Life — March 14, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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CHOCOLATES and CONFECTIONS Sixty-four years reputation behind every piece in every box. For sale where the best is sold, STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON 1316 Chestnut St., Phila, INITE announcement is made in the February Bookman that Prof. Harry Thurston Peck, for some time past editor emeritus only, will not in future be i associated with the conduct of the the Sun—thereby deprived of many a pungent paragraph at Professor Peck’s ex- pense—were it not coupled with the addi tional information that the Professor will not retire as a contrbutor to the Bookman. The editors of that periodical explain that the abdication of their former chief is due to increased responsibilities in other lines of work ; but this explanation may not seem adequate to the observers of his tireless industry. The Gossip, indeed, has a theory of his own—or shall he call it a to the editor's retirement. He did not deduce it in the manner of Professor Peck’s favorite hero, Sherlock Holmes. He simply came upon it in the casual con- sultation of the new International E pedia which Dr. Peck helped to ¢ not too busy teaching Latin at Columbia University, running the Bookman, and turning the colloquial Trimalchio of Pe- tronius arbiter into up-to-date slang such as the Sw uses. In the fourteenth volume of the International—somewhere between “Philadelphia” and ‘Puget Sound”—you will find “Praneste.” It is the modern Palestrina, perched, as in the days of Petronius, on the slope of the hills some twenty miles southwest of Rome. (It is ing how glibly one speaks of these things when fresh from one’s edition of the International, bought on easy terms.) At least, this is presumably true; but a litle further on we read: “Horace (Odyssey III, 4, 22) finds equal charm in frigidum Praneste, Tibur supinum, and liquide Baie.” Horace the author of the Odyssey! Shade of Ulysses! ‘The theory becomes suspicion, suspicion breeds rumor founded on fair inference, rumor resolves itself into an on dit, to wit: Professor Peck may be, must be, is abandoning the Bookman that he may find time to compile, set up, proof- read, edit and revise an encyclopedia of his own, | €ECILIAN METAL ACTION You know that wood is always affected by atmospheric and climatic changes. On this account, piano players of all kinds have sooner of later given trouble to their owners, because heretofore all actions have been built of wood. Damp weather, hot weather, starting the furnace, or any one of half a dozen changes has caused a swelling or a shrinkage in the wood, and presently a leak, made repairs necessary. Ask any owner if he-has not had trouble with his Piano Player. The Metal Action of the Cecilian Piano Player does away with all troubles of this sort. The “ primary" valves and Pneumatics, the “secondary ” valves and pneumatics, and the “ wind chest,” formerly constructed of wood and leather, are now made of steel, brass and phosphor bronze, which are not affected by climatic or atmos- pheric changes. The Metal Action practically does away with the necessity of repairs, and is the greatest improvement ever made in piano player construction. The Cecilian is the only player built with a metal action, and can be had in Cabinet form, which can be attached to any piano, or it can be had built into the Sohmer- Cecilian Piano or the Farrand-Cecilian Piano. Booklet fully describing this marvelous improvement will be sent free on application to THE FARRAND COMPANY PARIa, PRANCE DETROIT, MICH. oxvow. exo. | From Sunny Tennessee. A perfect old-fashioned sour mash, copper-distilled whisky. Mild and mellow. Aged by time alone. » Cares ano wanes Ov“ GEO. A. DICKEL & CO., Distillers, Nashville, Tenn,