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COLUMBIA BR1EFLETS.
Some Handsome Windows Arranged by Mr.
Godwin—Binder
in Washington—Camp-
bell to. Europe—Changes in Collection
Bureau—-Dorian as a Dog Fancier.
"Have you noticed the Columbia Phonograph
Co. window?" This is a question which all the
trade and customers are asking each other lately..
Traffic has been blocked on Broadway: in front
of the 353 Broadway branch ever since Harold
Godwin got into the window dressing and dis-
play advertising department of the company. His
window display of music from the Red Mill was
such an attraction that several telephonic orders
had to be rushed from the factory to supply the
demand for records of songs from that opera.
The center of the window was taken up by a
Dutch mill, red, of course, with big moving
wind vanes. Vines were climbing around the
windows, and little Dutch girls were walking
about the door yard. Little signs pointed down
gravel paths which led to various machines.
* * * *
At the Myrtle avenue branch of the company
Mr. Godwin installed a window advertising Co-
lumbia records, and especially that hit of Billy
Murray's, "A Lemon in the Garden of Love."
The principal feature was a huge trellis, on
which lemon vines were growing, with the real
fruit hanging in profusion. In the center a big
lemon-shaped sign bore this inscription: "We
will hand you 'A Lemon in the Garden of Love,'
by Billy Murray." The manager of the store
telephoned over to headquarters early Saturday
morning to either send over two barrels of this
selection or take out the display. He said that
his place was besieged by clamorous customers,
all asking for that one record. And when they
would buy one it was mighty easy to sell, an-
other.
* * * *
His latest effort is the creation of a Wash-
ington window at 353 Broadway, the wholesale
headquarters of the company. It represents
young George in the act of chopping down the
famous cherry tree, and as his arm is worked
mechanically, he is to all appearances carrying
out the tale. This advertises George Cohan's
latest hit in "George Washington, Jr."
* * * *
The spirit of patriotism has struck Hayward
Cleveland, the manager of the retail branch at
872 Broadway, and he has evolved a very artis-
tic window display as a sequence. The entire
north window is backed by a large American
flag, and standing on a handsome cabinet in the
center is a Majestic graphophone. Leaning
against the cabinet is a large picture of George
Washington, while facing it is a card on which
is inscribed "An estimate of Washington: Well
endowed mentally, of exceptional poise, under-
standing and judgment, morally almost without
a blemish, magnanimous, just. Physically a
giant. In all the first man of the age—a king
uncrowned." Another card on the graphophone
reads: "The 'Majestic' graphophone—First in the
hearts of the lovers of music." The floor of the
window is relieved by a sprinkling of cherries
Snd a few crossed hatchets. The extreme sim-
plicity of this display adds greatly to its attract-
iveness.
* * • *
J. W. Binder, manager of the commercial de-
partment of the Columbia Phonograph Co., has
been spending part of the past week in Wash-
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ington, D. -Ov,
A. Lee Lowe,
district, and
wreck on the
appointing a successor to the late
who was their manager for that
who was recently killed in the
B. & 0. R. R. near that city.
* * * *
S. S. Campbell, who was formerly the manager
of the Columbia wholesale department at 353
Broadway, sailed for Europe last Saturday, and
will in all probability connect himself with the
London office of that company.
* * * *
G. P. Bartholemew, the head of the collection
bureau of the. Columbia wholesale department at
353 Broadway, has been making a number of
changes in the organization and development of
that part of their businessithat has won for him
high, praise £rx>m-.his .superiors. Under the plans
that he has formulated; Mr. Bartholemew has met
with great success, and that important branch
of the business is now considered as well-nigh
perfect.
* * * *
Among the names of tire purchasers of valu-
able stock at the bench show that lately closed
in this city was that of J. H. Dorian, the man-
ager of the wholesale department of the Colum-
bia Phonograph Co., at 353 Broadway, who won
the distinction of becoming the owner of "Young
Mahomet," the son of the $5,000 "Champion Ma-
homet." Like his father, "Young Mahomet" is
a big white bulld'og, and has all of his sires
good points; and the best judges say that in time
he will be a champion of his class. Mr. Dorian
is a great fancier and breeder of this class of
dog, and among the noted ones in his kennels
is "Nairods Pluto," son of Imported King Pluto
and nephew of Champion Bernes, the last year's
prize winner in New York. Boston and Philadel-
phia. Mr. Dorian has at present seven regis-
tered bulldogs in his kennels, four of which are
imported and from the finest stock bred in Eng-
land. At the last meeting of the Long Island
Kennel Club, Mr. Dorian was unanimously elect-
ed as its secretary.
BUSINESS GOOD IN CINCINNATI.
Manager Strief of the Wurlitzer Co. Makes
Splendid Report—What Other Houses Say.
(Special to The Review.)
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 16, 1907.
Mr. Strief, of the talking machine department
of the Rudolph Wuriitzer Co., says that business
has been exceptionally good in his line when the
weatiier and flood conditions are taken into ac-
count. He further states that for the month, of
January, if the weather had not been so in-
clement-and we had had no flood, their sales in
the talking machine department would have
amounted to $10,000. As it is, for the month
of January, their business was 100 per cent,
better than that of last January. Mr. Strief
is especially gratified over the many sales they
are making of "Victrolas." This company puts
every disc in an envelope, and they have found
it something that the customer more than appre-
ciates. Joseph Dittrich, special representative of
the Victor department of this house, has been
making an Eastern trip.
At the Smith & Nixon Co. the report is that
since they have added the talking machine de-
partment to their concern they find that, their
profits have increased materially. Their business
for the month of January was somewhat ham-
pered by the existing conditions, but the outlook
for February, if the balance of the month can
be judged by the first two weeks, looks as if the
month would be a record breaker.
At the Columbia Phonograph Co.'s store busi-
ness is excellent. It is said that their business
so far this year has exceeded that of last year
by a good margin. The show window of this
store is certainly a business producer. The dis-
play is arranged so artistically that the eye of
the passerby is immediately attracted and after
that the machines talk for themselves.
NEW EDISON GOLD MOULDED RECORDS.
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SUIT NOW UP BEFORE JUDGE KEOGH.
94S2
According to Judge E. W. Hatch, the counsel,
the suit of the New York Phonograph Co. against
S. B. Davega, jobber, New York City, the nomi-
nal defendant for several hundred other jobbers
and dealers in the State for handling Edison
goods, is now on trial in the Supreme Court of
Westchester County, before Judge Keogh. It has
been on for two days, on the preceding Satur-
days, but no date has been agreed upon for the
case to be called again. The trade is familiar
with the issues, originating in the controversy
between the complainant and the National
Phonograph Co. and others regarding alleged ter-
ritorial contract rights.
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SUFFERS LOSS BY FIRE.
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9494
In the destruction by fire of the Mowry Hotel
and the Andrews Building in Syracuse, N. Y.,
last week, F. E. Norton, a dealer in ' talking
machines, sustained a loss of $1,000.
9495
The Columbia Phonograph Co. have closed their
store in Houghton, Mich., and it is said they
will shortly open new branches in Calumet, Mich.,
and Duluth, Minn.
9499
J. H. Cramblett has announced his intention
of opening a music store in Coshocton, O., some
time during March.
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LIST.)
The Uhlan's Call (EiLenberg)
EdLson Concert Band
The Mountain King (Phillips)
Frank C. Stanley
My Irish Rose (Jerome and Schwartz) . . . .
Ada Jones
Memories of Home (Friedrich)
. . . .
Edison Venet ian Trio
Wo Have No One to Care for l"s Now
(Henry)
Byron G. Harlau
l'edro, the Hand Organ Man (Original)....
I^en Spencer
I've Got a Vacant. Room for You (Williams
and Van Alstyne)
Bob Roberts
High School Cadets March (Sousa)
Edison Military Band
In a Chimney Corner (Von Tiizer)
Harry MacDonough
Will There Be any Stars in My Crown?
(Sweney)
Anthony and Harrison
All In, Down and Out (Smith and .Johnson)
Arthur Collins
Not Because Y'onr Hair Is Curly (Orig-
inal)—Xylophone medley made up of
three popular songs : "Not Because Your
Hair Is Curly." "Won't Y'ou dome Over
to My House" and "Alice, Where Art
Thou Going?"
Albert Benzler
Good Bye, Nellie Darling (Morley)
W. II. Thompson
Flanagan's Troubles in a Restaurant (Orig-
inal)
Steve l'orter
Waiting for a Certain Girl (Carle)
Billy Murray and Chorus
Lain, Ma Lubly Queen (Myddleton)—A
charming selection
Edison Concert Band
We'll Be Sweethearts to the End (Rose)..
J. W. Myers
Bake Dat Chicken Tie (Duinont)
Collins and Harlan
I Miss You in a Thousand Different Ways
(Cobb and Edwards)
Irving Gillette
The Guardmount 1'atrol (Eilenberg)
Edison Symphony Orchestra
Merry Whistling Darkey (Anonymous)
S. II. Dudley
Rudolph and Rosie at the Roller Rink
(Original)
Ada Jones and Den Spencer
Beauty's Eyes (Tosti) ....Edison Male Quartet
The Record March (Englemann)
Edison Military Band
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