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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
"HOHNER BOY" DISPLAY CARD
AMENDS CUSTOMS COURT LAW.
CHANCE FOR COLLECTORS.
Continues to Prove a Great Trade Developer
— I t Is Now Being Featured by Dealers
Large and Small from Coast to Coast.
Bill Gives Exclusive Appellate Review of Ap-
praisers' Decisions of Interest to Importers.
Glen Eckenrode, of Ada, O., Has a Cremona
Fiddle Which Is Unprotected by Safe or In-
surance—But Ada Is an Honest Town.
Maintaining its widespread popularity and gain-
ing new friends day after day, the "Hohner Boy"
cut-out display card continues to break all records
in the realm of original harmonica assortment dis-
play cards. • This cut-out, which was introduced by
M. Hohner, 114 East Sixteenth street, New York,
about fifteen months ago, is now being featured
by dealers large and small from Coast to Coast,
and there are very few cities or towns where a
"Hohner Boy" display card is not prominently pre-
sented in the window of some enterprising and
aggressive mouth organ dealer.
It is not difficult to ascribe a reason for the con-
tinued and well-nigh phenomenal popularity of the
"Hohner Boy" display card, as the artistic design
of this show card aside from its sales possibilities
is certain to attract the attention of the live-wire
dealer. As a sales producer the "Hohner Boy" is
the subject of numerous letters of praise from
members of the trade in all parts of the country
who in placing their orders for additional cards
have spoken enthusiastically of the many sales di-
rectly traceable to the featuring of this card in their
show windows and showrooms and the new cus-
tomers that have been added to their lists by the
dignified and artistic appearance of this display
card. Both in the twenty-five cent and fifty cent
assortments the "Hohner Boy" display card is
being ordered in large quantities by the dealers in
all parts of the country.
ADA, O., March 14.—It is not generally known
Clayton, of Alabama, chairman of the House Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, last week introduced a bill to the trade that this town "has for an inhabitant
amending the law relating to the Customs Court a certain locksmith and saw filer, Glen Eckenrode
of Appeals to read that the court shall exercise by name, who boasts, aye swears, with his right
exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review by appeal hand "up yonder," that he verily and truly has in
final decisions by the Board of General Appraisers his possession one certain genuine Cremona
arising in the jurisdiction of the board; provided, "fiddle," the date of manufacture being, he says,
1637. This aged fiddle is carelessly allowed to
however, that it shall be competent for the Su-
rest in his humble home without even the protec-
preme Court to require certiorari upon the petition
tion of the walls of a fireproof Diebold, or even
of the United States any such judgment or decree
an insurance policy, though valued by him at any-
to be certified to the Supreme Court for its review
and determination with the same power and au- way $10,000!
thority in the case as if it had been carried by ap-
Your correspondent therefore advises that this
peal or writ of error to the Supreme Court; matter be taken up by collectors of such instru-
appeals cannot be made at present on writ of
ments and, lest the same be stolen by thieves, or
certiorari.
destroyed by fire, that it be purchased from Mr.
Eckenrode at an early date, and placed among the
This move has greatly interested members of
archives of some society for safe keeping.
the musical merchandise trade.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 16.—Congressman
(Special to The Review.)
SOME PLAYERS IN WEST HAMPTON.
Circulate Petition for Funds to Replace Set
of Band Instruments.
Westhampton boasts of having the most strenu-
ous brass band on Long Island. The lung power
and muscular development of some of the mem-
bers are so great that they have worn out their
instruments. Consequently new ones will have to
be provided if the residents expect the band to
continue to play with the harmony which has led
them to boast of the musicians.
In order to replace these worn-out instruments,
a paper is being circulated to raise money. It has
been decided to hold a concert soon to aid the
"instrument fund."
The members recently reorganized and have
adopted the name Seaside Band in place of West-
hampton Brass Band. The members are: Van
Rensselaer Skidmore, Charles Robinson, Edward
Wilson, Henry Drew, Clifford Raynor, Andrew
Halsey, Leon Goodman, William H. Slattery,
Henry Waters, Olin Raynor, Earl Bishop, Fred C.
Raynor, Chester Raynor, John Bullen, Charles
Anderson and Halsey Raynor.
FEATURES OF NEWTAR1FF DISLIKED.
France Will Not Exhibit at San Francisco Un-
less Inquisitorial Features of New Tariff
Are Amended Within a Month.
A despatch from Paris to the New York papers
under date of March 16 says that the question of
the French nation participating in the San Fran-
cisco Exposition has undergone a complete change
this week, and it is now declared that unless the
inquisitorial features of the new United States
tariff administration here are amended within a
month, either by a commercial treaty or other-
wise, the appropriations for official representation
will not be voted by the French Parliament.
This result has developed from active lobbying"
by French commercial interests in the Chamber
and Senate, and it is declared on good authority
that a majority has been obtained in both houses
to veto the appropriations. It can now be said,
almost with certainty, that there will be no im-
portant French section at the Panama Fair.
MUSICAL NOTE.
Sydney Barr, a violinist, lives at 4 Sharp Flats,
Salt Lake City.
N. HARMONIC.
Size: 31 inches high by 15 inches wide.
The "HOHNER BOY "Says:
"I will ask every customer who enters your
store to buy a genuine Hohner Harmonica!"
And he will increase your Harmonica sales
100 per cent, and help other lines, too!
HINK how many Harmonicas you could sell if you made it a point to
ask every customer on entering your store to buy one! You can't
do this, but you can let "The Hohner Boy" do it for you. lie will be
showing Harmonicas and asking everyone to buy night and day, rain or
shine, and he w r on't get tired. No one entering your store will fail to see
"The Hohner Roy" and feel tempted to buy the HOHNKR Harmonicas he-
displays. The beautiful cutout, exquisitely executed in five colors and meas-
uring 31 inches high by 15 inches wide, instantly attracts and holds the
attention of both young and old. The happy smile is an invitation and the
display of genuine HOHNER Harmonicas a temptation, both of which are
irresistible. A "HOHNER BOY" is given free with either of the following
assortments:
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No. 425. The "Hohner Boy" Assortment. Consists &f one new display card,
as'described, witlh a dozen genuine Hohner Harmonicas to retail a>t 25
cents each, assorted in different styles with a variety of seven keys, re-
turning 50 per cent, cash profit.
Per Dozen (1 Bet), $2.10, less cash discount.
No. 450. The "Hohner Boy" Assortment. Consists of one new display
card, as described, w.i'th a dozen genuine Hohner Harmonicas to retail at
51) cents each, assorted in different styles with a variety of seven keys,
returning 1 more than 50 per cent, -cash pnotftt.
Per Dozen (1 set), $4.00, less cash discount.
Ask Your Jobber
M. HOHNER
114-116 E. 16th St., New York City
Canadian Office: 76 York St., Toronto, Ont.
Mexican Office: 5a Tacuba No. 74, Mexico, D. F.