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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1917 Vol. 65 N. 15

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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
57
REVIEW
ou
Can't Go
Wrong
With
eist So
THAT the new Witmark number, "Prohibition
Blues," written by Al Sweet, is not likely to
become the official song of the Prohibition
Party.
THAT Mr. Sweet has managed to get a lot of
Century Ads Again
Hit the Bull's Eye!
Quarter and full-page "Century Edition"
ada. are now being seen by millions in the
SATURDAY EVENING POST
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL
COSMOPOLITAN
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
McCALL'S
MOTHER'S MAGAZINE
and other prominent publications.
These millions of readers are directed to
you for "Century Edition," to let your
trade know that your store is a Century
Edition agency.
Century Music Pub. Co.
231-235 West 40th Street, NEW YORK
MAY CHANGE LUNCHEON PLACE
Believed that New Location will Attract Larger
Crowd to Mid-Week Sessions of Association
good common sense in some highly musical
lyrics.
THAT members of the trade who travel had
a busy time last week and this arranging their
routes to hit Chicago or New York in time to
take in the World's Series games.
THAT with the majority of the women folk
knitting for the soldiers and sailors during their
spare moments in public and in private, there
should be a lively demand for the song "Knit-
ting," that delightful number in the Chappell
catalog.
THAT the framers of the War Revenue Law
evidently overlooked the opportunity to slap
an excise tax on sheet music, as they did on
talking machines, records and music rolls.
THAT the legislators probably figured that the
taxes on the big excess profits of the music
publishers should make up for the oversight.
THAT with the number of singers and pian-
ists enlisting in the service or being caught in
the draft, the army should not suffer from a lack
of music.
THAT now is the time to sink some royalties
in a few Liberty Bonds of the second issue.
THAT among the recent additions to the new
national army is Jack R. Fields, manager of the
Chicago office of the A. J. Stasny Music Co.
Harry Bernhardt, city sales manager, will ap-
pear for examination for the same army at an
early date.
"Our Own
Beloved Land"
A splendid patriotic song arranged
to the music of the Peace Song in
" Civilization." It has a broad
swinging refrain that stirs the blood.
Sung by the Victor Chorus—
Victor Record No. 18337
SPECIAL PRICE TO DEALERS
7c
a copy if you attach this
Advt. to your order
Illllllll LEO. FEIST, Inc., FEIST Bldg., New York POPULAR MUSICJFOR THE SAILORS
PHILADELPHIA, PA., October 8.—An excel-
lent idea of what the public looks upon as the
proper and most desirable music for the sailors
The Wednesday luncheons and meeting of
is indicated by the votes recorded by the Com-
the Greater New York Music Publishers' and
munity Singing Association of this city in con-
Dealers' Association, held at Keen's Chop
nection with their plans for the publication of
House, West Thirty-seventh street, have not
a Navy Song Book. The public was asked
been as well attended as was thought would be CHAPPELL NUMBER_0N RECORD LIST to send in lists of songs from which the as-
the case with the commencing of the fall sea-
John McCormack is a wonderful judge of a sociation could make selections.
son. Some of the members who attended a
"Where Do We Go From Here" and "We're
ballad,
and scarcely ever has been wrong in
recent session thought a change to another lo-
Going Over," are among the leaders in the
his
estimate
of
a
song,
for
he
can
generally
cation might bring a larger attendance, so
race for popularity, the association says, while
George H. Bliss, secretary of the association, gauge the taste of the public and knows what other songs which seem appropriate for the pur-
it
wants.
The
proof
of
the
correctness
of
this
will shortly mail out cards to the members
statement will be immediately realized when pose include "America, Here's My Boy," "Your
asking their opinion on the matter. It is
it is seen that in the Victor list for October Country Needs You," "Poor Butterfly," "For
thought probable if accommodations can be ob-
the record of "Any Place Is Heaven if You Are Me a Rose," "Oh, Johnny," "Sunshine of Your
tained at Keen's on West Forty-fourth street,
Near Me" is listed, sung by John McCormack. Smile" and "Good-bye, Broadway."
it might be well to hold several luncheons there.
This number is already being used by many
concert singers. It is generally con- SIGMUND ROMBERG^ALLED TO CAMP
LOCAL DEALERS'ASSOCIATION MEETS prominent
ceded throughout the trade that the sales of
Sigmund Romberg, the well-known and suc-
A meeting of the Music Dealers' Association this number will exceed the same composer's
of New York was held on Friday evening of song "Little Grey Home in the West." Both cessful composer of musical comedies, who was
this week at 107 West 116th street.
of these numbers are published by Chappell & certified for service in the National Army, was
ordered to report at the training camp on Tues-
A full report of the meeting will appear in Co., Ltd.
day of this week. Meanwhile Mr. Romberg's
The Review next week.
friends are trying to get a commission for him
k PATRIOTIC HYMN THAT WILL LAST
as a band leader.
Joe Howard's Greatest Success
The American National Hymn
WITH PRELUDE
SOMEWHERE
IN
FRANCE
IS THE LILY
WRITTEN
GREATTUCCEXS
THE WELL KNOWN
Words by Rev. S. E. SMITH
Mmic by GEO. L. WEITZ
GEO. L. WEITZ, 753 6th A v e . , N e w York
Another Hit!
"Over There"
By Geo. M. Cohan
UOS.E.
HOMMD
"If I Catch the Guy Who Wrote
POOP Butterfly"
Get In at this price.
7c per copy
HAVE YOU GOT THESE?
PHIUNDB^JOHNSON
"Sometime"
18c per copy
"M-i-s-s-I-s-s-i-p-p-I"
M . WHMARK&SONS
ri£W W t K CHKAC-O. f HilflWJ PHIA.
18c per copy
''There's Only One Little Girl."
By Geo. M. Cohan
7c per copy
Wm. Jerome Publishing Corporation
M.WITMARK&SONSS
McKinley's New Soig Success
Strand Theatre Building,
NEW YORK CITY
KIND
MAMA
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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
OLD WAR SONG WINS FIRST PRIZE
"JACK 0' LANTERN" PROVES A HIT
"Break the News to Mother" Gets First Honors
in Contest, With "Joan of Arc" Second, and
"Somewhere in France Is the Lily" Third
Successor to "Chin-Chin" Proves Very Popular
in Philadelphia—Full of Good Music
Chas. K. Harris is one of the happiest pub-
lishers in town just now, owing to the fact that
his twenty-year-old war ballad, "Break the News
to Mother," won the war song- contest conducted
at Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre on Friday
night of last week.
"Break the News to
Mother" triumphed over a large field of entries.
"Joan of Arc," published by Waterson, Berlin
& Snyder, won second honors, and "Somewhere
in France Is the Lily" was third. Selections
were made by a quartet of competent judges.
"KISS ME PRETTY " IS POPULAR
The new song, "Kiss Me Pretty," which the
A. J. Stasny Music Co. recently published, is
receiving a favorable reception wherever it is
rendered. It is not thought
unlikely that this song will
be heard in one of the mu-
sical comedies during the
fall season. Will J. Hart
and Edward Nelson are the
authors of the number and
it, with their "When Yankee
Doodle Learns to Parlez
Vous Francais," also pub-
lished by Stasny, seems to
be a tine achievement for two young writers.
The title page is shown herewith.
"JOAN OF ARC' A BIG HIT
While during the course of the last few
months several patriotic songs have gained suc-
cess, despite the fact that the start for almost
all of them was none too bright, no song seems
to be having greater popularity than "Joan of
Arc" (Waterson, Berlin & Snyder). There are
of course a number of reasons for this. The
melody is attractive from start to finish and has
in addition several "runs" that are especially
appealing and the lyric is well written.
Two Sensational English
Ballad Successes
"Somewhere a Voice is Calling"
"The Sunshine of Your Smile"
T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
62 West 45th Street
NEW YORK
BUY YOUR MUSIC FROM
BOSTON Publlshers
WALTER JACOBS
8 Bosworth St.,
Publisher
..
BOSTON, MASS.
Oliver Ditson Company
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and supply Every Requirement of Music
Dealers
"Jack o' Lantern," the new musical com-
edy announced as the successor of "Chin-Chin,"
was presented for the first time at the Forest
Theatre, Philadelphia, on September 25, and
proved an immediate success. The book of the
piece is by Anne Caldwell and R. H. Burnside,
and the music by Ivan Caryll, the trio who
were responsible for "Chin-Chin."
The production had a wonderfully enthusi-
astic reception. There are only five newspapers
in Philadelphia, but the headings ran as follows:
"Fred Stone's Show at Forest Proves a Hit."
"Fred Stone in Beautiful Production Given an
Ovation by Audience at Forest."
" 'Jack o' Lantern' an Emphatic Hit."
Other excerpts from the papers are as follows:
"Several times the audience literally stopped
the show with its applause."
"Everyone in the theatre knew that 'Jack o'
Lantern' is destined to be one of the big mu-
sical hits of the season."
The -musical hits of the show are "A Sweet-
heart of My Own," "Follow the Girls Around,"
"Come and Have a Swing With Me," "Wait Till
the Cows Come Home" and "Candyland."
Other numbers are "Girls I Have Met" and
"Knit, Knit, Knit."
Fred Stone is featured in this piece and many
of the old favorites who appeared with him in
"Chin-Chin" are in the cast; among them are
Helen Falconer and Douglas Stevenson. Fred
Stone also has his little companion of "Chin-
Chin" memory with him—Violet Zell—who
danced as she has never danced before.
The publishers of Ivan Caryll's music are Chap-
pell & Co., Ltd., who are also publishing the
lyrics by special arrangement with T. B. Harms
& Francis, Day & Hunter.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
Two Splendid Sacred Songs
In Great Demand
"THE VOICE IN THE
WILDERNESS"
JOHN PRINDLE SCOTT
"TRUST YE IN THE
LORD"
JOHN PRINDLE SCOTT
These songs are suitable for all church services, including
Christian Science. Both issued in two keys
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POPULARITY OF "OVER THERE'
New Cohan Number Is Played and Sung in
Military Camps Throughout the Country
"Over There," the patriotic song written by
Geo. M. Cohan, and published by the Wm.
Jerome Publishing Corp., is being sung in every
training camp in
the country a n d
hardly a band that
took part in the
various p a r a d e s
held in the last
t w o months has
failed to play the
number.
It h a s
had wonderful pub-
licity not only from
daily papers b u t
also through t h e
medium of t h e
Title Page of "Over There"
m o n t h l y
maga-
zines. Most of this publicity has been unso-
licited and has been contributed through the
merits of the song. Several publishers in Eng-
land are now endeavoring to obtain the rights
for "Over There" in their territory, and it is
predicted by them its sale there will be large.
Two Wonderful Ballads
"ATEAR,AJUSS,ASMILE"
"THAT'S WHY MY
HEART IS CALLING YOU"
Music b y OTTO MOTZAN
KARCZAG PUB. CO., Inc.
62-64 W. 46tta St., 7th Floor, New York
CHAS.K.HARRIS'
Brand New Song Hits for the
Season 1917-18—Now Ready
"Break the News to
Mother "
"I'LL SEE YOU LATER, YANKEE LAHD"
"KATHLEEN, MY ROSE"
"YOU KISSED ME" (And Said Good-Bye)
"LOVE 0 ' MINE"
"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL"
"YANKEE" (He's There—All There)
" I MISS THE OLD FOLKS NOW"
"THE MORE LOVE I GET THE MORE
I WANT"
"SCRATCHIN' THE GRAVEL"
"SWEETNESS" (Honeysuckle of Mine)
"DRY YOUR TEARS" (Waltz)
PUBLISHED BY
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th St.,
N. Y. CITY

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