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Obviously a flair for showmanship.
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AMONG THE EXHIBITS.
Detailed descriptions of exhibits. [The branch office of THE NEWS is
located in the upper southeast corner of exposition building.]
THE MOST ATTRACTIVE SPOT.
It is a source of gratification to the many friends of C.H. Edwards to veiw
the success of his most attractive exhibit in exposition hall. Since last
year the space has been thoroughly remodeled, an upper story being added,
upon which are displayed several fine pianos, while along the base are
arranged musical instruments of various descriptions. The whole looks as
fresh and pretty as the fair young maidens that cluster about it all day.
A beautiful stairway leads to the upper floor, thus making the space much
larger than formerly. The whole is most elaborately adorned with
bric-a-bracs, etc., but this might have been left out, as the handsome
pianos within the enclosure were sufficiant to make it a loitering place
of all who have an eye to the beautiful. Mr. Edwards is the leading
dealer in Dallas of the best makers of pianos, amoung which are the Decker
Bros., Knabe, Wheelock, Chickering & Son. He also represents the Mason &
Hamlin, Kimball and Story & Clark organs. These instruments have stood
the test of time and to-day are acknowledged the world over as the best.
Mr. Edwards is no stranger to the people of north Texas; in fact he is no
stranger in Texas, having done business here for more than thirteen years,
and has gained by his courteous treatment of customers a reputation that
any merchant might envy and has a trade second to none. His store on Main
street is a marvel of beauty, its general arrangement being a reflex of the
manner in which he conducts his business. He handles all manner of
instruments from a 10-cent jewsharp to a grand piano, and also is prepared
to fit our bands with every description of brass or string instruments.
His stock of sheet music is complete, publishers knowing the class of his
trade, shipping him at once all the latest vocal and instrumental music.
Thus, the people have come to know that in wanting anything in the music
line his is the place to get it. Mr. Edwards has several salesmen who are
constantly on the road, and that they move is attested by the fact that
orders are received daily from all portions of the state. As an evidence
of his enterprise he has secured the services of Mrs. Joe Person of
Charlotte, NC., a lady who has quite a reputation as a performer on the
piano, who will daily delight visitors by the artistic manner in which she
manipulates the keys of the best instruments on the market. Mrs. Person
held audiences spellbound yesterday and as long as she remained at the
piano thousands congregated to hear her play. Mr. Edwards extends a
cordial invitation to all strangers to visit his exhibit while at the
grounds and his store in town.
[Article 2]
Mrs. Joe Person.
Mrs. Joe Person, who has been in Charlotte for a week visiting among
friends and attending to the placing of her famous remedy, will leave for
Dallas, Texas, on the 13th of October, to fulfill an engagement there to
play the piano for two weeks, beginning October 11th, at the Dallas
Exposition.
This is a high honor to Mrs. Person, who reserves a handsome stipend for
her services, besides having all her expenses paid both ways and while in
Dallas.
[Article 3]
A Unique Musical Genius
From Knoxville Sentinel of November 14, we learn. A unique character in
musical circles spent yesterday in Knoxville. It was Mrs. Joe Person, an
elderly but still active and robust lady, whose place of residence is
pretty Charlotte, N.C. Mrs. Person was en route to her home, having just
completed several engagements with piano dealers who were exhibitors at
some of the recent Southern expositions and fairs. She is a pianist and
was her work to perform on the exhibited instruments for the purpose of
attracting visitors and impressing them with the piano’s superior quality.
Her style of performance is extremely novel; her touch being remarkably
vigorous and exact, heavy yet sympathetic; her repertoire is composed
almost exclusively of old ante-wartime melodies and songs. A Sentinel
reporter listened with delight to several irresistibly captivating airs
which she kindly gave for his benefit on a sweet-toned Kurtzman in
McArthur's music store yesterday afternoon. The numbers were executed
with an earnestness of expression, which rendered them all the more
fascinating. Mrs. Person, whose manner is charmingly unaffected and
cordial, made quite a number of friends during her brief visit to this
city.
From the Knoxville Journal of the same date we get the following.
Those of the readers of the Journal who were so fortunate as to meet Mrs.
Joe Person at McArthur's music house yesterday and hear her rendition of
the melodies which have so long made her famous throughout the South,
enjoyed a rare treat. Mrs. Person was especially good in the
manipulations of the keys of the celebrated sweet-toned Kurtzman piano
which she selected for her use. She beats the life out of Old Bob Ridley
and sails down the Swanee River at the same time, not forgetting the
Orleans town as an encore. Mrs. Person's rendition of the old Southern
melodies has made for her a warm place in the hearts of all who have heard
her music. She is just returning from a trip to the Dallas, Texas,
exposition to her home in North Carolina.
We copy from the Dallas Morning News and agree with them when they say Mrs.
Joe Person is one of the most accomplished pianists that has ever visited
Dallas.
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A MOST INTERESTING PERSON.
The space of C.H. Edwards, in exposition building, continues the center of
attraction. Mrs. Joe Person, the famous pianist holds the crowd
spellbound by her rendition of popular airs on the world famed Wheelock
pianos.
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