Music Trade Review

Issue: 1910 Vol. 51 N. 2

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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
Rathskeller Trio at the American Music Hall is will follow "Madame Sherry" at the Colonial
featuring the "Italian Rag" and "Sonora." Ellery's Theater, Chicago, August 21.
THAT the eastern store department of Jerome
Harry Askin Co. Gains Control of LaSalie band at the Bismarck Garden is featuring Abe
Theater—Will Rossiter and His Brother Holzmann's ''Blaze of Glory" march and are making II. Remick & Co., in charge of William Phillips,
Part Company in a Business Way—Ted S. a specialty of the "Dublin Rag," somewhat of a de- will not be moved to the new Song Shop on
Barron's Aggressive Work for Witmark— parture on the part of musical organizations Broadway.
whose inclinations are strongly towards the classi-
THAT the front of Remick's building on Forty-
Leopold Becomes Assistant to Joe Harris.
cal.
first street has been redecorated so as to be uni-
(Special to The Review.)
Ted S. Barron, the local Witmark manager, is form with the style of the Song Shop.
Chicago, 111., July 5, 1910.
THAT Remick's new Harlem store, at 111 W.
doing some aggressive advertising on "Every Little
125th street, seems to be an irresistible attraction
The legal battle that has raged around La Moment," the song hit of "Madame Sherry." An
Salle Theater for some time has ended in the idea of Barron's enterprise can be gained from the for the Harlemites.
THAT Joseph Dorfman, formerly of the Chi-
Harry Askin Co. gaining control. As a result a fact that he has increased the Chicago professional
new music comedy, the book of which has been force by live capable people since he took hold cago office of Chas. K. Harris, arrived in town
written by Collin Davis and Addison Burkhart here a few months ago. Witmark publicity is last week with a keen eye open for business.
THAT the big electric sign in front of the
and the music by Joseph E. Howard, will be pre- being pushed in a very effective manner in this
Remick Song Shop sented at the beautiful little theater, which, by neck of the woods.
the way, will be redecorated and variously im-
Joe Karris, the live manager of the western in- at night, and makes a line display and advertise-
proved. It will be put on the last week in August. terests of Charles K. Harris, has secured a valu- ment for "Silver Hell."
The name has not yet been definitely decided upon. able aid in the person of J. Walter Leopold, who
ONE OF THE "FOLLIES" SUCCESSES.
It is stated that there will be an all star cast, and arrived from New York last week to take charge
four or live names of exceptional strength in the of the professional department of the Chicago
One of the most neat and d unty bits of song-
music comedy field are hinted at. The music will, office.
acting that New Yorkers have been permitted to
of course, be printed by the house of Charles K.
see and enjoy for a long while is the presentation of
Harris.
"Sweet Kitty Bellairs" by Lillian Lorraine, in
Will Rossiter, the well known Chicago publisher,
Florenz Ziegfeld's new rev'ew, "Follies of 1910,"
and his brother, Harold Rossiter, have parted com-
on the New York Theater roof. "Sweet Kitty
pany in a business way, Will Rossiter now confin-
ing himself to his extensive publishing business,
THAT most music publishers were running in Bellairs" is a sprightly new number, composed by
while Harold has purchased his brother's interest circles around their offices last Tuesday, trying to Gus Edwards, of which M. Witmark & Sons are
in the sheet music departments in the chain of ten find out just where business began after the ex- the publishers. Miss Lorraine, who sings it, is
described as the belle of the show, from the beauty
cent stores in the West controlled by the independ- citement of the preceding double holiday.
ent syndicate.
THAT although business is very quiet with most point of view. She makes her first entrance in the
Although the dailies have not been universally firms, this being the accepted dull season, one or performance by coming up in the elevator and
kind in their criticisms of the "Girl in the Kimono" two of the houses find things much better than riding up the aisle on a pony. In one scene the
swing in which she is seated travels on a tiny track
it seems to have taken well with the public and they were at this time a year ago.
full houses have greeted it every evening this week.
THAT the department stores are asking, "What- along the ceiling, far out over the heads of the
audience. Miss Lorraine's personality is most
The music is published by Feist and it looks as ever has come over the music business?"
though several of the numbers would prove excel-
THAT one of the leading stores tried to hold a pleasing, not to say fascinating, and in her singing
lent sellers.
sale of "the latest popular hits" at live cents per of "Sweet Kitty Bellairs" the song is given a pro-
duct on whose importance it richly merits and
Blanche Mehaffey, at Riverview, is scoring a copy recently.
success singing with Weber's band, "Sonora," "My
THAT its music buyer was greatly surprised to which even includes considerable "building up" of
one kind or another, out in the auditorium itself.
Cavalier," and "I'm Awfullv Glad I'm Irish." The find that very little music was sold at that price.
THAT it is a well-known fact that if a gold
dollar were offered for a cent hardly anyone
would offer to buy it.
THAT, in other words, if the department stores
try to give away music no one will want it.
The following epigrammatic edi-
THAT Arthur Nevin is now engaged in writing
torial appeared in one of our a new grand opera, doing this partly in the way
of revenge.
great weeklies:
THAT Leoncavallo is reported to be at work on
a new opera to be called "Prometheus."
THAT Camille Saint-Saens is also writing a new
"The high cost of living is
opera, to have four acts and to be called
coming down. Beethoven's
"IXianira."
Sonatas, in excellent edition,
THAT Joseph M. Gaites' new musical comedy,
"The Girl of My Dreams," headed by John
now can be bought for ten
Hyams and Leila Mclntyre, will open at the
cents a copy."
Illinois Theater, Chicago, August 7.
THAT "Bright Eyes," with Lean and Holbrook,
By AL PIANTADOSI,
Creator of Italian Character Songs.
It referred of course to
CHICAGO'S BUDGET OF NEWS.
MREVIEWflEARS
THAT
EDITORIAL
ITALIAN
RAG
CENTURY
EDITION
CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1178 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
CHICAGO MAD!!
OVER
EVERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT"
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 D A Y !
PUBLISHED HV
LEO. FEIST, NEW YORK
—the fascinating, irre-
sistible melody—from
H E A D HAS HITS
"Madame Sherry"
SONGS FOR EVERYBODY!
(George W. Head, Jr.)
The successful musical production
now at the Colonial Theater.
By John W. Bratton.
WORLD'S GREATEST BALLAD
"Without You The World
Don't Seem The Same"
Nothing like it since the "Merry Widow Waltz."
A sweeping sensation from ocean to ocean—
enormous demand for the song and intermezzo
(The Love Dance).
M. WITMARK & SONS
Best Ballad Since the Time of Jenny Lind
THE HEAD MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
CHICAGO - NEW YORK - SAN FRANCISCO-
LONDON - PARIS
Publishers of the "Madame Sherry" music.
New York
"MOTHER"
By Cooper & Frederics.
" I N THE SAME OLD WAY"
By Nat D. Mann.
"WHEN YOU DREAM OF THE GIRL YOU LOVE"
An Endlest Chain of Sale* of This Song Will Start
From First Purchase.
1416 Broadway, Cor. 39th Street,
"PLAYTHINGS -THAT'S ALL"
By Leo Edwards.
"CO ON, GOOD-A-BYE "
By Brown & Murphy.
,
VICTOR KREMER COMPANY
108-1 1*> Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
(Opposite Garrick Theatre)
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SUMMER REVIEW PLEASES BOSTON.
doormen could not check the rush of people or
stifle the excitement. It's awful; I can't under-
"Up and Down Broadway" Adjudged Good, but stand it. Think of what would have happened in
New York if we opened a new piece there that
J. J. Shubert Wants Theater Actually to
had the quality and strength of 'Up and Down
Overflow—Some Interesting Comments.
Broadway.'"
It was suggested that Boston was not New York,
(Special to The Review.)
and anyway business was turning vigorously toward
Boston, Mass., July 0, 1910.
The sudden invasion of the town by the Shuberts the Shubert. It was not a dull evening by any
with a regular Broadway review has brought more means.
"But look at the show," he persisted. "Here is
than chorus girls within the tranquil limits of
Tremont and Boylston streets. It has given us a the biggest and most expensive musical production
few brief but agitating moments with J. J. Shubert, of the season and you Bostonese are taking it as a
the oratorical member of the firm that has been matter of course. Business is good, to be sure, but
making over theatrical history during the last there is no throbbing rush to be the first through
twelve months. For several nights last week Mr. the gate; we are selling all the seats, but every-
Shubert was a patron of the arts at his own thing is orderly and proper. With this show in
theater, and while to those near him in the New York we would have needed the police re-
audiences he gave unmistakable signs of being bored serves to keep the crowds on the sidewalk."
by his excellent company, it was really quite an-
I attempted to sootflie Mr. Shubert with the ob-
other matter that annoyed him. He was d s- servation that Boston was a well-balanced place,
couraged at Boston; the chill of the local tem- that we kept ourselves under control at all times
perament ruffled his natural contentment, writes and that it was exceed : ngly bad form to display
Nicholas Young in a local paper. "Up and Down hysteria at hot weather follies, whether they came
Broadway," to which he refers, is published by in the shape of musical comedy or serious drama.
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
But Mr. Shubert was not to be comforted. "But
"Now what do you think of that?" asked Mr. consider the show," he repeated. You could almost
Shubert with mist in his voice, as early comers feel his great longing for New York. Mr. Shu'bert's
to the Shubert Theater began crowding the door- astonishment at the moderation in conduct ex-
hibited by our own dear playgoers as compared with
man.
"Why, it looks pretty good," I suggested, timidly, the less dignified behavior of New York's hotel
thinking that was my cue; "you'll need another population during the early performances of a big
new musical production was a fair example of the
doorman in a minute."
"Another doorman?" and the mist in the voice difference in the character of those who live in the
had given way to scorn. "Why, man, with a show two cities. I am compelled to declare strongly for
like this and with the notices in the newspapers the Boston type of citizen who takes his work and
we ought to be facing a stampede in which ten his amusement with due regard for his nervous
system. You not only live longer, but get more
enjoyment out of the journey.
But Mr. Shubert should not lose his confidence in
ALL READY DEALERS!
Boston or its playgoers. He will find that "Up
"RIDE ME IN A BIG BALLOON'
and Down Broadway" will not get through its en-
gagement at the Shubert without stirring up a
By Harry D. Kerr.
good deal of noise in our quiet Chautauqua way.
" When You Marry A Girl For Looks "
There may not be the physical excitement that
By Harry D. Kerr.
manifests itself on Broadway—and, so far as I
" Don't You Worry, Little Girlie "
know,
on Broadway only—but there will be plenty
By "Dick" Hanch.
of box office activity.
Send in your orders—they're good ones.
In looking back over the musical productions that
have attempted to divert us from the worries of a
MILLER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.,
July temperature, none since "Peggy From Paris"
515 So. Hermitage Avenue, Chicago.
has in any way approached "Up and Down Broad-
way.", And in the face of the success that attached
itself to "The Prince of Pilsen" and "Woodland,"
ROBERT TELLER SONS ft BORNER
there is no sound reason why the lofty minded men
interested in either the present or the future of
Mislc fagravers aid Miters
"Up and Down Broadway" should display any
•END MANUSCRIPT AND IDBA OP TITLK
signals of distress. All three of these former suc-
TOR ESTIMATE
cesses played to dull business for several weeks be-
III WIST Ifta STIER, MW YttI OTY
fore their real quality had sunk itself into the minds
of the peop'e who pay full prices for theater
tickets.
Boston was then, as it is now, willing to be
shown, but it declined to rush into needless furor
over the coming of a new production when it was
just as easy to walk up to the box office quietly and
respectably. "Up and Down Broadway" will more
than hold its own with any of the recent Broadway
reviews that have appeared.
WHEN "JOLLY BACHELORS" REOPENS.
When the musical comedy success of last season,
"The Jolly Bachelors," the music of which is pub-
lished by Chas. K. Harris, reopens for next season,
Lucy Weston, the English comedienne, will take
the role formerly played by Nora Bayes. Stella
Mayhew and Billie Taylor, at present in "The
Barnyard Romeo," at the American Music Hall,
will return to "The Jolly Bachelors" in the parts
which they created.
SHUBERTS WORK WITH SINGER.
The Shuberts have taken a one-half interest in
all of the shows and theaters owned by Mort H.
Singer. The latter was in New York recently and
arranged to have an office in this city, with Sam
Thall in charge. Singer's theater is the Princess,
in Chicago, where he makes his headquarters. The
musical comedies produced by Mr. Singer are pub-
lished by Chas. K. Harris.
FEIST BUYS BENDIX CATALOG.
The song and instrumental catalog of Theodore
Bendix, music publisher and composer of this city,
has been purchased by Leo. Feist. The catalog is
not a large one, but included in it are several
strong numbers which have enjoyed a steady,
though moderate sale.
BUYS SHEET MUSIC DEPARTMENT.
(Special to The Review.)
Norfolk, Va., July G, 1010.
J. Standing, a musician of this city, formerly
with Watt, Rettew & Clay, has purchased the sheet
music department of the Moscr Music House.
"Santa Fe"
Irish Cowboy Song. By Williamg and Van Alstyne.
"I'm On My Way To Reno"
Our Comic Specialty.
By Jerome and Schwartz.
"What's The Matter With Father"
A Rousing Hit.
By Williams and Van Alstyne.
"I'll Make A Ring Around Rosie"
Jerome and Schwartz' Rosiest "Rose" Song.
"I'm Afraid Of You"
FOUR BIG SELLERS BY WM. MARX
The One Charming Ballad Success for
the Spring and Summer
" Don'l Forgel That We Were Playmates"
" When The Evening Turns To Gray "
"Where The Brazos River Flows*'
" A Peaceful Country Home"
"IT'S ALWAYS JUNE
WHEN YOU'RE IN
LOVE"
WM. MARX, Music P u b l i s h e r
251 Ida Ave., Wichita, Kan.
Sample copies free to Dealers interested
T. B. Harms & Francis, Day
& Hunter
HARRY LAUDER
SONG HITS
Successful SonijB in
"KITTY GREY." "FLUFFY RUFFLES'
"GIRLS OF GOTTENBERG." Ac.
Eaatern Representatives of
Clayton Summy Publication*
Complete Stock of Bote and N. Simrock of Berlin
1431 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
By Chas. K. Harris
IT UARDIC Columbia Thaatra Bldg.
i KM nHIMId, Broadway and 47th St.
MEYER COHEN, Mar.
HAVILAND'S HITS!
" I'm Awfully Glad I Met You."
" I Want a Girl From Yankee Doodle
Town."
"Under The Irish Moon."
" Monkey Doodle Dandy." (Jungle Song)
Our new-issue proposition is of interest to every dealer.
Send for it.
THE F. B. HAVILAND PUBLISHING CO.
126 West 37lh Street, New York.
Novelty Waltz Song.
By Bryan and Gumble.
Jerome H. Remick
Conpaij
131 WEST 41 si STREET, NEW YORK
68 FARRAR STREET, DETROIT
D E A L E R S
Are you selling these songs?
" Calling Dear Come Home," Barn Dance
"Loving Loving all the Time"
" Day Dreams"
" When the Honeymoon is Over "
"There Is Something We Have Missed"
Published by
CARRIE
FOWLER
812 Ferguson Bldg. - Springfield, 111.

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