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BIT OF CIVILIZATION UNDER THE ANCIENT STAR
Very unique, and of unusual interest to all who
possess even a small strain of the sentiment that
hinds us to the traditions of the holiday season,
is the picture on this page, taken from the in-
genious and artistic handiwork of a prominent
New York piano manufacturer. For years past,
when Christmas time approached, President
William Tonk, of the industry that bears his name,
has designed and worked out peculiarly effective
reminders of the days when the weather is bleak
outside but especially cheery within; when the
j.-'rey skies are made bright by Kriss Kringie and the
Christ Kindschen. And the season just past seems
10 have given Mr. Tonk a special impulse, for his
work was the best that he has thus far done in
this unique illustration of how a hard working
piano manufacturer may find inspiration and
recreation.
Two years ago Mr. Tonk's picture represented
a "Congress of Nations," in w T hich a number of
nations were represented, among them American
Indians, 4; Mexicans, 3; Peruvians, 6; American
Negroes, 4; Irish, 4; East Indians, 12; the latter
most interesting, as thjey were made by the
natives, as were the Peruvian figures, chiseled out
of wood, covered with plaster and highly colored;
also the Filipinos; Schwartzwalder (German);
Chinese, 1; Japanese, 2; Hollanders, 4, and others.
The setting represented a park with a Roman
scene as a background. The center of the park
was studded with a statue of Liberty, toward which
all the groups were faced and were supposed to
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