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THE
PERFECTS WONDERFUL SAFES.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
RECENT DITSON PUBLICATIONS.
PRAISE FOR AMERICAN COMPOSER.
Thome Baker, of London, According to Dis- Works of Brahms and Grieg Featured in New Kurt Schindler Sees Much Promise in the Work
of John Alden Carpenter.
Volumes by Boston House.
patches, Has Brought Out a Series of New
Safes That Open Only Upon the Sounding of
Kurt Schindler is greatly impressed by the songs
The latest budget of publications from the Oliver
a Certain Note on Tuning Fork or Organ
of
the young American composer, John Alden Car-
Ditson Co., of Boston, Mass., contains important
Pipe—Burglars Must Now Study Music.
additions to the Ditson edition of the works of penter. "The fact alone," he writes, "that such
famous composers, such as the Brahms scherzo in wonderful poems, like the 'Green River,' the Blake
According to a dispatch from London Thorne E flat minor, op. 4 ; Brahms waltzes, op. 39; songs, and Stevenson's verses, are set for the voice
Baker has brought out yet another novelty, a safe Brahms eight piano pieces, op. 76, and the Brahms with perfect diction, with the most graceful and
that can only be opened with a tuning fork or a two rhapsodies, op. 79, all edited by Rafael Joseffy, melodious outline, will give valuable testimony to
note on a trumpet. Three of these remarkable in- the distinguished composer and teacher. Two other the fact that the English language, if properly
ventions have just been brought to a practical issue volumes of the Ditson edition are devoted to used, is a perfect means of musical expression.
it is declared.
One of these safes will only open Grieg and contain his four humoresques, op. 6, and Furthermore, these vocal settings are framed in
when a note is sounded three times with a tuning Sketches of Norwegian Life, op. 19. The Grieg piano accompaniments of such delicate refinement,
fork, which is placed on a certain spot on the safe. volumes are edited by Bertha Feiring Tapper. such a wealth of lovely sound, that the general ef-
Another safe can only be opened by blowing a These volumes are up to the usual Ditson stand- fect of the songs becomes one of exquisite pic-
loud note on an organ pipe near the safe door. ard in printing and other essentials that make tures that you want to revel in, that you want
Mr. Thorne Baker, describing the mechanism yes- them attractive to students and teachers.
to hear over and over again. John Alden Car-
terday, said:
penter's songs have heart and blood; they have
"Inside the safe there is a sensitive wire, which
the 'Innigkeit' of the best German songs, as tender
TO MANAGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT. as the soul of Peter Cornelius; they have the spirit
tesponds to the note sounded by the tuning fork
or the organ pipe. This wire is connected with an
George W. Power, formerly connected with and grace, coupled with a refined harmonic sense,
eelctric battery, which sets in motion the mechan-
of some of the modern French lyrics, like Chaus-
the music house of N. A. Hulbert, Scranton, Pa.,
ism of the locks. There are three locks fitted as
son and Duparc; and yet there is with it all a
will, on January 15, take over the management
extra safeguards, and they are opened one after
delightful English sub-current, as if inherited from
of the sheet music and musical merchandise de-
the other by the sounding of three notes.
ancestral times, that gives these songs their par-
partment of the G. A. Barlow's Sons Co., Tren-
ticular fragrance. How fresh and rosy those dit-
"The advantages of this safe are obvious. Ex-
ton, N. J.
ties of Stevenson, and how English the atmosphere
plosives are often introduced into safes through the
of the Dorsetshire dialect-song, all apple blossoms
keyholes, but these safes have none. There is only
PROBLEM FOR EXPORTERS.
and pink cheeks. And where else can the Look-
one note to which the interior mechanism will re-
ing-Glass River murmur in crystal, rippling wave-
spond, and how probable is it that a burglar will
Customs Duty on Advertising Matter Makes
lets, than in bonnie Scotland! . . . There is a
carry a fork tuned quite accurately?"
Distribution Difficult.
still deeper note in the Blake songs. They look
simple, but they are fathomless. They endear
Exporters
to
Australia
are
endeavoring
to
find
a
TABLET FOR TITANIC BANDSMEN
solution of a situation which has given rise to an- themselves when played over and over again. They
Has Been Placed in Church in Southampton, noyance owing to the duty imposed by Australia seem to speak their philosophy, to mirror a life,
Eng.—What Appears on It.
upon advertising matter sent there. This matter is and to haunt you. These songs will find their way
dutiable at six pence per pound, or at 35 per cent, into the homes, their sweet melodies will linger
A cable from London states that Lady Garvagh. ad valorem, and the rate is applied which yields in many minds, and make people dream and weep
who issued the appeal for a tablet in memory of the greatest return. No duty is imposed when . . . And noble and refined before all stands,
the Titanic bandsmen, has successfully accomplished the total quantity sent by one mail to any one among these songs, 'The Green River. Here arc
her mission, and the tablet, which is really beauti- State of the Commonwealth is less than one shill- harmonies of an unearthly beauty, a tranquility
serene, the poise of an aristocratic soul."
ful, has been placed in the Parish Church at South- ing.
ampton. On it are written their names, the date
Prompt delivery is of importance in the distribu-
and the verse of the hymn they are supposed to tion of advertising matter. Prepayment of the duty
WHAT THE "FOLLOW-UP" DOES.
have played last, "Nearer, My God to Thee." may be effected either by remitting the money to
Following-up inquiries and prospects on mailing
Above is the inscription :
the Deputy Postmaster General of each State for lists does the following:
"Erected to the memory of that heroic band of transmission to the Customs or by affixing duty
"Cashes in" on advertising.
musicians of the Titanic, who, in the last hour of stamps. It is not now possible to purchase these
Brings new trade to the store.
this mortal life, by self-sacrificing devotion, sought stamps in the United States, and exporters are
Increases sales in all departments of the store.
to insure and sustain in others the assurance of the seeking to devise some plan by which they may
Increases
profits.
life eternal." Beneath is the text: "And the sea be placed on sale here. It has been suggested
Increases
prestige
of the store—as a wide-awake
gave up the dead which were in it."
that commercial organizations might obtain sup-
modern merchant.
plies of them for sale to exporters.
You will get personally acquainted with many
NO ENCORE FOR VON WARBLE.—"Von
good prospective customers, who if handled in a
Warble, the baritone, committed an unconscious
MILLION COPY HIT
businesslike way, may be permanent customers.
faux pas at the Suffragette Club reception the other
night, and the poor fellow is still wondering why
the members refuse to recognize him on the street."
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WHEN
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