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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1903 Vol. 36 N. 10 - Page 49

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THE
MUSIC
day and night. It is a valuable and long
needed addition to the popular playhouse
and it will be welcomed by the public as well.
A reception room, with free use of the tel-
ephone; new retiring room for the ladies,
and a spacious check room complete the in-
terior alterations. The decorations are sim-
ple, but in good taste, and are in the Marie
Antoinette style.
In the spring the playgoer's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of comedy, and to gratify
that annual desire Mr. Proctor has arranged
for a brilliant series of revivals of most of
the jolly farces in the repertory of his vari-
ous stock organizations. Some of the clev-
erly witty pieces which will be presented are:
"Why Smith Left Home," "The Wrong Mr.
Wright," "What Happened to Jones," "In-
nocent as a Lamb" and "The Man from Mex-
ico," all, of them laugh producers from the
first line to the final fall of the curtain.
dulcet flow of its refrain, and nightly it has
brought encore after encore.
Some clever comedy novelties have been
introduced into the' work of the chorus, which
add to the popularity of the song.
Howard Emerson and Stonehill, who wrote
this song, are the composers of many well-
known successes, prominent among which is
the ever popular "Sunday Afternoon" song.
It is a safe prediction that this waltz song
will cling to the memory and hover on the
lips of everyone who hears it.
START FOR THEMSELVES.
quent occasions to extemporize in their en-
cores.
Annie Carter writes from Baltimore of the
success she is enjoying with Robt. F. Roden
and Max S. Witt's "When the Fields are
White with Cotton." She has recently added
Cole and Johnson Bros.' "Under the Bam-
boo Tree" to her repertoire.
Madison Smith, of the Marie Cahill Opera
Company, continues to charm his audiences
nightly with a two part song entitled "Two
Eyes." He is developing into a perfect mat-
inee idol and his song is a go from the first
note to the encore.
Robert H. Brennen and Pauline P. Story,
who for some time have been with W. H.
A VERSATILE YOUNG MAN.
Anstead, ended their contract with him last
Johnnie
Hoey, who has long been in the
Saturday. They immediately took offices
Corse
Payton
Stock Company, is one of the
of their own, at 57 West Twenty-eighth
best
in
that
clever
company. He is both ex-
street, and will continue to write songs, plays
and sketches. In the fall they will publish
a number of new songs. The team of Bren-
nen and Story are noted for writing "Ring
"I'M A JONAH MAN."
When Bert Williams introduced the song Down the Curtain," "I Can't Sing To-night,"
"I'm a Jonah Man" into the Williams and "He Died on the Fighting Line," etc.
Walker show "In Dahomey," he found he
THE "HOUSE OF HITS."
had struck a "hit."
The name of John Sebastian Hiller,
The house arose to its feet and gave the K.S.R.A.M., is the latest to be added to the
song a send-off such as a coon song had staff of prominent composers who write ex-
rarely received before.
clusively for the well-known firm of Jos. W.
The audience laughed in anticipation of Stern & Co.
each stanza, and even after Bert Williams
"My Honey Bunch" is a pretty coon conceit
had responded to encore after encore, the au-
by
Geo. V. Hobart and Max Hirschfeld that
dience were unwilling to let him go.
We had heard people say that the coon serves Miss Rachel Booth so well in "The
song was a dead number. Well, all we say, Jewel of Asia" and gives her several en-
go up to the New York Theatre and hear cores at every performance.
"I'm a Jonah Man."
Florence Bindley at the Orpheum in San
Francisco, Cal., has made a pronounced sen-
"WHILE THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT."
sation with Cole and Johnson Bros.' "No-
The above is the title of one of the most
body's Lookin' But the Owl and the Moon."
diverting, fascinating and captivating little
waltz songs ever sung, and is now being Her appearance in an eleven hundred dollar
introduced in "The Little Host" in Boston. costume did not detract the attention that cellent as an actor and as a singer. He is
The song has been held in reserve by M. her voice commands.
a great believer in the songs published by
In Eugene Ellsworth's topical song, "I'm
Witmark & Sons, its publishers, for some
the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.
time, and, like good wine, it seems all the Glad I'm Not Methusalem," Edwin Stevens, and uses them exclusively.
more sparkling from having been put away Harry Brown and Alf Grant have formed a
DESIGNS FOR~SHEET MUSIC.
trio that taxes the full number of verses writ-
for so long.
In
the
designing of covers for sheet music
ten
by
the
author
and
compels
them
on
fre-
Large audiences have been charmed by the
and for selected editions of composers' works,
musical text books, etc., the young women
Publisher of SMITH & K E R K E R ' S New Opera
designers are taking very respectable rank
" The Billionaire."
with artists of greater experience and fami-
" Pinky Panky Poo."
" I'll be your Ralnbeau."
liarity
with the field. Designs of this order
Cor. Broadway & 37th St.
"Sammy" (the hit of "The Wizard of Oz.")
"There's Nobody Ju»t like You."
bring
in
from $10 to $15 each.
"The Spirit of '76."

New York
"If YOU Can't be a Bell-Cow, fall In behind."
The designs for coats of arms for tapes-
try and embroidery work net the artists from
$8
up. Original patterns for book plates
A GREAT INSTRUMENTAL HIT
BREHTON-BAGLEY
founded on family tradition or the pet taste
of the buyer afford another phase of art work
MUSIC PUB. COMPANY
peculiarly adapted to woman's versatility and
129 PEMBROKE ST.
By E. E. B A G L E Y
aptness.
jt Jt BOSTON j t J*
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Dance the Bumblebees
ARRANGED FOR PULL ORCHESTRA.
Telephone 619-3 Tremont.
Shapiro, Bernstein,
& Company,
MUSIC PUBLI5HBR5,
45 W. 28th ST.,
NEW YORK.
The Crown Music Co.
Wholesale Music Dealer*
12 East 17th Street,
NEW YORK.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
THEIR
LATEST
PRODUCTIONS
"I'll Wed You In the Golden Summer Time."
"There's Mu*ic In The Air."
"fir. Dooley."
"When the Sun Goes Down."
'1 Want to Be the Villain In The Show."
1
Remembrance.'
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