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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
ThEREVIEWflEARS
i HAT Myra J. Parker, who claims to have
written the music of "Smarty" (York Music Co.),
eleven years ago, should be ashamed to admit it.
THAT the Ohio retail music dealers are form-
ing a local association.
THAT this'is really good news and the project
deserves every encouragement.
THAT Edward L. Gamble, o£ East Liverpool,
Ohio, has published a new song, dedicated, no
doubt, to the bad boys of the country. It is en-
titled, "Where the Silver Birches Grow."
THAT Charles K. Harris was composing a new
song when our "Man on the Street" called upon
him recently.
THAT after kicking at the door, shouting
through the keyhole and receiving no answer, the
"Man on the Street" crept silently and sadly
home.
THAT "Rainbow" (Jerome H. Remick) is des-
tined to be the "pantomime" song this year in
England.
THAT the Solman-Bissing vaudeville production,
is a significant fact that
I T although
music business gen-
erally has been "hit hard" recently,
"CENTURY EDITION'
sales have held their own, which
means that many people purchased
ten cent music because they wanted
to economize, and becoming ac-
quainted with
"CENTURY EDITION"
for the first time, created new bus-
iness and caused activity in our
sales department.
The era of
"CENTURY EDITION"
Ten Cent Sheet Music has come.
Century Music Publishing Co,
19 West 28th Street, New York
THE TEACHER'S
and he was convinced that it would be as well
for him to become an American citizen. Indeed,
rrior to his departure for home he had made
considerable progress toward that ambition, hav-
ing already had several of his teeth capped with
gold. Occasionally, too, he was to be seen am-
bling along Broadway, meditatively chewing pep-
sin gum, and it was whispered that on more than
one occasion he gave vent to such expressions
as "Hully Gee." This cannot positively be re-
corded as fact, however.
Of late John became despondent. Several
drawbacks to the rights and privileges of
American citizenship, combined with a Cockney
accent, which was so strong that at times it was
unintelligible, convinced him that to be dead in
London was better than being semi-conscious in
New York. And so he determined to go home,
and last week he sailed away on the Adriatic
with the threat never to return. No doubt when
the Taft administration gets into working order
he will be officially asked to reconsider his decision
and return, but until then we can only say:
"So long, John, don't take any bad money, and,
above all, always carry a picture of Max and
Louis Dreyfus next your heart." Meanwhile
New York goes on just the same.
CONSERVATORY EDITION
EVEN if you'd like to think so, there
are no other editions of
"POOR JOHN."
Failing to Qualify as an American Citizen,
John Abbott, of T. B. Harms & Francis, Day
& Hunter's Staff, Makes Tracks for "Home,
Sweet Home."
By the time these lines are read John Abbott,
late of the managerial staff of T. B. Harms,
Francis, Day & Hunter, amalgamated, will no
doubt be found comfortably leaning up against
the bar of the Royal George in Charing Cross
Road, London, drinking his glass of "mild and
bitter," at the same time holding forth to an
admiring group, on the wonderful system which
the New York publishers have of selling what
music they can, and letting the talking machine
interests "can" what they can't.
Poor John! At fmt he tried hard to instil
into the American publishing fraternity that the
only way to do business properly was the English
way. But with their usual thick-headedness the
American publishers resolutely declined to
switch their methods, so John, who at least had
the merit of adapting himself to circumstances,
determined that as the mountain would not come
to Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain.
A few months' sojourn in this city, therefore,
Kphler,
Heller and
Czerny
that are nearly so good as the just
published
Conservatory
Edition
of these standard works, and best of all,
they cost less than any other edition—
none nearly so good.
Conservatory Publication
Society
Cor. BROADWAY and 28th ST., NEW YORK
CONSERVATORY EDITION
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EDITION
B.o US PA-
'The Gibson Girl Review" is a great success.
THAT "The Golden Butterfly" (Jerome H. Rem-
ick pas:ed its fiftieth performance at the Broad-
way Theater this week.
THAT "Reggie" De Koven, well known as a
critic of his cr.tics, added to the carnival of joy
by conducting his own music.
THAT the music of "Little Nemo" (Cohan &
Harris), is selling remarkably well.
THAT Fred Belcher and Mose Gumble, of the
Remick staff may—or may not—be football ex-
perts.
THAT some of their comments at the Prince-
ton-Dartmouth game on Saturday last were weird
and wonderful.
THAT the exchange editor of the New York
Morning Telegraph may be regarded as the origi-
nal "Raffles."
THAT what's the use of writing original mat-
ter when one can fill a section with clippings
from the London weeklies.
THAT Will R. Anderson has written two new
ballads entitled "Good Night, Dear," and "Just
Your Sweetheart," both of which were published
by M. Witmark & Sons, this week.
THAT in the sequel to "I'm Afraid to Come
Home in the Dark," Jerome H. Remick has a
splendid comic song. It is called "I Used to be
Afraid to Come Home in the Dark, But Now I'm
Afraid to Come Home at All."
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