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THE MUSIC TRADE
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CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
PROMISE SUPPORT TO THE DEALERS
Local Publishers, at Meeting Held Last Week,
Pledge Assistance in Combating the Retail
Price Cutters—Dealers Are Appreciative
A special meeting of the Music Dealers' As-
sociation of New York was held Thursday eve-
ning, January 8, at 107 West 116th street, for
the purpose of considering questions of vital
importance connected with the future of the as-
sociation's life. The publishing houses who
have, from the birth of the organization, been
interested in its welfare, each had representatives
present, and the announcements brought from
those publishing houses changed the association
from one which was about to be disbanded into
one which immediately took on a new lease of
life.
Although the Music Dealers' Association of
New York has met with very good success
when consideration is given to the territory
from which they had to obtain their members,
a locality always considered almost beyond the
scope of effective organization, as refers to the
sheet music trade, there have been times in the
last few months when the dealers who had ad-
hered to the new rates of one-third off to both
general public and teachers have met with some
very discouraging situations. Announcements
were made by the house of Carl Fisher, G.
Schirmer, Inc. and the B. F. Wood Co. that they,
as individual concerns, have decided to back the
association to their utmost ability in curtaling
the activities of the price-cutter, which satis-
fied the dealers' body as to the results the added
co-operation on the part of the publishers will
bring .forth.
G. Schirmer, Inc., also reported their efforts
to bring the department stores into line was
meeting with success, and upon the return of
an official of one of the larger department stores
from the South, which will be in the near future,
the question of underselling by department
stores will be settled for all time. The dealers
were assured the settlement would be satisfac-
tory in every respect.
Near the close of the meeting a vote of thanks
was extended the publishers for their co-opera-
tion in the past and for the plans presented by
them to assist the association in the future.
Theodore Arison, president of the dealer's or-
ganization was very enthusiastic as to the future
of the body when the accomplishments of the
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SYNOPSIS
Bugle Call Fife and Drum
Corps, Union Army playing
Yankee Doodle.
Fife and
Drum
Corp*,
Confederate
Army, Dixie. Marching to
Battle. Massing Artillery on
the Heights. Heavy Cannon-
ading.
PicUett's
Heroic
Charge. Clashing of Bayonets
and (inns.
Battle Raging
Furiously. IMckett Orders Re-
treat from the Trap of Death.
Etc., Etc., Etc.
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"THE SCANDAL OF THE FLOWERS"
Sung by Joseph Santley in " BETTY " Production
With Raymond Hitchcock
"NAUGHTY! NAUGHTY! NAUGHTY!"
Sung in "THE SHOW OF WONDERS" New York Winter Garden
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evening were considered. J. Cohn, secretary
of the association, also spoke of benefits the
organization would rectKBre by united action in
the future and said with the publishers' co-
operation the success of the new measures pre-
sented were beyond doubt.
COMPOSERS' SOCIETY FIXES RATES
Holds Conference With Hotel and Restaurant
Men and Announces Charges That Will Be
Made For Use of Copyrighted Music
The Society of Authors, Composers and Pub-
lishers, and the Hotel & Restaurant Men's As-
sociation recently held a meeting for the purpose
of agreeing upon a schedule of fees for the use
of copyrighted musical numbers in hotels, res-
taurants, cafes and cabarets. The rates agreed
upon were as follows: For orchestras of less
than live men, $5 per month; for orchestras of
from five to fifteen men, $10 per month, and
more than fifteen musicians, $15 per month.
Others maintaining cabarets and revues to be
$15 regardless of the size of the cabaret.
In view of the recent decision of the Su-
preme Court upholding the rights of the copy-
right owners, the hotel men expressed them-
selves as willing to pay a reasonable sum .for
the use of the music.
LOCAL OFFICES FOR F. J. A. FOSTER
Thos. Payton, Manager, Taken Seriously 111 on
Opening Day—Abe Oldman in Charge
F. J. A. Foster, of Chicago, has opened up
offices at 146 West Forty-fifth street, New York.
Thos. Payton, who was in charge of the new of-
fices, was taken sick on the opening day and
carried to the hospital, the doctors diagnosing
his case as diphtheria. Abe Oldman, who has
been in charge of the professional offices of the
concern in Chicago, arrived in New York on
Saturday last to fill Mr. Payton's place until
his return. The staff of the office consists of
William Mathiebe, Raymond Walker, Dave
Wohlman and Rrnie Ereuer.
"ALONE AT LAST"j*ACK IN NEW YORK
"Alone at Last," one of the most successful
musical shows of last season, returned to New
York on Monday, opening at the Standard The-
atre, after a most successful road tour of the
West.
Commencing Monday of the coming
week the show will open an engagement in
Baltimore, and will then probably make a tour
of Southern territory. The Karczag Publishing
Co., Inc., publish the score.
NEW S0N0_READY SOON
Leo Feist, Inc., will shortly release a new
song entitled "I Called You My Sweetheart," by
Howard Johnson, Jimmie Monaco and Grant
Clarke, a combination which has records of
numerous successes to their credit.
JEROME H.REMICK&CO.S
^Sensational Son^ Hits^
"I'm Glad You're Sorry"
"I Brought Red Roses In
December to You"
"Whose Pretty Baby Are You Now"
"If You Ever Get Lonely"
"She's Dixie All the Time"
"Where the Black Eyed Susans
Grow"
"Down Honolulu Way"
"Just a Word of Sympathy"
"Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose"
"How's Every Little Thing In Dixie"
"There's Egypt In Your Dreamy
Eyes"
"Because You're Irish"
INSTRUMENTAL HITS
Pozzo Fox-Trot
Tiddle-de-WInks—Fox-Trot
Whispering Hearts—Waltz
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E. T. PAULL'S NEW 1917 DESCRIPTIVE MARCH NUMBER
THE
Battle of Gettysburg
Positively the Greatest March Ever Written. See Synopsis
E. T. PAULL MUSIC CO., 243 West 42d St., N. Y.
MUSIC DEALERS
This is the one great Mareh
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Last
Charge.
Absolutely
nothing better published. Full
of life, spirit and enthusiasm.
Entirely .out of the ordinary.
Special rates for an introduc-
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tioning this ad. Order now.