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THE MUSIC TRRDE REVIEW
A TIP FOR THE M. P. ASSOCIATOIN.
Once again has the confidence, of em-
ployers been misplaced, and two young men
find themselves in trouble, one in the Tombs,
and the other under surveillance. The em-
ployers in this case are the S. Brainard's
Sons & Co., music publishers, at 20 East
Seventeenth Street, and the Enterprise
Music Co., of which Samuel H. Speck is the
head. The accused are Rudolph Koeppel,
stock clerk at Brainards', and Charles Wer-
ner, clerk with Mr. Speck.
The manner in which the "game" was
worked was this: Werner would acquire a
number of pieces of music, which he would
hand over to Koeppel, and the latter, by
means of his firm's billheads, would sell same
to music dealers at reduced rates.
Mr. Speck claims this has been going on
since last summer, and although he has been
unable up to the present to find out just how
much has been stolen, he figures that it is
considerably over five thousand dollars.
Koeppel has also other counts against him,
and is held for the grand jury.
The above is just an outline of the case.
Now, of course it is very wrong for young
men to give way to temptation, and they will
doubtless be punished accordingly; but there
are two other facts to be considered one, the
carelessness of the employers, and the other
the firms who received this stolen music.
It seems absurd that even a firm doing the
large business that the Enterprise Music Co.
do could stand a strain of five thousand
dollars and over, without some defalcation
being noticed. The music was taken out
C O L L E G E
in small quantities by Werner, under his
vest, and by delivering extra packages; but
that does not excuse the firm's negligence.
Surely the stock is balanced occasionally
with the books?
Now, the other people we consider more
to blame than any are those who received
the music. Of course, the Brainards' bill
head was used, which made the deal appear
bona fide, but when music of the class of
"The Holy City" and "The Palms," on
which a cut rate is impossible, is sold under
price, these people must have known there
was something wrong.
This is a case for the Association to take
up, it seems to us; let them investigate and
publish the names of these people who
bought the music, that it may be a lesson to
others to be more careful what they buy
and from whom they buy it, in the future,
and in this way boys who have the oppor-
tunity to steal music will be denied the op-
portunity to get rid of it, and by that means
everyone will be more comfortable.
There was a similar case some time ago
when two employees of Feist and Franken-
thaler and the E. T. Paul! Music Company
get into trouble, but if we remember rightly
they were not even punished.
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RAYMOND HITCHCOCK.
work than in the titular role of "King Dodo."
Wait until you have heard him sing "The
1 ale of a Bumble Bee." We feel sure that
from the criticisms we have h^ard that Pix-
ley and Luders' new musical comedy is in
for a lengthy run at Daly's Theatre. Btu
we will tell you more about it next week.
We do know that the management nave a
splendid caste, principals and chorus, and
the scenerv is fine.
"NANCY BROWN" SCORES.
March and Two-Step by Emit Ascher
Published by the cRQYdlL SMUSIC CO.,
JO Union Square, New York
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DALY'S MONDAY NIGHT !! !
At last we are to have the success of the
West with us. "King Dodo" comes to town
next Monday night, where he will make his
bow to New York, from the stage of Daly's
Theatre. We publish herewith a picture of
"King Dodo" in conventional costume, and
better known as Raymond Hitchcock. Mr.
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but we will say, that he has never done better
A LEGAL DECISION.
Harry Von Tilzer's request for an injunc-
tion to restrain Maurice Shapiro and Louis
Bernstein from receiving his mail has been
denied by Justice MacLean, of the Supreme
Court. It was clearly proved by the defend-
ants that at the time of the dissolution of
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partnership they had made an agreement
with the plaintiff, in return for certain priv-
ileges, to open his mail.
224-232 W. 26th St., NEW YORK.
Miss Marie Cahill has added much to her
laurels on Broadway since Monday night,
when she made her appearance in "The Wild
Rose." The New York papers are unani-
mous in their praise of her. Much of her
triumph was obtained by the manner in which
she rendered a clever song entitled "Nancy
Brown." This is what the New York Sun's
critic said:
"The single thing that hit the audience
hardest was a ditty that Miss Cahill sang
with quiet unction and telling effect about a
certain Nancy I»ro\vn, who had invited a
rustic to visit her papa, but the parent,
though described by her as owning most of
the resorts in town, was not to be found.
The air was rollicking, the points were Ten-
clerloinish, and the success of it was positive."
The song is by that clever composer, Clif-
ton Crawford, writer om "Simple Little Sis-
ter Mary Green," "Starlight," "Since I Joined
the Buffaloes I Can't Lay Up a Cent." It is
published bvHowley.Haviland & Dresser,and
they are to be congratulated on having a song
that promises to be the hit of the summer.
Jos. W. Bury, of Haverley's Minstrels, is
using "The Bird that Never Sings."
Sydney Gilmour is using "Bill Bailey,
Won't You Please Come Home."