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FEBRUARY
16,
1918
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
SOLDIERS WHO ARE REAL ARTISTS AS WELL AS ARTISANS
Members of Company B, 3O6th Infantry, Make Special Case for Popular Priced Talking Machine
Which They Find the Keenest Source of Pleasure and Entertainment in the Camp
The talking machine is undoubtedly the
greatest comfort to the men in the camps, as it
is to the men in the trenches at the front. No
other musical instrument affords them such
pleasure, because it brings into their lives the
placed it in a case which they specially built and
decorated themselves, with the result that they
have now something very unique in an outfit.
The outside of the cabinet shows as a dec-
oration the great seal of the United States, and
1917, Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.
Company B, 306th Infantry, Enjoying Talking Machine for Which They Made the Case
best in song and music, and enables them, when other decorations which emphasize that the
they are so inclined, to dance to its inspiring men of this company are not only artisans but
music. The men in the camps, however, are just as artists. Around this talking machine the mem-
inclined to the good-looking talking machine bers of Company B gather in the evening and
as are their folks at home, and the picture here- spend hours listening to the music of the day,
with is of unusual interest in this connection. including very often music of the better type,
It shows how the members of Company B, 306th for the men who are in camp do not leave their
Infantry, took a popular-priced talking machine, musical taste and inclinations at home.
EDISON NOW 71 YEARS OLD
BERLINER'S LATEST INVENTION
Inventor Celebrated Birthday Anniversary on
Monday—Receives Congratulations
Canadian Talking Machine Man Produces Fly-
ing Dirigible Torpedo Usable on Land or Sea
Which Has Attracted Considerable Attention
Thomas A. Edison, head of the Edison inter-
ests in West Orange, N. J., and honorary presi-
dent of the Naval Consulting Board, received
congratulations from his many friends on Mon-
day on his seventy-first birthday. Owing to his
absence there .was no formal celebration in the
West Orange plant, as has been the custom for
years past. Since the declaration of war Mr.
Edison has been working to aid the Government,
especially along the lines of solving the U-boat
problem. He has taken but one brief vacation,
during the holidays, which was spent at his
home in Llewellyn Park. .
Among the messages of congratulation was
one from the "Edison Pioneers," an organiza-
tion of forty-five early associates of Mr. Edi-
son, who held a luncheon in celebration of his
birthday on Monday, and a telegram of good
wishes from Secretary Daniels, of the Navy.
A. D. ROBBINS IN AVIATION CORPS
A. D. Robbins, a member of the traveling
staff of the Blackman Talking Machine Co.,
New York, Victor wholesaler, has enlisted in the
Aviation Corps, and is now taking the practical
training course in a camp "somewhere in Texas."
Lieut. James H. Giles, of the 104th Field
Artillery, who was also a member of the Black-
man Talking Machine Co.'s sales force, was a
New York visitor this week.
Emile Berliner, widely known through his in-
ventions in the talking machine trade, and whose
improvements in the telephone made long-dis-
tance talking over a wire practicable, is now the
inventor of a flying "dirigible torpedo," utilizable
on land as well as on sea.
Dr. Berliner's contrivance is in effect a small
aeroplane—a monoplane in miniature—run by a
little gasoline engine and motor and carrying
a propeller and a rudder that is set before
launching. It has other means of automatic
control, with a gyroscope to keep it level.
The machine is nothing more nor less than
an artificial bird that holds a torpedo in its
beak. More definitely speaking, the torpedo,
carrying a heavy charge of high explosive, is
held by spring arms in front of the little aero-
plane, so as to be set off on striking the target.
For use on the sea, the flying torpedo may
be modified by attaching beneath it a small plane
set at such an angle that the machine on strik-
ing the water will skip along over the waves to-
ward an enemy ship, the difficulty of hitting it
with gunfire being thereby greatly increased.
Dr. Berliner's latest invention has been the
subject of considerable notice in leading papers.
The North Philadelphia Talking Machine Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa., has been incorporated, with
capital stock of $10,000, by Henry A. Gautschi.
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HOFFAY TALKING MACHINE CO.. Inc.
3 Wett 29th St.
New York City
THORNTON BURGESS WEEK COMING
Columbia Graphophone Co. Announces Week
Devoted to Featuring Recordings by Famous
Story Teller—E. L. Thompson Wins Cup
The week of February 25-March 2 has been
designated by the Columbia Graphophone Co.
as "Thornton Burgess" week, and under the
auspices of the Columbia educational depart-
ment an intensive campaign will be launched
during this week to call the. public's attention
to the new series of records recently made by
Thornton Burgess for the Columbia Co. exclu-
sively. Full-page advertisements will bo used
in the Saturday Evening Post and Youth's Com-
panion, and three newspaper advertisements will
appear in the long list of papers on the Colum-
bia Co.'s list. Thornton Burgess has achieved
country-wide fame as the creator of the popular
"Bed-Time" stories for children, and his Co-
lumbia records have been acclaimed as one of
the finest scries of children's records issued in
recent years.
E. L. Thompson, of the Xcw York branch of
the Columbia Co., won the President Whitteu
individual salesman's cup for his district in the
month of December. This was Mr. Thomp-
son's first victory, and the contest for perma-
nent possession of the trophy continues to be
as exciting as a "world's scries" baseball game.
A. B. Creal has been appointed a member of
the Columbia Co.'s sales staff at the Baltimore
branch, which is under the management of W. S.
Parks. A. E. Landon has been appointed a
member of the force of the Cleveland branch,
A. W. Roos, manager.
NEW POST FOR R. F. BOLTON
Appointed Sales Manager of International Rec-
ord Department of the Columbia Co.
George W. Hopkins, general sales manager
of the Columbia Graphophone Co., New York,
announced this week the appointment of R. F.
Bolton as sales manager of the company's in-
ternational record department, with headquar-
ters at this department's offices, 104 West Thirty-
eighth street, New York.
R. F. Bolton is one of the most popular mem-
bers of the talking machine industry, having
been associated with the Columbia Grapho-
phone Co. for twenty years. During this time
he has held many important posts, and has kept
in close touch with the Columbia dealers and
the problems which meet the retailer in his daily
work. He is thoroughly conversant with every
angle of talking machine merchandising, and is
ideally equipped for his new post.
The international record department of the
Columbia Graphophone Co. has achieved phenom-
enal success during the past few years, and this
division of the company's business, which is
under the management of Anton Heindl, is mov-
ing forward by leaps and bounds. The com-
bination of Messrs. Heindl and Bolton should
act as an added impetus to the progress being
recorded in this department.
B. H. W0LFMAN APPOINTED MANAGER
Bernard H. Wolfman has been appointed a
member of the traveling staff of the local whole-
sale branch of the Columbia Graphophone Co.,
55 Warren street. Mr. Wolfman will cover the
territory in the southern part of New York State
and, although he is a newcomer in the talking
machine industry, his previous experience with
several prominent organizations well equips him
to work in close co-operation with the Colum-
bia dealers in bis territory.