PRESTO
28
September 25, 1920.
ENTER THE SUPERIOR.
The "Superior" phonograph is the latest addition
to the ranks of talking machines manufactured in
Wisconsin, strengthening still further the rank of
the Badger State as one of the principal producers
of these instruments. The Superior Manufacturers,
Inc., is the name of the corporation formed to
handle the enterprise. A factory has been opened
at First street and Hughitt avenue, in Superior, and
quantity production is now under way. A distribut-
The Scranton Talking Machine Co. is one of the ing organization has been built up reaching east
liveliest phonograph houses in that section. The to New York and west as far as Montana. Officers
handsome warerooms are at 215 Lackawanna avenue. of the company are: President, Lief Larson; vice-
Thall, the furniture dealer, Titusville, Pa., sells president, C. T. Robinson; secretary and treasurer,
the Player-Tone Phonograph. "At the opening of Oliver W. Johnson.
school, jrour tho.ughts naturally turn to the educa-
tion of your children. No education is complete
DEALER TO MANUFACTURER.
without music. Bring your youngsters in contact
J. K. Morgan, proprietor of a music store in the
with not only the world's best musicians, but with Leiter Building, Chicago, plans to begin the manu-
the great educators and entertainers," says the C. J. facture of phonographs, limiting his product to a
Schmidt Piano Co., Tiffin, O.
particular cabinet style. Through advertising and
The Pathe line is featured by Cappel's, Dayton, an efficient sales force Mr. Morgan has established
a prosperous business in the building at the corner
Ohio.
of State and Van Buren streets which once housed
Indianapolis talking machine dealers may have Siegel, Cooper & Co.
another and bigger association if desire and talk
ever crystalizes.
H. K. Mance, formerly manager of the piano de-
John McKenna is the new manager of the Chicago partment of the Stewart Dry Goods Co., Louisville,
branch of the Columbia Graphophone Co. He was Ky., has joined the sales forces of E. Paul Hamilton
formerly manager of the St. Louis branch.
in Baltimore, Md.
The Platt Music Company, Los Angeles, Calif.,
which formerly carried the Columbia line, will in
"After a weary day—the Euphona Inner-Player,"
says B. S. Porter & Son, Lima, O.
future handle the Victor line exclusively.
PATHE NOTES OFFERED
Phonograph Company's Authorized Issue to Be
Convertible Into Common Stock.
Montgomery & Co., Frazier & Co., and Cassatt
& Co. are offering at 98]/ 2 and interest, to yield over
81-2 per cent, $1,500,000 Pathe Freres Phonograph
Co. three year 8 per cent sinking fund notes dated
Aug. 2, 1920, and due Aug. 1, 1923. They are part
of an authorized issue of $2,000,000.
The notes are convertible into common stock at
$35 a share. Net current assets of the company are
$3,686,296 or 245 per cent of the outstanding notes,
and net tangible assets, without deducting these
notes, are $6,166,007 or 411 per cent of the outstand-
ing notes. The company has no bonds or mort-
gages, except one real estate mortgage of $5,000
which can not now be paid off.
The fiscal agent for the sale of the Pathe gold
notes is the firm of Dangler, Lapham & Co., 1101
Harris Trust Building. Mr. Lapham, of the firm,
is a son of one of Chicago's most active piano men
and he has many friends in the trade who will gladly
"take his word for it" that the phonograph invest-
ment is a good one.
EXPLAINS USE OF LONG HAIR.
George—"Why do musicians generally wear long
hair?"
Mary—"I suppose they think it is necessary to
have plenty of locks to match their keys."
—Indianapolis Star.
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