Music Trade Review

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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
DECEMBER 29, 1923
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MAY PETERSON HOME FOR TOUR
R. J. HARKINS APPOINTED MANAGER
SONORA JOBBERS VISIT NEW YORK
Prominent Soprano and Vocalion Red Record
Artist Has Some Notable Experiences in
Course of Long Stay Abroad
Takes Charge of Record Department of Eastern
Division of Brunswick Co. in New York City
Western and Eastern Jobbers Hold Informal
Meetings-Discuss Plans for Coming Year
R. J. Harkins, formerl y connected with the
New York Talking Machine Co., and mor e
recently associated with the Brunswick factory
in Long Island, has bee'n appointed manager of
the record department of the Brunswick East­
ern division in New York and will be in charge
of record stocks, sales plans and promotion
work. Mr. Harkins succeeds H. J. Leopold,
who is now in Chicago as a member of the ad­
vertising department at the executive headquar­
ters. Before leaving for Chicago Mr. Leopold
was the guest of honor at a dinner given by
his associates in New York, and was presented
with a gold fountain pen as a mark of their
e~teem and friendship .
The executive offices of the Sonora Phono­
graph Co., New York, almost resembled a con­
vention gathering recently, when quite a nUIll ­
ber of Sonora jobbers dec ided to visit the home
office at approximately the same tim e. With
the fir s t arrival of the Sono·ra wholesalers it
soon became evident that there would be an
opportunity fo·r a get-together informal confer­
e nce and C. W. Keith, president of the Sonora
Jobbers' Association, took advantage of the
opportunity to suggest that th e Eastern job­
bers visit New York in honor of the arrival of
their Western associates. At these informal
m ee tings interesting discussions wer e held rela­
tive to plans for the coming year, and the prin­
cipal object of the Western jobbers' call at the
executive offices was to insure suffici ent prod­
uct for 1924.
Among the Western Sonora jobber s who at­
tended this informal gatherin g we re F. R.
Travers, Magnavox Co., San Francisco, Cal.;
Fred E. Yahr, Yahr & Lange Drug Co., Mil­
waukee, \ graph Co. of Illinois, Chicago, III.; ]. T. Pringle
and ]. L. DuBreuil, Sonora Phonograph-Ohio
Co., Cleveland, 0.; N1. R. Miller, Sonora Dis­
tributing Co. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. The
Eastern jobbers in attendance were Maurice
Landay, Greater City Phonograph Co., New
York, N. Y.; R. H. and C. W. Keith, Long
Island Phonograph Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.; C. T.
Malcolm, Gibson-Snow Co., Syracuse, N . Y.;
E. S. White, Sonora Co. of Philadelphia, Phila­
delphia, Pa., and Joseph H . Burke, Sonora
Phonograph Co. of New England, Bosto n,
Mass.
May Peterson, the prominent soprano and ex­
clusive Vocalion Red Record artist, who re­
cently returned to the United States for th e
purpos e of m a king a recital tour, ha s already
appeared in several cities, including Charlotte,
N. C.
Mi ss Peterson spe nt man y month s a broad
go in g o ve r operat ic scores, preparing programs
for her A merican tour and bein g coached by
her old teachC'r, Jean deReszke. Whil e in Paris
she was hon ored by being tlie guest of the
veterans of eight nations at a luncheon atop the
Eiffel Tower in Pa ris, where was witne sse d the
presentation of the Legion of Honor to Col.
Alvin Owsley, Commander of the Am erica n
Legion. On this occasion Miss Peterson sang
a numb e r of American folk songs, including
"Dixie," "Carr y M e Back to Old Virginny" and
"M y Old Kentucky Home."
Miss P e terson had a thrilling time with the
veterans. S he was present at a reception to
them in the H o tel cle Yille (City Hall) in Paris
and at on e held, w ith President Millerand as
host, at the Summer palace in Rambouillet.
Colonel Owsley, Co lonel Ernest Thompson ,
Miss Peterson 's fi a nce and other meniber s of
th e American d ele ga tion to the convention in­
vited the Am er ican sop rano to go to Bru.sse ls
with them. She did.
Soon after she had Slin g at the Eiffel Tower
luncheon Miss Peterson met the Queen of Rou­
mania, who s poke enthusiastically of America,
stressing particularl y her admiration of Ameri­
can women. In Rrll ss(' ls Miss Peterson attended
the convention of veterans. She aided in th e
placint:, of a bron ze ta blet on the g rave of the
Unknown Soldier of Bel gium and attended a
reception in the roya l palace, where the repr e­
sentatives of the A lli es w ere receicvd.
Miss Peterson has been recordin g for the
Vocalion five years. Red R eco rd numbers sung
b y her include "Drin g Back My Bo.nnie to Me,"
"From the Land o f the Sky Diue Water," "By
the \ SUlTlmer," "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton," "Nor­
wegian Echo Son g," " Songs My Mother Taught
Me," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Little Grey
HOlTle in the We s t," "Kiss ~IIe Again," "The
Cuckoo Clock," "Old Blaek Joe," "Toyland" and
"Robin Adair."
BROADCASTING STATION FOR VICTOR
Victor Talking Machine Co. Secures License for
Class A Station With Call Letters W ABU
CAMDEN , N. J., December 24.-Thc Victor Talk­
ing Machine Co. has erected a radio broadcast­
ing station at its plant here which has been
officially licensed as a Class A station with the
ca ll letters WARU and a wave length of 226
metres . It is stated that the station will be used
a t the outset for experimental purposes and
that there have been no plans made for broad­
cas ting programs through it in the near future
a t leas t.
VAN & SCHENCK BROADCAST
Radio fans were g iv en a special "treat" on
Thursday night, December 27, when Van &
Schenck, exclusive Columbia artists and famous
VICTOR KIDOIE RECORD ENVELOPES
Van & Schenck
vaudeville headliners, broadcas ted from s tation
WEAF. This popular team is known to theatre­
goers from Coast to Coast, and th eir radio
broa dcastin g not only se rved to enhance their
popularity but was reflected in an increased de­
mand for their Columbia records.
NEW ASSOCIATiON IS CHARTERED
Papers of incorporation have recently been
filed for the .\ Ilied Phono g raph and Mu s ical
NIanufacturers' .'\ssociation, New York City, re­
fe rred to in The Re view la'st week. This new
organization will have 150 shares of preferred
s tock, $100 each, and 100 shares of commo n
s lock, no par value. The officers are J . D . Nep­
pert, M. Kahn and F. W. Conrad.
G. W. HOPKINS ADORESSES EXECUTIVES
CH [CAGO, loLL.. December 22.- G. W . Hopkins,
vice-pre s ident of the Columbia Phonograph Co.,
addressed the Executives' Club of Chicago at a
luncheon on Friday, December 14, at the Tiger
Room of th e Hotel Sherman on "How to Sell
More Goods."
Standard T. M. Co., Victor Jobber, Introduces
Timely Selling Help-Four Special Victor
Records Featured in Envelope Series
PITTS81.'H(;H, PA., December 24. - Th e Standard
Talking Machine Co., of this city, Victor whole­
saler, is rec eiving lar ge-s ized orders frolTl Victor
dealers everywhere for the Kiddie record en­
velopes which it recently introduced. This
series of record envelopes is prov ing a signal
success and Jose ph Roush, president, and Wal­
lace H. Russell, manager of the company, have
received lTIany letters of enthusiastic comm e nda­
tion from Victor retailers.
These envelo-pes were designed to help the
dealers sell Victor records and apparently they
are fulfilling this purpose admirably. There are
four envelopes in the series, featuring the fol­
lowing Victor records:
No. 16863, Mother
Goose Songs (1) Moo Cow Moo (2) His New
Brother; 16955, Morning in Noah's Ark and
Mr. Rooster; 17104 (1) London Bridge (2)
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and
Round and Round the Village; 18599, Wynken,
Blynken and Nod and The Sugar Plum Tree.
Each envelope in the series is attractively litho­
graphed in bright colors to catch the attention
of the kiddies a nd their parents.
THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO.
CHICAGO
NEW
YO~K
CINCINNATI