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THE MUSIC TRADE
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REVIEW
"SEND ME A CURL" POPULAR
VERNON STILES FEATURES "WAITING"
Geoffrey O'Hara's Topical War Song Has
Already Traveled to Distant Lands
Popular Tenor and Training Camp Song Leader
Singing Chappell Song on Concert Tour
Huntzingcr & Dil worth, the publishers of
Among the noted composers anil musicians
Geoffrey O'Hara's popular number "Send Me a giving their time and making other sacrifices
Curl," are in receipt of a number of letters for the Government, so as to make it possible
showing the song is quite popular in all parts
to down the Hun,
of the English-speaking world. No doubt much
none other is tak-
of this popularity is due to the fact that Geof-
ing a more active
frey O'Hara's brother, Hon F. C. T. O'Hara, is
part than Vernon
Minister of Commerce of Canada. Of course,
Stiles, who is the
if the song were not topical, or had not the
song l e a d e r at
ability to hold its own, no amount of such assist-
C a m p I) e v e n s,
ance would make it popular, but, being popular
Ayer, Mass. Mr.
here, the help it has received through the Min-
Stiles is a well-
ister of Commerce has made it so elsewhere.
known tenor and is
An idea of the success of the song in the Colo-
intensely patriotic,
nies is shown in the following reproduced pro-
and when the Gov-
gram of the Grand Theatre, Cape Town, South
( rnment called for
Africa, which was recently received, by Hunt-
s o n g leaders he
zinger & Dilworth:
was one of the first
to answer. He has
had a very varied
career. As a boy
he
was noted as a
Thu. Fri. Sat. Feb. Hlh. 15th. 16th.
singer, later spend-
Lessees
A. T. T. Ltd.
ing some time in
Manager
FRANK POTTS.
Europe, where he
was received with
more t h a n usual
PROGRAMME OF MUSIC
popular approval.
This was followed
Overture "The Birth of a Nation"
Daly
by a return to the
Selection
"The Happy Day"
Rubens
concert and oper-
Valse
"Harmony"
Baynes
a t i c field in the
Marches
(a) Imperial Life Guards
Hall
United
States,
(b) The Exalted Ruler
where he created
Potpourri
Popular Songs
Kaps
an enviable record,
Vernon Stiles
One Step "The Weeping Willow Tree" Vincent
which, according to
March
"Les Gardes Nobles" Schrammel many critics, made him the most popular of
Song (Interval) "Hello Hawaii,
American tenors. As a criterion of the uni-
How Are You?" Schwartz versal acknowledgment of his success it may be
Comedy Opera "The Firefly"
Friml mentioned that he sang and was received at the
Intermezzo
"A Little Peach"
Colin White House, where President Wilson person-
Revue
"Airs and Graces"
Monckton ally complimented him on his attainments.
Flower Song "Romance of the Rose" Trinkhaus
Vernon Stiles is now touring the country, and
Three Dances
"Nell Gwyn"
E. German- among the songs he is singing with unusual suc-
Barcarolle
"On Lovelit Seas"
Reeves cess, none seems to compare in popular ap-
Musical Play
"High Jinks"
Langey proval with the number recently acquired by
Suite
"My Lady's Boudoir"
Moore Chappell & Co. entitled "Waiting." And to show
that it is not a passing popular number he has
(a) Caprice (b) Barcarolle (c) Ballata
Selection Mr. Manhattan (by Request) Talbot advised all of his colleagues in various camps
Exit "There's Nobody There to Love" Monaco and cantonments that "Waiting" is one of the
best and most easily sung of any of the stand-
Musical Director
ISIDOR FISHER.
ard numbers of recent years.
GRAND THEATRE.
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"SEND ME A CURL"
By Geoffrey O'Hara of Canada
A furore from the States.
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Publish rs
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• Botworth St,
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•f
BOSTON, MASS.
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Oliver Ditson Company
BOSTON
NEW YORK
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Dealers
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MORE STRIKING FEIST PUBLICITY
Prominent Publishing House Will Carry An-
other Half-Page Advertisement in the Satur-
day Evening Post for Benefit of Dealers
Leo Feist, Inc., have arranged to carry an-
other half-page advertisement in the Saturday
Evening Post of May 16, featuring the latest
song successes published by that house. This ad-
vertisement will be a part of the big Feist ad-
vertising campaign that is being carried on on a
larger scale than ever before, and covers only
sheet music, as special advertising has been de-
voted to their khaki song book: "The Songs
the Soldiers and Sailors Sing."
One of the features of the Feist advertisement
is the fact that the public is encouraged to pur-
MAY
4, 1918
TO MUSIC DEALERS
WE ARE JOBBERS
OF MUSIC
Popular, Classic, Music
Books and Studies
Our prices on all classes of music •will average the
lowest. Located in the center of the country and
carrying the tremendous stock that we do we are
in a position to supply all your want* at a SAVING
TO YOU OF TIME, MONEY AND EXPRESS
CHARGES.
All orders shipped the day -we get them.
GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
1501-1513 E. 55th Street
CHICAGO
chase direct from the local dealer, and if he does
not carry the desired numbers they are listed
at 15 cents a copy by mail from the publishers.
The company, therefore, does not undersell the
dealer, but gives him a slight price advantage,
and an opportunity of getting 15 cents per copy
for the popular numbers.
Not only do the firm carry on- a national
advertising campaign in behalf of their songs,
but they also see to it through their various
branch offices, located in the larger centers of
the country, that their songs are -sung in vaude-
ville and played in the moving picture houses,
cabarets, and by the dance orchestras in almost
every city. This is done by the traveling rep-
resentatives of the firm working from the cities.
In an announcement to appear in an early is-
sue of the Saturday Evening Post, which is re-
produced on another page of this paper, the
House of Feist will feature three of their new
songs, all of which have already been given pub-
lic approval. The numbers are entitled "I'm
Sorry I Made You Cry," "Belgian Rose" and
"Just Like Washington Crossed the Delaware,
General Pershing Will Cross the Rhine." The
advertisement will also include mention of all
the active numbers in the Feist catalog.
NEW CHAPPELL SLOGAN
Chappell & Co. have adopted a very appro-
priate slogan, which is used on their letter-
heads and in most of their advertising matter.
It is the well-known English soldiers' battle-
cry "Carry-On." One of the features of the
use of the above is that it does not stare one
in the face, but while placed in a conspicuous
place it is in fine type, and' is more in the way
of a casual message to the reader.
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
PuBLrsHERs, PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
f.
Main Offices: 62-64 Stanhope St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engraven and Printer*
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TITLE FOR ESTIMATE
311 West 43d Street
New York City
"KHAKI BILL"
The Favorite Song of the National Army
"EB'RY ROSE
Is Sweeter for de Rain"
Going by the thousands
The Dealers' Opportunity
tCfiuretj. £)axson aub Companp
C. L. BARNHOUSE,
The Song of the Moment
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('Till the Boys Come Home)
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NEW YORK