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; THE \EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1918. . LEADERS IN PIANO TRADE SKETCHED AT DINNER tart Smeetnre Oi SCENT GARFARES = sieerione sie ssn" SUBRESTED BY STRAUS Haldane-Duncan) died Wednesday 1th! Tesldence at Ghipston-on-Stuor, He was Turns Down Transfer Charge Plan Suty-ceven years old. Perma and Tells Companies to Ask (No ee | _City for Increased Tariff Ne ing Acts Like Chairman Strau f the Public NAI AX Service Commission has turned down the suggestion of the traction COhe' Fruity Laxative Companies that they be allowed 0 | charge for transters, dectaring that | J such “fragm ry relief” from ex- | ONSTIPATIONg0es Mine nuencial 8 would only when ANALAX is |tead to “aisaster | . mn Holding that this, under the law, | used! These pink CTYS* |is the only relist that the commis tallized pastilles,with the sion can give, Chairman Straus sus: | gested that the companies could ap candied fruit flavor, make every day a pleas- ant day. For sale at all druggists ED INS, New York DAN. d.NOLAN ©F CLEVELAND © PRES. EL ecT. ply to the municipal authorities ior the right to charge 2 pointing out that this necessitates a franchise modification, which, how- ever, he thinks may be necessary if the plant and equipment of the transportation are to be kept up during war timers. The commission bas also indicated | that rates for gas and electric light will be increased shortly @ six-cent concerns EOMUND GRAM PRESIDENT, Mees ASSOUATION BYROAS Magar é oF SAN FRANCISCO A Little Girl’s Wisdom OTHER, I Wope we get suited here.” These words came from a tired looking little girl as she walked into our CHILDREN’S SHOP. Mother evidently had been trotting her around through quite a few stores. In about ten minutes, as they were leaving with a pair of new shoes, the child clappea her hands and way from the far, far West to the mecca of music and musicians, the | golden city of the East | ee | PIANO MEN E They came ahd brought their lad.c ) | with them, beautiful ladies with beau- | | tttut costumes radiant with sems-| chic ladies from Chic-ago, deinure women from Milwaukee, clever lass? shouted gleefully, ‘At last we got just what we wanted.” owl Hides glorious girls trou And this is exactly our aim, to satisfy the young as ‘The National Association of Piano| well as the grown-up. |Merchants of America have been a nes | |New York for @ weck. They More Than 700, Headed by| teen in and olit of the mus in) the Grand Central Pa CHILDREN’S SHOES to 5 od ete) ROO OO to 8 2.00 to to 8 2.50 to Sizes 814 to 11 3.00 to Sizes 2 music industries. All kinds of instra-| j Menta have been on exhibition, easa in its own sound-proof aps at the Biltmore. nen SNS 0 SESRs Sizes 1114 to 2 ; 3.50 to 6. A tuneful, Juneful feast was the|t wasn't canned music exactly, bu : banquet last night of the plano met-|the lid was on and the raptures of M BOYS’ SHOES chants of America in the big, beauti-| ‘La Boheme" never disturbed the Sizes 9 to 2 ful dining room of the Biltmore Ho;|ragtime of “Irvy” Berlin; the oboe Fiat Be tel ie tel. The banquet hall Was eloquént|and “Oh, Boy” never interfered with with the national colors, streamers |eac!) other. hanging down from on high, tihy|NEW PRESIDENT IS POPULAR; | flags decorating tables and chande- | JOESN’T PLAY PIANO. fers and the walis replete with red. Yesterday the association held ita white and blue annual convention, and Dan “Music Will Help Win the War'|of Cleveland was made I jenty was the slogan of the men of tne| while Edmond Gram passed into the country who turn out the piano from |.uneharted sea of Exes And then to eeon RASS Bizes 1 to 515 hon 5 CAMMEYER ‘Stamped on 4 Shoe Means Standard of Merit th | factory and wareroom, and music|the Biltmore they repaired, and 700 | shed its strains over the brilliant aa-|and more sat down to 34* St. New York shed its tra ee ee |semblage. Theres money in music|ing with other good DI f ‘As well as pleasure, for witness theland with music and hes and ns of the piano came all the 80 to the fullest—one worth more since the poorest suits can’t be made $15, $16.75, & () week at «! for ten dollars. e This Sale $17.50 Grades, in thé latest A Sale Like This Is Extraordinary at Any Time You know there’s no such thing to-day on the mar- Men, if you will take the time to see these suits you'll agree with us that they are wonderful values. Speaks for Itself— models, guaranteed ket as ten dollar suits—so it’s certain that these are All ummer rials and guar suite in light and medium shades; made of fine ma! nieed ' and give satisfaction in every particular. Light tans and grays; gra x tures, fancy mixtures, tweed mixtures, Scotch mixtures, shepherd checks, new models, some with pateh pockets, some with slanting pockets; some coats qua half and full lined. Judge for yourself. Sizes 31 to 42 ONE WEEK ONLY — Only one sult to a customer. None to dealers. 6th Avenue 3d Avenue Between 15th & 16th Sts. N. W. Corner 83d St. TILL 10 P. M. ee eee YONKERS STORE 34 North Broadway: New President, Nolan, Dine [nave the representatives of all the|™ FE. Conroy or Sr isos FIRST VICE-PRES, A hapy from cherrystone clams to cafe notr. Dan J. Nolan of Cleveland is a pop- ular man. He.can’t play a piano, but| he can sell one, He's a lover of sports, | indoor and out, and a good all-round sport himself, He's the champion j heavyweight left-handed golf player f America, He's proficient in» pool, billiards and bowling and plays a fai | game of pok—not poker bu‘ pinochle. When dealing, he deals with hi right Conroy of 8t. Louis is now | President. When Dan Nolan | . Pat Conroy was Second. in they and throughout the associat association He cut out the fake piano sales, JS. AARRYS DAALE ALBERT CHAIRMAN DINNER COMMITTEE a h stopped being President the Na- | were known as the Twin Irish Vice| tional iano. Mer- Presidents, Mr. Conroy is President} ¢h ermer exactly, | ff the Conroy. Piano Company of St Jen Lo.uis, in the State of “Show Me Siecle S and for the past year was Chairman . He's presi- of the Better Business Bureau of the|dent aisc of the Kohler, Campbell of New York. The firm en exporting pianos to Bus rope lately, but during the last year giving pianos away with coupons and| they sent out 25,000 to, Australia, two pounds of mixed tea, and the| South America and South Afries like of that. He secured three con- Wafting music over the waves, as it Victions for those fake advertise. orge W. Pound is gen ments, tuned up the piano business and, he says proudly, “put well as gene high plane of art, where it b sic Industri Weil, well, well! id th ¢ c m Washin de int aight up in his sea’ mus ndustries ds iu, ¥ ery with music boxes—ne ureaus of all ier ante a kinds. One of the guesis of honor Oper any, finished WA* George W he anquet we had seventeen years ago at the Hoffman He House,” in Mr. Perey 8. Foster remembers , 4° 7 quet of plano dealers wouldn't longer ago than that. He has been|, 4 banqu plane dealers wean’ musical director at the capital for be haapid pe re wei apy baal od dita Raymond tn nd on choruses and conducting c scale without the soft pedal through the two in = late President MeKinle of Teddy, the solo of Taft and the duo of Wilson. They used to call him the perennial secretary, but he is sec- retary no more. APOSTLES OF THE PIANO FROM 1e only one ’ THE PACIFIC. Beated at one of the tables, bright vith silver and linen lights, but er still with the bloom of . was Byron Muuzy, the piano merchant of San Irancisco. thirty-three years Mr. Mauay been known to musical fame in City by the Sea and the Golden Gate He wad always interested in clvi affat d was once a Supervisor Jand again a Director of the Mer- | chants” Association of San Francisco, | | Now he confines himself to direct ing the sales of the Sohmer and the Chickering. Accompanying him was | his daughter, Miss Marjorie Mauay @ product of the Golden West, and | the moat beautiful girl In the banquet hall. Fred Sherman was another apostle of the piano from the Pacific Coast Ho too was another phoenix arose from the big firg of San Fran. cisco. Sherman & Cfay was one of| the oldest music houses in the city| of the fox and the breeze and the sea. It was there that the ukulel made {ts first utterance from the land of Hawail and that tongue was first given the pongs of tne late en Lilloukalant ou'll not find many of the dealers in planos who know how to play them," remarked J. Harry Shale t and General Manage any of who| d play them, they want to sel them: and then why bea plano player in these days of player pianos?” | Mr. Shale plays in the summer tn his camp on the 6 of Bays tn Cartada. He pla fish and his motor boat is his hobby. Yes, ves, there's soul in music, but the plano dealer believes more in the sale Albert Behning was the man at the banquet mean exclusively at the table was the working chairman of the occasion He's secretary of nearly levery known plano association. He's the “You Know Me, Al” of the game gs, keys, sharps a er Ambassador G on the cause of our war many and Senator Calder hington.” ise at gress. In other places they Chopif, Puccini and the Canned stuff have George W. Pound told how he man- aged and Rev. W, War descanted on “Music and H nd Gram, the outrotr first address He's President of the Music National President of the Milwaukee AsscHa: tion of Music Industries; and has just Industries Division Rotary. Asi of the ciation amd CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Rears the . Th 8 Signature * ot Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. vis @ENTAUR Founded 1826. . Buy War Savings Stamps Now HAS MACHINE PROXY | |War Secretary, in This City Un-| heralded, Signs 10,000 Of- ficers' (Commissions. of Wat Baker came to | yesterday from Washington unannounced. While here he signed | the commissions of 10,000 army offi-| cers in two hours. He used a com- | plicated machine for the work. Had he signed evcry commission by hand he would have needed two days | for the job. A question as to the le- eality of certain commissions issued early in the war had been raised, and | yesterday's work actuully was the re- Signing of theve Vhile here Mr. Baker inspected certain plants engaged in war work, and it was chiefly on this account that he did not announce his where- | abouts. Last night he was in Eliza beth N. J., where he addressed work ers at an airplane plant Secretary this city | apply a little *'reezone, VALLE ee " or cillus spots sides or bottom of the feet pee a off without pain or soreness, after nati authority, This ether drug the dead calli so it pecls off with fingers, . A quarter ounce of Froezone costs but @ few cents at ony but is swiictunt te love every corm callus from one’s This is the only free the feet from. and ae soreness, danger oevige fection. After the corm oF callus 1 lifted away the skin beneath is pink and healthy, and. not sow tender or even irritated.—Advt | Can you imagine how easily a bill can | be settled on our Club Plan? What man or woman would miss a dollar a week or $5.00 a month? With this plan @ person short of funds can afford |to buy a much better class of clothes since the difference between his | ready cash and the price of something | better can be settled in small amounts. No fees or dues. All dealings’ confi- dential. Light Weight, Cool Summer Suits | For Men and Young Men °20 to *40 | There's no need to put any but the |best clothes on your back these days. Certain high Class makers whose brands are trademarked have the clothes making “game” down so fine | that no tail rices tha a carry brands, and buck them up with ar clad guarantee of absolute satisfaction or money back Ml bred 53 to 57 West 14th Street, | New York Larges! 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Mailed FRE. with Every Machine, Baronial Brown Fiber Reed Chete and, flocker. with fe . 98 cushions ae ‘upholl 1 ae 14: at RDAYS vr. M. ‘ 39th Street Tel. Greeley 1900