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EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY, FEBRUARY, 1916
Out Among Our Dealers— Continued
of some other lines in our place. We have used the Edison in selective gatherings, by invitation, in our store for over a year; have made special efforts to give entertainments in private and public social gatherings in all parts of the county. On one occasion we supplanted the choir in one of our leading churches in the Sunday evening services. In fact, we talk Edison every time and in every place we get the chance, and the results show that we have made good on our plan of selling. We think that we can increase our music business nearly, if not quite, a hundred per cent, in the next year without going out of the county."
EDISON JOBBERS GET TOGETHER
The Edison Jobbers' Association will hold its annual meeting at the Knickerbocker Hotel, New York City, February 14, 15 and 16.
Two days of the convention will be devoted to executive business, when the annual election of officers will take place and the matter of a definite date for the dealers' convention will come up for discussion. The present indications are that this meeting w7ill be held some time in May. Wednesday, the 16th, will be taken up by lectures on sales promotion work. After the close of the meetings in New York, the Association will journey out to the Edison works at Orange, where they will be accorded an informal reception.
Another example of a live Amberola dealer is one in Michigan, who publishes an advertisement extolling the merits of the Amberola and its music. This representative is also agent for a well known talking machine, but all he shows in his advertisement regarding this machine is a one-inch cut of their trade mark and a small cut of a machine. He has cuts of three Edison Diamond Amberolas and every bit of reading matter refers to them.
Some folks are always "fixin' " to do something that is never done. Some Amberola dealers are always fixin' to do a good business next year or next season or some other time in the hazy future. They might take after a certain dealer in Ohio who, to quote him personally, is "not preparing, but doing it."
In one of the largest Eastern cities, where disc machines are as popular as anywhere in the country, one of our dealers reports that his Blue Amberol record business is as good as any time for the past five years.
Good photographs are always acceptable. Though we may not be able to use every one sent, we will at least give them every consideration.
EDISON BOOSTERS AT CLINTON, ILL.
Here are the portraits of two very loyal Edison men of Clinton, 111., J. H. Schmith and his son H. B.
Schmith.
J. H. Schmith, The Father
H. B. Schmith, The Son