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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Manager Goodwin leaned forward and stretched
himself out horizontally upon the seat, with his
feet waving frantically in the air. Clearly there
vas no such thing as getting off.
At this juncture the most that anyone could
hope for was that he would run safely into the
Atlantic ocean in the course of a few hours, and
being an o\\[-ert swimmer, might escape. But
just tit en a coal wagon came around a distant
corner, and i.he next instant it was all over—that
is, the coal was. Loving hands extricated Man-
ager Goodwin, and willing feet ran for a car-
riage He was placed on the back seat with his
injured limb on the front seat, and the driver
was given the address of the nearest hospital.
Then the cause of all the trouble said sadly:
"Well, I suppose you don't want to buy it now."
But he didn't know Mr. Goodwin. That gen-
tleman leaner, out of the carriage and looked at
him sadly, yet forgivingly. Then, in a broken
voice he whispered, "Yes—I'll—I'll take it. I
like it, only 1 will have to ask you to lead it for
the first few days."
TRADE IN THE TWIN CITIES
Continues Steady—Dyer Increases Force—Don-
aldson Reports Sale of Expensive Outfits.
(Special to The Review.)
St. Paul and Minneapolis, April 25, 1905.
A slight improvement in the trade was re-
ported during the month of March. The demand
for talking machines continues steady, however,
with increases reported. It is believed this will
be even greater from now on.
W. J. Dyer & Bro. report that their talking
machine department has been compelled to in-
crease its force of floor salesmen to take care of
the increased trade, which was such as to prac-
tically clean out the stock in several popular
records. An entertainment was given in their
concert hall last Tuesday evening. The April
records were played to an audience that packed
the hall.
The New England Furniture & Carpet Co. re-
ported trade for March about the same as dur-
ing February. There was a slight increase in
the call for records, but the demand for ma-
chines remained the same. Quite a good call
was reported for Caruso, Melba and Nordica
records, owing to the grand opera season just
closed here. This company jobs and retails the
Victor exclusively.
The sale of expensive outfits is the particular
feature reported at W. S, Donaldson & Co.'s talk-
ing machine department. The manager stated it
was quite an ordinary thing to supply outfits
running from $100 up to $250. Columbia, Vic-
tor, Edison and Zon-o-phone machines are handled
here.
The Columbia Phonograph Co. report a good
increase over a year ago at the branches in
both cities.
T. C. Hough, jobber and dealer in the Edison,
with stores in both cities, also reports a very
satisfactory trade, with a big increase over last
year.
ord about two inches in diameter. When the
doll has been made presentable, and feels equal
to taking part in the conversation, her little
nurse will simply have to place a disk in a
crevice somewhere in dolly's back, an operation
as simple as putting a penny in a slot, and the
doll will do the rest. Two dolls, with suitable
records, may easily be made to carry on quite
intelligible conversations.
CARUSO AS A CARICATURIST.
Caruso can not only sing like an angel, but he
can draw like a Thos. Nast, and is always happy
when sketching his fellow artists or making
comical caricatures of himself.
The sketch below was drawn by Signor Caruso
for the manager of the Victor laboratory just
NOVELTY IN TALKING DOLLS.
Utilization of Small Disk Machine in Body W i l l ,
with Use of Small Disk, Enable a Conversa-
tion To Be Carried on.
Novelties for the Christmas holidays are now
in course of preparation in the great toy centers
of France, Germany and the United States. One
of the most striking of these will take the shape
of a real talking doll. In the past dolly's vo-
cabulary has been limited to such phrases as
"Da-da" or "Ma-ma," sounds produced by a reed
and a pair of bellows. All that is to be changed,
and dolly will be able to say quite a number of
nice things and carry on little conversations of
a hundred words or more, and, if necessary,
sing the very latest song.
The idea is of German origin, and is really
an adaptation of the principle upon which the
talking machine is based. Briefly, it is this:
Secreted somewhere in the doll's interior will
be a tiny disk machine, which will carry a rec-
after he had finished making records. It repre-
sents the great tenor singing into the recording
horn. It will be noticed that he did not fail to
include the famous Victor dog in the cartoon.
INCORPORATED IN NEW JERSEY!
The Multi-Phonograph Operating Co., of Jer-
sey City, was incorporated with the authorities
of New Jersey on Tuesday last, with a capital
of $100,000. Incorporators: Edward J. Selley,
Robt. H. Miller, and A. A. Kelley.
Henry Blank has opened a talking machine
establishment at Broad and Winding streets,
Lancaster, O.
The Perfect Talking Machine
Herbert .
Brooke .
Ennis.
Clarke .
Sousa.
$18.00
20.00
25.00
30.00
Write for catalogues
40.00
and dealers' discounts.
Our Talk- O - Phones have a better tone—louder, clearer,
richer, truer, a tone that is absolutely natural and reproduces
sound as no o t h e r t a l k i n g m a c h i n e h a s e v e r d o n e .
THE TALIi-O-PHONE COMPANY
24O-242 W. 23rd St.
NEW YORH CITY
Factory
Pacific Coast Distributing Point
TOLEDO, OHIO
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.