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NOVEMBER 1, 1924
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The Sheet Music Trade—(Continued from page 53)
A Western music dealer told me the other
day that he comes to New York quite often. I
won't mention names, but when he does come,
he always takes in the new "Ziegfeld Follies"
of which he is very fond. Of course, he goes
there because he likes to hear the new music.
I just received a letter from Harry Engel of
Robbins-Engel Co., New York, in which he tells
me about an unusually pleasant evening he
spent with some nice, lovely boys, men of
"note"—they read "notes" and they take them
too. Here is the song Harry is singing now:
"Cock-aTdoodle do, I lost a buck or two, but
when they put in loaded dice, I lost my stick-
pin too."
The Western music dealer is really a great
philosopher—the majority of them live in the
belief: "the greater the obstacle, the more glory
in the overcoming it."
San Antonio
It was Thomas "Tom" Goggan who put the
"Tone" in San Antone.
In an interview with him he gave me some
very interesting data. The business is in ex-
cellent shape and has been right straight along.
He is a strong believer in paying a great deal
of attention in carrying live merchandise, watch-
ing the turnover like the physician is ever
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watchful of the temperature of his patients Mr.
Goggan's thermometer is watching the per-
centage of cost in each department. At the
present time they are rather handicapped for
space, but I received the good news that on or
about March 1, 1925, they hope t o be located
in their own new building four stories high, of
Italian architecture, mission style with an elab-
orate mezzanine floor. Their new building is
now being erected on corner of Broadway and
Travis street at an expense of $300,000.
Thomas Goggan & Bros, use this slogan:
''Everything in Music since 1866." They feature
the Steinway Duo Art, Victor and Brunswick
phonographs and records. A large supply of
musical instruments and everything in music.
Thomas F. Logan, the general manager, is very
optimistic about their business. He stated that
their increase over last year was about 40 per
cent.
The manager of the music department is F.
A. Brinkman, whom I understand is the man
who discovered the "Rhine" not in Germany. It
is a place which many years ago was well known
near Cincinnati and what wonderful beer they
did serve. Every time "Brinky" thinks about
it he smacks his lips. He is a strong advocate
of good sensible wine and beer and hopes to
live long enough when we can get it once more
without being obliged to hide in the cellar. H e
is very proud of his music department and dis-
closed the fact that their retail business is in
splendid condition and they have a very large
and growing mail order business. He is really
a credit to the House of Goggan. While nearly
sixty he didn't admit it—he certainly steps
lively and is in possession of a lot of "Texas
Pep."
Mrs. June Foster, in charge of the popular mu-
sic department, gave me the following list of
the ten best sellers on their counter at this time.
They are "June Night," "Charley, My Boy,"
"Sweet Little You," "Mandalay," "It Had To
Be You," "Jealous," "Hard Hearted Hannah,"
'"Doodle Doo Doo," "I Can't Get the One I
Want" and "If You Do What You Do."
While walking on Houston street, the main
thoroughfare of the city, my attention was called
to a lady in an automobile making a speech in
which she stated she was not going to vote for
the "Joke Candidate for President." A curious
individual asked her who that was and she said
it was "Laughalotte."
Part of the desert I've just traveled through
has been so dry that I've had to pin the postage
stamps on my letters.
Marvin Lee, the cyclone salesman of Chicago,
told me a good one the other day and I must
tell it. His trip to the coast has been so costly
that he has decided to cut out sleeping in
hotels. He intends raising a beard like the
"Smith Brothers," you know the "cough drop
twins," and will use it as a mattress.
The other music house in this city is the
Walthall Co. which recently moved into new
quarters. It appears to be a busy institution
and hopes to show a splendid increase in its
business throughout in having made this
change.
San Antonio is really a very delightful city.
The Chamber of Commerce has undertaken a
gigantic campaign in boosting it. It has many
attractions. They boast about their Alamo, the
City of Missions, beautiful parks, where the
grass is always green, and a very delightful
climate the year around. It does get hot in the
summer, but their winter season attracts the
better type of tourist and health seekers from
all over. San Antonio also claims to have orig-
inated the idea of using school boys for traffic
police to guard the streets through school
hours. The population is about 200,000, about
40 per cent Mexican. From all indications the
Mexican spends his money the same as any
other individual which, after all, is all that mat-
ters. Most business men here say "Business is
good, what are you worrying about?"
Kansas City
Kansas City boasts of two "stars"; one—its
leading newspaper "The Kansas City Star,"—
the other the well-known music house of J. W.
Jenkins Sons' Music Co.; the largest and most
complete music house in the Southwest and
which ranks among the first and foremost in
North America.
The music department, consisting of a large
wholesale, mail order and retail business, is
splendidly managed by the well-known Grant
Ege, a man of sound judgment, progressive, and
well liked in the industry.
Grant Ege has the honor of being president
of the National Association of Sheet Music
Dealers. The boys who have sat in the meet-
ings with him say he swings a mean gavel.
Mr. Jenkins displayed much wisdom in having
discovered Mr. Ege. The story goes something
like this:
It was a dark and stormy night in Kansas
City, Kansas, so Mr. Ege decided to walk over
to Kansas City, Mo. This happened during the
(Continued on page 55)
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