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tious and she had the audience whistling the
melody in short order.
Her biggest hit came when she sang "Is Any-
body Looking for a Widow?" This song is a
gem of comedy.
"His Lordship," which is the plaint of a girl
who has married a fat nobleman with "many
handles to his name," was spicy. In "Pride of
the Ballet," Miss Victoria makes up as a ballet
girl, and gives a clever burlesque of a music hall
dancer. Miss Victoria has done well to drop
from her repertoire her opening song, a Japanese
ditty. It was both pointless and out of place.
Jerome H. Remick, who publishes all of Miss
Victoria's new songs, recently gave a box party
in honor of the pretty little English comedienne,
which Included Miss Clarice Vance, Miss Blanke-
Belcher, Mrs. Harry Williams, and Mrs. Van Al-
styne. Among the mere men present were Fred
Belcher, Mose Gumble, and our "Man on the
Street."
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still leads the way in the production of 'popular'
numbers.
At the Covent Garden ball in London, Willie
Clarkson, the well-known costumer of the Strand,
was successful in gaining the first prize with a
dress described as "Love Me and the World is
Mine," a pretty compliment to Ernest Ball, the
composer of this popular song, which is pub-
lished by M. Witmark & Sons.
CHATJNCEY OLCOTT'S GREAT SUCCESS.
If reports from the Middle West be true, then
Chauncey Olcott, the well known Irish tenor,
has the very best play of his career in "Ragged
Robin," by Rida Johnson Young and Rita Ol-
cott, who in private life is Mrs. Chauncey Ol-
cott. There are five songs in the production, for
the most part written by different composers,
which shows a considerable amount of wisdom
AMERICAN "POPULARS" LEAD LONDON.
Says "Crescendo" in the London "Music Hall":
"As pantomime time is drawing near, every
author and composer is doing his best to 'place'
his song with as many pantomime managers,
producers and artistes as possible. A success
means a small fortune, and therefore one can
well imagine the anxiety to get ahead. As at
present there are nearly 150 known writers all
bombarding the managers with their 'great
songs' and 'sure successes,' one can picture the
unfortunate producer sitting in a room with
probably 1,000 songs around him. What a task
to sift them down to about twelve numbers,
which are all he probably requires.
"I have interviewed most of the leading mana-
gers of the London and proverbial theaters, and the
following songs have been quoted to me as their
big feature numbers: 'Oh! oh! Antonio' (Rem-
ick), 'Hang Out the Front Door Key' (Remick),
'Rainbow' (Remick), 'In the Land of the Kanga-
roo/ 'I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark'
(Remick), 'Are You the Little Girl I Met the
Other Evening?' [presumably 'Are You the Girl
I Met at Sherry's (Feist).—Ed. Music Section.]
" 'Crescendo' also mentions a number of English
songs which have caught the public fancy during
the year, which will be featured in the coming
pantomimes. It seems, however, that America
Sunbonnet Sue
Champioi Kid Song of the World
BY
WILL D. COBB aid GUS EDWARDS
Gus Edwards Music Pub.Co.
1512 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
C'llAUMJEY OLCOTT.
We have the greatest ballad since "When the Evening
Breeze is Sighing 'Home, Sweet Home' " and by the
same author. It is entitled
"AS WE LISTENED TO THE RUSTLE
OF THE LEAVES"
Last of Series Conducted by Leo Feist Won by
Church Bros., Oshkosh, Wis.
The third and last of a series of three window
dressing competitions inaugurated by Leo Feist,
the well known music publisher, closed this week
when the first cash prize was awarded to Church
Bros., of "The Fair," Oshkosh, Wis., for a display
of considerable merit and originality.
It will be remembered that in Mr. Feist's first
competition valuable prizes were offered for the
best arranged window featuring Miss Mabel Mc-
Kinley's famous intermezzo "Golden Rod." In
the second, "Old Faithful," Abe Holtzman's cele-
brated march, in which the beautiful St. Bernard
dog's head figured, was the window magnet used,
while the prizes awarded on Monday were for the
exploitation of the stirring fireman aontg by
Felix Feist and Joel P. Corin, entitled "The
Man Who Fights the Fire."
Of the many photos of store windows sent in,
a number showed considerable ingenuity. Unfor-
tunately, however, the photos themselves suf-
fered considerably, as being taken through glass,
they lacked the sharpness and detail which is
essential for newspaper reproduction.
The representatives of the leading trade papers
acted as the judges of the contest, and only
awarded the prizes after the most careful
scrutiny. Other prize winners were H. L. Schultz,
41 South Seventh street, Allentown, Pa., second;
F. Knell & Sons, Perry, Iowa, third; the Zenith
Music Co., Duluth, Minn., fourth, and the Stone
Piano Co., Fargo, N. D., fifth.
Mr. Feist deserves the thanks of the entire
music trade for the consistent encouragement
which he has given to those who appreciate the
true value of an artistic window display. Be-
sides spending valuable time, to say nothing of
thousands of dollars, he has lent every possible
aid to the retail dealer to show their goods in
the most attractive possible manner.
on Mr. Olcott's part, as for some years past he
has been composing his own material exclu-
sively, and to be truthful, he has of late shown
some signs of overwriting himself. The songs
which Mr. Olcott sings in "Ragged Robin" are
all published by M. Witmark & Sons, and in-
clude "A Laugh With a Tear in It," by Chauncey
Olcott and Manuel Klein; "Eyes That Come From
Ireland," by Richard Le Gallienne and Mr. Ol-
cott; "If You'll Remember Me," by George Graff.
A NEW SALOME.
Jr., and Ernest R. Ball; "Sweet Girl of My
"Sunburnt Salome," a new song by that won-
Dreams," by Mr. Olcott and Daniel J. Sullivan;
and "I Used to Believe in Fairies," by George derful melodist, Gus Edwards, clearly proves that
the Salome craze has not yet spent itself. From
Spink.
ail appearances, "Sunburnt Salome" is likely to
The Chorus Publishing Co., of New York, be the next hit from the house of Gus Edwards,
as it has a distinctly original and catchy melody.
have been incorporated for $50,000.
These are UTS now and still growing
"Kiss Me Dearie"
"Because of You"
"A Tear, A Kiss, A Smile"
"Merry Mary, Marry Me"
and
"If Your Heart Is Right, You
Can't Do Me A Wrong"
Published by
MODERN MUSIC PUBLISHERS
121 PLYMOUTH STREET, CHICAGO
DEALERS
WINDOW DRESSING^CONTEST ENDS.
AN IRRESISTIBLE
BARN DANCE
HONEYBEES JUBILEE
By BENJ. RICHMOND
composer of
GET IT
The great character waltz song
"WHICH IS THE BEST WIFE OF ALL"
"THE WIDOW MARY'S WALTZ"
Not a Parody on The Merry W i d o w
and that great march song hit of the year
"HURRAH FOR UNCLE SAM"
WILLIS WOODWARD G CO., Inc.
ALLIANCE MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1193 Broadway, New York
WILLIS WOODWARD & CO.. Selling Agents
1193 B r o a d w a y
N e w York
Keith and Proctor Theatre Building
" Dance of the Honeybees "
DEALERS
Try Over This S o n g -
It Will Be Worth Your While
I'd Turn The World
For loo Fly love'
By MIGNON ZIEGFELD
A high class ballad that will be heard
as long as songs are sung
IT WILL LIVE BECAUSE IT HAS LIFE
The Great Eastern Music Publishers
14S1 Broadway, New York
PRAISE • KING LIFE
FINE XMAS SONG, WITH
PIANO AND ORGAN ACC.
By FATHER VAUGHAN and PHILLIP A. LAFFEY
NATIONAL MUSIC CO., CHICAGO