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bent he was for many years a regular "first-
nighter."
The funeral services were held on Sunday af-
Vice-president and Secretary of Jerome H.
Remick & Co. Succumbs Following Operation teinoon at the Campbell Funeral Church and
For Appendicitis—Had Been Connected With were attended by many members of both the
music and theatrical professions.
Remick & Co. for Over Twenty Years
Among the more prominent people who at-
Fred. E. Belcher, vice-president and secretary tended the funeral were: Julius Witmark, Henry
of Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York and Waterson, Harry Von Tilzer, Chas. K. Harris,
Detroit, and one of the best-known men in the Will Von Tilzer, Max Dreyfus, James Kendis,
music publishing field, died in this city on Louis Dreyfus, James Brockman, Saul Born-
stein, Phil Kornheiser, Bennie Bornstein and
Irving Berlin. In addition there were mem-
bers of the Friars and Lambs clubs.
The deceased is survived by a widow and a
daughter, Maxine, by a former wife.
FRED. E. BELCHER DIES SUDDENLY
NEW VENTURE IN INDIANAPOLIS
Fred. E. Belcher
Friday of last week following an operation for
appendicitis. Mr. Belcher's last illness came with
great suddenness, following his return home
from a trip to Boston, and the news of his
death came with a great shock to his friends
in the industry.
Mr. Belcher, who was born in Providence,
R. I., fifty years ago, had been associated with
Remick & Co. for over twenty years and during
much of that time was in entire charge of the
New York end of the business, Mr. Remick mak-
ing his headquarters in Detroit. While Mr. Bel-
cher did not seek the limelight, preferring to re-
main in the background so far as the general af-
fairs of the company went, he, nevertheless, kept
constantly in close touch with all developments
and took a personal interest in the directing of
the company's affairs through the medium of
carefully selected subordinates.
In addition to his work in the music pub-
lishing field, in which he proved a strong in-
fluence in bringing about the present solidar-
ity of the trade, Mr. Belcher took far more
than a passing interest in things theatrical and
particularly in musical productions as being
akin to his own business. In following this
THE TRADE REPORTS
STRICT LEGITIMATE
DEMAND
FOR THESE NUMBERS
(Listed here as per results)
"Tents ol Arabs"
INDIANAPOLIS, JND., September 15.—The Inter-
national Music Producing Co. will be incorpo-
rated at $500,000, according to an announcement
by Frank Swift, a well-known song writer of In-
dianapolis. Mr. Swift is to be second vice-
president of the company, which will have
executive offices here.
Farquson Johnson, who is now connected
with a publishing house in Philadelphia, will
be president. He has had many years' experi-
ence in magazine publication work.
The new company proposes to publish the
Popular Song Monthly. The purpose of the
new magazine, as set out in the company's pros-
pectus, is to supply the popular music world
with new music at a nominal cost, selecting each
month for publication only such numbers as will
appeal and to present in variety the prevailing
popular styles.
Frank Swift was formerly vice-president of
the local music publishing company, but re-
signed when he entered military service. The
other officers in the new company will be H. H.
Hayner, first vice-president; Claude L. Barker,
secretary, and Charles W. Swift, treasurer.
SOME PRAISE FOR "TULIP TIME'
In the Q R S player roll bulletin for August
the following item in regard to the T. B. Harms,
Francis, Day & Hunter number, "Tulip Time,"
appeared:
When F. Ziegfeld, Jr., possesses the slightest
confidence in the possibility of a song hit he will
not permit an item of several thousand dollars
to stand in the way of success. For instance,
the producer invested $22,000 in the "Tulip
Time" number in the current "Ziegfeld Follies."
[' required seventy-two young ladies to present
the number and the cost of each costume was
$175. The invoice for seventy-two pairs of shoes
amounted to $720. The Urban scenery and the
big mill represent an investment that would
almost be sufficient to launch an ordinary musi-
cal comedy. The salaries of the eight kiddies
tliat appear in the number amounts to $160
weekly.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1919
SOME NEW DITSON PUBLICATIONS
Interesting Books of Music for the Church, the
School and the Nursery Just Issued
Among recent publications of the Oliver Dit-
son Co., Boston, that are of particular and un-
usual interest is to be included "Portraits," a
song-cycle, with music by David Stanley Smith
and poems by Walter de la Mare. Both the
poems and the music are distinctly unusual.
A new addition to the Half-dollar Choral
Series is offered in the form of a volume con-
taining "Twenty Sacred Two-part Songs for
Women's Voices," compiled by Clifford C. Chap-
man, and comprising numbers by several of the
most noted composers, including Myles B. Fos-
ter, Charles Gounod, Vincent Novello, Felix
Mendelsohn, Mandel and others. For the stu-
dent and the teacher there are offered "Giddings'
Public School Class Method for the Piano," a
very complete little volume, and the "Public
School Class Reader No. 1," by Giddings and
Gilman. For the little ones there is included
a handsome volume of "Tree-Top Tunes," by
Helen Phillips Eddy. The volume is cloth
bound in a handsomely illuminated cover, and
the music and text are presented most artis-
tically.
AL JOCKERS* DANCE INNOVATION
One of the recent visitors at the new studios
of Irving Berlin, Inc., was Al Jockers, the
musical director of Pelham Heath Inn. Among
the numbers that he selected from this firm's
catalog were the popular numbers "I've Got
My Captain Working for Me Now" and the
instrumental "Mandy," which is one of the fea-
ture numbers of this year's Follies.
Al Jockers recently inaugurated a new inno-
vation, discontinuing the music during the
course of the dance and then encouraging those
on the floor to continue dancing while singing
the song with the assistance of the orchestra.
FEATURING SEVERAL SONGS
Sherman, Clay & Co., the well-known deal-
ers of San Francisco. Cal., are making a pro-
fessional campaign among vaudeville perform-
ers on several of their new issues, including
"Cairo." "When It's Sunset in Sweden," and
"You and I."
MORE THAN A HIT
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"GIRL OF MINE" LEADS IN SALES
In several of the recent letters sent out by
the Kresge Co. the A. J. Stasny Music Co.'s
number, "Girl of Mine," led in point of sales
This list is taken from the reports of the numer-
ous stores of the company and is prepared with
great care.
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