Music Trade Review
Issue: 1903 Vol. 36 N. 9 - Page 40
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THE, MUSIC TRRDE, REVIEW
size 12^, also a $ l / 2 child's glove. After thinks it worth while to appropriate, and to
"We 'Uns of Tennessee," she was engaged sell the copies at a price which legitimately
by William A. Brady to play the part qf would be absolutely impossible, the compos-
ers alone often receiving a 4d. royalty ?
"Simplicity Johnson" in "Lover's Lane" and
received great praise everywhere for her
MAGNETIC NELLIE HAWTHORNE.
clever rendition of this part. She recently
Nellie Hawthorne's success in vaudeville
•played the part of "Skeeters," in "Jim is remarkable. She was recently booked at
Bludso," in which she looked and acted the Louisville for one week, and made such a
part of a child eleven years old.
hit that she was immediately re-engaged.
The papers here were unanimous in her She does a novel specialty, that is up-to-date,
praise. Next season she is to star in a new and her dresses, which she changes many
musical comedy which is now being written
for her by two well known writers.
The song which was the cause of the gift
of pineapple land was written by William
Marshall Cook, an old-time song writer, who
has written many hits. This one he named
" 'Tis Sweet to be Remembered," and her
singing it so rapidly popularized it, that to
showhfs appreciation and that he meant all
he said in the title, signed the deeds to her,
carrying out his idea.
;
THOSE LONDON PIRATES.
It is two and one-half inches in diameter,
and weighs 150 pennyweights.
Members of the committee are William
Watts Sherman, chairman; Charles How-
land Russell, Sylvanus, Albert Reed, William
Butler Dunca/i, Jr./TIenry>Hutchinson Hol-
lister, Oliver Hazard Perry, Asa Bird Gar-
diner and George W. Olney.
MR. VANDERSLOOT RETURNS.
F. W. Vandersloot, of the Vandersloot
Music Co., has returned from a successful
business trip, having visited the principal
cities within a few hundred miles of New
York. He reports the sales on "Sweet Clo-
ver," "Under Southern Skies" and "Sun-
beams and Shadows" phenomenal. The let-
ter S seems to be lucky for Mr. Vandersloot,
as he says the above numbers are all Sure
hits.
A CLEVER SINGER OF GOOD SONGS.
Phyllis Gilmore, the clever singer of good
songs, who lias been especially engaged as
a feature act with the Daniel R. Ryan Co.,
Recent London journals contain interest-
ing letters in regard to pirated music. One
publisher writes: "Some four years ago we
started business, giving considerably over
£2,000 for the copyright of one song, and al-
most £1,000 for the copyright of another.
These two songs are the mainstay of our
young business, and have now been pirated
by these rascals, and though we do not ex- times during her act, are magnificent. Her
pect the general public to look after our in-
terests, we certainly expect the Government many successful. songs include "Kate O'-
to see that our rights and properties have Toole," "My Little Belle of Japan," "My
proper protection." Another publisher says : Pansy Blossom Blue," "Soldiers" and "Mag-
(1) A publisher thinks himself lucky if gie Dooley's Little Tin Band," all published
out of every six publications one is a moder- by M. Witmark and Sons. Nellie Haw-
ate success.
thorne is one of the famous Hawthorne sis-
(2) The other five are put on the shelf, ters, who have all done so well in their chos-
and are a dead loss, which the publisher bears en profession.
alone.
(3) The composer usually (and very fair-
3 0 0 NEW TUNES TO "AMERICA."
ly) receives a royalty on each copy of the
Competition
closed Tuesday for the gold
composition sold, and sometimes a sum down
medal which is offered by the Society of the
in addition.
(4) The publisher often pays a double Cincinnati of the State of Rhode Island for
royalty, the singer also receiving one, or else the best musical composition adapted to the
a fee is paid to.the latter for singing the song. words of Samuel Francis Smith's "America."
(5) When the songs are sung in public,
Great interest has been shown by American
the publisher pays for the advertisement an-
composers,
and more than 300 compositions
nouncing this fact.
Surely when all these points and risks are have been contributed. These must be played
taken into consideration, is. 46. is not an before the committee, which will have the
unreasonable price to receive for a piece of professional advice of Dr. Dudley Buck and
music, after such a hardly earned success is Samuel P. Warren. The award will prob-
has more than made good with her renditioon
won! Can the public wonder at the bitter-
ably
be
announced
by
July
4.
of the season's new songs with that show.
ness felt by composers and publishers alike
The medal, as referred to in The Review
when they see that the law allows the thief
Miss Gilmore possesses that gift of voice
to calmly pick and choose which work he of Feb. 7, has been made by Tiffany & Co. and beauty, not equalled by any other lady
in her line. That she knows how to deliver
a song to her audience, is readily seen by the
TWO REIGNINQ SONG HITS
success with which she is meeting, singing
'THE MEANING OP U. S. A." a great^i«scrlptlve narch Song.
Stanley Crawford's new ballads "I'll Wed
You In The Golden Summertime" "Onb/ a
"I'VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU," Novelty Waits Song, already In Its second edition.
Dream of the Golden Past," and Maude Nu-
Broadway, cor. 37th Street,
gent's
new ballad "You'll Always Be The
AMERICAN ADVANCE MUSIC CO.,
NBW YORK.
Same Sweet Girl To Me."
George m. Krty
1364 BROADWAY
NEW YORK
4 9 3 WASHINGTON STREET
BOSTON
192-194 E. MADISON ST.
CHICAGO
•WATCH 'KM-
Separate Numbers and Scores
•NEVER TO MEET AGAIN"
"MY MISSISSIPPI S U E "
••SHOW ME THE WAY TO QET HOME"
"THE BROKEN VOW"
of the following
C o m i c O p e r a and M u s i c a l
: : : Comody S u c c e s s e s : : :
"THE JEWEL OF ASIA"—By Frederic Ranken, Harry
B. Smith and Ludwig Englander.
"NANCY BROWN"—By Frederic Ranken and Henry
K. Hadley.
"THE riOCKINQ BIRD"—By Sidney Rosenfeld and A.
Baldwin Sloane.
•'5ALLY IN OUR ALLEY"—By Gco. V. Hobart and
Ludwig Englander.
'•THE WILD ROSE"—By Harry B. Smith and Ludwig
Englander.
r b
- "» h ' 1 "* JOS. W . STERN & CO.
34 East 21st Street
NEW YORK
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER,
LITHOGRAPHERS, MUSIC ENGRAVERS AHD PRINTERS,
Music Titles by all Prooeueft.
224-232 W. 26th St., NBW YORK.
CHICAGO
LONDON
SAW FRANCISCO
THE, MUSIC TRRDE, REVIEW
size 12^, also a $ l / 2 child's glove. After thinks it worth while to appropriate, and to
"We 'Uns of Tennessee," she was engaged sell the copies at a price which legitimately
by William A. Brady to play the part qf would be absolutely impossible, the compos-
ers alone often receiving a 4d. royalty ?
"Simplicity Johnson" in "Lover's Lane" and
received great praise everywhere for her
MAGNETIC NELLIE HAWTHORNE.
clever rendition of this part. She recently
Nellie Hawthorne's success in vaudeville
•played the part of "Skeeters," in "Jim is remarkable. She was recently booked at
Bludso," in which she looked and acted the Louisville for one week, and made such a
part of a child eleven years old.
hit that she was immediately re-engaged.
The papers here were unanimous in her She does a novel specialty, that is up-to-date,
praise. Next season she is to star in a new and her dresses, which she changes many
musical comedy which is now being written
for her by two well known writers.
The song which was the cause of the gift
of pineapple land was written by William
Marshall Cook, an old-time song writer, who
has written many hits. This one he named
" 'Tis Sweet to be Remembered," and her
singing it so rapidly popularized it, that to
showhfs appreciation and that he meant all
he said in the title, signed the deeds to her,
carrying out his idea.
;
THOSE LONDON PIRATES.
It is two and one-half inches in diameter,
and weighs 150 pennyweights.
Members of the committee are William
Watts Sherman, chairman; Charles How-
land Russell, Sylvanus, Albert Reed, William
Butler Dunca/i, Jr./TIenry>Hutchinson Hol-
lister, Oliver Hazard Perry, Asa Bird Gar-
diner and George W. Olney.
MR. VANDERSLOOT RETURNS.
F. W. Vandersloot, of the Vandersloot
Music Co., has returned from a successful
business trip, having visited the principal
cities within a few hundred miles of New
York. He reports the sales on "Sweet Clo-
ver," "Under Southern Skies" and "Sun-
beams and Shadows" phenomenal. The let-
ter S seems to be lucky for Mr. Vandersloot,
as he says the above numbers are all Sure
hits.
A CLEVER SINGER OF GOOD SONGS.
Phyllis Gilmore, the clever singer of good
songs, who lias been especially engaged as
a feature act with the Daniel R. Ryan Co.,
Recent London journals contain interest-
ing letters in regard to pirated music. One
publisher writes: "Some four years ago we
started business, giving considerably over
£2,000 for the copyright of one song, and al-
most £1,000 for the copyright of another.
These two songs are the mainstay of our
young business, and have now been pirated
by these rascals, and though we do not ex- times during her act, are magnificent. Her
pect the general public to look after our in-
terests, we certainly expect the Government many successful. songs include "Kate O'-
to see that our rights and properties have Toole," "My Little Belle of Japan," "My
proper protection." Another publisher says : Pansy Blossom Blue," "Soldiers" and "Mag-
(1) A publisher thinks himself lucky if gie Dooley's Little Tin Band," all published
out of every six publications one is a moder- by M. Witmark and Sons. Nellie Haw-
ate success.
thorne is one of the famous Hawthorne sis-
(2) The other five are put on the shelf, ters, who have all done so well in their chos-
and are a dead loss, which the publisher bears en profession.
alone.
(3) The composer usually (and very fair-
3 0 0 NEW TUNES TO "AMERICA."
ly) receives a royalty on each copy of the
Competition
closed Tuesday for the gold
composition sold, and sometimes a sum down
medal which is offered by the Society of the
in addition.
(4) The publisher often pays a double Cincinnati of the State of Rhode Island for
royalty, the singer also receiving one, or else the best musical composition adapted to the
a fee is paid to.the latter for singing the song. words of Samuel Francis Smith's "America."
(5) When the songs are sung in public,
Great interest has been shown by American
the publisher pays for the advertisement an-
composers,
and more than 300 compositions
nouncing this fact.
Surely when all these points and risks are have been contributed. These must be played
taken into consideration, is. 46. is not an before the committee, which will have the
unreasonable price to receive for a piece of professional advice of Dr. Dudley Buck and
music, after such a hardly earned success is Samuel P. Warren. The award will prob-
has more than made good with her renditioon
won! Can the public wonder at the bitter-
ably
be
announced
by
July
4.
of the season's new songs with that show.
ness felt by composers and publishers alike
The medal, as referred to in The Review
when they see that the law allows the thief
Miss Gilmore possesses that gift of voice
to calmly pick and choose which work he of Feb. 7, has been made by Tiffany & Co. and beauty, not equalled by any other lady
in her line. That she knows how to deliver
a song to her audience, is readily seen by the
TWO REIGNINQ SONG HITS
success with which she is meeting, singing
'THE MEANING OP U. S. A." a great^i«scrlptlve narch Song.
Stanley Crawford's new ballads "I'll Wed
You In The Golden Summertime" "Onb/ a
"I'VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU," Novelty Waits Song, already In Its second edition.
Dream of the Golden Past," and Maude Nu-
Broadway, cor. 37th Street,
gent's
new ballad "You'll Always Be The
AMERICAN ADVANCE MUSIC CO.,
NBW YORK.
Same Sweet Girl To Me."
George m. Krty
1364 BROADWAY
NEW YORK
4 9 3 WASHINGTON STREET
BOSTON
192-194 E. MADISON ST.
CHICAGO
•WATCH 'KM-
Separate Numbers and Scores
•NEVER TO MEET AGAIN"
"MY MISSISSIPPI S U E "
••SHOW ME THE WAY TO QET HOME"
"THE BROKEN VOW"
of the following
C o m i c O p e r a and M u s i c a l
: : : Comody S u c c e s s e s : : :
"THE JEWEL OF ASIA"—By Frederic Ranken, Harry
B. Smith and Ludwig Englander.
"NANCY BROWN"—By Frederic Ranken and Henry
K. Hadley.
"THE riOCKINQ BIRD"—By Sidney Rosenfeld and A.
Baldwin Sloane.
•'5ALLY IN OUR ALLEY"—By Gco. V. Hobart and
Ludwig Englander.
'•THE WILD ROSE"—By Harry B. Smith and Ludwig
Englander.
r b
- "» h ' 1 "* JOS. W . STERN & CO.
34 East 21st Street
NEW YORK
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER,
LITHOGRAPHERS, MUSIC ENGRAVERS AHD PRINTERS,
Music Titles by all Prooeueft.
224-232 W. 26th St., NBW YORK.
CHICAGO
LONDON
SAW FRANCISCO
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