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which Mr. Kelly took the part of an old Ver-
monter, Deacon Flood, similar to the role which
he has in the new production. Chas. K. Harris
has the publishing rights to the music.
THAT Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year,
WITH THE CHICAGO PUBLISHERS.
which fell on Tuesday of this week, was observed
as usual by those of the popular music publishers Numerous Musical Comedy Successes Give
affected by the religious law governing that day,
Distinctive Tone to the Theatrical Situa-
their offices being closed.
tion in the Western Metropolis—"Three
THAT lyrics for a song to be called "Who's
Million Dollars" Will Be Added to the Num-
Looney Now?" using the phrase originated by a
ber Next Week—Rapid Strides Toward
brother of the man most concerned in the Cava-
Prosperity Being Made by the New Victor
licri-Chanler affair, have bejn pouring into pub-
Kremer Co-operative Music House—Miller
lishing offices recently.
Company Doing Big Fall Business.
THAT Shapiro was the first to call public atten-
tion to the fact that he had such a song for pub-
(Special to The Review.)
lication.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 1, 1010.
THAT the music is appropriately by "Zit," of the
The musical comedy situation here is briefiv
Evciing Journal, the newspaper which first took
up the phrase, and the words are by the ever- as follows :
"The Chocolate Soldier" commenced a run at
ready lyricist, Edgar Selden.
the Garrick last Sunday evening, which prom-
THAT the song was being played this week as
i\n entr'acte at several local theaters, being prop- ises to make a record of crowded houses.
"The Dollar Princess'' is pursuing its tuneful
erly designated "the latest craze song."
THAT parodies and travesties on the affair are way at the Illinois, and next week will begin the
now being used an the stage everywhere, among fourth of its eight weeks' engagement. Remick
the titles being "Caviar-O'Leary," "Can-o'-Beery," publishes the music of the "Chocolate Soldier'' and
such successes as '"Alma, Wo Wohnst Du ?" at
"Those Velvety Arms," and so on.
the
Whitney and "Teresa Be Mine" at the Chi-
THAT even Maggie Cline "came across" with
cago
Opera House. Both of the latter are near-
one such verse at Hammerstein's this week, adding
it to her "None of Them's Got Anything on Me'' ing the close of their Chicago engagements.
"The Sweetest Girl in Paris" (Harris) reaches
song.
its
fiftieth performance at the LaSalle to-night.
THAT George M. Cohan has decided to eliminate
"The
Follies of 1910," in which practically all the
all music from the play he is constructing for the
publishers have representation, ends next Satur-
new theatre which is to bear his name.
THAT he had originally intended to open the day night. "The Girl and the Drummer" (Feist)
house with a musical comedy to be entitled "The closes a very successful engagement at the Grand
to-night.
Little Chauffeur."
"Jumping Jupiter," Richard Carle's show, in
THAT commenting on the report of the Chicago
police having placed a ban on music in certain which many publishers are represented, with Wit-
restaurants because it led to suicide the Morning mark in the ascendant, so far as the number of
Telegraph remarks that homicide would have songs is concerned, is in its ninth week at the
Cort.
seemed more natural.
"The Slim Princess," the comic opera, music
THAT F. C. Whitney is reported to have de-
published
by Chappell, with Elsie Janis in the title
cided to postpone indefinitely the production of
"Baron Trenk," a musical comedy of which role, is crowding the Studebaker nightly, and is a
Remick & Co. were to have published the music. big success in every way.
Among the new musical comedies to appear
THAT the serious illness abroad of Stanislaus
here
in the near future is Charles Marks' "Three
Stange, on whom Mr. Whitney relied for the
adaptation, is believed to be the cause of the post- Million Dollars," which opens at the Chicago
Opera House on October 9.
ponement.
"The Golden Girl" is now in rehearsal at the
THAT "Winter," the conspicuous success of
Princess
and goes on the road in a couple of
Adele Ritchie's repertoire of songs in vaudeville,
weeks.
is published by Remick & Co.
Few instances of such instantaneous successes
THAT Tell Taylor, music publisher of Chicago,
have been made in the trade as that of Victor
was recently granted a divorce in that city.
THAT John Cort has obtained "Mam'selle Flirt," Kremer in his new company, the Victor Kremer
a musical comedy, book by Joseph M. Leveque, Co-operative Music House. In two months' time
he has sold no less than 20,000 copies of "Night
music by Bessie Boniel, for early production.
THAT Clarice Vance, vaudeville headliner and and Day," while "The Angleworm Wiggle" has,
wife of Mose Gumble, of Remick's, is expected to he states, exceeded that figure, and there are a
number of other fine sellers in the list. "The
open on the Morris circuit next week.
THAT "Our Miss Gibbs" is scheduled to leave Angleworm Wiggle," by the way, is just now
the Knickerbocker Theater within a week or so, to experiencing a furious demand from the Pacific
be succeeded by Elsie Janis in "The Slim Princess." Coast, where Sophie Tucker's interpretation has
THAT the "slim" one will remain there until created an immense sensation. The San Fran-
Maude Adams takes up a long tenancy of the cisco Chronicle of September 26 devoted nearly i
page to Sophie and the greater part of the article
theater, beginning on Jan. 2.
was concerning her singing of "the Wiggle."
"THE DEACON AND THE LADY" OPENS. Next week she goes to Los Angeles, and thence
to the cities of the North Coast, and from there
At the New York Theater last Tuesday evening works east. Will. Philbrick is having great suc-
I lie Werba Amusement Co., Inc., presented "'The cess with "She's a Patient of Mine" in "Jumping
Deacon and the Lady," a new musical comedy in Jupiter." Bert Williams of the "Follies" will
which Harry Kelly has the leading role. The book soon put on a new number, "It's Leavin' Time,"
is by George Totten Smith and the music by from this house. The Trocadero Quartette are
Alfred E. Aarons. The piece is designated as the singing "Don't Forget Me, Dearie" with great
successor to "His Honor the Mayor," the play in success on the Morris time.
BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH " Z I T " OF THE N. Y. EVENING JOURNAL
SI
Miss Beth Densmore writes the Chicago Wit-
mark office that she is using "Temptation Rag"
and scoring quite a hit with it. The Schaller
Bros., the modern Hercules, playing the Doyle
time, are using through their act "Charme d'Amour
Waltz," and "Temptation Rag," published by Wit-
mark & Sons. Miss Maud Krimmer, the popu-
lar little singer of the Orpheum Theater, is going
very big this week. She is singing Witmark's big
number, "Arcadia." Next week she will sing
"The Door of Hope."
The Miller Music Publishing Company are hav-
ing a splendid business this fall. Their catalog
is full of live sellers, and their exploitative work
on the recent successes has been dignified and
effective.
New issues from the Victor Kremer Company
are "The Border Chief," baritone solo by J. P.
Wilson and Alfred G. Robyn; "The Only Girl
For Me," waltz song, by J. Rosenthal and Otto
Frey, and "The Antlers," march by Gus Ditson.
Arcadia, who recently went to England, writes
the Victor Kremer Co. of a .wonderful success at
the Tivoli Theater with "When You Dream o}T
the Girl You Love," by Leo Edwards, which she
is singing to four and live encores nightly. The
first number played by Eckert's band at the Demo-
cratic State Convention at East St. Louis was
"Why Don't the Band Play Dixie?"
One of the most beautiful of the high-class
ballads recently introduced is "Star of My
Dreams, Shine On," published by Harris. A Har-
ris number which is steadily gaining momentum
is the "The Same Old Me," by Arthur Gillespie
and Terry Sherman. It is being vigorously ex-
ploited and is selling well.
CLASSICAL DISPLAY IN BIG STORE.
A new department devoted to the sale of classi-
cal music is being featured by Wanamaker's in
their New York City advertising. It is announced
;:s being intended for "the musicians and teach-
ers of New York." The stock is to include all the
music used in the various schools and academies,
and the standard classics of modern composers,
both in foreign editions and American publications.
A policy of quoting low prices is announced, but
from figures given it is evident that the prices are
to be kept up in fairly good shape, especially for
a department store. The following figures for the^
publishers' list prices and Wanamaker's asking
prices show that the usual discount of 50 per
cent. :it retail is practically all that is being quoted:
Beethoven Sonatas, Vols. 1 and 2, list price $1.50,
Wanamaker's, $1; Mozart Sonatas, list price $2,
asked $1.50; Mendelssohn Songs Without Words,
list $1, asked 50 cents; Chopin Waltzes, list 50
cents, asked 25 cents; Chopin Nocturnes, list 75
cents, asked 38 cents; "A Day in Venice"—Nevin—
list $1.25, asked $ 1 ; "Classics for the Young,"
list 50 cents, asked 40 cents; Kohler's Practical
Method, Books 1, 2, and 3, each, list 75 cents,
asked 25 cents, etc.
MME.
LEHMANN HERE TOMORROW.
Madame Liza Lehmann, the celebrated composer,
and her English quartette, will arrive in this coun-
try on the steamship St. Paul, Oct. 9. The tour
booked for this aggregation will extend from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. The company is to ap-
pear in Geneva, N. Y., on Oct. 12, continuing
through the West, opening in San Francisco on
Nov. 20, then southern California, returning via
Texas. Her first New York recital will not take
place before January 5. Mine. Lehmann is now
under contract to Chappell & Co. for her composi-
tions.
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HAVE SECURED THE EXCLUSIVE
PUBLISHING
RIGHTS TO THE COMIC SONG CRAZE OF THE CENTURY
"WHO'S LOONEY NOW?"
Title and MUSIC BY " ZIT "
WORDS BY EDGAR SELDEN
WARNING ! "ORIGINAL" SONG WRITERS WILL KINDLY KEEP AWAY FROM THIS TITLE, OR ANYTHING NEAR I T !
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