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VOL. XXV. No.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, October 9,1897,
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consul was then permitted to go to Cologne,
First ^Eolian Recital.
but was warned that his reception rested
An event of unusual interest will take
GERMAN GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO ALLOW HIM
with the German Government.
TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES AS
"After Mr. Neumann left, Karl Bunz, place at 3 P. M. to-day. The first of a series
CONSUL AT COLOGNE.
the German consul at Chicago, forwarded of ^Eolian exhibition recitals to be given
to his government a resume of the accusa- this fall and winter, will be held in the
A cablegram from Berlin under date of
tions and facts elicited by his own in- Recital Hall of the iEolian building, 18
October 6 conveys the information that the
West Twenty-third street. At each recital
German Government has refused to recog- quiries. This information resulted in will be used an ^olian Pipe Organ, an
Neumann's
rejection."
nize Ferdinand Neumann, of Chicago, as
^olian Grand, an Electric Piano and the
United States Consul at Cologne.
Aeriol
Piano. The best local artists, both
The Thorough Piano flaker.
A "special " to the World from Washing-
vocal
and
instrumental, will appear as
ton of same date, says: " F. W. Neumann, MUST BE AN ACCOMPLISHED MAN OF MANY soloists at these concerts and the programs
PARTS, IN FACT, A GENIUS.
appointed Consul of the United States at
are to be given in the New York.daily papers
To be a thoroughly competent and prac- every Friday. Geo. Lehmann, violinist,
Cologne about four months ago, became
imbued, it is said, with the impression tical piano-maker requires a scientific and is the soloist on to-day's program. This
that he was ' the whole show ' as far as the practical knowledge of the highest order, season's recitals promise to excel those of
United States representation in Germany as well as the most thorough training,says previous years. They are bound to bring
was concerned. He wanted Ambassador an English writer. To be a piano-maker about good business results.
White to conduct his business according to a man must be a master of the principles
his ideas, and his interference became un- of acoustics, so as to be able to draw a
New Record in Exports.
bearable. He assumed a patronizing guar- scale, as on this depends—as does the
[Special to The Review.]
dianship over his brother consuls, and they building of a house on the architect's plan
Washington,
D. C , Oct. 7, 1897.
voted him meddlesome. He offended —the tone of the instrument; in fact, it is
The
Bureau
of
Statistics
has issued
Americans passing through Cologne, and upon this scale question that a maker is
tables
showing
the
exports
and
imports
some of them lately filed charges against metaphorically weighed in the balance and
for
August,
the
first
full
month
under
the
found wanting, or otherwise. The piano-
him at the State Department.
new
tariff
law.
These
figures
show
for
"Immediately upon arrival in Germany maker must have a thoroughly musical ear
that
month
the
largest
exports
of
domestic
Mr. Neumann began boasting, it is report- and a musical education in order to beable
ed, that his appointment was due largely to judge of the results of his own work. merchandise of any August in the history
to the fact that he had presented a piano to He must be an expert in the knowledge of of the government. The exports were
President McKinley. Mr. Neumann had the relative grades and values of all the $79,490,264, against $66,689,981 for Aug-
been remotely connected with a piano raw material employed, especially of the ust, 1896. For the first eight months of
company which had given a piano for use in lumber used in the construction of the the year the exports were $61,810,000 in
the White House, as is often done by such cases, the frame and the sounding board; excess of the first eight months of 1896, so
manufacturing concerns. The continual of the felt used in the manufacture of the that the bureau officials believe the exports
announcement of this gift throughout Ger- hammers; in the action of the wire used this year will far exceed those of last year,
many disgusted officials and visiting for the strings; and must be a metal- which was itself a record-breaking year in
lurgist, so that his own frames may be the matter of exports.
Americans.
"Mr. Neumann gave great offense by cast properly, and of the right mixture of
Art in Advertising.
seeking to patronize Julius Goldschmidt, the various ores employed. In addition,
the Consul-General at Berlin. He told he must be, like the modern journalist, of
Perhaps one of the most cleverly de-
everybody, it is asserted, that the place was an inventive mind, so that he may be able signed and best executed Chickering ad
first offered to him, but he knew Mr. Gold- to constantly improve the methods of con- vertisements in colors which has appeared
struction of his instruments and be able to in the trade papers in many a day is that
schmidt wanted it and he withdrew.
When Mr. Neumann was nominated, on utilize the constantly increasing discover- which was issued by the Music Trades on
May 29, charges were filed at the State ies of modern science. He must be a man September 25. From artistic and typo-
Department that he had served a term in of taste and refinement,so that the designs graphical standpoints it could hardly be
the penitentiary for embezzlement; that of his instruments may be graceful and excelled and reflects credit on the Music
he had never been naturalized, and that beautiful, for pianoforte manufacture is Trades and on Chickering & Sons.
during the World's Fair he had profited "art manufacture." He must be a thor-
The Hobbie Piano Co., of Roanoke, Va.,
from the receipts of Music Hall at the ough business man, and ceaseless in the
expense of musicians he had employed. watchful care which he exercises over have secured the agency for the Chickering
Mr. Neumann gave ingenious explanations every department,as the slightest careless- piano.
of these charges, and the State Department ness, even in the smallest details, may ab-
Burtell & Sons of Oregon, 111., made
official detailed to inquire into them re- solutely impair the value of the whole their first shipment of pianos to Chicago
ported that they were not proved. The work.
and other points this week.
Consul Neumann Rejected.