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V O L . XXVIII. N o . 2 4 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, June 17,1899, SINGL I E OO COPIES Y ^O A CENTS
Janssen Higrates.
Ben. H. Janssen, the ubiquitious", ir-
repressible, effervescing Ben—is to leave
the Mathushek & Son Piano Co.—the only
establishment of that name, by the way,
with which a Mathushek is connected—on
July ist. Well, suppose we let Ben speak
for himself. Here is what he says:
New York, June 13th, 1899.
My dear Bill:—
It is with genuine and sincere regret that
I announce to you to-day that on July 1st,
I will resign as Secretary of the Mathushek
& Son Piano Company.
We have known each other for many
years; but our acquaintance and friendship
was formed through and by our business
relations.
I don't believe in personalities in busi-
ness, but rather that the house, its policy,
dealings and the product are the main ar-
guments that tie business friends, and that
being assuredly the case, I beg of you to
show my successor not only the same kind-
ly consideration and friendship always
shown me, but I ask of you that you grant
him every favor possible and aid him to
build up the old M. & S. name and piano,
and so make sure his success, for I wish
the old house well with all my heart and
will ever be interested in its welfare and
success.
For all the many favors and kindnesses
bestowed on me and that truest friendship
that you have let me feel, accept my sin-
cerest thanks and know that it will ever be
a cherished memory.
Very sincerely,
B. H. Janssen.
We understand that Mr. Janssen is to be-
come associated with the Newton Piano
Co. at Dolgeville, recently incorporated, as
it was flattering inducements from the
members of that corporation which led him
to cast aside his old love for the new.
Certainly Mr. Janssen's many friends in
the trade will join with us in wishing him
large substantial chunks of prosperity
wheresoever fate may guide his footsteps.
Sold Tlortgaged Piano.
Charles G. Ainsworth, indicted for lar-
ceny in the second degree, was tried and
convicted by a jury in the district court
yesterday. Ainsworth sold to Isaac Gold-
stein a piano for $75, which was mortgaged
to L. D. Smith for $50, and in order to
bring about the sale showed Goldstein a
bill of sale which purported to be for $225,
and was marked paid in full.
The jury recommended Ainsworth to the
mercy of the court. — St. Paul, Minn.,
Globe.
Big
Order for Kimball Pianos.
TWENTY-FOUR INSTRUMENTS AND A PIPE OR-
GAN
TO BE SUPPLIED THE OUACHITA
COLLEGE IN ARKANSAS.
The Hollenberg Music Co., of Little
Rock, Ark., consummated an important
deal with the Ouachita College last week
whereby they will supply this institution
with twenty-four new scale Kimball pianos
and one Kimball pneumatic pipe organ.
The Ouachita College is one of the leading
educational institutions in Arkansas and
has gained a distinction equal to any in the
Southwest. A special building for con-
servatory purposes with a seating capacity
for over one thousand people has just been
completed. The Kimball pipe organ will
be used in this building.
The Hollenberg Music Co. have good
reason to feel proud of this business trans-
action while the W. W. Kimball Co. must
feel pleased at the tribute paid their
products.
Commercial Schools.
The Export Academy organized some
short time since in Vienna, is making
steady progress. Its staff at present con-
sists of twelve professors and there are
over forty students on the rolls. The
object of this Academy is to educate all
interested in Austria's commercial advance-
ment and more particularly the foreign
trade of that country.
A school along similar lines is being
talked about in this city, and in fact steps
are now under way to get it into working
order around the coming fall. American
manufacturers and business men generally
are fast recognizing that in order to keep
our position in the manufacturing world, it
will be necessary to devote much more
attention than hitherto to a proper com-
prehension of the requirements essential to
the up-building of our trade with foreign
countries. The war with Spain, and our
closer connection with the colonies in the
South and East, have broadened the vision
of manuf acturers and their appetite is being
whetted for new lands to conquer—commer-
cially of course. A business education in
the future will not be complete without a
thorough mastery of how best to advance
our commercial interests abroad.
Geo. Nembach Grass is making a short
run this week through Pennsylvania in the
interest of the " old reliable " Steck.
Hasse's Latest Move.
SECURES THE SERVICES OF GEO. NEPPERT
VALUABLE ACCESSION TO HIS FORCES
MR. HASSE LEAVES FOR EUROPE
JULY 4 LOOKS FOR A BIG
FALL TRADE.
A
William F. Hasse has secured the services
of George Neppert, whose connection with
the firm of Neppert & Martin ends on July
1. Mr. Neppert will have charge of Mr.
Hasse's outdoor trade, and, soon after
taking over his duties, will make several
trips in the Hasse interests.
Mr. Hasse is to be congratulated. This
latest accession to his forces is a valuable
one.
Mr. Neppert is well and favorably
known throughout the branch of the trade
with which he has associated himself for
so many years and, as Mr. Hasse's respon-
sible representative, some good results
should ensue. As a partner in the firm of
Neppert Bros., as the Holtzman represen-
tative in this city, and more recently, as a
partner with Mr. Martin, he has made a
good record as an expert in stools, scarfs,
etc., having good judgment and good
taste.
Mr. Hasse informed The Review on
Wednesday that he intends to leave for
Europe on July 4th. He has engaged
passage on the "Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse."
After a two weeks' stay in the Hartz
Mountains he will make a business tour,
including visits to Berlin, Leipsic, Bremen,
Hamburg, London and Glasgow. In these
cities Mr. Hasse has made strong business
connections and is well known personally.
He expects to secure some important ex-
port business, recent correspondence on
that subject having been very encourag-
ing.
Asked when he expects to return, Mr.
Hasse named Aug. 15, "when," said he,
" I shall, I hope, be fully prepared to enter
upon a vigorous fall campaign. The pros-
pects for big domestic business in the fall
are excellent."
The Newman Bros. Piano.
Those excellent instruments made by
Newman Bros, will hereafter be sold at re-
tail in Chicago by Chas. H. Ball, the enter-
prising dealer whose warerooms are located
in the Auditorium Building. Mr. Ball
could not wish for a better instrument—
one of which he can speak with more surety
regarding its intrinsic merits.