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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
the Southern Boulevard and 133d street. This
speaks volumes for the progress of the Baus
piano.
UDITOR ACKERMAN'S monthly state-
ment of the Exposition's finances to
September 30th was given out Thursday. It
shows that the Exposition is not only out of
debt, but has a handsome balance in the treas-
ury.
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. P. CUMMINGS &Co., of Boston, have
" ^ no cause to complain of dull times. They
have been behind with orders for the past two
months, and at present have orders enough on
hand to dispose of all they can manufacture for
the next three weeks.
j|bZHERE is one music trade paper published
told you so, " for during the continuance of the
World's Fair, what they have told you would
happen invariably has failed of happening, and
what did happen, about themselves, for instance,
they would scarcely care to brag about.
. RUDOLPH DOLGE is indeed a "chip
of the old block." The successful man-
ner in which he has developed the autoharp
department of the house of Alfred Dolge & Son
amply testifies that. The orders for this popu-
lar instrument are constantly on the increase.
It is evident that progressive methods will tell
in the end.
t E regret to announce the death of Thomas
J. Quinn, treasurer and manager of the
New England Piano Company's New York
branch house, on Friday, October 6th, at his
home in Brooklyn. Mr. Quinn had been in the
employ of Mr. Thomas F. Scanlan for about 12
years, and enjoyed his complete confidence.
?HE Mehlin piano still continues to win its
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way into popular favor.
DONELAN, of F. Muehlfeld & Co..
is well satisfied with their September
and early October trade.
are in receipt of a remarkably beautiful
booklet illustrative of the Blasius pianos.
It is printed in colors, and forms a most attract-
ive advertisement for the firm.
gORLD'S FAIR VISITORS are requested
by a placard to remove their hats on
approaching the commission of Columbus—a
framed relic. We remove our hat to Brother
Fox, " a grandpa."
£|eACOB DOLL, the manufacturer of the Baus
vS/^ pianos, has made arrangements for the
erection of the addition to his large factory on
sLMOST every one likes Talmage, of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle. Here's what he
said from his stage, last Sunday, and it strikes
deep at the root, too: "For what politics
will do, I refer you to the eight weeks of stulti-
fication enacted at Washington by our American
Senate.''
j|£YLVESTER TOWERS, of Cambridgeport,
c@* Mass., reports business as unusually good,
notwithstanding the financial stringency of the
past few months. This is not surprising, for
the Tower action is held in the highest repute
by the best piano manufacturers, and is entitled
to the merited recognition which it obtains.
me the women and the drummers
and I'll beat creation." From a can-
didate for Governor of Virginia.
Was it not Archimedes who said that he
would '' move the earth if he only had some-
thing to rig a pry on ? " Like others, he lacked
control of a very necessary fulcrum.
true citizen of New York should
make it his duty to see that Manhattan
Day, October 21st, goes down as one of the
great historic events of the Columbian Exposi-
tion. We have a good example in the magnifi-
cent showing made by Chicagoanslast Monday,
and it should not be said that the imperial city
of the Union is wanting in that local pride which
other great towns of the country have shown.
i,OST.—A driving whip," is the way a
recent announcement read. That man
evidently had several kinds of whips, as for
instance, a walking, or running or riding whip,
but misfortune overtook him when he lost a
driving whip, and he was willing to pay for its
return. It is barely possible that General St.
Clair might have found a portion of this whip,
for recently he used a lash that might have cut
through a rhinocerous' hide, or made him jump,
to say the least.
JPIR. HUGO SOHMER, of Sohmer & Co.,
J}§k returned from his trip to the World's
Fair last Monday. Although the trip was taken
for pleasure, Mr. Sohmer found that as long as
he was " in evidence " around the magnificent
Sohmer booth he had to engage in business,
owing to the large number of dealers in Chicago.
He expresses himself as well pleased that
Sohmer & Co. entered the Fair as exhibitors.
business affairs of Hardtnan, Peck &
Co. are being adjusted by experts in order
to determine the exact or approximate amount
of liabilities and assets. This is necessary in
order to fix the assignee's bond. It is hoped as
soon as matters are arranged that this old and
distinguished firm will be able to resume, and
step once more into its former place in the
piano industry. The remarkable diploma grant-
ed to the Hardman piano has certainly a high
commercial value, and ought, unquestionably,
hasten a rapid settlement of the affairs of the
firm.
other day we saw a boy steal a paltry
coin from a tin cup, resting on the top of
an almost valueless organette, the crank of
which was turned by a blind mendicant. It
made us shiver to think, if that lad grew to
mature years, what a disgusting wart or corn
he would be on fair America's body. And yet
we have in our mind one who has grown to
man's estate, and possibly stored up some of the
gold of this world by and through nefarious
practices. Yet he represents the type of a
human being that this boy will make if he
should be permitted to live. A man who would
steal a penny from a blind beggar; a man with
a soul so small, if ever discoverable, that it
would readily fit in a hollow grain of mustard
seed, and even then require packing to keep it
from rattling on the inside. Gentlemen, the
cases are rare, yet they exist in every trade.