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to hear of his serious illness. On August 29 he
entered the New York Hospital and was operated
upon for appendicitis, a procedure that had been
deferred, though of pressing necessity. Conse-
quently for a week his life hung in the balance,
but a few days ago the crisis was passed, and
he is now happily on the road to recovery, and
expects to leave the hospital for his home in
Flushing, Long Island, in about a month. Dur-
ing his absence R. T. Tindale, his son, a travel-
er for the nouse, has assumed his father's mana-
gerial duties, and as he is familiar with that
particular department in all its ramifications and
knows the trade besides, everything is moving
along smoothly. R. T. had started on his annual
coast trip and was on the way back when a per-
emptory summons came for his presence in New
York,, due to his father's illness. It will be re-
called that G. Schirmer's death was due to a
similar operation, though no one could say when
they ever heard of his being ill a day in years.
A firm of publishers, conspicuous members of
the Twenty-eighth street colony, New York, are
spreading the report among the music dealers
that one of the leading talking machine record
manufacturers was reproducing their music and
sending the records thereof into their particular
territory, thereby "booming" their "stuff" by a
piece of sharp practice. The record makers do
not place their goods on consignment, the legiti-
mate demand is too enormous, and such records
as go into any section of the country are placed
through the jobbers and go on specific order
only. The company whose name is thus being
taken in vain by the publishing firm aforesaid
cannot fill their regular orders as it stands,
without stooping to "flood the country" with
records of anyone's special music, unless it is
selling tremendously already; and then it is
bulletined and takes its chances for preference
with others on the monthly record list. This
talk is of the cheap kind, and, besides, is the
veriest bosh, not to use a harsher word.
"Publishers of song poems," whose mislead-
NEW MUSICAL COMEDIES
"THE TOURISTS," by Burnslde «md Kerker
"THE SOCIAL WHIRL," t>V Herbert and Kerker
"THE ROSE OF ALHAMBRA," by Cook and Hosm.r
Complete Vocal Score and Special Numbers
Song Hits from the "Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer"
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"BAG PIPE SERENADE," by Jerome D.Kern
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ing advertisements disgraced the pages of a few
of the least select magazines, are getting all that
is coming to them. This is the latest swat, a
letter from Fannie B. Rice, of New York, in the
Times of that city, as follows: "Is there any
law that can reach the cheap 'music' companies
that are swindling the ignorant and unsophis-
ticated? Step by step such people are led on
until they have paid from $10 to $35 to have
music written to texts that have absolutely no
merit and no selling qualities. Here is an ag-
gravated case: A man perfectly helpless and
dependent, in a small country town, has com-
posed something utterly absurd, with no swing,
rhythm, or rhyme. A Cincinnati 'firm' had set
it to 'music' and taken the dollars he must have
gathered by the most heartrending efforts. It
is worse than stealing pennies from a dead man,
for he must suffer day after day when no returns
come to him." This is the situation in a nut-
shell, and the grist of graft must have been
heavy. But as the correspondent truly says, the
acceptance of such an order "is worse than steal-
ing pennies from a dead man's eyes." Perhaps
the "lofty souls" who have worked this game
are happy (?) under the just flaggelation they are
receiving from every quarter, including being
barred out from the United States mails under
a "fraud order."
HAVILAND'S MERRY MUSIC.
The Quality Quartet, with "The Boy With the
Boodle"—Howard Hall's new piece—predict a
great hit with "Since Arrah Wanna Married Bar-
ney Carney," by Theodore Morse and Jack Dris-
lane. Kitty Morris, coon shouter, at Dreamland
Park, Coney, Island, has scored a big hit with
"In Monkey Land," "Lovin' Time" and "That's
Gratitude." Lee J. Kellam is scoring a hig hit
in vaudeville with "That's Gratitude." Harry
Holman, with Maurice Krause's "Twentieth Cen-
tury Maids," at the Trocadero Theatre, Philadel-
phia, reports a great success with "That's Grati-
tude." The Four Silbors have added in "Monk-
ey Land" to their act and are meeting with great
success over the Keith & Proctor, and other cir-
cuits. De Vere and Hayes make a special feat-
ure of three Morse & Drislane songs,. "Since Ar-
rah Wanna Married Barney Carney," "In Monkey
Land" and "Won't You Be My Honey?"
STERN'S SWEET SONGS.
In a recent conversation with Joseph W. Stern,
of Joseph W. Stern & Co., New York, he refers
enthusiastically to the results that have been
attained in the handling of musical numbers that
originated in European centers. He,has given
much attention of late to securing the rights in
Another outlet for the superfluous energy and the United States to this line, and has "cornered"
cash of the popular music publisher is financing such tremendous Parisian successes as "Petite
the so-named moving picture—five and ten cent— Tonkonoise," "La Likette," "Blanc et Noir"
shows. An illustrated song or two is part of the (Black and White), "La Priere du Tzigane"
programme, and as only the numbers on the (The Gipsy's Prayer), and others. Anna Held's
backer's catalogue are permitted, the venture is "It's Delightful to be Married," which is her own
regarded as a feeder for enlarging and exploiting setting of words to "Petite Tonkonoise," has met
the sale of the music. It is a great scheme, and is with wonderful success, being featured by this
taid to be profitable besides.
star herself. Paul Lincke's "The Glow-Worm
Idyl" and "Luna Waltz," received repeated en-
Once more the music thieves. This time,
cores wherever played. Mr. Lincke is undoubt-
however, the goods are stolen bodily from the
edly destined soon to become an important
publisher and disposed of to the jobber. Both
figure in American musical circles.
miscreants are alleged to have been caught red-
handed, and in the detective work necessary to
RUSSIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM.
their apprehension music from other publishers
than the one who was on the job was discovered
Russia's present national anthem is probably
in large quantities. Are some of the jobbing
the only one that was ever adopted as the result
houses becoming the "fences" of the trade? is a
of an open competition. The musical committee
question the publishers are now turning over in
appointed to do the first rough work of selection
their perplexed minds.
rejected all the anthems sent in except two, the
respective merits of which were left for the
GENIUS OF JOHN HOWARD PAYNE. emperor himself to determine. One was by
John Howard Payne, who wrote that tender Glinka, the renowned composer of "Life for the
song, "Home, bweet Home," embodied originally Czar"; the other was by Lvoff. Glinka's hymn
in his opera of "Clair, the Maid of Milan," was a was thoroughly Russian in character, and in the
man of rare gifts, and few persons at the present form of a march. Lvoff's was more solemn, but
time are familiar with his strange, brilliant and much less original. He knew, however, that a
varied career. The success of this song is known highly military style of instrumentation would
in every nation; it has had a more universal appeal to the imperial ear, and his drums and
circulation than any other in the world. In less trumpets decided Nicholas in favor of it.
than a year after it appeared the London pub-
Charles I. Davis, who handles "everything
lishers sold more than 100,000 copies. Neverthe-
less, it is a curious fact that Payne never was known in popular and classical sheet music
given credit for it, nor a, royalty upon it. He and music books," has removed from Detroit,
Mich., to the Bllastown Building, Fourth and
never received even a presentation copy.
In 1842 he was appointed United States Consul Prospect streets, Cleveland, Ohio, where he will
to Tunis, and there he died. He was buried in make his headquarters.
the plot of ground overlooking the purple water
and the splendid ruins of old Carthage. The
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United States Government erected there a marble
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"Dearie"
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ntng Brtm Slg-hinf Home,
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Bw«t Hom«, Htart'i To-
Sure when thy gentle spirit fled
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hi In Tennessee.
To realms beyond the azure dome,
JOS. W. STERN
With' arms outstretched, God's angels said:
-AFTER THEY
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"Welcome to Heaven's 'Home, Sweet Home.'"
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