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The Music Trade Review
With Any FEIST Song*
IF I DIDN'T
KNOW YOUR.
HUSBAND"
FEBRUARY 5, 1927
Rorabaugh Store, Hutchinson, Kan.,
Wins First Prize in Century Contest
Other Prize-winners Are Actuelle Music Co., Weeks & Dickinson, Universal Music
Co. and Haven Music Co.—Large Number of Dealers Competed
T^OR the past few years the Century Music
Publishing Co. has had unusual success in
running annual window display contests open
t<> all music dealers.
The 1926 competition
closed on December 31 and the winning win-
The window showings were of every descrip-
tion and not a few of these required great
thought and attention and in some instances
unusual expense. The judges of the contest
were F. C. Bruns, of the Federal Advertising
(flND YOU OIONT KNOW MY WIFEJ
A Clevei' Comedy
L WOLFE GILBERT
and ABEL 6AER,
OF YOU*
A New H i t by Walter
Donaldson W Paul Ash
Writers of u Thats.,
Why i Love You *
Waltz,
Melody
HONOLULU
MOON'
FR.ED LAWRENCE
SAM,
THE O L D
ACCORDION MAN
DIFF RENT
DONALDSON /
NOVELTY/
Rather Be
THE GIRL
IN YOUR ARMS
Jlhan The Girl In Your Dreams)
y
kThomp son and Archer
, WISTFUL^
AND BLUE
A Fascinating Fox Trot Melody
ly RUTH ETTING W
JULIAN DAVIDSON
LEO. FEIST Inc
FEIST
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231-235 W. 4O % > ST,
NEW YORK, MY:
Window Display of the Rorabaugh Store, Hutchinson, Kan.
ilows, following careful scrutiny of the judges, Agency; V. D. Walsh, Music Trade Review; B.
have just been announced.
W. McClelland, Music Trades and A. F. Boyls-
The first prize was won by the Rorabaugh
lon, Music Trade News.
Store of Hutchinson, Kansas, for a special win-
dow showing made during last National Music
week. In the window this enterprising company New Numbers Issued
combined two types of window displays, the
by Leo Feist, Inc.
artistic and the commercial. In the reproduc-
tion, shown herewith, one whole side of the win- Songwriters Represented Include Grace Leboy,
dow is given to the display of a piano, a wax
Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman,
ligure of the piano teacher seated before whom
Walter Hirsch and Others
are two little first grade students. Here is a
home-like atmosphere which would attract at-
Among the new songs recently added to the
tention anywhere. It lends a new note in the catalog of Leo Feist, Inc., in past weeks is
display of sheet music and it is thoroughly con- "Sam the Accordion Man," by Gus Kahn and
structive because it puts the educational thought
Walter Donaldson; "He's the Last Word,"
in the minds of those who look at the window, another Walter Donaldson number; "Pal of
which doubtless was everyone in Hutchinson. My Lonesome Hours," by Abe Lyman and
To the right is a merchandising display showing Walter Hirsch, and "If I Didn't Know Your
the goods attractively arranged and the price Husband and You Didn't Know My Wife," a
markings, a combination of angles in window melodious novelty number by Abel Baer and L.
displays which deserves the attention of the Wolfe Gilbert.
trade and certainly was a most worthy prize
Another new offering which will shortly be
winner.
released is called "Just Wond'ring," by Gus
The other regular prizes in the Century con- Kahn and Grace Leboy. This is a melody bal-
test were given in the following order: Actuelle lad, (the riiusic of which is contributed by Gus
Music Co., Youngstown, Ohio; Weeks & Dick- Kahn's wife, under her professional name.
inson, Binghamton, N. Y.; Universal Music Co.,
Several years ago Grace Leboy's name was
Philadelphia, Pa. and Haven Music Co., Schuyl- quite familiar on popular offerings, she having
kill Haven, Pa.
written a number of successes. Following her
Owing to the wealth of the material that was marriage she, for a period, gave up her writing
forwarded to the judges in the Century contest activities.
The trade, therefore, will look
and due to the importance of many of them, eagerly forward to the release of this new
the Century Music Co. decided to give, in addi- melody ballad from her pen and, of course, wish
tion to the regular allocated prizes, the follow- it every success.
ing special prizes: Music Shop, Burlington,
Iowa; Jahn's Music House, Chicago, 111.; Harry
Death of Barnet Williams
Appel, Hoboken, N. J.; Clark & Jones, Knox-
ville, Tenn.; Miller Music House, Duluth, Minn.;
Day's Music Store, Elyria, Ohio; Landon-
CHELSEA, MASS., January 24.—Barnet Williams,
Gleckner Music Co., Williamsport, Pa.; Guil- who had conducted a music store at 332 Broad-
lemette's, Manchester, N. H.; Oneonta Dept. way for a number of years, died suddenly at his
Store, Oneonta, N. Y.; Lewis Piano House, Ltd , home last week as the result of a heart attack.
Vancouver, R. C, and J. J. O'Toole, Dartmouth, Mr. Williams was widely known in business cir-
cles here and his death came as a shock to his
Xova Scotia.
The 1926 Century competition was doubtless friends. He was fifty-five years old and leaves
the most successful ever held by the company. a widow and nine children.