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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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VOTES FOR TRAVELING MEN.
WATCH THE UNIVERSAL CLOCK.
A. B. CHASE PIANO TO EAST AFRICA.
New Campaign for Those Who Are No/v De-
prived of Ballot Suggested by a New York
Traveling Man—Points to Injustice Now
Suffered by 70,000 Men Who Travel.
Unique Souvenir of the Universal Piano Co.
Has Triple Usefulness—May Be Used as
Desk Clock, Carried in the Pocket as a
Watch and Serves as a Constant Reminder
of the Universal Product.
Shipped to American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions at Beira, Umtali—Per-
sonally Selected by Rev. Thos. King and Wife
— A . B. Chase Piano Popular Abroad.
Leon Meyer, Pacific Coast representative for a
New York manufacturing house, is setting on foot
a new movement to obtain voting privileges for
traveling men when away on trips. Mr. Meyer
said that there were more than 70,000 traveling
men in New York and that over 40,000 of them
were deprived of voting privileges, as they, were
obliged to be away during registration or election.
Theodore Roosevelt suggested the idea to Mr.
M^yer of depositing a sealed vote with the election
bureau before the salesman leaves on his trip, pro-
vided the candidates were named before he left.
This, however, would open the way for frauds,
according to Mr. Meyer, and would be unconstitu-
tional, not being a secret ballot. Another sugges-
tion was to have the salesman vote, upon proper
identification, in whatever city he happened to be
on election day. But here would arise another
difficulty, Mr. Meyer said, because it could not be
determined for what State or locality the vote
should be counted.
Mr. Meyer and his associates among traveling
melt, are endeavoring to get in touch with some
statesman versed in the proper procedure in such
matters. He said whichever party takes the initia-
tive in the matter will receive enthusiastic support.
"Under the existing conditions," said Mr. Meyer,
"the proper authorities cannot be reached by indi-
viduals who are deprived of their votes and are
therefore of little importance to the politicians.
AtJthe present time the railroads, who derive a
large portion of their revenue from the salesmen,
can make life a burden to them through restric-
tions regarding tickets, excess fares and handling
of baggage, because the salesman has absolutely
no redress through any of the political leaders. A
man without his vote is like the man , without a
country," Mr. Meyer concluded.
II
BEHNING GRAND IN GOLD
Completed for Nat M. Wills, the Popular Come-
dian—Case of Louis X V I . Design — Beautiful
in Appearance, and in Tone and Finish.
Kat M. Wills, the popular comedian, who, by
th e way, is a musician of no ordinary attainments,
is quite enthusiastic over the special grand fin-
ished in gold which, as announced in The Review,
is being completed to his order by the Behning
Piano Co. The case is of Louis XVI. style. The
gilding alone has occupied more than six weeks-
Tbjsi beauty of the instrument—both tone and case
—has won the highest nraise from Mr. Wills, who
has had it made for the purpose of present'ng it
to his wife, who is a great admirer of the Behning
piano.
JOINS STEWART^_PIANO FORCES.
F. M. Tiller, who lias been associated with his
father, L. M. Tiller, in the piano business in Louis-
ville, Ky., has joined the staff of the piano de-
partment of the Stewart Dry Goods Co. He is a
wideawake young man and is destined to make
quite a record.
Dealers who have been handling the product
of the Universal Piano Co., 144th street and Whit-
lock avenue, have had an occasion to express their
gratitude to the company, not only in praise of the
quality of the Universal player-pianos but on ac-
count of the unique souvenir which the company
has been sending to them. This is in the form of
a watch set in a gun metal case so that it may be
used as a desk clock, and the whole enclosed in
a felt bag within a neat box, upon which is given
COMPILES MEMORIAL VOLUME.
Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau Prepares Vol-
ume Containing Newspaper References to the
Death of the Late Charles Kohler.
Universal Co. Souvenir.
a guarantee. On the face of the watch are the
words, "Universal Player-Pianos, New York."
To say that the dealers who have received them
have been pleased would be putting it mildly. One
dealer states, after thanking the company for the
watch : "We have it in a handy place so that we
can watch the time all the time. We will let you
know, however, when the time comes that you
ran ship us some more players so that you can get
them out on time. 1 ' In another case the watch
became very popular the minute it reached the
store of the dealer, so that he was compelled to
write the following: "Unfortunately for the man-
agement, the cashier of the company was a lady,
so she secured the watch. Do not know how you
are to make good unless you send another one for
the office." The thought and good will which is
carried with a gift of this kind has been apparent
to the dealers also. One man wrote: "The souve-
nir arrived O. K. and is a little beauty and is
hanging in front of me on the desk. It fills a
long-felt want, and* T. certainly appreciate it very
much. It is not the intrinsic value that causes
the appreciation, but the good will behind the
gift." The Universal factory has 'been working
full time all summer.
PULVER=SEGERSTROM CO. SUIT
Set by Judge Steele for Hearing on Tuesday,
November 25.
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
(Special to The Review.)
Trumble & Desnoyer, of Jackson, Mich., have
dissolved partnership. The business will be con-
tinued by Mr. Desnoyer after the present dissolu-
tion sale is concluded in the Otsego Block, on
Francis street.
MENOMONIE, WIS., July 28.—Judge John H.
Steel, of the fourth district court of Minnesota,
has set Tuesday, November 25, as the day for
hearing of the creditors in the suit of J. E. Pulver
vs. the Segerstrom Piano Manufacturing Co.,
whose big plant is located in Menomonie. The
action was begun to prevent a multiplicity of suits
and to preserve the assets of the corporation, which
are given as $>°>4,2
At the recent annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Ackerman & Lowe Piano Co., Marion, O.,
George W. Newton was re-elected president.
Beira, Umtali, East Africa, is soon to receive an
A. B. Chase upright piano, for it was recently
shipped to the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions at that point. This A. B.
Chase piano was personally selected by Rev.
Thomas King and his wife, Estella Read King,
while they were at the Norwalk factory.
Naturally, in the wilds of East Africa there are
no piano tuners. Perhaps it is because the coun-
try isn't civilized yet, so when Mrs. King selected
this instrument she requested the A. B. Chase Co.
to favor her with a tuning hammer, wedges, etc.,
so she could tune the piano should it get out of
tune.
George M. Burdue, of the company, commenting 1
upon the foregoing order, said: "For several years
back we have frequently filled orders for pianos
for foreign mission fields, much of the business
coming through the influence of the Oberlin Con-
servatory and Oberlin College, 'both graduating
many missionaries. One of the main reasons for
the A. B. Chase selection is on account of the fact
that they are noted for remaining in tune under all
atmospheric changes for a long time."
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK
Manufacturers of
On the demise of the late Charles Kohler, the
piano manufacturer, the family of the deceased
commissioned Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau in
New York to compile a memorial volume as an
historical reference.
The memorial has been completed and has just
been delivered to the family. It contains all that
the newspapers said concerning the life and career
of the deceased. Every newspaper in America
that printed items is represented, a prominent po-
sition being given to the quotations from the mu-
sic trade papers.
The memorial is 10 by 12 inches in size, the
leaves are of Irish linen paper with black border,
and the binding is of black seal, lettered in gold.
The work in its entirety is looked upon as an his-
torical record that should be preserved for all
time.
UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEW THEATER.
(Special to The Review.)
CHICAGO, I I I . , July 28.—A new theater to be
known as the Royal Hippodrome is to be erected
at North Clark street and Sherman place, in this
city, which will have many unique features in its
equipment. According to the plans outlined, it is
to have a pipe organ of the unit orchestra type,
costing $28,000, and on -this instrument recitals will
be given on Sunday mornings, when an invitation
will be extended to clergymen to talk for a limited
time on any subject except politics. The Royal
Hippodrome will have a seating capacity of 3,600.
COMMERCIAL PAPERJ&EGINS TO MOVE
The improvement of business in the financial
world the past week has not been confined to the
stock market. Commercial paper brokers reported
early this week that notes had begun to move a
little more freely than at any time since the first
of July, while a slight easement from the six per
cent, rate was quoted on short-term paper. There
were brokers here and there in the financial district
who felt so confident that a turn for the* better
had been reached that they were willing to predict
easy money in the early fall.
Superior Pianos
and Player Pianos