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n Why Don’t 13 Get This Phonograph For utmost three years I have been making the most liberal phonograph offer ever known! I have given hosts of people the opportunity of hearing the genuine Edison Phonograph right in their own homes without a cent of cost to them. T h in k o f i t ! Th ousan d s and thousands and thousan ds o f p eop le have been g iv e n th e o p p o rtu n ity to h ear in tlicir o w n p arlors co n certs and en tertain m en ts b y w o rld fam ous m u sician s, ju s t such en tertainm en ts as th e gre a te st m etrop olitan th eatres arc p ro d u cin g. 80 fa r yo u have m issed all th is. W h y ? P o ssib ly y o u d o n 't quit« understand m y offer y e t. Listen — I w ill send y o u th is G en u in e E d iso n S ta n d a rd O u tfit (th e n e w e s t m odel) co m p le te w ith on e dozen E d iso n G old M oulded R eco rd s, for an a b so lu te ly fre e tria l. I d o n ’ t a sk a n y m otley do w n o r in a d v a n ce . T h e re a re n o C . O. D . sh ip m en ts; no le a ses o r m o rtg a g es on th e o u tfit; no p ap ers o f a n y bo A to sign . A b s o lu te ly n o t h i n g bu t a pla in out-an d-out o ffer t o sh ip y ou th is pho n ograp h to g e th e r w i t h a dozen reco rd s o f y o u r ow n se le ctio n on a fre e tr ia l so th a t y o u can hear it and p la y it in yo u r o w n h om e. I c a n ’t m ake th is offer au y p la in e r, an y cle a re r, a n y better th an !t is. '[’hero is no catch about it an y w h e re . sto p and th in k ju s t a m om ent, y o u w ill realize th a t the h ig h sta n d in g o f th is co n cern w o u ld a b so lu te ly p ro h ib it a n y th in g e x ce p t a stra igh tfo rw ard offer. I know th at there are thousands and thousands of people who have never heard the Genuine E d iso n Phonograph. Nenrly e v e ry o n e is fam iliar w ith the screechy, un natural sounds produced by the imitation machines ‘ sonic of which though inferior are very expensive). After hearing the old stylo aud imitation machine« people become prejudiced iurainst all kind* o f ” Talking Machines.” Now. there’s only ono way to convince these people that the Kdison is superior, and that is to let the people actually see and hear this »markable instrument for themselves. T h a t is w h y I n m m a kin g; th is o ile r. I can't t e l l you ono-twentieth <>f tire wonders o f the Kdison. Nothin« I can say or write will make you actually h e a r the «rand, full beauty o f its tones. No words can b e g in todescrtl** tbe tender, delicate sweetness with which the «enuine new stvlo Fdlson reproduce* the »oft, pleadin« notes o f the flute, or the thunderous, rrashin« harmony o f a full brass band selection. Tbe wonders o f the new style Kdison defy the power o f any pen to describe. Neither will I try to tell you how. when you’ re tired, nervous and blue, the Kdison will soothe you. comfort and rest you. and «tv e W»u new stren«tk to take up the burdens o f life afresh. The o n ly iray to m ake you - ^ a c tu a lly r e a lize these th in g s fo r y o u rse lf is to loa n you a G en u in e ■. E d ison r h o n o g ra v h fre t a n d let you try it \ \ % % \ - v t I f y o u w ill A ll I ask you to do is to Invite as m any as possible of your friend« to hear this won derful new style Ediron. Y o u will want to do that anyway, because you will be rivin g them genuine plcasnre. I feel absolutely certain th a t out of the number of your friends who will hear your machine there will be a t least one and probably more who will want an Edison of their own. If they don’t, if n ot a single one of them orders a Phonograph (and this sometimes happens) I won’t blame you in the slightest. I shail feel that you have done your part when yon have given these free concerts. Y o u won’t be a*ke*l to act as our agent or even assist in the sale of a single instrument. In fact we appoint no such agents and a t the rock-bottom price on this wonderful new outfit we could not allow any commission to anyone. T h e P h o n o grap h —th a t is if yon wish to make the Phonograph your own, yon may do so. but It is n o f compulsory. T h is is a free trial. You may send it back at our expense if you wish. I won’t be surprised, however, if you wish to keep th e machine alter having it in your own borne. If you do wish to keep it. either remit us the price in full, or if yon prefer, we will allow you to pay for it on the easiest kind of payments. There are so m any people who really w ant a phonograph but who do not have tbe ready cash to pay for it all at once that I have deckled on an easy payment plan that gives you absolute use of the phonograph while paying for it. *UJQ a month pays for an outfit. There is absolutely no lease or m ortgage of any kind, no guarantee froih a third party, no going before a notary public, in fact, no publicity of any kind, and the payments are so __ _ Trade-Mark _ ___ very small, and our terms so liberal This appears on each machine F. H BASSOS. Edison PHon. Bistrib rs, Edissn Block. D * 2201 CHICAGO l!“ t “ ” r DO,i“ th* *
