Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-29
HIGH PLANE OF EXCELLENCE
Obstacles Overcome by Third Prize in
Bee Booklovers' Contest.
ALL OTHER PRIZES VERY FINE
Interest In Contest Grows and sale Of
Little Catalogues II Larger Than
Ever before, Breaking
All Records.

The player piano has within the last few
years reached a high plane OF excellence.
Obstacles have been overcome, improve
rnents made, that would astound the pio-
neers in the industry And, more than
that. the player piano has established IT.
self in the homes Of the masses as well as
Of the Glasses.
No longer a luxury. Il has become an al
most indispensable adjunct wherever the
refining influence of music In appreciated.
Its educational value In making the works
Of the masters common property Is edualed
only by It's usefulness as q means OF enter
tainment
Indeed. 30 great have been the advances
IN player mechanism Of late that the player
piano 10 rapidly succeeding the parlor vir-
tuoso. The highest type Of player has come
TO be recognized a. not a toy, but legiti-
mate and worthy method Of musical pro-
duction. Broadly speaking, player pianos
may be divided into thres GLASSES, "pneu-
matte" ''electTic'' and mechanical" &C
cordinE to the means employed TO operate.
The most important are the pneumatic
players, of which the Krell Auto-Grand,
third prize IN The Bees Booklovers' con-
test IL the highest type. They depend for
power production on the tension Of q vac
uum.
The pneumatic principle was known be-
fore II was employed in player pianos
Pipe organs had been supplied with pneu-
matte actions and the fact demonstrated
that they could be operated by the force
OF air.
List of Prises.
The prizes to be awarded are - follows;
First--A White Steamer automobile, a
beautiful five-passenger car, celebrated for
it's durability and speed, valued at 5000
Second-A ten-acre ranch in beautiful
Tehama county. California; delightful eli
mate. rich fruit land; value, $3.50. Full in
formation concerning this land may be had
at the office of Neutrality-suspicious. CON-
pany in the City National bank building
Omaha.
Third A beautiful Krell Auto-Grand
player piano ChRve the music Of the mas
tiers In your own home); value, 800. This
prize is exhibited at the Bennett store. Six
teenth and Harvey streets.
Fourth--One lot in the business district
of Ralston, a lot 25x10O feet on haywood
street; value, 1915. Full information may
be had at the offices of the Ralston Town
site company, zoe South Seventeenth street
Omuha-
F1fth-In the beautiful suburban town Of
Ralston. one lot in the residence portion
50xl2o feet; this lot is valued at t225. Full
information may be had at the offices Of
the Ralston Townsite company, 300 South
Seventeenth street. Omaha
sixth, Seventh and Eighth-Three set'
twelve volumes) OF Nelson's Loose Lea
Encyclopedias, the encyclopedia that canno
grow old: each set valued at Se6 These
books are exhibited at the store Of w. A
Hixenbaugh & Co.. 1914 ST. Mary's avenue
Ninth and Tenth-The Book Of Knowl
edge or Child's Encyclopedia, a universe
work for school children. twenty-four vol
umes; each set. s3s. These books are ex.
limited at the store OF w. A. Hixenbaugt
a Co, 1914 st. Mary's avenue.
Add to this forty-fve cash prizes, a
follows: Five 1900 prizes. ten $500 prizes
ten 500 prizes. twenty 800 prizes