The age-herald., 1899-01-17
HUSBAND AND WIFE Disagree About One of Seals Bro.'s High Grade Pianos. OTHER REASONS GIVEN For Closing Out a Business of
 Long Standing. THE BIG SALE TO 60 ON Till All Pianos Contracted For
 Are Sold.

Tn deciding the question whether to close out a business we have followed with suc- cess for nearly nineteen years, we weighed the matter as carefully as our capacity for reasoning would admit, and while we saw many advantages in taking this step, we were conscious of another reason which at the time we could not define, but it has been made clear by bright lawyer who proposes to take stock in our island scheme, provided we have no bridge over which "bil collectors can approach.
 Following that line of thought, we re- solved that no other nuisance should ever cucumber that portion of the earth. We resolved further that in the absence of club and lodge rooms a "scolding woman would be a bad thing to have on an island, there fore one should never set foot on that soil.
 We felt secure and free from harshness in that decision, because the good book specially treats the subject, and says that it is even better to dwell on house top. However, there is marked difference be- tween the natural born 'scold' and a woman who sometimes has to act part to make "chock-headed" man know what is best for him, as the following little in- cident will show.
 The resolution as stated above had hardly taken form in our minds before in walked a spunky little woman, closely followed by a man with an air less fixed in purpose.
 
 to us, and commenced going from one piano to another She did not have to ask ques- tions, because the price of each instrument is marked in plain figures and everybody knows the terms are $25 down and s1O a month on the best grades, and $15 down and $S a month on the cheaper styles.
 The said man paused at one of the styles marked at $15G and which is thoroughly guaranteed for five years. He even tried to say something pleasant about it to attract his wife's attention, but the little lady needed him not, and passing on to one marked at s375 she deliberately turned and Hooked at him."
 There they were, one at the cheapest piano and the other at the highest-priced At that critical moment, we of course, found something at the other end of the house that needed attention. They soon compro- missed on one at $3l9, and which had been marked down from $45O, and while the lady selected stool and scarf to match, the gen. tleman told us that his wife had nearly tor mented the life out of him to buy a piano at this big sale, where from S100 to $50 can be saved. She had pointed out the fact that that much saved equaled a gain, and it would go long ways toward giving their little girl start in her music. On the whole he was exceedingly glad that she had persevered in her effort to get him down to our store and in future he would not be so skeptical when he read about bargain sale in the newspapers.
 Now, We have written the above little story and it is intended for publication We ask nothing from critics but a careful in- spection of the subject matter. We do not so much as claim it to be our first offense. and why should we when every publisher IS anxious to secure our copy? Indeed, we could write better story if our mind was free from this big stock which we are so anxious to get rid of, and to quit the mer- cantile business
 We know the motif is good and every musician of note endorses our instruments and we hope that no other good little wife will have to play the part of a scold in or der to secure the crowning feature of her parlor, which is high-grade piano.
 SEALS BROS.
 2105 and 2l07 First Avenue