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Presto

Issue: 1920 1781

PRESTO
September 11, 1920.
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PUBLISHING HOUSE IS SOLD
Brehm Bros., Erie, Pa., Established in 1870, Bought
by A. L. Lejeal.
A GREAT MARCH NAME
Music Publisher in Arizona Is Winning Success with
the "Conway March."
Several weeks ago Presto mentioned a new piece
of music which bears the same name as that of a
late piano man of great distinction. At the time it
was the impression that the "Conway March" was so
named in honor of the late Col. Edwin S. Conway.
Colonel Cortway March
But it was not so, although it is dedicated to another
famous American—Col. Conway of the United States
Army.
The Colonel Conway March is becoming very
popular with bands, and it may be heard in many
parts of the country. The publisher, T. Dunston
Collins, of Phoenix, Ariz., displays a good deal of
Music Dealers Everywhere
TAKE WARNING!
Prepare to meet a nation-wide demand for
these new and beautiful song numbers.
30 Cents (Retail)
"Love Is the Dream of Ages"
The song exquisite.
CHORUS.
Love is the dream of ages,
As old as the sea and sky,
Living in youthful splendor
Till the waters of life run dry;
Always telling the story
That ever is sweet and new—
The story of a heart's desire,
The yearning I feel for you.
"A Castle in Dreamland"
Fox-trot Song.
CHORUS.
Just a castle I'm building in Dreamland,
A sweet little castle for two,
Where the roses are blooming so fragrant
And the sweetest rose is you.
The king of this castle is Cupid
And we'll never know thoughts that are blue
In this dear little castfe in Dreamland—
The castle I'm building for you.
10-Cent Numbers (Retail)
"Dixieland Is Son gland"
One-step Dixie Song.
"Dear Land of Nowhere"
Classic Waltz Ballad.
These songs will be persistently advertised in
trade mediums and national magazines. In
melody and beautiful word harmony, they
challenge any four numbers now on sale.
ORDER THEM TODAY.
YOU WILL NEED THEM VERY SOON.
F. B. LOVETT, Publisher
169 Adams Ave. East, Detroit, Mich.
Save Thee Alone, Sweetheart
Just out. Being programmed by many professional singers
and pronounced a coming hit. 7c to tho trade. Order from
your jobber or direct.
Publithed by
FRANK J. MAROWSKI, 41 Hager Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
enterprise, and among his novel methods of promo-
tion is a miniature reproduction of the theme of the
march. That reproduction appears herewith. Deal-
ers will find the piano copy of the march a '"good
seller."
DAVENPORT, IA., PUBLISHERS.
The Art M. Fredcen Music Publishing Co., re-
cently incorporated in Davenport, la., purposes pub-
lishing music. The principals are A. M. Fredeen
and R. T. Hammel, local musicians, who also plan
to market the compositions of others as well as
their own. Both are composers. The charter al-
lows them to purchase music copyrights and scores.
The capital stock is $25,000 and the officers of the
corporation are: Art M. Fredeen, president and
treasurer, and R. J. Hammel, vice-president and sec-
retary. Latosca P. Fredeen is a director.
OPENS IN KANSAS CITY.
Julius Lieb and Duke Yellman have opened a mu-
sic store at V/ 2 West Twelfth street, Kansas City,
Mo., under the name of the "Song Shop." The part-
ners are well known in Kansas City musical circles
and they will demonstrate popular songs in their
shop. Lieb and Yellman also will arrange and pub-
lish music.
MOVES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Scholz, Erickson & Co., Inc., San Francisco, Calif.,
printers of music, has removed from 151 Minna
street to 521 Howard street, where much larger
quarters have been taken over. The firm prints for
Pacific Coast music houses, as well as for other
printers not equipped to do work of this kind.
MUSIC PUBLISHING HOUSE.
El Record Musical Corp., Manhattan, is a new
music publishing house receiving a charter last week.
The capital is given as 500 shares preferred stock,
$100 each; 5,000 common, no par value; active cap-
ital, $75,000: G. Keen, T. Bauer, S. Geneen, 370 Cen-
tral Park West, are named as the incorporators.
After fifty successful years in the music business,
Brehm Bros., successors to Frank Brehm, Sr., deal-
ers, jobbers and publishers of music, Erie, Pa., have
decided to retire. The business was established in
1870. The following announcement was made in a
letter from Brehm Bros, this week:
"We take pleasure in announcing the sale of our
business to A. L. Lejeal, which he will operate
along the same lines. He received his early ex-
perience in our establishment, later acting as man-
ager for three years with the W. F. Frederick Piano
Co., Canton, Ohio. Leaving there, he was associ-
ated with the Henricks Piano Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.,
for five years, after which he acted as sales mana-
ger for three years with C. A. House Co., Wheeling,
W. Va."
A FEW NOTES.
Thos. Goggan & Bro., Dalas, Tex., announces
that its "sheet music department embraces all rep-
resentative catalogues of American publishers.
H. C. L'Anglaise, manager of the Renick Song
Shop, Seattle, Wash., was formerly manager of the
Portland store of the company.
J. Russel Robinson, a recording artist for the Q
R S Music Roll Co., Chicago, has signed a contract
to write for Watterson-Berlin-Snyder.
The author of the once popular song, "Everybody
Works But Father," Samuel Lehman, was killed re-
cently in an automobile accident in New York.
LESLEY'S
PATCHING VARNISH
dries in 10 seconds, flows without showing the lap. With it dam-
aged varnish can be repaired invisibly. New price, 1 pt. $\; 1 qt.
$1.90. Complete repair outfit $3.50. F. O. B. Indianapolis, Ind.
LESLEY'S CHEMICAL COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind.
3—Snappy Dance Numbers—3
"Pretty Mamie"
"Loving Mama"
"Heart Like An Irishman"
Get these Sellers, and Write for List of Others Just as Good
THE LORRAINE SONG SHOP, Plainfield, N. J.
If you are not handling the
BUYS "CORAL SEAS."
The publishing department of Sherman, Clay &
Co., San Francisco, Cal., has secured the new Los
Angeles song success, "Coral Seas." by Herbert
Brown and King Zany. Ed Little, head of the de-
partment, believes the song will prove as profitable
to the new owners as "Whispering."
McKINLEY EDITION OF
10c MUSIC
MADE IN DUBUQUE.
The expansion of business in Dubuque in the past
decade has been astounding. New industries have
gone to the city and made their home there. The
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. has built one of the
largest phonograph cabinet manufacturing plants
in the United States, employing hundreds of men
and women.
you are losing an opportunity to make money
THE STEINWAY GRAND.
"Steinway tone tells the difference," says S. Ernest
Philpitt, Tampa, Fla., which adds: "It has taken
nearly a hundred years to develop this response from
the piano, but today, in the Steinway, you perceive
utmost perfection in piano manufacture. A few min-
utes spent with the Steinway grand in Philpitt's will
fascinate, will delight the musical tastes of the most
cultured."
TWO POPULAR NUMBERS
These very popular numbers:
"COLONEL CONWAY MARCH" (Band) and
"ARIZONA MOON" (Light Waltz for Piano)
are making a big hit, and meeting with due praise
in Arizona and on trie Pacific Coast.
T. Dunston Collins, the composer of these
numbers and others, is a former band master of the
Iowa State College and of the Indian School at
Phoenix. 27c in stamps will get a copy of either
piece; 50c for the two, pending popularization.
T. DUNSTON COLLINS
Box 1084
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Comprising Standard,
Classic and Teaching Music
Dealers Realize
150% PROFIT
On Sales of McKinley Music
It is the most popular library of 10c music
on the market. Selections contained in this
Edition are used by the most prominent
teachers in the country — Students, Accom-
plished Musicians, and the Music Loving
Public in general.
It is conveniently handled; arranged in
compact form, and is labor saving in serving
the customers.
The dealer is supplied with catalogs bear-
ing the business imprint which serves to
bring more customers to the store than any
other advertising medium that could be em-
ployed.
WRITE US FOR SAMPLES AND PAR-
TICULARS TODAY
Our Jobbing Department is the largest and
most complete in the country. We can sup-
ply you with every want in the sheet music
line. We fill all orders the day they are
received.
McKinley Music Company
The Largest Sheet Music House
in the World
CHICAGO
1501-13 E. 55th St.
NEW YORK
145 W. 45th St.
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PRESTO
September 11, 1920.
Investigation in other towns visited by McCain has
revealed several facts that tend toward giving the
prisoner a bad record. At Sterling, where his be-
longings have been searched, the police are reported
to have found numerous keys of all kinds, together
with keyhole saws. He also had in his possession
skeleton night latch keys. It is thought by the offi-
cers that more crooked acts of McCain will be re-
vealed upon a continued investigation, pending
which he is being held at the county jail.
McCain is a man of about forty-five years. The
case was put into the hands of the Newton officers
by Howard Dickey, the piano dealer of the place.
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Alleged Talking Machine Crook Arrested in New-
ton, Kans., Had Slick Game.
Guy McCain was arrested in Newton, Kans., last
week after he had aroused the suspicion of the sher-
iff's force by selling a new high-priced phonograph to
a Newton citizen at a much reduced price. In a con-
fession to the officers he told of the hustling business
he had been doing in selling musical instruments re-
cently, and this led the officers to believe that they
have rounded up one of the biggest crooks in that
part of the country.
In the confession McCain stated that he had sold
seven talking machines, priced from $175 to $450
each, immediately after he had purchased them from
Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, on the instalment
plan, in several towns in this part of the state for
prices ranging from $18 to $105. Each of the in-
struments he had purchased under a different name;
some of his assumed names be gave as Harry Mc-
Clain, G. W. Tuttle, G. Reese, Tom Gilbert, Martin
Hotzmaster, and James D. Tuttle,
McCain had in his possession when arrested a
shipping receipt that told a $700 piano from Sears,
Roebuck & Co. was now awaiting G. W. Tuttle at
the depot at Hutchinson. McCain was cunning
enough to keep his payments on the musical instru-
ments well paid up, thus keeping himself above sus-
picion by that company. It was also learned that
he had worked the state of Oklahoma in a similar
way.
PROGRESS OF THE CABINET
The Artistic Cabinet Designer Has Contributed to
Making the Phonograph a Greater Joy.
It is singular that a merchanical instrument of
music that was discovered by accident should be-
some one of the most vital factors contributing to-
wards the happiness and both social and intellectual
development of man; but such has been the case
with the phonograph, says the Rocky Mountain
News, Denver, Colo.
Edison was experimenting on an instrument that
would record phonetics for purely scientific pur-
poses. A few sounds had been recorded upon the
cylinder and an accidental shove on the operating
THE PEOPLE'S ORGAN.
In the purchase of her municipal organ some three crank caused the impression to be run again past
years ago, Denver joined the ranks of those cities the styles thus reproducing what had been impressed.
that are beginning to appreciate the value of good Thus was born the phonograph.
music to the community, Palmer Christian is the From this beginning the instrument has been so
municipal organist. That list is growing, for dur- perfected that all sounds are perfectly reproduced;
ing the last year several contracts have been signed the playing and singing of the world's greatest art-
for "war memorial organs"—surely a splendid way ists are preserved for posterity and for our present
to honor those who have served their country so enjoyment.
Lately, another feature of the phonograph has
well during the last few years. The purpose of
Denver's city administration is to afford to the citi- been developed—its cabinet designing. There was
zens and visitors, through the organ concerts, the a time, not so long ago either, when the instrument
choral union and the band, inspiring, interesting and was as conspicuous as a sore thumb, and for the
pleasing music without charge. Unquestionably, same reason. The utilitarian side of the instrument
the fine symphony orchestra is the most worth- was the sole object before the designers. The in-
while thing in a musical way any city can possess. strument had to contrast with all other characteris-
And just as unquestionably, the greatest single in- tics of the surroundings, willing or no, and very
few instances presented themselves whereby the
strument is a modern concert organ.
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