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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
one of us has found him to be a real good fel-
low. We are sorry to see him go. But we wish
• him the very best of success where he goes.
Trade Friends of Toronto Manager of Chappell He will succeed there as he did here, or as
& Co. Give Expression to Their Esteem for he would anywhere."
Him Upon His Return to London
Then on behalf of the Toronto sheet music
TORONTO, ONT., October 1.—Following the an- trade Mr. Draper presented Mr. Roberts with a
nouncement in a recent issue of The Review set of. four splendid pipes—a pair in each of
regarding the closing of the branch house of two cases.
Chappell & Co., Ltd., this city, came the return
to London headquarters of W. J. Roberts, who EASTMAN LEAVES AMERICAN TRADE
has been with the house of Chappell in Canada
for over eight years. Mr. Roberts with his Former Manager of Chappell & Co. in This
wife and daughter took passage from Phila-
Country to Make His Headquarters in London
delphia, sailing from New York recently.
The trade will regret to hear that Walter
Recently the members of the sheet music
trade in Toronto met at the Hotel Mossop, Eastman, who for the past fourteen years has
where an informal farewell dinner was tendered acted as manager for the American branch of
Mr. Roberts. Those present were: A. J. Seyler Chappell & Co., the well-known London pub-
and Lou Seckinger, of Nordheimer's; Arthur lishers, sailed recently for England.
Following the negotiations which resulted in
Downing, the Anglo-Canadian Music Co.; G.
Armand and Jas. Greig, Hawkes & Harris; the American branch of Chappell & Co. becom-
S. A. Saunders, Boosey & Co.; Wm. Draper, ing Chappell-Harms, Inc., in which Max and
the music printer; George Musgrave; Joe Carr, Louis Dreyfus of the firm of T. B. Harms Co.
Leo Feist, Ltd.; Eric Howells, Enoch & Sons, are the active heads, it was known with this
New York; John A. Fullerton and H. A. Jones. consolidation that Mr. Eastman would return to
Expressions of regret at their inability to be the London headquarters of the firm with occa-
present were received from W. J. Noble, mana- sional trips to this country.
Mr. Eastman was favorably known to prac-
ger of the T. Eaton Co.'s sheet music depart-
ment; Chas. Passmore; Carlton West, Jerome tically everyone connected with the sheet music
H. Remick's Toronto branch; Gordon Thomp- industry. He made the Chappell catalog a
son, Canadian manager for Leo Feist, Ltd.; prominent adjunct to the American sheet music
Holmes Maddock, Whaley-Royce & Co., Ltd., dealer's business. He was responsible in put-
and John Hanna, manager of Enoch & Sons, ting over a large number of songs, particularly
New York; all of whom wished their friend of the ballad type, during his career in this
Roberts godspeed and good luck in his new country. During the war period he had no
less than four hits at one time, the sales of
duties in London, England.
After dinner Wm. Draper, in a sincere speech, which ran into large figures.
told Mr. Roberts on behalf of those present and
those who were present in spirit how sorry
CONTEST ON "LITTLE BIMBO"
they were of his enforced return to England.
"Some of us have known Mr. Roberts for the Bobby Crawford Stages Unique Chorus-Writ-
eight years of his residence in Toronto," said
ing Contest for Berlin Number
Mr. Draper, "and some of us are only now get-
ting to really know him. Whether our intimacy
One of the biggest novelties arranged by a-
has been of longer or shorter duration, every sales organization in the music business was
OCTOBER 9, 1920
BID FAREWELL TO ROBERTS
1
Fox-Trot Novelty Ballad
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chi« g o McKinley Music Co.
some time ago planned by Bobby Crawford,
sales manager of Irving Berlin, Inc., and has
just been brought to a close.
It included the co-operation of twenty-eight
syndicate stores and eight large music dealers.
It was in the form of a contest on "My Little
Bimboo Down on the Bamboo Isle" in which
the song-buying public was invited to compose
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choruses that would be available for publica-
tion, the S. S. Kresge stores taking an active
part in the contest. Over a hundred composi-
tions were submitted. The whole was the means
of creating large sales in the territory where
the contest took place. In Chicago and vicinity
where "Fair One," the new Irving Berlin num-
ber, is particularly popular, the contest was held
on that number.
INDIAN ONE=STEP IS POPULAR
"Pocahontas," described as a new idea in In-
dian one-step which J. A. MacMeekin, New
York publisher, has just released, is showing in-
dications of-becoming a very popular number.
This is proven by the favor it is receiving in
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