Music Trade Review

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MAY
18, 1918
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
53
MREVIEWflEARS
The T r a d e - M a r k
That Stands for the Best
Possible in Sheet Music
Century's National Ads. enroll
hundreds of new customers for
CENTURY DEALERS every sell-
ing day of the year.
Are you getting your share of the
big profits that come from these
Century sales?
You will be serving your cus-
tomers' best interests by urging
all to buy it!
Century Music Pub. Co.
231-235 West 40th Street, NEW YORK
NEW BRITISH COPYRIGHT RULING
Announce That U. S. Copyright Certificate Will
Not Be Recognized in Great Britain, But That
Usual Procedure Must Be Followed in Ob-
taining Copyright in England
According to a letter received here last week
from B. Feldman & Co., well-known music
publishers of England, the trustees of the
British Museum have rescinded their recent rul-
ing to the effect that the United States copy-
right certificate would be recognized in Great
Britain for the period of the war, and now main-
tain that the usual procedure must be followed
to secure English copyright protection for
American publications.
The letter waiving the usual regulations was
received some months ago by the attorneys
for the Music Publishers' Protective Associa-
tion, but it is declared that the ruling was made
on the interpretation by the British Copyright
Office of an order in council, dated February 3,
1918.
The copyright authorities, however,
found that they were mistaken in their view-
point and notified American publishers that
regular methods still prevail in copyright mat-
ters.
McKinley's New Song Success
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THAT several of the local publishing houses
are now represented by baseball teams among
their employes.
THAT there might be an opening for the or-
ganization of a baseball league in the trade to
pass away the dull hours of summer.
THAT when a man puts his own dice in the
game, and then loses, there is something the
matter with the system.
THAT "Jack" Bliss was most successful as
chairman of the Music Publishers' committee in
the recent Liberty Loan campaign.
THAT the $245,000 subscription from the trade
set a new high mark to shoot at.
THAT if every writer of a patriotic or war
song during the past year had been forced to
buy $1,000 worth of bonds, the trade's total
would prob'ably have been doubled.
THAT with two special stories in the Sunday
magazine sections of two New York papers in
one day, Jerome Kern set a new record.
THAT the District Attorney has put a stop to
the practice of unauthorized persons selling
sheet music about the streets, ostensibly to raise
funds for some patriotic purpose.
THAT it was found that "expenses" ate up
practically all the money raised, leaving a very
small balance for the good work.
WANT MORE MUSIC FOR ARMY BANDS
FEIST BUYS TWO MORE SONGS
Government Allowance of $5 Per Month Not
Sufficient to Keep Libraries in Good Shape
1ST So
GET THE THREE BIG SONG HITS
Advertised in this week's Saturday
Evening Post.
"Just Like Washington
Crossed the Delaware,
General Pershing Will
Cross the Rhine"
"I'm Sorry I Made You
Cry"
"My Belgian Rose"
SPECIAL PRICE TO DEALERS
P"9
a copy if you attach this
9 C
Advt. to your order
LEO. FEIST, Inc., FEIST Bldg., New York
Purchases "We're All Going Calling on the
Kaiser" and "Chicken Reel" From the Daly
Music Co., Boston—Will Prove Popular
It is now reported that various army bands
located at the different camps and cantonments
in this country are bad'ly in need of new sup-
Leo Feist, Inc., have purchased from the Daly plies of music in order to keep their repertories
Music Publishing Co., of Boston, two songs, up-to-date. It appears that the Government al-
"We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser" and lows each band only $5 per month with which
"Chicken Reel." "We're All Going Calling on to purchase new music, and it is declared that
the Kaiser" has already attained some popu- this does not permit them to maintain very ex-
larity, and with the Feist organization behind it tensive libraries. The publishers throughout the
will no doubt be one of the big songs of the country have been very generous in donating
year. It is what.may be described as a gang music to these camp bands, and funds are being
song, readily lending itself to being sung by raised by newspapers and individuals, among
large bodies and this fact, together with the them the Chicago Herald, to purchase music.
lyric, which will appeal to the boys in khaki,
THE VICTORIA PUBLISHING CO.
will probably make it a camp favorite.
The Victoria Publishing Co., New York, has
been incorporated with capital stock of $10,000
The Pace & Handy Music Co., well-known for the purpose of engaging in music publish-
music publishers of Memphis, Tenn., has been ing. The incorporators are Max Dreyfus, Louis
Max and
incorporated with capital stock of $3,000, to pub- Dreyfus and Max D. Josephson.
lish and sell sheet music. The incorporators Louis Dreyfus are well known to the trade,
are Harry H. Pace, William Handy, Charles E. being connected with the present company of
T. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter.
Handy, Bert M. Roddy and J. T. Settle.
PACE & HANDY CO. INCORPORATED
AN EXQUISITE SONG
THE GREATEST POPULAR BALLAD THE
WAR HAS YET PRODUCED
Dedicated to John McCormack
THE SONG THAT TOUCHES EVERY HEART
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