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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
57
MREVIEWflEARS
B A N G !
Century advertisement guns again turned
on the public. Shots count when fired
from such publications as:
SATURDAY EVENING POST
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL
COSMOPOLITAN
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION
McCALL'S
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
MOTHER'S MAGAZINE
and others
10,000,000 readers are directed to you
for "Century Edition." This sort of
sales co-operation deserves your hearty
support.
Century Music Pub. Co.
231-235 West 40th Street, NEW YORK
WORKING ON NEW CADMAN OPERA
White-Smith Co. Preparing Score of "The
Robin Woman" for Publication Upon Presen-
tation of Opera at the Metropolitan—Issue
New Series of "Art Songs From Japan"
THAT the Oliver Ditson Co. has quite a prize
in its new patriotic song, "Hail, Land of Free-
dom," of which Geo. Chittenden Turner is the
author and composer.
THAT following the issuance of an official Gov-
ernment song book for soldiers and sailors, a
half a dozen or more societies have felt moved
to issue similar collections, incidentally offering
them to the public at a price.
THAT it would not be a bad idea for legiti-
mate publishers of standard and patriotic song
books to look into the activities of these com-
mittees.
THAT even in these war times where anything
less than a million dollars seems small change,
$25,000 in cash for a popular song is still suffi-
cient to make a sizable ripple in the trade.
THAT we know of songs which the authors ad-
mit are good, and yet can be purchased for much
less than $25,000.
THAT between the American Society of
Authors, Composers and Publishers and the
motion picture interests, the theatre people who
refuse to pay for the music of the society members
and the publishers who declare that membership
in the society is causing them loss, we may look
for a merry mix-up almost any day now.
SOLDIER WRITES^NEW WAR SONG
A. L. Scarmolin at Camp Dix Composes "We'll
Keep Old Glory Flying"—Words by C. S.
Montayne—To Be Published by Boosey & Co.
SONGS THE SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS SING
' I t ' s A Long Way to Berlin,
But We'll Get There"
" I Don't Want to Get Well! "
"Hail, Hail, The Gang's All
Here "
" Homeward Bound "
Get a copy of this week's Saturday
Evening Post and see the $5,000
Advertisement on the above songs
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LEO. FEIST, Inc., FEIST Bldg., New York
SING FEIST SONG FOR PRESIDENT
Mullen & Coogan Make Big Hit at Keith's,
Washington, with "I Don't Want to Get Well"
Phil Kornheiser, professional manager of Leo
Feist, Inc., recently received the following sig-
nificant letter from Mullen & Coogan, the well-
known vaudeville team, regarding their recent
The White-Smith Publishing Co., Boston,
appearance at Keith's Theatre, Washington, be-
Mass., are now working on the production of
fore President Wilson. The letter, which reads
the score of the new grand opera by Charles
as follows, requires no explanation:
Wakefleld Cadman, which is to be produced at
"Just a line to let you know we had the honor
the Metropolitan Opera House during the pres-
of appearing before our President at Keith's
ent season under the Indian name of "Shane-
Theatre here last night and we feel mighty
wic."
The opera is based upon one of the
elated over the way he enjoyed our act, and it
American Indian themes with which Mr. Cad-
would have done your heart good if you could
man is so familiar, and the score will be re-
leased at the time the opera is formally pro- HENRY LODGE SIGNS WITH W1TMARK have been present to see him laugh and ap-
M. Witmark & Sons have entered into ar- plaud the song 'I Don't Want to Get Well.'
duced. The White-Smith Co. will publish the
score with the English title "The Robin rangements with Henry Lodge to publish the There was a particularly high-class audience at
latter's compositions exclusively for a term of Keith's last night and the song was a sensational
Woman."
hit, in fact, it has never been such a tremendous
The White-Smith Co. has also published a years. The Witmark catalog already includes
success as it was last night here to this cream
a
number
of
Mr.
Lodge's
instrumental
pieces,
new series by Gertrude Ross entitled "Art Songs
of Washington's social elect. This certainly
From Japan." The new series is based upon including the famous "Temptation Rag," "Black
goes to show that 'I Don't Want to Get Well'
Diamond
Rag,"
"Red
Pepper
Rag"
and
many
authentic ancient Japanese melodies idealized
is a comedy classic.
and provided with the proper accompaniment. others. The popular "Geraldine Waltz" is an-
•'Regards to all the boys and best ever to
other
of
Mr.
Lodge's
well-known
numbers.
"Art Songs From Japan" are being featured in
yourself."
her concert programs by Alma Gluck, the noted
soprano.
McKinley's New Song Success
A. Lewis Scarmolin, the well-known com-
poser, who is now among the recruits at Camp
Dix, New Jersey, recently wrote an official war
song at the request of his comrades, and with
the assistance of Carleton S. Montanye, who
wrote the words. The new song is entitled
"We'll Keep Old Glory Flying." The music
is spirited, and is written in march time, and
the words are really sensible. Boosey & Co.
will publish the song.
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