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MUSIC MEMORY CONTEST IN PORTLAND A BIG SUCCESS
Nearly One Thousand Students Participate in Final Test of Contest Arranged by Sherman, Clay
& Co.—Cortot and the Duo-Art Score a Triumph—George J. Dowling a Visitor
PORTLAND, ORE., April 29.—The final test of Port-
land's Music Memory Contest was held in the
public auditorium on Friday, April 15, and was
a great success from every • standpoint. The
contest was sponsored by Sherman, Clay & Co.
and Evelyn McFarland McClusky, of the edu-
cational department of the company, was the
general manager of the contest and' she was
ably assisted by the public school authorities
and the teachers.
Twenty-four
grammar
schools and four high schools entered teams of
fifteen each, and the number of entries for the
hnal test was 982. To qualify it was necessary
to make a grade of more than 70 per cent. Fifty
classical compositions had been studied and of
these twenty were selected for the final and
the contestants were to name the composition
and the composer when a small portion of the
piece was played. The Glencoe school won the
first prize and was presented with a handsome
picture of "Beethoven and Friends" by the
Federated Music Clubs, the Creston school won
the second prize of $20 in gold, which was pre-
sented by the Parent Teachers' Association, and
the Ockley Green school was third and received
$10 in gold from the Musicians' and Woman's
Clubs. The schools will use the money prizes
to purchase records for their school talking ma-
chines. Twenty-two of the contestants made
100 per cent and thirteen scored 99 per cent.
These received Red Seal records, which were
presented by Sherman, Clay & Co., the G. F.
Johnson Piano Co., Sieberling & Lucas, Bush
& Lane Piano Co., Hyatt Talking Machine Co.,
and Wiley B. Allen Co. In addition they were
the guests of the Portland Symphony Orches-
tra at its concert on April 20, and each of those
making 100 per cent received a certificate of
honor and all who qualified for the finals were
given a certificate of merit. The compositions
were played on a Victrola, furnished by Sher-
man, Clay & Co., and on an Ampico from the
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G. F. Johnson Piano Co. The contest was a
great success and J. H. Dundore is being con-
gratulated on the success of an undertaking
that required a great deal of work to bring to
proper fruition.
The Portland public auditorium was filled to
capacity, over 4,000 of the most prominent peo-
ple of the city being present, including all of
Portland's musicians, on Monday evening, April
18, when Sherman, Clay & Co. presented Alfred
Cortot and the Steinway Duo-Art in an invita-
tional concert. The audience was delighted at
the performance of the instrument and thor-
oughly enjoyed the playing of the eminent pian-
ist, as was -evidenced by the many encores de-
manded. J. H. Dundore was delighted at the
interest shown and has received many inquiries
since concerning the Duo-Art.
Mr. Cortot was accompanied to Portland by
C. Arthur Longwell, concert manager of the
Aeolian Co., and W. F. Tatroe, manager of the
Duo-Art department of S p Francisco.
The Ampico parlors of the G. F. Johnson
Piano Co. have been refurnished in a very hand-
some way, so that the company now has a proper
setting for demonstrating their Chickering Am-
picos. The room is large and spacious and is
fitted up to represent a music room in a well-
furnished and beautiful home.
H. G. Reed, president of the Reed, French
Piano Co., has just returned 1 from an extended
Eastern trip, during which he visted Chicago,
Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, St. Paul
and Minneapolis and returned over the Cana-
dian Pacific, stopping at Vancouver and Vic-
toria, B. C , on his way home. Mr. Reed was
greatly pleased with business conditions in the
centers visited and greatly gratified at the large
number of piano sales made in his house during
his absence.
Madame Tetrazzini, who recently appeared in
concert in Portland, while here visited the Wiley
B. Allen store and was shown through the va-
rious departments by Frank M. Case, the local
manager. Madame Tetrazzini was greatly irv-
terested in the Hardman pianos, of which this
house is the exclusive agent in this city, and she
autographed several Hardman grands. The Vic-
trola which stands in Mr. Case's office also was
autographed.
Among the special sales of the G. F. Johnson
Piano Co. was a handsome Chickering grand with
the Ampico, which was installed in the home of
a prominent citizen of Salem, Ore.
Mr. Johnson, of the G. F. Johnson Piano Co.,
will leave May 5 for Chicago to attend the Na-
tional Convention.
Harold S. Gilbert, of the Gilbert Piano Co.,
left this week for the East and will visit New
York, Chicago and several other cities before
his return. Mr. Gilbert expects to be gone
about six weeks, and is accompanied by his wife
and two sons.
The Wiley B. Allen Co. had a pleasant visit
from George J. Dowling, president of the Cable
Company, of Chicago? who spent several days
in the city. The Wiley B. Allen Co. is the
exclusive dealer in the Cable products in Port-
land. •
Mary Elizabeth Godwin, assistant to Evelyn
McClusky, of the educational department of
Sherman, Clay & Co., has resigned her position
tc accept a position as manager of the Victrola
department of the Huntley Drug Co. of Oregon
City.
F. W. Grosser, manager of the Northwestern
branches of the Kohler & Chase Piano Co , who
has been very ill in the Good Samaritan Hos-
pital in this city, was removed last week to his
home,-but he is still in charge of his trained
WIFE OF HORACE WATERS DEAD
The Cheney costs no more
than other phonographs—
sells for $125 to $385.
Josephine Knight Waters, wife of Horace
Waters and mother of Merrill K. Waters, secre-
tary of Horace Waters & Co., New York, passed
away at the Craig House Sanitarium, Beacon,-
New York,- Monday morning, April 25. The
burial took place at Greenwood Cemetery, Brook-
lyn, N. Y. The services were private. .