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MARCH 9,
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
1918
A. B. CHASE GRAND IN ARMY CAMP
GEO. J. DOWLING IN LOS ANGELES
OPENS NEW STORE IN JACKSONVILLE
Instrument Loaned by A. B. Chase Co. for Use
in Community Building at Camp Sherman
Proves a Welcome Center of Entertainment
President of Cable Company to Spend Several
Weeks in Southern California—Makes Favor-
able Comment on Business Conditions
S. Ernest Philpitt Removes Stock From Cohen
Bros. Store to His Own Warerooms at 314
Main Street—Recovering From Illness
At least one army camp where there is no
dearth of musical entertainment is Camp Sher-
man at Chillicothe, O., where the Red Cross
Community Building is furnished with an A. B.
Chase concert grand piano, loaned by the A. P..
Chase Co. for use during the period of the war.
Cecil Fanning-, well-known baritone, is par-
ticularly interested in the musical work at the
camp, and brings celebrated violin artists to en-
tertain the soldiers at frequent intervals. This
means, of course, some excellent publicity for
the A. B. Chase grand.
A recent concert of particular interest at the
camp was the Governor's Musicalc held on
Washington's Birthday, and at which appeared
Mrs. F. A. Seiberling, contralto; Miss Marie
Hertenstein, pianist; Cecil Fanning, baritone; A.
D. Zanzig, accompanist for Mrs. Seiberling, and
II. B. Turpin, accompanist for Mr. Fanning.
Mrs. Seiberling is the wife of F. A. Seiberling,
president of the Goodyear Rubber Co., of Akron,
and is very prominent in musical circles. Miss
Hertenstein, the pianist, who gave several most
excellent selections, spoke in terms of great
admiration regarding the tone of the piano.
Warren C. Whitney, vice-president and gen-
eral manager of the A. B. Chase Co., attended
the concert and came away much pleased with
the manner in which the grand had met the de-
mands made upon it, and with the kind expres-
sions from the artists regarding its qualities.
Los ANGELES, CAL., March 2.—George J. Dow-
ling, president of the Cable Company, Chicago,
is in this city at present, where he plans to make
a stay of several weeks. Mr. Dowling, whose
genial company is always welcomed by piano
men on the Pacific Coast, left Chicago in the
midst of a blizzard, and was much impressed
by the contrast in the weather as he neared
southern California. Mr. Dowling is making his
headquarters with the Wiley B. Allen Co., gen-
eral Pacific Coast representatives of the Cable
Company. He reported that the demand for
the various instruments in the Cable Company's
line was very large, and that the same condition
applied to all kinds of manufactured goods in
the Middle West. He declared that he hoped
some time in the future to establish a perma-
nent home in southern California.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., March 4.—S. Ernest Phil-
pitt, who for some time past conducted a piano,
Victrola, sheet music and musical merchandise
department in the store of Cohen Bros., this
city, on March 1 removed his stock to new
quarters at 314 Main street, where he plans to
open up a first-class music store, for which elab-
orate appointments will be provided. Mr. Phil-
pitt now has no connection whatever with the
Cohen Bros, house. At the present time he is
ill at a hospital in Tampa, but is reported to
be on the road to recovery, and his assistants
are looking after the details of the removal until
such time as he can give the business his per-
sonal attention again.
GARDNER-HOHLFELDT ANNUAL
Former Officers Re-elected—George W. Slawson
Guest of Honor at Dinner
MITCHELL, S. D., March 4.—The annual election
of the officers of the Gardner-Hohlfeldt Music
Co., held here recently, resulted in the re-elec-
tion of all of the former officials, including
Ewald Hohlfeldt, president; Mrs. Bessie Gard-
ner, vice-president, and Howard W. Gardner,
secretary and treasurer.
Plans for the pres-
ent year were discussed, and a program of ex-
pansion was outlined and approved. Following
the business session, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner en-
tertained the officers at a dinner at their home.
George W. Slawson, dean of the Cable Com-
pany's traveling force, was the guest of honor
at the dinner. The Gardner-Hohlfeldt Co. has
handled the Cable Company lines since its es-
tablishment in business, and has enjoyed re-
markable success in retailing them.
MUSIC PAGE IN HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Latest Newspaper to Enter the "Music in the
Home" Campaign
The National Bureau for the Advancement of
Music reports that the latest paper to announce
that it would run a "Music in the Home" page
regularly is the Houston, Texas, Chronicle.
Local piano merchants did their full share in
bringing the matter to the attention of the news-
paper and will give the movement full support.
CITY TURNS DOWN DAMAGE CLAIM
The claim tiled by Braydon & Chapman for
damages to their stock of pianos and talking
machines, as a result of bursting pipes in the
building, above their store in Glens Falls, N. Y.,
has been turned down by the city, which, al-
though owning the building, claimed no respon-
sibility.
COUNTRY'S BUSINESS SOUND
The Reports of Leading Financial Agencies
Show Excellent Commercial Conditions
The soundness of the country's business, as
reflected by reports to the mercantile agencies,
is well worthy of study and congratulation. In
February commercial failures, according to R.
G. Dun & Co., numbered 980, against 1,165 in the
same month last year, and liabilities amounted
to $12,829,182, in contrast with $16,617,883 in the
preceding February. It was the best exhibit for
the period since 1907, when general panic effects
were seen in business reverses. In February,
1916, the failures totaled 1,688, with $18,744,165
liabilities. The showing was even better, in
some respects, than these figures show. With
the exception of September, 1917, the number of
failures in February was smaller than in any
month since September, 1911. The first two
months of 1918 have brought fewer commercial
defaults than in the corresponding period of all
years back to 1906, with the lightest indebted-
ness since 1909.
GOOD BUSINESS IN WASHINGTON
Stieff Branch in That City Does Excellent Busi-
ness in January and February
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 4.—S. P. Walker,
general manager of Charles M. Stieff, Inc., vis-
ited the local branch of the company last week,
and was most enthusiastic about the volume of
business recorded for January and February,
as well as the prospects for the future.
The local branch has now been located in its
new store for several months, and the attrac-
tiveness of the new quarters is believed to have
had an excellent effect in stimulating business.
WINS SUIT OVER HEATING
ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 4.—An echo of a hard
winter is found in the suit brought by Arthur
W. Oster, a piano merchant of this city, against
the Rochester Business Institute, to recover
$180 to cover additional heating equipment in
the Oster store, located in the building owned
by the institute. The court awarded the piano
man the full amount. Other men take notice.
INCORPORATED
The Variety Music Co., of Buffalo, was incor-
porated last week with a capital stock of $10,000,
those interested being L. Gust, E. and H. F.
Shorb, Buffalo.
LOCAL MERCHANTS MEET NEXT WEEK
Members of Association to Be Addressed by
Assistant District Attorney Goldstein on Sub-
ject of "Gyp" Advertisements
As was previously reported in The Review
the regular meeting and dinner of the New York
Piano Merchants' Association will be held on
Thursday, March 14, at 6.30 p. m., at the Cafe
Boulevard. Matters of general trade interest
will be discussed, and it is announced that the
speaker of the evening will be Jacob Goldstein,
Assistant District'Attorney of New York City,
who will talk on the question of "gyp" adver-
tisements. Mr. Goldstein has already promised
his support to the Music Industries Better Busi-
ness Bureau in an effort to stamp out that class
of piano and talking machine advertising in New
York, and his remarks, therefore, should be of
much interest.
PARCEL POST LIMIT INCREASED
Parcels Weighing Seventy Pounds May Be
Mailed for Delivery in First Three Zones—
Fifty-Pound Limit for Other Zones
Postmaster Patten advises that, effective
March 15, 1918, the limit of weight of parcel
post packages will be increased to seventy
pounds for parcels mailed for delivery within
the tirst, second and third zones, and to fifty
pounds for parcels mailed for delivery within
any of the other zones.
This change will serve to increase the useful-
ness and availability of the parcel post as a
prompt, convenient, and cheap means of trans-
porting mailable parcels. The increased weight
limit will be particularly advantageous in the
marketing of products of the farm, as it will
make it possible for producers and consumers to
get into direct contact, thereby facilitating the
conservation and distribution of food, which is
a most important factor in winning the war.
The increased weight limit does not apply
to parcels sent to the Expeditionary Forces in
Europe. Parcels mailed to these forces must
not exceed seven pounds in weight.
SUDDEN DEATH OF PIANO DEALER
BLUFFTON, IND., March 4.—John P. Chenoweth,
a music dealer of this city, was found dead in
bed last week as a result of heart disease. Mr.
Chenoweth, who was fifty-five years old, had
been a resident of this city for twenty-one
years. He was for sixteen years employed at
the G. D. Shigley Music Store, and live years
ago entered business for himself. He is sur-
vived by a widow and three children.
WINTER & CO.
RUDOLF
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
22O SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK