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TRADED-IN SECOND-HAND
PIANOS
ON SALE TOMORROW AID THE COMING WEEK
After a certain period of new piano selling we have often
an accumulation of second-hand pianos traded in as part pay
on n w purchases.
We have also at this time of year, when schools are closing
for the summer vacation and tourists are leaving the city, quite
a number of pianos that have been rented during the winter
returned to us. Some of them in almost perfect condition.
- We offer all of these as attractive figures.
Every one here listed is in perfect condition as to tone,
scale and action.
i GABLER. Mahogany case, colonial design, 4 feet 10
inches high. Been in stock about one year. Never been out
of the store. In perfect condition and an artistic piano.
NOW $345.00. Regular price $550.00
x KIMBALL. Full size upright oak case, used about six
months by music teacher. Beautiful case design; perfect
condition.
NOW $285.00. Regular price $475.00
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x KIMBALL. Same as above, had about the same use,
but in mahogany case.
NOW $285.00. Regular price $485.00.
x HOBART M. CABLE. Full size mahogany case, new,
just from the factory. In perfect condition except slightly
damaged on case in shipping.
NOW $275.00. Regular price $375.00
i BRADFORD & CO. Full size oak case. Rented
through winter to private family. The only use it has had.
NOW $225.00. Regular price $350.00
1 BRADFORD & CO. Full size mahogany case, used
about the same as above.
NOW $235.00. Regular price $350.00
x CROWN. Large size walnut case. The most ex
pennfve style in this make of piano. Two years use. Tradcd
in on Autopiano.
NOW $24000. Regular price $5OOlOO
x ARION. Large size mahogany case, perfect condition,
need about 17 months.
NOW Shasao. Regular price $4OOOO
1 CHICKERING. Medium sze mahogany case, most I
good as new. Was traded in as part pay on new Kimball
purchase.
NOW $235.00. Reguhr price $550.00
1 BRADFORD & CO. Large size, mahogany case, been
rented about one year. Very musical piano. Case perfect.
NOW $190.00. Regular price $350.00
1 HINZE. Medium size piano in golden oak case. This
piano rented 8 months. Can’t be told from new.
NOW $210.00. Regular price $325.00
1 EMERSON. Large size in beautiful mahogany case,
tone quality good. Action and case without damage. Traded
’ in on new purchase of Autopiano.
NOW $150.00. Regular price, $400.00.
1 SINGER. Medium size, plain oak case, nice piano
for practice or small parlor use. Only used 4 months. This
one was taken in as part pay on new purchase.
NOW $135.00. Regular price $250.00.
Any of these are exceptional good values for the remarkable
low price we are asking. And in addition to the reductions
we will let you have any one you might select on the easy pay
ment plan, if it does not suit you to pay the cash. For:
“Our SMALL PAYMENT PLAN MAKES PIANO BUYING EASY”
SAN ANTONIO MUSIC CO.
107 E. Houston St. H. B. MORRIS, Mgr.
The earlier you call, the greater the number you will have
to choose from.
STRAUSS FINDS PRODIGY
Erich Korngold, a 13-Year-Old Vien
nese, Startles the Musical Critic*
by His Composition*.
Berlin, April 30.—'Richard Strauss
has discovered a prodigy. The com
poser has found a 13-vear-old Vienna
boy, Erich Korngold, whom he hails as
a new Mozart. The lad is a eon of a
celebrated Viennese music critic.
Three of the boy’s compositions, a
sonata for the piano, a pantomime in
two pictures, said 10 be well
for tne stage, and a set of six charac
ter studies for which Don Quixote was
the model, were submitted to Strauss.
The latter addressed the following re-
SUNDAY,
markable tribute to the juvenile com
poser’* talent to the lad’s father:
“I have received the compositions
and read tham through with the great
est astonishment. Yon are to be con
gratulated. The first feeNng I ha<FWas
one of awe and apprehension, succeed
ed by the fervent wish that so preco
cious a manifestation of genius may
have opportunity for normal develop
ment.
“Sach assurance of style,’mastery of
form, individuality of expression ana
harmonization is all genuinely astound
ing”
Equally enthusiastic praise was given
by Prof. Herman Kretechmar, successor
to the late Josef Joachim as director of
the Royal High School of Music at Ber
lin, who says “even when compared
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE
QUITS MINISTRY
ID ENTER THE
REALNOHLD
Spokane Minister to Go Into
Politics and Will Be a Can
didate for Congress.
HE IS A “PROGRESSIVE”
Will Put His Ideals Into Execu
tion Instead of Merely Talk
ing About Them,
Spokane, Wash., April 30. —Firmly in
the belief that as a minister of the
gospel Jie was living apart from the
world’s real activities and progress,
Charles H. Braden, formerly pastor of
Grace Baptist church of Spokane, has
abandoned the pulpit to enter national
politics, which, he says, to some ex
tent, expresses life as it is actually
lived. He is au active candidate for
congre** from the third district of
Washington, and is pledged to the pro
gressive element of the republican par
ty. He will raise a campaign fund by
charging admission fee wherever he
makes addresses.
Giving the reason* for hi* decision
to quit the ministry to enter the polit
ical arena. Mr. Braden read the fol
lowing letter:
“I have coma to feel that I, as a
preacher, was living in and advocating
a world of details; that politics, which,
after all, to a great extent, expresses
life as actually lived, is in a world
separate and apart from the world of
ideals preached by the ministry; and,
that, while the ministry continues to
preach and idealize, politics continues
to live and do; that the gap between
them continues to widen; and that the
preacher’s world of ideals is coming to
be regarded by the practical world as
an embodiment of fanciful theories, ex
celk to be written about, sung about,
theorized abont and, to some extent,
cried about, but not to be carried into
polities and government, and made uni
versally operative.
Wants an Ideal Government.
“I have felt that, somehow, govern
ment ought to be the embodiment of
the best thoughts and sentiments, the
best ideals and traits of pedple. As a
minister, I was always taught to be
lieve, and I always accepted it as true,
that Christianity represented what is
highest in life. It therefore seems to
me a matter of logical consequence that
a large part of every earnest man’s
ambition should be to see to it that
the government of a Christian nation
is a proper expression of the principles,
ideals and teachings of Christianity.
“But as I look about on political
conditions I am persuaded that if there
is any phase of life which does not rep
resent the high ideals of Christianity,
politics is certainly that phase. it
seems undoubtedly true to me that that
which should embody the highest ideals
is subservient to the lowest. The ques
tion is whether to stand aloof from thia
sphere, namely, politics, which is cur
rently referred to as synonymous with
corruption, and preach it, or enter it
with an endeavor to correct it.
“I have come to question whether I
can fye of a* great service in a calling,
or a sphere of life, where it was my
business chiefly to preach to others
what to do, wliile they were dqjng, as
I can be to get right into the army
of doers, and aim to preach the loudest
by doing. I have no word of critici»m
to pass upon the calling of the minis
try. While I was in it. I tried to ful
fill its requirements to the utmost. And
now I look upon it as the highest call
ing among men."
EACH SEVENTY-FIVE
ON WEDDING DAY
Bay State Couple, Widow and
Widower, Will Be Married
On Their Birthday,
Brockton, Mass., April 30.—Born on
the same day, May 2, 1835, and class
mates in the little old red school house
in Weymouth in 1845, Fred Hanson, for
merly representative, a well-known
granite dealer, and Mrs. Emily J. Cole
of Braintree will be married on their
seventy-fifth birthday at the Cole home
in Braintree.
The marriage will be Mr. Hanson’*
fourth. He is a widower. It will be
Mrs. Colo’s third marriage. She is a
widow. Mr. Hanson is a veteran of
the eivil war and a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic. By a co
incidence Mrs. Cole’s former husbands
were war veterans and Grand Army of
the Republic men.
The announcement of the couple’s
engagement brought both a flood of
congratulations. Mr. Hanson, who
boast* of being Brockton’* merchant
patriarch, having been in business in
this eity longer than any other mer
chant. represented the Tenth, or dou
ble, district of this city in the house of
representatives in 1806 and 1897.
He was born in Weymouth and came
to Brockton May 1, 1851, and went to
work for the Howard & Clark furni
ture store to learn that business, and
was clerk and bookkeeper there for
many years.
In July, 1864, Mr. Hanson enlisted in
the Union army, being discharged in
December of the same year. He is wide
ly known as a dealer in tombstones,
having been at his present place of
with the most exceptional instances of
musical precocity the work of Korn
gold remains phenomenal for virility
and modernity. I know cf no anala
gous case but that of young Haudek”
MORGAN’S SON-IN-LAW
OUT OF DIRECTORATE
Herbert L. Satterlee. son-in law of
J. Pierpont Morgan, who has just re
signed as a director of the Knicker
bocker Trust company in New York.
Mr. Satterlee entered the directorate
while the Knickerbocker was in finan
cial difficulties and has seen the insti
tution resume its normal relations with
depositor* in a year les* time than was
anticipated.
HOPE DIAMOND
HISTORY IS TOLD
This Time Paris Jeweler Says
It Was Part of a Famous
Blue Gem.
Paris, April 30. — Another story of
the origin of the famous Hope diamond
is told in the Eclair by M. Aucoe, a
well known jewelry expert. The Hope
diamond is only a piece of the famous
blue diamond, which was brought to
Europe by Tavernier. Louis XIV pur
chased it, and it was placed among the
erown jewels, from which it was stolen
in 1792, all trace of it being lost for a
long time.
The diamond bleu was a pear shape
and rather irregular, and when it was
discovered it was found to have been
cut in two. One piece found its way
into the collection of the Duke of
Brunswick and was disposed of at Ge
neva. The other piece was bought by
Mr. Hope about the year 1830. At his
death it was purchased by a merchant,
who sold it to an American jeweler,
who took it to New York.
A* the jeweler’s business did not
prosper, the blue diamond was brought
baek to Paris, and his representatives
sold it to M. Habib, who placed it in
his collection, which was put up at auc
tion in the Salle des Ventes in Paris
on June 24, 1909, under the direction of
M. Aucoe, expert to the civil tribunal,
and was bought by a merchant settled
in Paris. So, adds M. Aucoe, the story
of the shipwreck of M. Habib with hie
blue diamond is a legend which in the
interest of truth must not be allowed
credence any longer.
The Eclair, in its comment on M.
Aucoe’* contribution, **y* that it shows
that the different telegrams which
have announced submarine exploration*
in Riiio Bay are incorrect, and that the
rumor has originated owing to the cir
cumstance that a namesake of one of
the last owners of the diamond, hap
pened to be on board the wrecked ves
sel.
business since 1881. He bought the
property from Tyler Cobb, who was a
well-known resident of the old town
of North Bridgewater, and has since
that time done business at “The Old
Stand.”
Mrs. Cole was born in Braintree.
When a young girl she went to Wey
mouth with her parents. In a little red
school house the two became acquainted
and the friendship that was formed in
childhood has lived all the years.
In speaking of his marriage plans Mr.
Hanson said:
“There are some men who can live
alone, bnt if I had to live any longer
the way I have for the last year and a
half I would hang myself. There are
men who can get their meals in a hash
house and go to a single room and be
contented, but I can’t, and am not go
ing to. I’ve got to have a home.”
The wedding will be performed in
the presence of friends and relatives
and the officiating clergyman will be
Rev. Daniel W. Waldron, chaplaiu of
the house of representatives and Boston
city missionary.
LORD’S DAUGHTER
TO DANCE
Sister of Sackville-West. Peerage
Claimant, Soon to Make Her
Stage Debut.
London, April 30.—Memories of the
Sackville peerage contest soon will be
revived by the appearance on the Lon
don musical, stage of a sister of the
plaintiff, Flora Sackville- West.
She has been studying dancing in
Paris and maue her debut there witn
some success. She declares she is geek
ing an engagement as the means of
earning back the money sho and her
brother have spent in law costs.
Miss Sackville-West was with her
father, Lord Sackville-West, during his
seven years at Wuiungtea
I Narcissa Place \
’ Lakeview
Rosedale Park
Lakeview Heights JESS
Lakeview
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WHAT CAN WE
STIR UP FOR YOU?
q What subject i* nearer or dearer to the heart of the real American man or woman
than that of home —sweet home? Poets have sung its praises in prose and song,
hut the Southwestern Land Corporation takes the initiative in showing how every
serious-minded man or woman can own their own home among the best surround
ings obtainable and at the same outlay they formerly paid for rent.
q NARCISSA PLACE is the name of a beautiful new addition put on the market
by this Corporation. It is one of the most exclusive homesites in this City of
Homes. Wide boulevards andgavenue* intersect Narcissa Place and the nature
of their construction is sueh that the dust nuisance find* no harbor there. Its
lots are 50x150 feet and up, running to 12-foot alleys.
q Every improvement is already installed. Macadamized streets, cement enrbing,
cement sidewalks, electric lights, gas, telephones, sewerage, and sbadj trees in their
natural beauty await your inspection in this beautiful addition. An eight minute'*
ride via Alamo Heights ear line from the business district brings you to this
“Homesite Exclusive.” It faces Brackenridge Park, and a two minute’s walk
brings you to the new artillery post of Fort Sam Houston.
q LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS is, without question, the choicest acreage proposition on
tion here. TherAre a few desirable building sites left in this addition, whieh can be
purchased by the small payment of $lO.OO down and $lO.OO per month, without
interest.
q Its beautiful lake, forty acres of parkway and lofty elevation makes it one of the
most desirable homesites on the market today. Surrounded by all the educational
features of San Antonio, it has many advantages not enjoyed by similar proposi
tions. The lots at Lakeview are 50x150 feet, running to 20-foot alloys. An excel
lent car traverses this property and brings it within 18 minute* of
the business section of the city.
q LAKEVIEW GARDENS is, without question, the choicest acreage proposition on
tunity of a lifetime. This property is restricted to about 140 lots, selling from
_ $90.00 to $125.00, upon terms of $5.00 down and $5.00 per month, without interest.
These lots are selling like wild fire —only about 40 of them being left upon th*
market. L A good investment for any one and sure to Increase in valuation with
the upbuilding of Lakeview proper.
q LAKEVIEW GARDENS is the choicest acreage proposition without question oa
the market today. These lands must be seen to be fully appreciated. They are
within a quarter of a mile of the Lakeview car line and within that distance of
the City limits. They are as level as a billiard table, and the soil runs from a black
loam to a lighter chocolate color, with a clay sub soil.
q When these land* have been paid for in full, we deliver free of charge along with
each Abstract of Title, a Land Value Guarantee Gold Bond, executed by ths Fed
eral Guarantee Company, of Washington. D. C. This bond covers the property so
purchased and conditioned for the repurchase of the property, at or before the
expiration of ten years and the re payment in gold coin of the original purchase
price, if the present purchasers, or their heirs, wish to sell for that price. Can
human ingenuity devise a fairer or safer plan for the investor in real estate?
q The garden lauds are laid out in such a manner as to enable the purchaser to buy in
one to five acre tracts, and the price at whieh this acreage is sold is from $375.00 to
$500.00 per acre, upon the following terms: $20.00 cash and $lO.OO per month.
The monthly payments draw 4 per cent interest, said interest to be deducted from
the last two installment payments. Under the splendid irrigation system now
being installed, these garden lands will grow anything growable. The purchase
of thi* property is an investment and speculation combined with an absolute guar
antee against loss.
The Southwestern
Land Corporation
GROUND floor, frost building
Exclusive Agents for the Above Properties
and Blacksmiths to the Rent Paving Slave
MAY 1, 1910.