Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 30 N. 2 - Page 10
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
$l,OOO;|Reward for Violin.
FLECHTER,
ACCUSED OF BUYING STOLEN
" S T R A D , " WANTS VINDICATION.
So anxious has Victor S. Flechter,the vio-
lin dealer, of No. 2$ Union Square, become
over the mysterious disappearance of the
Stradivarius violin belonging to Jean Bott
that he has offered a reward of $1,000 for
information that may lead to its recovery.
After Bott's death the violin could not be
found. Some one had stolen it. Flechter
was accused of having received the instru-
ment from the thief. He was tried, con-
victed and sentenced to one year's im-
prisonment. He carried the case into
the higher courts. It is now before the
Court of Appeals, and Flechter hasn't seen
the inside of a prison so far.
"The money for the reward is now in
the bank," said Flechter yesterday, "and
while I have no claim on the instrument,
as it belongs to Mrs. Bott, I am anxious to
have the mystery solved. I am convinced
that it is in the hands of some one who is
ignorant of its value."
Damaged by Water.
[Special to The Review.]
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 8, 1900.
At the establishment of the Britting
Piano Co., 1129 Walnut street, a burst
w'ater pipe caused much damage to the
stock of goods in hand. About 1 A. M.
Friday Merchants' Policeman Gerhart
passed the store, and heard running water.
He found the entire place deluged. Each
floor to the fourth was flooded. A pipe
had burst on the top floor. The water
was turned off, but until stock is examined
the firm cannot estimate the loss, which
will be heavy.
Capt. Reichmann, a cousin of Geo.
Reichmann, of Sohmer & Co., was recent-
ly ordered by the Government to join the
Boer forces as the military representative
of this government.
How to Build Up Trade.
SOME POINTERS UPON THE NECESSITY OF BEING
ALIVE TO THE PRESENT DEMAND FOR
BETTER GOODS—THE BOLD AND RE-
SOURCEFUL MAN SUCCEEDS.
A farmer that does not sow cannot reap ;
So in retailing. If you do not experiment
in different ways to build up your business
you cannot expect development. Your
business will be exactly what you make it,
nothing more or less. It is ingenuity and
inventiveness, together with persistent ef-
fort, that make a business progress. It is
better to try a hundred times to reach the
goal and miss ninety-nine times than never
to try.
Every business has material connected
with it by which an intelligent and experi-
enced worker can win success, whereas a
plodder simply drifts with the tide into a
state of retrogression. There are stores
innumerable in the country that are simply
starving for the want of enterprise, and in
999
The
Extensive
Manufactories
and
Warerooms
of the
B. Shoninger
Co,
New Haven
and
New York
999
12
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
$l,OOO;|Reward for Violin.
FLECHTER,
ACCUSED OF BUYING STOLEN
" S T R A D , " WANTS VINDICATION.
So anxious has Victor S. Flechter,the vio-
lin dealer, of No. 2$ Union Square, become
over the mysterious disappearance of the
Stradivarius violin belonging to Jean Bott
that he has offered a reward of $1,000 for
information that may lead to its recovery.
After Bott's death the violin could not be
found. Some one had stolen it. Flechter
was accused of having received the instru-
ment from the thief. He was tried, con-
victed and sentenced to one year's im-
prisonment. He carried the case into
the higher courts. It is now before the
Court of Appeals, and Flechter hasn't seen
the inside of a prison so far.
"The money for the reward is now in
the bank," said Flechter yesterday, "and
while I have no claim on the instrument,
as it belongs to Mrs. Bott, I am anxious to
have the mystery solved. I am convinced
that it is in the hands of some one who is
ignorant of its value."
Damaged by Water.
[Special to The Review.]
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 8, 1900.
At the establishment of the Britting
Piano Co., 1129 Walnut street, a burst
w'ater pipe caused much damage to the
stock of goods in hand. About 1 A. M.
Friday Merchants' Policeman Gerhart
passed the store, and heard running water.
He found the entire place deluged. Each
floor to the fourth was flooded. A pipe
had burst on the top floor. The water
was turned off, but until stock is examined
the firm cannot estimate the loss, which
will be heavy.
Capt. Reichmann, a cousin of Geo.
Reichmann, of Sohmer & Co., was recent-
ly ordered by the Government to join the
Boer forces as the military representative
of this government.
How to Build Up Trade.
SOME POINTERS UPON THE NECESSITY OF BEING
ALIVE TO THE PRESENT DEMAND FOR
BETTER GOODS—THE BOLD AND RE-
SOURCEFUL MAN SUCCEEDS.
A farmer that does not sow cannot reap ;
So in retailing. If you do not experiment
in different ways to build up your business
you cannot expect development. Your
business will be exactly what you make it,
nothing more or less. It is ingenuity and
inventiveness, together with persistent ef-
fort, that make a business progress. It is
better to try a hundred times to reach the
goal and miss ninety-nine times than never
to try.
Every business has material connected
with it by which an intelligent and experi-
enced worker can win success, whereas a
plodder simply drifts with the tide into a
state of retrogression. There are stores
innumerable in the country that are simply
starving for the want of enterprise, and in
999
The
Extensive
Manufactories
and
Warerooms
of the
B. Shoninger
Co,
New Haven
and
New York
999
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