in markedly good condition, when I relinquished command of that vessel, having retained their 
 elasticity remarkably well after eighteen years' < ontinuous service. 
 
 They have proven satisfactory in every respect and I consider the Ostermoor Mattresses particularly well adapted 
 for use aboard ship. Very respectfully, Z. L. TANNER, Commander, U. S. Navy 
 
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Co., Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Willard Thomson, Vice-President and General Manager. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 241 South St., February 5, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs :— Replying to your letter of the 29th of January, addressed to the Superintendent of the " Eastern 
 Shore Steamboat Company," as to the condition of the Ostermoor Mattresses that are used in our line, beg to advise 
 
 that we furnished the steamer 
 "Eastern Shore" in 1883, 
 twenty-one years ago, with 
 about 200 of them, and they 
 have been in constant use 
 ever since, and are seemingly 
 good today for as many more 
 years. 
 
 In 1891 we furnished the 
 steamer " Pocomoke " with 
 Ostermoor Mattresses through- 
 out and at this writing, after 
 thirteen years' use, they are as 
 good as when first put in ser- 
 vice, and it gives me pleasure 
 to be able to recommend them 
 without qualification. The 
 Eastern Shore Steamboat 
 Company is now a part of 
 this system. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 WILLARD THOMSON, 
 
 Vice-President and 
 General Mgr. 
 
 S. S. City of Mackinac. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. 
 
 The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., Detroit, Mich. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 14, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :-We have used your Ostermoor Mattresses on all our steamers for the past twenty-one years, and 
 infinitely prefer them /■< the best hair at the same price. 
 
 We have found they possess all the merits that yon claim for them. Our patrons compliment us on our 
 excellent beds. Yours respectfully, 
 
 A. A. SCHARTZ, GEN'L SUPT 
 
 Jh j* tP* 
 
 General Offices People's Evening- Line Steamers. 
 
 J hn Englis, President. Pier 32, North River. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. New York, December 15, L903. 
 
 Dear Sirs :— After eight years' thorough trial of Ostermoor Mattresses, with which the steamer "Adirondack" 
 of this line is equipped entirely throughout, we are pleased to say that they have given the most entire satisfaction 
 to this Company, from an economical stand- 
 point, and because they have been so much 
 appreciated by passengers. 
 
 Many of our patrons Iiave expressed their 
 pleasure because if the exceptional comfort with 
 whit h they have slept on your .Mattresses. 
 
 The contract just given you for 1,000 mattresses 
 to equip our new steamer surely expresses our full 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 PEOPLE'S LINE OF STEAMERS, 
 
 JOHN ENGLIS, PRESIDENT 
 
 S.S.Adirondack. People's Line. 
 
S7 
 Ocean Steamship Company of Savanah. 
 
 P. E. Le Fevre, Superintendent. 
 
 81 Beach St., New York, March 2, 1904. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & G>. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — I am pleased to express our satisfaction with 
 the Ostermoor Mattresses purchased from you in 1898. They 
 are in continual use, and wefindthey possess all the e xcellencies 
 claimed for them. We are discarding hair, as ■we consider 
 Ostermoor preferable in every way. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 P. E. LE FEVRE, SUPERINTENDENT 
 
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 New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co. 
 Alfred G. Smith, Sec'y and Treas. 
 
 90-96 Wall St., New York, March 15, 1904. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The several thousand Ostermoor Mattresses 
 and Cushions which you have, from time to time, supplied to 
 the steamers of this line, have proved to be all that you claim 
 for them in every particular^ and have given us the most entire 
 satisfaction. 
 
 The additional orders recently given you to equip the 
 rest of our boats throughout is surely proof of our satisfaction. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 ALFRED G. SMITH, 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer 
 
 J* V* V* 
 
 Maine Steamship Company. 
 , Horatio Hall, Gen'l Manager. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 290 Broadway, New York, February '27, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :— Replying to your inquiry, it is with great pleasure that we can certify to the excellence of Oster- 
 m ior Mattresses: they have proven all that you claimed in every respect. Our new steamships, "North Star," 
 " John Englis " and "Horatio Hall," are equipped with them throughout, and they have given the utmost satisfac- 
 tion in every way, as also have those used aboard the " Manhattan " and " Cottage City." We have three thousand 
 of your Mattresses now in use. Our patrons are delighted with their comfort and luxury. 
 
 I have Ostermoor 
 Mattresses in my own 
 home, the first one hav- 
 ing been purchased to 
 replace a very expens- 
 ive hair one, and I am 
 glad to say that the 
 Ostermoor surpassed it 
 in comfort and dura- 
 bility. 
 
 II 'e consider Oster- 
 moor Mattresses the 
 acme of com fort, and 
 indispensable for clean- 
 liness. 
 
 Yi airs truly, 
 Maine Steamship Co. 
 Horatio Hall, 
 
 GEN'L Mgr. 
 
 S. S. "Horatio Hall, ' of the Maine Steamship Co. 
 
r 
 
 HE OSTERMOOR MATTRESS is s0 non . 
 
 absorbent it is rated by the U. S. Steamboat 
 Inspection as an auxiliary Life Preserver. 
 
 We have furnished Ostermoor Mattresses 
 and Cushions to all Yachts of any prominence 
 in the United States, among the many owners 
 to whom we gladly refer being : Messrs. Win, 
 K. Vanderbilt. C. Oliver Iselin. Delancv 
 Kane, Alexander Taylor, Jr., Edward M. 
 Brown. George Gould, Charles Warren Lippit. 
 Alexander E. Orr, John Jacob Astor, j. 
 Malcolm Forbes, David Dows, Jr.. Henry S . 
 Burnham. fames Gordon Bennett, Elbridge T. 
 Gerry, Chester W. Chapin, John J. Phelps, and 
 hundreds of others, too numerous to mention 
 
 The Emperor of Germany and the King of England, whose Yachts we have 
 furnished with mattresses and Cushions, have both given us gold medals and 
 diplomas for our work in this special line alone. 
 
 David Dows & Co., 
 New York City. 
 
 February 15, 1902. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 17 years old and Gentlemen :-It gives me 
 
 in an much pleasure to be able to say 
 
 admirable state. that the Ostermoor Cushions 
 fully justified. and Mattresses you made for 
 my boat are still in use and in 
 an admirable state of preserva- 
 tion and in my opinion fully 
 justify all you said concerning 
 them at the time of the purchase, 
 seventeen years ago. 
 
 Yours truly, A. E. ORR 
 
 Brown & Seccomb, New York City. 
 
 81 Beach St., March 26, 1902. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — I have used Ostermoor 
 
 Mattresses and Cushions on the steam 
 
 yacht "Fedalma " since lusi'i, sixteen years, 
 
 and it affords me great pleasure to state 
 
 that they have given me z>ery great 
 
 satisfaction, and have fully proven to 
 
 be all //uit you claimed for them in 
 
 Yours truly, 
 EDWARD M. BROWN 
 
 l\ed 
 
 16 years, 
 
 and still give 
 
 very sjreat 
 satisfaction. 
 
s 9 
 
 HE OSTERMOOR HAS PROVEN A PERFECT FILLING, 
 
 particularly desirable for Mattresses, and also for Cushions and 
 Upholstered Back-Cushions — either ashore or afloat ; aboard ship 
 it has become a recognized necessity on account of its absolutely 
 non-absorbent qualities and that perfect freedom from all damp 
 or mildew at all times and under all conditions. Ostermoor 
 Cushions are not hurt or spoiled by water, and are always readily available, most 
 efficient life preservers. 
 
 Ostermoor Cushions and Mattresses are softer than those filled with the best 
 of hair and wear far better. They never mat or pack like hair, nor do they need 
 remaking, as hair does, but retain their unusual merits and keep in perfect order 
 indefinitely without requiring any attention, care or any expense for years to 
 come — first cost being their last and only cost. 
 
Used 
 continuously 
 for 18 years. 
 Permanently 
 elastic. Heartily 
 recommend. 
 
 9° 
 
 Bolton, Lake George, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 19, 1897. 
 
 Gentlemen : — For eighteen years or more I have been 
 using your Ostermoor Cushions in fitting out my numerous 
 steam launches, giving them the preference over the best 
 hair, not only on account of their permanent elasticity 
 and cleanliness, but also from the fact that if divided into 
 proper lengths they make excellent readily available life 
 preservt rs. 
 
 I have also used your Ostermoor Mattresses whenever I 
 have had to purchase any for my house, and I have used one 
 continuously for eighteen years. They have all given me 
 satisfaction, and I can heartily recommend them. 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 J. BUCHANAN HENRY 
 
 
 John J. Phelps, New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 35 South William St., Jan. 15, 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen:— The yacht " Brunhilde " was sold several years ago, but up to 
 then I was perfectly satisfied in every way with the Ostermoor Mattresses, etc., 
 you made /or same in 1885, and should use your Ostermoor again in preference to any- 
 thing else. It is all you claim for it. Yours truly, 
 
 JOHN J. PHELPS 
 
 C. Oliver Iselin, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 24, 1900. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — The Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions I have bought 
 of you from time to time since you furnished my yacht " Titania " 
 in 1887, give entire satisfaction, and should I build another yacht 
 / would certainly give you another order. 
 
 Truly yours, 
 
 C. OLIVER ISELIN 
 
 Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling: Co., 
 New York City. 
 
 Eugene Jones, President. 
 
 207 Produce Exchange, Feb. 28, 1900. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — Yours of the 26th inst., asking for 
 some endorsement of your Ostermoor Mattresses. i-, 
 before me. 
 
 In reply to which I would say, that we still have in 
 use the mattresses bought of you some thirteen years 
 since, and that they have stood most admirably the test 
 of time, and that we liave found them to be all thai 
 you claim for them, everlasting elasticity, marked 
 durability, equal, if not better, than the best hair 
 mattresses, and they have proved most satisfactory 
 in every respect. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 EUGENE JONES 
 
 All we 
 
 claim. Use our 
 
 mattress in 
 
 preference to 
 
 all others. 
 
 13 years' 
 
 entire 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Use 
 
 no other. 
 
 Stood most 
 admirably the 
 
 test of time 
 
 for 13 years, and 
 
 prove all you 
 
 claim. 
 
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 ALOON OR BERTH MATTRESSES WITH OSTERMOOR FILLING 
 
 are always dry, sweet and pure, soft as or softer than hair, as you prefer, 
 and a perfect raft or life preserver in the water — ever at your service- 
 never sodden or damp, nor a foul, ill-smelling odor — as if mildewed, 
 which is always noticeable in best of hair and all other mattresses aboard 
 ships. But rarely luxurious and of such absolute comfort and enchanting 
 
 cleanliness with an absolute freedom from all objectionable features that makes 
 
 them preeminently superior to all other mattresses the world over. These merits 
 are most unusual. Ostermoor Mattresses — and none other — possess these merits. 
 
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 G. Sidenberg, New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor .V Co. 24 Broad St., February 3, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen:— I beg to state that the Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions you put in steam yacht 
 "Theresa," twelve years ago, arc just as good as new, and I have no fault to find with them whatever, 
 as they have given me every satisfaction. Yours very truly, 
 
 G. SIDENBERG 
 
 (^* 1£& i2H 
 
 10 years old 
 
 and as good 
 
 as new. 
 
 Kenilworth Inn. Biltmore, Asheville, N. C. Entire 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March ' 21 - 1897 " »tfafaction. 
 
 Gentlemen :-The Ostermoor Mattresses on my yacht " Thespia " give entire .satisfaction and ful- b ^^V^ 1 ' 6 " 
 /ill all representations made regarding them. Yours truly, 
 
 DAVID DOWS, JH 
 
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 ■S*£>?^ 
 
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 USHIONS, FOR SALOON OR 
 
 CABIN, Deck or Small Boats, of 
 Ostermoor make and filling, are the 
 only absolutely perfect ones obtain- 
 able — handsome, luxurious articles of 
 remarkable elasticity and endurance. They will 
 outwear three of any other filling. Far more 
 buoyant than cork ! 
 
 Cary Smith & Ferris, New York 
 Naval Architects and Yacht Brokers 
 
 90 Wall Street 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 6, 1904 
 
 Deak Sirs :— I am satisfied that Ostermoor Mat- 
 tresses and Cushions are the very 
 best obtainable for yacht use, etc. 
 I have yet never heard a complaint 
 about them, although you have fur- 
 nished about all of the yachts and 
 steamers of my design since 1880. 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 A. CARY SMITH 
 
 24 years' 
 experience, 
 and yet to 
 
 have a 
 complaint. 
 
 10 years' use. 
 All you claim in 
 every particular. 
 
 Superiority 
 and luxuriousness 
 
 well proven. 
 
 Alexander P. 
 
 Ketchum 
 
 New York 
 
 City 
 
 4 William St. 
 Feb. 24, 1904 
 Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen: — I 
 sold my yacht 
 "Son o n a " some 
 years ago, but dur- 
 ing the time I owned 
 -— her was exceedingly 
 ' pleased with the Os- 
 termoor Cushions 
 and Mattresses you 
 supplied me with, 
 nd if I were again fur- 
 nishing a yacht, should 
 certainly apply to you for 
 similar articles. Yours truly, 
 
 A. P. KETCHUM 
 
 ^* (^* %£* 
 
 A. H. Abell, Hamilton, Bermuda. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 13, 1900 
 
 Dear Siks:— The Ostermoor are all you claim them to be, in every particular, and have given per- 
 fect satisfaction for ten years ; shall never— as long as they can be had— use anything else. They never 
 lose their shape or get lumpy. Their superiority and luxuriousness is well proven. Too much cannot be 
 said in their praise. Most truly yours, A - H - ABELL 
 
 Exceedingly 
 
 pleased. 
 Would use 
 no other. 
 
ONLY A 
 
 FEW OF THE YACHTS 
 
 WE REFER TO 
 
 USING OSTERMOOR MATTRESSES AND CUSHIONS 
 
 Aeolus 
 
 Addie 
 
 Aida 
 
 Albicore 
 
 Aloha 
 
 Alpha 
 
 Alva 
 
 Anna 
 
 Atalanta 
 
 Arrow 
 
 Athlon 
 
 Aunt Polly 
 
 Aztec 
 
 Banshee 
 
 Bedouin 
 
 Bijou 
 
 Brunhilde 
 
 Cacique 
 
 Carlotta 
 
 Carola 
 
 Carmelita 
 
 Cinderella 
 
 Challenge 
 
 Crusader 
 
 Clermont 
 
 Curlew 
 
 Commanche 
 
 Dauntless 
 
 I tiana 
 
 Edris 
 
 Electra 
 
 Eleanor 
 
 Ellie 
 
 Enaj 
 
 Enterprise 
 
 Erin 
 
 Eavelle 
 
 Eedalma 
 
 Fortuna 
 
 Era Diavolo 
 
 Genevieve 
 
 ( iracie 
 
 Graling 
 
 Halcyon 
 
 I [arbinger 
 
 iloosier 
 
 Ins 
 
 Ianda 
 
 I tuna 
 
 Julia 
 
 Kanawha 
 
 Lancer 
 
 Machigowne 
 
 Marion 
 
 Marjorie 
 
 Mayflower 
 
 Meda 
 
 Merle 
 
 Merlin 
 
 Mermaid 
 
 Meteor 
 
 Mischief 
 
 Mohican 
 
 Namouna 
 
 Narod 
 
 Neola 
 
 Nomad 
 
 Nourmahal 
 
 Nirodha 
 
 Nydia 
 
 Osceola 
 
 Palladin 
 
 Papoose 
 
 Parthenia 
 
 Privateer 
 
 Polly 
 
 Priscilla 
 
 Prospero 
 
 Puritan 
 
 Queen Mab 
 
 Roamer 
 
 Rondina 
 
 Rosalie 
 
 Rajah 
 
 Ruffhouse 
 
 Sanona 
 
 Sappho 
 
 Seminole 
 
 Shearwater 
 
 This list represents but a fraction of the 
 
 many Yachts we have furnished, which comprises 
 
 nearly all of any prominence in the waters of the United States. 
 
 Siren 
 
 Skylark 
 
 Social 
 
 Sphinx 
 
 Susquehanna 
 
 Sybil 
 
 Thalia 
 
 Thetis 
 
 Theresa 
 
 Thespia 
 
 Titania 
 
 Una 
 
 Utowana 
 
 Vidette 
 
 Vikinj 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Volunteer 
 
 Wenonah 
 
 Wacouta 
 
 Wild Duck 
 
 Yama 
 
 Yampa 
 
 Vonondio 
 
 Zara 
 
 Zarah 
 
94 
 
 New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Co., New York, 
 Grand Central Station. 
 George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent. 
 Messrs. Osterm no K & Co. March 10, 1904, 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses that I bought of you in 1893 (eleven years ago) have proven 
 perfectly satisfactory and are all that you claim them to be in every respect, besides vermin-proof and 
 non-absorbent. We think them excellent and a perfect success. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 GEORGE H. DANIELS 
 
 Proven all you 
 
 claim. 
 
 Vermin-proof 
 
 and 
 non-absorbent. 
 
 Phelps, Dodge & Co., 
 99 John Street, New York. 
 
 February 17, 1904. 
 
 Messrs. Osteri r & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — I take pleasure in advising you 
 that the Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions fur- 
 nished by you for the yacht "Aloha" have given 
 entire satisfaction in every respect, and are proving 
 all that you claim them to be. We consider them 
 superior to the very best of hair, and their use is a 
 comfort and pleasure. Very truly yours, 
 
 ARTHUR CURTIS JAMES 
 
 United States Naval Force on 
 
 Asiatic Station, 
 
 Manila, Philippine Islands. 
 
 January '27, 1902. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — Rear- Admiral Watson desires 
 me to say in reply to your letter of December 12, 
 1899, that the testimonial he gave in April, 1897, as 
 to the wonderfully meritorious qualities and ever- 
 lasting elasticity of the Ostermoor Mattresses pur- 
 chased of you in 1883, seventeen years ago, holds 
 good today, after three years' more hard use. 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 E. H. WATSON 
 
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 Dr. Cyrus Edson 
 
 5(5 W. 50th St., New York, May 2(5, 1903. 
 Messrs. Ostekmook & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I first experienced the delightful 
 comfort and luxury of the Ostermoor Mattresses 
 and Cushions aboard a boat which led me to pur- 
 chase one for my own bed, and I am glad to ex- 
 press my approval. 
 
 It is a great improvement on the hair mattress, 
 not only from the standpoint of cleanliness and 
 hygiene, but also from that of comfort, wherein it 
 greatly surpasses hair. 
 
 I am greatly pleased with my personal use of 
 same during the past five years. It certainly makes 
 the absolutely ideal bed. 
 
 Yours faithfully, 
 
 CYRUS EDSON 
 
 Superior to best 
 
 of hair. 
 
 Satisfaction, 
 
 comfort, pleasure. 
 
 Used for 17 
 years. Ever- 
 lastingly elastic. 
 Wonderfully 
 meritorious. 
 
 Greatly surpasses 
 
 hair. 
 
 Absolutely ideal 
 
 bed. 
 
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 ; II ATTRESS-CUSHIONS for use aboard boats, outside — cunningly 
 ^ \?^1\'W ■ devised for use in places not usually utilized — covered with water- 
 j--M.^m m p r00 £ ma terials — that stand all sorts of hard usage — without de- 
 -•'.Jtiyi-^ preciation of comfort, beauty or shapeliness — adding to the comfort 
 -~ •' and luxury of lounging in the open air and consequently enhanc- 
 ing the enjoyment and pleasure of many a trip. These have been specialties 
 of ours for years. 
 
 «£* «£* j* 
 
 Such cushions are 
 possible only with 
 Ostermoor and no 
 other filling, which 
 makes them prac- 
 tical, desirable 
 and useful at all 
 times and in all 
 sorts of places. 
 
 •£* ^* c^* 
 
 They are absolute- 
 ly waterproof, so 
 n o n -a b s o r b e n t 
 they will float in- 
 definitely, and are 
 therefore recog- 
 nized by the U. S. 
 Steamboat Inspec- 
 tion as Auxiliary 
 Life Preservers. 
 
 Refer to Pages 76, 78, 79, 81 and 82 and note severe tests made. 
 
 V* V* ^* 
 
 Thus they serve as Life Preservers — should occasion arise — are easily at hand 
 in case of need — much more so than anything else obtainable. Add wonderfully 
 to the deck furnishing — and are altogether a luxurious necessity. 
 
 We have special Waterproofed Coverings for such work as this. Some also 
 simply treated to shed water. All fabrics usual in a full assortment of colors. 
 
9 6 
 
 ware & Hudson Canal Company, Albany, N. Y. 
 C. D. Hammond, Gen'l Agent. 
 Ostermoor & Co. February 23, 1901. 
 
 Nf lemen :— Seventeen years ago I purchased two Ostermoor 
 Mattresses which have been in constant use since that time. They 
 have given entire satisfaction, and are stilll in good condition. 
 I should at this time purchase none but Ostermoor 
 Mattresses if I had occasion to add new, as I think them 
 the very best obtainable. 
 
 I also purchased a new set of Ostermoor Cushions 
 for the Methodist Church, of Slingerland, N. Y., at the 
 same time, and these have also given entire satisfaction, 
 are still in use and in good condition. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 
 17 years' con- 
 stant use with 
 entire satis- 
 faction and 
 still good. 
 
 C. D. HAMMOND 
 
 %£*> %0* f^* 
 
 'OURSTET-SPECIAL" CUSHIONS. 
 
 Corduroy Plush Covering, 
 
 $J.50 per square foot. 
 
 15 years' 
 experience. 
 
 Proves all 
 our claims. 
 
 Riverhead, N. Y. 
 
 March 1, 1901. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — My experience during the past fifteen 
 years with Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions goes to 
 prove all that you claim for durability and elasticity. 
 They are undoubtedly of the first quality and greatly to Just as good 
 be commended. as new - 
 
 They show no sign of packing down or becoming 
 hard and bunchy as hair does, but are just as comfortable today as when new. No hair mattress 
 fur me hereafter. I consider my Ostermoor is worth its weight in gold. 
 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 ROBERT WEEKS, 
 
 Archdeacon of Suffolk. 
 
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 Lutheran Theological 
 
 Seminary, 
 
 Mt. Airy, 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Rev. Henry E. Jacobs, D.D., 
 Dean. 
 
 January 17, 1900. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — I take great 
 pleasure in stating that the Os- 
 termoor Mattresses and Cush- 
 ions in the Seminary have worn 
 very satisfactorily, and stood 
 the test of our fifteen years' 
 constant use most admirably. 
 We heartily endorse their use. 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 HENRY E. JACOBS 
 
 CORDED-EDGE CUSHIONS-SQUARE TUFTS. 
 Sec Price List, page J05. 
 
97 
 
 
 T TCT-JTf\\TQ OF ALL KINDS-sizes and shapes— for all 
 ^-J KjL L1\JL\kJ nurnoses — are simD 
 
 C' 
 \~S<J± JL±\-/L y**J purposes — are simply incomparable with Oster- 
 moor filling, and made in the Ostermoor way. 
 They are always soft — always shapely — dust-proof — moth-proof — 
 vermin-proof. They will never mat or pack down as hair will, and are 
 practically unwearoutable. Ostermoor Cushions add inexpressibly to the comfort, 
 ease and beauty, and artistic furnishing of the home. 
 
 The above is a most happy example— Corduroy Plush Covering— "Ourstet" Special style, $1 .50 per square foot. 
 
Norwich, Conn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 19 Lincoln Ave., January 8, 1902. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— The Ostermoor Mattresses which I purchased of you twelve years ago 
 have done excellent service. They are now in perfectly good order, although they 
 have been in constant use since that date. 
 
 I have taken pains to recommend them and shall continue to do so. 
 Very truly 
 yours, 
 IRENE WEIR 
 
 1 
 
 12 years' 
 excellent 
 service. Per- 
 fectly good 
 order 
 today. 
 
 CORDED-EDGE CHAIR CUSHIONS. 
 
 Price List, page 105. 
 
 "OURSTET-SPECIAL" CUSHION. 
 Corduroy Plush Covering, $1.50 per square foot. 
 
 Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, 111. 
 
 81 Ashland Boulevard, March 1, 1902. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — Twelve years ago we furnished our 
 dormitory building with over one hundred Ostermoor 
 Mattresses. They have been in constant use since that 
 time, and to all appearances are just as good as when 
 purchased. Our students all speak 
 in the highest terms of their com- 
 fort, and I have had numerous in- 
 quiries from many desiring to fur- 
 nish their homes with Ostermoor 
 Mattresses and Cushions. I have 
 used them in my 
 own home, also five 
 of my friends in 
 their own homes, 
 during the past ten 
 years, and we 
 would not exchange 
 them for the best 
 hair mattress. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 H. W. CHESTER 
 
 TREASURER 
 
 12 years old, 
 good as new. 
 
 Would not 
 
 exchange for 
 
 best hair. 
 
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 17 years' 
 
 satisfactory 
 
 service. In 
 
 good ("ml it ion 
 
 today. 
 
 Tufts College, Mass. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 5, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions 
 which I purchased of you seventeen years ago have given 
 perfect satisfaction. They are in excellent condition today. 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 E. H. CAPEN 
 
 'OURSTET-SPECIAL" CUSHIONS. 
 
 Corduroy Plush Covering, 
 
 $1.50 per square foot. 
 
99 
 
 GUSHIONS are invaluable adjuncts in the furnishing of a room, and richly 
 enhance the total quality of the decorative scheme. 
 A cushioned seat dignifies and individualizes the effect of a room. 
 Such a room invariably lives in one's memory as cozy, inviting and 
 homelike— providing cushions are shapely, soft and comfortable, fit well and look 
 well as Ostermoor Cushions always do. See Price List, page 105. 
 
 Charles H. Shepard. M. D., Brooklyn. N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 81-83 Columbia Heights, March 6, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen:— We are so well satisfied with the Ostermoor Mattresses aud Cushions, which have 
 been some seventeen years in use, have cost nothing for repairs and. yet are about as good now as when 
 they first came. 
 
 We shall never buy anything but Ostermoor. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 CHAS. H. SHEPARD 
 
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 J. Hull Browning, New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 199 Chambers St., September 10, 1903. 
 
 Gentlemen :— There is no question in my mind but that Ostermoor Mattresses are the best obtain- 
 able, and better in every way than hair. 
 
 ( Istermoor Cushions are fully as good, as I have proven during many years' use (twenty), and hence 
 you secured the order to cushion the Church of the Heavenly Rest throughout. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 J. HULL BROWNING 
 
 Will buy no 
 
 other. 
 
 Used 17 Years. 
 
 Good as new. 
 
 Best obtainable. 
 
 Better than hair 
 
 in every way. 
 
Closed 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen:— No money 
 day it came, four years ago. 
 
 I have been a cripple for 
 fifty-three months now, and 
 dence on my bed. 
 The Mattress has 
 had hard usage, 
 and yet it is just 
 as comfortable 
 today as when I 
 iirst got it. 
 Yours 
 
 very truly, 
 
 ARTHUR G. s 
 
 CROWELL 
 
 OSTERMOOR COUCH -CHAIR. 
 
 Old English Oak, Flemish Finish, with Three Reversible 
 Imperial Edge Corduroy Plush Covered Cushions. 
 Cost complete, $37.50. 
 
 Closed, a Morris Chair : Seat, 22 inches by 25 inches. 
 
 Open, a Couch : 22 inches by 6 feet. 
 
 Seat and Back Cushions only, $18.50 per set. 
 
 Godard <St Bond, Mayvllle, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 2, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :— In 187N I purchased of you 
 Cushions for the pews of the M. E. Church. 
 They are as good today as the day they came, 
 except the covers have faded, but they have 
 kept their shape perfectly, and are soft and 
 comfortable. 
 
 The Ostermoor Mattress I purchased the 
 same time for myself has been in constant use 
 for twenty-six years, has never been even re- 
 covered, is exceedingly comfortable, stands up 
 good and square, having kept its shape wonder- 
 fully, and is in all respects as good as new, 
 excepting the covering I think now needs re- 
 placing. 
 
 The Ostermoor is certainly most meritorius. 
 Yours very respectfully, 
 
 A. H. GODARD 
 
 Sherburne, N. Y. 
 
 April 4, 1904. 
 
 could buy my Ostermoor Mattress if I could not get another. It is just as good as the 
 
 No one can possibly imagine the comfort of an Ostermoor Mattress until they try one. 
 
 twenty-two years, sometimes confined to my bed for months. Have not walked for over 
 
 I have used the Ostermoor Mattress every day, doing all my book work, and correspon- 
 
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 Ostermoor Couch-Chair, Open. 
 
 Nagle & Nagle, Attorneys, Clarion, Iowa. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 11, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen:— The Ostermoor Mattress has been in constant use for over eight years, and is as good now as the 
 day I bought it. It has not matted a particle, and all I have ever done to it was to give it a sun bath once in a while. 
 If I could not get another, I would not part with it for many times the cost. 
 
 Can say the same of the window seat Cushion I purchased last year, which has proven entirely satisfactory, and 
 much complimented by friends. Yours very truly, 
 
 J. E. NAGLE 
 
IOI 
 
 Warren, Ohio. 
 Office of Henry B. Perkins, Trumbull County. 
 
 Messrs. Ostekmoor & Co. March 7, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen:— We have been using Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions for more than seventeen years. 
 They are still in use and giving us entire satisfaction, and seem as good as when we received them. 
 
 We prefer Ostermoor Mattresses to the best quality of hair or any other mattress we have ever 
 used. Your Cushions are perfection in every way: their beauty, shapeliness, utility and durability 
 and comfort are simply wonderful. 
 
 I am pleased to testify to the above, and cannot say too much of their merits, for we deem them 
 fully worthy of the warmest praise. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 (Mrs.) H. B. PERKINS 
 
 Preferred 
 to best hair 
 after over 17 
 years. 
 Entire satisfac- 
 tion. 
 
 MORRIS CHAIR 
 
 CUSHIONS. 
 
 Corded-Edge Style. 
 
 Corduroy Plush Covering, 
 
 $15.00 per set. 
 
 Price-List 
 
 Cushions per square foot, 
 
 Page 105. 
 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 76 Garden St., 
 
 March 6, 1904. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I gladly add 
 my little word to the great 
 volume of praise which your 
 Ostermoor Mattresses and 
 Cushions have so universally 
 and justly received. 
 
 I first purchased one of these 
 mattresses of you twenty years 
 ago, and this and my later 
 purchases have proved entirely 
 satisfactory, and we are to- 
 day enthusiastic over their un- 
 questioned comfort, excellent 
 quality and endurance. 
 
 Surely the name of Ostermoor 
 represents all that is best in 
 Mattresses and Cushions. 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 JAMES GOODWIN 
 
 20 years' use. 
 
 Enthusiastic 
 
 over their 
 
 comfort 
 
 and excellent 
 
 quality. 
 
 
 Rev. J. F. Loba, First Congregational Church, Evanston, 111. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 27, 1004. 
 
 Gentlemen :— We have used two Ostermoor Mattresses for some twelve years with perfect 
 satisfaction. They are light, durable, soft and more comfortable than anything we have ever tried. 
 Shall try no other, as these are just what we like. I use one myself and would never sleep on any 
 other. 
 
 Your Cushions in our church are, if that is possible, even better than your Mattresses. 
 
 I am very truly yours, 
 
 J. F. LOBA 
 
 Would 
 never sleep on 
 
 any other. 
 Better than any- 
 thing else 
 during 12 
 years' use. 
 
Would use 
 
 Ostermoor 
 
 only. 
 
 OSTERMOOR 
 PILLOW-CUSHIONS. 
 
 Gathered Corners, 
 
 24 inches square, 
 
 6 inches thick. 
 
 Covered with 
 
 Denim or Mercerized 
 Art Twills, $4.00 each. 
 Fabrikoid, $5.00 each 
 Corduroy, $5.50 each. 
 Imitation Spanish 
 
 Leather, $6.50 each. 
 
 Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 
 
 Department of Mathematics. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. A l ,ril 2 < l90t 
 
 Gentlemen :— The Ostermoor Mattresses purchased from you some years ago are perfectly satis- 
 factory in every possible way, and were we in need of more would buy Ostermoor only. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 W™ t0* w* 
 
 J. H. TOWN 
 
 Acme of luxury. 
 
 None so 
 
 luxurious. 
 
 In summer 
 
 or winter, 
 
 sickness 
 
 or health 
 
 none better. 
 
 The Pullman Company, 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 F. C. N. Robertson, Auditor. 
 April '2, 1904. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen :— In all my experience 
 I have never slept on any bed that 
 approaches the Ostermoor Mattress in 
 merit. It is the acme of luxury. I 
 never had so comfortable a bed. 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 F. C. N. ROBERTSON 
 
 Soldiers' Home in Mass. 
 Richard R. Foster, Adjutant. 
 
 Chelsea, Mass., April 4, 1004. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — We have summered 
 and wintered on Ostermoor Mattresses 
 for the past four years, and they are 
 just as good as new. We find them 
 comfortable both in sickness and health, 
 in hot weather and cold, and I do not 
 believe there is, or can be, a better 
 mattress made. I would not buy any 
 other kind. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 RICHARD R. FOSTER 
 
 Same Pillow Cushions as above, 
 26 inches square, 75c. extra. 
 
103 
 
 2a Calle De San Francisco, Apartado 34- B. 
 Mexico City, Mexico. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Cn. April 13, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen :— I think the Ostermoor Mattress is th2 best on earth 
 I have been using one for over two years, and it i< simply perfection 
 in every respect. Never mats, is soft and delightful, sleeping 
 on same is like resting on sea foam or the downy billows of a 
 cloud. 
 
 The Mexican tariff of twenty cents per pound is too high 
 to permit of my importing one of your beautiful Divans at this 
 time. Yours sincerely, 
 
 L. F. GERNHARDT 
 
 
 CHAIR CUSHION. 
 Corduroy Plush, Square Tufting, 
 Denim Bottom, 
 $6.50 each. 
 
 Citizens' State Bank, North Topeka, 
 Kansas. 
 
 Messrs. Osterm i & Co. June lti, 1903. 
 
 Gentlemen : — During our flood, the two $15.00 Ostermoor 
 Mattresses I bought of you four years ago were in the water 
 
 for over a week. They floated with the bedding on them, and never even soiled the bed-clothes. 
 Although very comfortable, I find the water has soaked into the mattresses along the edges. I am 
 
 not kicking about the mattresses, for I like them very 
 much, but there must be something surely wrong when the 
 water soaks into the edges. What can you suggest ? 
 Respectfu/ly, 
 
 We offered 
 to renew 
 
 at half cost, 
 and yet 
 he kicks. 
 
 E. S. GRESSER 
 
 
 Cliff Paper Company, Niagara 
 Falls, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 4, 1904 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses purchased 
 
 from you some six years ago are proving all you claim, 
 
 and entirely satisfactory in every possible way. 
 
 We are so well satisfied we will never use any 
 
 other kind. Yours very truly, 
 
 ARTHUR C. HASTINGS 
 
 Would use 
 
 no other 
 
 kind. 
 
 CHAIR CUSHION. 
 
 Fabrikoid Covering, Duck Bottom, 
 
 $6.00 each. 
 
 Shanghai, China. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 24, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — Ostermoor Mattresses have proven particu- 
 larly pleasing and comfortable to myseif, and thoroughly satis- 
 factory in every respect, as is shown by my several orders 
 of t> ith mattresses and bedsteads which I have had shipped to 
 this far away point. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 (Rev.) BROWNELL GAGE 
 
 
 mi 
 
 L itij 
 
 wmwwm 
 
 CHAIR CUSHION. 
 
 Repp Covering, both sides alike, 
 
 $5.00 each. 
 
i<4 
 
 LL SORTS OF CUSHIONS for Cozy Corners, Chairs, Divan*, 
 
 etc., etc., are most luxurious and exceedingly enduring, built 
 of Ostermoor Filling in the Ostermoor way. They will not 
 mat or pack, but preserve their lines and shapeliness indefinitely, 
 and there being no friction with this evenly elastic filling, 
 covering wears twice as long, so that they are most econom- 
 ical. Moth proof. Uust proof too ! 
 
 Proven all you 
 claim during 
 
 10 years. 
 
 Are giving the 
 
 greatest possible 
 
 satisfaction. 
 
 Better than 
 
 the best hair 
 
 money can buy. 
 
 Superior to all 
 
 others, although 
 
 10 years old. 
 
 WINDOW SEAT CUSHIONS. 
 "Ourstet" Double-Rolled Edge. 
 See Price List, per square foot, page 105. 
 
 «(?* t£& 1£& 
 
 Henry Bullard, Middletown, Conn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 71 Washington St., March 19, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen: — My experience with Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions has proven they are all you 
 claim for them in every particular. I am sleeping on an Ostermoor daily, and have been for ten years 
 past, with the greatest possible satisfaction. 
 
 'J'/ify are softer than hair, very evenly elastic, and do not mat or pack, or form in lumps ami hollows 
 as hair does. 
 
 My wife has recommended them to her friends and neighbors who have since bought them of you, 
 and are very much pleased. 
 
 The Ostermoor Jl/attresses and Cushions that you furnished for my steam yacht ivere m6re than 
 satisfactory. • Yours very truly, 
 
 £L ^t Jt HENRY BULLARD 
 
 Lord, Owen & Co., Chicago, 111. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 72 and 74 Wabash Ave., May (i, 1902. 
 
 Gentlemen : — About ten years ago I was induced to give the Ostermoor Mattress a comparative trial 
 with a first-class curled hair mattress, which was the best 
 that money could buy. I have used your Mattress con- 
 stantly ever since, and it gives me much pleasure to 
 state that I find it to be in all respects as com- 
 fortable, agreeable, and as satisfactory as any 
 mattress that I have ever used, and your 
 claims as to its wonderful merits and 
 superiority over all others, I believe, are 
 fully sustained. 
 
 I would further state that I have 
 not only observed, but experienced 
 the desirable points of your Seat 
 Cushions both in church and at home, 
 those you made for me being fully 
 as satisfactory as the Mattress in all 
 particulars. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 THOMAS LORD 
 
 CHAIR CUSHIONS. 
 Corduroy Plush Covering, both sides alike, $7.00 each. 
 
 (Minimum Cushion charge is 1 square feet.) 
 
io5 
 
 Price 
 
 p- "**"• ' »** t> 
 
 Ostermoor Cushions 
 
 are all hand-laid 
 
 sheeted filling, 
 
 closed and sewn 
 
 within covering 
 
 entirely 
 
 by hand 
 
 Uniform, softness, 
 
 perfect fit, and 
 
 preservation 
 
 of shape. 
 
 Ostermoor Cushions 
 
 absolutely 
 
 guaranteed. 
 
 Pantasote 
 
 1.40 
 
 Fabrikoid Leather 
 
 1.40 
 
 Velour . 
 
 1.50 
 
 Mohair Plush 
 
 1.70 
 
 Cost Complete, three inches thick, any shape desired, covered with 
 
 Duck or Ticking . $ 1 .00 per square foot. Corduroy Plush . $1.35 per square foot. 
 Denim . . . 1.15 " " 
 
 Mercerized Art Twills 1.15 " " 
 
 Repps . . 1.20 " " 
 
 Mohair Damask . 1.25 " " 
 
 Corduroy . . 1.30 " " Hand=Buffed Leather 1.75 " " 
 
 The minimum Cushion charge is 4 square feet. 
 Bottom of Cushion in Denim to match color of Covering, 10 cts. extra per square foot. 
 Cushions with Imperial Borders, as illustrated, page 100, 25c. extra per square foot. 
 
 "Ourstet Special" Style tufted edges, as illustrated, pages 96, 97, 98, 
 25c. extra per square foot. 
 
io6 
 
 Recent test of the wonderful floating quality of the Ostermoor Mattress. 
 
 S. S. Princess Victoria, Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Victoria 
 Messrs. OSTERMOOR X: C<>. 
 
 ( Ientlemen : — According 
 
 March 24, 1904. 
 to instructions from the Superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Com- 
 pany's Coast Service, I supervised a severe test of the flota- 
 tion qualities of the Ostermoor Mattress. 
 
 Its buoyancy as a life saving appliance has estab- 
 lished itself fully, and we prefer it for safety's sake, 
 to the cork belts which the Passenger Act calls for, 
 deeming it far more serviceable. 
 
 One of the single size Ostermoor Mattresses 
 supplied to the S. S. Princess Victoria, was thrown over- 
 board at nine o'clock A. M. A small board was on same, 
 S. S. Princess Victoria. ant } a l )UC ket containing 160 pounds of sand — dead weight was ad< led. 
 After floating over four hours, the entire depth of the mattress was almost entirely clear of the 
 water. When 1 got on it myself (as I weigh 180 pounds) the mattress supported an entire weight 
 of 340 pounds, and was even then but partially submerged. 
 
 The mattress was left floating in the water with the 160 pounds of sand upon it, until three o'clock 
 the following day, and during the entire thirty hours it floated 
 clear of the water, and when taken out, it was found that only 
 the outer surface, of the outer sheets, were but slightly wet. 
 
 This test was a proven success in every particular, and 
 permit me to say that, during the twenty-two years I have 
 followed the sea, having some knowledge therefore of the value 
 of life saving appliances, I have never yet seen so remarkable 
 a retention of buoyancy. 
 
 It may interest you to know that during the test I pad- 
 dled around the harbor on the Ostermoor Mattress for several 
 hours, with a bucket of sand and a board to stand on. 
 
 Trusting also that the photograph I send you under 
 separate cover, taken during the test, may prove of interest, 
 I am, faithfully yours, 
 
 C. D. NEROUTSOS, 
 First Officer, S. S. Princess Victoria 
 
 
 Photographed during actual test. 
 
 BUOYANT MATTRESSES. 
 
 {Extract from the Daily Times, Victoria, B. C] 
 
 " The Princess Victoria, which is expected to go on the regular run again about April 1st. will carry 
 an add itional life-preserving outfit by reason of being supplied throughout with the celebrated Ostermoor 
 mattnss in all the sleeping apartments. 
 
 " These come to the company guaranteed to be capable of sustaining a heavy weight in the water. 
 They are impervious to water, the Ostermoor filling being especially adapted to make it buoyant. A 
 test was made on Thursday night in the inner harbor with one of the mattresses. It was thrown into 
 the water, and easily sustained a man's weight with 160 pounds of sand in addition. It is calculated 
 by those in charge that the mattressess would each bear up the weight of four men. 
 
 " '! he test was being made of the time during which they would withstand the water. After being 
 immersed about two days, no change could be noticed in their buoyancy. They will form no incon- 
 siderable addition to the comfort and life preserving outfit of the ship." 
 
 DAILY TIMES, VICTORIA, B. C, MARCH 12, 1904. 
 
107 
 
 have furnished 
 
 bcer^jnenti^uie 
 EliorTsaTid C hutches 
 
 t uthe^mted States 
 i»ith 
 
 STflRfl)OOR 
 cushions 
 
 Our Special Book 
 
 "Church Cushions" 
 
 is yours for the asking 
 
 
io8 
 
 A I TO THE LAST CENSUS there are 118,153 complete 
 
 Church edifices in the United States, 
 including all but the Jewish and Roman 
 Catholic denominations. This num- 
 ber, of course, also includes Chap- 
 els, Sunday Schools, etc. Cath- 
 olics never cushion their pews, 
 except in rarest instances; and we 
 have done but very little for the 
 Jewish Synagogues. Excluding 
 these, also the Chapels and Sun- 
 day Schools, we find there are not 
 quite 100,000 complete Church Auditoriums, probably less than 75,000 of 
 which are furnished with cushions. Ostermoor Cushions are in use in over 
 one-third of these — the twenty-five thousand we have furnished being really 
 all of any prominence. The Calvary Baptist Church, New York City, was one of 
 the first we furnished, in 1853, and the cushions have seen fifty-one years' constant 
 service, and yet are as good today for as many more. The pastor, Rev. Dr. 
 R. S. MacArthur, says: 
 
 Heartily 
 
 recommended. 
 
 After 51 years' 
 
 constant use 
 
 certainly as good 
 
 as new today. 
 
 Calvary Baptist Church, New York. 
 
 Messrs. Ostekmuok & C<>. March 24, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — It gives me much pleasure to say that the Ostermoor Cushions put by your company 
 into the Calvary Baptist Church ffty-onc years ago arc still in most excellent condition, and I can very 
 heartily recommend them. 
 
 They still retain their elasticity, ami arc free from moth and vermin of every sort. 
 
 They have preserved their shape better, and are, in my judgment, in every way more desirable than 
 cushions made of any other material off "cred to the public. 
 
 The cushions were put in the church long before I became a preacher. Of their present condition I 
 can judge. In regard to the length of time they have been in use, and the satisfaction they have univer- 
 sally given, the officers of the church are my authority. 
 
 We found the cushions, after so many years' constant use, in s/ie/i good condition that upon going into 
 our nciv church we had you recover them, and they are today i ertainlv as good as new. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 R. S. MACARTHUR, D. D., PASTOfl 
 
 A photographic reproduction of one of these Ostermoor Cushions after over fifty years 
 a record of which we are exceedingly proud. This cushion is 
 on exhibition in our show rooms today. 
 
log 
 
 ROBABLY THE MOST NOTABLE EXAMPLE of the truly mar- 
 velous endurance and longevity of Ostermoor Cushions is to be 
 found in All Souls' Church, 4th Avenue and 20th Street, New York 
 City. These Cushions — made by us in 1855, are 49 years old to- 
 day — have never as yet been recovered, nor have they had any repairs whatever 
 during all these years, other than the necessary replacing of a few tufts, and 
 sewing up rips, in Damask covering, that is now worn with age and badly faded, 
 but are in such perfect shape today, and possess their original elasticity to such 
 an extent as seems almost incredible, after forty-nine years of constant service. 
 See testimonial given us in 1881, by the Rev. Dr. H. W. Bellows, at that time 
 pastor of church; and then read the one given by the Rev. Dr. Thos. R. Sheer, 
 the present pastor, after a lapse of twenty-three years. 
 
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 All Souls' Church, New York City. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. June 7, 1881. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — I am happy to say the Ostermoor Cushions placed in our church by your company twenty-six years 
 ago are in excellent condition at this date, still elastic, and apparently likely to outlast most of those 
 who sit upon them. . 
 
 I have recommended the Ostermoor Cushions to many churchbuilding com- 
 mittees as cheaper, better than all others and free from dangers from 
 
 moth, or tendencies to mat or lose elasticity. — i - T — 
 
 Respectfully yours, ""N' 
 
 H. W. BELLOWS, D. D., 
 
 Pastor 
 
 V* 1^* l£* 
 
 156 E. 38th St., New York. 
 
 March 4, 1904. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — You may add to the testi- 
 monial given you by Dr. Bellows, that those 
 Ostermoor Cushions are still in use and in good 
 condition today. 
 
 The sexton states that no repairs whatever 
 have been made during the eighteen years he 
 has been with the church, excepting to put in 
 a few new buttons and sewing up the rips in 
 Damask covering. 
 
 This gives you a complete record of forty- 
 nine years, and certainly makes an excellent 
 showing of remarkable longevity. 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 THOS. R. SLICER, 
 Pastor All Souls- Church 
 
 Interior of All Souls' Church, March 1904. showing condition 
 of these Cushions after 49 years' of service. 
 
Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 
 
 Hand-Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand-Sewed Closing 
 
 of the Ostermoor Cushions. 
 
 Copyright 1897, 
 Ostermoor & Co 
 
 Mode of building up the Ostermoor sheets in open covering 
 by hand, a dainty method of building Cushions that guaran- 
 tees accuracy in weight, thickness, and uniform elasticity. 
 
 and far 
 Cushion 
 
 The method of building Ostermoor Cushions is most unusua 
 different from the usual stuffing of every other Cushion ever made 
 Covers are all cut and daintily finished, complete in every particular, with lining 
 basted to cover to prevent friction, and all seamed together on the heavy duck 
 used for bottom, which is left open the entire length of one side and both ends, 
 like the lid of a box or trunk. 
 
 Into this box-like cover the Ostermoor Sheets are hand-laid, one over the 
 other, by carefully calculated weight per square inch, until the desired thickness 
 be obtained, and then by gentle, even pressure, the whole is incorporated into 
 one sheet of uniform thickness, and enclosed within the already completed cover- 
 ing entirely by hand sewing across the two ends and one entire side. 
 
 South Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Thirty 
 years old. 
 
 Retain shape and 
 elasticity 
 
 most remarkably. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. October 15, 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen : — It affords me pleasure to state that the Ostermoor Cushions which have been in use in 
 the South Congregational Church for nearly thirty years air still in excellent condition, and probably 
 7i'/// remain so for many yours to come. They retain their shape and elasticity remarkably, and show no 
 
 signs of wear whatever. 
 
 Vours trul 
 
 H. C. ROWLEY, Chairman parish Committee 
 
 h, 
 
 
Ill 
 
 Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 
 
 Hand-Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand-Sewed Closing 
 
 of the Ostermoor Cushions. 
 
 Copyright 1897, 
 Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Stowing the dainty Ostermoor sheets evenly built in place, 
 and being compressed within the completed covering entirely 
 by hand sewing, across both ends and the entire back. 
 
 By this building only is it possible to secure that absolute uniformity in the 
 distribution of elasticity which Ostermoor Cushions possess ; every square inch 
 exactly duplicates each other, and guaranteed accuracy of both thickness and 
 width is assured. The surface of filling being even, and the covering tightly drawn 
 and basted to lining, prevents friction, and wears much longer than ordinarily. 
 
 Compare our exceptional method with the usual manner of stuffing Cushions, 
 that means making a simple sack or bag, leaving but one end open, stuffing 
 filling into same in a haphazard fashion, which quickly sewn up, and as quickly 
 tufted, depending entirely upon tufts for shape, making at best an uneven 
 Cushion that is bound to mat and pack. Ostermoor Cushions never mat or 
 p ac k — never spread — lump or become uneven. 
 
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 First Universalist Church. Providence, R. I. 
 
 .»'•/-» sr r , 11 Euclid Ave., March 24, 1904. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. iJ e.^ 1 -"" n,s -i 
 
 Dear Sirs:— I did not reply at once to your letter of inquiry concerning the Ostermoor Cushions 
 you put in my church, because I desired to speak with members of my parish concerning them. 
 
 The Cushions have given entire satisfaction. The best evidence of their durability is the fact 
 that nobody has suggested that they need renewal, and it will be thirty-two years next fall since the 
 church was built and the Cushions put in. HEN ry I RVTrJ& s cW^K/l)iW, rs PASTOR since ie?s 
 
 Have given 
 
 entire satisfaction 
 
 fur iJ'2 years. 
 
Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 
 
 Hand=Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand-Sewed Closing 
 
 of the Ostermoor Cushions. 
 
 Showing the built up Sheets of Ostermoor 
 appearing from out a completely finished 
 Cushion, ripped open for Inspection. Note 
 resiliency of filling. 
 
 Copyright 1897, 
 Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 The Corded-Edge Cushion is the standard of its class, and just such as we 
 have been making for the past forty-nine years, but showing all the wonderful 
 improvements we have made in the art during these many years' experience. A 
 very square and shapely Cushion of unbroken outline, lying perfectly flat upon 
 the pew seat, and swelling above cords. Made with a boxed-edge border and 
 
 Corded-Edge Cushion 
 Corduroy Plush 
 Covering. 
 
 lined throughout with heavy cotton cloth; bottomed with eight-ounce duck; cov- 
 ering all in one piece, from underside or facing of front edge to bottom of back; 
 tightly basted to lining to prevent friction. All edges corded and sides stitched 
 through and tufted in eight-inch diamonds with four-inch breaks. Uniform 
 thickness throughout both front and back. 
 
 J* 
 
 Better than 
 
 hair. '2'J years 
 
 old, excellent 
 
 condition. 
 
 St. Mark's P. E. Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. St. Mark's Rectory, January 20, 1898. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — It gives me pleasure to say that the Ostermoor Cushions furnished St. Mark's Church 
 twenty-nine years ago today are still in excellent condition, and have given good satisfaction. 
 
 I do not perceive that they have matted down or failed in every respect to wear better than hair; and 
 are free from dust and moth. Very respectfully yours, s. M. HASKINS, Rector 
 
H3 
 
 Ostermoor Church Cushions* 
 
 Photographic reproductions of Ostermoor Cushions of our original designs. 
 
 Copyright 1897, 
 Oitennoor & Co 
 
 "Ourstet" 
 RolIed=Edge Cushion 
 
 Diamond Tufting 
 Corduroy Plush Covering 
 
 Design Patent applied fur. 
 
 The "Ourstet" Rolled-Edge Cushion is an entirely new, original design — 
 exclusively our own, which we have arbitrarily named, superior even to, and 
 an improvement upon, the Corded-Edge Cushion. It is the acme of art in 
 cushion-making, and we have applied for design patent upon same. 
 
 It possesses unusual features, covering being all in one piece, unbroken by 
 cords or seams, nothing to rip or wear, has an unusually thick, high front, 
 with a double-rolled edge — especially desirable for circular pews, and being less 
 thick in back, has a decided pitch which adds wonderfully to comfort and 
 durability — only evolved by us after 51 years' constant study of the requirements 
 of the art in making Ostermoor Perfect Church Pew Cushions. 
 
 "Ourstet" 
 
 Rolled=Edge Cushion 
 
 Diamond Tufting 
 
 Super= Extra Mohair Damask 
 
 Covering. 
 
 Design Patent applied fur, 
 
 Flemington Baptist Church, Flemington, N. J. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 5, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I am pleased to testify to the undoubted excellence of the Ostermoor Cushions 
 you placed in the Flemington Baptist Church in 1867, and which you simply recovered in 1889. 
 They are today in excellent order, and giving us perfect satisfaction, and we feel quite sure are 
 as good as new today., after thirty-seven years of service. Yours truly, 
 
 HOWARD SUTPHIN, TREASURER SINCE 1880 
 
 Undoubted 
 excellence. 
 Good as new to- 
 day, after 
 37 years of service. 
 
H4 
 
 Ostermoor Church Cushions* 
 
 Photographic reproductions of Ostermoor Cushions of original designs. 
 
 Copyright 1897, 
 Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Corded-Edge Cushion 
 Square or Biscuit Tufting 
 Corduroy Plush Covering 
 
 Especially made for St. Agnes' Chapel, Trinity Church Corporation, New York City. 
 
 
 Although 
 
 over 49 years old, 
 
 still in good 
 
 condition. 
 
 Would use no 
 
 other. 
 
 First Baptist Church, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Hartford, Conn., October IS), 1900. 
 
 Gentlemen -.—Forty-nine years ago we bought of you the Ostermoor Cushions for the First Baptist 
 Church of this city. They are still in use and in good condition, and so well satisfied are we with their 
 remarkably long wear that if we were to have more we would without hesitation again use Ostermoor 
 in preference to hair or any other material. 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 JAMES L. HOWARD, PRES't 
 
 Corded Hd^e Cushion 
 
 Diamond Tufting 
 
 Special 
 
 Satin=Finish Mohair 
 
 Damask Covering 
 
 First class, 
 although in 
 
 constant use for 
 
 46 years. 
 
 Apparently 
 
 as good as new. 
 
 Frank Street M. E. Church, Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. November 15, 1000. 
 
 Gentlemen:— The Ostermoor Cushions your firm furnished the Frank Street Methodist Episcopal 
 Church in 1854 are still in use, and are still shapely, soft, elastic and pliable, although they have been in 
 constant use ever since they were put in the church, forty-six years ago. They are apparently as good 
 as new. 
 
 From this experience we can certainly recommend Ostermoor cushions as first class. 
 
 Very truly, 
 C. L. CRIFFITH, Chairman Board of Trustees 
 
H5 
 
 Ostermoor Church Cushions* 
 
 1 Photographic reproductions of Ostermoor Cushions of original designs. 
 
 •« Ourstet-Special " 
 
 Rolled-Edge Cushion 
 
 Special Tufted Edges 
 
 Corduroy Plush 
 
 Covering 
 
 Design Pat«at applied f»r. 
 
 Strikingly new, rich and handsome. Especially made for Mr. Cornelius 
 Vanderbilt, 'for St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City; and also for Mr. 
 George Vanderbilt, for All Souls' Memorial Church; on his estate, Biltmore, N. C. 
 
 Ourstet-Special " 
 
 Kneeling Cushion 
 Matching the above Cushion 
 
 Unusual and Original. 
 
 Made any heigJit or thickness ; six- 
 teen inches long, as here shown, or 
 forty feet long for an Altar Kneel- 
 ing Rail, for use without the step. 
 
 Desiga Patent applied for. 
 
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 Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Mich. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 20, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Cushions you furnished our new Church have given entire satis- 
 faction in every respect, are, of course, in first-class condition, and we are highly pleased with them. 
 
 This church can speak from experience of the enduring quality of Ostermoor Cushions, as the 
 cushions in our old church were furnished by you in 1855, we using them constantly until church 
 was torn down in 1893 (some thirty-eight years), they being then in very good condition. They 
 were purchased by, and are in use at the present day, in the People's Congregational Church in 
 this city. 
 
 Ostermoor Cushions have certainly proven to be all you claim in the way of durability 
 and everlasting elasticity. We shall expect the new cushions, from the record of the old, to last 
 for at least fifty years. Yours very truly, 
 
 DE WITT H. TAYLOR, W. HOWIE MUIR,) 
 
 JAMES H. MCMILLAN, DE WITT LOO M IS, > board OF 
 
 JAMES T. SHAW, > trustees 
 
 ELISHA TAYLOR, R. O. WHEELER, H. P. CHRISTY, ) 
 
 L. E. CLARK, 6- B.WIGHT, JAMES H. MUIR, i ELDERS 
 
 " Everlasting 
 
 elasticity certainly 
 
 proven." 
 
 Cushions made 
 
 49 years ago for 
 
 Jefferson Ave. 
 
 Presbyterian 
 
 Church and still 
 
Ii6 
 
 Ostermoor Church Kneelers* 
 
 Photographic reproductions of Ostermoor Special Kneeling Pads made for 
 St. Agnes' Chapel (small), and Church of St. Mary the Virgin (large). 
 
 Copyright 1897, Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Unqualified 
 testimony. 
 Wonderful 
 durability. 
 
 33 years old. 
 
 Still in use. 
 
 Corduroy Plush Covering. 
 
 Both Sides Alike. 
 
 Size 10x15 inches, 3 inches thick. 
 
 %£& ((?• ^* 
 
 Christ Church, Cooperstown, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1904. 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Cushions 
 which you furnished for our church thirty- 
 three years ago are still in excellent con- 
 dition, having stood the ''Test of Time" 
 far Iwyond our expectations. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 W. H. MERCHANT, Treasurer 
 
 In excellent 
 condition after 
 33 years' use. 
 
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 Kent Street Reformed Church, 
 14-3 Noble Street. 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1904. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Cushions which 
 you put in the Kent Street Reformed Church more 
 than thirty-three years ago are still in use and in 
 very good condition i mired today. The Church is 
 ready to bear unqualified testimony as to their 
 durability and the extreme satisfaction which 
 they have given. Yours truly, 
 
 LEWIS FRANCIS, D. D., PASTOR 
 
 Copyright 1897, Oitermoor & Co. 
 
 Corduroy Plush Covering. 
 
 Both Sides Alike. 
 
 Size 8 x 13 inches, 1J£ inches thick. 
 
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 Although 33 
 years old, good 
 as new today. 
 
 Church of the Ascension, West New Brighton, S. I. 
 
 Messrs. Osterm >V Co. New York, March 15, 1004. 
 
 Dear Sii.s: Let me add this cordial testimonial to the ipany you have received as to the excellent 
 , . ■/, , we have had hum the Ostermoor Cushions placed in our church pews some thirty-three years ago. 
 They were simply recovered in 1*%, and are today as good ,rs new. " The Test of Time " is certainly in 
 their favor. Very truly yours, 
 
 PASCAL HARROWER, PASTOR 
 ^* i^* *2* 
 
 4fi years of 
 
 constant use. 
 
 Still retain shape 
 
 and good for 
 
 as many more. 
 
 Plymouth Congregational Church, Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. November 26, 1901. 
 
 Gentlemen:- Your Ostermoor Cushions were put in our Church in 1855, were simply recovered by 
 you in 1877, and now appear to be about as good as new. They retain their shape and are all in good 
 , ondition. 
 
 After forty six years' constant use, they seem as good for as many more, judging from present 
 appearance. Yours truly, 
 
 WM. T. BROWN. Pastor 
 
117 
 
 Ostermoor Church Kneelers* 
 
 # 
 
 Photographic reproductions of special Hassocks, with our special filling, 
 combination of granulated cork and wood fibre, topped with Ostermoor sheets, 
 making most solid, light and wonderfully durable Hassocks that keep their shape. 
 
 29 years old. 
 
 In 
 
 most excellent 
 
 ■ condition. 
 
 More than fulfill 
 
 guarantee. 
 
 Copyright, 1897, 
 Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Emanuel Baptist Church, 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 January 31, 1900. 
 
 Messrs. OSTERMOOK & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Cushions 
 have been in use in our church for tiui nty- 
 nine years and are still in most excellent 
 condition, and very satisfactory indeed. 
 They promise to last as lone- as the church 
 building, and certainly more than fulfill 
 your guarantee. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 WALLACE BUTTRICK 
 
 t*3* t&& ^* 
 
 Square Hassock 
 Corduroy Plush Covering 
 
 Size, 9x14 inches. 
 
 6 inches high. 
 
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 Copyright, 1897, 
 Oval HaSSOck Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Corduroy Plush Covering 
 
 Size, 8J4xlo inches. 
 
 6 inches high. 
 
 St. John's P. E. Church, 
 Yonkers, N. Y. 
 
 February 12, 1902. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen : — It affords me 
 pleasure to say to you that we are 
 greatly gratified with the appearance 
 and wonderful durability of your 
 Ostermoor Cushions and Hassocks 
 you made for us in 1871, thirty-one 
 years ago, and which you recovered 
 in 1892 with your beautiful Corduroy 
 Plush. 
 
 After thirty-one years constant 
 use, Cushions are absolutely as good 
 as new. Very truly yours, 
 
 W. H. PADDOCK, Warden 
 
 Wonderful 
 
 durability after 31 
 
 years' constant 
 
 use. 
 
 Absolutely good 
 
 as new. 
 
 Church of the Holy Communion, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 14, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Cushions, placed in the Church of the Holy Communion in this 
 city thirty-two years ago, have given entire satisfaction, and I have no hesitation in recommend- 
 ing the same to others as the best thing I know for the purpose. 
 
 Not a cushion is in the least matted down, and / cannot see that they have in any particular 
 depreciated from what they were when new. 
 
 Can also say the same of Ostermoor Mattresses, which I have been using about the same 
 number of years. They are really -wonderful. Very respectfully, 
 
 JOSEPH A. SEISS, D.D., PASTOR 
 
 32 years old. 
 Have never depre- 
 ciated. 
 They are 
 wonderful. 
 
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 STERMOOR CAR CUSHIONS 
 
 have been adopted and used 
 
 for many years by many of the 
 most prominent Street Railway 
 Lines of the United States, as 
 the most satisfactory in every 
 respect. They are dust-proof, 
 a most essential feature, and 
 possessing- marvelously endur- 
 ing elasticity, they never mat 
 or pack. All our claims as to 
 their wonderful merits have 
 been fully proven during many 
 years continuous use in Boston, 
 Mass., and Providence, R. I., 
 where they are used exclusively in 
 all the cars. The latter place, as 
 you win see from testimonial below, has never 
 found it necessary to even have one remade dur- 
 ing the past twenty-four years' daily demonstra- 
 tion of their merits. No rougher usage can be 
 imagined anywhere; they stand the severest test. 
 
 After 24 years' 
 
 experience, 
 
 consider them 
 
 superior to all 
 
 others. 
 
 The Rhode Island Company., Providence, R. I. 
 
 General Manager's Office. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor iV; Co. February 17, 190i. 
 
 I>i m; Sirs :— We have used a large number of Ostermoor Cushions in all our cars for the/,/*/ twenty- 
 four years, and during this time Ziar'e not found it necessary to have any remade, and consider them 
 superior to hair or any others we have ever used. Very respectfully, 
 
 ROBERT I. TODD, • bn-l Manager 
 
 
 Elasticity perfect 
 
 today, although 
 
 used constantly 
 
 for 21 years. 
 
 Rev. Wm. S. Owens, D.D., Campbell. California. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 2, 1904, 
 
 De \k Sirs: — We have had two of Ostermoor Mattresses in constant use for over twenty-one vears, 
 ami tiny are in excellent condition today, and are not in any degree less comfortable or elastic than when 
 new, after all these years of service. 
 
 In lXXi, while I was pastorof the United Presbyterian Church at Steubenville, Ohio, we furnished 
 our new Church with your Cushions, and they have also given entire satisfaction. 
 
 Ostermoor products are certainly remarkable in every way, and I can most heartily recommend both 
 Cushions and Mattresses to every one in search of a really good and exceptionally fine article. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 WM. S. OWENS 
 
ii 9 
 
 STERMOOR DIVANS AND COSEY SEATS, either with or 
 without spring bottom or under supports, possess exceptional 
 
 comfort, and are the very acme of luxurious softness, possess- 
 ing an endurance and longevity possible in no other make. 
 
 They can be built any shape or size, making a delight- 
 fully pleasing Drawing Room Divan, as here shown, or are 
 readily adaptable for Bay Window Seats, Hall Seats, Divans, etc., in fact are 
 simply perfect wherever a seat with Cushion can be used, and the luxury of 
 springs underneath, which add so immeasurably to comfort, is desired (see 
 illustration Stock Divan, page 121). Special shapes built to order at special 
 prices. 
 
 Construction of Spring Under-body illustrated and described, page 1*2.'!. 
 
 fc?* ^* fc?* 
 
 Glencarlyn, Va. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 4, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattress purchased oi you seven years ago is today the most 
 comfortable bed I ever slept on, and we are perfectly satisfied. 
 
 Before making the purchase I 
 made a little allowance for the 
 usual business exaggeration as to 
 the merits of the Mattress, fully 
 expecting the cotton to grow lumpy 
 in a short time ; but constant use 
 and proof has convinced me that 
 your advertisement may be taken 
 literally, and the mattress is some- 
 thing much more than simply cotton. 
 Notwithstanding my 
 own corroboration of 
 your statements a short 
 time since I was in- 
 duced to try another 
 make, guaranteed to be 
 of the same material, 
 and in every way equal 
 to the Ostermoor. It 
 wasn't, of course, nor 
 anywhere near as com- 
 fortable, and after a 
 week of conscientious 
 experiment, we re- 
 turned to our old Os- 
 termoor and sent the "just as good" 
 back, and now have a new Oster- 
 moor in place, and are correspond- 
 ingly happy. 
 
 We shall never sleep on any 
 other Mattress than the Ostermoor. 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 C. E. TOWN 
 
An Ostermoor Luxury. 
 
 A. C. & R. M. Barbour, 
 Toledo, O. 
 
 March 1 1902. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen: — About seventeen years 
 ago I purchased from you three of your 
 Ostermoor Mattresses for my own use, and 
 one that I sent to my son at Albuquerque, 
 N. M. 
 
 The three that I used at home have 
 been in almost constant use and have 
 given the most perfect satisfaction. The 
 cushions since purchased are in every way 
 fully as desirable. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 A. C. BARBOUR 
 
 Almost as good 
 as new after 23 
 great com- 
 fort and per- 
 fectly satisfactory 
 
 Maryland Steel Company, 
 Sparrows Point, Maryland. 
 
 March 20, 1904. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Gentlemen: — It is over 23 years ago 
 since I first purchased Ostermoor Mat- 
 tresses, and, after using them personally 
 all this time, we find them about as good as 
 they were at first. 
 
 They never become lumpy or uneven, 
 but have always retained their elasticity. 
 We are so well pleased that we would use 
 no other than Ostermoor Mattresses or 
 Cushions. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 D. J. NIENTON 
 
 Special Seats, with removable Ostermoor Cushions, made to order at small 
 cost — either with spring Underbody or not, as desired. The sort not obtainable 
 elsewhere at any price — as illustrated above, or like Divan on next page. 
 
 For construction Underbody, see page 123. 
 
 ((?• t<3* t^* 
 
 Borden Condensed Milk Co., New York City. 
 
 Has no equal. 
 
 Never had a 
 
 satisfactory 
 
 mattress before. 
 
 Used 17 years. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 176-180 East 116th St., March 25, 1904. 
 
 Gentlemen: — Replying to your favor in regard to the Ostermoor Mattress purchased of you some 
 seventeen years ago, I wish to say that I never had a mattress that gave satisfaction until I purchased 
 that one. For comfort and durability it has no equal. Since purchasing the first one, I have bought and 
 now use five more. 
 
 I have recommended several of my friends to your house, and they are all well pleased. I am 
 only too happy to bear the most unqualified testimony as to the wonderful excellence of Ostermoor 
 Mattresses and Cushions. We would use nothing else. Yours very truly, 
 
 GEORGE E. BELLOWS 
 
The Ostermoor Divan. 
 
 FR-Hi-H 1 
 
 
 OSTERHOOR UPHOLSTERED SPRING DIVAN UNDERBODY. 
 
 SPECIAL OSTERMOOR MATTRESS=CUSHION WITH FRILL. 
 
 FOUR FRENCH PILLOWS, 18 in. x 18 in., GATHERED ROUND CORNERS. 
 
 Cost Complete, as shown above, Covered with mercerized Art Twills, Any Color, 
 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, $40.00. 3 feet wide, $47.50. 
 
 Covered with Corduroy Plush, $f0.00 extra, 
 
 Grace Church, Stafford Springs, Conn. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermook & G >. February 15, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs :— The two Ostermoor Mattresses you sold me some 
 fifteen years ago are superior to anything I ever used in that line. 
 
 Besides retaining their shape and wonderful and everlasting 
 elasticity, they seem to me to be far healthier than, not only 
 any other materal, but even the best of hair. 
 
 The Ostermoor Cushions you made for St. Thomas' Church 
 Bethel, in 1883, twenty-one years ago, are as elastic as ever, while 
 those you made for the addition to the church, eleven years ago, 
 appear as if made but yesterday, they are so good. 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 Mattress-Cushion Raised, Showing Spring Underbody. 
 Ctftstructitn, Illustrated, page 123. 
 
 
 Haverford College, Haverford, Pa. 
 
 WM. MORRALL, Rector 
 
 March 1. 1902. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermhor iS: Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— I can certainly heartily recommend your Ostermoor both for Mattresses and Cushions, as we have 
 tried both and found them most highly satisfactory, Yours truly, WM C. LADD 
 
Ostermoor Metal Bedsteads and SpringSc 
 
 The " Different " Kind. 
 
 Our 
 
 Special 
 
 Bedstead 
 
 Bo oklet, 
 
 'Built for Sleep, '' 
 
 is yours 
 
 for the 
 
 asking. 
 
 Quaint 
 
 Pattern 
 
 ' Four Poster ' 
 
 Bedstead of 
 
 Wrought 
 
 Steel, 
 
 a Dainty 
 
 Arrangement. 
 
 Nothing can 
 
 i impare with 
 
 your mattresses. 
 
 Retained 
 
 their elasticity 
 
 unimpaired 
 
 for 23 years, 
 
 which to 
 
 devotees of hair 
 
 seems 
 
 incredulous. 
 
 OSTERMOOR METAL BEDSTEADS — both Brass and Steel — are all 
 made with exceptional care, of selected materials and from exclusive designs. 
 Quaint, novel, attractive and useful — metal springs, too. Illustrated book free. 
 W e also make special upholstered springs of an unusually high grade — the kind 
 not obtainable elsewhere. See pages 123, 124, 125. 
 
 Rev. Thomas W. Illman, Taunton, Mass. 
 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 22, 1904. 
 
 Dear Sirs: — Through a friend of mine, who then had one of your Ostermoor Mattresses in use, I 
 was first introduced to them. That was in 1881 (23 years ago). I ordered one as an experiment, and I 
 take great pleasure in saying that the results have been in every way satisfactory. 
 
 Since that time I have procured others from you, until now they are the only kind we have in our 
 house. They retain their shape and elasticity in a manner that makes devotees of hair mattresses 
 incredulous. 
 
 I know of no material that i an begin to compare with the Ostermoor. My experient eivith it lias made 
 me r,\ ommend it to many of my friends, and they soon Join in the chorus of praise. 
 
 All the claims yon make for the material and workmanship of your mattresses seem to me well 
 within the hounds oj modesty. 
 
 I consider myself favored in having an opportunity to express my sentiments in regard to ( Istermoor 
 Mattresses. 
 
 With hearty wishes for your success in a business which adds so much to the comfort of the 
 world, I have the honor to remain, gentlemen, Truly and gratefully yours, 
 
 THOMAS W. I LLMAN 
 
123 
 
 THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF A REALLY GOOD SPRING, ONE 
 WORTHY AN OSTERMOOR MATTRESS, which is so hard to obtain, 
 led us to make special experiments along the line of betterment — and re- 
 sults in our production of one that is of radically different construction from any on 
 the market. One that enhances the value of the mattress 
 and remedies all the faults so common in others. 
 We pride ourselves on the achievement. 
 
 \Trade Mark- 
 Wegistered. 
 
 Ostermoor Upholstered Spiral Spring. 
 
 Opened to sho<zu Construction ivith Ostermoor Hand-Laid Top Filling. 
 
 We offer this Spring, especially to the luxurious, as the finest possible to be 
 obtained. It is all hand work. Full size spring contains six dozen of the finest 
 tempered peculiarly prepared, very elastic Bessemer Steel Spirals which are rigidly 
 fastened upon stoutly made boxed wood frame. 
 
 Upper edges have a frame work of rattan to which the springs are all trans- 
 versely tied, and then interlaced or woven together with linen cords which in turn 
 is finally covered with heavy webbing stretched over and stitched to the rattan 
 edge. Upon this foundation is built by hand a hand-laid top of Ostermoor 
 Sheets, two and one-half inches in thickness. 
 
 The whole is compressed and enclosed by hand, within an already made outer 
 covering of ticking, which by the same method of building as the Ostermoor 
 Mattress, is cleated in place and attached to frame, covering same entire — the 
 underside being finally bottomed and daintily backed with cloth. 
 
 Thus is achieved the building of the Ostermoor Spring-work which we can 
 guarantee to be absolutely perfect throughout. Ostermoor Springs and Divans, 
 Under-Beds and Under-Body Seats, will not sag, mat or pack, are all of the same 
 elasticity on edges as in the middle. They possess an endurance and longevity 
 not possible in others, and are absolutely unequaled anywhere at any price. 
 Price List of Springs, pages 124, 125. Divans, etc., pages 119, 120, 121. 
 
 Our Booklet, "Built for Sleep," illustrates our Metal Springs. 
 
124 
 
 Springs of Ostermoor Quality 
 
 "Ever soothe thee to repose." 
 
 OSTERMOOR UPHOLSTERED SPIRAL SPRING 
 
 For Wooden Bedsteads Only. 
 
 COVERED WITH BEST A. C. A. BLUE AND WHITE STRIPE TICKING, 
 WITH OSTERMOOR HAND-LAID SHEETED TOP. 
 
 COST TO FIT BEDSTEADS : 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, .... $15.00 
 
 3 feet wide, 
 
 3 feet 6 inches wide, 
 
 4 feet wide, 
 
 4 feet 6 inches wide, 
 
 16.00 
 17.00 
 18.00 
 19.00 
 
 SAHE SPRING WITHOUT OSTERMOOR SHEETED TOP $6.00 LESS. 
 
 Covered with High Grade Satin Finish Ticking, matching Mattresses, page J 30, $1.00 extra 
 Covered with French Mercerized Art Twills, $3.00 extra. 
 
 We also build, especially to order, even much more luxurious Springs of 
 exceptional softness, and special De Luxe finish, on edges and deeper springs, 
 extra thickness, etc., costing as follows : 
 
 Extra thickness, each extra inch. .... $5.00 extra. 
 
 French Edges, like Mattresses, page 132, . . 7.50 " 
 
 Imperial Border, like Mattresses, page 133, . . . 7.50 " 
 
 Imperial Border, Rolled Edges like Mattresses, page 134, 15.00 " 
 
Springs of Ostermoor Quality 
 
 "Ever soothe thee to repose/' 
 
 OSTERMOOR UPHOLSTERED SPIRAL SPRING 
 
 For Metal Bedsteads Only. 
 
 COVERED WITH BEST A. C. A. BLUE AND WHITE STRIPE TICKING, 
 
 WITH OSTERMOOR HAND-LAID SHEETED TOP. 
 
 Construction Illustrated and Described, page 124. 
 
 COST TO FIT BEDSTEADS : 
 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, .... $16.00 
 
 3 feet wide, ...... 17.00 
 
 3 feet 6 inches wide, .... 18.00 
 
 4 feet wide, ...... 19-00 
 
 4 feet 6 inches wide, .... 20.00 
 
 SAJIE SPRING WITHOUT OSTERMOOR HAND-LAID TOP $6.00 LESS. 
 
 Covered with High Grade Satin Finish Ticking, matching Mattresses, page 130, $1.00 extra 
 Covered with French Mercerized Art Twills, $3.00 extra. 
 
 We also build, especially to order, even much more luxurious Springs of 
 exceptional softness, and special De Luxe finish on edges and deeper springs, 
 extra thickness, etc., costing as follows: 
 
 Extra thickness, each extra inch. .... $5.00 extra. 
 
 French Edges, like Mattresses, page 132, . . 7.50 " 
 
 Imperial Border, like Mattresses, page 133, . . . 10.00 
 
 Imperial Border, Rolled Edges like Mattresses, page 134, 15.00 
 
126 
 
 Ostermoor Pillows 
 
 Square Corners, Covered with A. C. A. Ticking. 
 
 18 x 30 inches or less, . . $1.10 each. 
 
 20 x 30 inches or less, . . 1.30 each. 
 
 22 x 30 inches or less, . 1.50 each. 
 
 24x 30 inches or less, . 1.70 each. 
 
 26x30 inches or less, 1.90 each. 
 
 %£Tl |^W (^» 
 
 Covered <with High Grade Satin 
 Finish Ticking, 25c. extra. 
 
 Covered %>ith SMercerized 
 French Art Twills, 
 50c. extra. 
 
 Softer Pillows with French Corners, as Illustrated, 50c. extra. 
 
 (^5 (^* ^* 
 
 Ostermoor Sofa Pillows 
 
 Square Corners, Soft White Cambric Covering. 
 
 1.25 each. 
 1.50 each. 
 1.75 each. 
 2.00 each. 
 2.25 each. 
 
 18 x 18 inches or less, 
 20 x 20 inches or less, 
 22 x 22 inches or less, 
 24 x 24 inches or less, . 
 26 x 26 inches or less, 
 
 Denim Covering, 25c. extra. 
 
 Pillows covered ivitb Mercerized French 
 Art Twills, 50c. extra. 
 
 Softer, Plumper Pillows with Gathered Round Corners, as Illustrated, 75c. extra. 
 
127 
 
 Ostermoor Wedge Bolsters 
 
 Covered with A. C. A. Ticking 
 
 18 x 30 inches or less, .... $2.25 each. 
 
 18 x 3G inches or less, 3.00 each. 
 
 18 x 42 inches or less, 3.75 each. 
 
 18 x 18 inches or less, ..... 4.50 each. 
 
 18 x 54 inches or less, .... 5.25 each 
 
 High Grade Satin Finish 'Ticking, 60c. extra Mercerized French <Art Twills, $1.20 extra 
 
 Bolsters with Stitched Edges, like Illustration, $1.00 extra. 
 
 Imperial Rolled Edges, $2.00 extra. 
 
 Ostermoor Bolsters 
 
 With Square Corners 
 
 Covered with A. C. A. Ticking 
 
 18 x 30 inches or less, .... $2.10 each. 
 
 18 x 36 inches or less, 2.70 each. 
 
 18x42 inches or less, .... 3.30 each. 
 
 18x48 inches or less, 3.90 each. 
 
 18 x 54 inches or less, 4.50 each. 
 
 High Grade Satin Finish Ticking 50c. extra. cMercerized French Art Twills, $t extra. 
 Soft Bolster, with French Edge, Oval Ends, like Illustration, $1.00 extra. 
 
I2S 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 t4 Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 
 
 Copyright 
 1897, 
 
 Ostermoor 
 & Co. 
 
 Trade Mark- 
 Registered. 
 
 The Regular Ostermoor Mattress, as Advertised. 
 
 Price List, Stock Sizes, page 129. 
 SPECIALS COST EXTRA, AS FOLLOWS: 
 
 Mattresses made in Two Parts, Crosswise, ......... $0.50 
 
 Mattresses made in Three Parts, Crosswise, ......... 1.00 
 
 Mattresses made in Two Parts, Lengthwise, ......... 1.50 
 
 MATTRESSES WITH SPECIAL TUFTING. 
 
 Mattresses Tufted in Small Close Diamonds, ......... 2.00 
 
 Mattresses Tufted in Squares, ............ 1.50 
 
 Mattresses Tufted in Small Squares, ........... 3.00 
 
 SPECIAL SHAPES AND CORNERS. 
 
 Angles or Bevels on Mattresses, . . .......... 2.00 
 
 [rregular Corners <>n Mattresses, ........... 1.50 
 
 Round Corners on Mattresses, ............ 1.00 
 
 SPECIAL EDGES AND BORDERS. 
 
 French Rolled Edge Mattresses, 2.50 
 
 Mattresses with Imperial Border, Stitched Edges, ....... . 5.00 
 
 Mattresses with Imperial Border, Double Stitched Edges, . ..... 7.. r >0 
 
 Mattresses with Imperial Border, Double Stitched, French Rolled Edges .... 10.00 
 
I2g 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on" 
 
 The Regular Ostermoor Mattress as Advertised 
 
 Covered with Best A. C. A. Narrow Blue and White Striped Ticking 
 Standard Four-Inch Border, in One Part 
 
 4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 45 lbs., $ 1 5.00 eacn 
 4 feet wide, or less, 40 lbs., . . 1 3.35 
 3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 35 lbs., 1 1 .70 
 3 feet wide T or less. 30 lbs., . . 1 O.OO 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 25 lbs., 8.35 
 
 All 6 feet 3 inches long. 
 
 Mattresses made in two parts cost 50c. extra 
 
 Mattresses longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost 25c. e ach extra inch 
 
 Mattresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $i ea ch extra inch 
 Regular Crib Mattresses 
 
 3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $9.00 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. long, $7.50 
 
 Dust-Proof, Satin Finish Ticking makes Softer Mattress. See page 130 
 
130 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on" 
 
 Regular Ostermoor Mattress 
 
 Covered with Ostermoor Special Dust-Proof Satin Finish Ticking. 
 
 This cdbering makes much softer Mattress than A. C. A. Ticking. 
 Standard Four-Inch Border, in One Part 
 
 4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 45 lbs., $16.50 each 
 4 feet wide, or less, 40 lbs., . . 14.85 " 
 3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 35 lbs. , 13.20 '« 
 3 feet wide, or less, 30 lbs., . . 11.50 " 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 25 lbs., 9.85 " 
 All 6 feet 3 inches long. 
 
 Mattresses made in two parts cost 50c. extra 
 
 Mattresses longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost 25c. each extra inch 
 
 Mattresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $1 each extra inch 
 Crib Mattresses with Satin Finish Ticking 
 3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $10.50 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. long, $9.00 
 
 Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.00 kind, as advertised, page 129. 
 
I3i 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 " Are such stuff as dreams are made on " 
 
 -**&:- -^ :^ : y 
 
 Regular Ostermoor Mattress 
 
 Covered with Beautiful Mercerized French Art Twills. 
 
 This cohering, in stripes and floral effects, all colors, makes e'ben softer Mattress than Satin Finish. 
 Standard Four-Inch Border, in One Part 
 
 4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 45 lbs., $18.00 each 
 4 feet wide, or less, 40 lbs., . . 16.35 " 
 3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 35 lbs. , 14.70 " 
 3 feet wide, or less, 30 lbs., . . 13.00 " 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 25 lbs., 11.35 " 
 All 6 feet 3 inches long. 
 
 Mattresses made in two parts cost 50c. extra 
 Mattresses longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost 50c. each extra inch 
 
 Mattresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $\ each extra inch 
 Crib Mattresses with Art Twill Coverings 
 3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $12.00 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. long, $10.50 
 
 Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.00 kind, as advertised, page 129. 
 
132 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 
 
 Special French Edge Mattress. 
 
 Covered with Beautiful Mercerized French Art Twills. 
 
 A still softer and more luxurious round corner mattress of extra weight and thickness* 
 
 Exceedingly soft, springy mattress of extra "weight, thicker than regular. 
 
 Four Inch Inseamed French Edge Border. 
 
 4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 50 lbs., $23.00 each 
 4 feet wide, or less, 45 lbs., . 21.00 " 
 
 3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 40 lbs., 19.00 *' 
 3 feet wide, or less, 35 lbs., . . 17.00 " 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 30 lbs., 15.00 " 
 All 6 feet 3 inches long. 
 
 Hade in one or two parts, as desired. 
 
 Mattresses Longer than 6 feet 3 inches, $1.00 each extra inch. 
 
 Mattresses Wider than 4 feet 6 inches, $2.00 each extra inch. 
 French Edge Crib Mattresses, Art Twill Coverings. 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, 4 feet 6 inches long, $14.00. 3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $16.00. 
 Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.(K) kind, as advertised, page 129 
 
133 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 ♦♦Are such stuff as dreams are made on" 
 
 Special Imperial Edge Mattress 
 
 Covered wi th Beautiful Mercerized French Art Twills. 
 
 A still softer and more luxurious round corner mattress of extra height and thickness. 
 Imperial Five-Inch Border, Stitched Rolled Edges 
 
 4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 60 lbs., $30.00 each 
 4 feet wide, or less, 55 lbs., . . 27. 00 " 
 3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 50 lbs. , 24.00 " 
 3 feet wide, or less, 45 lbs. , . . 21.00 " 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 40 lbs., 18.00 " 
 All 6 feet 3 inches long. 
 
 Made in one or two parts, as desired 
 
 Mattress es longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost $\ each extra inch 
 
 Mat tresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $2 each extra inch 
 
 Extra Thick Crib Mattresses, Art Twill Coverings 
 
 3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $20.00 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. long, $17.00 
 
 Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.00 kind, as advertised, page 129. 
 
134 
 
 Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on" 
 
 Extra Thick Imperial Edge Mattress 
 
 Covered with Beautiful Mercerized French Art Twills. 
 
 Exceptionally luxurious mattress of extra %>eight and thickness. Can be made either firm and 
 
 hard or soft and flexible. In one or fte>o parts. Tufted in small squares, 
 
 like illustration, or close diamonds as may be desired. 
 
 Imperial Six=Inch Border, French Rolled Edges, Double Stitched 
 
 4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 75 lbs., $45.00 each 
 4 feet wide, or less, 70 lbs., . . 40. 00 " 
 3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 65 lbs., 35.00 •* 
 3 feet wide, or less, 60 lbs., . . 30.00 " 
 2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 55 lbs., 25.00 " 
 All 6 feet 3 inches long. 
 
 Mattresses longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost $1 each extra inch 
 
 Mattresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $2 each extra inch 
 
 STILL THICKER MATTRESSES LIKE ABOVE : 
 7 Inch Border, $10.00 extra. 8 inch Border, $20.00 extra. 
 
 Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.00 kind, as advertised, page 129. 
 
135 
 
 S 
 
 jt jt j* WARNING •* * * * 
 
 7~\C NOT be deceived by any one who offers you an 
 I B Ostermoor Mattress, no matter what he claims 
 it to be, unless it bears our name, and do not 
 accept it unless it has our Label and Trade Mark which 
 we show on this page. Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions 
 have been made by us since fSjj. Beware of cheap 
 imitations ! Many unscrupulous storekeepers — trading on 
 our success — substitute a spurious article. Be careful ! 
 You meet all sorts of frauds in this world. The 
 statement, " This is especially made for us, and is 
 just as good," etc., is not true! All these things seem 
 plausible when coming from a reputable man, who, per- 
 haps, believes what he is telling you ; but we tell you, 
 as the manufacturers of Ostermoor Mattresses, that no 
 other mattress made is even a fair imitation or possesses 
 half its merits, and that none are genuine unless they bear 
 our Name, Trade Mark and Guarantee on Label. They 
 must have it, so don't let any one fool you 
 
 tfftA. 
 
 FACSIMILE OF MATTRESS 
 
 LABEL 
 
 REDUCED SIZE 
 
 
 Mrs. Charles H. Swift, 
 Kennewick. Washington. 
 March 16, L904. 
 Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
 
 Dear Sirs:— My Ostermoor 
 Mattress has been a source of 
 delight and comfort for many 
 years. I think it the best I ever 
 saw or slept on, and have taken 
 pleasure in showing it, recom- 
 mending it, and giving your 
 address to many, for it is as soft, 
 sweet and comfortable as the 
 day we got it, and has never 
 depreciated in the least. 
 
 Recently I saw on sale in 
 Chicago a mattress represented 
 as the same as the Ostermoor, 
 advertised in the magazines that 
 was certainly not anything like 
 yours; it was very inferior in- 
 dee,!, and cheaply made; the 
 circular announcing same was 
 
 a cheaply gotten-up affair, \ r 
 
 paper and cheap in every way. 
 Of course, it is none of my busi- 
 ness, but my mattress has 
 proven so thoroughly and gen- 
 uinely as represented in every 
 way, and this was so different, 
 it astonished me — that's all. 
 
 I am just a little "cranky" 
 over anything I know to be 
 good in this age of shoddy 
 goods and bogus representa- 
 tions. 
 
 Being a business woman, I 
 certainly appreciate honor and 
 your honest dealings, and hence 
 I tell you this. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 M. E. SWIFT 
 
 Over a million Ostermoor flattresses are in use in the United States alone. 
 
 Over fifty thousand are in use in different branches of the service of the 
 United States Navy. 
 
 Over twenty-five thousand Churches in the United States are using our 
 Ostermoor Cushions. 
 Price List, all Sizes Ostermoor Mattresses, $15.00 kind, as Advertised, page 129. 
 
Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 
 
 — Shakespeare, " Tempest" J I'-, I. 
 
 Sleep full of rest from head to feet. 
 
 Tennyson. 
 
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 Sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse. 
 
 — Shakespeare, " Henry //' 
 
Ostermoor Mattresses 
 
 "Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 
 
 — Shakespeare, " Tempest" IV., I. 
 
 %&* t^* (p* 
 
 The innocent sleep; sleep that 
 
 knits up the ravell'd sleave of care; 
 
 The death of each day's life; 
 sore labour's bath; 
 
 Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second 
 course — chief nourisher in Life's feast. 
 
 — Shakespeare, "Macbeth. 
 
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