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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
cooperate in community interests. While no
official action was taken on the general
proposition, it is likely to come up at some
future meeting of the association.
Mr. Repper, who proved to be a most en-
tertaining speaker, in a rambling talk of a witty
nature, gave some of his experiences in pub-
lishing and handling his own music. Another
speaker was Edward Shiffen Barnes, an organ-
ist, who has lately come to Boston.
Boston Teacher Suggests
Clearing House for Music
BOSTON, MASS.—Henry R. Austin, vice-president
of the Boston Music Trade Association, pre-
sided at the December meeting and dinner,
which was held at the Hotel Touraine, the
scene of this organization's bi-monthly func-
tions now for about a year.
There were two special guests, for what was
designated as professional night, these being
Mrs. Jane R. Colpitts, who is president of the
Boston Piano Teachers' Society, and Charles
R. Repper, a local composer.
Mrs. Colpitts' talk, which was delightfully
informal, incorporated a number of things that
she thought publishers ought to do by way ol
improving the music suitable for second and
fourth grades in piano teaching. She stressed
the scarcity of good teaching material and it
was her opinion, and this was more or less
seconded by a number of the representatives
of the publishing houses present, .that many
teachers were not sufficiently advanced them-
selves to select the best of music suitable for
pupils; and in speaking of the amount of music
that the teachers get for their approval she
made a strong point of the desirability of
having a library, which might be a sort of
clearing house for music where teachers might
go and not only examine the pieces but play
them or hear them played. This proposition
resolved itself into an important feature of the
occasion and the idea was quickly approved
by Mr. Austin, who is head of the Arthur P.
Schmidt Co. Then arose the questions where
such a library might best be located and who
should act as librarian, for, of course, some
one, authoritatively in charge, should always be
on hand. Someone suggested the rooms of the
Harvard Musical Association in Chestnut street.
provided some satisfactory arrangement could
be made; and someone else suggested the Bos-
ton Public Library, which is always ready to
Death of Chas. K. Harris,
Song Writer and Publisher
Charles K. Harris, noted song writer and
music publisher, died at his home in New York
on December 22 after an illness of three weeks.
He was sixty-five years old and is survived by
a widow and two daughters as well as a brother
and sister.
Mr. Harris is known principally as the writer
of "After the Ball," which came to light in
1893 and is claimed to have registered a sale
of over 3,000,000 copies. He also wrote a num-
ber of other popular sketches including "Break
The News To Mother'" of Spanish War Days;
"Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven", "Only a
Tangle of Golden Curls," etc., etc.
He was born in Poughkeepsie but spent most
of his early life in the Middle West where his
parents moved when he was a small boy. He
did not attempt writing music until the family
moved to Milwaukee, and after many fruitless
attempts he wrote "After the Ball," which be-
came an immediate success after it was first
sung by James Aldrich Libby in Chicago.
Young Harris then established his own music
publishing business in Chicago and later moved
vo New York where he enjoyed a particularly
successful career, publishing in addition to his
own music successful songs by Joseph E.
Howard and other composers.
When motion pictures came into popularity
Mr. Harris wrote a photoplay based on his
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KEN os HA, Wis.—Mrs. Sanna Eydc Hollister,
Kenosha, Wis., has started suit through her at-
torneys, Young and Young, patent and copy-
right lawyers of Milwaukee, naming Harms, Inc.,
of New York, song publishers, as defendants,
and charging infringement on the song, "Three
Little Words," which is now being featured
in Amos 'n' Andy's picture, "Check and Double
Check."
Mrs. Hollister charges that the lyric of her
song was taken without authorization, altered
a little and used as the theme song of the talk-
ing picture named. Injunctions may be sought
by Mrs. Hollister to restrain the showing of
the picture.
Mrs. Hollister declares that she wrote the
song at least nine months before it was pub-
lished by Harms, Inc. Her publisher is the J.
S. Unger Music House, of Reading, Pa.
Heim's Music Store, for many years a lead-
ing factor in the music trade of Danbury, Conn.,
and vicinity, has been incorporated with paid-
in capital of $1,200 and property assets of
$23,800. The officers are Earl N. Hathaway,
president; F. Guthrie Sands, treasurer; and
Henry C. Wilson, secretary.
Peate's Music House, Inc., for many years
located in Utica, N. Y., where it has been en-
gaged in the wholesale music business, has
leased larger quarters in the Franklin Building,
that citv.
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W I T H
HITS
in the shape of
S O N G SUCCESSES
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PROSPERITY IS EN ROUTE. DEPEND ON
ROBBINS TO SPEED ITS JOURNEY
From "Love in the Rough"
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Starts Copyright Suit
Over "Three Little Words
Here s Seasonal Greetings
Season's Biggest Song Success
DON'T FORGET ME IN YOUR DREAMS
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great success "After The Ball" and subsequently
wrote several other scenarios as well as playlets
for the legitimate stage.
Funeral services were held on December 24 at
the Riverside Memorial Chapel and were at-
tended by many representatives of the music
publishing and song writing fraternity.
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HERE COMES THE SUN
Another "Singin' in the Rain"
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