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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
This week he is featuring "The Rose's Honey-
moon," which many say is the very best thing
John W. Bratton has ever written. As played by
the Duss organization it is in splendid keeping
with the whole atmosphere of the transformed
garden. Selections from "The Yankee Consul"
and "The Prince of Pilsen" are also to be used
largely at these concerts.
stock of extra verses when rendering Cole &
Johnson Bros.' "Save it for Me"; this was intro-
Those that are critics of ability and capacity
duced in "Nancy Brown" by Marie Cahill.
will agree with the following cynical fling at the
The selection from Smith & Englander's
so-called "song smiths": "In hfs noddle there is
"Office Boy" is frequently on the programme of
not a notion of originality. He gets together an
the Franklin Square Theatre, Worcester, Mass.,
assortment of strains from a dozen different
where Mr. D. Silvester waves his baton over a
composers, beats them up as the cook beats eggs,
well-organized orchestra.
blend them as the barkeep blends whisky, sol-
Davis & Wilson, exponents of illustrated songs,
Owing to private business, Chas. K. Harris will
ders them together as the tinner does a pan, and
write the publishers of the success they are
there you are; something to be sung for a month remain in Milwaukee a fortnight longer than
achieving with Dan J. Sullivan's "You're as Wel-
originally calculated.
Saturday last, Joseph
and die."
come as the Flowers in May."
Morris, the Philadelphia jobber and dealer, wired
Wm. E. Slafer, musical director of the Park
By advice of counsel Howley, Dresser & Co. for 1,000 copies each of "Always in the Way" and
Theatre, Brooklyn, maintains his popularity by
discontinued the circulation of an imitation trol- "Good-bye, My Lady Love."
his interesting programmes, which include Leo.
ley transfer slip, which had been widely dis-
E. Berliner's "Africana," S. R. Henry's "Polly
"Lovie"
songs
are
bobbing
up
from
all
section^,
tributed in connection with the song, "The Good
Prim" and "Winsome Winnie" waltz by Kerker.
Old Trolley Ride." While the railroad affected and are a good second to the summer melodies
The well-known singing comedian and mono-
and
moonlight
ballads.
had not sued out an injunction, it seems the pub-
logue entertainer, Frank O. French, has added
lishers were convinced that the law was against
As an offset to the department store bargain
Waldron & Sloane's "There's a Little Street in
them, and therefore they yielded the point after
sale of six and seven cents for a single day, an- Heaven That They Call Broadway" to his reper-
the effectiveness of the scheme had practically
nounced recently, a competing emporium which
toire of songs.
been exhausted. Now they are using eight-sheet manages its own music business followed last
Through the courtesy of Frank A. Feustal,
posters for their "hurrah" work.
week with selling a dozen numbers each day for leader of the Grand Opera House, Nashville, audi-
seven cents, and one day classical issues for
ences frequently hear the melodies in DeKoven's
Albert Van Tilzer and Jack Van Tilzer, form-
three cents. This manager on going after the
Opera, "Red Feather."
erly a part of the Harry Van Tilzer Music Pub-
other stores with their own ammunition, is re-
lishing Co., have established the York Music Co.
ported to have stopped the alleged "slaughter of
at 40 W. 28th St.. New York. Their first venture
prices." In the summary the regular dealer was
was "The Southerners," now playing at the New
only a much disgusted spectator.
A Lawyer Would Like to Test the Reproducing
York Theatre under the direction of. George W.
of Songs by the Penny-in-the-Slot Devices.
Lederer. The music is by Will Marion Cook,
whose song hits of the production are: "As the
Said an attorney, making a specialty of copy-
Sunflower Turns to the Sun," "Mandy Lou,"
right practice, to The Review, this week: "I
"Where the Lotus Blossoms Grow," "Julip Song,"
would just like to have a case in which the ques-
"Allus de Same in Dixie," "Daisy Deane" and
tion of copyright infringement could be tested
"Dandy Dan." Other interesting issues are com-
with these penny-in-theslot photographic devices
ing through Albert Van Tilzer, who has written
reproducing songs for the benefit, of the individ-
several catchy melodies, He will be the manager
ual who inserts the tubes in his ears. This is
of the company and Jack will do the strenuous.
certainly a public performance if there ever was
one. You know the law imposes a liability in
F. M. Helmick, manager of the Enterprise Mu-
damages upon any person 'publicly performing
sic Supply Co., who believes the plunger is the
. . . any . . . musical composition, for which a
winner in business, announces "Little Japan" as
copyright has been obtained, without the con-
his choice for a good thing. The words and
sent of the proprietor of said musical composi-
music are by J. T. Rider, an old-time writer, who
tion,' and authorizes such performance to be
has been "on the turf" for thirty years. It was
stopped by injunction."
published regular Saturday last. The try out by
When the learned counsel was asked if the
professionals is reported as unusually favorable.
law did not provide that "any person," and not a
Then Mr. Helmick thinks he has another winner
machine, might be enjoined, he seemed to have
in a mother song, also by Rider, and called "Your
another think coming.
Mother." In melody and story it is claimed to
"differ from the other kind," and the artistic
SOL BLOOM EXPANSION.
manager puts it down as irrisistibly appealing
As
an
attraction
at "Dreamland," Coney Isl-
to the home singer. In passing, the report is
and, Burt Morphy is "making good." In the
current that publishers object to Mr. Hilmick's
mammoth dance hall every time he stands back
publishing annex, known as the Theatrical Music
of his giant megaphone and renders Heelan &
Supply Co.
Helf's coon sensation, "When the Coons Have a
Both Jos. W. Stern and Ed. B. Marks, the
Dreamland of Their Own," the crowd lines up at
"bosses" at the "House of Hits," attended the
the song booth and buys piano copies after each
Brooklyn handicap on Thursday, going to the
rendition. Tne sales of this piece alone are said
track in their speedy auto. It is whispered that
MANUEL KLEIN.
to be simply enormous.
Herr Teschner tipped off the party to a sure
A few of the newest from Sol Bloom's cata-
We
present
this
week
a
picture
of
Manuel
thing. Business was a secondary consideration
logue are: "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep," by J.
Klein, the composer of "Mr. Pickwick," who was
with the sportively inclined along the line pend-
Fred. Helf; "My Fair Red Feather," by Heelan
married on the evening of June 1st to Miss Helen
ing the outcome of this classic racing event.
& Helf; "Peacherino," three-step, by H. Dellsfield.
Kaplan, a sister of Miss Ysabel De Witte Kaplan,
In suits brought by publishers against dealers the writer of "The Queen of Laughter," the new
who sell and print printed compositions, the
production of "The Bostonians" this year. The
Separate Numbers and Scores
sales being comparatively small, the aim Is to wedding, which took place in Cincinnati, the
of the following
load the case down with costs. In point of act- home of the bride, was attended by many of Mr.
ual damage the amount ultimately assessed may
Comic Opera and Musical
Klein's friends from New York, among whom
be out of all proportion to the injury, and there- was the publisher, Isidore Witmark, who acted
: : Comedy Successes : :
fore the heavy charges incident to adjournments, as best man.
"RED FEATHER"—By Chas. Emerson Cook, Chas. Klein
appeals, references, accountings, etc., are piled
and Reginald De Koven.
Mr. Klein and his bride will make a prolonged
NANCY BROWN"—By Frederic Ranken and Henry K.
up as a sort of indirect punishment.
wedding trip, after which they will return to
Hadley.
New York, where the composer will put the fin- "THE MOCKING! BIRD"—By Sidney Rosenfeld and A.
Undoubtedly the most stupendous and costly
ishing touches to the musical comedy which he
Baldwin Sloane.
amusement resort ever promoted in this country
"THB OPPICB BOY"—By Harry B. Smith and Ludwig
is now engaged in writing with Richard Carle,
is "Dreamland," at Coney Island. In its plan,
Englander.
the author of "The Tenderfoot."
"A O1RL PROM D1XIB"-By Harry B. Smith.
scope and the magnitude of its amusements
FLASHES FROM HERE AND THERE.
ANXIOUS FOR A COPYRIGHT SUIT.
"Dreamland" excels. It has been erected at a cost
of $3,500,000. It has a million electric lights,
a tower that rises 375 feet into the heavens and
attractions that cover an area of many acres. It
is impossible to name them, but the musical
features are many and interesting.
Duss Intends to use quite a good deal of popu-
lar music this summer at his Madison Square
Garden concerts, as he finds it Is what the ma-
jority of his patrons want, although he by no
means intends to abandon his classic program.
"THB I5LB OP 8PICB"—By Allen Lowe ft Paul Schindle
A FEW FROM THE "HOUSE OF HITS."
Niobes & Co. frequently exhaust their entire
SOL BLOO
NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE BUILDING,
42nd Street, near Broadway,
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84 East 21st Street
CHICAGO
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NEW YORK
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PUBLISHER OF
" LAUOHING WATER," "(INTER DEN LINDEN," (New)
" S A M M Y " (the Hit of "Wizard of Ox,")
"THERE'S NOBOBV JUST LIKE V«U,"
"TNE GIRL YOU LOVE"
from "Thrao Littla Maids " and "Tha Silver Slipper,"
"TWO EVES OF BROWN."
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