Life — December 2, 1909 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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The Cannibal Maid and Her Hot- tentot Blade; or, How Three Were Made One (Reprinted by request from our issue of May 28, 1891) CANNIBAL MAID and her Hot- tentot Blade, They met in a rocky defile; A gay eagle plume was his only costume. The lady was wrapt in a—smile. Together they strolled and his passion he told In pleading and tremulous tone, While softly they trod on the blossom strewn sod And spooned in the twilight alone. Then sweetly she sighed as she shyly replied, With tender and fairy-like mien; She murmured the word, when a war- whoop was heard— A rival had burst on the scene. A savage Zulu to the trysting place drew, Demanding his cannibal bride; But the Hottentot said, with a toss of his Nolmitator CanEqual The Original 88-Note Apollo THE MELVILLE CLARK PIANO COMPANY ARE THE ORIGINATORS OF THE 88-NOTE PLAYER PIANO AND THE PIONEERS IN THAT LINE OF INDUSTRY. FOR EIGHT YEARS THE APOLLO PLAYER ENJOYED A MONOPOLY IN THIS FIELD, AND THOUSANDS OF THESE INSTRUMENTS WERE SOLD BEFORE ANY OTHER 88-NOTE PLAYER WAS PUT ON THE MARKET. THE 88-NOTE APOLLO PLAYER PIANO HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE PLAYER BUSINESS OF THE WORLD, AND NOTHING EVER MADE IN THE PLAYER LINE WILL EQUAL THIS INSTRUMENT. NO 88-NOTE PLAYER PIANO IS ORIGINAL UNLESS THE NAME “ APOLLO- PIANO” APPEARS ON THE FALLBOARD. ALL OTHER MANUFACTURERS OF 88-NOTE PLAYER PIANOS MUST FOLLOW. THEY CANNOT LEAD. THE MELVILLE CLARK Apollo-Piano which brings out the MELODY IN STRONG head, “T'll have thy degenerate hide.’’ The Famous Human Touch The Hottentot flew at the savage Zulu, The Zulu he went for the Blade, And fiercely they vied in their strength and their pride, And fought for the Cannibal Maid. She perched on a stone, with a shapely shin-bone Clasped tight in her tapering arms, And watched the blood fly, with a love- laden eye While her warriors fought for her charins. When fiercer they fought and the ringing blows caught, With thrust and with parry and punch, She said, with a smile, “In a very short while The Marvelous Human Expression of the Apollo Players is secured by the DOWNWARD Stroke of the pneumatic fingers on the piano key in front. This is the STROKE GIVEN IN MANUAL PLAY- ING, and a GENUINE HUMAN EXPRESSION is the result. Other desirable features of the APOLLO Play: ers are: THE ADJUSTING AND TRANSPOS- ING DEVICE, by which you can change instantly to five or more different keys by the -touch of a | fingers the SELF-ACTING MOTOR, which reg: julates the power and distributes it equally, pre venting sudden and inartistic changes in tempo by unconscious hard pedaling. An Innovation in Player-Pianos The new SOLO-APOLLO contains all the supe RELIEF without impairing the symmetry and power of the accompaniment. Other so-called accenting devices MERELY GIVE A PROMI- NENCE to the theme by subduing the accompani- NO STOPS ORLEVERS AREREQUIRED TO PRODUCE THE BEAUTIFUL EFFECTS IN THE SOLO APOLLO—the merest novice can secure them immediately. Cultural Influence of the Apollo Player The 88-Note APOLLO Player Piano plays the music of the world’s greatest composers exactly as written, without mutilation, It thus educates music lovers to the highest ideals. It familiarizes beginners with absolutely correct technique— the most d te shading and true tone values from the I will have those two fellows for rior features of the regular 88-Note APOLLO and very start. Its influence as a cultural medium in lunch.”" has in addition the marvelous accenting Device, the home is incalculable. The purple blood flows from the Hot- tentot’s nose, The Melville Clark Piano, in which the Apollo action is The Zulu is struck by the Blade; placed, is THE HIGHEST TYPE OF PIANO ARTISTRY. (6) Then each of them sighed, a gasping— he died, Write for free filustrated cataloys. explaining all about the Melville Clark SOLO-APOLLO and the APOLLO Player-Planos | Melville Clark Piano Co., 426 Steinway Bldg., Chicago ON ARISING TAKE % GLASS OF | And scrambled the Hottentot’s brains ; j 'Twas a dainty menu, when the cooking was through, And she dined on her lovers’ remains. . | The sa ¢ Zulu and the Hottentot, too, » in a cannibal tom THE BEST NATURAL LAXATIVE WATER The three were made one and the story A beautiful woman must have a clear complexion. Perfect le , digestion and active liver are essential. The greatest aid is The maiden strolled off in the gloom. |. HUNYADI JANOS, the Naturai Aperient Water. Gentle Edward 1. Peple. pleasant and effective.- Tones up the whole system. Try it. And looked on the Cannibal Maid. comicbooks.com