Presto
Issue: 1925 2039 - Page 10
10
August 22, 1925.
PRESTO
SPENCER
The Intrinsic Qualities of This
Piano Command Attention
A High Grade Instrument at a
Moderate Price
First Class Factory and Equipment
Ample Production and Service
SPENCER PIANO COMPANY, Inc.
FACTORY: Thirty-First St. and First Ave.
OFFICES: 338 East 31st Street, New York N. Y.
E. Leins Piano Co.
Makers of Pianos and
Player Pianos That Are
Established L e a d e r s .
Correspondence from Reliable
Dealers Invited
Factory and Offices, 304 W. 42nd Si
NEW YORK
"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E, 138rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
MIKE, THE MOVER,
MOUNTS THE FORUM
Anonymous New York Humorist and Mary,
His Wife, Discuss the Now Famous
Letters of George P. Bent on
the Effects of Prohibition.
SOME BEAUTIFUL BROGUE
Friend of- Former "Crown" Maker, in. Disguise, Is
Easily Recognizable Through His Wealth
of Crimson Whiskers.
Noo York, August, 14, 1925.
To the Editor, Presto,
Chicago, 111.
Dear Mr. Editor:—Mary an' mesel' read the
Presto to larn the pianner bizness. We are saving
money in th' truckin' ind uv it, an' whin little Timmie
grows up we'll be able to run a pianner shtore uv
our own.
The money I used to spind down at Casey's with
th' bhoys now goes in th' bank. Thank God for
that, avick!
Last Saturday nite, Mary, excited-like, sed to me:
"Mike, acushla, who is this bouchal—"Bint, th'
Booster?"
She had th' fire uv the fightin' Irish in hur eye an'
th' prisint Presto in hur hand.
"Mavourneen," sez I, "he's an octonegarian; the
son uv a Congregationless minister, an' th' nevue uv
two of thim black divils. He's sayin'," sez I, "he's
sivinty-one an', like Timothy, takes a dhrop for his
stummick's sake. But it goes to his head instead uv
his stummick, an' thin he hires a hall an' blows 'th'
owld' to a feed—sum of thim in their buddin' teens—
an' tell the gang how to run th' wurld," sez I.
"For an owld man he keeps bad company," sez
she, "galavantin' round cabarays an' watchin' th'
chorus gerls an' th' iligant silk stockings properly
stuffed an' displayed," sez she, "an' him a minister's
son at that," sez she.
"Many a good father," sez I, "turns in his grave
at the doin's of his undootiful childer," sez I.
"He's an' owld buck!" sez Mary; "I wouldn't trust
him."
"Well, acushla," sez I, "do ye recall th' cuplet in
the Second Reader which red—
" 'Well trained spaniels civilly delight
In mumbling at th' game they dare not bite.' "
"Do ye mane," sez Alary, "that the octonegarian is
too owld to take a pirsonal interest in th' gerls?"
"Well, alannah," sez I, "it may be so, but he does
interest th' bhoys. He hires a hall, buys th' potheen,
th' grub, th' tin-cint cigars, an' thin bullyrags his
father who rests aisy in his grave. God rest his
sowl, even tho' he wuz a black Protestan'," sez I.
"Owld age is garrulus," sez Mary, "but what right
has this fine owld gentleman of the fine owld school,"
sez she, "to call me bhoy an' me gerl names, an' say
they're goin' to hell whiniver he takes a dhrop for
his stummick's sake?"
"He doesn' set th' childer a good example," sez
I, "but he may have a special dispenshun from th'
Congrationless Protestan' Pope to say it," sez I.
"Thim are divils ye can't trust," sez I.
"Thin why does he belittle his uncles and his own
father who was a minister?" sez Mary.
"Asthore!" sez I, "don't you rimimber Mikey Do-
lan's definition of a mule—no pride uv ancestry nor
hope for posterity."
"Mike," sez she, "whin all is sed an' done, 'I'd
rather have a spalpeen like yersel' for me husband,
QUALITY DECKER
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH & LANE PIANOS
BUSH i LANE CECIUAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
and value.
BUM & LANE PIANO CO.
HOIISIMI, Mich.
U
EST. 1856
aven tho' yer granfather was a Fenian an' yer father
transpoorted for stalin' sheep, than all th' sons uv
all th' Congregationless Protestan' Popes that wcr'
lver baptized in the Wabash," sez she.
Mary cogitated a niiiiit. "Do ye think," sez she,
"that his bringin' up had eiiiiything to do with it?"
"I dunno," sez 1, "but he's a minister's son an' th'
owld sayin' is' young saint, owld divil.' "
"An' to think," sez Mary, "that lie invites the owld
an' the owld believe everything. I'll ask Father
John to pray for him."
"Much good 'twill do," sez I, "The sly laddie
buck is thinkin' of his stummick an' not of his sowl,"
sez I.
"God forgive him!" sez Mary. "I'm told a min-
ister's son is no more to be trusted than a deacon's
dawter," says she, "an* now I belave it."
MIKE, T H E MOVER.
SINGING THE OLD SONGS.
Old-time minstrel songs of a generation or more
ago are becoming popular. Anyone having any songs
of twenty-five years ago that they would like to have
sung in the minstrels can send them to Station
WGBS, New York. After they are used they will be
returned.
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete and simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
This Trade Mark la cast
In the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all infrinffera
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann A Company, Schu-
mann A Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and uaers of
pianos bearing a nama in
imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to Oi«
fullest extent of th« law.
New Catalogue on Request.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
& SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
(Licensee)
Reproducing
(Electric)
Pianos and Players
of Recognized
Artistic Character
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House ia and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attraot bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
Makers of Williams Pianos.
E p w o r t h P i a n o 8 a o d Organs
Made by a Decker Since 1856
699-703 East 135th Street
New York
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August 22, 1925.
PRESTO
SPENCER
The Intrinsic Qualities of This
Piano Command Attention
A High Grade Instrument at a
Moderate Price
First Class Factory and Equipment
Ample Production and Service
SPENCER PIANO COMPANY, Inc.
FACTORY: Thirty-First St. and First Ave.
OFFICES: 338 East 31st Street, New York N. Y.
E. Leins Piano Co.
Makers of Pianos and
Player Pianos That Are
Established L e a d e r s .
Correspondence from Reliable
Dealers Invited
Factory and Offices, 304 W. 42nd Si
NEW YORK
"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E, 138rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
MIKE, THE MOVER,
MOUNTS THE FORUM
Anonymous New York Humorist and Mary,
His Wife, Discuss the Now Famous
Letters of George P. Bent on
the Effects of Prohibition.
SOME BEAUTIFUL BROGUE
Friend of- Former "Crown" Maker, in. Disguise, Is
Easily Recognizable Through His Wealth
of Crimson Whiskers.
Noo York, August, 14, 1925.
To the Editor, Presto,
Chicago, 111.
Dear Mr. Editor:—Mary an' mesel' read the
Presto to larn the pianner bizness. We are saving
money in th' truckin' ind uv it, an' whin little Timmie
grows up we'll be able to run a pianner shtore uv
our own.
The money I used to spind down at Casey's with
th' bhoys now goes in th' bank. Thank God for
that, avick!
Last Saturday nite, Mary, excited-like, sed to me:
"Mike, acushla, who is this bouchal—"Bint, th'
Booster?"
She had th' fire uv the fightin' Irish in hur eye an'
th' prisint Presto in hur hand.
"Mavourneen," sez I, "he's an octonegarian; the
son uv a Congregationless minister, an' th' nevue uv
two of thim black divils. He's sayin'," sez I, "he's
sivinty-one an', like Timothy, takes a dhrop for his
stummick's sake. But it goes to his head instead uv
his stummick, an' thin he hires a hall an' blows 'th'
owld' to a feed—sum of thim in their buddin' teens—
an' tell the gang how to run th' wurld," sez I.
"For an owld man he keeps bad company," sez
she, "galavantin' round cabarays an' watchin' th'
chorus gerls an' th' iligant silk stockings properly
stuffed an' displayed," sez she, "an' him a minister's
son at that," sez she.
"Many a good father," sez I, "turns in his grave
at the doin's of his undootiful childer," sez I.
"He's an' owld buck!" sez Mary; "I wouldn't trust
him."
"Well, acushla," sez I, "do ye recall th' cuplet in
the Second Reader which red—
" 'Well trained spaniels civilly delight
In mumbling at th' game they dare not bite.' "
"Do ye mane," sez Alary, "that the octonegarian is
too owld to take a pirsonal interest in th' gerls?"
"Well, alannah," sez I, "it may be so, but he does
interest th' bhoys. He hires a hall, buys th' potheen,
th' grub, th' tin-cint cigars, an' thin bullyrags his
father who rests aisy in his grave. God rest his
sowl, even tho' he wuz a black Protestan'," sez I.
"Owld age is garrulus," sez Mary, "but what right
has this fine owld gentleman of the fine owld school,"
sez she, "to call me bhoy an' me gerl names, an' say
they're goin' to hell whiniver he takes a dhrop for
his stummick's sake?"
"He doesn' set th' childer a good example," sez
I, "but he may have a special dispenshun from th'
Congrationless Protestan' Pope to say it," sez I.
"Thim are divils ye can't trust," sez I.
"Thin why does he belittle his uncles and his own
father who was a minister?" sez Mary.
"Asthore!" sez I, "don't you rimimber Mikey Do-
lan's definition of a mule—no pride uv ancestry nor
hope for posterity."
"Mike," sez she, "whin all is sed an' done, 'I'd
rather have a spalpeen like yersel' for me husband,
QUALITY DECKER
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH & LANE PIANOS
BUSH i LANE CECIUAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
and value.
BUM & LANE PIANO CO.
HOIISIMI, Mich.
U
EST. 1856
aven tho' yer granfather was a Fenian an' yer father
transpoorted for stalin' sheep, than all th' sons uv
all th' Congregationless Protestan' Popes that wcr'
lver baptized in the Wabash," sez she.
Mary cogitated a niiiiit. "Do ye think," sez she,
"that his bringin' up had eiiiiything to do with it?"
"I dunno," sez 1, "but he's a minister's son an' th'
owld sayin' is' young saint, owld divil.' "
"An' to think," sez Mary, "that lie invites the owld
an' the owld believe everything. I'll ask Father
John to pray for him."
"Much good 'twill do," sez I, "The sly laddie
buck is thinkin' of his stummick an' not of his sowl,"
sez I.
"God forgive him!" sez Mary. "I'm told a min-
ister's son is no more to be trusted than a deacon's
dawter," says she, "an* now I belave it."
MIKE, T H E MOVER.
SINGING THE OLD SONGS.
Old-time minstrel songs of a generation or more
ago are becoming popular. Anyone having any songs
of twenty-five years ago that they would like to have
sung in the minstrels can send them to Station
WGBS, New York. After they are used they will be
returned.
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete and simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
This Trade Mark la cast
In the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all infrinffera
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann A Company, Schu-
mann A Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and uaers of
pianos bearing a nama in
imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to Oi«
fullest extent of th« law.
New Catalogue on Request.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
& SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
(Licensee)
Reproducing
(Electric)
Pianos and Players
of Recognized
Artistic Character
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House ia and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attraot bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
Makers of Williams Pianos.
E p w o r t h P i a n o 8 a o d Organs
Made by a Decker Since 1856
699-703 East 135th Street
New York
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).