After long suffering he concludes that he must discharge his cook, and the first five pictures show the way he thought he would do it, and the last picture shows the way he did do it. [VERS & POND GRAND, SQUARE, UPRIGHT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. IVERS & POND PIANO CO. BOSTON, Dec. 24, 1887. GENTLEMEN: It is now almost six years since a very large number of your piano fortes were purchased by this Conservatory, and placed under my immediate supervision, as to tuning and regulating, now take great pleasure in being able to make you, what seems to me to be, a most encouraging report concerning their durability and general character. Each one of these instruments has been subjected to the unusually severe test of not less than eight hours daily practice (the piano being used by two pupils); and in every case the comparatively small amount of attention necessary to keep them in good order, and the even manner in which they have worn has demonstrated the thorough and practical method of their construction. One special feature in this connection, and which I think is very much in their favor, is the marked stability of the original tone, an occasional resurfacing of the hammers being all that is necessary to restore it completely. Now it would be both unwise and unnecessary for me to say that your pianos are "unequaled," or that there is no chance for improvement. I am, however, prepared to say that I have yet to find a piano which by its superiority can break the remarkably fine record your instruments have thus far made in this Conservatory. One thing which gives me special confidence in these pianos as a whole lies in the fact that we have repeatedly ordered them sent up to us at short notice, in which case they have been taken directly from your warerooms, and since these have worn equally as well as those made especially for us in large lots, I am assured those we are using are in no way superior to those sold to every customer. I am also glad to know that you are still intent upon making all possible improvements in the general construction of your already finely made piano, and I am not a little interested in that new idea of end wood for the pin block and key bottom; for I certainly think, from all I can judge of its workings, that you have secured a most effectual device for preventing the great annoyance occasioned by atmospheric changes. Allow me in conclusion to congratulate you on your well merited and honestly earned success as piano forte manufacturers, and wishing you continued prosperity in all your future efforts, I am yours very truly, Address, F WHale Powerfal of tuning department. IVERS & POND PIANO CO., 184 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. Branches: 1516 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. : Main Street, Springfield, Mass. For the Pacific Coast, Kohler & Chase, San Francisco, Cal. REMEMBER,{ Best Quality. Reasonable Prices. Shipped on approval, to be returned, if unsatisfactory, railway freights both ways at our expense. Cash or time, to suit convenience. Catalogue and important information mailed free to any one mentioning Scribner's Magazine. TOILET At the foot of Mt. Carmel a Mission Society has taken advantage of the Superior OLIVE OIL made in Palestine to support itself by the manufacture of an exceptionally fine OLIVE OIL TOILET SOAP, which they ship direct to their Agent in New York. 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