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NEWS FROM BOSTON PUBLISHERS
NEW STYLE OF SETTLING DISPUTES
Oliver Ditson Co. Featuring New Publications
—White-Smith Co. to Issue Works of
Charles W. Cadman—Other Items
Two Popular Song Writers Resort to Fisti-
cuffs to Settle Argument Over Title
BOSTON,
MASS.,
October
2.—An
interesting-
feature of the music situation in this city is
the prevalent epidemic of infantile paralysis,
which is somewhat handicapping the publishers,
in that with so many schools and colleges post-
poning their openings, there is not the demand
for a certain kind of music that usually pre-
vails at this season. Per contra the postpone-
ment is keeping many children at home, chil-
dren, who as juvenile music students, now have
the opportunity of taking two lessons a week in-
stead of one were they at school. This is
the way one Boston publisher has doped out
the situation, arguing that the epidemic is work-
ing both ways for the publishers.
New Ditson Publications
The Oliver Ditson Co. have sent out to the
trade a circular, which it calls Selling Points,
Novelties for September, on which liberal dis-
counts are allowed. The information therein
contained is of special value to clerks in music
publishing houses, as it will prove of material
aid in selling new works and furnish them with
a fund of information valuable, when it comes
to talking intelligently about the compositions.
Creole Sketches for the piano is by Cedric
W. Lemont, which is a companion book to
Dream Pictures, that has met with such marked
success. The trade is also being advised of
the issuance of the company's autumn bulle-
tin of new music books. George W. Furniss,
of the Ditson traveling staff, is off on a trip
through the South and West.
New music just issued by the Oliver Ditson
Co. includes the following "Sweetheart, Your
Smile," a song, by Wilson G. Smith, words by
Madeleine Matzen, and dedicated to John
Barnes Wells; a duet, "Lovely, Kind and Kind-
ly Loving," a duet for soprano and tenor, by
Louis Victor Saar, words by Nicholas Briton;
"At Dawning, I Love You," a duet, by Charles
VVakefield Cadman, words by Nellie Richmond
Eberhart; "I Chose a Rose," by William
Stickles, words by Sarah Shatford; "Birth of
Beauty," waltz, by Walter Rolfe.
Compiling Catalog of Cadman's Works
The White-Smith Music Publishing Co. is
getting out a complete catalog of Charles
VVakefield Cadman's music. Practically fifteen
publishers are co-operating with the White-
Smith Co. in this work.
Mr. Cadman, as a
composer, has reached a point where there is
a call for much of his earlier music, and at
times it has been difficult to know where to lay
one's hand on some desired piece. The need
of such a compilation stirred Banks M. Davison,
of White-Smith Co., to undertake this work,
and the catalog will be ready soon.
The White-Smith Co. is putting out a new
song, "A Sicilian Spring," the words, which are
from a legend, are by Cecil Fanning, the emi-
nent baritone, while the music is by Francis
Hendricks.
Charles W. Thompson, of C. W. Thompson
& Co., is looking forward to a good fall trade,
and he says further, that the summer made an
unexpectedly good showing so far as business
is concerned. Mr. Thompson is expecting to
take a brief vacation shortly, as he has been
unable to get away up to the present time.
The B. F. Wood Music Co. is enjoying great
prosperity these days, and the new publications
issued within the past few weeks, are finding
high favor.
A visitor to the local trade a few days ago
was Michael Keane, of Boosey & Co.
Mr.
Keane had a delightful time on the golf links
at Wollaston, and was otherwise entertained.
MISS ETHEL JiARRIS TO WED
The marriage of Miss Ethel Harris, daughter
of Chas. K. Harris, well-known music publisher,
to Richard Weil, of New York City, is an-
nounced, to take place at the St. Regis, Octo-
ber 12.
Generally when there is a mixup over song
titles, those interested take the matter to court
and spend money on lawyers' fees, frequently
without any satisfacticn.
Two popular song
writers last week, however, started a new style
by endeavoring to settle the matter a la
Queensbury, taking the income from the lawyer
and giving it to the doctor, as it were.
"DANGEROUS GIRL" IN A MAGAZINE
LTsed to Make First Page Story in Magazine
Section of New York American
An unusual example of some live song pub-
licity was seen in the New York American last
Sunday, where the entire first page of the
magazine section was given over to a dis-
cussion of beautiful, but dangerous girls, with
the photographs of a number of stage favorites
shown in connection with the story.
The
big thing, however, was the fact that the com-
plete lyric of the Feist song, "You're a Dan-
gerous Girl," was printed in connection with
the story.
ISSUE TWO SNAPPY NEW NUMBERS
"Introduce Me," Fox-Trot, and "Listen to This,"
One-Step, Published by Sam Fox Co.
A couple of distinctly snappy instrumental
numbers, both by Mel. B. Kaufman, have just
been issued by the Sam Fox Publishing Co., of
Cleveland, with
t h e Fox label
in the matter of
title
pages
s t i c k i n g out
very prominent-
ly. The first of
the numbers is
a catchy fox-trot, entitled "Introduce Me," and
bearing upon its title page of the poster type a
distinctly Broadway girl. The other number,
a one-step, is also clever and bears the interest-
ing and alluring title, "Listen to This," and as
a matter of fact it is worth listening to.
COMPOSES WALTZ WHILE IN PRISON
John T. Hall, who is serving a sentence in
the Federal Prison at Atlanta for using the
mails to defraud in connection with music pub-
lishing, recently composed a new waltz entitled,
"Adlyn," while behind the bars. The piece
was played by the Prison Band and aroused an
audience of 2,000 people to enthusiasm.
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Beyer's
Piano Method
Newly Revised and Enlarged
By J . FRANK LEVE
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scales, twelve pages of pieces, etc.
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