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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 33 - Page 7

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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Miss S. (reluctantly)—" Well, if I must, I
An upright man's a blessing,
must,
I
suppose
;
but
I
shall
play
horridly,
and
An upright woman, too;
Hostess—'' Won't you please play something
I really can't play a bit without my music."
for us, dear Miss Smith ? ''
Uprightness, it would seem, the world
Hostess (to her husband an hour later)—" We
Miss S.—" Oh, I can't really, I'm so horribly
Does ne'er have cause to rue.
really must do or say something to get that
out of practice.''
stupid Miss Smith away from the piano. She's
But stop, I am forgetting,
Hostess—"Oh, Miss Smith! When you al- played six long pieces now and is beginning the
That statement's hardly right;
ways play so beautifully at any time ! ''
seventh, and goodness only knows when she'll
There are upright pianos
Miss S.—"I? I play beautifully, when I stop. Everybody's either yawning or giggling.
That go from morn till night.
really don't pretend to be anything more than I don't know whatever induced me to ask her
to play.''
an amateur ? I only wish I could play.''
Courier— Buffalo.
First Guest—"Do play, Miss Smith."
Second Guest—" Oh, do."
Third Guest—" Please do, Miss Smith. I've
heard so much about your exquisite playing
and have always wanted to hear you."
Miss S.—" Oh, thank you ! But I really am
quite out of practice, and I simply play a little
for my own amusement. "
Guests (in chorus)—" O-o-o-h, Miss Smith ! "
Miss S.—"Really, I don't pretend to play
Importer, Manufacturer, Wholesale Dealer in
well."
Fourth Guest—" Do, please, play something
for us. Let me escort you to the piano."
REMOVED TO
Play Something/'
JOHN F. STRATTON,
MUSICAL
UNRIVALLED.
MERCHANDISE
811, 813, 815, 8x7 East Ninth Street,
NEW YORK,
HENRY F. MILLER
Piano-Fortes.
BOSTON,
UNSURPASSED.
Telephone, 196 18th St.
M. STRONG, Manager.
Philadelphia,
Cincinnati.
SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE.
W. F. MASTERS,
Piano Stools, Scarfs • Lamps
D o "STCTCL. S e l l
JEWETT PIANOS?
PIANOS MOVED.
Write for catalogue and full information to . .
No. 95 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Brooklyn Office :
241 WILLOUGHBY STREET.
\
Telephone Call.
Greenpbinf 207.
_
JEWETT PIANO CO., Manufacturers,
Established 1860.
.
LEO MINSTER, MASS.

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