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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
52
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
Boys, To-night," "Tell It All Over Again," "Here's
How," "Connubial Bliss," "The Compact," "An-
toinette," "You Have to Have a Part to Make a
Hit" and "When Your Ankle Wears the Ball and
Chain."
Mr. Herbert conducted the orchestra in
THAT if the tango palaces do not heed the de-
mands of the Society of Authors, Composers and person on the opening night and both he and Mr.
Publishers in the matter of royalty payment, the Blossom were forced to make speeches from the
patrons will find it difficult to dance to "Dvorak's stage. The music of "The Only Girl" is published
Humoreske," "Home, Sweet Home," or similar by M. Witmark & Sons.
numbers.
FIGHT FOR ROYALTIES NOW ON.
THAT a perusal of the royalty rate lists does not
lay the society open to the charge of greediness in American Society of Authors, Composers and
its demands.
Publishers Takes Action Against Hotels,
THAT Charles K. Harris has secured the Ameri-
Restaurants, Etc., Using Members' Music.
can rights to "My Tango Girl," which was one of
the hits of "Hello, Tango," in London, when sung
The fight being made by the Society of Authors,
by Ethel Levey.
Composers and Publishers, to compel hotels, restau-
THAT Mr. Harris is meeting with much success rants, cabarets and other public places to pay royal-
with his own new ballad, "I Wonder Who's Next ty for the privilege of having their orchestras use
in Your Heart?"
the music for which members of the society hold
THAT one wonders which of the present crop of copyrights, reached a point last week where it re-
songs will be honored by a centennial celebration a ceived the liberal attention of the daily press, but
hundred years from now ?
at the present time it appears that the society,
THAT with the activities of the Society of Au- backed by the recent decision in favor of the John
thors, etc., and the Board of Trade, in cutting down
Church Co., against the Hotel Vanderbilt, holds a
expenses and increasing incomes by various means, strong upper hand.
the popular publishers appear to be in a fair way
According to Nathan Burkan, attorney for the
to make some real money by their efforts.
society, a large number of cabarets and dancing
THAT Wolfe Gilbert was presented with a bale of
places, as well as some of the larger hotels have
cotton by W. R. Hearst because he wrote the song formally agreed to the demands of the society and
"Won't You Buy a Bale of Cotton for Me?"
will pay royalties, although the Hotel Men's Asso-
THAT the gift should arouse other song-writers ciation has not taken favorable action as a body.
to the advertising possibilities of song-writing. A It is the intention of the society to prosecute all those
good writer should be able to clothe himself with- who ignore the demands of the body and continue
out expense.
to play music controlled by its members, and it is
THAT we can imagine "It's Always a Truly War- safe to say th.it the Broadway places will find little
ner for Me," "My Regal Cinderella," "That Style- nourishment in sticking to music on which the
plus Rag," and a host of others.
copyright has run out, for the greater number of
THAT the recent action of J. P. Howley against the publishers are represented in the society.
the Theodore Morse Music Co., over "Dear Old
A number of restaurants and other places which
Girl," was dismissed by the United States Court, at first protested against the demands of the society
which denied jurisdiction in the matter.
on the theory that the charges would be excessive,
THAT Howard Johnson, the lyricist, has joined
fell into line when it was learned that the royalties
the staff of Leo Feist, Inc.
were fixed at $15 monthly for the larger hotels and
restaurants down to $5 monthly for the smaller
PREMIERE OF "THE ONLY GIRL."
places.
New Musical Comedy Creates Excellent Im-
DITSON JOLLIFICATION.
pression at First Performance in Atlantic
City—Some Good Music by Victor Herbert. Employes of Boston House to Have Reunion
on November 1—Some New Publications.
"The Only Girl," a bright, new musical comedy,
(Special to The Review.)
with book by Henry Blossom and music by Victor
BOSTON,
MASS.,
October 5.—Toward the first
Herbert, was produced for the first time at the New
Nixon Theater, Atlantic City, on October 1, and of November it is the purpose of the Oliver Dit-
son Co.'s employes to have a jollification at one
registered an immediate success before a large audi-
ence, which included a delegation from Broadway. of the Boston hotels. Informally the "crowd" is
The song hit of the piece is "When You're known as the Get-Together Club, and every so
Away," a song that has already become generally often the men have a downright jolly good time,
popular. Other numbers that were well received and this forthcoming "function" promises to ex-
ceed the others. It will be at a time when the
included "Personality,'' "You're the Only Girl for
Me," "Here's to the Land We Love," "Be Happy, Ditson traveling men are all back in town.
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NEW CENTURYJEDITION MUSIC.
Over Forty Selections Added to Popular Cata-
log—Co-operative Advertising a Success.
There has recently been added to tlie c.it ;1. >JH u,
the Century Edition of music, published l,y the (.' n-
tury .Music Publishing Co., New York, forty r.ew
piano selections, two numbers for violin and p.an )
and two vocal selections. In the piano music are
included such numbers as "The Swan," by Saint-
Saens, Waltz, from "Faust;" "Meditation,'' Green-
wald; Polonaise, C minor Op. 12, No. 1, Chopin,
and others of equal interest. In the vocal selections
ihere is included "Beautiful Night," from the
"Tales of Hoffman," by Offenbach.
As is the case with the entire Century Edition,
each number is carefully graded for the conven-
ience of teachers and students, and the first grade
pieces are printed with special large notes.
The advertising campaign being carried on by the
Century Music Publishing Co., in co-operation with
the dealers throughout the country has met with
flattering results, and the number of dealers who
are using Century Edition advertising electrotypes
in their local papers approaches the thousand mark.
"ONE WONDERFULJVIGHT" AS SONG.
(Special to The Review.)
CHICAGO, I I I . , October 5.—The McKinley Music
Co., the progressive music publishing house of this
city, has announced that the great success of its
hesitation waltz, "A Wonderful Night," has in-
duced the company to issue the number in the
form of a song, and the success of the song, even
in its early days, has justified the venture.
The handsome cover page of "One Wonderful
Night" song is adorned with a portrait of Francis
Bushman, winner of the Ladies' World motion
picture hero contest and hero of the big photo-
play production of "One Wonderful Night."
The child's "rally song," "Hurrah for the Christ-
mas Ship," to be used in connection with the
movement to send a shipload of toys to the war-
stricken children in Europe, will be off the press
in a few days.
Louis Bernstein, head of Shapiro, Bernstein &
Co., purchased this week from Sol Bloom the prop-
erty at 151-153 West Forty-sixth street, and plans
to erect a twelve-story building on the site to be
occupied in part by his music publishing business.
The property was held at $150,000.