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V O L . X L V I . No: 2 6 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at I Madison Ave., New York, June 27, J908.
TRADE NOTES FROM CHICAGO.
Recent
Visitors—Chandler
Complimented—
Witmark Winners—Latest Baseball Songs—
Honors Which Have Fallen on the Shoulders
of J. F. Bowers—An Extremely Popular Man.
(Special to The Iteview.)
Chicago, 111., June 20, iyO8.
Mr. Skilton, representing Theodore Presser
Music Publisher, was a Chicago visitor this week
on his way to the coast.
H. F. Chandler, of the National Music Co., is
receiving splendid compliments from the trade
on his new edition of engraved prints recently
gotten out.
"Just Someone" (Witmark & Sons) seems to
be one of the prevailing song hits of the country
;ind is being whistled and sung in every nook
and corner from coast to coast. "Just to Remind
You," also by Witmark, is one of the ballad
features of hundreds of vaixdeville acts, besides
being featured by bands and many trombone and
cornet soloists.
There are now four or five baseball songs be
fore the public, all of which are doing nicely.
The Modern Music Publishers have the only base-
ball march song which is entitled "Play Ball" and
which' is beginning to be taken up by the big
league people.
J. F. Bowers evidently holds the office of presi-
dent of the Music Publishers' Association in per-
petuity. He returned about a week ago from
New York, where he was re-elected to the posi-
tion which he has occupied ever since the or-
ganization started, wheh was in 1895. Mr. Bow-
ers' position on the copyright matter remains the
same as ever and is fully covered in the report
of the convention, which The Review has already
handled. No better evidence of Mr. Bowers'
populiarity among his associates in the organi-
zation and of the confidence they repose in him
could be cited than their determination to still
keep him at the helm after 13 years of service.
RELINQUISHES PARTNERSHIP.
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On Thursday last Gus Edwards relinquished
his partnership with Felix Isman and Lawrence
Mulligan in the New Circle Theatre. Much of
the success of "The Merry-Go-Round" has been
due to the manner in which Mr. Edwards staged
the production and looked after other important
details.
With his steadily growing music publishing
business and his vaudeville interests, Mr. Ed-
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wards felt that he could not devote any further
time to pretentious theatrical management.
The interest in the playhouse held by Mr. Ed-
wards has been taken over by Mr. Mulligan, who
said that there will be no change in the policy,
and that the present production, "The Merry-
Go-Round," will continue indefinitely.
A GOOD SUMMER SHOW.
Follies of 1908—In Two Acts and Ten Scenes—
Conceived and Produced by F. Ziegfeld, Jr.—
Words by Harry B. Smith—Music by Maurice
Levi—Published by Cohan & Harris.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
$2.00 TER YEAR.
the audience. In the second act of the play is a
song number called 'The Modest Little Model,'
which was responsible for the mishap. The
scene is a friend's studio, where Carle, as the
henpecked husband, meets clandestinely an ex-
model. As he sits talking to her, a number of
models with downcast eyes and wearing kimonas
enter. The lights suddenly go out, a sheet of
white muslin is lowered with a strong light
thrown on it from the rear, and the models, dis-
carding their kimonas, pose while their shadows
are thrown on the screens.
"The other night while they were posing a
new stage hand walked before the light and
Carle's startled gaze beheld a burly form in the
midst of 'his bunch of beauty unadorned' about
the same time that the audience did.
"A bald head in the first row remarked 'that
there was a strange bull in the paddock,' and a
laugh followed this sally which almost broke up
the play. Carle saved the day by holding up his
hand and saying: 'The janitor that cleans that
statuary is in luck.'" Needless to say, the
"story" concludes with the chaste reminder that
Witmark & Sons publish the music of "Mary's
Lamb," and from our own knowledge we cheer-
fully subscribe to its merits.
At length Florenz Ziegfeld has come to the
realization that what may be funny in Paris is
apt to be unutterably vulgar in New York. The
French are never vulgar. True at times they
become risquo, but their methods of expression
are so mellow that they are never offensive. On
the other hand, the American who endeavors to
reproduce the French idea of comedy usually
succeeds in degenerating into hopeless vulgarity,
and, moreover, loses the redeeming virtue of
being funny.
For once Mr. Ziegfeld has produced a really
bright and clever entertainment without the
nauseating double entendre, which for some un-
TO HANDLE ROSEY'S PUBLICATIONS.
explainable reason has been attributed to France.
By an arrangement concluded early this week
Who is responsible for this complete "reversal
of form" it would be hard to say. Maybe it Jerome H. Remick & Co. have secured the han-
can be traced to Herbert Gresham, a stage man- dling of George Rosey's publications, including
ager who has few compeers in the English- "Rosey's Universal Piano Selections" (a really
speaking world. But to whomsoever it is due excellent folio), as well as his medleys of "Stand-
the public has reason to be profoundly grateful. .ard American Airs" and "Grand Opera Bits."
Apparently Mr. Remick is not overlooking any-
A large and capable company present "The
thing for sale on the market just now. aa his
Follies of 190X," which is a travesty on current
recent numerous purchases prove.
events. Some pretty music is inierspersed
throughout the entertainment, but it is unlikely
HINDS, NOBLE & EL DREDGE.
that, any individual song will cause a riot in
The summer band season is well under way
trade circles. Miss Nora Bayes has a number,
"You Will Have to Sing an Irish Song" (York and the first of the music publishers to report on
Music Publishing Co.), which is distinctly tune- their unprecedented band music sales are Hinds.
ful. "Take Me Round in a Taxicab" (Shapiro), Noble & Eldredge. publishers of the "Most Popu-
the prize-winning song in a recent contest, is only lar" music folios. Their band folio, containing
fair. Miss Lucy Weston, a dainty little English- 16 numbers, for band comprising nineteen, twen-
woman, sings some good numbers published by ty-four and thirty-six parts, respectively, is living
Francis, Day & Hunter. The "Brinkley Girl" song up to its "Most Popular" name, as indeed are all
may possibly become popular, for the excellent the folios of their "Most Popular" series. The
reason that it will be heard in New York for sale of "The Most Popular Band Folios" is
many months to come. The score is published increasing so rapidly that the publishers are al-
by Cohan & Harris.
ready preparing the second edition.
THE MAN ON THE STREET.
A SUMMER INTERPOLATION.
A Bit of Business Introduced at the New York
Theater Where Richard Carle Is Starring in
"Mary's Lamb" for One Night Only.
We do not know whether the exceedingly
bright young gentleman who looks after the pub-
licity bureau of M. Witmark & Sons is respon-
sible for the following "story" or not, but it is
well worth printing:
"There was a bit of business interpolated into
'Mary's Lamb' the other evening, in which
Richard Carle is playing at the New York Thea-
ter, that was not down on the bill and which
surprised the 'long comedian' as much as it did
NEW SONG BY JEAN SCHWARTZ.
Lucy Weston, the dainty English comedienne,
in the "Follies of 1908," is shortly to be given an
additional song in the revue, by Jean Schwartz,
who will be the only American composer to have
furnished her with a number up to the present
time. Cohan & Harris will, of course,' be the
publishers. Miss Weston is under a long term
contract with Ziegfeld, and at the conclusion of
the tour of "Follies of 1908" he will star her in
a piece written especially for her.
Maurice Shapiro took a flying _leap to Phila-
delphia on Tuesday afternoon. He complained
that he needed a few hours rest and quiet. One
would think that the sheet music trade was
quiet enough as it is.