Music Trade Review

SEPTEMBER
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ELABORATE NEW OFFICES OPENED BY JACK MILLS, INC.
Firm Now Occupies Large Space in Jack Mills Building at 148 West Forty-sixth Street, New
York-Telegrams of Congratulation Come From All Sections of the Country
Formal opening of the new home of Jack
Mills, Inc., music publishers, in the Jack Mills
Building, 148 West Forty-sixth street, New York
City, took place on Friday, September 7, and
was attended by several hundred well-known
stage and talking machine artists, as well as
mechanical reproduction representatives, or­
chestra leaders, music publishers, newspaper
men, etc.
Telegrams of congratulation came from all
New Jack Mills, Inc., Building
ove r th e United States, a nd in many of them
tribute was paid to the founders of the organ­
ization whi ch, in a few years, had earned for
itself an important position among the success­
ful popular publishers. Jack and Irving Mills
were the recipients of a number of floral
wreaths and baskets from well-wishe'r s, many
of whom were among the visitors who made
the occasion festive from early morning to late
at night.
th a n this to express, to all, my sinc ere grat i­
tude for th e sp lendid co-opera tion I have always
received."
Irving Mills, vice-president of the firm, had
this to say :
"We do not feel, by any means, that we have
reached the highest pinn acle of our endeavors.
Yet we realize that we have made wonderful
s trides and our hats are off to all those who
helped. With these new headquarters to work
from we expect bigger and better results than
The new quarters are among the most attrac­
tive ever arranged by a popular publishing or­
ganization. The Jack Mills slogan, "-Fhe House
That Jack Built," now, from all evi~ence, be­
comes a concrete reality.
The partition woodwork and office furnitur e
ever."
are of walnut and the entire floor space is
covered with beautiful heavy green carpets. A
comfortable wicker set in the reception room
STASNY TAKES WINN'S RAGTIME
virtually makes waiting, when necessary, a
pleasure. Handsomely fashioned lighting fix­
Hereafter Will Handle Foreign Agency for
tures and draperies ' do mu ch to enhance the
This Well-known Series of Books
general beauty of the es tablishment.
Two floors in the J ac k Mill s Building are
The A. J. Stasny Music Co., Inc., has taken
occupied by the Mills organization-the first
over the foreign agen cy for Winn's Ragtime
a nd the second. On th e first floor, immedi ate ly
Bo oks. These publications hav e proved quite
upon entering, one com es into the reception
popular in this country during recent years and
room, on the left of whi ch are the offic es of contain simplified forms for instruction in rag ­
Jack Mills and George D. Lottman, adve rti sing
tim e and jazz playing.
manager, resp ec tivel y.
On the right are found
the private office of
Jimmy McHugh, pro­
fessional manage r, a
goodly
number
of
piano rooms and the
offices of Irwin Da sh,
the a rranging depart­
ment , and the orches­
tration counter. In­
cidentally, it may be
mentioned here that
the office of Me. Mc­
Hu gh is, wit h 0 u t
doubt, one of th e
most handsome and
beautifully furni s hed
professional rooms in
the country.
On the second floor
Reception R{)om in Jack Mills, Inc., Office
is found th e office of
George A. Friedman and Joe Mittenthal, sales
Owing to the wide popularity of American
managers, as well as the general offices and compos ition s in Europ ea n countries th ese pub­
an immense 's tockroom, constructed entirely of
licati on s should prove quite popular as ' th e
s teel.
vogue of American fox-trots and other selections
On the whole, the opening, at which such
has arou se d unusual enthusiasm among amateur
renowned musical organizations as Ben Selvin's
players in England and France, particularly .
•Orchestra and the Original Memphis Five fur­
The popular orchestras, also, in those coun­
nished the music, proved to be most auspicious.
tries are endeavoring to obtain the swing and
Refreshments were served and handsom e
rhythm which was introduced by such orches­
leather books and pencils were distributed as
tras as Paul Whiteman and Paul Specht.
mementos of the occasion.
Among the publications that are included in
In speaking of the event, Jack Mills said:
the Winn catalog are: "How to Play Popular
"In the joy of 'the moment I am not th~ least
Music," "How to Play Ragtime," "How to Play
unmindful of the , many friends, in the profes­
Jazz and Blues," "How to Play Rag and Jazz
sion and out, that helped me to achieve this
on the Saxophone," "Chord and Jazz Book" (for
signal triumph . lowe a lot to my staff, to
all stringed instruments) a nd "Winn's Piano
Technic."
whose loyalty and general devotion I attribute
much of my success . The going, at tImes, was
exceedingly rough, to be sure, but we never
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
wavered from our original determination to see
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
the thing through. There is no better time
free of charge for men who desire positions.