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A PLEA FOR THE INTERPOLATED SONG.
Templar Saxe, the tenor in "The Sultan
of Sulu," had rather an interesting article
on the interpolated song question in last
Sunday's Telegraph, part of which will
doubtless interest our readers.
The publishers and the writers of musi-
cal comedies are naturally much against for-
eign numbers, as we might say, but the man-
agers, singers, and above all the public are
very much for them.
Away back in the days of "Dorothy" in-
terpolated songs have been known, for in
the case of that light opera it was a failure
the first night, and the management put in
a song, which, it is true, was by Arthur Cel-
lier, and that song was "She's Queen of my
Heart To-night," which became famous in
two continents.
George Edwards used outside songs in his
burlesques, and it was this that first brought
Lionel Monckton before the public.
Even in "Florodora" the song that was
the attraction in England was "Tact" by Paul
Rubens.
There is generally an incongruity in these
interpolations. In "The Runaway Girl" a
song was introduced (when the piece was
being played in London) by Grace Palotta,
a German girl despite her name, who took
a Venetian character. All of a sudden she
appeared as a life guardsman and sang "Oh,
Listen to the Band!" the while the chorus
dressed as Italians, joined in the refrain, of
course in English! The contrast was ridic-
ulous, but it went all right..
Of course there have been and are some
writers who never have to fall back on out-
side help for material, notably Gilbert and
Sullivan, and if we remember rightly there
were none in "Dolly Varden," by Stange and
Ldwards, but as a rule one or two extra
numbers must be put in to help along, and
neither the original writers nor the publishers
should feel badly about it.
HOWARD GERHARDT OPENS UP.
Howard Gerhardt, who was manager of
C. H. Lichty's sheet music department, Read-
ing, Pa., up to the time of the recent Lichty
disaster, is now in business for himself, oc-
cupying part of the temporary Lichty prem-
ises at 757 Penn street. When Mr. Lichty
decides on the location of his new store and
moves there, Mr. Gerhardt will occupy the
whole of the present premises.
RETURNS FROM TRIP.
W. L. Coghill, manager and traveling rep-
resentative of the John Church Co.'s music
publishing department, of which Avon F.
Adams, of the firm, has supervision and direc-
fiarrywntilzer
music
PtiftlisDing Co.
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Dear."
'•Please Let Me Sleep."
"Emancipation Day."
" When Kate and I were
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Rye."
" Eva."
" In the Sweet Bye and
Bye."
"I Want to Be A Actor
Lady."
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Day," the latest publication of this firm.
Mr. Libbey sang it for the first time a few
weeks back at Hurtig & Seamon's Music
Hall and is now using it regularly "on the
road."
"The Dare Devil" two-step, by Tonnele, is
selling bigger all the time. It is a thriller
and makes a splendid dance number.
"Oh, Take Me to my Mamma Dear," a
child" song, is very popular. It is now pub-
lished hi two keys.
The Peerless Publishing Co. are slowly but
surely pushing ahead. They are adding to
their catalogue good numbers all the time,
and the very fact of their moving to larger
quarters shows which way the wind is blow-
ing.
tion, has returned from a successful two-
weeks business trip.
The John Church Co. have just published,
in three keys, Dudley Buck's latest composi-
tion, "If I Were You," words by Naomi
Saunders.
A CHARMING VOCALIST.
Miss Lucille Haines, whose portrait ap-
pears with this article, is one of the many
singers who are featuring the publications
of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
She possesses a fine soprano voice, and
after singing for five years in one of the larg-
SOL BLOOM'S MUSICAL COMEDY.
"Mr.. Bluebeard," Klaw & Erlanger's great
spectacular triumph and sncces^r to the
"Sleeping Beauty and the Beast," book by
John McNally, lyrics by J. Cheever Goodwin
and music by Fred Solomon, opened at the
Knickerbocker Theater and immediately cap-
tured the town.
It was entrancing, bewildering and anni-
est churches in Chicago, has taken to vaude-
hilating
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ville.
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Her specialty at present is the illustrated
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Each
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song act. She is using "Only a Dream of
Many songs were sung. Eddie Foy sang
the Golden Past" and "The Message of the
Woodward and Jerome's comic song entitled
Rose," and with these songs she meets with
"Poor Unfortunate Sister Ann," and was en-
every success.
cored again and again, while Dan McAvoy
rendered "The Beer that Made Milwaukee
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street, where they will be ready for busi- and the audience found itself whistling this
song before it had been sung the third time.
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J. Aldrich Libbev is meeting with phe- The entire book is published by Sol Bloom.
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