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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
tickled perhaps you can explain at just what
stage of the game the belt run off."
by the Metropolitan Amateur Opera Co., to
enable the association to raise funds to be
applied to the benevolent purposes for
which it has been organized. The Metro-
Geo. P. Bent's Invitation.
politan Amateur Orchestra has volunteered
EO. P. BENT has sent us a circular its services. The production will be elab-
letter announcing the "grand open- orate in all details, with handsome scenery,
i n g " of the new " C r o w n " piano and organ costumes and appointments. The chorus
factory, Washington Boulevard and Sanga- will number seventy five, and several well-
mon street, Chicago. He says: "Open to known vocalists will sing the solo parts.
the inspection of all visitors May ist, 1895, Harry B. Mook, with Hazelton Bros., will
and for all time thereafter. This year (1895) assume a leading role. He is as good a
is the one we celebrate, being the twenty- singer as he is a salesman, and cannot fail
fifth anniversary of the founding of the to achieve a great success in the operatic
business and the year in which our new fac- field.
tory (one of the finest, largest and most
THK Chicago Indicator says: Peter P.
complete in the world) was finished and oc-
Cavalli,
the son of Count Ludwig Cavalli,
cupied.
Friends, customers, competitors
the
blue-felt
Count of New York city, has
and all cordially invited to call.
come to Chicago to remain here. He will
Among the "objects of interest" enumer-
become connected with a leading music
ated by Mr. Bent, are the new factory, new
trade establishment of this city. Mr.
styles pianos, new orchestral attachment,
Cavalli is a chip of the old block, and he
new practice clavier, new styles organs, new
will be given a hearty welcome by the trade
methods of manufacture, new prices, new
on his own account and on his father's as
terms, new pleas for trade, new cures for
well.
dull business: in fact, everything is new
Tin-, position of superintendent of the
except the "old man. " Mr. Bent invites
Everett
Piano Co., Boston, is not likely to
everybody to come and see the old and the
be
hlled
before next September.
new; to "Rejoice with those who rejoice."
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With the Travelers-
*• I \ I n I ever tell you about the fun
L x some of the boys tried to have
with an Englishman in Montana years
ago? ' asked Reinhard Kochman, the other
day, after we had polished off our ap-
petizers.
" N o ; how was it, Reinhard?"
"Well, yon see it was in the early
•eighties, shortly after the Northern Pacific
had been completed to Helena. I had taken
a run out there to look up trade, and had
stopped off at Butte City.
While waiting
for my train I was much interested at what
I saw and heard.
There was a very green
Englishman, who was talking about pur-
chasing land near by for a horse ranch, and,
as he strolled around the depot, the half-
dozen drummers who happened to meet
there put up a job on him. Of course, I
was not in the party. One of them bor-
rowed a coat and hat of a ranchero, took
the cartridges out of his revolver, and, with
the weapon held aloft in his hand, he sud-
denly jumped into the waiting room and
yelled:
"Whoop! I'm a cantankerous old fighter
from the headwaters of Fighting Creek!
I'm half hoss and half alligator! I'm down
on everything that walks on two legs, par-
ticularly Englishmen. Whar's the bloody,
bloomin' Briton who called me a liar?"
"What's the row about?" inquired the
Englishman, as he came to a halt and faced
about.
"Whoop' I've fit in three wars and kept
a graveyard of my own the rest of the
time!" shouted the terror, as he danced
around. "Down on your marrow bones
and beg my pardon if you want to live two
minutes longer!"
"Not if I know i t ! " drawled the Briton,
cool as ice, and he squared off and landed
a thumper on the drummer's nose, which
piled him over among the stacks of pelts
and dazed him so that he couldn't speak
for the next five minutes. "Yes, waiter,
I'll have another of the same, and a little
'polly' on the side." But to go on with
my story. We had to hold the "foreigner"
to keep him from following up, and when
the drummer had been sponged off and
brought to, he sat down on a baggage-truck
and held his nose and reflected for a long
time. Then he slowly remarked:
"When you fellows get through being-
The Foundation Stone of Success.
T
HE one great rule of business is that of
honesty, absolute and unqualified
honesty, writes Edward W. Bok, in the
May Ladies' Home Journal.
All the rules
of business are worthless if them are not
founded on that one and onh foundation
stone to true commercial success. Honesty
is not alone the best policy in business; it
is the one and only policy. Upon it, and
upon it alone, can a good reputation be
built, and a man in business without a rep-
utation for honesty might just as well stop.
Any deviation from the rule of honesty in
business may bring temporary gain, but it
invariably means permanent loss, On the
other hand, a strict adherence to an honest
policy may mean a temporary loss, but it is
sure to result in a permanent gain.
Schmidt's Removal Notice.
THK Emerson piano will be represented
in Milwaukee, Wis., by Wm. Gerber.
THK Colby Piano Co., Erie, Pa., announce
that the death of Mr. Charles C. Colby will
in no way affect the business of the Colby
Piano Co., which will be continued as usual.
Every effort will be made to sustain
and increase the prestige gained by the
Colby pianos all over the United States.
A NEW store for the sale of pianos and
organs has been opened at Painesville, O.,
by Paine & Henderson. It is located on
the Barnes Block.
OWING to a re-numbering of the leading
streets of Cincinnati, ()., D. H. Baldwin &
Co. is now located at 142 and 144 West
Fourth street. The former number was 158.
FRANCIS CONNOR shipped
two
handsome
Connor pianos to the ex-President of Vene-
zuela last week.
Mr. Connor has shipped
quite a number of pianos to foreign coun-
tries recently.
D
AVID H. SCHMIDT, the manufactur-
er of pianoforte hammers, says in a
recent circular: " I hereby desire to notiiy
my friends and patrons of my removal from
312-314 East Twenty-second street, to new
and more extensive quarters on East 163d
street, between Brook and Melrose avenues
(Francis Keil's building), where increased
facilities, with the addition of many im-
proved methods, will enable me to fill any
order for piano hammers at shortest notice.
"Taking this opportunity, I beg to ex-
press my thanks for past favors, and hope
for the continuance of your patronage."
"Patience" for Charity.
ILBERT and Sullivan's opera " P a -
tience" will be piesentcd at the Irv-
ing Place Theatre on the evening of Mav 14
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A Reputation
Is made by selling Pianos of
the highest excellence. The
reputation of many dealers has
been made by selling the
HENRY F.
HILLER
Pianos.
They
cost more than
the majority of
Pianos, but they have ac-
quired their reputation as
Pianos of the highest grade
solely because they merit the
highest praise. If there is not
an authorized representative
in your city, write to the man-
ufacturers
88 Boylston Street
BOSTON, flASS.