Life — January 1, 1891 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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Uan. 1, 1893, 7 (ie ALL MANKIND LOVES A LOVER. (EMERSON.) SO DO WE. Spite of what Lire says, they marry and must have pianos. Do you notice in this picture the long music desk? It swings out automatically when you uncove the keys—so convenient for’ duets, or for two or three instruments in concert. One of our many practical patents. Added to first-class work these improvements are surely desirable. You will remember thai “we are the people” who have the Soft Stop in our pianos, saving the din of practice, and the wear on both nerves and instrument, Dwellers in apartments ought to be forbidden by law to have any other. WRITE FOR 100-PAGE CATALOGUE--FREE. we SHIP ON APPROVAL, Piano to be returned at our expense for railway freights both ways, if it prove unsatisfactory on trialin y Ireig! y' y your home. Distance makes no difference, 1 mile or 2,000 miles are no more obstacle to us than a city block in Boston. Old pianos taken in exchange and terms of payment to suit your reasonable convenience IVERS & POND PIANO COMPANY MASONIC TEMPLE, 183-186 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON, MASS. OUR LATEST STYLES CAN BE SEEN AT W, DYER PHILIP WE! 7 Canal St., New Orleans. SANDERS & 'S, Baltimore, Washington and Richmond. SA For Pacific Coast, KOHLER & CHASE, San Francisco, Cal. “Paes oF We, M. Hacsten, 33-43 Gowo Sr., N.Y. comicbooks.com