Music Trade Review
Issue: 1906 Vol. 43 N. 26 - Page 10
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THE MUSIC TRADE
WITH THE BUTTIN FAMILY.
Mrs.
Buttin at the 'Phone and the Office Boy
Gets Wise—Peace Reigns.
Buttin, the piano man, was in his inner office
studying his bills payable account and figuring
how he was going to stand off some of his
creditors a little later.
There was a ring at the telephone. Smarty,
the new office boy, stopped licking stamps and
picked up the receiver.
At the other end of the line was Mrs. Buttin,
who said: "i want to speak with Mr. Buttin."
But the boy was not easy. He asked in a prompt
manner:
"What name, please"?
"Buttin, B u double t i n," said the lady very
sharply. "Do you hear me.'
"But your name," said the boy.
"It's none of your business, young man; you
just go tell Mr. Buttin that I want to speak to
him and at once!" said Mrs. Buttin with extreme
emphasis.
"You'll have to give me your name, ma'am!"
said the boy firmly.
"Has Mr. Buttin so many callers over the tele-
phone that he has to know them by name?"
asked Mrs. Buttin acridly.
"I don't know, ma'am; I only know it is the
office rule that people who call up must give
their names."
"Look here, young man, how dare you raise
your voice to me? Don't you know who I am?"
asked Mrs. Buttin acridly.
"Ain't that what I've been trying to find out?"
replied the boy peevishly. "If you don't give me
your name you'll be cut off."
"You just dare to!" said Mrs. Buttin. "There's
something suspicious about this whole thing.
You go tell my husband I want to speak to him,
and if you are impertinent I'll have you dis-
charged!"
So the boy told Mr. Buttin his wife was on the
wire and wanted to speak to him.
"Hello, dear., is that you?" asked Buttin.
"Oh, you recognize my voice, do you?" shouted
Mrs. Buttin. "You didn't at first. It's very
strange, Mr. Buttin, that you have so many lady
callers on the telephone that you have to post
your boy to insult your wife!"
"Now, my dear"
began Mr. Buttin.
"It's very strange that I have called you up
at your old piano store for several years and
REVIEW
this was the first time I have ever been so in-
sulted!" said Mrs. Buttin.
"That was because the old boy knew your
voice. This is a fresh boy"—said Mr. Buttin.
"Yes, I should say he was fresh! The fresh-
est I ever had speak to me. There must be nice
females call up that office that he should dare
speak to me so!" shrieked Mrs. Buttin.
"I suppose you were busy showing pianos,"
"I meant he was new, not fresh the way you
mean," said Mr. Buttin.
"Well, if you don't discharge him at once you
never need speak to me again!" replied Mrs.
Buttin.
"I can't very well do that," said Mr. Buttin.
"I'm sure he meant no harm."
"Meant no harm?" replied Mrs. Buttin.
"Couldn't I see him grinning in my face?"
"Not over the telephone very well," replied
Mr. Buttin soothingly.
"Well, if I could have seen him he would have
been grinning!" said Mrs. Buttin. "But that's
neither here nor there and not what I called
you up to speak to you about."
"Well, what is it you want to tell me, my
dear?" said Mr. Buttin.
"Let me see, what was it?" said Mrs. Buttin.
"Bless me, if I haven't clean forgotten what it
was. But it's no wonder the way I have been
insulted by a dirty-faced office boy this day,"
said Mrs. Buttin with a sob.
"William is a very clean boy, and not at all a
rude boy," said Mr. Buttin.
"Never you mind always praising up other
people, especially people who are rude to your
wife! But I forgot, those are the kind of people
you think the most of and"
"What was it you wanted to ask me?" said
Mr. Buttin, diplomatically ignoring all these
charges.
"Let me see," replied Mrs. Buttin in a reflec-
tive tone. "Oh, will you be sure to be home to-
night early?"
"Certainly," said Mr. Buttin.
"That's all. Good-by! Don't forget!" ' said
Mrs. Buttin. And the incident was closed.
An hour later the telephone rang again, and
Mrs. Buttin asked the boy very sweetly to tell
Mr. Buttin his wife wanted to speak to him.
"Don't be cross to the young man, George,"
she said, "and I want to tell you (I forgot it
before) that I'm going out with Mrs. Oneprice
this afternoon, but I'll be home for supper, and
1 wish you would send around your tuner in the
morning or get the piano in good form for my
little musical that I am going to give to-morrow
night."
"But, my dear, we are very busy; my tuner
has two appointments to-morrow, but
"Don't but me, Mr. Buttin, my piano must be
tuned, do you hear? Must be tuned."
"Yes," meekly answered Mr. Buttin.
FULTON CO. REORGANIZED.
The Fulton Music Co., Waterbury, Conn., has
been reorganized and incorporated with a cap-
ital of $20,000, the officers being James M. Ful-
ton, president; A. E. Rice, vice-president, and
A. P. McCoy, secretary-treasurer and general
manager.
It is the intention of the company to greatly
extend the business, enlarging all departments.
Additional lines of pianos will be handled, and
the talking machine department will be removed
from the main store to the basement, where
[suitable testing booths have been erected.
MERCHANTS OPPOSE WIDENING STREET.
The prominent music houses on Wabash ave-
nue and Dearborn street, Chicago, are strongly
opposed to the proposed widening of State street
for the purpose of turning it into a boulevard.
The dealers claim that such a change would
make State street the main thoroughfare, with
Wabash avenue and Dearborn street in a sec-
ondary position, with a consequent cutting down
of the business done on those streets. James
F. Bowers, of Lyon & Healy, a born leader in
such matters, is the prime mover in the opposi-
tion.
SUGGESTION OF SUBWAY TRAVELER.
The advertisements of the Regina Co. are evi-
dently not overlooked by travelers on the Sub-
way, for we noticed in the New York Times the
other day the following communication addressed
to the editor: "I notice in the Subway the ad-
vertisement of a chime clock that 'automatically
changes the air every hour.' Would it be perti-
nent to suggest that one of these clocks be in-
stalled in each of the Subway cars; or, better,
two clocks, so the air would be changed every
half hour?"
In 1907
We shall offer
our representatives
A New Line of Case Designs,
A New Series of Selling Helps.
Something novel in the line of an organ
that will cause a scramble for our Agency.
Better get in touch with us at once
and be in line for these good things.
The Carpenter Company,
Organ Makers
Exclusively,
BRATTLBBORO, VERMONT
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THE MUSIC TRADE
WITH THE BUTTIN FAMILY.
Mrs.
Buttin at the 'Phone and the Office Boy
Gets Wise—Peace Reigns.
Buttin, the piano man, was in his inner office
studying his bills payable account and figuring
how he was going to stand off some of his
creditors a little later.
There was a ring at the telephone. Smarty,
the new office boy, stopped licking stamps and
picked up the receiver.
At the other end of the line was Mrs. Buttin,
who said: "i want to speak with Mr. Buttin."
But the boy was not easy. He asked in a prompt
manner:
"What name, please"?
"Buttin, B u double t i n," said the lady very
sharply. "Do you hear me.'
"But your name," said the boy.
"It's none of your business, young man; you
just go tell Mr. Buttin that I want to speak to
him and at once!" said Mrs. Buttin with extreme
emphasis.
"You'll have to give me your name, ma'am!"
said the boy firmly.
"Has Mr. Buttin so many callers over the tele-
phone that he has to know them by name?"
asked Mrs. Buttin acridly.
"I don't know, ma'am; I only know it is the
office rule that people who call up must give
their names."
"Look here, young man, how dare you raise
your voice to me? Don't you know who I am?"
asked Mrs. Buttin acridly.
"Ain't that what I've been trying to find out?"
replied the boy peevishly. "If you don't give me
your name you'll be cut off."
"You just dare to!" said Mrs. Buttin. "There's
something suspicious about this whole thing.
You go tell my husband I want to speak to him,
and if you are impertinent I'll have you dis-
charged!"
So the boy told Mr. Buttin his wife was on the
wire and wanted to speak to him.
"Hello, dear., is that you?" asked Buttin.
"Oh, you recognize my voice, do you?" shouted
Mrs. Buttin. "You didn't at first. It's very
strange, Mr. Buttin, that you have so many lady
callers on the telephone that you have to post
your boy to insult your wife!"
"Now, my dear"
began Mr. Buttin.
"It's very strange that I have called you up
at your old piano store for several years and
REVIEW
this was the first time I have ever been so in-
sulted!" said Mrs. Buttin.
"That was because the old boy knew your
voice. This is a fresh boy"—said Mr. Buttin.
"Yes, I should say he was fresh! The fresh-
est I ever had speak to me. There must be nice
females call up that office that he should dare
speak to me so!" shrieked Mrs. Buttin.
"I suppose you were busy showing pianos,"
"I meant he was new, not fresh the way you
mean," said Mr. Buttin.
"Well, if you don't discharge him at once you
never need speak to me again!" replied Mrs.
Buttin.
"I can't very well do that," said Mr. Buttin.
"I'm sure he meant no harm."
"Meant no harm?" replied Mrs. Buttin.
"Couldn't I see him grinning in my face?"
"Not over the telephone very well," replied
Mr. Buttin soothingly.
"Well, if I could have seen him he would have
been grinning!" said Mrs. Buttin. "But that's
neither here nor there and not what I called
you up to speak to you about."
"Well, what is it you want to tell me, my
dear?" said Mr. Buttin.
"Let me see, what was it?" said Mrs. Buttin.
"Bless me, if I haven't clean forgotten what it
was. But it's no wonder the way I have been
insulted by a dirty-faced office boy this day,"
said Mrs. Buttin with a sob.
"William is a very clean boy, and not at all a
rude boy," said Mr. Buttin.
"Never you mind always praising up other
people, especially people who are rude to your
wife! But I forgot, those are the kind of people
you think the most of and"
"What was it you wanted to ask me?" said
Mr. Buttin, diplomatically ignoring all these
charges.
"Let me see," replied Mrs. Buttin in a reflec-
tive tone. "Oh, will you be sure to be home to-
night early?"
"Certainly," said Mr. Buttin.
"That's all. Good-by! Don't forget!" ' said
Mrs. Buttin. And the incident was closed.
An hour later the telephone rang again, and
Mrs. Buttin asked the boy very sweetly to tell
Mr. Buttin his wife wanted to speak to him.
"Don't be cross to the young man, George,"
she said, "and I want to tell you (I forgot it
before) that I'm going out with Mrs. Oneprice
this afternoon, but I'll be home for supper, and
1 wish you would send around your tuner in the
morning or get the piano in good form for my
little musical that I am going to give to-morrow
night."
"But, my dear, we are very busy; my tuner
has two appointments to-morrow, but
"Don't but me, Mr. Buttin, my piano must be
tuned, do you hear? Must be tuned."
"Yes," meekly answered Mr. Buttin.
FULTON CO. REORGANIZED.
The Fulton Music Co., Waterbury, Conn., has
been reorganized and incorporated with a cap-
ital of $20,000, the officers being James M. Ful-
ton, president; A. E. Rice, vice-president, and
A. P. McCoy, secretary-treasurer and general
manager.
It is the intention of the company to greatly
extend the business, enlarging all departments.
Additional lines of pianos will be handled, and
the talking machine department will be removed
from the main store to the basement, where
[suitable testing booths have been erected.
MERCHANTS OPPOSE WIDENING STREET.
The prominent music houses on Wabash ave-
nue and Dearborn street, Chicago, are strongly
opposed to the proposed widening of State street
for the purpose of turning it into a boulevard.
The dealers claim that such a change would
make State street the main thoroughfare, with
Wabash avenue and Dearborn street in a sec-
ondary position, with a consequent cutting down
of the business done on those streets. James
F. Bowers, of Lyon & Healy, a born leader in
such matters, is the prime mover in the opposi-
tion.
SUGGESTION OF SUBWAY TRAVELER.
The advertisements of the Regina Co. are evi-
dently not overlooked by travelers on the Sub-
way, for we noticed in the New York Times the
other day the following communication addressed
to the editor: "I notice in the Subway the ad-
vertisement of a chime clock that 'automatically
changes the air every hour.' Would it be perti-
nent to suggest that one of these clocks be in-
stalled in each of the Subway cars; or, better,
two clocks, so the air would be changed every
half hour?"
In 1907
We shall offer
our representatives
A New Line of Case Designs,
A New Series of Selling Helps.
Something novel in the line of an organ
that will cause a scramble for our Agency.
Better get in touch with us at once
and be in line for these good things.
The Carpenter Company,
Organ Makers
Exclusively,
BRATTLBBORO, VERMONT
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