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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
J. R. GRAHAM, JR.,
(SUCCESSOR TO J. R. GRAHAM.)
ESTABLISHED 1840.
"VE^EEES.
MILLS AND FACTORY: Thirtieth Street and Eleventh Avenue, New York.
Out."
A TRAMP PRINTER WHO ' ' WAS LEFT OVER ' '
AND HIS EXPERIENCE—HE FINDS NEW
YORK EDITORS EXCLUSIVE.
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HE other day a tramp printer of the real
old sort—dead broke, thirsty, and ragged,
but with cheek all right—struck the information
bureau of a newspaper office in New York with :
"Well, I'll be hanged! What sort of a
dodge do you call this, anyhow ? Met a comp.
in Buffalo who said that you fellows in New
York were getting exclusive, but I thought he
had been drinking. I want to see the old man."
' l What old man ?"
" There isn't but one old man about a print
shop. I want the editor, of course. Just struck
the town after working my way from Kansas
City, and I want a sit."
" Have to send your name up, sir."
'' What! I 've tramped this garden patch
from Portland to Galveston, and back, and I
never had to swallow any red tape to see the ed-
itor ? Getting mighty fine here, ain 't you ?''
1
' That's the rule, sir.''
1
' Rule be hanged ! Just whistle up that tube
and tell him that old Sam Anderson is here and
wants to sub for a week or two. Also wants a
couple of dollars in advance to straighten up
on."
'' You '11 have to send your name up, sir.''
" Not by a stickful! You just whistle up and
say that old Sam is here, and if he doesn't come
rushing down to see me he'll at least ask me
up. I know him. He and I stuck type to-
gether in Elmira 30 years ago, and I am the
man who learned him how to fly the frisket on a
hand-press. Ask him if he's forgotten how to
cast a roller."
The young man in the bureau sent the name
up, and old Sam went out for a nip. When he
returned it was to find a " not in " on his card.
"Then I'll try the city editor," he said.
"Used to know him in Syracuse, when he first
began picking up items, and he used to come to
me to correct his grammer. He could describe a
dog fight or a runaway equal to Dickens, and it
always made him proud when I praised him.
Just whistle up that straw-carrier that old Sam
Anderson is here and wants to "jeff " with him
for the beer. He'll catch on to that off-hand."
" The city editor isn't in at this hour, sir."
" O! He ain't! Taking things mighty easy,
isn't he ? Well, I remember now he was always
a little slack. The boys used to call him
' standing galley ' in those old days because he
moved so slow. Very bright in the head but
slow on foot. I guess I'll see the foreman."
" Send your name up, please."
'' Not much ! I 'm no Governor or big man
that I've got to be announced in that fashion !
I'm just plain old Sam Anderson, who can write
a leader on the tariff, make up a form, set up an
auction bill, or work 600 impressions per hour
on a hand-press. I remember him well. Name's
Tom. He was roller-boy for me way back 25
years ago in Oswego. I learned Tom the boxes
of his case when he didn't know the sheep's
foot from a side-stick."
"The foreman won't be in until this evening,
sir.''
"Whew! Things are changing! When I
was foreman of the Elmira Gazette, Portland
Argus, Galveston News or San Francisco Call, I
had to be on deck from 7 to 6. Just got on your
velveteen trousers here, haven't you? Got too
fine, perhaps, to want to shake hands with an
old print. Well, I'll go up and look the comps
over and I'll find ten or a dozen who'll be glad
to see me. Just whistle up that old Sam is com-
ing."
FACTORY:
525 to 531 W. 24th Street, N.
THE WONDERFUL
" Not allowed, sir. "
'' Not allowed ! Do you mean to tell me that
there is a composing-room in America which
keeps the door shut against an old print ? "
"That's the rule, sir."
"Well, I'll be hanged! Things is, indeed,
coming to a pretty pass ! The next calamity
will be to refuse us circus tickets ! Say, young
man !''
" Yes, sir."
" You are not exactly a printer ?"
" No, sir."
'' But as an employee of a print shop you feel '
more or less of the fraternal spirit that binds
the craft together. Feeling thus, lend me a
couple of paragraphs till I get on my feet."
'' Money ? ''
'' Yes—two dols.''
" Couldn't possibly do it, sir."
'' You refuse ? ''
" I must."
'' Editor out—city editor out—foreman out—
comps out, and the ' devil ' has no confidence in
my integrity!'' moaned the stranger as he
struck a pose and looked up at the ceiling.
"All right, boy,—all right! I'll just drop
around to the basement and see the pressman.
Name is Jack—old friend—used to work in Cas-
tile together—no whistle to announce me—$2—
good-by. "—Chicago Tribune.
A. B. CHASE
PIANOS.
1. Wonderful in Tone quality.
Rich, deep, bell like and pure.
2. Wonderful in strength of frame.
Strongest possible combination of woods glued
and bolted together.
3. Wonderful in improving by age and use.
Pianos sold five years ago are said to be better
in tone than when they were sold.
4. Wonderful in selling qualities.
Tone, action, style, finish, patented improve-
ments all taking.
5. Wonderful in popularity.
Even our strongest competitors all praise them.
6. Wonderful in phenomenal success.
Only 5 years since the first A. B. CHASE
pianos were made, and now they are taking
the lead everywhere.
7. Wonderful in character of its agents.
The very best men in the trade seek the agency
for these instruments. No others need apply.
For terms and territory, address:
THE A. B. CHASE CO.,
NORWALK, OHIO.
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Jk\ UITE an addition to the town of Woodbury,
c<-' N. J., is being built and the Second ward
enlarged. New avenues are being laid out and
the whole ward improved materially. Recently
the building and adjoining property owned by
the Hope Manufacturing Company, was pur-
chased by Blasius & Sons, the piano dealers of
this city. Their accommodations here were en-
tirely too meagre, and they were negotiating for
the construction of a new factory when they
found they were able to secure the Hope prop-
erty.
They moved their entire force of employes
there at a cost of $2,500, and are now building
houses for them that will make a small town in
themselves. The employes are allowed to buy
the houses and pay for them in rent, without
additional charge. If they wish to leave at any
time the amount of rent they have paid acts as
a mortgage to a future purchaser of the prop-
erty. There will be 300 of the houses, and a
hotel with all the modern conveniences for the
single men, at very moderate rates. When the
factory is running full capacity, 600 hands will
be employed.
Something new in the store line will also be
established by the firm. It is a co-operative es-
tablishment with a capital of $io,ooo, and the
profits are to go to the employes themselves.
It is reported that eventually a stock company
will be formed out of Blasius & Sons, with a
capital of $1,500,000. Their present rating is
$750,000, and if the company is formed it will
increase their manufacturing capacity two-fold.
—Philadelphia Times.
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