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THE: MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
at a place of amusement as there were at this
opening. In addition to those mentioned above,
Music Stores Active on the Boardwalk— were Adele Ritchie, Ben Harris, Mr. Nixon
Second "Gam Store" There Scheduled to (owner of the theater) and Mayor Story and
Open To-day—Many Varieties of Weather Mrs. Story. The piece was well received.
Disappoint Vacationists—"Girlies" Produced Jcseph Cawthorne, in the role of Oscar Spiel,
at ApoMo Theater as the Big Event So Far scored heavily. Violet MacMillan was beautiful
to look at and most pleasing as Bertha Day, a
This Season—Other Trade Gleanings.
college girl. The great lack in the show was in
not having more of Maud Raymond, who is seen
(Special to The Review.)
on the stage only about eighteen minutes, all
Atlantic City, June 11, 1910.
There are now eight retail music stores on the told, and who is greatly missed in other parts of
Boardwalk here, if we include the ten-cent the piece. There may not be many song hits in
stores. There is a possibility, too, that there the production that will sell big, with the pos-
will be two or three more here by the middle of sible exception of an Irish song named "My Irish
July. Starting at Windsor, where Shapiro's Girl." Stage business with this song would
second store will be located, the stores run to- make it a decided hit. Another very good song
ward the Inlet in this order: Jos. Morris', at is "Ring Me Up in the Morning," sung in the
the Exposition building; Woolworth's, Mc- last act. In this number a male chorus under
Crorey's, Remick & Co.'s, Jos. Morris, main the stage sang into mouthpieces connected with
store, Shapiro's "uptown" store and Weyman & telephones used on the stage in this song. The
effect is that of hearing a number in any of the
Son.
penny
arcades, except that you don't have to
Active preparations are well under way for
the opening of Shapiro's music store at 1029 hold receivers to the ears. The chorus work is
Boardwalk, the second of that publisher's stores the best seen and heard here in many a day.
on the Boardwalk. To say that the fixtures and The costumes are gorgeous and the scenery is in
decorations are to be lavish is to state the case keeping with the rest. Harry Breen scored a
too mildly. Mr. Hann, who is "special" car- big hit with his vaudeville act, singing his "ex-
penter for Mr. Shapiro and who superintends all tempo" song about various persons whom he
the openings of Gem music stores, has joined picked out in the audience. The only one he
Mr. Marshall, the local manager, in making the skipped was Blanche Ring. For a summer show
store a great surprise for Mr. Shapiro. The this should prove to be a hit in New York.
music publisher has given free rein in the form
HENRY I. MARSHALL.
of "go as far as you like." The store will have
its opening on Saturday, June 18.
The weather here has remained very much on
the Heinz order—which is to say that it has had
all the varieties. All who came to town to spend
last Sunday ran into the f>8th variety, for it cer-
THAT Remick & Co.'s new Song Shop on
tainly did rain, and rowboats were at a premium Broadway may have to be moved, a year hence,
on the Boardwalk itself. You would have "died" on account of the realty deal which will cause
to see the long faces of those who came down the tearing down of the Herald Square Theater
from Manhattan to enjoy a holiday.
building and probably the entire block between
Murphy's Minstrels had their opening at the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets.
Steel Pier. Every one of the music publishers
THAT this is certainly to be regretted, as the
was represented. Vaughn Comfort, late of Evans' new Song Shop is one of the finest in the coun-
Minstrels, sang "You Are the Ideal of My try, and much hard work will be required to re-
Dreams." Clarence Marks sang "Garden of place it in some other location.
Roses," and Ed Cassidy sang "O, You Blondy."
THAT Frank Albert, of J. Albert & Sons, the
All the old favorites were received cordially.
music house of Sydney, Australia, has left New
Frederic Thompson, who produced "Girlies," York on his trip around the world and is now in
was here this week with his wife, Mabel Talia- Europe.
ferro. He will go to New York, of course, when
THAT Chas. K. Harris has sent a new man to
the piece goes to that city.
Chicago to take a vacant place on the staff of
Harry Williams, the song writer, with Mrs. Brother Joe.
Williams, has been at his new home at Long
THAT appearances indicate "The Summer
Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Van Alstyne were here Widowers" will continue to frolic through the
this week for the production of "Girlies." Will coming winter.
Von Tilzer and Herbert Winslow have been here
THAT Maurice Shapiro will keep busy in his
on their vacation. A few days ago Maurice Sha- warfare against alleged infringements, whether
piro wanted to play pinochle, so Winslow these be in Europe or America.
trimmed him three straight games. Mr. S. never
THAT one Walter Pyle, of Philadelphia, de-
wins in Atlantic City, he says.
livers himself of the following through Fra El-
Fred E. Belcher, of J. H. Remick & Co., was bertus: "My song, 'I'm the Doctor Wuh the
here for the opening of "Girlies." Remiok & Co. Eope,' is covered by copyright. I've stood all I
have the publishing rights of the music of will, and anybody putting it over after this will
"Girlies," and also have the right to the music consider himself pinched."
of "Follies of 1910," although Gus Edwards
THAT "The Girl in the Kimona" is the third
wrote most of it. Ed McKay and his wife musical production to be announced in the last
(Blanche Ring) were also here this week.
fortn r ght whose music will be published by Leo.
The event of the (so far) dull season was the Feist.
opening of "Girlies" (formerly "The Comic Sup-
THAT "The Summer Widowers" is to be
plement") at the Apollo Theater last Monday. classed as neither a musical comedy nor a comic
Seldom, even in the height of the season, are opera, but as a "musical panorama."
there so many celebrities gathered on one night
THAT GUS Edwards has formed a theatrical
NOTES FROM ATLANTIC CITY.
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producing company, the second firm he has
started while bankruptcy proceedings are still
pending against his former music publishing
company.
THAT Tillie must have had a real nightmare
after the lobster poisoning which caused the
closing of the Herald Square Theater for a
couple of performances.
THAT seven songs in forty minutes constitute
Vesta Victoria's present act, which she is pre-
senting on the Pacific Coast.
THAT "Poor John" is still included in her
repertoire.
THAT the "Follies of 1910," the music of which
is to be published by Remick & Co., is scheduled
to open at the Jardin de Paris, on the New York
Roof, next Monday night.
THAT "Under the Dinner Tree" is the most
successful song in "The Barnyard Romeo."
THAT the music of this burlesque on "Chante-
cler" is most pleasing and would be well worth
hearing even if there were no acting accompany-
ing it.
THAT the Jos. Morris Co. have enlarged their
offices, taking two adjoining rooms.
THAT George Green is now connected with this
company.
THAT Avery Hopwood has written the book of
a new musical play for Marie Cahill.
THAT the music will be composed by Silvio
Hein and will, presumably, be published by Sha-
piro.
IRENE FRANKLIN HAS NEW SONGS.
Irene Franklin's work in the "Summer
Widowers" is too scanty to satisfy the audiences.
As she does a specialty turn, however, along the
lines which made her famous in vaudeville, the
public has a chance to hear a couple of her new
songs. One of these is "Miss Dennett," a tale
of the dairy restaurants, as might be expected
from the title. The other new one is "I'm All
That's Left of the Pony Ballet," in which she
tells of the troubles of a chorus girl. One of
her best lines is, "I've rehearsed so much lately
that when I hear anyone swear I immediately
start to dance." The music of "The Summer
Widowers" is published by Chas. K. Harris, with
the exception of the songs in Miss Franklin's
speciality. All of Miss Franklin's songs in the
last few years have been published by Leo.
Feist.
VON TILZER MOVEMENTS.
Will Von Tilzer, of the Harry Von Tilzer
Music Publishing Co., has been in Atlantic City
for the last fortnight, but is expected back at
his desk to-day. Harry Von Tilzer has been so-
journing at his summer home in New Jersey,
and the business of the firm has been under the
direction of George Friedman, the sales manager.
Mr. Friedman is planning to take his family to
Mountaindale, Sullivan County, next week, but
does not expect to linger there himself save for
various week-ends during the summer.
ALL READY DEALERS!
'RIDE ME IN A BIG BALLOON'
By Harry D. Kerr.
"When You Marry A Girl For Looks"
By Harry D. Kerr.
"Don't You Worry, Little Girlie"
By "Dick" Hanch.
"THE CHANTECLER CRAZE."
(Great Comic March Song-)
" C - H - l - C - A - G - O . " " O h ! You Tease."
" Sometime, Sweetheart Mine, Somewhere."
"Happy Rag."
"Red Fern."
"Do You? Don't You? Will You? Won't You?"
"Gridiron" March Two-Step "Drop a Line to Cupid"
" If I Let You Sit Beside Me."
"Mary Jane, She's Got Another Sister."
"Way Out In Utah." "Airy Fairy Castle Land."
The House off Christopher
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The One Charming Ballad Success for
the Spring and Summer
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WHEN YOU'RE IN
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