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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
DECEMBER 12, 1925
Denver Is Visited by Richmond—(Continued from page 131)
some time ago, he got talking with a fellow
passenger, who introduced himself as a trav-
eler from Hoboken. Looking out the window,
the fellow saw a jackass in a field and called
Cleveland's attention to it, saying: "What sort
of animal is that?" Cleveland looked at the
mule, then at his friend, and said, "Oh, that's
another traveler from Hoboken."
The Davis family has always been extremely
nice to me while in Denever. As guides and
boosters for their home town, they should be put
on the pay-roll of the Denver Chamber of Com-
merce. They sold me the idea that Denver was
a good town the first time they showed me
around. One thing about this couple, they
work in unison and harmony. Cleveland can't
understand one of the ladies' peculiarities and
asks aid in solving this problem. "If a woman
wears only one pound of clothing at a time,
why is it it takes two husky men to carry her
trunk, if she is just going to mother's for the
week-end?"
The Dutch Mill Co.
This musical emporium is located at 1541
Champa street, where it gives you a good feed
in its cafeteria and if you have any change left,
it takes it from you at the music department.
If it catches you in the music department first,
you don't get much to eat—particularly if
George Springer, the manager of the company,
should be there. This institution was estab-
lished by Theron C. Bennett, who is known in
the music circles of Denver, New York and
Los Angeles. Geo. Springer is full of springs.
Every Spring he "springs" a new girl. Miss
Ida Ames, of the music department, reports that
business has been "fine" and that with all the
hits on the market this season she is satisfied
that their sales are going to beat all past rec-
ords.
Blanche M. Tice
Among the people I ran across while in Den-
ver was Miss Blanche M. Tice, who has again
entered the music publishing game. Miss Tice
feels that she would rather publish and handle her
songs than place them with any other publisher.
After four years spent in Arizona, Miss Tice lo-
cated in Denver a year ago and has recently
published a beautiful waltz ballad entitled "Love
Will Lead the Way," which is selling very well
in the West.
Miss Tice wrote the music to this composi-
tion and the lyrics are by C. Wiles Hallock, of
Denver. The title and inspiration for this num-
ber came to Miss Tice at the foot of Look-
out Mountain, one of the great West's most
historical points. Thousands of tourists from
all parts of the United States visit this moun-
tain, where Buffalo Bill and his wife are
buried.
"On Short Circuits"
While on the high-ways and by-ways, I re-
ceived several shocks of "de-light" when I came
in contact with a few live wires who were go-
ing over the same circuit.
Art Hauser
Art Hauser, the grand mogul of globe trotters
for Carl Fischer, Inc., of New York, made a fly-
ing trip, stopping, at Chicago, Kansas City and
a few other key cities in the Middle West. He
booked some very large orders for Fischer's
high-class orchestra editions. It would stagger
you to see the great big fat orders Art took
along the line, particularly on the Carl Fischer
American Concert edition, Orchestra Theatre
Edition, as well as the Junior Orchestra Al-
bums and the E. T. Paull loose-leaf march folio,
which is meeting with tremendous success.
As a Beau Brummel Art surely plays the part.
He knows the art. He must be studying the
theatre programs pretty carefully to find out
"what the well-dressed man will wear." He sat
for a picture the day 1 was in Kansas City,
wearing his gray Prince of Wales double breast-
ed outfit, his socks and tie in harmony (some
tune). With his pocket full of .orders, he cer-
tainly looked the "Dobbs." Some of the Jen-
kins' boys were disappointed this time because
Art was so busy he didn't have any time to tell
them some of his new yarns.
I heard a good one about Art the other day.
When he returned home, his wife, during the
course of conversation, said to him, "Artie dear,
how do you like my new dishes? Which dish
do you like best?" "Canned salmon" was Art's
answer.
Harvey Orr of Sherman, Clay & Co.
What a lovely boy Harvey Orr really is.
Everyone has a kind word for him. He sure
is one fine fellow. We met at Kansas City and
he told me he had just finished work in that
city and was headed East. I didn't quite give
Harvey his full title. He is Lieut. Harvey Orr
of the Royal Flying Corps and saw quite a bit
of service during the last war. He must have
looked good in his flying uniform. I'll bet the
girls were all crazy to meet him.
Harvey is well pleased with the Sherman-Clay
ENOCH & SONS
NEW PUBLICATIONS
VOCAL
The Holy Child
Easthope Martin
Crying Water
Bernard Hamblen
Wanderthirst
Landon Ronald
Clorinda
R. Orlando Morgan
Down at the End of the Garden....
May H. Brake
( In Keys to Suit All Voices)
PIANO
Valse in Thirds
George Liebling
Air a Danser
C. Chaminadc
The Musical Box
L. Pouishnoff
Petite Valse
L Pouishnoff
Scherzo Caprice
Paul » achs
VIOLIN AND PIANO
Les Adieux
Bernard Hamblen
CHORAL MUSIC
Thanks Be to God (Dickson)—Octavo
Mixed
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"
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Female
I Passed by Your Window (Brahe)—Octavo. . . .Mixed
Male
" " "
"
"
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...Female
Crying Water (Hamblen)—Octavo
Female
Etc., Etc.
Voices
Voices
Voices
Voices
Voices
Voices
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ENOCH & SONS, 9 East 45th St., New York
ALSO AT LONDON, PARIS, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO
catalog for this season. He tells me "Close
Your Eyes," a waltz song, is the best thing in
the catalog. "Twilight," a fox-trot, is selling
steadily. "Rock-a-bye Baby Blues" and "By-
gones" are also going big.
Our good-looking lieutenant does a bit of
everything. He books himself at the large pic-
ture houses and radio stations for local plugs.
He visits all the orchestras and calls on the
trade. In fact, there is very little that Harvey
overlooks. He's some clean-up kid when it
comes to taking orders too. It is quite apparent
that Ed. Little, the big chief of the house back
in San Francisco, must be pleased as Harvey
says he seems to see Ed. Little smile right in
the letters he receives from him which proves
that everything is "Jake." Of course, we all
know that Ed. Little is a good teacher and has
developed many boys in the music field since
he has been on the job. It is reported that Ed.
sold the well-known Joe Skilton of G. Schirmer,
New York, a white horse, and it was a hard
job. It took him until 4 o'clock in the morning
to put it over—but he did. One of the talking
points to Joe Skilton was, "There's a kick to
every foot." Just how Skilton took the white
horse to New York we don't know, but let's
hope he got it there safe and sound with every-
thing all right.
It is reported locally in Kansas City, Kansas,
that one of the power plants has organized an
orchestra, composed of a ukulele, bass fiddle,
guitar, two mouth organs, Scotch bagpipes and
a drum. It is a fact that the boys in this com-
bination knock off some hot stuff.
Ernest R. Ball
I ran across Ernest R. Hall in a music store
and he told me he was billed at the Orpheum
Theatre. There was nothing could have stopped
me from seeing the show that evening. The
entire program was good, but even if it had not
been Ernie and his act were sufficient for me
to call it an evening well spent. Of course,
Ernie had the star spot. The act consists of
six talented, versatile girls, vocalists and musi-
cians, who featured the Ball ballads. No won-
der Witmark's Black and White songs sell.
With such boosters as Ernie, there can be no
disappointments. The following Ernest Ball
songs were used in the act: "I Promise You,"
"My Hour," "Hollywood Rose," and "All the
Luck in the World to You." (This latter num-
ber Ernie introduced as having been written by
"Old Man Ball.") Ernie's medley of his own
songs of former days was a knockout. In this
medley he has tunes written by himself, from
back in the dark and wet ages, up the line to
the present day. When Ernie leaves the town,
the dealers certainly empty their shelves of the
Black and White ballads. Nice, big, juicy or-
ders follow.
U. S. Mint
Undoubtedly, the reason why the Denver
Music trade is in such good standing in the
industry and rated so well in Dun's, is that it
is close to the United States Mint which is one
of the most modern buildings for its purpose
in the country. There they coin gold and sil-
ver. Being just a few streets a"way, the wise
music dealer leaves his doors and windows open
to catch any gold dust which may fly oul of the
windows of the mint. Unfortunately it was a
calm dav when I was in Denver.
All Good Sellers
Among the newer songs in the Shapiro, Bern-
stein & Co. catalog which are proving active
sellers on the counters throughout the country
is a new ballad by Al Piantadosi called "Cross
My Heart, Mother" (I Love You), a comedy
number, "Down by the Winegar Woiks," a fox-
trot ballad called "Old Fashioned Romance," a
melodious nunrber called "Lingering Lips," a
ballad success, "Save Your Sorrow for To-mor-
row," and a hit from three musical comedies
called "Oh, Boy! What a Girl."