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THE:
NEW WURLITZER CATALOGUE
A Publication of Exceeding Merit to Dealers in
Small Goods and Supplies.
One of the largest and most complete
catalogues devoted to small goods of all
kinds which has made its appearance in the
trade for some time is that issued by the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, O.
Space prevents recounting the innumerable
instruments pictured and described in this
volume.
Suffice it that everything in
music that a dealer requires, and every
supply in this connection, is described and
priced in this volume. For purposes of
reference it should be in the hands of every
dealer.
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.'s line of
small goods is one of the most complete
and most satisfying in the trade, and in-
vites the investigation of wide-awake
dealers, desirous of making their small
goods department a profitable adjunct to
their business.
WHOLE WORLD KNOWS THE HOHNER.
One of the cleverest of the many in-
genious and effective designs published by
the Hohner firm to attract the attention of
purchasers and the trade is a humorous
pen-and-ink sketch in cartoon form repre-
senting a Hohner harmonica on end, en-
dowed, for the occasion, with arms, legs
and a broad smile, extending a hearty
greeting to the whole world, which, also
fitted out with legs and arms and a happy
expression of countenance, towers above his
musical friend. With the picture goes the
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
lating with his little savings as well as the
rich man with his thousands or his mil-
lions. When you remember that the aver-
age man is naturally a bull you can realize
how immense the loss has been.
"Now, when a man has lost the hundred
dollars that he had in the bank the first
thing he will think about is how to get it
DULL ONLY IN NEW YORK.
back there, and buying luxuries will be the
last thing in his head. Until the empty
Jobbing Trade in South and West in Excellent
bank accounts are replenished business
Condition.
around New York will be less than normal.
"Jobbing business throughout the Fortunately, however, the country at large
country at large is in good shape," said a is in excellent condition, and I hope it will
prominent jobber who has just returned not take long for the local stringency to
from an extended trip. "The volume of pass."
business is entirely normal for this time of
year. The South, with ten and eleven cent
REGINA MUSIC BOXES
cotton, has money to burn, and is buying
freely, and the West with its immense corn Finding Their Way Into a Larger Measure of
and wheat crops is in excellent shape,
Favor Through the Club Plan.
and is consuming as rapidly as ever. In
fact in the country at large business is en-
The idea of selling the Regina Music
tirely normal.
boxes on the club plan is being favorably
"The only section in which it is poor is received wherever introduced. Hundreds
Xew York City and the country for a few of persons who have for years past desired
hundred miles around it. This is due in to possess a Regina box, but could not af-
my opinion to a variety of causes. The lo- ford to pay cash with orders have, within
cal labor troubles are one very important the past two months, been able to satisfy
cause, the unseasonably warm weather is their wishes completely and are more than
another, but undoubtedly the losses in pleased with the opportunity to provide.
Wall street constitute the greatest cause of The following extract from a recent Regina
poor business around New York.
announcement to music dealers will bear
"These losses have been enormous, and repetition here, and may be of service to
they have affected not only the poor, but such as have not yet availed themselves of
the rich as well. Every town and a good the plan:
many pretty insignificant villages had their
Almost without exception those dealeis
bucket shops, and the poor man was specu- who have made the wonderful successes
legend. "The whole world knows the
Hohner harmonicas."
The new Hohner accordeons are being
widely accepted by experts as remarkably
satisfactory in tone and general value.
Business with the Hohner house continues
large in volume.
THEY BEAR THE NAME OF
M. HOHNER
WHICH MEANS
THE BEST
M. Hohner's new catalogue, just out. If you
haven't one, get it. Most complete book of its
kind ever published.
ASK YOUR JOBBER.
... M. HOHNER .