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NOVEMBER
27,
53
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
1920
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
SECOND MEETING OF SONG WRITERS
DEALERS: Please remember that
Do Not Agree Upon Union Affiliatione—Uni-
form Royalty Contract to Be Adopted
The second meeting of the new organization
of song writers was held at Keen's Chop House
on Tuesday night of last week and over 200
authors and composers were present. The pro-
posed affiliation with the American Federation
of Labor, either through the Actors' Equity As-
sociation or the American Federation of
Musicians, was one of the important points of
discussion, but was temporarily laid aside owing
to the fact that there was not unanimous ap-
proval.
The organization is to be known as the
Authors' and Composers' Protective Association
and those present pledged themselves not to
sign any contract other than the official Authors'
and Composers' Protective Association royalty
agreement, which will be drawn up and adopted
later. The following officers were elected: Vic-
tor Herbert, president; Grant Clarke, vice-presi-
dent; J. Bodewalt Lampc, secretary, and Louis
Hirsch, treasurer. The gathering was ad-
dressed by Victor Herbert, J. Baldwin Sloane,
Otto Harbach, Tommy Gray and others. Some
of the leading lights of both the popular and
musical comedy field were present.
According to some reports it is contemplated
to take in over 15,000 song writers, any person
being eligible who has had a song or music
composition published. Various matters, such
"The Barefoot Trail'
Song Success
is now on the broad highway of
SINGERS, TEACHERS AND PUBLIC PROCLAIM IT!
Supplying the demand is up to you—
Co-operation spells ORDERS—we're at your service
BOOSEY & CO.
NEW YORK (9 East 17th Street) and TORONTO (384 Yongc Street)
as the drawing tip of by-laws, etc., were placed
in the hands of committees. A regular meeting
date is to be arranged and at an early session
a constitution will be adopted.
Jack Mills, Inc., have just forwarded to the
trade an announcement card calling attention to
their dance sensation, "Heart of Mine," a worthy
successor to the firm's "Cuban Moon."
Special ! — One Order — 50 or more assorted — 2
Telegram orders for at least this quantity may be sent collect.
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The House of Song Fame
PR1NDLE
SCOTT
A Christmas Song in three keys, with optional Violin Obbligato.
MUSIC OF "JIMMIE" IS TUNEFUL
Frances White and Ben Welch Make the Most
of Melody Numbers—Music Credited to Her-
bert Stothart—T. B. Harms Publishes Score
" J i m m i e , " the new musical comedy with book
and lyrics by O t t o H a r b a c h , F r a n k Mandel a n d
O s c a r H a m m e r s t e i n 2nd, and music by H e r b e r t
S t o t h a r t , opened
recently at Selwyn's
new
Apollo T h e a t r e .
F r a n c e s W h i t e , of Ziegfeld
" F o l l i e s " and vaudeville fame, plays the stellar
role accompanied by a quality cast, including
the very popular comedian, Ben Welch, intro-
ducing also a n e w eccentric dancer, Rita Owen.
T h e critics speak well of the piece and p r o -
nounce the nlusic both pretty a n d melodious.
The song n u m b e r s include " J i m m i e , "
"Ming
P o o , " " B a b y D r e a m s , " "Cute Little T w o by
F o u r , " "Rickety Crickety," and " T h a t ' s as F a r
as I Can G o . " " J i m m i e , " having been written
for Miss W h i t e , allows her to play a n u m b e r of
parts for which she is best adapted, and the
songs which she sings are of the kind for which
she is noted.
" J i m m i e " will undoubtedly be with us for
some time, at least from the opening indica-
tions. T. B. H a r m s and Francis, D a y & H u n t e r
are the publishers of the music.
WALTER HODGES FINED $100
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Walter C. Hodges, of Los Angeles, Cal., who
some time ago was arrested and charged with
having reprinted and sold thousands of copies
of the song hit "Dardanella," of which Fred
Fisher, Inc., holds the copyright, pleaded guilty
to the charge recently and was fined $100.
The action was brought abput through the
efforts of the Music Publishers' Protective As-
sociation. It was charged that Hodges printed
I/ 7 .(XX) copies of the song, selling them to the
trade in Pacific Coast territory at ten cents a
copy. It is understood that there were several
other spurious editions and that the same Asso-
ciation is taking- action to bring the culprits
before the courts.
TO PUBLISH "HhYO" SONG
HAROLD FLAMMER
Goodman & Rose, Inc., have just accepted for
publication a new Oriental fox-trot ballad en-
titled "Hi-Yo," from the pens of Bud Green and
Fdgar Fairchild, for which it is said they paid
a large advance. The number in arrangement
has what are known as "Chinese melody tricks."