Presto

January, 1930
PRESTO-TIMES
From Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wessell.
A token card with three paths converging on a
broad highway into a great city. And these were the
words:
"At Christmastime as the broad pathway of the
new year opens wide before us all, our thoughts go
out to each of our friends. May you have a good
Christmas and may your path through the new year
be permanently paved with health, happiness and
prosperity."
Fortunate Settergren Co.
Well-Wishes from Eugene Radle.
"At this season it is fitting that we express to our
friends appreciation of their good will. We count
From Eugene J. Radle, treasurer of the house of
F. Radle, Inc., came a distinctive card expressing his ourselves fortunate in being among those to wish you
regards and well-wishes in the simplest but sincerest the blessings of Christmas and the New Year. B. K.
Settergren Co., Bluffton, Ind." The Settergren card
of phrases.
was very pretty, showing children sleighriding down
hill and a lady with a hand-sled loaded with presents.
Elmon Armstrong's Expressions.
From Elmon Armstrong, free-lance music trade
The Schneider Fortune Ship.
representative, whose headquarters are at present in
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schneider sent Presto-Times a
Dallas, Tex., Presto-Times received in place of the beautiful colored card showing the ship Fortune
customary season's card a greeting in the form of a coming in at full sail with a large golden moon behind
letter containing expressions of sincere regard and it. This was the wish: "May the good ship Fortune
well-wishes. His opening sentence reads: "The bring to you a rich cargo of life's precious things—
pleasure and privilege of writing this letter to you are health, happiness, friendships and prosperity."
both highly cherished by me. I am loath to send
Greetings from Capehart Corp.
you a card with a formal Christmas message because
it would not convey my deeper feeling for you."
The Capehart Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., sent a very-
pretty greeting with these sentiments upon it: "At
Steinway Poinsettia Greeting.
Steinway & Sons, New York, send their greetings this, the evening of the old year, it is fitting that we
on letters bearing the imprint of a poinsettia in full express our sincere appreciation of the cordial rela-
bloom with the green leaves in the background. The tionship existing between us. May the Christmas
sentiment expressed is "We wish you a Merry Christ- season foretell the dawn of a most happy and pros-
mas and a Prosperous New Year." It is a pretty perous new year for you."
picture and the sentiment is appreciated.
Straube's Good Wishes.
With the capitol building of the United States on
FROM WILLIAM DOLGE
the cover, as well as a wee 1930 calendar, the little
Most unique was the card that came from William booklet tied with a golden ribbon, the Straube Piano
Dolge, son of the late Alfred Dolge, from his office Co., Hammond, Ind., sent this message to Presto-
at 403 Merchants Exchange Building, San Francisco. Times: "A Merry Christmas! In the age-old spirit of
It showed a long trail reaching from San Francisco good will we send you greetings and wish you an
to Chicago and a little Negro popping up out of the old-time Merry Christmas. May the inspiration of
sands of the desert that lies somewhere between, with the Christmas season be with you through all the new
his left hand raised and shouting "Greetings!" The year."
rhyme on the card reads:
From Charles E. Byrne.
This simple little greeting
Charles E. Byrne of the house of Steger & Sons is
Is as plain as it can be,
a man who always enjoys Christmas and he is hope-
But it tells a great big story
ful for the coming year's good things. His card to
That's all for vou from me.
Presto-Times showed a number of persons trudging
cession, as either dial was revolved, the features of
officials of the radio division of Thomas A. Edison,
Inc., which were printed in a circle on the lower disk.
Adjoining each picture, the name of each official ap-
peared in a lozenge-shaped opening similar to that
of the Edison light-o L matic device.
From Packard Piano Co.
"We hope 1930 may be a wonderful year for Presto-
Times," said W. B. Marshall on behalf of the Packard
Piano Co. in a friendly greeting.
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through the snow to a large church covered with
snow. The motto was "Greetings for Christmas and
the New Year." The snow was most appropriate for
the recent Christmas as in nearly every northern state
it was deep, deeper, deepest.
The Clark Rollians, DeKalb, 111.
"Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year. The Clark Rollians, merry music-roll
makers.''
Sleighing Beneath the Falling Snow.
An old-fashioned cutter with a couple in it is the
picture sent in by Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.,
New York, bearing the words, "The Season's Greet-
ings." Great flakes of snow are falling and the air
is so still that the smoke from the chimney of the
snow-covered house is going straight up.
From Chas. A. Stanley, Jr.
"Season's Greetings" from Charles A. Stanley, Jr.,
came in a hunting-lodge scene. The two hunters are
enjoying a smoke by the fireplace, with jugs on the
table, and two dogs are lying on the floor resting
from the day's chase. Thanks, Mr. Stanley. Mr.
Stanley's address is 356 Ridge avenue, Evanston, 111.
Conn of Elkhart.
Conn Band Instruments of Elkhart, Ind., were
beautifully presented in the greetings in an embel-
lished card bearing this message: "We always wel-
come the opportunity afforded by this happy season
to wish you every enjoyment of Christmas as well
as prosperity and happiness for the new year."
Calendar Blotters.
From the Printing Products Corporation came some
nice blotters containing the 1930 calendar across the
top. This house, formerly Rogers & Hall Company,
is located at Polk and La Salle streets, Chicago. Also
from the Western Newspaper Union, Adams and Des
Plaines streets, Chicago, a very useful large calendar
for the wall of Presto-Times offices.
From Harry E. Freund.
A very beautiful card, novel in sentiment and de-
s'gn, and remarkable for the quality of the fine parch-
ment on which it was produced, was the means by
which Harry E. Freund expressed his sincere regards
and his good wishes for the coming year. Mr.
Freund, well-known to many in the trade as the for-
mer editor of the Musical Age, New York, is now a
resident of Chicago.
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