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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
54
Conducted by B. B. 'Wilson
NEW HARRIS PLAY FOR MILWAUKEE. REFUSES TO VACATE ATTACHMENT.
Plans Being Considered for Trying Out Com- Justice Pendleton Decides in Favor of Stern &,
Co. in First Skirmish in "The Doll Girl"
poser's First Effort as a Dramatist in City
Case—Interesting Developments Promised.
Where He Met with First Success—Play
Said to Be Clever and Full of Action.
Justice Pendleton, of the New York Supreme
Court, recently refused to vacate the writ of at-
(Special to The Review.)
tachment secured by Jos. W. Stern & Co. against
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 18.—Indications are
Ludwig Dodlinger, of Vienna, Austria, owner of
xhat "A Limb of the Tree," the new scenic drama the foreign rights to "The Doll Girl," and by
just completed by Charles K. Harris, well-known
v'hich monies due Dodlinger in the United States
composer and publisher of New York, will be tried
were tied up pending the settlement of the suit for
out at the Schubert Theater in Milwaukee. Mr. damages brought by Stern & Co. for alleged breach
Harris has written his brother, Harry Harris, in of contract.
this city, asking him to lease the Schubert for a
Some interesting developments are expected to
week as soon as possible. It is a singular coin- grow out of the trial of the suit over the music of
cidence that Mr. Harris' famous song, "After the "The Doll Girl," Stern & Co. claiming that there
Ball," was first sung in the Schubert twenty-one
were several musical numbers interpolated in the
years ago. Mr. Harris believes that it augurs piece for its American production, written by
well for the success of his first play.
Jerome D. Kern and published by another house,
"My first luck as a song writer came to me in despite the fact that they paid $15,000 for the pub-
Milwaukee, and I am coming back to try my for- lishing rights to the music in this country.
tune there as a playwright," writes Mr. Harris.
"Milwaukee is my home, and it was there that 1
ARGENTINE COPYRIGHT LAW.
got my start in life. Perhaps 1 am a little super-
France,
Italy and Spain Agree to Reciprocal
stitious, but I believe that the same good luck that
Arrangement.
was mine twenty-one years ago will befriend me
in my second venture."
(Special to The Review.)
It is understood that the new play will be staged
BUENOS AYRES, November 11.—The Argentine
by Sinithson, of New York. Just who will pro- copyright law which gives to foreigners in Ar-
duce it has not been settled, although Mr. Harris gentina the same rights as to citizens of the Re-
may act as his own producer. The new play is to public has been taken advantage of in the form oi
be a heavy scenic production. The story deals
reciprocal arrangements by France, Italy and
with a gambler and his son, and the main theme
Spain.
to the action is embodied in the old adage, "'Like
For several years the American and British
father, like son."
magazines have been used in this country as though
they were printed for private circulation. Stories
by the dozen pages and continued stories are at
'POLISH BLOOD" SCORES.
f
his time being used by leading monthly publica-
German critics agree that Lehar's "Merry tions without a sign of credit.
Widow" has at last found a truly worthy successor,
That the publishers of the United States m_.y
destined to duplicate that record breaker, in "Polish be able to take advantage of the liberal provisions
Rlood," the newest Viennese operetta, composed by of this law it is necessary that Argentine authors
Oskar Nedbal.
be granted the same rights there as Americans
It was produced for the first time in Berlin last
would receive here, or it can be effected by treaty
week at the Theater des Westens with an all-star in accordance with the international convention.
cast, including the beautiful Marie Ottmann, Ger-
many's first Merry Widow, and Poldi Deutsch,
CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT.
who is the German De "Wolf Hopper.
'Song Contest" Is a Clever Little Money Sav-
From both the point of view of score and story,
ing Device for the Contest Manager, Which-
"Polish Blood" has been universally pronounced to
ever Way You Look at It.
be the best-thing which has come along in the
operetta line for seven years, and it is playing
A team comprising singer and pianist appearing
nightly to "standing room only."
at balls, entertainments, etc., charge from $5 up
for a night's work. A "prize cup" such as is
offered in "music publishers' contests" costs $5 or
less. From six to a dozen teams, representing as
many publishers and all drawing salary and ex-
We Are the Publishers of the
penses, compete in the "contest" and furnish a full
Waltz Song Success
evening's entertainment. The cup costs $5 or less
and one individual team, hired in the regular way,
would charge $5 or more for the evening. It is
also to be remembered that the managers of the
contest charge admission. Who's the goat? Inci-
dentally the number of song contests is steadily
on the increase, and, as Goldberg says, after win-
ning the cups what are you going to do with them.
"BALLAD CONCERT" A SUCCESS.
Chappell & Co. Prin'ts Featured After London
Style—Interesting Program at Wanamak-
er's and Those Who Presented It.
An interesting event in one of the popular music
centers of New York, the auditorium of the Waii-
amaker store, occurred last week when a "ballad
concert," modeled after the famous ballad concerts
held at Queen's Hall, London, was given on both
Thursday and Friday afternoons. The concerts
were well advertised in the regular Wanamaker
displays, and as a result the attendance was very
large and the audience thoroughly enthusiastic.
The ballad concert was devoted exclusively to the
publications of Chappell & Co., Ltd., and included
"Little Grey Home in the West," "Rose of My
Heart," "Ould Dr. Ma'Ginn," "Where My Cara-
van Has Rested," and "Not Because Your Heart Is
Mine," by Hermann Lohr; "The Early Morning,"
Graham Peel; "The Birth of Morn," Franco Leoni;
"Rose in the Bud" and "Wonderful Garden of
Dreams," by Dorothy Forster; "Thoughts Have
Wings," by Liza Lehmanu; "Beloved Is the Morn,"
Florence Aylward, and a dozen other numbers of
like caliber and by composers of international
reputation.
The artists participating in the concerts included
Ottilie Schillig. soprano; John Barnes Wells,
tenor; Frederick Gunther, bass-baritone; Jacques
Kasner, violin; Gordon Kahn, violin; Norman
Coke-Jephcott, organist; Alexander Russell, organ
and piano.
For the convenience of the members of the
audience folders'bearing the words of the ballads
on the program were distributed in order that the
singers might be followed readily and with under-
standing.
FILE SCHEDULES IN BANKRUPTCY.
Schedules in bankruptcy of the York Music
Co., of 1367 Broadway, show liabilities of $30,245
and assets of $3,408. Among the creditors are
Robert Teller Sons & Dorner, A. H. Goetting, John
M. Botts, Regina Ritzer and Isabel B. Gumm.
When you hear a fine pianist constantly playing
accompaniments for a lady with a bad voice, it is a
sign the lady has funds advantageously invested.
Another Beautiful Ernest R. Ball Ballad
GOOD-BYE, MY LOVE,
GOOD-BYE
Lyric by
George Graff
"Just Because
It's You"
From Ivan Caryll's New
Musical Comedy Success
RAGTIME WINS FAVOR OF ARTISTS.
"The Little Cafe"
CHICAGO, I I I . , November 17.—The American
Academy of Arts and Letters was placed on record
by speakers at its annual meeting here last week
as in favor of ragtime music and popular songs and
as against sex problem novels.
Reginald De Koven declared that ragtime music
had established the popular song in America and
that it was creating in this country a musical con-
sciousness built from the bottom up as was normal
and proper.
Academy of Arts Prefers It to Sex Problem
Novels at Annual Convention in Chicago.
(Special to The Review.)
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