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THE
AUGUST 19, 1922
MUSIC
TRADE
49
REVIEW
UNIQUE WILL OF B. F. WOOD
Boston Music Publisher Makes Liberal Provi-
sion for Veteran Employes of Company
BOSTON,
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MASS., August 14.—One of the most
unusual wills ever filed for probate in this State
was brought to the Probate Court in East Cam-
bridge last week when the will of Benjamin F.
Wood, the Boston music publisher and head of
the B. F. Wood Music Co., revealed that he had
left a small fortune to every employe of his com-
A Century dealer in Yonkers fig-
pany, both here and in England, who has been
ured if he could get his customers
iinlnied with the thought that it
in the employ of his company for ten years or
would he ii good idea to have a fine
more.
t'KNTl'RV music library, he would
not only increase his
The will declares that every enTploye who has
(' E N T i: R Y Kales hut
make a number of people
been with the concern for that period, or longer,
better and happier musi-
shall receive his weekly wage as it stands to-
ciuiis.
day, multiplied by the number of weeks he has
He worked out the
idea, put it into eft'ect
worked for the concern in all.
and was himself sur-
prised with the results.
Thus, if an employe of the company has worked
for
ten years for the Wood Music Publishing
After all, most of us
Co., and gets $50 a week, he will receive by the
are creatures of habit. Get your
trade in the hnhit of buying
will his $50 salary, multiplied by 520, or $26,000.
music for a library and the rest
is easy.
Mr. Wood left an estate of more than $200,000.
Mr. Wood's will, as filed, leaves more than
WORTH TRYING, ANYWAY!
this to his employes. After specifying that $10,-
000 shall be devoted to the use of the Central
Century Music Pub. Co.
Maine General Hospital at Lewiston, Me., he
235 West 40th St.
New York
goes on to declare that the entire remainder
of the estate shall be left as a charity fund and
a trust to be administered for the benefit of all
employes of his concern who may be disabled or
IS PROHIBITION THE "CRACK"?
in need of aid or otherwise worthy of a share.
New E. B. Marks Co. Release Slurs the Nine-
Benjamin F. Wood died on the nineteenth of
teenth Amendment
July, after a brief illness. His business is lo-
A new Gus Edwards' song, "Let's Mend the cated to-day at 88 St. Stephen street, in the Back
Crack in the Liberty Bell," published by the Bay district.
H. W. Robinson, assistant manager of the
Kdward B. Marks Music Co., is a subtle attack
against prohibition. It was first introduced in company and son-in-law of the late Mr. Wood,
the Pompeian Grill of the Ambassador Hotel, filed the will in probate this morning in person.
The firm employs about thirty persons, not all
.Now York, on midnight on July 3. Since that
time it lias been heard frequently in vaudeville of whom will come under the clauses of benefit
set forth in the will, according to Mr. Robinson,
and has found favor as a dance.
the larger percentage of the employes having
been working for the concern for a much shorter
TO PUBLISH "HUMAN HEARTS"
length of time than the ten years specified. Even
Leo Feist, Inc., will publish the ballad fox-trot, with this the case, however, the number of for-
"Human Hearts," which will be exploited in con- tunate employes will be considerable.
junction with the Universal motion picture of the
The music company was organized nearly
same name. The writers are Milt Hagen and thirty years ago in this city and developed to
Victor Nurnberg, the former a well-known adver- such an extent that soon it had branches in both
tising and sheet music man, and the latter a London and New York. Thirty years, then, rep-
publicity man for several motion picture com- resents the possible maximum of service for any
panies.
beneficiary under the will, which, however, is
a longer time than any person has been em-
'JOBBERS OF MUSIC
ployed by Mr. Wood.
Big Business
irom Littie Ideas
Grows!
A SIGN OF IMPORTANCE
SHEE'TMUSIC
Every 'Live Dealer
Stumbling
Three O' Clock in the Morning
Georgia
Swanee River Moon
Virginia Blues
Wake Up, Little Girl, You're
Just Dreaming
Why Should I Cry Over You?
Coal Black Mammy
The Nineteenth Hole
Lovely Lucerne
Silver Stars
Stumbling (Paraphrase for piano
especially composed by Zez
Conf rey )
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Leo Feist, Inc., released a new song entitled
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who recently appeared at the l'alace Theatre,
New York.
NEW COMEDY SONG
K. ] ' . Moran and Will R. Haskins are the
writers of a new comedy song entitled "Abie's
Wild Rose." The number is being published by
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