Life — May 2, 1907 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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His wife arose slowly, like a large, mature flower. She shook her parasol at her husband, impressively. NOTE THE NEW SHAPES “Now, Herbert,” she said, “I've posted right down here to prevent * your doing anything rash. You always were prone to make a fool of S yourself. Why, what would you have been if it hadn’t been for me? ie ott is always among the Haven't I stuck by you through thick and thin? Have I complained, umoat Nadelred ofthe just because all along you have thrown such magnificent chances away ? Why, to-day, if you had as much as lifted your finger any time within the O last ten years, you might have been worth twenty or thirty millions Everybody knows you're as smart as a steel trap. Now, Herbert, I say it isn’t fair. There is something due to me in this matter. What is this = Government position? It commands eight thousand a year. A mere Z y nothing—nothing! Don’t misunderstand me. I’m nobody’s fool. Of course, I want you to be somebody in politics. I wouldn’t have you give Because itis coveted by ery. up the chance of going down to Washington for anything. I’ve always body who sees it. Its beauty ” wanted to have a dose of Washington society. But do you suppose that is so simple and so pure that . . ere’ nowirw hea welve > barely enough t6 liv % it goes straight to the beart. I’m ready to go there now, when we've only barely enough to live on The TECO shapes keep 26S Never! But you know you can always do that sort close to the very roots of : ing. Why, you can command any position you want in one, two, Beauty and strength of line, years from now. You can be a Senator, Cabinet Minister or any- That is why they appeal to rs : ' io. isto tat = ng fied politics. _ the deepest consciousness of people unversed in art, just as surely os they thing. All you have to do is to intimate it. I’ve studied politics. I command the enthusiasm of the most finished artists. know the ropes. But am I going to Washington, am I going to subject **TECO Green is so cool and clean — and such a good friend to live with."" our Lydia to a small establishment and live obscurely on eight thousand It isa tone you never tire of. a year? Well, I should say not. Not at my time of life. Herbert, I And all this magical beauty is achieved without a bit of artifice — no poly- have ambitions, if you haven't. think ahead, if you don’t. Now, here chromatic brush-work, no dazzling glaze, nothing but Beauty in its purest comes Phineas Haleton”—— . soa: “What do you know about Halton?” These are the reasons why TECO POTTERY is one of the really . ful fe ae, great things in modern art. “T met him last night by the purest accident and—well, youknow who Send TODAY for name of dealer nearest you and for the TECO Portfolio heis? The biggest financial genius of the age. He wants you, Herbert of designs costing from 50c. to $1,400.00. It includes six natural color He told me so. He threw out a chance word about you, and I saw im- plates showing wild flowers in TECO vases. Jllso ask for SPECIAL mediately how he felt, and I took him right up. He didn’t know I was POLES Hepinr New Designs.; 'Beth:nent BREE on request argiers pumping him, but Iwas. I worried it all out of him. It takes a woman " ee THE. CATES POTTERIES to do that sort of thing. I told him to make you an offer, and he said he gastcitciereiicassece (cuex would. I told him I would back him up. Now, you must listen to him : sai He is honest and aboveboard. Look at his greatname. It means mil- lions. And our daughter Lydia—think of what it means to her. Why, her position will be assured. She can marry any one—and you know how ambitious Lydia is—she takes after me. Our family will be the best-known in America, Then, and not till then, must you go in for The Status of the ‘\ For a moment her torrent of words was exhausted. ‘There was a pause. ‘Then Courtney said, quietly: | “Haleton has been in to see me.” “And what did he say—what was your reply? You will accept his offer, of course? Tell me you have accepted it?” Strict adherence to the art ideal has won for the Steinway In answer, Courtney took up the President’s letter lying on his desk. Piano its present international status as the World Standard. “Read that,” he said. Like a bulwark, the House of Steinway stands opposed to She read in silence. When she had finished a rapid perusal, she threw every tendency to vulgarize the piano by commercial and it on the table at her side. He came over and got it and put it carefully mechanical methods. With all the genius and skill at its in his pocket. command it strives to elevate piano art by making the “Herbert, don’t tell me that that is going to influence you. I don’t Steinway the: finest tartoameat: kanwa ¢orcinsieal sclanse, believe it. It is natural for the President to make a sentimental thing of Musicians and artists have learned for over half a century it. He will throw you over ata moment's notice when he has done with 4é 16RK: toIS tung foe: Giano. progeens—aad Rive eevee you, and you won’t be any better off than you were before. Whereas, sca’ disa'ppatated, Tha’ perteee’ Covert Grind Prana, tha Haleton says, you are in a position to do the country a real service by ac ideal Miniature Grand, and the recent marvelous develop- cepting his offer. Don’t you see you are, Herbert? Answer me! Tell ment of the upright, the Vertegrand at $500, are all me you will do the right thing. . Steinways, and each the standard of its kind. She pleaded with him as he sat there, silent, his face troubled. She leaned over and touched his arm, and for the first time saw the telegram he had written in answer to the President’s letter, lying on his desk. The afternoon breeze had blown it over, and the address chained herattention. She snatched it up and read it eagerly. Her face turned pale. She Metrated Catalogue and the litle booklet, "The Triumph of caught her breath in short, little woman’s gasps. the Vertegrand,”” sent on request and mention of this magazine “Herbert, is that your answer?” . . Her husband rose. His tall form towered above hers. Steinway & Sons, Steinway Hall “No,” he said, briefly, “That was written before you came in.” He 107 & 109 East Fourteenth Street tonsed it'Gack on the table New York ; “Personally,” he continued quietly, “I don’t think there is anything to what you say. This money-mad ambition doesn’t interest me in the least. I believe the President needs me, and that he’s honest. 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