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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
With the Travelers,
S
AID Kochmann the other day: "I've
got a new one."
"Out with it, Reinhard,"said THE Music
TRADE REVIEW
man.
"Just a moment," and after Reinhard
had "moistened" he began.
"You see,
this was out in Indiana. I had a customer,
a particular friend of mine, who wished
me to accompany him into the country to
call on a prospective purchaser.
I ac-
qiiiesced, and we drove out to an ordinary
Western farm-house.
The old gentleman,
the father, had just come on a visit to his
son, who proposed to have a little fun at
the old gentleman's expense, and as my
friend paused a few moments in piano talk,
the young man said:
" 'Well, father, I hope you came through
in the sleeping car, as I told you to, and
had a good night's sleep.'
"The old man smiled a sickly, sarcastic
smile.
" 'Oh, yes,' he said, 'I had a good sleep;
first-rate sleep; went to bed early.'
" ' Did you wake up during the night?'
" 'Only twicet; only went to sleep
twicet.'
"'Say, father,' said the young man,
'you've got two great bumps on top of your
forehead. What have yon been doing?'
" 'Them's the two times I woke up.
Passed another train both times, an' when
I heerd the big engine whizzin' by, an' the
bell ringin', I thought 'twas fire, an'
jumped up slam agin the ceilin'.
Tt's
lucky I was awake one time, though.'
" 'Why, how so?'
" 'The high an' mighty importer that
laughed when I ast to go to my room early
in the evenin' was sneekin' off with my
•boots.'
" 'Why, he was only going to shine them
for you.'
" ' O h , go 'way,' said the old man. 'I
never ast him to shine 'em. Any way, I
took 'em to bed with me after that, an'
never slep' another wink. Say, Henry,
you ain't got an old pair of suspenders,
have you?'
• " 'I guess I can find a pair for you—yes.'
" 'Busted mine tryin' to put my panta-
loons on lyin' down. Done it, though.
Got all dressed laying flat—boots, panta-
loons, coat, collar, necktie-—hull business.'
" 'Why didn't you get out of your berth
to put on your collar and coat?'
"'Wimmin in the car. Got a handy
place where I kin wash up, Henry? There
was a well o' water in the car, an' I
pumped some, but the train was goin 1 so
fast I couldn't stand up to the sink.
Say,
Henry, what time's dinner ready? I'm so
hungry I bin eatin' my whiskers.'
" 'Didn't you get breakfast in the dining
car, as I told you to?'
" 'Oh, yes,' said the old man. 'Oh, yes;
but I didn't want to go it too expensive,
so I told the feller I'd just take a cup of
coffee an' some buckwheat cakes.'
" 'Pretty light breakfast, that's so,' said
Henry.
" 'Yes,' said the old man, 'light break-
fast—two pancakes.'
" 'Well, come down stairs and we'll fix
up something to eat right away.
You
mustn't wait for dinner.'
"'Charged me a dollar,' continued the
old man.
'Feller sat next to me eatin'
grapes, an' oranges an' oysters an' stewed
chicken an' b'iled 6ggs, an' I don't know
what all. When we got back in the bed-
room car I told him I calculated that break-
fast he et cost $13. An' then he told me
breakfast was $1 any way, w'ether you et
much or little.' "
The flason & Hamlin Organs.
T
HE American cabinet, or parlor organ,
was introduced by Mason & Hamlin
in 1861; its merits were at once recognized
by musicians, and it was widely and rapid-
ly received into public favor.
Its sale has
extended not only to all parts of America,
but to nearly all civilized countries. The
organs made by Mason & Hamlin Co. have
always maintained their supremacy as the
best of this class of instruments in the
world, excelling in the more important
qualities generally. The pre-eminent repu-
tation which they have obtained for extra-
ordinary excellence as musical instruments,
for thoroughness of workmanship and ma-
terial and elegance of cases, has hardly been
precedented in any country by that of any
musical instrument whatever. They have
received the highest possible awards at all
great World's Expositions wherever ex-
hibited, since, and including, that of Paris
of 1867, and the Mason & Hamlin organs
are the only American organs which have
ever obtained the highest award at any
great European World's Exhibition.
The
testimony of eminent musicians to the un-
equalled qualities of the Mason & Hamlin
organs is equally significant and conclusive.
Much as this company values the unpre-
cedented mass of testimony to the superi-
ority of their organs, their chief reliance is,
nevertheless, upon the intrinsic superiority
of their work, which they are sure must
be evident to every competent judge who
will thoroughly examine and compare.
They know that this is comparatively
greater to-day than it ever has been before,
and are sure that the more thorough and
searching the comparisons, the more con-
siderable it will appear.
Matured skill,
trained and perfected by the manufacture
of more than two hundred thousand instru-
ments, and by accumulated facilities for
manufacture, collected by the most ex-
tensive and completely furnished factories
in the world, enable this company to pro-
duce the finest organs they have ever made,
combining the best results of inventive
genius and experienced workmanship, in
a degree of excellence even greater than
that heretofore attained.—Boston Evening
Transcript, July 11.
The Weaver Organ Co. Still
Rushing.
A
LTHOUGH compelled to work thir-
teen hours per day the past six weeks
in order to fill their orders promptly, the
Weaver Organ and Piano Co. are still re-
ceiving large orders daily which compel
them to continue on extra time.
One cause of this great rush of orders is
the popularity of several new styles lately
put on the market. The Weaver people
are hustlers and deserve their success. Sec-
retary M. B. Gibson is kept very busy with
the office work and manufacturing details,
as treasurer W. S. Bond is off on a well-
earned three weeks' vacation to Thousand
Islands, Quebec and other places of inter-
est, and his duties devolve upon Mr. Gib-
son in connection with his regular routine
work.
Relating to the Atlanta Exposi-
tion.
M
RS. THEO. SUTRO, chairman of the
Committees of Music and Law for
the State of New York to exhibit woman's
work at the Cotton States and International
Exposition to be held at Atlanta, Ga., in
September, is desirous of securing all im-
portant musical compositions, books on
music or law, or printed essays on woman's
work in music or jurisprudence, photo-
graphs and autographs of all the women
composers, or singers, or pianists of world-
wide reputation; or photographs and auto-
graphs of women who are practising law;
or bas-reliefs, or busts, or plaster casts of
any of these talented women; or any mat-
ters of importance pertaining to the above
subjects.
Our readers will confer a favor by bring-
ing this matter to the attention of their
women friends. All exhibits should be
sent to Mrs. Sutro, 20 Fifth avenue, New
York city. They will be shipped to At-
lanta early next month, and will be re-
turned in December unless the exhibits are
donated.
The Prescott Piano Co.
T
HE Prescott Piano Co., of Concord, N.
H., are making a good piano and. deal-
ers seem to know it, for they are sending
in substantial .orders right along. The
popularity of the Prescott piano is due to its
excellent tone quality, attractive case de-
signs, and the attention, which is paid to
details—all culminating in a salable instru-
ment which never fails to bring customers.