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STASNY ACTIVITIES ABROAD
AN ECHO OF "ANGEL CHILD" WEEK
SPECIAL PAPER READY
A. J. Stasny Establishing Offices and Exploiting
New Numbers in England and on the Continent
Kansas City Music Dealer Aids Special Witmark
Drive With Excellent Display
M. P. P. A. Members Can Avail Themselves of
Specially Water-marked Paper to Protect
Against Pirating of Their Numbers
It is certain that one of the most active Ameri-
can publishers now engaged in exploiting pub-
lications in the British Isles is A. J. Stasny,
who some time ago made his second trip to
Among the attractive and striking window dis-
plays shown by retailers throughout the coun-
try during the recent "Angel Child" Week was
that arranged by the J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music
A. J. Stasny in Dublin
England and the Continent to supplement the
work of his branch offices.
Recently the A. J. Stasny Music Co. purchased
outright the Ray Music Co., of London. This
included the stock, accounts, good will, leases,
a catalog of thirty-five songs, etc. Among the
numbers contained in this catalog is "I'm Calling
You," for which an immediate campaign is being
inaugurated.
In addition the Stasny Co. recently enlarged
its London office and now has twelve salesmen
working from these headquarters. It is oper-
ating three music shops in England and one in
Scotland and contemplates a chain throughout
the British Isles.
Herewith is reproduced a photograph of Mr.
Stasny on O'Connell street, Dublin, Ireland,
while he was actively engaged in that country
in featuring Stasny songs.
NEW OHIO NUMBER
Hayden Ernst Co. Featuring "Where the Old
Ohio Flows" With Good Results
How the Jenkins' Sons Co. Featured Witmark Hit
Co. in its Kansas City store. The Jenkins store manufacturer which now makes available to the
took full advantage of the publicity brought about members of this Association paper stock water-
by the co-operated efforts of the talking machine marked with the Association's insignia.
The paper is particularly useful for inserts
companies, player roll manufacturers and music
dealers generally in giving special publicity to in piano copies and in orchestrations and is
the M. Witmafk & Sons success, "Angel Child." available at the cost of ordinary stock.
The stock is ready for delivery to all printers
As can be readily seen in the reproduced photo-
graph, the sheet music display was reinforced and because of the exact record which will be
with effective groupings of talking machine rec- kept by the Association of the paper supplied
ords, as well as the piano rolls of the number, and the amounts furnished to various sources
it will greatly assist the Association in locating
attracting unusual attention.
When it is realized that over forty different song pirates or counterfeiters.
recordings in talking machine records and player
rolls were made of "Angel Child," all simul-
taneously, and with the special campaign by
vaudeville singers, the rendition of the number
by theatre, motion picture, cabaret and dance
SAN FRANCISCO
orchestras, the task of estimating how many peo-
ple heard the number during the week in ques-
tion would be hard. It can be said, however, that
the campaign was one of the most intensive and
successful ever inaugurated by music publishers.
ShermanJilay&Go.
Sparkling
Melody hits
LISTED FOR_RECORDS
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Hayden Ernst, of the Hayden Ernst Music
Pub. Co., of Chicago, 111., is the brother of Fred
and William Ernst, who were personal friends
and companions of Paul Dresser, author of "On
the Banks of the Wabash." Mr. Ernst's company
is now publishing a song, entitled "Where the
Old Ohio Flows," and is conducting a campaign
in Indiana territory, part of the profits of which
is to go toward the establishment of a memorial
boulevard to Paul Dresser along the banks of
the Wabash at Terre Haute, Ind.
E. C. Mills, chairman of the executive board
of the Music Publishers' Protective Association,
recently completed arrangements with a paper
"Cairo Moon' and "I'm So Unlucky," two
fox-trot song hits published by S. C. Caine, Inc.,
are fast being listed for early release by some
of the leading talking machine record and player
roll manufacturing organizations.
NEW SONG BY EUGENE WEST
Joe Mittenthal, Inc., has accepted for publication
a new song by Eugene West, entitled "Sunshine
Alley." An immediate campaign will be inaugu-
rated in behalf of this new issue.
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