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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"
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"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.
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"THE VOICE IN THE
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"TRUST YE IN THE
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JOHN PRINDLE SCOTT
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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
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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)
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N. Y. CITY