THE
DECEMBER 22, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
41
MEETING OF BOSTON PUBLISHERS
Bi-monthly Session of Boston Music Publishers'
Association Held Last Week-Better Postal
Conditions Reported-Lawrence Powell the
Guest at the Dinner Served
Sent to
You!
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E DITION."
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New York
J. X. HEARST MAKES CONTRIBUTION
Music Publisher Gives $7,500 to the Winnipeg
(Can.) Federated Budget
WINNIPEG, CAN., December 13.-The Winnipeg
Fede ra ted Bud get, which gath ers the funds for
the collective ch a rit y organizations of thi s city,
was re ce ntl y enriched by a co ntribution of $7,500
from J ose ph X. H earst and h is wife, which is
the larges t single don a tion recorded. Mr.
Hearst is president of Hea rs t Music Publi shers,
Ltd., of Canada, the head offi ce of which is in
this city . This la rg e contribution was an
nounced in an almost full-page a dver tisement in
severa l papers as a final publicity drive by the
Federated Bud ge t Board of Winnipe g, Inc.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
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My
Good
Man's Blues
RICINAL HOME OF JAZZ
NUSIC PUBL/SHEIlS ~3129 South StateSt..Chica60
BOSTON, J'vIA SS., December 17.-The bi-monthly
meeting and dinner o f th e Bosto n ).,[usic Pub
lishers' Ass ociatio n was held at the Parker
House a few even in gs ago with a good at
I LOVE YOU
LOVE TALES
tenda nce. Th ere was littl e business to tr ansac t,
NO, NO, NORA
so. th e members and .(west s settl ed themselve s
EASY MELODY
fo r a plca~ant evening. James A .' Smith, r epor t
SONG OF LOVE
ill g for the Better Po.s tal Conditions COlTlmitfee ,
JOURNEY'S END
HAI.F PAST TEN
,tated th a t th ere had been an improv em e nt ill
LINGER A WHILE
the receipt and dispatch o.f mail matter and
WONDERFUL ONE
th ere wer e indiCations that conditions w o.uld
CAROLINA MAlIlMY
BLUE HOOSIER BLUES
s till be more im pro ve d as tim e went o.n. Sec
1I1AMJlIA LOVES PAPA
reta ry H ar old Robinson read letter, frolll
RIVER SHANNON 1I100N
Geo.rge Fi scher, president o f th e Mu s ic P ub
STEALING TO VIRGINIA
lishers' Association of the l .' nited States, upo.n
SA W MILL RIVER ROAD
the question of "A Clearing House for Music
SWINGIN' DOWN THE LANE
CUT YOURSELF A PIECE OF CARE
P u bli sher s."
EVERY NIGHT I CRY MYSELF TO
A guest o f the evening wa s Lawren ce Po.well,
SLEEP OVER YOU
a n English compose r, who was wi th Da vid
TAKE, OH TAKE, THOSE LIPS AWAY
S teve ns, of th e C. C. Birchard Co. Mr. Powell
Writ
was int ro.duce d to. the company by President
LEO FEIST, Inc. , FEIST BId,., New York
\1,1 . Deane Preston and in a few w ords Mr.
Po.\ovell paid high .tribute to. the Am erican musi c
publi s hers. H e drew some co mp ar is ons b et ween
t~ e Bo.ston publisher .~ and those of London,
th e latter bein g terrifying persons in compa ri so n
SHERMAN, CLAY SONG POPLJLAR
to the ir brethren on this side. He reporte d th e
music publishing in E n g lan d as at a low' ebb
PORTLAND, ORE., December 14.- T he Sherman,
at this tim e, the o.nly rede em ing feature bein g
Clay & Co. w altz numb er, "The West, a Nest
large sales. In Birmingham rec ently, he said,
a nd You," continues to· be the biggest seller at
11 ,000 competitors pa rticipated in the festival.
the sheet music department o.f the Seiberling
The an nual election of officers will take place
Lu ca s Mu sic Co. , acc ording to Maybelle Elliott,
at the next meeting and the following co.mm it- . manager. Thi s number has rec eiv ed a co rdi al
tee was ap poin te d to place o fficer s in nomina
rece ption from the music lov ers of Po.rtland.
tion: Jam es A. Smith, Harry Crosby and
Other goo d s ell ers at th e pr ese nt time a re
Charl es A Thompson. Th e evening's en tert a in
Irvin g Berlin's "That Old Gang of Mine ";
ment wa s furnished by two. artists from the
Shapiro-Bern stein's " Last Night on th e Ba ck
Keith Circuit, w ho ga ve a study in bla ck a nd
Porch" and F eis t's "I Lo ve Y ou."
w hite.
The work which th e Bosto n publishe rs have
done to improve postal deli ve ry service has
been of great va lue to the entire sheet musi c
trad e, as dil a tor y servi ce under this head has
WATERSON,
a most evi l effect o.n the service which the
BERLIN & SNYDER CO.
she et mu s ic d ealer ca n render to hi s customers,
si nc.e p ro mpt filling of orders is moq imp o rtant
S·O.N.G H.I· T.S
to him .
Come on, Spark Plug
Land of Cotton Blues
My Sweetie Went Away
It's Not the First Time You Left
in the vario... catalop of
Me
Not Here, Not There, It's Fifty
Miles From Nowhere
Dh, Gee! Dh, Gosh! Dh, Golly!
THE WITMARK BLACK AND WHITE
I'm in Love
SERIES
Dear Little Boy of M i ne
Covered Wagon Days
Gypsy Love Song
Back in the Old Neighborhood
I'll Forget You
,June's the Time for Roses
I've Got a Song for Sale (That
Just to Hear You lVhlsper I Lovo You
My Sweetie Turned Down)
Just B e en Wond'rlng All Day Long-
Kiss Me Again
That's
Why You Make Me Cry
Let th e Res t of th e World Go By
Mother lI-Iachree
Roll Along, Missouri
BIG SELLERS
M. Wilmark & Sons
]l-ly Jean
My Wild Irish Rose
Bmll!,,' Through
S unris e and You
That Wonde rful Mother of JlUJle
T en Thousand Years from Now
The Lamplit Hour
OPERATIC
From "The Rise of Rosie O'Re illy"
When June Comes Along Wlt.h a Song
Born and Bred in Brooklyn
From "Little N e\lle Kelly"
N eUle Kelly, I Love Yon
You Remind Me of My Mother
POPULAR STANDARD PICTORIAL
NUMBERS
Alnbamy Black She ep, Won't Yon Return
to My Fold?
Bebe
I'm SItting Pretty in a Pret.ty Little City
Long Lost Mamma-Daddy Jlllsses You
Midnight Rose
Out There In the Sunshine '''ith You
Whcn Will the Sun Shine for
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Publi.bed by
WATERSON,
BERLIN & SNYDER CO.
Straacl ThHtre B!d,., New y ... k City, N. Y.