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VOL. XIX. No. 6.
published Euery Saturday.
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ffeu/ Yorl(, September i, 1894.
first saw the light at Amsterdam. He went to
San Francisco with his parents when he was
very young. His genius was hidden for a time
while he acted as book-keeper in a haberdasher's
shop in 'Frisco. One lucky day he went on a
How the Inspiration Came to holiday to San Diego. On his return to 'Frisco
by boat, it happened that '' Chris '' Buckley
Him.
was his fellow-passenger. Mr. Buckley was
then at the height of his power. He controlled
Song. 6. A mere trifle. Something of little or no
value, as " I bought it for a song."—(Colloq.) The Cen- Democratic politics in San Francisco as abso-
tury Dictionary.
lutely as ever did Richard Croker in New York.
There are songs and songs. Some songs have
Mr. Buckley heard Raymon Moore sing, and
precious little value. But '' Sweet Marie '' is was drawn to him by the sweetness of his tenor
not one of them. " Sweet Marie" is the song voice. The blind political leader made him his
that all the organs are grinding out; that the secretary at a salary of $150 a month. He filled
messenger boys are whistling ; that the young that position with great credit for two years, and
woman with the shrieky voice in the next flat then resigned to become a member of Emerson's
to you is singing at 7 o'clock in the morning. minstrels. As such he has become known and
But that all proves that " Sweet Marie " is Im- popular all over the country.
mensely popular, and that is to say it is im-
Mr. Moore not only composes the music, but
mensely valuable.
writes the words of all his songs. He thinks
'' Sweet Marie '' has already brought in $13,000 that " Eilen Aroon," a song he has just fin-
to the man who wrote both its words and music, ished, is the best he ever wrote. Another very
Raymon Moore. And he confidently expects to successful song of his is " My Fair Colleen."
make $20,000 out of the song after the returns Mr. Moore has not yet published one of his best
from all the back counties are in. Mr. Moore efforts, " Don't Quite Forget Old Dad." He is
receives eight cents royalty on each copy of the rather surprised by the vast popularity of
song that is sold. So 162,500 copies have already " Sweet Marie."
been sold. If the composer makes $20,000,
250,000 copies will have been sold. There is a
Will the Conn Factory be
great responsibility in adding 250,000 "Sweet
Engulfed ?
Maries " to the population of this song-loving
country. But Mr. Moore accepts the responsi-
bility and is happy in the certainty that they M T Elkhart, Ind., the home of the Conn
have been welcomed from Portland, Ore., to ©=s> band instrument works, a singular phe-
Portland, Me.
nomenon has been witnessed during the past
Mr. Moore composed "Sweet Marie" last week. It was noticed last Thursday, says the
September. He was on his way across the con- Sun, that a crack, about three inches wide, had
tinent from San Francisco with W. H. Cronk- started back from the south bank of the St.
hite, John Coleman, the dancer, and Otis Har- Joseph River, and that it extended to a con-
land, the leading man in Hoyt's new play, " A siderable depth. Nothing was thought of the
Black Sheep.'' To relieve the tedium of the matter until it was observed that the crack was
journey, these four played poker. It had cost rapidly increasing both in depth and width. At
Mr. Moore $300 or $400 to relieve the tedium, this time it is between 50 and 60 feet in depth
and he was beginning to feel slightly wearied, and 3 feet wide, and is still growing. In length
when he picked up a hand, and lo ! there were it is 400 feet.
three nines in it.
A portion of the foundation of the stone bot-
Mr. Moore, with great promptness, raised the tling works building has fallen into the fissure.
ante to come in, and everybody came in. He If it continues its course for any length of time
drew one card and, on careful inspection, found great damage must result to property, as that
four nines in his five cards. The train was then part of the city is thickly built up. No one has
just east of Denver, and Mr. Moore mentally de- ever known anything of that kind to occur there
before, and some attempt to explain it on the
termined to bet that hand as far as Chicago.
theory that an underground stream branches off
The other man called.
"Four nines," said Mr. Moore, reaching for from the river at that point.
the money.
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A Home for Old Musicians.
Four tens," said the other man, taking the
money.
Mr. Moore, quite naturally, felt rather sad and
Musicial Mutual Protective Union of
pensive after that. It was then that the inspira-
New York city will give a summer night's
tion came to him from which sprung "Sweet festival at the Old Homestead, Ninety-first street
Marie." He jotted down the music and elabor- and Third avenue, on the afternoon and evening
ated the words, " Sweet Marie " was born.
of Monday, Sept. 10, the first of a series for the
Mr. Moore is twenty-eight years old, and New purpose of raising a fund to establish a home for
York State claims the honor of his birth, for he old musicians in New York.
$3 00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES. 10 CENTS.
The Man Who Wrote
"Sweet riarie."
FREDERICK T. STEINWAY returned yesterday
morning to American shores on the steamer
"Fuerst Bismarck."
GENIAL " Tom " Evans, who for the past ten
years has been a prominent figure in metro-
politan newspaperdom, has resigned his position
as Eastern manager of The San Francisco
Chronicle and Chicago Tribune and has entered
the insurance business, as special representative
of Equitable Life Assurance Co. " Tom " leaves
behind a brilliant record as a newspaper man,
and it is certain that a man of his restless energy
will achieve a mighty big success among insur-
ance men.
THE business of the Alcott & Maynor Co., of
Dallas, Tex., is in the hands of the sheriff.
They handled the Shaw and Gabler pianos, and
the Chicago Cottage Organ Co. 's goods up to a
recent date.
THE Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co.,
Lyon & Healy and Joseph Bohmann, of Chi-
cago, are the three American exhibitors of musi-
cal instruments at the Antwerp Exposition.
W E are pleased to learn that Mr. C. J. Heppe,
Philadelphia, who has been seriously ill, is now
greatly improved in health. If this change for
the better continues, it is expected that he will
return to his city home from the seaside this
week.
MR. H. D. CABLE and wife, of Chicago, and
Mr. Lew H. Clement of the Ann Arbor Organ
Co., will return from Europe next week.
IT is said that the houses of Williamson
Brothers and Exton & Cist of Los Angeles, Cal.,
have been consolidated.
THE importations of goods from England to
the United States for the year of 1893 was $560, -
345. in 1887 they amounted to $330,000. The
highest point in importations was reached in
1891 when they were estimated at $971,425. It
it not at all improbable that this year the
imports will equal if not excel 1891 ; chiefly on
account of the new tariff law.
MR. WILLIAM E. KAPS, piano manufacturer
of Dresden, Germany, sailed for home last
Thursday. Mr. Kaps has been in this country
for the past eight months, getting a knowledge
of the American system of pianoforte manu-
facturing.
MR. ROBERT M. WEBB, who had intended sail-
ing for Europe last Satnrday, postponed doing
so until Wednesday, when he left by the " New
York '' of the American line.