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NEWS OF THE CHICAGO TRADE.
New Vaudeville House Opens—Some Recent
Visitors—New Review for Lew Fields—A
Kremer "Hit"—Activity in Witmark Offices
—Personal Items of Interest.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Feb. 19, 1910.
Thursday evening of this week witnessed the
opening of the latest addition to the Kohl &
Castle chain of vaudeville houses in Chicago. It
is called the new Trevett Theater and is located
at 63d street and Cottage Grove avenue. The
bookings for the playhouse are made by the
Western Vaudeville Association, who have the
Majestic, Haymarkct, Star, etc.
Allen McDonough, author of "The Jolly Bach-
elors" and the "Midnight Sons" and many other
musical comedy and comic opera successes, to-
gether with Baldwin Sloane, the well-known com-
poser, arrived in Chicago this week bearing
with them the words and music for a new musi-
cal review, which they have written for Lew-
Fields. Its name will probably be "The Sum-
mer Widowers" and will be used by Lew Fields
tor his summer production. The well-known.
comedian opened with "Old Dutch" at the Gar-
rick this week, and has been meeting with his
usual success. The entire score of "Old Dutch"
is published by M. Witmark's Sons.
Victor Kremer's new Italian song, "Go On,
Good-a-Bye," is making a big hit with the pro-
fessionals, as evidenced by the call for profes-
sional copies. Harry McDonald uses this number
at the Haymarket next week, Lew Cooper goes
out on the Orpheum circuit using it as a feature,
while Arthur Hahn, the well-known singer, has
added these, "Dear Old County Mayo" and "While
Love and Life Shall Last," for use on his forth-
coming Western trip.
M. J. Stone, local manager for Leo Feist, has
been ill at his home this week with an attack
of grip. He expects, however, to be back in the
whirl next week. Bert Peters, who has been
holding down the helm in his absence, reports
much success on the Feist catalog, which in-
cludes, of course, "Red Head," "Senora," "Be
Jolly Molly," "Way Down in Cotton Town" and
a recent number called "Italian Rag."
Things have started with a merry swing at
the offices of M. Witmark & Sons under the new
management, and the office predicts six of the
biggest hits known in the West, namely: "Where
the River Shannon Flows," "Ev'ry Day,"
"Shakey Eyes," "To the End of the World with
You," Tie Your Little Bull Outside" and a rag-
time number called "Temptation Rag."
The House of Christopher this week launched
a new song entitled "If I Let You Sit Beside Me,"
words by Joseph Gray and music by E. J. Mey-
erson. "Happy Rag" gives every evidence of
being one of the season's hits.
Stimulated by the increasing number of pro-
ductions bearing the Chas. K. Harris insignia
the facilities of the Western branch of the house
are being taxed to supply the demand for pro-
duction material. The ballad successes of the
house, "In the City Where Nobody Cares," "No
body knows, Nobody Cares," "Was I a Fool" and
"Scuse Me To-day" are also going in a manner
which augurs well for the current year's sales
records of Joe Harris' institution.
Arriving in New Orleans the week following
the Mardi Gras, S. O. Von Achen, general repre-
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that he is immune from the ravages of the hook-
worm, by sending in a nice bunch of orders.
Bob White's latest effort anent the coming pugi-
listic event, entitled "Oh, You Jim- Jeffries,"
seems to meet with general approbation.
The Cement Dealers' Association of America
will hold a banquet at the Auditorium Hotel on
Feb. 22, as a fitting climax to the cement exhibi-
tion, which has been on at the Coliseum for the
past fortnight. Walter Wilson, of the staff of
the Thompson Music Co., has been engaged as
soloist for the occasion and will render a num-
ber of the latest hits.
J. B. Kalver, local business manager for
Jerome H. Remick & Co., left this week on a
Middle Western and Southern trip in the inter-
ests of their catalog. Harry Werthan, general
Western representative, returned to Chicago for
the first time since the opening of the new offices,
and to say he was agreeably surprised with the
handsome appearance of his sanctum sanctorum
would be putting it mildly.
Ralph Herz, the comedian par excellence of
"Miss Nobody from Starland" (Harris), which
is now running at the Princess Theater, is con-
sidering the addition to his repertoire of a song
by Otis Colburn, Chicago representative for the
New 'York Dramatic Mirror, entitled "Imitation
Is the Fad of the Day."
YOUNG PUBLISHER GIVES UP FIGHT.
Nat Shay, of the Fred Fischer Co., Finds
Burden of Debt Too Heavy—Tells of Diffi-
culties Which Ended Business.
Composer Completes Number in Hurry and It
Is Presented in "The Yankee Girl" Success-
fully Two Days Later.
Harry Von Tilzer did some quick work at song
writing recently that turned out to be entirely
successful. Clitics had been pointing out the
fact that a lively song in the right place would
go far toward supplying just what "The Yankee
Girl," in which Blanche Ring is starring, greatly
needed, in spite of other catchy songs the piece
already contains. Mr. Von Tilzer finished the
song in a hurry on Tuesday of last week, and
two nights later Miss Ring sang i t in "The
Yankee Girl."
The song was an immediate success. I t re-
ceived several encores the first night, and since
then has been received in a way that showed
the audiences have appreciated its interpolation.
It is an Irish comic song, called "Go and Tell It
to Mr. Sweeney," embodying, of course, situa-
tions leading to the slang catch retort, "Tell It
to Sweeney." The words are by Will Dillon.
KREMER BUYS "GO ON, GOOD-A-BYE."
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VON TILZER SONG FOR MISS RING.
Although Nat. D. Mann has been manager of
the Victor Kremer Co. only a few days, word
The failure of the Fred Fischer Publishing comes from Chicago that that firm has pur-
Co. to succeed in their business was one of the chased through him the song "Go On, Good-a-
few such occurences to occur in the field which Bye" from the Bromur Publishing Co. The song
have called forth sympathy from any retiring is officially described as a "Dago-Wop song."
firm's colleagues. Music publishers, as a rule, The words are by M. J. Murphy and Al. W.
are not noted for giving way to emotion when Brown. It is already being sung by well-known
another house goes down to defeat, but whether singers, among these being Mabel Hite, Lasky's
because they did not feel the competition, or for Hoboes, Ben Welsh, Gene Greene, Sadie Sher-
some other reason, the latest collapse did arouse man and Joe Tinker, Warren and Blanchard,
a few words of regret. Young Nat Shay, the Sam Dody, Six Musical Nosses, McWaters and
head of the firm, expects to enter the automobile Tyson and others. The song tells of a man who
business. Jerome Shay has joined the Chas. K. has a cousin Carus', a brother Sylvest', a sister
Harris forces and will endeavor to turn out Salome and a sweetheart Mariutch, and inti-
some novelty numbers for the catalog of that mates that anyone who says he has better rela-
house. Arthur M. Cohen, the arranger, is now tives is not a teller of the truth.
with the Great Eastern Co.
When The Review representative called at the
Fischer Co.'s offices the other day he found them
dismantled and the young publisher who is
forced to quit the business viewing the bare
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walls and floors. There were tears in his eyes
as he said: "Well, we kept out of bankruptcy,
issues that are having big demand,
"Way Out In Utah."
" O h ! You Tease."
"Do You? Don't You? Will You? Won't You?"
" Sometime, Sweetheart Mine, Somewhere."
"Mary Jane, She's Got Another Sister."
"Airy Fairy Castle Land."
"Red Fern."
"Happy Rag."
The House of Christopher
anyway, and deserve a little credit for that. We
have been head over heels in debt ever since
starting in business three years ago, but
fought along as best we could. We had not been
started four weeks before we were involved in
litigation, and suits came up now and then con-
tinually. We overcame many difficulties, but the
task finally became too heavy."
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