ALL works of taste rust

bear a price in propor tion to the skill, time, expense and risk attending their inven tion and manufacture. Those things called dear are, when justly estimated, the cheapest. They are attended with much less profit to the artist than those which everybody calls cheap. A disposition for cheapness and not for excellence of workmanship is the most frequent and cer tain cause of the decay and destruction of arts and manu factures.

RUSKIN

Ask the man who owns one

PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY DETROIT

To maintain their matchless quality
we build Kranich & Bach Pianos
and Player Pianos from start to finish
under the watchful care of one super-
vising head and under one roof,
where we can be certain that nothing
but the best goes into them.

Kranich & Bach
Ultra-Quality PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS

Supreme in Tone and Artistic Merit

The Kranich & Bach Pianos and
Player Pianos
that are being
made by these
men in the

KRANICH
& BACH

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The loving care that guides

this wood carver's chisels forbids the carelessness of modern commercialism.

comes a mere shell of
regrets in a few years.
Permanence is assured
by constant watchful-

ness of every detail of
construction-by supervision such as
is given to no other piano so thor-
oughly and systematically as to

Copyright, 1914 by The Century Co.]

pictures are the instruments that the
children and grandchildren of the pre-
sent generation will play and be proud
to play for years to come.

In purchasing them you practice
true economy.

Sold on convenient monthly terms.
"Fifty years of Quality Making" is
the title of an in-
teresting booklet
that will be mailed
on request.

237 E. 23rd St.
New York City

THE CENTURY CO., UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK

WILLIAM W. ELLSWORTH, IRA H. BRAINERD, GEORGE INNESS. JR., BOARD OF TRUSTEES. UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK.
(Title Registered U. S. Pat. Off.) [Entered at N.Y. Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter