His Ear Is Acute

A writer in Truth says that William Steinway, the great piano-maker, when ♦ cornerina any one of the numerous applicants who are constantly before him for positions, has a crucial question which he applies to them all. He will examine a man's qualifications, look into liis antecedents, and balance him personally with a few careful questions, and then he asks the applicant i f he is married. There is some secret about the answer which Mr. Steinway alone knows. If a man answers in a certain fashion, the grea.t piano millionaire concludes that the 'apphcant is happily married, but if there is a certain intonation oí the voice or a hesitancy which indicates a separation or a lack of domestic tranquillity, the applicant's doom is sealed. Marriage is an institution indorsed by Mr. Steinway in every way. An unmarried man has a very small chance with him. Express directions- "This side up."