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With the Travelers.
can yawn and yawn unsuspected by the
person or persons who may happen to be
looking at it from a point of view immedi-
ately in front, the advantage being that one
can wear this when entertaining a tiresome
caller, and you will pardon me for saying
that I have observed you yawning two or
three times while I have been speaking,
and with a device such as the artificial
rubber mouth and chin you can easily im-
agine how one could divert one's self at
the expense, for instance, of a luckless can-
vasser, a piano bell-puller, for instance,
who .might stand and try to talk the arm
off you as I myself am doing, perhaps, and
if such a little invention as this, entirely
new and never seen on the road or in the
market anywhere, could be placed in your
OU know," said Kochmann, the possession for the trifling sirn of 10 cents,
other day, as he toyed gently with would you not think it worth the invest-
a delicate piece of glassware, "that trade ment, ma'am ?'
" ' W h y , yes,' said the woman of the
hasn't been just what some anticipated or
house. ' I wouldn't have any objection to
hoped this year."
" N o , " interjected T H E REVIEW man, buying something of that kind, just for
"and that would apply to all lines of man- amusement.'
. " ' W e l l , I haven't got it,' rejoined the
ufacture as well as pianos. Take the freight
shipments over the roads; there never was dignified canvasser, turning on his heel,
a time when the agents of the roads were '(rood morning, ma'am!' "
"Yes, waiter; you mix a couple more.
hustling around and offering such induce-
Make them light, see." ' . .••' . .-•
ments as they are to-day."
" Y e s , " replied Kochmann, "that is true,
as drummers in all lines can testify."
A Fine Music Store.
After a short period of time in which a
golden cocktail had disappeared with sur-
NE of the finest music houses ever
prising rapidity. T H E REVIEW man said:
opened in Alpina, Mich., is that of
"Any new stories on tap, Reinhard?"
Geo. R. Colbath, in the Davison Block.
" N o ; dry as a bone this time."
Mr. Col bath has built up a large trade in
"Some old one just varnished up a bit?" Alpina since he located there some six
interposed T H E REVIEW man.
ye"ars ago, rendering his present commodi-
" N o ; but yes, here is one. A friend of ous quarters necessary.
He handles the
mine out West was telling me a little story Bush & Gerts, the S. G. Chickering and
about a neighbor of his. His wife was not Clifford pianos, and the Newman Bros.,
particularly noted for her amiability of Ann Arbor and Stevens organs, as well as
temper. He said she had been bothered a full line of small instruments.
considerably by peddlers who called fre-
quently upon her, and one morning she
A Moller Organ for Brooklyn.
went to the door and there stood a man
with a valise in hand. She said:
P. MOLLER, the well-known organ
" 'There isn't any use wasting a minute
builder of Hagerstown, Md., re-
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of your time on me. I 've had four peddlers
ceived
a
letter from Mayor Schieren, of
here already this morning, and I don't need
Brooklyn,
last Saturday informing him that
any books, or towels, or indelible ink, or
at
a
meeting
of the Building Committee of
mouse traps, piano scarfs or piano stools,
St.
Matthew's
Lutheran Church, Brooklyn,
or recipes for making soap. I don't know
it
was
decided
to give him the order for
what you've got in your valise, but I don't
their
new
pipe
organ, which is to cost
want it. That's plain enough, isn't it?'
" ' I t is cruel, ma'am,' replied the man
with the valise, 'to prejudge even a ped-
Ehrhard & Hagen.
dler or a book agent, for such you seem to
take me to be. I will not deny that I am
HE old established firm of Ehrhard &
canvassing this neighborhood with a view-
to supplying the people with some of the
Hagen arc indisputably the largest
modern conveniences of life, but I see it is manufacturers of pianoforte mouldings in
useless to occupy your time. Before I go, this country. They have an almost endless
however, permit me to ask if you have ever line of patterns, and have always supplied
seen or heard of such a thing as a false the bulk of the New York trade as well as
mouth and chin, made of India rubber and many outside firms with pianoforte mould-
tinted to resemble the color and texture of ings.
Mr. Fred Ehrhard, who is well
•the human skin, easily adjusted to place known to the city trade, gives his personal
and so artfully executed as to defy detec- attention to the business and visits the
tion, especially if the wearer stands parti- trade in the city regularly. Outside man-
ally in the shade, the expression being that ufacturers would do well to correspond
of a mouth and chin in repose, and behind with Ehrhard & Hagen for anything in the
this skilfully arranged mask the real mouth line of pianoforte mouldings.
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PATENTS ISSUED DEC. 3, 1 8 9 5 .
T
H I S department is edited by Bishop &
Imirie, Patent Attorneys, 605 and 607
Seventh street, Washington, D. C. All re-
quests for information should be addressed
to them and will be answered through these
columns free of charge.
549,685. Piano Action. J. H. Phelps,
Sharon, Wis. Improvement on the action
shown in his patent No. 465,494, of Dec.
O
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22, 1891. Forms the lateral arms of wire
let into the stickers instead of sheet metal
secured to the sides of the stickers.
549,824.
Piano Attachment.
C. J.
Schneider, Americus, Ga. An adjustable
support for the wrist of the player while
practising.
Strich & Zeidler Grands.
OME more of those excellent Strich &
Zeidler parlor grands were on exhibi-
tion previous to shipment, at their factory,
134th street and Brook avenue, the early
part of this week. All the Strich & Zeidler
grands now in process of manufacture are
sold. This means that they have made a
big " h i t , " and all who have examined them
will cheerfully admit that their success is
well merited.
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A RKCENT addition to the forces of M. P.
Moller, Hagerstown, Md., is A. J. Rowe,
an expert organ builder, voicer and tuner,
who has just arrived in this country from
London.
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T H E Thomas Organ Co., Woodstock, Out.,
has made aa assignment to F . H^ Wright.