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THE MUSIC TRADE
43
REVIEW
Home, and Mother songs is shown by the steadily
cidc to hold their Middle West convention in
Milwaukee on the same date, our "Man on the increasing sale of good 'reprints.' "
'Some Day," written by Tell Taylor and pub-
Street" will get there, if he has. to walk.
lished by the Star Music Co., of which he is a
THAT "Peggy Machree" (John Church Co.)
is to be seen again in the fall with Joseph member, is certainly going fine in Chicago. "Bill,
O'Mara in the leading part. He will replace the You Done Me Wrong" is another Taylor num-
ber that is doing very well indeed.
late Denis O'Sullivan.
The Thompson Music Co. have got out the
THAT Nathan Burkan, the eminent copyright
"Teddy Bear" song, words and music by Ger-
lawyer, who went to "Denver for the Democratic
trude Daggett, of Chicago. It should prove a
convention, gave our "Man on the Street" sonic-
winner with the little ones.
excellent advice by mail last week.
Hanks Winter, the well-known Chicago singer
THAT on a delightfully cool-looking post card and composer, and the father of Winona Winter,
portraying Manitou, from the Cave of the the star of the late "Lady from Lane's," is going
Winds, he wrote, "Get out and travel beyond the 1o New York to see about putting on the stage a
Harlem river."
vaudeville sketch in which he will appear. He
THAT this advice sounds somewhat familiar. has gone over several songs by Harry Auracher
THAT when the New York Herald bulletins and Otis Colburn, among them "The Puritan
announced "Kern selected for Vice-President," Girl" in "The Lady from Lane's," and will prob-
THAT Albert E. Wier, of the "Most Famous"
a delegation of publishers proceeded over to the ably use them in his sketch.
Publishing Co., has changed his brand of cigars.
Victor Kremer is very much encouraged re-
office of T. B. Harms & Co. to congratulate
THAT although South Carolina green hay may "Jerome D." under the impression that he was garding trade. June showed a gratifying, if
be excellent for horse bedding, it cannot be re- the unfortunate.
small, increase over last year, and July is run-
garded as a fine smoking product.
THAT one publisher was heard to remark, "May- ning ahead.
THAT the next "sailor" direct from Cuba who
Fred Hager, of Helf & Hager, New York, spent
be now we will be able to get some of our stuff
approaches Mr. Wier with a proposition to buy
into the Charles Frohman productions."
some cheap cigars, will be thrown through the
transom.
T is a significant fact that
THAT Harry Williams, the author of "I'm
although music business gen-
Afraid to Come Home in the Dark." has writ-
erally
has been "hit hard" recently,
ten two new songs entitled "It Looks Like "Merry Widow" Sales—Chandler Optimistic—
a Big Night" and "Well, I Wouldn't Go as Far Banks Winter's Sketch—Kramer Encouraged
— Fred
Hager
a Visitor—New
Musical
as to Say That."
Comedy—A Catchy March Song.
THAT William McKinley, president of the
William McKinley Co., of Chicago, or his double
sales have held their own, which
(Special to The Keviuw.)
was observed sunning himself on t he Asbury
Chicago,
111.,
July
LI.
1908.
means that many people purchased
Park boardwalk on Sunday last.
Chicago estimates place (he number of copies
ten cent music because they wanted
THAT Jerome- M. Schwerin and his beautiful of the "Merry Widow" waltz distributed so far
to economize, and becoming ac-
wife were also "among those present."
as upward of 2,000,000. This, however, it should
quainted
with
THAT the Chicago office of Jerome H. Remick be remembered, includes at least a million very
is now in charge of J. B. Kalbert, while his cheap copies given away with Sunday editions of
Detroit printing plant has been taken in hand various large city dailies. Of the remainder a
by Harry Werthan.
goodly portion was sold at wickedly low prices.
for the first time, created new bus-
THAT Leo Feist, who secured the American Quantities of a well-printed and title-paged edi-
iness and caused activity in our
rights of Scotto's "Ah Si Vous Voulez de tion were sold at a Chicago department store at
l'Amour" some twelve menths ago has the very 2 cents a copy, and it is whispered that a couple
sales department.
best French composition on the market. It is of Chicago publishers are at good-natured loggfr-
The era of
heads over this particular deal in "Widders."
duly copyrighted, too.
Just
now
the
sale
of
the
waltz
has
dropped
to
THAT "Teddy" Morse, that really clever and
painstaking composer of "popular" music, is tak- nothing, but there may be a revival this fall.
The reason for the decay of the song hit is
ing a well-earned rest.
still a matter of discussion in the trade, and
Ten Cent Sheet Music has come.
THAT we read in an excellent contemporary
some who have analyzed the matter believe that
that "Milwaukee music dealers are jubilant over
the time will soon be here when we shall wit-
the fact that Milwaukee is to bg the location of
ness the initiation of long-drawn-out successes
the next sangerfest of the great North American
reminiscent of a decade ago. In the first place,
Sangerbund."
19 West 28th Street, New York
publishers are beginning to realize that they
THAT if the Ancient Order of Hibernians de- have crowded the market too much and are now
striving to bring out fewer numbers but exploit
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these more thoroughly. The vast number of
things that have been thrown to the dear public
GRADED
have only served to bewilder them, and in the
long run to create only a demand for the very
EVEN if you'd like to think so, there
EDITION
"latest," irrespective of merit. All this is to
are no other editions of
U. 3.
undergo a change according to some of the live
B«c U S-
ones in the trade, and Joe Harris, for one, con-
LEO FEIS I, Feist Buildinp. 134 W. 37th St.. N. Y.
fidently predicts that the reinstatement of the
"hit" as a trade feature may be expected no
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later than this fall.
E
H. F. Chandler, of the National Music Co.,
From "THE DAIRYMAIDS"
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is optimistic regarding the tendencies of the
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trade. "The off-color coon song and the dis
"MARY McGE8," I'D LIKE TO MEET YOUR
that are nearly so good as the just
M
FATHER. "CHEER UP GIRLS," "I'VE A MILLION
reputable rag-time are practically things of the
published
REASONS
WHY
I
LOVE
YOU."
"NEVER
MARRY
E
past," remarked Mr. Chandler, "and that there
A GIRL WITH COLD COLD FEET."
is a return to a desire for a high-grade Heaven,
D.
From "THE LITTLE CHERUB"
myself will be able to take any holiday until tbe
end of the autumn," continued the composer of
"Tipperary," "as of course I have my profes-
sional department to look to, which is always
very busy at this time of the year."
Among a number of excellent songs which Mr.
Helf played over as part of his new season's
offerings, one entitled "You Can Look and You
Can Listen, But M-U-M's the Word," looks like
a winner. Of course, Mr. Helf has his usual
autumn ballads, and two or ihree prodii; lion
numbers which will no doubt be heard from
later.
MREYlEWflEARS
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