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THE MUSIC TRKDE REVIEW
PROMPT AND FREQUENTSET7LEMEN1 S
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"here is twenty dollars to bind der bargain.
I vill be here termorrow undt bay der bal-
How the " imart" man made use of the " old " unce if he sells id."
violin craze.
"Ach," said the owner when the pawn-
broker sought him. "Ach, I vould hade ter
The discovery of valuable violins by noted part mid der violin. I couldn't sell it for less
makers in widely separated sections of the dan two hundredt tollars. Id cosdt me five
country is reported in almost every exchange hundredt tollars in Polandt."
After some bickering the pawnbroker
that comes to hand. The following story,
which we clip from the Sun, is rather perti- bought the violin for $200 and departed in
nent to this subject and demonstrates that the glee over his supposed luck in getting such a
bargain. He waited impatiently the next
"old violin story" can sometimes be worked day for the Polish professor to come and pay
to monetary advantage by some of the clever him $280, the balance due. He has been
gentry:
waiting ever since. When he went to look
A well-known Delancey street pawn-broker up the owner he found that he had moved
•whose place of business is not far from Allen and the professor was equally difficult to lo-
street, and who is considered one of the cate.
shrewdest men in the business, is receiving
The violin is worth about $12. The pawn-
condolences over his loss of $180 to two very broker is now trying to straighten out his
slick swindlers. One afternoon last week a books. "Nobody ever has any sympathy for
shabbily dressed man visited the pawnshop a pawnbroker," he told a Sun reporter, "so
and asked for a loan on a violin and bow.
I'd better shut up and let this drop."
"I vas a blayer from Polandt," he said,
"undtT vouldn't lose dat fiddle for anytings.
GROTESQUE INSTRUMENTS.
It is werry waluable."
St. Cecilia has had many remarkable im-
"I'll give you $8 on it," said the pawn-
broker.
itators, judging from the models of musi-
"All righdt," said the young man, "dot cal instruments at the patent office in
vill helb me ouid. Bud please, misder, don'd Washington. A violin, with horn attach-
wrab it ub. It mighd be hurdt. Chust hang
ment, is a fair sample, the horn being at the
id ub. I. vill taig id ouid to-morrow."
"All right," said the pawnbroker. He neck of the instrument.
Another is of unusual shape, and is pos-
placed the violin on a shelf behind the counter.
The next day another man entered the sessed of four sound holes instead of two.
pawnshop to price some silverware. His Another is noteworthy as being of an en-
'long, black hair hung over his coat collar tirely novel shape, somewhat resembling a
and he wore gold-rimmed glasses. The sil-
verware didn't suit him, but he took a look at mandolin, only that the body is much more
the violin and then he said: "Ah, dot loogs elongated and circular in section.
liag a fine violin. Vill you led me see id?"
FOR EXTEMPORE COMPOSITIONS.
The violin and bow were handed to him
and he examined them critically. Then he
A little instrument has been devised after
exclaimed rapturously: "Ah! Ad lasdt I
haf foundt von of dem. Ach, vat a choy- the style of a phonograph, which, attached
ous news. A real von ad lasdt, ad lasdt!"
to a piano will retain all the notes of extem-
"Found what?" asked the pawnbroker.
pore compositions, thus preventing the loss
"A regular, chenuine Rubinsky violin," of any piece the player may not have been
said the man. "I am a Polish brofessor. I
able to recollect. It is worked by the move-
vill blay id for you."
He did and the pawnbroker says he was a ment of the keys, and the impressions made
on the wax can be transcribed into musical
genius in more than one way.
"Dot vas der intermezzo from der Rubin- notation after a little study.
stein brelude," said he when he finished and
the pawnbroker stood admiring. "Such
lofely music vas chuse liag Heaven. Sell
it to me, mister. I vill gif you tree hundred
tollars for id righd avay."
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"I can't do that," said the pawnbroker,
"because it was only pledged here yesterday."
Two important words in the
"Tell me der mans who own id," persisted
the violinist.
daily life of music men. . • . •
"I won't do that, either," said the pawn-
TIME — because we art in
broker, scenting an opportunity to make a
the heart of the great West,
bargain himself, "but I'll go and see the
owner and ask him if he wants to sell."
and make a specialty of
"All right," said the would-be purchaser,
prompt filling of orders. .• . •
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VIOLIN STORY WITH MORAL.
time and money
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Importers and ^Manufacturers
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tome Timely Remaiks by R. J. Clelard on thi,
Interesting Topic.
I believe we shall not disagree when I state
that the merchant who insists upon prompt
and frequent settlement of accounts is more
respected, and loses little, if any, trade by
such methods. Accounts do not become
worthless during the time the debtor is trad-
ing with you. They become worthless and
uncolkaible because the debtor gets behind,
because ol your laxity in not insisting upon
payment when you should do so. Once be-
hind, his income is not large enough to meet
his lamily expenses and liquidate your claim
at the same lime. Then he tells you his fam-
ily r.iust be taken care of if you never get
\ our pay.
In Eastern countries vigorous methods
are still in force against bankrupts, or what
we would call delinquents. Even imprison-
ment for debt is not a rare occurrence. This
is also true of Germany and France, and
under certain conditions in England. The
owing of a simple debt is not punishable by
imprisonment in the United States. This ex-
plains what some of you have observed—
namely, that when foreigners of certain na-
tionalities first come to this country they pay
as agreed, but unfortunately some of them
learn too soon the difference between the
iaws of the country they left and those of
our glorious free country.
Formerly the laws were much in favor of
the creditors; now it is very much the other
way, and the debtor has much protection to
which some of us think he is not entitled.
However, the change from the laws by which
there was imprisonment for debt was a com-
mendable one, and was undoubtedly the re-
sult of the experience of great commercial
countries.
It does not seem reasonable to shut a
man up because he owes you, when, if he
were at liberty he might find remunerative
work and pay you, or by working might
subject himself to the process of the law so
that you could force him to pay if he were
unwilling, assuming, of course, that laws
tice to everyone. Newspaper men are the
are provided for reaching unwilling debtors.
However, there is some merit to laws such
as they have in England to-day. The moral
effect is to teach people to live within their
means, and this explains the fact that there
is but very little actual use made of such
stringent laws in England. It also explains
how debts may be recovered at such trifling
expense in those countries. When I say to
you that the usual rate for making collec-
tions in England does not exceed 5 per cent.,
and that a professional collector is unknown,
DID YOU START^^, v RIGHT?
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Manufacturing
Company,