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evils. Of itself, it is clean and wholesome, but
there are plague spots in the minds of some
music publishers, and the effects of these are to
be found in the houses of those who conduct
the business, not in the business itself. Gradu-
ally the number of firms in the business is de-
creasing. If the music dealers cannot find a
remedy for the situation perhaps time will find it.
That is, when there remains a group of strong
houses which have been tested by the beating of
many trade storms, we may then see a reach'ng
of the much discussed but absent "mutual agree-
ment" which is now but a chimera.
WITH THE CHICAGO PUBLISHERS.
Singing Privilege for City Parks Band Concerts
Goes to Remick & Co. Again—J. B. Calver
Returns from Business Trip in West—New
Musical Production for LaSalle Theater to Be
Called "The Sweetest Girl in Paris"—Boost-
ing of Shapiro Prints Planned.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., July 9, 1910.
Jerome H. Remick & Co. have the singing
privilege for the band concerts at the city parks
again this year. Charles E. Hay, who possesses
a strong and well trained baritone and who can
be depended on at all times, is featuring "Silver
Bell," "Make a Ring Around Rosie" and "The
Moonlight, the Rose and You" at these concerts.
J. B. Calver, the Remick publicity manager, has
just returned from a trip to Denver, Kansas City,
Des Moines, Omaha and the Twin Cities. He
says that the trade with the dealers is keeping up
remarkably well and that the Remick hits are in
strong demand-
Edward Little, manager of the sheet music de-
partment of the great house of Sherman, Clay &
Co., San Francisco, Cal., spent the greater part
of the present week in Chicago. He is on his
return from the East. Mr. Little was a Chicago
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."
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boy and, in fact, learned the business with Lyon
& Healy, whom he left seven years ago to go
with Sherman, Clay & Co. He leaves Monday
for home, stopping at Kansas City and St. Louis
on the way.
Joe Harris announced this week that the name
of the new music comedy to be put on at La
Salle Theater next month would be "The Sweet-
est Girl in Paris." It will be staged by Gus
Sohlke, who produced all the Whitney shows.
Thomas Quigley, local professional manager
for Shapiro, is expecting George Walter Brown
from the New York office to help him for a
couple of weeks in a whirlwind campaign on
"Ideal of My Dreams," "Any Little Girl," "Angel
Eyes," "Yodlin' Zulu Rag" and other Shapiro
numbers.
Terry Sherman's song "Same Old Me" (Harris)
is proving a genuine hit.
Nat D. Mann, general manager of the Victor
Kremer Co., has written an instrumental number
entitled "Imam." It is described as a Moham-
medan serenade, and while possessing a strong
Oriental flavor is distinctly melodious from an
Occidental viewpoint and should prove a big suc-
cess. Other new numbers now on the press are
"You Must Make Good to Me," lyric by Collin
Davis, music by Hilding Anderson; "Let's
Pretend," a novelty song by J. W. Bratton and
?. medley overture, the "Idol," which introduces
a number of Kremer hits.
Dale Fuller, who is playing one of the principal
roles in "The Girl in the Kimona," which is en-
joying a successful run at the Ziegfeld Theater,
is the recipient of encores nightly, using the
"Temptation Rag" song., published by M. Wit-
mark & Sons.
Violet Staley, who made quite an enviable
reputation for herself in vaudeville, will return
to the profession after an absence of three years,
and for her appearance will use two Witmark
hits, "In the Garden of My Heart" and "I Trust
My Husband Anywhere."
ENGLISH SINGERJTO^BID FOR FAVOR.
Zona Vevey, Who Is Coming Here Late in July,
Has List of Songs with Attractive Titles.
The English singer who next will appear in
American vaudeville in Zona Vevey, who will
open at the American Roof, this city, on July 25.
In her home country Miss Vevey is under en-
gagement to the Moss-Stoll circuit for four years.
Among the songs in her repertoire, the follow-
ing will be heard in New York: "Have You Seen
Wee McGregor?" "Nora, My Irish Colleen,"
"Every Sunday as the Bell Begins to Ring," "Mag-
gie from Dundee," "Waiting for Maisie by the
Waterwheel," "My Mary" and "The Church Across
the Way."
It referred of course to
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NEW MUSICAL COMEDIES BY CARYLL.
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getting back to the type of Offenbach and his
comic operas.
"I shall always come to America for the pro-
duction of one of my plays hereafter. Naturally
a London success will have to be changed to be suc-
cessful in New York. New songs of local interest
must be added, and the person who should supply
them is the original composer of the piece. It is
the only safe way to keep the production harmoni-
ous.
"I think if a show like "The Follies" or "The
Summer Widowers" were put on in London it
would be a tremendous hit. London has been
waiting for an American play, and productions as
good as 'The Belle of New York,' and I believe
America has the material to supply the demand."
"GIRL IN KIMONA" MUSIC PRAISED.
Although criticisms in the various newspapers
have pointed out some flaws in the book of "The
Girl in the Kimona," which was produced
recently in Chicago, there has been a general dis-
position to praise the music and to admit the
catchiness and other attractive qualities of the
song numbers. The piece was originally a farce
in three acts, and when the producer contemplated
staging it he employed the services of Harold
Atteridge for the lyrics and Phil Schwartz for
the music. One well-known critic writes that the
music itself is very pretty, some of the numbers
being undeniably catchy, "C. Q. D.," "Boogie Boo
Lady," "Bachelor and the Maid," "Only a Kiss,"
and "Chum Highball" have been particularly men-
tioned. Arline Boling's singing of "Only a Kiss"
was one of the most delightful events, and if
she had three songs instead of one the perform-
ance would be more enjoyable. Dale Fuller
scored a hit by her singing of "Beautiful Rag."
The music is published by Leo. Feist.
THAT
ITALIAN
RAG
By AL PIANTADOSI,
Creator of Italian Character Songs.
CENTURY
EDITION
CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1 178 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
CHICAGO MAD!!
OVER
fi
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 DAY!
PUBLISHED BY
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.
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).
By John W. Bratton.
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
"PLAYTHINGS-THAT'S ALL"
"MOTHER"
By Cooper & Frederics.
" I N THE SAME OLD WAY"
By Nat D. Mann.
"WHEN YOU DREAM OF THE GIRL YOU LOVE"
M. WITMARK & SONS
CHICAGO - NEW Y O R K - SAN FRANCISCO-
LONDON - PARIS
Publishers of the "Madame Sherry" music.
By Leo Edwards.
"CO ON, GOOD-A-BYE "
By Brown & Murphy.
VICTOR KREMER COMPANY
108-1 1 J Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
(Opposite Garrick Theatre)