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THK MUSIC TRADE
FINE WINDOWS SELL SHEET MUSIC
Volkwein Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., Exploit
Sheet Music in Unusually Attractive Windows
With Excellent and Profitable Results
REVIEW
"Century Edition," which is considered among
the most attractively arranged windows dis-
playing sheet music that have been arranged in
some time. This method of calling the public's
attention to a particular edition brought unusual
DECEMBER 9, 1922
that Volkwein Bros, have a record of every
number, both standard and popular, which has
been issued for a score of years. These records
are divided into their respective departments
and a revolving rack containing hundreds of
One of the show places of music stores in
Eastern territory is that of the retail establish-
ment of Volkwein Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa. It is
attractively arranged with up-to-date and higli
quality equipment which makes it the meetjiijfc
place of musicians of every description in tfkat
city. Volkwein Bros, make a specialty of musi-
cal instruments of all kinds, sheet music and
music books, and all accessories required by
musicians. It has a particular department de-
voted to orchestrations and in this branch it
does a very large business.
Naturally, a store that is so well appointed is
apt to realize the value of window displays and
in this the Volkwein establishments give special
care and attention. The Review has been for-
tunate, from time to time, in securing photo-
graphs of some of the most attractive of these
window displays. Recently this firm had a win-
dow display featuring the nationally advertised
SONGS THAT SELL
Irving Berlin's Latest,
Greatest Song Hit
Open Your Arms
— You Know
(My Ala b a my)
You Belong
to Somebody Else
(So Why Don't You Leave Me Alone ?)
Yankee Doodle Blues
Truly
Night
You Tell Her I Stutter
— Early in the Morning (Blues)
While the Years Roll By
Just a Little Love Song
Choo Choo Blues
Send Baek My Honey Man
Some Sunny Day
Don't Bring Me Posies
It's Shoesies I Need
HERE THEY ARE
The Song Gems From
IRVING BERLIN'S Second Annual
Music
Box Revue
which opened at Music Box Theatre
October 23, 1922
Crinoline Days
Lady of the Evening
Will She Come From the East?
Pack Up Your Sins
and Go To The Devil
Porcelain Maid
The Little Red Lacquer Cage
Bring On the Pepper
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RVING BERLIN, Inc.il
607 Broadway, New Yorkl
strel and dramatic make-up, plays and playlets,
farcical and serious; novel entertainments and
"Witmark Entertainment and Octavo Catalogs" special entertainments for festive occasions.
Contain Lists Offering Invaluable Suggestions
The "Witmark Octavo Catalog" comprises a
to Dealers and Entertainers
list of this firm's publications for male, female
and mixed voices, the contents yielding a rich
Among the valuable publication catalogs and varied collection of duos, trios, quartets,
issued by M. Witmark & Sons, such, for ex- quintets, sextettes, choruses and cantatas.
ample, as those devoted to the "Witmark Black
Ballads, both standard and popular, also sacred
and White Series," the "Witmark Popular- songs, novelty and comedy songs, dialect songs
Standard-Pictorial" numbers and the operatic of every description—all these are available in
publications—are two that appeal so universally; the octavo edition, and to everyone interested
they are in ever-increasing demand. We refer in the giving of entertainments of any character,
to "Witmark Entertainment and Octavo Cata- both these handy catalogs will prove invaluable.
logs," which cover a field apart from the others,
Space precludes mention of the all-embracing
and the contents of which make them invaluable. contents of these particular catalogs which rep-
They embrace publications of this firm that
resent an important and all-the-year-round
cover nearly the whole ground of what, for branch of the remarkable activities of one of
want of a better description, may be defined as the most enterprising houses in the country.
"entertainment."' Herein are listed, for instance,
a complete line of everything appertaining to
RECEIVER FOR PUBLISHING FIRM
the giving of a minstrel show, from the special
Witmark opening and closing choruses for min-
E. C. Mills and Mark Hyman were appointed
strels to the after-pieces. The splendid series receivers for the Broadway Music Corp. by
of operettas written specially by Arthur A. Penn Judge A. N. Hand, of the Federal Court, on
for production by amateurs includes such per- Saturday. No liabilities or assets were stated.
manent successes as "Yokohama Maid," "The
Lass of Limerick Town," "Captain Crossbones,"
"Mam'zelle Taps" and "The China Shop"; and
there are a number of one-act musical plays
of every description also. Miscellaneous book
NOVELTY
publications are also included, such as joke
FOX TROT
books, books of instructions in the art of min-
Ray Masino's Sensational Hit at
Garden Pier.
TRY THIS
TWO VALUABLE WITMARK CATALOGS
SONGS THAT SELL
AW'C'MON
"Mother Dear Tin Sad and Lonely"
A new Waltz Song that will appeal to
all Music Lovers
Composed and Publiahed by
MAY BELL ANDREWS,
Eldred, McKean Co., Pa
cSfSong for Church or Home
- 3 ^ ^ i>K BERTRAND-BROWN ^ ^ a K :
- JAat fairly lifts you into the Celestial
published for Tenor or Soprano, Alto or Baritone ^ B S
60
7Ac WILLIS AVVSIC CO. Cincinnati.Ohio.
DEA .ERS ! ! !
W ite for
Special Introductory
Offer
Homesick
Volkwein Bros.' Attractive Display of Century Edition
results and the sale of "Century Certified Edi- titles, alphabetically arranged, carries the in-
tion" showed renewed activity during the time formation as to the title, when issued, and in
what folder it appears in the stock. This, natu-
of the display.
In speaking of the efficiency of this estab- rally, took years to compile and is indeed a
lishment it might be well to here remark, and valuable adjunct to the business, which has
it will, no doubt, be of interest to the trade, grown because of the firm's broad policies.
PAINTING PICTURES
The Wonder Fox Trot Ballad
DOWN THE LANE
TO BEGINNING AGAIN
It's Just Another "Down the Trail to
Home Sweet Home."
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