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JESSE FRENCH CO.'S NEW STORE
STRIKE AT MOLLER WORKS ENDED.
In Birmingham, Ala.—Many Present at Formal
Opening—A Description of the Many Parlors.
[Special to The Review.]
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. n , 1904.
O. A. Field, president of the Jesse French
Piano & Organ Co., last week visited the
branch in this city, of which J. H. Holcombe
is manager. His visit was timely inasmuch
as the company have just opened their new
store at 2018 Second avenue, in the remodel-
ing, furnishing and finishing of which they
have spent many thousands of dollars. The
beauty and elegance of the new home, how-
ever, recompenses them for the outlay, as it
is unquestionably one of the largest and hand-
somest places of the kind in the South. The'
entrance on Second avenue has been enlarged
by a new vestibule of handsome mahogany
and the front finished in dark olive green.
This floor is used as a general display room
where are exhibited the various makes of
pianos handled. It is beautifully decorated,
the color scheme being cadet blue.
On the second floor are the offices and
piano parlors as well as the main hall. All
of the parlors are reserved for a special make
of piano. The Steinway room is finished in
old rose; the Knabe parlor is of sage green;
the prevailing color in the Starr parlor is
cerulean blue; the Vose room is finished in
embossed silk with a blending of pink and
white ; the Jesse French and Richmond pianos
are shown in one parlor, the general tone be-
ing green.
The last parlor of the series is used for
the exhibition of pianolas, a large line of
which is carried by the company. It is fin-
ished in electric blue with a border of pink.
The Palm room at the rear of this hall and
separated from the man hall by a glass parti-
tion is used exclusively for the showing of
grand pianos. The greater part of the third
floor, which is in delft blue, will be given
over to church organs, orchestrelles, voca-
lions and parlor organs. The entire building
is provided with electric lights and steam
heat. At the formal opening there were spe-
cial floral decorations and a full orchestra.
Manager Holcombe, under whom the plans
were executed for the decoration of this
building, is entitled to congratulations.
The sales forces of Grinnell Bros., De-
troit, Mich., did not hold their annual
banquet this year. Instead there will be
quarterly reunions to discuss the business
plans throughout the year. The first gather-
ing is scheduled to occur this week or next.
Men Voluntarily Give Up the Struggle—Present
Themselves For Employment—About Thirty
Taken On—Places of the Others Have Been
Filled.
[Special to The Review.]
Hagerstown, Md., Jan. n , 1904.
Thirty of the fifty employes of the M. P.
Moller Organ Works, in Hagerstown, who
struck for higher wages several months
ago, have returned to work and the strike is
practically at an end, Mr. Moller having
won. Mr. Moller declared from the first
that he would not recognize the union the
organ makers had organized and he stuck
to his declaration. A number of the
strikers have gone to other cities and ob-
tained employment.
LABOR BUREAUS FOR CHICAGO.
Employers Adopt This System to Restore In-
dustrial Peace.
[Special to The Review.]
Chicago, 111., Jan. 11, 1904.
In a few months three labor bureaus will
be established here by associations of em-
ployers. Complete records of all men work-
ing for members of the organizations will be
kept in these offices and most of the hiring
will be done through them. It is expected
that the system will aid in restoring indus-
trial peace here.
This announcement was made by Robert
Wuest of Cincinnati, Secretary of the Metal
Trades Association. Most of the organiza-
tions, he said, would co-operate in the
movement. Mr. Wuest says similar bureaus
are successful in Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleve-
land, St. Louis and Worcester, Mass. They
have been of great value to employer and
workman, and both look favorably upon
them. He said they are supplanting the
unions in the matter of supplying men with
work.
THE NEW HAMILTON BUILDING.
[Special to The Review.]
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 12, 1904.
Contractors Calhoun & Miller have com-
menced remodeling the Standard building,
on Wood street, lately leased by Samuel
Hamilton for a long term of years for a
piano store. The improvements will in-
clude a new front, new floors, new eleva-
tors and a general rearrangement of the
store rooms. The building is on the west
side of the street, between Virgin alley and
Sixth avenue. The plans provide for a
wareroom of rare beauty—-in fact Mr.
Hamilton will have in this new building a
fitting environment for the pianos which
he represents.
Jan. 16,1904.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
FAKE SALE ADVERTISING.
How L. D. Perry Lived Up to the Suggestions of
Chairman Elmendorf and Rid the Local Papers
of Fake Ads.
C. A. Elmendorf, chairman of the press
committee of the Piano Dealers' National
Association, has received the following
letter from L. D. Perry, manager of the
establishment of Ludwig & Co., in Wilkes-
Barre, Pa. It shows what effective work
a dealer can do in eliminating fake sale ads.
from the daily papers in his city. This
communication certainly points the way to
others, and is worthy of emulation:
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.
C. A. Elmendorf, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dear Sir: In reply to your circular
letter, "Fake Sale Business," I wish to say-
that single handed I succeeded in driving
fake sale ads. from our local papers. We
use every local paper (four) in this city,
and the proprietors were glad to discon-
tinue these ads. when once they knew they
were frauds. You can not keep these fel-
lows out, though, without a vigilant watch
for the ads., as they are so cleverly gotten
up, and in many cases the fakirs will send
accomplices to insert the notices, which
throws the newspaper managers off their
guard, and the notice is allowed to go in.
L make it a practice to look over these "for
sale" ads. every morning, and everything
which looks suspicious, is immediately in-
vestigated. I have sent my contribution
for the freight bureau. Wishing you suc-
cess, I beg to remain.
Yours truly,
L. D. Perry.
THE FIRST BALDWIN PIANO PLAYER.
[Special to The Review.]
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 11, 1904.
The Baldwin Co. have just shipped the
first piano player made in their factories here.
This interesting fact marks the establishment
of a new and very promising industry in
Cincinnati. The new piano player is built
entirely on original lines and is pronounced
by experts as surpassing in ingenious con-
ception and wonderful capability anything
similar on the market. Many music lovers
inspected the instrument at the warerooms
of D. H. Baldwin & Co., and are enthusiastic
in its praise. The instrument in question is
in prima vera (white mahogany) and was
sold and delivered to one of the prominent
families of this city. The manufacturing of
the new piano player is now well in hand at
the Baldwin factories. And Cincinnati's in-
dustries are marching on.
The Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co., and
Reed & Sons Piano Co., both of Steger, 111.,
have become members of the National Piano
Manufacturers' Association.