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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
"DAWG SONG" MAKES HIT.
Proves Winner for Richy W. Craig with "The
Merry Burlesquers" in Louisville—Flood of
Extra Verses Finished.
"Houn' Dawg" song are scheduled to appear in
Cincinnati next week, where it is expected to
duplicate the Louisville success.
Lehar is to appear at a hundred concerts and
that his remuneration for the season will be
$125,000.
TABLOID OPERETTA A SUCCESS.
BELLE BAKER AT THE ALHAMBRA.
'A Persian Garden" Reaches Standard of Real
One of the first people to sing the famous "houn'
Musical Comedy—Other Attractions.
dawg" song, "They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg
Aroun'," on the stage of a theater is said to have
On the program in the Colonial Theater, where
been Richy W. Craig, the star of "The Merry
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"A
Persian Garden" was presented last week for
Burlesquers," who put the song on while that com
pany was playing in Louisville, Ky. The press the first time, the production is called "a minia-
ture musical comedy." The description is all too
agent of the show made the most of the oppor-
modest, for there were more laughs and more real
music to this operetta than one finds in many
full-grown musical plays.
It is the work of Edgar Allan Woolf, who
wrote the book and lyrics, and Anatol Friedland,
who composed the music. The company of about
a dozen players, who sing better than the average,
is headed by Miss Kathryn Osterman and Louis
A. Simon. Both were good. Miss Helen May
and Lyndon Law sang sweetly a song called "My
Little Persian Rose." Others in the company
are Misses Peggy Hudson, Bernice McCabe and
Elsie Ryan; John Sterling, George Meade, Paul
McGail, Allen Pollard, Jules linger, Reginald Car-
rigan and Gus Alexander. J. H. Remick & Co.
publish the music.
ADDITIONS TO HARRIS CATALOG.
New Numbers, Including a Couple of Summer
Songs and a March, to Be Strongly Exploited.
Popular Little Comedienne to Appear at the
Uptown Playhouse Next Week and Will Fea-
ture Feist Songs.
Belle Baker, the clever little comedienne who so
rapidly achieved a position among the headliners
in vaudeville and who maintains that position with-
out difficulty, will appear at the Alhambra Theater,
New York, next week, and will as usual feature
Feist numbers in her repertoire. Miss Baker is
using "Brass Band Ephraham Jones," "Wops, My
Dear," and will also try out a new number, "Whose
Little Darling Are You?" another Feist publica-
tion.
COLLIER'S ON SONG QUALITY.
National
Weekly Makes Some Questionable
Comparisons in Editorial.
Collier's Weekly, having put a few dents, more
or less, in the "there's a reason" man and others of
equal importance, has finally turned its attention
to the matter of our popular songs. The first
question raised in the editorial columns has been
as to the quality of popular songs of to-day as
compared to those of some years ago. The edi-
torial speaks for itself:
MUSICAL BEST SELLERS.
Chas. K. Harris has made a number of addi-
In popular songs is the quality of words and
tions to his catalog and has planned a strong cam-
music getting better or worse? Do you remember
paign for the coming months for the purpose of
developing them. Among the new numbers is a the days of "Champagne Charlie," "Captain Jinks
clever summer song, "Where Can I Meet You
Next Summer?" "All Alone on Broadway," a
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novelty
number, and "Fairy Moon," all of which
RICHY W. CRAIG.
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appear to deserve a liberal measure of success.
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tunity and practically every newspaper in the city
Other new Harris numbers are "Au Revoir," a
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had something to say regarding the arrival of the march, and "That Bogey, Bogey Rag Man." The
LITTLE PUFF OF SM0KE,G00D NIGHT"
"Houn' Dawg" song in company with the bur- latest Harris ballad, "Take Me in Your Arms
"HONEY SAL"
lesquers. The success of the song made it neces- Again," is being used by a great number of pro-
"SING
ME
AN IRISH CONE-ALL-YE"
sary for Mr. Craig to respond to a dozen or more
fessionals* throughout the country both as a vocal
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encores at each performance, and the result was and instrumental selection, and as a result the de-
that many of the inhabitants of Louisville who mand for it has become permanent.
"MOTHER"
believed that they were on intimate terms with
"WHY DON'T THE BAND PLAY DIXIE"
the muse, sent in extra verses for the song on
LEHAR TO VISIT AMERICA.
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subjects ranging from politics to leap year. The
CHICAGO
verses were written on the backs of envelopes, on
According to announcement from London Franz
programs and whatever paper offered, and were Lehar, the famous operetta composer, will come
sung by Mr. Craig to the great delight of the to America next month to conduct his own or-
MILLION COPY HIT
audiences. "The Merry Burlesquers" and the chestra in works of his own. It is stated that
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