PRESTO
SCHOOL BAND TOURNAMENT
FEATURE OF CONVENTION
Many Cities Have Already Signified Their Intention
to Contribute to the Event.
ll must not \)v assumed that tin- Chicago convention
next month is to he merely a hand contest. That
feature of the occasion is being "played up" so
strongly that there may he some misunderstanding
in the matter. The hand contests are merely features
of the week and not the main purpose of the con-
vention.
Lt. VVm. 11. Santelmann, leader of the United
States .Marine Hand at Washington, will he the chief
judge in the hand tournament at the Drake Hotel
the week of June 4th. High school, grammar school
and military academy hands will compete, and it is
expected that there will he 350 hands, with a total of
(),{)Vi) juvenile musicians here for the contest.
Six thousand dollars in prizes will he awarded to
the successful bands. According to the plans of the
committee on arrangements, the high school bands
will compete Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday, June
4, 5 and 6, and the grammar schools and military
academies Thursday morning. In the afternoon or
tlie final day there will he a mass concert of all the
competing hands and a parade.
The competition will take place on the Lake Front,
the hands will be placed at intervals from Van Bureti
street south to 12th street. A number of stands will
he erected and one hand will follow the other, accord-
ing to the program, and play before the judge.
Practically all the Chicago school bands will take
part in the tournament. From outside the following
entries have been received: Richmond, Ind.; Quincy,
111.: Piqua. O.; Rockford, 111.: Oklahoma City; Cedar
Rapids, la.: Herliu, \ . 11.: East Chicago, Ind.; At-
tleboro, Mass.; Xorth Adams, Mass.; Aurora, 111.;
Bakersrield, Cal.: Berkeley, Cal.: Goshen, Tnd.;
Gloucester, Mass.; Marshalltown, la.; Louisville, Ky.;
Cambridge, O.; Great Falls, Mont.; Dayton, Va.;
Palestine, Texas; Lake Geneva, Wis.; Xew Bedford.
Mass.; Minot, X. IX: Lexington, Mo.: Delafield,
Wis.; Morgan Park Military Academy; Augusta,
Ga.: Fremont, <).; Krie, Pa.; Miles, Mich.; Ada,
Okla.; Harvey, 111.: Madison, Wis.; Atkinson, Kas.;
Fond du Lac, Wis.; Colorado Springs; Pittsburgh:
Richmond Center, Wis.; Tracy, Minn.: Council
Bluffs, la.: Grand Rapids, Mich.; Evansville, Ind.;
Elyria, O.; Hamilton, O.; Memphis; Xew Castle, Pa.;
I.e Roy, Minn.; Lovington, 111.; Lehi, Utah; Colum-
bus. Xeb.; Cleveland, O.; Walla Walla, Wash.; Ccn-
tralia. 111.; Marietta, O.; Scottsbluff, Neb.; Brazil,
Ind.; Paterson, N. J.; Joliet, 111.; Detroit, Mich.; Al-
ton, 111.; Locust Grove, Ga.; Jasper, Ind.; Culver,
Ind.: Greensfield, Mass.; Tuskegce Institute, Ala-
bama; Hastings, Xeb.; Peru, 111.; Woodstock, 111.;
1 larrisburg, Pa.: White Plains, N. Y.; Woodbury,
X. J.
MAY OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
The opening of May sees more satisfactory condi-
tions than existed at the opening of April or March,
writes B. C. Forbes, writing on general business con-
ditions in the Chicago Herald Examiner. Unhealthy,
inflammatory symptoms then in evidence have been
largely eliminated. Whereas March brought rather
feverish conditions, which begot alarm in thoughtful
minds, April has been characterized by more healthy
symptoms and activities. The net result is that a
more hopeful view of the outlook is now justified.
Happily, business is now moving along on a reason-
ably even keel, and by the exercise of prudent caution
all round there is no reason within sight why good
times should not continue.
THEY GET LONGER VACATIONS.
SWANORCANS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations a n d c a t a -
logues of various styles
will be furnished p i a n o
merchants on application.
The tremendous superi"
onty of the SWAN Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection i©
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern orgatu
building.
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WARER00M WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
THE SALESMAN.
I do not care for wealth at all,
Xo doubt there's plenty for my need.
And every day, when night dews fall,
1 know I'll never miss my feed!
I he world is big enough to share
With me whenever 1 compel
The fates to yield to me and share
What 1 may win—for 1 can sell!
1 am not schooled in any art,.
Nor do I claim the secret skill
Of one who has the power to dart
From orb to planet at his will;
But I have naught at all to fear,
Because I've learned that all is well
With him who keeps his conscience clear,
And knows just when and where to sell.
The man who's free and has no fear
Of when the world may tip him out,
Is better fixed, of debt all clear,
Than one with wealth submerged in doubt;
1 have no gold piled up in stacks,
No mortgages or bonds that swell
With water till the ceiling cracks,
But what is better—I can sell!
Longer vacations are among the rewards offered
by a local store to its employes for continuous service.
In the vacation schedule recently posted one week in
summer is allowed for eight months' service, with
two weeks in summer for twenty months. Employes
who have been with the store two, three or four years
get two weeks in summer and one day for each year
in winter. Five years' service is rewarded by two
WARNING TO CREDIT MEN.
weeks in summer and one week in summer or winter.
Continued good business is menaced by the pyra-
For twenty-five or more years of continuous connec-
miding of orders for supplies, J. H. Tregoes, secretary
tion with the store four weeks' vacation is ajlowed.
of the National Association of Credit Men, said in his
May statement to members, made public this week.
The report says that wholesale prices have been
PRODUCTION STATISTICS.
It is the intention of the Music Industries Cham- advancing, the cost of living is showing a monthly
ber of Commerce to compile and distribute among gain, employment and wages have shown a consid-
piano manufacturers monthly statistical reports show- erable increase, and car loadings are of record figure.
ing production of instruments, orders received, ship-
ments and other information of importance in this
L. M. NEWMAN BACK.
connection. A beginning has already been made by
L. M. Xewman. of Newman Bros. Co., Chicago,
way of experiment and several of the leading piano is back at his desk after an absence of several weeks
manufacturers are contributing these statistics to because of illness. Mr. Xewman was a victim of
the Chamber monthly. This matter, which is as yet influenza and rheumatism for the past three months.
not fully developed, will come before the National
This week is the first time he is again at his work
Association of Piano Manufacturers at the convention. at the head of the Xewman Bros, industry.
SWAN PIANOS
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May 5, 1923
S. N. SWAN & SONS, «•«»—. FREEPORT, ILL
KROEGER
(Established 15S2)
The name alone is enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Styl« Players Are F'nest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to / ^ve it.
KROEGER P ANO CO.
NEW YORK. N. Y.
and
STAMFORD. COMB.
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sell. Easily and Satisfies Always
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. ' " K S r CHICAGO
That's what you want and that's what you pet when you self Straube-
made players and pianos.
The constant and growing demand for Straube-made instruments is
due to their high quality which is indicated by the kind of people
who buy them. You can see that they are being selected by those
who choose most carefully.
As a dealer you know the advantage of selling a line of instruments
with a standing of this sort. Let us tell you about our interesting
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, II
• Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
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Pianos
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
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