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will, however, give a chance to composers that
musical comedy cannot do."
The strictly American point of view is con-
tributed by Harry B. Smith, the well-known
librettist and lyric writer, than whom no one is
better qualified to speak. Replying to a query
as to whether the public taste for music and
humor in comic opera has changed, he said:
"The public to-day is much harder to amuse.
The English musical comedies have made their
impression upon American taste in stage humor.
Their influence has been all for good, but the re-
fined modern humor of the English musical com-
edy cannot be grafted upon old German operas.
In this respect the purpose of all writing is to
amuse. The public care nothing for wit of Swift
or of Beaumarchais. Theatre goers do not even
laugh at the wit of Sheridan. We cultured peo-
ple, with* our superior intellects—we, of course,
love our Coliere, our Cervantes, our Fielding;
so it is sad for us to think that people who go
to the theatre prefer to see Lou Fields smite Joe
Weber in his artificial adipose. Alas! that this
joyous spectacle has departed from us!
"I am quite certain that when Suppe wrote his
operas he did so merely to amuse the public, who
paid him to be entertaining. I have positive evi-
dence that he did not take himself seriously, for
this story is told of him: He was conducting a
rehearsal of one of his operas, and when he had
played a certain march he noticed that the mu-
sicians all smiled significantly. On his inquir-
ing the cause of their innocent merriment, one
of the players said hesitatingly: "Why, Herr
von Suppe, haven't we heard that tune before?'
'Well,' answered the composer, 'isn't it a good
one?' "
SIX BIG SONG HITS
" HER BOY IN BLUE"
FOOLIN' YOU'
Greatest of American March Songs
A First-Night Hit
"MONEY WAS MADE FOR COONS TO SPEND"
Great Coon Hit
"SADIE MY DUSKY LADY"
Receives from 3 to 5 Encores Nightly
"I
AIN'T GOT NO MONEY"
Great Minstrel End Sonn
"HOW CAN THINGS BE ON THE LEVEL WHEN
THE WORLD IS ROUND"
The Wonderful Motto Son;* and Chorus
A D D R E S S ALL ORDEHS TO
THEATRICAL MUSIC SUPPLY CO.
44 West 28th Street, New York
THE BIG SENSATIONAL SELLING
SONG HIT OF 1905,
"EASY
STREET"
Also
Love in a Phonograph,
Kisses,
A Bit O' Blarney,
A Mormon Coon,
Georgie,
A House to Rent.
PUBLISHED BY
SOL BLOOM
New Amsterdam Theatre Bldg.,
NEW YORK
POPULAR SONG and INSTRUMENTAL HITS
POLLY PRIM MARCH
SHAME ON YOU
ZEL-ZEL
BIG INDIAN CHIEF
PETER PIPER MARCH
EGYPT
I WANT TO BE A SOLDIER
PEGGY BRADY
LADY TEAZLE
MADCAP PRINCESS
RED FEATHER
I
ISLE OF SPICE
SAMBO GIRL
MAMA'S PAPA
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Published by
JOS. W. STERN 6 CO.,
CHICAGO
34 East 21st St., New York
LONDON
SAX FRANCISCO
INSTRUMENTAL SUCCESSES
Published for piano solo, orchestra, band, violin and
all combinations of mandolins, guitars and banjos.
Evangellne Caprice—The Maestro March—Flower of
Mexico. Intermezzo—Belle of the Highlands—American
Guild March.
C. L. PARTEE MUSIC CO.
23 EAST 20TH ST.
NEW YORK CITY
A NEW H1QH=CLASS BALLAD.
"Just For My Sweetheart's Sake," by A. Seis-
met Doda, is a new high-class ballad that is at-
tracting much attention everywhere. It is feat-
ured by many of the best ballad singers, and is
much in demand by the trade.
The new "Buster Brown" song i-s ready for in-
terpolation in Melville B. Raymond's shows of
that name. Two companies will use it this sea-
son, and four next. The song is already a very
large seller and will undoubtedly be one of the
biggest hits the country has seen. The title page
is a work of art from the pen of R. F. Outcault.
"The Girls of Our Department," the latest
thing in a march ballad, is a song that has a
splendid swing to it, and is composed by A. S.
Doda and Fenelon E. Dowling.
"Ain't Any Body Ever Goin' to Buy?" by Burt
Green and Searl Allen, is a new coon song just
on the market. It starts out as a winner, and all
t 1 --; best "coon shouters" are using it with great
success.
STERN & CO.'S NEWS.
Edith Yerrington, one of the stars in the cast
of "Smiling Island" (a comic opera now enjoying
a run in Chicago), is featuring three of Jos. W.
Stern & Co.'s songs, which contribute in a great
degree to the general success of the production.
The songs comprise "Black-eyed Susan," a clever
number by Cole & Johnson; "Any Old Tree," a
satire hit by Dick Temple; and "Dingle Dongle
Dell," the latest successful effort by Clare Kum-
mer, composer of "Egypt."
The musical director of Nat M. Will's "Son of
Rest Co.," Max S. Witt, is also the composer of
the musical numbers in the production. Three
of his songs, "Pansy Do You Love Me," "Roam-
ing in the Gloaming" and "General Four-Flush"
have proved themselves immense hits, and as the
show has played the principal cities of the en-
tire country, their popularity has been univer-
sal.
Mr. Witt will write the entire musical
score for a comic opera in which Nat M. Wills
will star next season. Witt places all his songs
with his exclusive publishers, Jos. W. Stern &
Co.
BRIEFS FROM THE "HOUSE OF BALLADS."
Dorothy Russell is now featuring Jos. E. How-
ard's new waltz song hit, "Julie Dooley," with
sensational effect.
James B. Bradley, of Dockstader's Minstrels, is
making a great hit with his rendition of Chas.
K. Harris' new descriptive ballad, "I'm Trying
So Hard to Forget You." The arrangement, of
the quartette chorus is superb.
Allen May is now using with colored illustra-
tions, three of the Harris publications, viz.:
"I'm Trying So Hard To Forget You," "Down in
the Vale of Shenandoah" and "Why Don't They
Play With Me."
Werden & Gladish, the well-known song illus-
trators, who are now playing over the Orpheum
circuit, and will soon be singing in the East, are
featuring "Down in the Vale of Shenandoah,"
"Why Don't They Play With Me" and "I'm Try-
ing So Hard to Forget You.'
The following ballads published by Chas. K.
Harris, are now ranked with the season's great-
est successes: "I'm Trying So Hard to Forget
You," "Down in the Vale of Shenandoah," "Why
Don't They Play With Me," "Farewell, Sweet-
heart May," "Sweet Maid Divine," "Just a Gleam
of Heaven in Her Eyes," "I've Got My Fingers
Crossed, You Can't Touch Me," "Waltzing With
the Girl You Love," "I'm Going to Leave You,"
"Come Take a Trip in My Airship," "Good-bye
My Lady Love," "Nobody But You," "It Makes
Me Think of Home, Sweet Home."
Yeager, Perrin & Yeager used "Nobody But
You" and "Sweet Maid Divine" at the Folly
Theatre, Brooklyn. N. Y., last week, with un-
usual success.
Miss Julia Mackey, who has been singing
"Good-bye My Lady Love" in London, exclusively,
and who is now in this country, is making a
feature of this song as she sang it in London
EVA W. WALLACE.
Miss Eva W. Wallace is one of the most popu-
lar vocalists on the vaudeville stage. She is
called "the girl with the smiling face," because
she always appears happy and contented, and
radiates a wealth of sunshine wherever she goes.
Her manner of singing is most winning and her
voice is of that quality that holds the listener
spellbound. With her husband, Francklyn Wal-
lace, the well-known ballad singer, she will be
seen this summer in a comedy playlet written
especially for them. Among the songs they in-
tend to feature will be Fay and Oliver's "Awake,
My Beloved, Awake"; Ward & Corliss' "Star of
My Life," and one or two others from the cata-
logue of M. Witmark & Sons. Mr. Wallace en-
joys the reputation of having introduced more
r.opular song successes than any other vocalist
on the vaudeville stage. That their new sketch
will prove a hit there is not the slightest doubt,
and their numerous friends will wish them the
same measure of success that has attended them
in the past.
A FEW FROM SOL. BLOOM.
The features of the "Dockstader Show," which
is considered to be one of the largest minstrel
companies in existence, are the renditions of
the songs, "Easy Street" and "I'm Waiting," the
former waltz song being vocalized by Mr. Car-
roll Johnson, and the latter comic ditty being
delivered by Lew Dockstader.
Madge Fox, known in vaudeville as the "Flip
Flap" lady, has for some time been using, with
what she describes as "couldn't be better suc-
cess," Sol Bloom's publication, "A Bit o' Blar-
ney."
Sol Bloom announces that the complete score
of the "Pretenders" is now ready. This is the
comic opera that the "Triangle Club," which is
the Princeton College musical organization, is
presenting at regular intervals in the largest
cities in the East. The latest presentation was
in Pittsburg, where press and public were unani-
mous in saying that it was positively one of the
best shows ever given in that city. The book is
full of catchy numbers, all of which are from the
melodic mint of Kenneth S. Clark, one of the
collegians.
A feature of the revival of "Boccaccio," at the
Broadway Theatre, with Fritzi Scheff, in the
title role, is the successful introduction by the
comedian, Louis Harrison, of Kenneth S. Clark's
novel comic song, "Go As Far As You Like,"
which receives many encores at each perform-
ance.
Bennett & Rich have made their appearance in
a new field of endeavor—that of writing songs.
Sol Bloom having accepted from them, and just
published, a very pretty ballad entitled, "A Pic-
ture of a Bygone Day," which they are not only
at over 300 performances, and is creating a sen- using in their own act, but are placing with a
sation with it.
number of the best professional singers,