Music Trade Review
Issue: 1893 Vol. 18 N. 12 - Page 1
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VOL.
XVIII. No. 12.
published Every Saturday.
SEEN AND HEARD IN
THE WORUD'S
FAIR_CITY.
CHICAGO DAY—AN IMPERIAL CITY—A TRIUMPH-
ANT SPECTACLE—"I WILL," TYPICAL OF
CHICAGO—THE SPIRIT WHICH MADE
CHICAGO—THE FAIR TO CLOSE THIS
MONTH—ALL HONOR TO THE
WORLD'S FAIR MANAGERS
—CROWDED HOTELS.
A PECULIAR CLASS OF SIGHT-SEERS—THE MID-
WAY PLAISANCE—TRUTH STRONGER THAN
FICTION—EXHIBITORS PLEASED IN THE
MUSIC SECTION—VALUE TO COME—
THE AWARDS—ALL SEEM SAT-
I S F I E D — A PAINSTAKING
JURY—THE KIMBALL
CO. 'S HONORS.
LYON & HEALY HAVE A DOZEN AWARDS—THE
INTERPRETER OF ADJECTIVES—SPECIAL
FEATURES NAMED—VISITORS IN TOWN
— " A DARNED BIG F A I R " — T H E
SALESMEN—A NEW HONOR FOR
BROTHER FOX.
HICAGO DAY—celebrating a triumph—
commemorating a sorrow. Twenty-two
years ago to-day, from where the beautiful
White City now stands, might be seen the fierce
flames which left a waste of crumbling walls
and blackened embers, and overhead hung the
dense cloud of smoke, which seemed like a
funeral pall over Chicago's dead hopes.
To-day, decked in gala attire, with her heaven
towering monuments of trade and commerce
wreathed with rich colors, she bids the nations
of the earth welcome. From the blue waters of
the lake, which reflect the classic beauty of the
peristyle to the uttermost boundary lines of the
imperial city, there is joy and jubilance every-
where.
The air is vibrant with the fanfare of trumpets,
telling the countless thousands within her
gates of Chicago's greatness and prosperity.
Truly a day for rejoicing, and this city is doing
it in a hearty manner, or better, in a real
"Chicago way," because what Chicago at-
tempts is always carried out with a vim and
earnestness which insures success.
* *
#
What always impresses me about Chicago is
that determination " I will," which seems all-
pervading here. It was that same unfaltering
principle which built the new Chicago on the
ashes of the old. It is that same spirit which
has made her the commercial centre of the West.
It is that same determination, / will, which has
made her great in musico-industrial affairs.
When the walls of the city were still crumbling
in '71, over the wires W. W. Kimball flashed
the message to a well-known Boston house :
•
ffeu; Yoi% Oetober 14, 1893.
'' Send me some pianos at once. If you want
money draw on me." That was the spirit
which built the huge Kimball factories, the
magnificent building on Wabash avenue, the
same spirit which won such honors for the
Kimball products at the World's Fair. It is
that same indomitable will-power which has
carried Chicago to the front in organ building,
and still her march is forward—on to her glorious
untold destiny.
*
The officials have decided that the big Fair
will close the last of this month, and every one
who can arrange should immediately prepare to
visit this greatest of all World's Fairs. Less
than three weeks and it will be over, and a
splendid opportunity gone forever. It is the
grandest educational object lesson that the
world has ever seen. To the young, to the
students, to the artists, to the believers in the
practical or theoretical, there is that displayed
here which must at once command the attention
and be of the utmost future advantage to the
beholder. I may here remark that the Ameri-
can public is just beginning to evidence its ap-
preciation of this gigantic exposition.
# *
*
&4.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
the old lady, in a tone of most supreme disgust,
said:
"Why, Maria, it's nothin' but a lot of old
plates."
"Yes, that's so, ma," replied the younger,
and so they turned away for still further inves-
tigation elsewhere.
*
Crowds have thronged the musical exhibit in
Section I last week. I think that nearly all the
exhibitors in that section are well pleased with
the result of their exhibits. Millions of visitors
have passed their booths, the impression made
upon countless thousands of their wares will be
lasting. A vast amount of advertising matter
has been distributed, the names of certain pianos
are known to thousands who possibly had never
heard of the make before. The seed has been
scattered widely, and some will fall upon a
responsive soil, and no one can safely predict
when the good resulting from this Fair will
have ceased to accumulate.
While standing near a booth on the main
avenue last week I heard three ladies ask where
they would find such a piano, naming a make
not on exhibition.
The Fair, from every point of view, is an
assured success, and as I remarked upon a
previous visit here, I have a respectful, a gen-
uine admiration for the master minds who con-
ceived, executed and blended together the
beautiful White City in an artistic whole. They
have constantly been exposed to a fire of unjust
criticism, but see what they have accomplished !
After all, it is the results which speak most
eloquent. Theories amount to little unless they
are capable of practical execution, and here we
see the practical result of the theories and work
of the builders of the World's Fair. They have
accomplished much.
:
#
The hotel proprietors have cause to be gleeful.
The crowds have been pouring into the city by
the tens of thousands over every line leading to
Chicago. The hotels are all filled with guests
and many are turning away people by the hun-
dred. The hotels which have escaped legal en-
counters with the sheriff are now in high
feather.
# #
*
Many of the visitors, while imbued with the
value of the Fair as a whole, do not enthuse
over particular exhibits. I saw this illustrated
last week, when two women, carrying their
mid-day lunch in a commodious pasteboard box,
went into the magnificent exhibition of rare
china which is shown in the Manufacturers'
Building. They had apparently found little to
interest them, and they entered the room with
the fond hope of finding something of unusual
value. One was an elderly lady ; her appear-
ance denoted that it was a holiday excursion for
her. The younger woman was her daughter.
After looking at the superb collection of china,
" T H E PIANOS ARE IN T H E R E ,
MA DA MIC. "
There are so many things to see that one must
arrange systematic plans or the whole thing is
confusing. The Midway Plaisance is daily
thronged. There are little glimpses of different
countries to be seen here. Some amusing and
some funny sights. Fancy Egypt, the mother
of civilization, planted in the middle of the Plais-
ance ! Fancy mummies three thousand years
lying in state in a transplanted Temple of Luxor,
{Continued on page j.)
VOL.
XVIII. No. 12.
published Every Saturday.
SEEN AND HEARD IN
THE WORUD'S
FAIR_CITY.
CHICAGO DAY—AN IMPERIAL CITY—A TRIUMPH-
ANT SPECTACLE—"I WILL," TYPICAL OF
CHICAGO—THE SPIRIT WHICH MADE
CHICAGO—THE FAIR TO CLOSE THIS
MONTH—ALL HONOR TO THE
WORLD'S FAIR MANAGERS
—CROWDED HOTELS.
A PECULIAR CLASS OF SIGHT-SEERS—THE MID-
WAY PLAISANCE—TRUTH STRONGER THAN
FICTION—EXHIBITORS PLEASED IN THE
MUSIC SECTION—VALUE TO COME—
THE AWARDS—ALL SEEM SAT-
I S F I E D — A PAINSTAKING
JURY—THE KIMBALL
CO. 'S HONORS.
LYON & HEALY HAVE A DOZEN AWARDS—THE
INTERPRETER OF ADJECTIVES—SPECIAL
FEATURES NAMED—VISITORS IN TOWN
— " A DARNED BIG F A I R " — T H E
SALESMEN—A NEW HONOR FOR
BROTHER FOX.
HICAGO DAY—celebrating a triumph—
commemorating a sorrow. Twenty-two
years ago to-day, from where the beautiful
White City now stands, might be seen the fierce
flames which left a waste of crumbling walls
and blackened embers, and overhead hung the
dense cloud of smoke, which seemed like a
funeral pall over Chicago's dead hopes.
To-day, decked in gala attire, with her heaven
towering monuments of trade and commerce
wreathed with rich colors, she bids the nations
of the earth welcome. From the blue waters of
the lake, which reflect the classic beauty of the
peristyle to the uttermost boundary lines of the
imperial city, there is joy and jubilance every-
where.
The air is vibrant with the fanfare of trumpets,
telling the countless thousands within her
gates of Chicago's greatness and prosperity.
Truly a day for rejoicing, and this city is doing
it in a hearty manner, or better, in a real
"Chicago way," because what Chicago at-
tempts is always carried out with a vim and
earnestness which insures success.
* *
#
What always impresses me about Chicago is
that determination " I will," which seems all-
pervading here. It was that same unfaltering
principle which built the new Chicago on the
ashes of the old. It is that same spirit which
has made her the commercial centre of the West.
It is that same determination, / will, which has
made her great in musico-industrial affairs.
When the walls of the city were still crumbling
in '71, over the wires W. W. Kimball flashed
the message to a well-known Boston house :
•
ffeu; Yoi% Oetober 14, 1893.
'' Send me some pianos at once. If you want
money draw on me." That was the spirit
which built the huge Kimball factories, the
magnificent building on Wabash avenue, the
same spirit which won such honors for the
Kimball products at the World's Fair. It is
that same indomitable will-power which has
carried Chicago to the front in organ building,
and still her march is forward—on to her glorious
untold destiny.
*
The officials have decided that the big Fair
will close the last of this month, and every one
who can arrange should immediately prepare to
visit this greatest of all World's Fairs. Less
than three weeks and it will be over, and a
splendid opportunity gone forever. It is the
grandest educational object lesson that the
world has ever seen. To the young, to the
students, to the artists, to the believers in the
practical or theoretical, there is that displayed
here which must at once command the attention
and be of the utmost future advantage to the
beholder. I may here remark that the Ameri-
can public is just beginning to evidence its ap-
preciation of this gigantic exposition.
# *
*
&4.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
the old lady, in a tone of most supreme disgust,
said:
"Why, Maria, it's nothin' but a lot of old
plates."
"Yes, that's so, ma," replied the younger,
and so they turned away for still further inves-
tigation elsewhere.
*
Crowds have thronged the musical exhibit in
Section I last week. I think that nearly all the
exhibitors in that section are well pleased with
the result of their exhibits. Millions of visitors
have passed their booths, the impression made
upon countless thousands of their wares will be
lasting. A vast amount of advertising matter
has been distributed, the names of certain pianos
are known to thousands who possibly had never
heard of the make before. The seed has been
scattered widely, and some will fall upon a
responsive soil, and no one can safely predict
when the good resulting from this Fair will
have ceased to accumulate.
While standing near a booth on the main
avenue last week I heard three ladies ask where
they would find such a piano, naming a make
not on exhibition.
The Fair, from every point of view, is an
assured success, and as I remarked upon a
previous visit here, I have a respectful, a gen-
uine admiration for the master minds who con-
ceived, executed and blended together the
beautiful White City in an artistic whole. They
have constantly been exposed to a fire of unjust
criticism, but see what they have accomplished !
After all, it is the results which speak most
eloquent. Theories amount to little unless they
are capable of practical execution, and here we
see the practical result of the theories and work
of the builders of the World's Fair. They have
accomplished much.
:
#
The hotel proprietors have cause to be gleeful.
The crowds have been pouring into the city by
the tens of thousands over every line leading to
Chicago. The hotels are all filled with guests
and many are turning away people by the hun-
dred. The hotels which have escaped legal en-
counters with the sheriff are now in high
feather.
# #
*
Many of the visitors, while imbued with the
value of the Fair as a whole, do not enthuse
over particular exhibits. I saw this illustrated
last week, when two women, carrying their
mid-day lunch in a commodious pasteboard box,
went into the magnificent exhibition of rare
china which is shown in the Manufacturers'
Building. They had apparently found little to
interest them, and they entered the room with
the fond hope of finding something of unusual
value. One was an elderly lady ; her appear-
ance denoted that it was a holiday excursion for
her. The younger woman was her daughter.
After looking at the superb collection of china,
" T H E PIANOS ARE IN T H E R E ,
MA DA MIC. "
There are so many things to see that one must
arrange systematic plans or the whole thing is
confusing. The Midway Plaisance is daily
thronged. There are little glimpses of different
countries to be seen here. Some amusing and
some funny sights. Fancy Egypt, the mother
of civilization, planted in the middle of the Plais-
ance ! Fancy mummies three thousand years
lying in state in a transplanted Temple of Luxor,
{Continued on page j.)
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