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AS INTRODUCED in its present form by MASON
& HAMLIN in 1861, being a great improvement upon
the mclocleon, which was the best instrument of its class
in previous use. The merits of the improved instru
ment were soon recognized by musicians, by whose, approval it
was widely and rapidly received into public favor. Its sale has
extended, not only to all parts of America, but to nearly all civil
ized countries.
THE ORGANS made by the MASON & HAMLIN CO.
have always maintained their Supremacy as the best of this
class of instruments in the world, excelling in the more im
portant qualities generally. The pre-eminent reputation
which they have obtained for extraordinary excellence as musical
instruments, for thoroughness of workmanship and material, and
elegance of cases, has hardly been precedented in any country by
that of any musical instrument whatever. Exhibited at all great
World Exhibitions since that of Paris ot 1S67, they have always
obtained the, highest honors in competition with the leading
makers of the world.
At the great Paris Ex
hibition in 1SG7, they first
appeared in competition
with instruments of most
noted European makers, to
whose surprise they were
found to merit, and were
awarded, the first medal.
In Vienna, at the still
greater exhibition, in 1873,
Mason & Hamlin Organs,
together with those by oth
er most noted American
makers, were again placed
in competition with the
world, and again the Ma
son and Hamlin received
the highest medal for dem
strated superiority.
At the World's Exhibition in Santiago, Chili, in
1875, they once more received the highest possible
award.
At the U. S. Centennial World's Exhibition at
Philadelphia, 1870, where the need of superiority
among American makers was more earnestly con
tended than ever before, after a prolonged trial
and test by one of the most competent juries ever
assembled, the Mason & Hamlin Organs were de
clared to be superior, not in one only, but in all the
important qualities of such instruments.
At the Great World's
Exhibition at Paris, in
1878, several hundred ma
kers of musical instru
ments competed before a
jury of exceptional ability,
with Dr. Franz Liszt at the
head, who, after months
of careful test and com
parison, awarded two high
est medals to the Mason &
Hamlin Co.
At the Italian Musical
Exhibition, in 1SS1, was
the most extraordinary col
lection of musical instru
ments ever brought to
gether. The Mason & Ham
lin Co. were found worthy
of the only highest award
in their department.
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"I Hob a tHous.mil pardons for walk
ing Into jour loom like this'" said the
jnost popular Kill ut till' hotel, "but tho
door was open, and "
' Oh, don't apologize," said the ynuiiR
vomuii, who was on hei knees beside a
big, open tiunk "Sit down nnywhcio
on the bed You see, I am packing up "
You aie not going back to town, aio
you''"
I thought I might just us well go
lionie You see, I've been heie two days,
nnd l'o done nothing but eat and sleep,
3 don't seem to enjoj nijsolf much, In
fad, I nm t pally veiy uncomfortable"
You'e kept too mueh to jouisolf,"
6,'ild the popular glil "I noticed when
Jou came Satmd.ij night jou weie so
leserved that you seemed beaied, and
you came light up to your loom and'
"Went to bed'" said the jouiik wo
man on the llooi. "I've been heie two
days and spent ne.ul all my time In
lied I could do that home, you know.
3 don 't know whether the trouble Is
Rlth the place or with me, but I'm tiled
Df it l'e talked to two or thiee women
on the piazza after breakfast, and tHev
PLim to Ret disgusted because I make It
a rule not to goslp about folks"
"Oh, that's not gossip. It's just hotel
talk If you aie going to stav at a
summer hotel you must loatn to talk
hotel language and do ns everybody
else does You'll excuse me, but you'e
made some awfully bad bleaks since
you've been heie Tor' Instance, you
vent In bathing In the afternoon the
other day."
Well, what of It? I think I can bo
In when I please, can't I?"
"But not In the afternoon No one
rocs In In the afternoon. It's always
bieakfast, then fancy woik on the
Idazzu, and then the mall not In, and
then a bath Just before luncheon. Hut
to bo in In the afternoon wh. It's
awfully bad foim. I felt like telling
you when I saw you going down the
board walk with your suit. Tho nuise
Jiiuhls 0 In In tho afternoon "
"Well, I think that's, a funny sort of
Idea," said tho queer Rlrl. "I like to do
things when I please; not because oth
er people do them. I don't like It here.
I lmaclno the trouble Is that I came
nlone!"
"Nonsense! I came alone only two
days before you did."
"But you setn to Know every one at
the hotel."
"No, there's a man that doesn't get
down until tho 11:40 train each night,
nnd I've never even spoken to him. In
fact, I haven't seen lilm except once,
nnd then he was running for a train.
No, I don't know every one, but nearly
every one. You sep, I make It a point
to get to know folks. You go mound
like a clam, Betting further In your
uhell all the time"
"You don't mean to say that you
ppeak to people without being Intro
duced?" "Introduced! Nobody gets Introduced
nt a summer hotel, at least it doesn't
count, but you must nuiko It a point to
get acquainted. Every ono does!"
"But I don't exactly want to get ac
quainted. I ctnn't -wan. U avoid, any-
bod, but I should like to lust and lead
and Just live an oidinaij life without
making such an awful elfoit to the up
to the hotel."
"Well, folks will think you queer If
ou have any such Ideas. If jou hang
off bv vouiself, Hiht thing you know
they 11 talk about you. You Mmplv
must mU In and have a cood time
and do as the rt st do, and, reallj
jou won't mind if 1 tell jou something
ic.illj, jou ought to smile more!"
"Smile?"
"Yes, mi look too serious. At a
summer hotel it's alwajs a good plan to
smile at eveijuody.
"Do jou really mean If"
"C'ettaliflv 1 know jou couldn't do
It on Michigan avenue, but at a sum
mer hotel It Is a different woild, people
are llvlni? a summer hotel life. T'cie
Is that blond widow with the bUuk
eyes. Did you notice her? Do jou know
how she met all the men? Why, she
has the gieatest plan jou ever heat d 'if
And yet It's so simple' H'ie nishes
ncmss the hall when she seis n man
and pretended to be Inahuiij.and noir
lj knocked him overanddiops hei bug
nette, or her handkerchief, or sore
thing, und then well, jou should Jiist
hear hei apologle! It's a perfect bit or
aetlnj. She tuins iiound and stjvr
'Oh, I am so soiry' I beg a thousnnd
pardons' So stupid of me. I hope I
didn't huit jou''"
"I should think sho'd get to be a
great nuisance Don't tho men object
to being run Into In that fashion4' Don't
they see through It In time?"
"Not ono In a thousand sees through
It. and even If they did they wouldn't
mind It Next time she looks confused
when they meet and laughs or apolo
gizes again, and then the matter Is
settled. She has another man to dance
with at tho hops. Then she changes her
tactics. Sometimes she sits on lhe!
hats."
"What?"
"Why, she sees a hat on a rocking
chair and It's at dusk, nnd she sits
down on It as though she didn't know
it was there. That Is a chance for moie
apologies and explanations. It's the
same old game, but It gets there.
"There's another thins. Never Ut a
dog pass without admiring it. Ttiiph at
it and pat and admire It and a k about
It. It Is sure to have an owner ha ig
Ing around somewhere, nnd he or she
will come up and pretend to take tho
dog away. Then ask about Its breed,
and swallow any story they'll tell you.
Hvery summer hotel dog Is a thorough
bred, you know It is a good plan to
say you remember having seen him at
the show with his box covered with
blue ribbons. They never deny that.
Hut don't let he dogs pass without ad
mit Ing them. After that comes the
babies "
"Aftor the dogs?"
"I mean In Impoitnnce, Oush over
every babv and every child that tome
within your range of vision. They are
sure to have mothers somewhere at tha
hotel, and you'll win them If you praise
the children. But lay It on thick! Don't
bo afraid that flattery Is )vA tat at
this place We live on It. Then, nevei
miss an old lady Make a point of get
ting Into conv tix.itlon with the old
ladles Sometimes they have nice sons
that come over Sundajs."
1 should have a pel feet contempt for
mjMlf if I went on that vaj One
hasn t to do it at home, nnd I think
that all that Insinceilty and show Is
slllj."
"Well, 1 noticed the other night when
Dudlelgh was introduced to you. He
asked to be piesented, didn't he?"
"Yes he said er-he llkcd, that Is"
"Oh, of com se I don't want to seem
to in j-, but"
' He teally was very nice, I thought."
"Well, you didn't act that way! You
sat theie just as still' You never said
a wonl I positively ached to loin In
and make things mine llvelj. You know
my deal. Dudlelgh Is a gieat catch. He
lb Immensely ilch and owns a yacht
nnd a lot of hoises and things, and
I could see at a glance that he wasn't
used to being tteated that way. He's
tun after moie than anv man at this
place "
"Well, what could I do? He seemed
like any other man to me He spoke of
a bicakfast or something on his j.icht,
nnd I suppose every one w ill think
It queei, as jou sav if I don't go,
but the fact Is Tlon't caiu much to.1
that sort of thing. If It Is like the hotel
I am nfinld I should be veiy much out
of place "
"Do jou mean to say that Dudlelgh
Is going to give a lueakfast on his
yacht? Well, 1 must saj, some of you
quiet girls aio piettv deep! And you
novel said a woid'"
"Yes. I said that I hadn't met him
before and that mother wouldn't like
my ucceptlng attention of that soit,
and"
"Well, you little goose! To lose such
a chance' And now you'll go back to
joui dissecting room nnd bones and
things, without ever going on that love
ly yacht!"
"Oh, I'm going If mother will only
tome on. You see, he had me send her
u special Invitation, and he put off the
bieakfast until I he.ud fiom her, and
well, she hasn't replied, and, the fact
Is, that Is whv I thought I'd bitter go
home I felt quite blue about It And
Mr. Dudlelgh said that It I could get
her to consent he'd bring the yucht
down to New Yoik to take us on, and
I usunlly have a lot of Influence with
mother so I think I'll take that 10-30
train, and I'll go on with my packing
now, if you'll excuse me"
"Well," said the most popular gill,
as she flounced bad; to her ow n room,
"I always did say that those led-halred
sleepy-eyed gills were about the slyest
things. To think of her cai tying off
Chllllngton Dudlelgh like that when
nil the girls In the hotel have been
spoiling him for the last month! That
girl Is Just too deep for anything! Just
vult till I tell tho other girls!"
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
He Got It.
"I'leasc. sir, can't jou help rat '" asked
tho Hronilitg im-mllraui; "1 nm sick and
In nerd of a f( w dimes."
"if jou i.re sick why don't ou go to
the hospital?" muwircd the substantial
citizen "Why do jou need a fow dlmej?"
"I thought a llttlo change would do mo
good," was tho plausible reply. Kansas
City Star
What's the UseP
A witty doctor, who was ono of a corps
of physicians appointed to vaccinate po.
llccmen, n marked, " h'l la tho uso of
vaccinating those fellows? They never
cutcli anything." Punch.
COURTSHIP IN PORTO RICO.
It Is Canied on Under Much Greater
Difficulties Than Heie.
it nee of tho eldeis of the familj to be
It Is next to Impossible for a mar
lingo engagement without the conciti
contwicttd In Potto KIco. The con
stant surveillance maintained over the
gills of the household and thelt con
tinued subjection to paieutal .uuhoiity,
even nftei reaching jeais of matin Ity,
Is n successful birrler to anything ren-'
satlonal In ('outfitting a life partnet
srlp. No association Is toleialtd that
may lead to a mes illl.ince, and fow op
poitunltles me affoided to tieate an
attachment without the full knowledge
and consent of the heads of the fam
ily. The only occasion upon which this
m.iv happen are tho Inrrer social g.ith-
ctinis, such as Maidl Clias balls und
dances at the Casinos I'spnnol, which
occur sevoial times a jenr.
Young women aie ulwaj-s suitound
ed with a suitable guaid of thaperons
by day and night. After leaching a
1 late of social rendezvous the voung
folk aie allowed some llbertj to prom-
nade. dance nnd chat togethei, while
those chin ged with guaidlanslilp sit
near and take note of the propeitles.
The attention of .in Inamoilto to th
object of his devotions must not b
too ardent nor too continuous- ho must
not dance with her more than twice,
nor hovei near long enough to oNcito
comment, which Is pi one to be piompt
nnd free.
I'nder thc-e conditions the suceptlble
joung Ameilcan who succumbcto the
w Itching glance of n sweot. soft-eyed
senorlta llnds the paths of love nnj'
thlng but flower sttewn. It lequlies
neioic measuies to bieak through the
human walls of bilstllng duenna nnd
scowling matrons that guard the ap
pionchcs to her shy j-oung heart.
After an engagement is announced
the conditions nie changed. Hence
foith thev can dance only with each
othei. For centimes It has been decreed
to be a llagiant breach of piopilety for
an alflanced or married woman to sten
though the mnzes of the dance with
any other than her fiance or husband
However, the chaperonago continues
until manlage. Courtship must be con
ducted under the pniental eye, mem
beis of tho household remaining In the
loom duilng the visits of men, and
lately can the sweet, loving nothings
be bicathed without reaching other
ears than those for which they aie
Intended. Sometimes the Aigus watch
fulness Is telaxed for a few moments,
which aio Improved to the utmost. It
can be Imagined, but are liable to be
broken Into unexpectedly and frequent
ly by the sciupulous and anxiously re
sponsible patent oi mat) on In charge.
In the preparations for mnirlago the
lnldegroom Is expected to pi a vide a
home according to his means, moie or
loss completely equipped with house
hold linen and all necessities for house
keeping This In viitue of tho senti
ment that the bi Ide must bring to him
nothing but hei self nnd her tioussenu
In that county of flno needle-women
this trousseau Is someth'ng temaikablo
In variety nnd execution, often of such
daintiness that many Ameilcan brides
might envv them.
Porto JUeun brides do not waste
much time or money upon many street
gowns or those for public display. It
Is to please the eye of the husband
alone that all tho oris of construction
are expended In house gowns, llngoile
and negligees, A popular model Is n
cambric nlncess, the front a mass of I
lace and drawn woik lound neck,
and gossamer, tlght-llttlug or flowing
angel sleeves, A n umbel of these en
tei into the outfit, each a mat vol of
exquisite woik, nccoullng to the putse
or deftness of lingers of the bilde
A fashionable time for the mnnlage
ceiemonv Is from midnight up to 2
o'clock In the morning Tho bride
gloom, with his Immediate lelatlves
and friend0, proceed to the home of tho
bild, and fiom theie a wedding pro
cession Is formed to tho chmeh Car
riages are tarelj- used, the partj'. If
living In town, making the short jour
nev on foot, the bildo walking with her
godfather, the bildegioom with his
godmother The eeicmonj' over, they
return to the hi Ides home, whereupon
she lifts the veil from her head and
tlnows It ovei Hint of hei nearest girl
f i end, who cuts It Into bits and dls
ti Unites It among the unmarried
guests.
The lit ido then strips to pieces the
orange blossoms of her crown, nnd also
thoe which deck her gown more or
loss oHboratel', accoidlng to the num
ber of her guests, nnd a spraj is pre
sented to each. The fun then Brows
lively over counting the blossoms,
those full blow n signifying j'ears, the
half blown months, and the buds days
which will Intervene before the recip
ient's mairlnge.
The hi Ido then retires to make a
change In another speclnl feature of
her airav, the bridal garters, which
nie elegant affairs, ornamented with
white satin i uettes nnd orange blos
soms nnd suspended from the waist
upon strands of white satin llbbons.
Kncli garter Is, enclosed In a pretty box
and piesented to her most Intimate girl
f i lend The strands ot ribbon are cut
Into pieces and distributed among the
other guests. Then, simply attiicd In
the wedding gown, sometimes even this
laid aside foi another, the bride and
the bridegroom lead tho dance nnd the
festivities take the form of those usual
to such occasions.
Refreshments are served, never omit
ting chocolate, which fiom time Imme
morlil has been the nuptial beverage,
so gi nerally recognized that when a
friend w Ishes to ask the dnto of a mir
tlage the question takes the form of
"When will chocolate bo served"
After seveial bouts of gnletj' the
bridegroom takes his bride to their
new home, and they liegln n life of tiue
domesticity. They continue to be seen
occnslonnllj' In socletj-, but generally
nhnperonlng some young friends or
chatting vvltli their contemporaries, or
nuletlv and contendedly moving
through the dince, always, Invariably,
with each other.
Contentment.
An pccer.trle old gentleman placed In a
field on his estate a board with tho fo.
lowing generous offer painted thereon:
"I will glvo this lb Id to any man who
Is contented."
He rooii had an applicant. "Well, my
mant you rre a contented fellow?" asked
tho old gentleman.
"Vch, sir, vtrj."
"Tin n why do you want my field?"
The applicant did not wait to reply.
Judy.
Too Daik.
"1 tnn't tee which ono this Is," said
Aunt Jean, when she went In the semi.
darkness to kiss hei two little rleces good
night.
"Ruth," anivverpd Prances, soberlj',
"Hut It sounds like Prances," said
Aunt Joan.
"P'raps It Is," irplled a rogulnh voice j
It'J so dark I can't see, too." Judge.
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John Armstiong took Miss Hailowe
out to dinner, and neither the dinner
nor the diners received anj of his at
tention, for it was entirely occupied
by Miss Harlow e.
He could not have told what was the
first eouise, nor what was the last, noi
what had been said by the lion of the
evening, Lieutenant Hainum, of Cu
ban fame; but he knew at just whit
dioop Miss Harlow e's culling lashes
looked prettiest, he knew eveiy detail
of her gown, he knew just how her
brown hair tutned to gold wheie th
lajs of the electric globes fell upon It.
Miss Harlow e held out a twin nut In
her pretty p im. "Will jou eat n
phllopena with me, Mr. Aimstrong?"
she said.
It was maivelous what n softening
effect those lashes had on her brilliant
eyes, one felt the dlffeienee when she
looked upfiomunderthelr silken fringe
Some people said she had hard eyes.
Aimstrong did not think so Hc bent
over the small hand and took up the
nut ns If It woie a jewel.
"I will do anything that vou ask me
to do," he said. "Hut what happens
when one eats a phllopena''"
"Oh, you cannot accept anything
fiom me and I cannot accept anything
from j-ou. If one of us does nnd the
other cries 'phllopena' the unfoitunnte
Is obliged to give a pawn."
"Those are very haul conditions, al
together unfair," said Aimstiong.
"Hat it'" Miss Hailowe command
ed. Impel llously. Then she looked
down at her plate. "There Is always a
way to get around the haidest condi
tions " she said, softlj-.
"Phllllpa can led on as usual this
evening," remnrked the hostess to hei
husband when the last guest had gone
"I declare, that girl Is simply dread
ful. She Is the dealest, piettlest thing,
but she seems to think that all men
vvero created solely for her amuse
ment." Mrs. West had a tender heart, and
all the evening she had cnirled with
her tho recollection of the pathetic
gratitude In John Aimstrong's gray
ej-es when she told him that he was
assigned to Miss Hailowe She gave
nn unoffending yellow soft pillow a
vicious dig, which might have led ono
to suppose thnt for a moment she had
tiansformed It Into Miss Hailnwe's
golden head. Then she gave her hus
band a hug and a kiss as If to atono
to all men for the cruelty of all women.
"My dear," said he, "John Aimstrong
Is able to take caro of himself."
Hut Mis West knew ho wasn't.
Phllllpa was sleeping the sleep of the
Just. Probably It was the sleepless
ness of the unlust thnt John Arm
stiong wus experiencing.
He had been warned Other moths
who had fluttered about tho flame ex
hibited their singed wings, or expati
ated on tho altogether wingless con
dition of still moie unfortunate vic
tims. But where Is the moth that was
ever saved by good advice?
"She Is as beautiful as a picture, and
with about as much heart," said Tra
vers. "She is beautiful, and she has n
heait to match hor face," replied Aim
strong. "You follows have never been
able to reach It. that's all, She isn't a
woman to be lightly won, and I like
her for it "
"Lightly won' Uood heavens' That'i
Just It, she doesn't want to be won;
she only wants to be wooed. John, my
boj-, I admlte vour delicious self-conceit
and your stubbornness, but I tell
jou she is Just plajlng with you."
"I do not cue to discuss Miss Har
lowe any further," said Armstiong,
coldly. And Tiaveis knew that he had
said as much as he d.ued.
Phllllpa sat In her diawlng loom
waiting for John Aimstiong. She was
smiling to hei self ns she lememheied
that she had told thiee men sho would
not be nt home tonight.
"He tomes out of Ms shell when
there Is no one else heie," she said to
herself "What a gieat. noble head ha
had' And what a will' I will tell
him about the other men "
He came dliectlv, and she welcomed
him veiy sweetlj , but as she looked In
his face s'e saw a certain ilrmness
about the lips and a steady light of
purpose binning In his eves, and sho
sniveled a little I.Ike Tiave'is, sho
knew that sho had gone as far as sho
dared
She became despeiately gay. but
Aimstiong was In no mood for lallleiy
He sat silent and watched the plav of
the light on her hair the delicate toso
color that binned In her cheeks, the
quick diooplng nnd fining of her
lips
Then he leaned suddenly over her.
He was tiemendouslv In earnest, his
stralghtforwaul natuie i ould brook nn
pn amble. She ceitalnly undei stood
him 1)1 this time.
"Phllllpa," he cried, "you know that
jou an- deaiei than life to mo' Do
not put nie off anv longei I cannot
bear ll You aie veiy beautiful, deal
like some exquisite llowei, with a I
j-our gifts and giaces, and I nm nlv
nn nwkwaid, abrupt fellow. I have
nothing much to offer jou. l know I
am not wot thy of jou. but I can give
you a heait that Is all joins am' a
lifetime of love and devotion. Will
j'ou accept It. Phllllpa?"
"Accept anything fiom you? Whj,
jou must think I have foi gotten our
phllopena' Besides, If I did accept,
you know, I shouldn't have a thing to
give you for a pawn."
"Phllllpa, do not trifle with me'"
"You nie very unreasonable!" Phil
llpaciled, conscious, however, that h r
ej clashes were falling her for the flrst
time. "You ask me to accept a a gift
Just as If there never was such a thing
ns a phllopena."
Armstrong toso. Ills lips were white,
his eyes full of pain. He looked dow a
on her a moment, then he said, qule -ly:
"Oood-bye, Phllllpa," nnd stroda
from the loom.
"I.Iko many nnother poor fool, I sea
that I have endowed a beautiful do'I
with a soul," he said to himself with ,t
bitter smile.
He Jammed his hat clown over hm
head and slid back the chain of t lie
door, then he felt the touch of a hand
and he turned and saw what no ona
had ever seen before1 Phllllpa's bril
liant eyes all soft and mlstv with
tears. She laid her cheek against lua
sleeve.
"John, dear John, forgive me'" sho
cried with a little sob. "I do accept,
and heie, I will give you the pawn In
ud''n!io."
She dtew his head down and kissed
him, and Aimstrong folded her In his
aims without a word,
"You sec, dear," whlspoied Phllllpa,
"I couldn't Blve you my heart for a
pawn, because jou already bad. It lont
ago,"