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PRESTO-TIMES
April 9, 1927.
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A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
THE NEW
CAPITOL
WORD ROLLS
75c—LATE RELEASES—75c
1694 A Little Music in the Moonlight
—Fox Trot
1673 Candy Lips—Fox Trot
1686 Don't Forget the Pal You Left at
Home—Marimba Waltz
1683 Elsie Schultz-En-Heim—Fox Trot
1682 Give Me a Ukulele—Fox Trot
1661 Gone Again Gal—Fox Trot
1685 Knows His Groceries—Fox Trot
1690 Hello, Swanee! Hello!—Fox Trot
1696 H o w Could Red Riding Hood?—
Fox Trot
1695 I Don't Mind Being Alone—Fox
Trot
1691 If Tears Could Bring You Back to
Me—Fox Trot
1684 I ' m Tellin' the Birds—Tellin' the
Bees—Fox Trot
1687 I t Made You Happy When You
Made Me Cry—Fox Trot
1674 I've Got the Girl—Fox Trot
1689 My Baby Knows How—Fox Trot
1693 My Girl H a s E y e Trouble—Fox
Trot
1688 Oh, How She Could Play a Uku-
lele—Fox Trot
1675 Original Black Bottom D a n c e
1679 She's Still My Baby—Fox Trot
1672 Sidewalk Blues
1678 Susie's Feller—Fox Trot
1680 Tonight You Belong to Me—Waltz
1676 Trail of Dreams—Waltz
1697 When I First Met Mary—Fox Trot
1681 When I'm in Your Arms—Fox
Trot
1682 Within the Prison of My Dreams
—Fox Trot
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SILVER THREADS FICTION
Old but Untrue Story About Rexford's Poem,
to Which Danks Set Popular Melody,
Bobs Up Again.
A good illustration of the way fiction becomes
mixed with fact is seen in the following item which
appeared last w r eek in the press in form of a special
dispatch from Appleton, Wis:
"Words of one of the nation's most famous songs
sold for $3, it was recalled at Lawrence College
•today. Eben E. Rexford, author of "Silver Threads
Among the Gold," sold the poem to Frank Leslie
for that amount. Rexford was 18 then. He died in
1916 at Shiocton, Wis."
At the time this old story began its newspaper
rounds, many years ago, the late Mr. Rexford wrote
a letter lo Presto telling how his poem first appeared,
and of its later success as a song. He said that the
verses were first published in a small weekly maga-
zine in New England. And it was not Leslie's
Weekly.
The poet received a pittance for it—probably the
$3' now talked about. And he added that when H. P.
Danks supplied the music and the song was pub-
lished and began to win success, Mr. Rexford wrote
to the music publishers who promptly returned a
fair remuneration, notwithstanding that, inasmuch as
the verses had long before been printed, there was
no legal obligation to make any money settlement.
Danks reaped a good return and royalties are prob-
ably still going to the heirs of the composer of the
music.
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MUSICAL EVENT IN HIGH SCHOOL
Wm. F. Lamb, 2nd, Plays and Movies of the Conn
Factory at Elkhart, Ind., Are Shown.
An enjoyable musical and motion picture entertain-
ment was given last week in the Pottstown High
School, as part of the movement to convey to teach-
ers and parents the value of a musical education for
children. Selections were rendered by Wm. F. Lamb,
2nd, youthful musical genius, the son of the well
known owner of Lamb's Music House of that city.
Following a number of pleasing selections played
with great skill by the young artist, a picture pro-
gram, "Young America," was announced. This is
an interesting reel and includes views of the various
processes of manufacture of band and orchestra in-
struments in the largest factory of its kind, that of
C. G. Conn, Ltd., at Elkhart, Indiana.
The delightful program was presented through the
courtesy of the popular William F. Lamb, who is
responsible for much of the musical activity of Potts-
town.
TOO MUCH REGULATING
And Every Action in Prescribing Players of Music
Reacts on Dealer, Says Commentator.
One of the evils from which the sheet music in-
dustry is suffering is too much "regulation," accord-
ing to a sheet music jobber who usually enlivens the
meetings of the sheet music associations. There are
a lot of things the matter with the trade but regu-
lation is the thing that gives the dealer the most
vicious pinch, he says. The earnest jobber believes
the publishers' bureau of watchfulness, which com-
pels hotels, cafes and theaters to pay a tax for the
privilege of playing certain protected songs and
other music, has decreased the interest in new music,
thereby effecting a deplorable reaction on the sheet
music dealers. Vaudeville teams, broadcasting sta-
tions and makers of rolls and records are others
affected by the regulations which react on sheet
music sales.
"Regulations are fine for certain things but sheet
music is not one of them," said the protesting jobber
this week. "Indeed, it is possible to regulate such a
popular commodity as music out of existence. Too
many regulators are making it a special privilege
commodity. Putting music in the position it is today
minimizes the part of the sheet music dealer in the
music distributing scheme.
"Sheet music of the popular kind must be heard
over and over again before it becomes familiar
enough to the public to make them want to buy a
sheet music copy of a song. The public must dance
to the music, listen to it at the theater, hear it at
lunch or dinner before they feel a desire for a selec-
tion of its sheet music form. Limiting the privileges
of orchestras curtails the opportunities of the pros-
pective sheet music buyers to hear the numbers. The
more orchestras play the music of a new song the
greater the publicity and the larger the chances of
its success as a sheet music seller. Anything that
slows up sheet music demand is bad."
USING ELECTRIC LIGHT SOCKET
Views of Radio Corporation Sales Manager on Avail-
ability of "A" Battery Substitute.
Elmer E. Bucher, general sales manager of the
Radio Corporation of America, regarding a new type
of tube, said to be capable of operating directly from
the lighting socket, made the following statement:
The Research Laboratories of the General Electric
Company and the Westinghouse Electric & Manu-
facturing Company, working in cooperation with the
Radio Corporation of America, have been engaged
for some 'time in the development of various types of
vaccuum tubes in which the current ordinarily sup-
plied by "A" batteries is obtained from the electric
light mains through a small step-down transformer.
Among such problems is the elimination of so-called
"A-C hum" in high-quality broadcast receivers
where the loudspeaker response goes deep into the
base and below 200 cycles.
The statement in this morning's press, although,
I am certain, untentionally so, is, nevertheless, mis-
leading in some respects. For example, the A. C.
tube when available will only eliminate the necessity
for an "A" batter}'. So far as the " B " plate supply
or the " B " battery is concerned, it will be necessary,
as in the past, to continue to use either a " B " battery
or a " B " Battery Eliminator; nor will the A. C.
tube function properly in existing types of broad-
cast receivers unless the internals of the receiver
itself are redesigned. So far as concerns the final
result to the human ear, there is no reason to expect
a different result from a tube which is energized by
alternating current, than is provided by present-day
broadcast receivers using standard types of vacuum
tubes.
Let me be emphatic in the statement that these
tubes will not render obsolete radio broadcast re-
ceivers employing the present type of vacuum tubes
and present methods of securing A.C. operation; of
which there are many; neither do they dispense with
all batteries. They merely do away with the neces-
sity for an "A" battery.
NEW MUSIC TEACHER'S BOOK.
"Vocal Pedagogy" for the student, singer and
teacher, by William B. Downing, is a new book
issued by Carl Fischer, Inc., New York. Mr. Down-
ing says in a preface: "This work is an outgrowth
of twenty years' experience as a voice teacher and
is a response to many requests by students and
friends." The book is in two parts and describes
the functions of the lips, tongue and palate in the
vocal effort. Breathing and breath control, diction,
relaxation and care of the voice are all treated in
Part I. Part II has lists of graded songs, duets,
etc., in various languages and for all voices and
occasions.
UKE CENSUS IN SAN ANTONIO.
The surprisingly large number of ukuleles in San
Antonio, Tex., and surrounding country was dis-
closed recently when A. F. Beyer established a spe-
cial repair department for ukes. The exact number
of ukes was only estimated by Miss Lena Hughes,
manager of the small goods department, from the
great number of the instruments sent in for repair.
A little good salesmanship induces many sick uke
owners to buy a ukulele banjo or a tenor banjo.
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