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By Learning to Play Your Favorite Musical Instrument this New Easy Way “W BOUGHT 2 house and a lot, and paid $1,100 toward it; all carned through teach- ing piano,” writes Mrs. Mary A. Olsen, 3715 Wadsworth St., Los Angeles, Cal. “I would not ‘take $1,000 for my financial and social gain through your lessons. _I don’t know how you can give so much for so little, I think your method is just wonderful.” Mrs. Olsen is only one of more than three hundred thousand men, women and young ple who have become accomplished musicians through this wonderful new method. All the intricate “mysteries” of music have been reduced to @ system of amazing simplicity. Every step is made as clear as A. B. c You don’t hayo to know anything whatever about _music, You earn to play your favorite in- strument right in your own home, quickly, easily and without endless study and practice. Long before you now think it could ever be ponte, you will actually play well enough to in demand as a well-paid entertainer, teacher or musician,. A delighted Ye-year-ola girl, Miss Jessie Theall of North Houston, Tex., writes, “My first six entertainments that I played the violin for, paid me $39.25 besides all the pleasure of playing for my friends.” y fs

$10 to $40 in Two Hours

A busy mother, Mre. Anna M Lewis of - Northfield, Ohio, recently learned to play the violin in just the few odd moments she could spare from her household duties,.and now earns many weldome dollars to help clothe and edu- cate her four children. “At weddings and church socials I get from $10 to $40 for a couple of hours playing,” she writes, “I am invited everywhere, and my home is so much happier.” : A The pew eer is ree uae rudgery. You'll begin to play melodies almost from the start. You don’t have to pin your- self down to regular hours and regular classes. You practice whenever you can, and learn as quickly as you please.

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