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homes of many well-to-do persons, who were well
able to purchase regular copies.
An instance
was also furnished where a large number of pro-
fessional copies were said to have been placed in
the hands of the employes of a local department
store and sold at reduced prices.
A set of rules to be followed by members of
the association, which, by the way, includes al-
most all of the local publishing houses, is to oc-
cupy a conspicuous place in each of their quar-
ters. The association will be practically a clear-
ing house for weeding out the "grafters." It is
expected but a short time will elapse before a
betterment in existing conditions will be noted,
and the association will* then probably delve
deeper into the abuses of the sheet music in-
dustry.
"Chantecler Rag," published by the House of
Christopher, seems to be traveling the short road
to hitland, judging from the way it is being re-
ceived by the trade. This number and "C-h-i-
c-a-g-o," also one of the Christopher big numbers,
occupy prominent places in the latest music rolls
for electric and player pianos.
It is definitely announced that the American
Music Hall will remain open all summer, and the
statement also is offered there that the lessee of
that house will, within a week, arrange to take
over another downtown theatre, with a view of
installing vaudeville in it next fall.
Harry D. Kerr's number, "Ride Me in a Big
Balloon," published by the Miller Music Publish-
ing Co., is being accorded a cordial reception, as
usual with the compositions of both that writer
and the publishing house. This song looks like
a big summer number. The Miller Co. are in re-
ceipt of communications from all over the coun-
try regarding their new military march, "Echoes
of the Parade." Many band and orchestra lead-
ers pronounce this to be the best grand entree
march and parade number written in years.
Tom Mayo Geary and his staff of assistants are
EDITORIAL
The following epigrammatic edi-
torial appeared in one of our
great weeklies:
"The high cost of living is
coming down. Beethoven's
Sonatas, in excellent edition,
now can be bought for ten
cents a copy."
It referred of course to
CENTURY
EDITION
CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1178 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
IVSUSIO
TRADE!
getting in good work on the Theodore Morse cat-
alog. As Mr. Geary says, "Molly Lee" and
"Kitty Grey" have contributed their share in
keeping the gold letters on the windows of the
headquarters office.
Bessie Wynn, in Detroit last week, is said to
have scored in her customary manner with Vic-
tor Kremer's number, entitled "When You
Dream of the Girl You Love." "Mother," re-
cently brought out by this house, is already
listed among their best sellers for the month.
THEREVIEWflEARS
THAT comet conditions affected certain sec-
tions of the music publishing world last week.
THAT syzygy was evidently in the" air in other
times past, too, but we never knew the exact
name for it.
THAT writs of seizure are serious documents,
as they are death warrants for a disputed song,
whether mistakenly issued or otherwise.
THAT it were well for all music publishers to
heed warnings, if any be given, not to publish a
certain song when such a writ is the alternative,
unless they are sure of their ground.
THAT, on the other hand, a complaining pub-
lisher properly issues the warning before apply-
ing for the writ, to make sure no piracy is actu-
ally intended.
THAT all publishers of popular music, without
exception, are treading on delicate ground when
treating of song-similarities, and if the most re-
cent seizure case, wholly irrespective of its mer-
its, serves to create a future undeniable origin-
ality the better it will be for all concerned.
THAT Anatol Friedland, the composer of a new
musical comedy, "$3,000,000," to be published by
Leo. Feist, is the one who will receive the first
benefits of the Feist plan for the fixing of roy-
alty stamps on copies of sheet music.
THAT Maurice Shapiro says unpublished re-
ports of his doing of late have been grossly ex-
aggerated.
THAT he has not offered to sell any stores, but,
having some claim to sound business judgment,
he is willing to set a price on his possessions
when asked.
THAT the desire of a large music publishing
firm to add to its chain of "song shops" is still
another indication that up-to-date methods find
the sheet music business to be a good one.
THAT local music publishers have preserved a
loud silence as to Leo. Feist's contemplated use
of stamps to fix royalty dues.
THAT song writers would, nevertheless, wel-
come a similar arrangement with their own pub-
lishers, and with no thought of reflection on the
honesty of the latter.
A Hit of Hits!
ii
EVERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT"
By OTTO HAUERBACH and KARL HOSCHNA
Writers of the Big Successes,
"THE THREE T W I N S " and "BRIGHT EYES"
H E A D HAS HITS
(George W. Head, Jr.)
WORLD'S GREATEST BALLAD
"Without You The World
Don't Seem The Same"
An Endless Chain of Sales of This Song Will Start
From First Purchase.
Best Ballad Since the Time of Jenny Lind
THE HEAD MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1416 Broadway, Cor. 39th Street,
New York
The
reigning Musical Hit from
"MADAME SHERRY"
Now Playing at Colonial Theatre,
Chicago
Sung, Whistled and Hummed Everywhere
Greatly in Demand. Order Now
M. WITMARK & SONS, Publishers
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
LONDON
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PARIS
THAT Jeff T. Branen, formerly with Will Ros-
siter, of Chicago, and more recently in the music
publishing business in New York, is now with
the Ziegfeld forces as composer, arranger, etc.
THAT Mr. Branen says he would love to be an
active small publisher still, but, oh, that weekly
envelope!
THAT "Cupid's I. O. U.," by Drislane and
Meyer, deserves mention as having quietly crept
to the fore and become conspicuous in some local
headline acts of late without much public "boost-
ing."
THAT "The Chocolate Soldier" (Remick & Co.)
ends to-night one of the cleanest and most satis-
factory runs of recent seasons.
THAT a Shubert revival of "The Mikado," with
an all-star cast, is announced for next Monday to
follow "The Chocolate Soldier" at the Casino.
THAT following "The Mikado" at that theater
will come the summer review, "Up and Down
Broadway," to be published by Remick & Co.
NEW STTMMER SONG FROM VON TTXZER'S.
The most recent publication from the Harry
Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., "the house of
novelties," is a seasonable offering whose title is
"Hurrah for the Summer Time." It is based on
the idea of "My wife's away, I'm free again," for
its humorous appeal. The words are by George
Whiting, one of the writers of last year's suc-
cess, "My Wife's Gone to the Country," and the
music by Harry Von Tilzer. The song was com-
pleted only two weeks ago, and since then the
Von Tilzer machinery has been at work, prepara-
tory to the proper presentation and marketing of
the new number. The song will be the feature of
the company's offerings for the summer of 1910.
Its title is certainly appropriate to the time, and
the idea is at least in full accord with the trend
of present-day catch phrases and the accepted
run of vaudeville talk.
THAT
ITALIAN
RAG
By AL PIANTADOSI,
Creator of Italian Character Songs.
A POSITIVE HIT!
A PROVED SELLER!
Orders poured in the very day after this
song was first sung at Hammerstein's
Victoria Theater.
GOING STRONGER EVERY DAY!
PUBLISHED BY
LEO. FEIST, NEW YORK
SONGS FOR EVERYBODY!
"PLAYTHINGS
THAT'S ALL"
By John W. Bratton.
" MOTHER"
By Cooper & Frederics.
" I N THE SAME OLD WAY"
By Nat D. Mann.
"WHEN YOU DREAM OF THE GIRL YOU LOVE"
By Leo Edwards.
"CO ON, GOOD-A-BYE "
By Brown & Murphy.
VICTOR KREMER COMPANY
108-1 10 Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
(Opposite Garrick Theatre)