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MUSIC DEALERS WHO
ARE DOING THINGS
Why A Music Dealer Wins The
Highest Rewards From His
Fellow Citizens
ENRY P. MAYER started in business with the dry-
goods firm of M. Schneider and Brother in Paris,
Texas. With money earned and saved from this posi-
tion, young- Henry took a business course at college. A lit-
tle later he was employed by the T. Cohen Music House of
Paris. Here he gained an interest in merchandising music.
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In 1889, Henry started a music business of his own, known
as the Henry P. Mayer Music House. The history of this
man and his music business is largely the civic history of the
city of Paris. No other man in that city has made so continu-
ous and valuable a contribution to civic progress, so his fel-
low citizens say. A tribute to the man himself is also a tribute
to the music business.
ENJOYS BEING A MUSIC DEALER
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his entrance
into the music field, Mr. Mayer made this interesting state-
ment : "During the past fifty years my experience in the mu-
sic business has been a pleasant one. It has given me the
rare privilege of dealing with people whose aim in life is to
add to the joy of living. Patrons who have entered my place
of business during this long period came that they might be
better equipped to develop their talent and to advance in
music. This fact has stood constantly as a source of great
satisfaction to me. I go on the theory that every man wants
to feel sincerely that his business is rendering a worthy ser-
vice, a service essential to the happiness, comfort and well-
being of the greatest possible number of people. On this
score I have felt that the music business has always had and
today has an important place in the affairs of life.
"From my youth no other business has appeared to me
as a preference to the music business. T have enjoyed my
work and I appreciate, more than 1 can ever tell, the loyalty
of the thousands of customers of this business. In fact,
my chief purpose in this anniversary statement is to let the
people know that I appreciate their friendship and their good-
will. I appreciate every kind word spoken in behalf of this
business and deeply do I appreciate the confidence of the peo-
ple with whom it has been my pleasure to deal.
"Like old songs that shall never die, the music business
will go on and on and at this very time has promise of greater
progress than ever known before—and that means more hap-
piness for more people."
On Sunday, September 24, there was an entire section of
the Paris News published as the "Henry P. Mayer Section."
It was filled with interesting features of the life and busi-
ness of Mr. Mayer. There were personal, business, profes-
Henry P. Mayer
sional and civic tributes in this section, which goes to prove
what tremendous possibilities a music dealer has to make fine
and lasting friendships and to become a civic leader.
A LONG RECORD OF SERVICE
Among the civic and business honors he now holds and has
held are: President of the Sanitarium of Paris; of the Paris
School Board; of the Paris Building and Loan Association.
Vice-President of the Liberty National Bank; Director of the
Paris and Mt. Pleasant Railroad; Councilor U. S. Chamber
of Commerce; Past Vice-President, National Association of
Music Merchants; Past President of the Texas Music Mer-
chants Association; of the Old Paris Board of Trade; of the
Paris Rotary Club; and of the Civic Music Association.
Mr. Mayer has a great ambition to see a large auditorium
built in Paris and his friends think he will never be satisfied
until one is erected.
In a letter to PRESTO MUSIC TIMES, Mr. Mayer states
that he has attended thirty-four out of thirty-eight of the an-
nual conventions of the National Association of Music Deal-
ers.
Such a business and civic career is a real inspiration to all
music dealers!
The next issue of PRESTO MUSIC TIMES will carry in this
department the story of one of the most colorful music dealers
of the country. His personal life and his business methods are of
interest to all music dealers.
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