Music Trade Review

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FEIST MANAGERS HOLD NOTABLE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK-(Continued from page 55)
offices of the concern, and congratulated the
whole organization on their past work and told
them that he knew that the fu tu re would be a
period of great aehievemellt. He thanked the
boys for tll eir toke n of est~em, and stated that
it was both symbolic a nd significant.
E. F. B itn er, general manager of the com­
pany, who in past ye ar s has evaded the call to
make a n address. wa s prevailed upon to m ake
a few remarks . He stated he was astounded
at the size of the organ izatio n, which has ex­
panded so tr emen do usl y, and he knew that it
was the result of the princi pl es inaugurated
early in the career of the firm bY .. Mr. Feist.
He said he believed that anything the organiza­
t(on attempt ed could be put through; nothing
was impossible; that the organization had a
spirit that wins, and this spirit has bee n d emon­
strated on numerous occasions. ITe stated that
the whole was the result of the firm's efforts to
surround themselves with exc epti ona l talent, and
in having the co-operation and good will of the
entire organization.
A long list of songs wel~e then sung, most of
these numbers being new manuscripts presented
each year to the gathering, so that on the fol­
lowing day 's meeting some of them may be se­
lected as feature material for the co ming season.
Several of them, ballads, are without doubt
destined to become gre at s ucc es ses. The
comedy numbers heard seem to predict that
jazz, of which we have had a touch the las t
.~ eason, will predominate, during. the ea rly fall
In an interval between th e songs an address was
made by F r"il.llc is Gilbert, of the firm of Gil­
bert & Gilll e~t, whose father was induced years
ago to have him'st udy copyright law through
the encouragemen t of Leo Feist. He paid a
tribute to Mr. Feist and Mr. Bitner, and to the
whole organization. In sp eak in g of song writ­
ers he stated that it mu st be a great satisfac ­
ti o n to know that they were th e creators of
pretty ideas, and the wr iter s of music that was
s tIng from coast to coast, making people happy
and bringing joy to every home. He s tated
that when. he went to scho)l he was taught that
in every com mer cia l transa< tion £omeboc y lo s t:·
His association; however, with Mr. ' Feist
t~u ght hrm that in every transacti o n made b y
Mr. Feist there was a profit to all c o ncerned.
He stated that " the soul of Mr. Feist was the
spirit of Fe ist, and all are familiar with this
spirit."
It was co mm on knowledge tha t a
s tatem en t fr o m Feist to a composer or an
author was recognized as right and could not be
wrong.' 'This statement brought gr eat applause.
"Befor e the e ntry of Feist in to tbe publishing
field mus ic p ubli s hin g was not looked upon as
a legitimate bu s ines s, · but Feist had made it so.
His policies ar e far a bov e those generally estab-
How Many Masons Are
There in Your City?
lished by the majority of commercial men."
F elix F e ist, brother of Leo Feist, in address­
ing the gathering paid many tributes to his
brother, and stated that it was all due to the
training of 'his fatber, who, in his more limited
way, carried out the same sort of policies. He
spoke of the early days before he left the pub­
li s hing fieJd to enter other pursuits, and stated
that mucb of his s ucc es s was du e to the fact of
rem e mbering some words 'told him by E. F. Bit­
ner, who, when he complained that he was not
r (;ce iving sufficien t ellcouragemen t from the
firm, said, "Prove you can do what you are told
to do, and without doubt you will be given
other things ." H e congra tula ted the organiza­
ti o n on the caliber of the men connected with
it, not that he thought it wa s impossible to
gather so many active minds together, but that
it was most unusu a l in large organizations. In
closing he said it was his desire to make the
name of Feist mean as much in his line as it
doe s in music publishing.
Ove r ninety din e rs attended the annual Feist
dinner and tbe guests present were limited to a
liltle ove r a half dozen. It was pointed out by
on e of the speakers that those present by no
lllea;lS co mpleted the Feist organization, but
on ly those in the most active capacities. With­
out doubt the convention and the dinner were
the most successful in the history of the organ­
iza tion . G eo rge W. M eye r arrived at the din­
ner arrayed in a. straw East Indian helmet.
Cliff Odoms, in a n e w Palm Beach suit, looked
like he was just about to start on a sales trip
to "k nock 'em dead." The party was exception­
ally well prepared in carrying their own attorneys
and advertising agents. Those present at the
ISSUE NEW COMEDY SONG
SIGN UP WITH PlANTADOSI & CO.
"Why Do They Call Them Wild Women?"
Added to Stern & Co. Catalog
Sammy Stept and Bud Green to Write for That
Concern in the Future
J ose ph W. Stern, of the fIrln of Jos. W. Stern
& Co., the well-known music publishers, an­
nounced rec.ently they had s.ec.llred what is be­
- lieve'd .to be_ one of the best comedy songs in
·ye.ars. It took : Mr. . Stern about , fi~e minutes­
according to his own statement-to "be con­
vinced that the l)umber: was.a~"·sure:-fiie" win­
ner, and h e expressed the belief thaI ev e ry artist
in the profession wil( be anxious to have it.
The song is entitled "Why Do They Call"The.ni
Wild Women?" words are by Bernie Grossmati
and Ben Russell and music by Billy Frisch.
That Jos. Y\'. Stei'n & Co. have added another
Sllccess to their catalog appears quite likely,
inasmuch as sev eral prominent artists have re­
quested permission to use the nu:mber exclu­
si vely. .Howev er, Mr. Stern asserts that they
would release it without favor and orchestra­
tions wer e imm ed iately rushed into print.
Sammy Stept and Bud Green have signed con­
tracts with Al Piantadosi & Co., Inc., for a
te rm of six years to write ex clusively for that
firm. These two young writers during the past
few years have be en quite a successful team
and from present indications should in the nex t
few years' plac e man y popular songs in the
Pian tadosi ca talog.
, Among the more sLlccessful so ngs they hav e
written are "And That Ai n't All" and "Oh You
fvVomen."
Shortly to be released' is a new
waltz, '~M:oonlight Love," and two novelty num­
bers, "Tra Da Tra Da Dee" and " I 'm Tracin'
the Mason-Di xon Line." It is understood Al
Piantadosi & Co., Inc., will give the above
writers every encouragel11,tnt and it is reported
the boys aspire to writ e a musical comedy.
Th e E. T. 'Pa ull Music Co. announces the re­
lease of a n ew song, "Armenian Maid ." It is
an Oriental song and fox-trot, music by M.
_\ lexander anel lyrics by Wilbur Weeks.
.Masonic Responses
.for the Blue Lodge
"ROMANCE"
SONG-WALTZ
All by LEE DAVID
Writer of "WILD HONEY"
Trade price on request
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc.
B. D. NICE & CO.
Publishers
',1"15 Union Square We's t, NEW YORK
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BALLAD
One Step Intermezzo-Song
Pocket Size-Cloth Binding-SOc
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"WOND'RING"
"Tenls of Arabs"
Complete words and music for the three degrees
-unison arrangement with organ accompani­
ment and male quartet arrangement both in one
book.
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28, 1919
dinner included: Branch office managers­
Rocco Vocco, Chicago; H. C. Johnston, San
Francisco; Al Sather, Los Ange les ; Lew
Mahan, Dallas; Harr y Coe, Kansas City; Joe
Fuchs, St. Louis; Mort Schaffer, Minneapolis;
Archie Lloyd, New Orleans; Da ve F ra nk, At­
lanta; Bob Mille r, D etro it; Chas. Cordray, Ciu­
cinnati; Ernie Hugh es, Cleveland; Milt Stevens,
Buffalo; Elmer Setzler, Pittsburgh; Fred Auger,
Boston; Fred K em lo, Baltimore; Fred vVright,
Philadelphia; Walter Part, Providence; also
11ilton Weil, Chicago office; Chester Cohn,
Chicago office; Arthur Huskins, Bo ston offic e ;
Floyd Kinney, Philadelphia offi ce.
New York Executive Office-Leo Feist, :C. F .
Bitner, }. A. Decatur, Cliff Odoms, Lee O.
Smith, Theodore Morse, Meyer J aCGbs, Henry
Hein e, Lester Santley, Arthur Hoffman, Leon
Berte, W. Schloss, F. VVeidenhamer, A lbert
Munzer, Ernest Vogel
New York professional department-Phil
Kornheiser, manager; Solly Cohn, _'1.1 Doyle, Ir­
wir; lJash , Ira Schuster, Be n E dwards, Irving
Masloff, Jack Richmond, Jimmy Flynn, Sidney
Mitchell, Archie Gottler, Howard Johnson, M.
Fried, Bob Miller, Lewis Piotti, Abe Frankl,
Herman Klein, Cliff Hess, Joe Santly, Ira Kess­
ner, Leo \Vood, Milton .'\ger, Joe Sontag,
Ernie Golden, Chas. Weller, George Me ye r,
Artie Mehlinger, John White, Percy W en rich,
Ben Alberts, Billy Jerome.
Guests-Karl Kaufman, Mr. Brulls, B. M. Mc­
Clelland, V. D. \Nalsh , O. W. Vaughn, Monroe
Silvers, Joe McCarthy, Harry Ti e rney, 'vVill
Teller, Mr. DorneL .\. S. Gilbert, Francis Gil­
bert, L. G. Battin, AI. Kornhei se r, Raymond
Peck, Arthur Fields, Earl Carroll, F eli x Feist,
J os. Sheridan.
Thus closed the g reat es t Feist reunion.
The \iValter H. \i\Tayland Publishing Co.,
Girard, Ka n., have just issued a song entitled
"Carry On," a numb er of patriotic flavor. Be­
sid es the above the firm are also th e publishers
of "Ki ssing Time" and "B illy Possum."
Everyone will want a copy of the wonderful
new hook recently published
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