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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
ABSENTEE REGISTRATION PLANNED.
J. H. HUSK NOW IN CHARGE
SKILLED LABOR WELL EMPLOYED.
Movement Started by C. R. Clifford to Secure
Legislation Permitting Traveling Men to
Vote—To Send Delegations to Albany.
Of the Store of Jacob Doll & Sons in Newark,
N. J.—Featuring the Mehlin Piano.
C. R. Clifford, of the publishing firm of Clifford
& Lawton, New York, is actively, interested in secur-
ing legislation permitting traveling salesmen to vote
at the general elections, even though they may be
away from their legal residence at the time. -He
estimates that at least 175,000 commercial travelers
are deprived of the privilege of suffrage because
of the nature of their business, and he is anxious
to effect some way in which this large body of men
will not continue to be disfranchised. Arrange-
ments have been made with a member of the New
York State Legislature for the introduction of a
bill enabling the traveling man to register at his
convenience, and this will be done early in Jan-
uary. Mr. Clifford is seeking to get a large delega-
tion from every salesmen's association to go to Al-
bany and work for the passage of this bill when it
is introduced. This should be of particular interest
to piano salesmen, as well as to the members of the
National Piano Travelers' Association, and even
the manufacturers' associations, in this and other
lines, would do well to foster this idea, which will
accrue to the benefit of the "knights of the grip."
Salesmen, as a rule, represent an average of in-
telligence that must necessarily be higher than that
required for the carrying on of other vocations.
These men, admittedly intelligent and doing a real,
constructive, necessary work, should have their say
regarding the administration of the affairs of the
country. Concerted action on the part of the sales-
men, through their various associations, should
make the passage of a bill such as this one an easy
matter, but united and concerted action must be
shown before the legislators will look with any
degree of interest or enthusiasm upon a bill of this
kind.
NEWARK, N. J., December 27.—The local branch
of Jacob Doll & Sons is now under the manage-
ment of J. H. Husk, formerly connected with the
Musical Instrument Sales Co., and who succeeded
as manager A. J. Bruen, who is now on the Pacific
Coast. The Doll & Sons branch is featuring the
Mehlin piano very successfully in connection with
other lines of instruments.
Statistics Compiled by the Employment Bureau
of the Kohler Industries Indicated That There
Are Few Skilled Men Out of Work at the
Present Time in New York City.
(Special to Tht Review.)
THE STEINWAY IN SONG.
Name Mentioned in Chorus of Song "I Love a
Piano" in "Stop, Look, Listen."
In the new Dillingham production, "Stop, Look,
Lit-ten," with music by Irving Berlin, and which
was heard for the first time in New York on Sat-
urday evening of last week at the Globe Theatre,
one of the features is a song, "1 Lov£ a Piano,"
played on six of the same, and which rejoices in
the following chorus:
"\ know r. line way
To treat a Steinway;
1 love to stop right
Beside an upright,
Or a high-toned baby grand."
DEATH OF JULIUS D. BAUER.
Julius D. Bauer, a member of the retail piano
house of Stultz & Bauer, 738 Broadway, Brook-
lyn, was found dead in his room at his home, 1199
Carroll street, that borough, shortly before mid-
night, December 23, when his mother and sister
returned from a shopping tour. The deceased
was twenty-three years of age, and his sudden
death caused quite a shock to his family.
WILEY B. ALLEN CO.'S FINE QUARTERS IN LOS ANGELES.
IN CHARGE OF WISSNER'S, NEWARK.
Interior of Company's Building Remodeled and Equipped Throughout—Some of the Details of
the New Arrangement—Special Type of Show Window Attracts Attention.
L. C. Lincoln, Who Recently Rejoined Wissner
Organization, Acting as Manager in Newark.
(Special to The Review.)
NEWARK, N. J.," December 27.—The local branch
of Otto Wissner is temporarily in charge of L. C.
Lincoln, O. Nanz, formerly manager of the branch,
having resigned to take a position on the Pacific
Coast. Mr. Lincoln, who recently joined the Wiss-
ner organization after an absence of several years,
has his headquarters in Brooklyn, N. Y., and is in
charge of the retail end of the business and of the
advertising department. He declares that the de-
mand for medium-priced players and for Sonora
phonographs has depleted the stock of those in-
struments.
Statistics from the Employment Bureau of the
Kohler Industries forcefully show the labor con-
ditions prevailing in the piano and player indus-
tries of New York. In this department there are,
as a rule, many applications during a month for
work in each branch of the business. The highest
number in December, however, was entered by ap-
prentices, of which there were thirty-seven applied
for positions, twenty-seven under the heading of
general help, while cabinet makers and porters
numbered fourteen each. The applications of skilled
labor for each department, however, were from
one to eight, which is a very small average in
comparison to what there has been during previous
months.
Another interesting feature of the records is the
fact that out of the vast number of employes there
have been only ten deaths during the last few years,
three in 1913, six in 1914 and one during 1915. The
number which have been compelled to leave on
account of ill health during the last three years
are twenty-seven. The Kohler Industries have,
through arrangements with the Polyclinic Hospital,
provided that their employes may receive medical
attention. Forty-six employes received such med-
ical attention during the year just coming to a
close.
While such service has been mostly for minor
ailments, there have been a few cases where
an operation has been required and the patient
obliged to remain in the hospital more than a week.
In all such instances the Kohler Industries have
borne the expense.
(Special to The Review.)
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Los ANGELES, CAL., December 25.—The accom-
panying illustration shows the new interior of the
Wiley B. Allen Co. store in this city as it appeared
on the formal opening day recently. As will be
noticed, the ground floor, which is the one shown,
u particularly elegant in its finish and decorative
scheme, and the arrangement produces an appear-
ance of spaciousness and richness that could not
be easily excelled. In the front part of the floor
Department Store, Denver. And the Allen Co.
window, which is fifteen feet wide, differs from
these three others in several important points,
although patterned after the same patent. In
the other cases the curved section of plate glass
extends entirely to the floor, necessitating the use
of a thirty-six-inch barrier, of iron or other metal,
which comprises a railing, back of which is left
a considerable space for the accumulation of dirt,
snow, and so forth. In the Allen Co. window this
GIFT FROM MASON & HAMLIN FORCE.
J. D. McLean, manager of the Eastern ware-
rooms of the Mason & Hamlin Co., 313 Fifth ave-
nue, New York, was the recipient on Christmas
Eve of a beautiful solid silver cake and sandwich
service from the employes of the Mason & Ham-
lin Co. in New York. Mr. McLean was deeply
affected by this tribute from his coworkers, and
expressed his appreciation of the invaluable serv-
ices which each and every one had contributed
towards making 1915 the banner year in Mason &
Hamlin history.
Rev. John J. Fink died last week at St. Louis.
Mo. He founded the firm of Hinners & Fink,
organ manufacturers, at Pekin, 111., in association
with John L. 'Hinners. This firm was the predeces-
sor of the Hinners Organ Co.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire posit : ons
of any kind.
View of the Warerooms of the Wiley B. Allen Co. on Formal Opening Day.
is provided considerable space for an attractive
display of pianos, and back of this may be seen •
the talking machine section with its several dem-
onstrating rooms.
An especially interesting feature of the store is
the new type of reflection-absorbing window in the
front, which was completed and installed just a
week ago. There are in the United States but
three other similar windows, which are used by
Hardman, Peck & Co., New York; the Packard
Automobile Co., Detroit, and the Gano-Downs
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK
Manufacturers of
feature is eliminated by the use of an inverted
type of shadow box, which only reaches to within
about two feet of the floor. It is neat and at-
tractive in appearance and enables the use of the
entire window space. It overcomes all reflections,
and enables the passing pedestrian to get a clear,
distinct view of the store interior. And not only
does it do away with the objectionable mirroring
feature, but the window, because of its uniqueness,
regularly draws before it a curiosity-impelled
throng, proving an excellent advertising feature.
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