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VOL. LIII. N o . 23. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Dec. 9, 1911
MREVIEWflEARS
THAT the majority of the publishers are not
overwhelmed with orders at the present time,
but early improvement is expected.
THAT a few checks would be appreciated much
more than excuses in some quarters.
THAT "If You Talk in Your Sleep, Don't Men-
tion My Name," the latest Remick success, seems
to strike a suspiciously responsive chord with
some New York audiences.
THAT the cover design on the "Peggy" music
alone is worth the price of the entire sheet.
THAT according to the illustration, Peggy is one
classy little "wren."
THAT the local offices of the Tell Taylor Music
Co. have been moved to the second floor of the
Regal building, where Mr. Taylor in person will
be found for some time to come.
THAT it is amusing to see the various talking
machine companies resurrect the old favorites in
their new record lists.
THAT the fact that there are no royalties to pay
on such music may influence them.
THAT "The Wife Hunters," for which Leo
Feist publishes the music, will start on tour in a
week or so.
THAT there are several live numbers in the score,
including "Mv Havana Maid" and "Mammy
Jinny's Cabin Door."
THAT the French Societe dcs Auteurs Drama-
tiques demand royalties from singers for the pri-v-
ilege of using songs. *
THAT things are reversed here and the singer
gets the "royalties."
THAT the "Most Popular Modern Piano Pieces"
i:. proving one of the most successful music books
ever issued by Hinds, Noble & Eldredge.
THAT it is to be regretted the Irish players
are not producing musical comedies, for the ad-
vertising is immense.
THAT fifty of the college professors and teach-
ers of music who were in the city this week as
delegates to the Eastern Educational Musical Con-
ference, were the guests of Victor Herbert at the
performance of "The Enchantress" at the New
York Theater on Monday evening.
SINGING THE FEIST SUCCESSES.
Bessie Wynn Featuring Two Feist Numbers—
What Some Other Artists Are Using.
Bessie Wynn, the popular comedienne, who is
steadily capturing fresh honors in vaudeville, is
using as one of her feature songs the latest Feist
hit, "That Italian Serenade," and has also put on
another Feist number that holds out much promise
entitled "If Every Star Was a Little Pickaninny."
The latter song is by Joe McCarthy and Leo Ed-
wards and gets entirely away from the usual run
of coon songs. It might be mentioned that "That
Italian Serenade" is already being used by several
of the big time acts and is getting stronger all
the time.
Manning and Ford, whose portraits appear here-
with, are among the singers of "Honey Man," re-
garding the success of which comment is unneces-
sary. While at Hammerstein's recently they made
"Honey Man" the feature of their act and with
great results. McKay and Cantwell, another prom-
inent vaudeville team, are making good with a
new Feist song, "Brass Band Ephraim Jones," and
recently introduced the number at Hammerstein's,
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
Both the publishers and the talking machine and
phonograph companies took a hearty interest in
the entertainment held for the benefit of Mr. Stan-
ley's family and have, since that time, made every
effort to add to the sum realized on that occa-
sion. In addition to the Witmarks giving the
song much attention, the Victor Talking Machine
Co. and U-S Phonograph Co. have both listed "In
the Golden Afterwhile, Nellie Dear" in their De-
cember record lists, and the Edison and Columbia
companies are soon to follow. The royalties OP
these records will be turned over to Mrs. Grinsted.
RAGTIME HYMNS.
Governor Wilson of New Jersey Stirs Up Ruc-
tions When He Rebukes Choir for Singing
Weil-Known Hymn.
which constitutes the final test, with flattering suc-
cess. It makes a feature song that carries the
house with it.
TEST CASE OVER IMPORTED MUSIC.
Providence Music Dealer Wants to Know Why
Some Music Is Dutiable and Some Is Not.
(Special to The Review.)
Providence, R. I., Dec. 3, 1911.
An interesting point involving the importation
of music in its different forms has been brought
to the attention of the United States Government
by John V. Bennett, a music dealer of this city,
for a test case.
Bennett, who was formerly musical director of
several theatres in Boston, has been striving for
years to have the question settled, and recently
for the purpose of bringing a Lest case imported a
score of a foreign opera which is being produced
in this country.
This music, which he represented as to be sold
in music stores, is now at the local post office
awaiting the payment of a 25 per cent, duty, while
the "public performance for profit" right of the
same music was brought here free of duty.
Goodby the "ragtime hymn." Governor Wood-
row Wilson's recent rebuke of a Trenton con-
gregation of 3,000 that chanted "The Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere," has started religious journals
on a crusade against hymns with "idiotic" words,
non-classical music and sentiments that no church
member can sing with sincerity.
Among others condemned are "Throw Out the
Life Line," "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
I'll Be There'" and others of the type whose only
virtue, it is claimed, is that the choristers of the
congregation get an opportunity to carol gleefully,
swinging in with Sunday School chords, thunder-
ous gradation by the bass, or a march time chant.
Even the old favorite, "Sweet Hour of Prayer,"
comes in for a share of criticism.
The latest to ridicule "ragtime hymns" is the
Continent, an interdenominational weekly published
in Chicago. In an editorial entitled "Sense vs.
Nonsense" it says:
"We take our place with Dr. Wilson. He is
eminently right. We have never seen or heard
sung 'The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,' but if
the hymn is as essentially idiotic as its title we
can give ourselves gratulation. Of course the
author was writing about heaven, but it is not
an 'Isle of Somewhere,' or nowhere or anywhere.
Putting into the minds of children such ideas as
the hymn title conveys is diseducation which the
church cannot afford lo be giving in such work."
SHANNON TAKES CHARGE IN CHICAGO'.
(Special to The Review.)
PUSHING BALLAD NUMBER.
Publishers and Talking Machine Men Take
Active Interest in Pushing Ballad Written
by Stanley W. Grinsted Famous Recording
Artist—Profits to Go to His Widow.
Stanley W. Grinsted, who, under the name of
Frank C. Stanley, achieved considerable renown
as singer for the phonograph and talking machine
companies in their making of records, shortly be-
fore his death a year ago, wrote a song that
held much promise of winning popularity. The
song, a ballad entitled "In the Golden After-
while, Nellie Dear," was accepted for publication
by M. Witmark & Sons, who have since Mr.
Stanley's death been paying liberal royalties to ihe
famiiy of the composer, who own the copyright.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 6, 191].
J. R. Shannon, manager of the music publishing
department of Grinnell Bros., has received an offer
from the F. J. A. Forster music publishing house,
of Chicago, of such generous proportions that he
has sent in his resignation to Grinnell Bros. Forster
wants Shannon as manager.
'BETSY" TO OPEN NEXT WEEK.
"Betsy," the new musical comedy in which Grace
La Rue is starring under the management of
Bryon Chandler, and which was to have opened
at the Herald Square Theater on Wednesday of
this week, will not have its metropolitan premiere
until next Monday night, owing to a number of
changes being made in the cast. M. Witmark &
Sons publish the music.