July 15, 1929
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
YALE HONORS SON OF
E. A. KIESELHORST
Sidney, Third of Family to Attend Yale, Wins
; Honors and Fame in Track Athletics.
Sid Kieselhorst, son of E. A. Kieselhorst, president
of the Kieselhorst Company, St. Louis, Mo., has dis-
tinguished himself .in athletics at Yale University,
which recently gave him the signal honor of election
as captain of its 1930 track team.
While attending Philips Andover Academy, "Sid,"
a handsome, well-built, athletic-appearing youth, be-
came interested in track athletics through watching
the early feats of Charley Borah, now track star at
the University of Southern California. Borah, sens-
ing young Kieselhorst's aptitude for the sport, urged
him to try out for the track team.
Kieselhorst is one of the greatest hurdlers in the
United States, and experts agree that he will some
day be recognized as the greatest in the world.
When E. A. Kieselhorst was asked recently where
Sid got his running ability, he remarked facetiously:
"From his father, of course, because in the early days
of his business, I had to keep at least a couple of
junlps ahead of my bankers and other creditors. I
did it, paying all my bills promptly when due, but at
times it was a squeeze."
His career, to date, was climaxed June 1, when he
bettered the national record of twenty-three and
three-fifths seconds for the 220-yard low hurdles, in
the L C. A. A. A. A. games at Philadelphia. The
mark was set by C. A. Kraenzlein, in 1898, but Kiesel-
horst s time of :23.3 has not yet been given official
status, on the grounds that a wind was at his back.
After graduation next June he will enter the Har-
vard Graduate School of Business Administration for
JESSE FREXCH QUEEN ANNE GRAND IN POLYCHROME FINISH.
In the last issue of Presto-Times special mention
was made of the many sales that were being made by
Jesse French & Sons Piano Co., New Castle, Ind., of
their ensemble sets, which comprise radio, piano,
bench, music cabinet, lamp and chair to match. The
picture presented here is made from a photograph of
a Queen Anne Grand in Polychrome, which Jesse
French & Sons recently got out on a special order
for an eastern dealer.
ejaculations of shoppers. The tastefully hand-lettered
card read "Chickering Grand—The Ideal Bridal Gift
—$1095." A harp in the background completes the
display.
The new Chickering models which are now show-
ing Grand with their June "the Bride Month" cam-
paign.
Moreover, statistics prove that as many weddings
take place in other months as in June, so the "bridal"
window display is always timely.
This dealer also carries the other instruments of
the American Piano Company's line, the Mason &
Hanilin; the Knabe, official piano of the Metropolitan
Opera Company; the J. & C. Fischer and the Mar-
shall & Wendell.
DEALERS' ACTIVITIES
AT NEW YORK MEETING
BEAUTIFUL
ENTRANCE
TO
THE
WILL
A.
two years, following the examples set by his two
brothers, Wallace and Earl. The former was gradu-
ated from Yale in 1925 and Harvard in 1927, while
Earl received his Eli sheepskin in 'Z7 and his graduate
degree from Harvard this year.
WATKIN MUSIC STORE, AT DALLAS, TEXAS.
ing throughout the country, have been the subject of
congratulatory letters from every state in the Union
and the Clark Music Company has amply succeeded
in this window display in tying up the new Chicker-
At the call of President Parham Werlein of the
National, Association of Music Merchants a meeting
of the Executive Conrtnittee of the Association was
held at the New York offices of the Association Tues-
day, July 9, for the rTtrrffose of. discussing important
plans for Association activities during the opening
months of Mr. Werlein's administration. There were
present Otto B. .Heatorii'dK Columbus, Ohio, and Jay
Grinnell of Detroit, Mich., vice-presidents of the as-
sociation; and Alex McDonald of New York, a direc-
tor of the association. By invitation, past president
C. J. Roberts, of Baltimore, also attended the meeting.
Definite plans for amplifying to a very considerable
extent the Dealer Service Department of the associa-
tion were discussed and acted upon.
This is the first time that the Executive Committee
provided for in the new constitution and by-laws has
functioned. The new by-laws provide that the presi-
dent may at any time appoint an Executive Commit-
tee made up of members of the Executive Board, and,
that the Executive Committee has full power to act
at any time when the Executive Board or Board of
Control are not in session.
Vice-President E. R. Weeks of Binghamton was
unable to attend the meeting owing to the death of
his sister, Mrs. Giles H. Dickinson, wife of Mr.
Weeks' partner.
CELEBRATED JUNE,
THE BRIDE MONTH
Clark Music Company, Syracuse, N. Y., Introduces
New Chickering Models With a Very Attrac-
tive Window Display.
June, "the Bride Month," was celebrated by the
Clark: Music Company, Syracuse, N. Y., with a dis-
tinctive window display introducing the new Chicker-
ing Grand as "the ideal bridal gift." A magnificent
organ suitably,tdecorated with candles and flanked by
palms, effectively produced a wedding ceremony at-
mospiieite. A fine piece of material falling in rich
folds over the organ seat lent to the ensemble a
graceful finishing touch.
The bride, carrying a bouquet of orchids and beau-
tifully gowned in -a recent Parisian creation, was the
charming piec£ de resistance of the display. A small
courtesy card bore the name of Syracuse's most ex-
clusive "coutouriere."
The new model Chickering Grand, styled in the
spirit of modern furniture design, and showing for
the first time in Syracuse, inspired the complimentary
AN ATTRACTIVE MODEL GULBRANSEN PIANO BENCH.
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