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FEBRUARY 5,
1921
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
PADEREWSK1 COMING TO AMERICA
SEEK ADVERTISING LEGISLATION
Famous Artist and Former Premier of Poland
Resigns as Member of Peace Delegation
Music Dealers in Buffalo Interested in Move to
Punish Advertisers in the Music Field Who
Make Misleading Statements
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According to a press dispatch from Morges,
Switzerland, under date of January 29, former
Premier Paderewski of Poland announced that
he had resigned as a member of the Polish
peace delegation, but declared the report of his
resignation as Polish delegate to the League
of Nations was incorrect. Paderewski said he
wished to be relieved of part of his work be-
cause of his indifferent health. His coming trip
to America, he said, would be of a private
nature and purely for rest, and he expected to
return to Switzerland in September to resume
his functions as Polish representative to the
League of Nations organization.
Speaking of reports that he might resume his
public appearances on the concert stage, the
famous pianist declared he would never play
in concert again, although he had received many
excellent offers from America. His American
trip would be undertaken about the end of
February, he said, and he would first visit Cali
fornia, where he has many friends.
SCOTT=HUNTINGTON AS A POET
Manager of Washington Music Corp. Is Known
for His Poetic Writings as Well as for His
Ability as a Music Dealer—A Recent Poem
H. T. Scott-Huntington, manager of the
Washington Music Corp., Friday Harbor, Wash.,
is an old subscriber to The Review and more-
over has attained some celebrity as a poet. The
Keview has been privileged to peruse one of
his recent poems entitled "A Man," which is
particularly timely in these days when so many
people are inclined to find fault with things gen-
erally, when they might "win out" by the policy
of a stiff upper lip and fighting the battle like
"a man." The poem reads as follows:
What's the use of making faces, raising blazes in all places
And kicking just because everything goes wrong;
Let's consider for a minute that we sometimes reach our
limit
Just do the best and let things slide along.
Can't always be a headliner, riding Pullman and Diner,
Got to tumble down a bit and eat hard tack;
It's a mighty good old lesson, it's the way towards pro-
gression,
It's the only way we ever can come back.
Everybody gets a "breakin' " in this game of life, the
shakin'
Of the dice is tough old luck, you bet;
Let's pull ourselves together, why, trouble's but a feather,
We all have lots of ginger in us yet.
Old Cy. Perkins was no dreamer but a mighty clever
schemer
And he never kicked because the mare went lame;
Says Cy: "'Taint no use of complainin',
Darn it all, the weather ain't to blame."
Why, the music and the laughter that we listen to hereafter
When old Mr. Trouble folds his tents and parts,
Is the greatest compensation for any sorrowing sensation
That ever found a place within our hearts.
Never mind the talk of others nor the sneers of hard-faced
brothers,
Just "stick it out" and do the best you can;
The man that wins the banner goes about it in this manner,
And he's simply this and nothing more—A MAN.
The Fine Arts Importing Corp., New York,
received a charter this week to engage in the
business of importing pianos, talking machines
and also to do business as music publishers. The
incorporator is O. Rertrand Bocande, 611 West
U3th street.
BUFFALO, N. Y., February 1.—Legislation which
will make misleading advertising with regard to
the sale of musical instruments an offense pun-
ishable in the courts is being sought by the
music trades group of the Buffalo Chamber of
Commerce, which seeks to enlist the aid of the
entire chamber in bringing the matter before the
State governing body at Albany.
This is the result of complaints of alleged mis-
leading advertising, which have come to the
notice of the music trades group, and which
were discussed at length at meetings of that
body which were held last week.
Samples of advertisements of talking machines
offered for sale were submitted at these meet-
ings and examined, and the music men decided
that some of these ads were misleading and de-
ceptive, that they gave the impression to the
prospective buyer that he was getting additional
equipment free, while in reality he was paying
for it.
The present laws, it is said, make it difficult
to bring a definite action in any cases of this
kind, hence the move on the part of the music
men to have a new law passed. One complaint,
it is said, has been made to authorities, but it
looks as though, with the statutes the way they
are, nothing can be done about it.
Ampico week, which was held here last week
under the auspices of the Wurlitzer Co., proved
a great success, and the merits of the piano were
demonstrated to thousands of Buffalonians.
There were a number of demonstrations in the
theatres, and at the luncheon of the Greater
Buffalo Advertising Club, when Philip Gordon
and Henry Souvaine, pianists, appeared. The
crowning event was a concert at the Twentieth,
Century Hall Friday night, when Mr. Souvaiiie
and Mr. Gordon appeared, together with Reba
Dai-Ridge, mezzo-soprano.
The hall was crowded, and the audience, by
its constant applause, showed how greatly it
appreciated the concert. Mr. Gordon and Mr.
Souvaine appeared, each playing several num-
bers which were enthusiastically received. In
some they alternated with the piano. In others
the piano, after they had finished playing a num-
ber in person, played their recording of it.
The Ampico acted as accompanist for Reba
Dai-Ridge, and the success of the arrangement
made a sensation with the audience. News-
paper critics enthusiastically reviewed the con-
cert and were warm in their praise of the piano's
powers.
A. D. Ogden, New York State manager for
Hallet & Davis, spent the week-end, together
with Mrs. Ogden, with Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Koenig here.
Frank Walsh, of the Standard Music Co., was
in town last week taking orders for Arto records
and rolls.
The employes of the Hoffman Piano Co. are
planning the organization of a tennis team the
coming Summer. Charles Hoffman, the head of
the company, is one of the city's stars at the
game.
AL. BEHN1NG ON HOOVER COMMITTEE
Albert Behning, as secretary of the New York
Piano Manufacturers' Association, has been
appointed chairman of the Music Trade Di-
vision of the European Relief Council, other-
wise known as the Hoover committee, which is
at present raising funds to keep 3,500,000 in
Europe from starving before the next harvest.
MEISTER FACTORY RESUMES
O., January 31.—After being shut down
for several weeks the Meister Piano Co.'s fac-
tory at Monroevillc resumed operations this
week, employing one hundred men,
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