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VOL. XVIII. No. 49
published Every Saturday.
The Winner of
the Bradbury Prize.
the middle of April Mr. Freeborn
§ BOUT
G. Smith, through his Washington
manager, Mr. W. P. Van Wickle, announced
that he would present to the most popular
school teacher in Washington a thirty-day
trip to Europe, -with all expenses paid. The
ticket covers the round trip ocean passage, all
railway fares, hotel charges, carriage drives,
&c, from Washington to Europe, and from
Europe back to Washington, visiting Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Melrose, Abbottsford, Kenilworth
and Warwick castles, Stratford, London, Paris
and Versailles. The contest was open to every
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Shoe Palace, presented a pair of the finest
shoes. These hansome gifts had the effect of
spurring on the contestants, and for the past
few weeks many have been the schemes and
combinations projected to increase the number
of their votes. Working squads were organized,
" flag days " were instituted, amateur concerts
arranged, lagging contestants were induced to
withdraw in favor of others and their forces
combined, and, in many instances, valuable
prizes were offered by some of the contestants
to the pupil securing for them the highest num-
ber of votes. The South Washington contingent
appears to have been the best organized, all
of their efforts and energies being concentrated
upon one candidate, Mr. S. Elliott Kramer, of
the Smallwood School, who secured 94,254
votes leading his field by a handsome majority
No little credit for his success is due to the in.
defatigable efforts of Mrs. Wise. The total vote
caat was 406,125.
The winner, Mr. S. Elliott Kramer, was born
in Georgia in 1871, and educated in the public
schools at Washington. He graduated from
the Normal School in 1890 and in '92 was ap-
pointed principal of the Smallwood school. He
is a very popular man in social and religious
circles. He is a member of the Christian En-
deavor Society and the Columbian University
Law School, and Mr. Smith's generous offer
gave his many friends an opportunity to testify
to their high esteem and regard ; and the num-
ber of ballots cast is unmistakable proof of their
fidelity.
Naturally, Mr. F. G. Smith would have
preferred a lady teacher to be the winner, and
the excellent - struggle made by Miss A. L.
Grant, of the Brent School, the highest of the
s. E. KRAMER.
teacher, male and female, within the District of
Columbia, and immediately some sixty or more
contestants entered for the prize. As time pro-
gressed, and the friends of various contestants
warmed up to their work, some were frightened
out, and the contest narrowed down to a dozen
or more of the leading teachers in the various
sections of the city. Many of Washington's
prominent merchants became impressed with
the munificence of the offer, and the straight-
forward manner in which the contest was being
conducted, and offered to the winner various
additional prizes, covering almost every requisite
for an enjoyable European trip. Mr. James S.
Topham presented a handsome steamer truck,
Mr. J. B. Chamberlin presented one of their
finest kodaks, B. H. Stinemetz & Son presented
an order upon Henry Heath, of London, for one
of his finest hats, Woodward & Lothrop pre-
sented a steamer rug, W. B. Moses & Son pre-
sented a steamer chair, E. P. Mertz, the drug-
gist, presented a handsome and most complete
leather toilet case; A. M. Moore, of Moore's
$3 00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES. 10 CENTS.
Boston and return by sea, which action no doubt
will be very pleasing to that lady and to her
many friends who have labored so faithfully in
her behalf.
Mr. Kramer came on from Washington June
29th with Mr. Van Wickle, Mr. Smith's
Washington representative, and during his stay
in this locality was a guest of Mr. Smith at his
home on Washington Park, Brooklyn. He
sailed for Europe by the "City of Rome " last
Saturday, and was accompanied by Mrs. F. G.
Smith, Sr., and daughter, Miss Lillian. Mr. F.
G. Smith, Sr., was unable to go at the present
time, but it is not unlikely that he will join
them later when Col. Bacon takes his European
vacation.
At a called meeting of the Directors of Levas-
sor Piano Co., Cincinnati, O., June 26th, the
offices of secretary and treasurer, occupied by O_
W. Williams, were declared vacant. Mr. T. J.
O'Meara was elected secretary, and the duties of
treasurer will be assumed by the president, Mr..
L. E. Levassor.
ANOTHER sample of the energy and ability of
Edward Lyman Bill, of 3 East 14th street, New
York, is the beautiful Special Western Num-
ber of T H E MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, containing
seventy-two pages of choice reading matter and
tasty advertisements—Sound Breeze, Lyme,
Conn.
MR. RALPH C. JACKSON, of the New York
branch house of the Emerson Piano Company,
has resigned on account of ill health. Mr.
Jackson's many friends will be pleased to learn
of his return to good health.
MR. GEO. NEMBACH, of Geo. Steck & Co., i»
at present in Marienbad, Austria, where he is
testing the wonderful benefits of the baths of
that celebrated resort.
J. KNOWLES PAGE, a well known piano and
organ dealer, at Chester, Pa., died during the
past week. His death was due to septic poison-
ing.
THE music store of W. R. Mansfield, North
8th street, Lebanon Pa., was sold by the sheriff
on June 27th. The execution creditor was Dr.
Fox, of Hummelstown, in the sum of a thous-
and dollars.
MR. JOHN DE HUFF, one of the old time Bos-
ton piano makers, died June 19th at Lisbon, N.
H., in his eightieth year.
MISS A. L. GRANT.
the Bradbury piano that it was decided to pre-
sent her with a free trip from Washington to
lady teachers, so impressed the representative of
GEO. P. BENT, we are informed, is visiting
Wisconsin for the purpose of furthering his pis-
catorial knowledge. A member of the trade
who ran across him lately reports that he is fill-
ing the time while waiting for a '' bite '' by
courting the muse. He discovered him trans-
mitting to paper some poetic effusions, which
will establish him as the poet par excellence of
the music trade.
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