. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. to be trueto the National Policy—just thenbecoming a fad with every one. Atthis time the Nordheimer firm hadnot begun to manufacture, butwere agents for the Chickeringpiano, Would Mr. NordheimerFtop of¥ at Kingston? Mr. So-and-So be told tolook Mr. Nordheimer up? should he be told that would look him up?No! Mr. So-and-So must simplybe told that Mr. Nordheimer wasin the city. This he was told ofcourse, and Mr. Nordheimer re-ceived a cordial invitation to hishome. Yes. Mr. Nordheimerthought he might possibly manageto run up
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. to be trueto the National Policy—just thenbecoming a fad with every one. Atthis time the Nordheimer firm hadnot begun to manufacture, butwere agents for the Chickeringpiano, Would Mr. NordheimerFtop of¥ at Kingston? Mr. So-and-So be told tolook Mr. Nordheimer up? should he be told that would look him up?No! Mr. So-and-So must simplybe told that Mr. Nordheimer wasin the city. This he was told ofcourse, and Mr. Nordheimer re-ceived a cordial invitation to hishome. Yes. Mr. Nordheimerthought he might possibly manageto run up. My dear man, said Mr. Nord-heimer, as he was being shown overthe fine residence, You have. a1)eautiful house, you ought to beproud of it. And that I am, re-plied the other. And I notice youhave some fine paintings, why I A CANADIAN WIT 19 believe I saw some of them on ex-hibition in Europe, the last time Iwas there. You are quite right, a very fine house, and where is your piano? 1 am thinking of buying a Weber, was the reply. I be-. Mr. Samuel Nordheimer, in the Uniformof a Consul of the German Empire. Mr. Nordheimer, I purchased themall in Europe. Yes, and you have)eal Brussels carpets, and genuineIrish lace curtains. Yes, you have lieve in patronizing home indus-try. Very good, very good, saidMr. Nordheimer, and you are quiteright to patronize home industry, 20 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE but how about the pictures and thecurtains? Needless to say, theman had to buy a Chickering. Mr. Nordheimer is a man ofmany moods, and not even his bestfriends can ever be quite sure whatis going to happen when they seehim coming along. A young To-rontonian, well-known around town,had business relations with not long ago, whichnecessitated frequent every time he would receivea polite invitation to come up andhave dinner with the gentleman onthe Hill, Come up any time. Per-haps he would forget, only to havethe invitation repeated the nexttime they met. One mor
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