Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW THAT Hamilton S. Gordon has leased the sec- TRADE NOTES FOR CHICAGO. up half the night." In a serious vein Mr. Quigley ond floor of the New Reliance Construction reports that business is booming and that the Building, 110-112 West 30th street, for his music Business Has Shown Little Falling Off—J. F. late rate war remains only a bad memory. publishing and instrumental business. Bowers' Views in This Connection—New Kremer Publications—Why Quietness Reigns THAT "See-Saw" (Gus Edwards Co.), looks as "THE GIRLS OF HOLLAND." at McKinley's—Some Late Numbers. though it were going to outdo "School Days" in (The Snow Man Revised) a Comedy Opera in popular favor. (Special to The Review.) Three Acts—Book & Lyrics by Stanislaus Chicago, 111., Nov. 18, 1907. THAT M. Witmark & Sons have just published Stange—Music by Reginald De Koven— Chicago music publishers and jobbers say that a comic song entitled, "She Could Not Keep Away Published by Jos. W. Stern & Co. from the Ten-Cent Store." business with them has shown little or no falling off as a result of the financial flurry. Collections THAT "The Glow Worm," by Paul Linke, the With the fall of the curtain on the third act are slow, as they are in all lines, but business eminent Berlin composer, set to English- words, of "The Girls of Holland," on Tuesday night, the keeps up. Even if we are in for a long period is the latest successful interpolation in "The palm for producing the worst musical offering of trade depression—something which no one Girl Behind the Counter" at the Herald Square seen upon Broadway in a decade, passed from seems to believe—the sale of sheet music may not Theatre. Edward E. Rice, of "King Highball" recollection, suffer if the experience of some of the men in the into the already overburdened hands of Sam S. THAT President Watterson, of the Crown local trade is repeated. J. P. Bowers, of Lyon & Lee Shubert, Inc. Taking the production from Music Co., who has just returned from the West, & Healy, for instance, says that the years 1893-4-5 a musical and trade standpoint, pure and sim- is enthusiastic regarding the business methods of were among the best the house had ever known in ple, it is hard to imagine why Reginald De the McKinley Co., of Chicago. the line mentioned. He is at a loss to account Koven should lend his name to a hotch-potch of THAT.Rose & Snyder are getting along famous- for this strange anomaly unless it is that in "The Girls of Holland" type, while to the casual ly with their march success, "Don't Worry." times of stress and strain people naturally seek listener it seemed well nigh impossible that a THAT "I Never Can Forget You, Dear," is being relief in music, and if compelled to economize clever, cultured and usually painstaking musician "boomed" by the Victor Kremer Co. in their outside entertainment will create mu- could have been guilty of^ a score of this descrip- sical diversion at home. THAT "Where the Jessamine Is Blooming Far tion. If it is that Mr. De Koven is trying to Some new Kremer publications by William Away" (Thiebes-Stierlin Co., St. Louis), is a bal- write down to that grade of music termed "pop- Frederick Peters, the composer of "The Mayor lad worth remembering. ular," he must try again, for Tuesday night's of- of Tokio," are "Monterey," "I'm Carried Away fering was neither fish, flesh, fowl nor good red With Carrie," and "There's No Time Like Night herring. There is no excuse for Reginald De A PRETTY CUSTOM. Time to Spoon." Rocco Voccothe, well-known bal Koven being deliberately reminiscent. Even at lad singer of Chicago, is featuring "Monterey" a late date he gave to the public in his "Student One of the pretty features of the "Friars" with great success. King" music which was not only musicianly, but weekly gatherings is the singing of the official One is impressed with the somewhat unusual also highly creditable. In "The Girls of Hol- song by the different meetings all over the stillness pervading the offices of the McKinley land" he seems to have cast around haphazard, country. Promptly at eleven-thirty every Friday Music Co., notwithstanding the fact that num- taking strains from everyone. The composer of night the song is started in every town in the bers of the fair sex are employed there. A year "Robin Hood" and "The Highwayman" is handi- United States and Europe where two or more ago William McKinley on his return from the capped, too, by the book of Stanislaus Stange, good brothers are gathered. East approached a young woman who had been which is absolutely devoid of any trace of Friars Victor Herbert and Charles Emerson hired in his absence to address envelopes and do humor. The redeeming features of "The Girls Cooke, the authors, have given to the world a similar work, in order to give her some instruc- of Holland" are two delightful numbers which gem of melody and brotherly love in this little tion regarding her duties. Looking at him, she dealers will do well to procure without delay. number, and the good-fellowship which cements waved her hands helplessly. Investigation devel- The first is "What is it?" which will sell on ac- the Friars together is apparent in the chorus, oped the fact that the young woman, who was count of its reminiscence. The second is "My which runs: deaf and dumb, had been recommended by her All Time Girl," a wonderfully tuneful number, "Here's to the Friars, here's to them all, sister a former employe. The young woman which will be whistled long after "The Girls Out on the road or here in the hall. showed such ability and applied herself so assidu- of Holland" has passed to a land where bad Raise high your glasses with cheer that in- ously to her work that Mr. McKinley sped over "comedy opera" is forgotten, even if it is not spires. to an institution on the West Side and secured entirely forgiven. We'll drink a deep toast to the boys we love half a dozen more deaf mutes for his addressing most, department. Things have since gone very A toast to all other good Friars." smoothly, he asserts, inasmuch as his new em- A POINTER FOR PUBLISHERS. And the way the good Friars sing this chorus ployes have no shirt waist or millinery chatter Consolidation—adding one thing to another— is a treat, which leads the hearer to believe that to listen to, or talk about. massing causes together—this is what produces all good fellowship is not dead in the world. Among the recent publications of the McKinley effects. Solid rocks are made by compacting It seems almost unnecessary to add that "The Co. are "Let Me Hear the Songs My Mother Used particles. That's a statement in geology, but it Friars" are a body of newspaper men and press to Sing." The title page is unusually attractive, goes in salesmanship, too. It's a general rule in agents who are forming branches all over the being a reproduction of the famous painting, life. It's the law that made the successes of all country of their parent club, which is located in "Breaking Home Ties." A new instrumental the big men we envy—and refuse to imitate. New York. The Friars song is published by M. number published by the same firm is "The Fairy Witmark & Sons. Queen" Intermezzo, by Percy Wenrich, which is One of the many productive numbers published meeting with considerable success. by the Gus. Edwards Music Publishing Co. is J. F. Bowers, of Lyon & Healy, and President "If You Must Make Eyes at Someone," by Leo. We are the Publishers of the most of the Music Publishers' Association of the United Edwards, which made an instantaneous success States, returned Friday from New York, where in "The Gay White Way," at the Casino. successful of modern operas he went to attend the meeting of the association's executive committee. A music store has been opened at No. 816 Wal- nut street, Reading, Pa., by Prank Kaufman. TOM QTJIGLEY'S AMUSING LETTER. In an amusing letter, dated from the Sherman BALLADS -RED DOMINO" Down Where Hoblwk House, Chicago, Thos. J. Quigley, of the staff of VIowl, Golden Autumn "Dearie" eJOlMES Ttmt SwMt Elaine, Ere- Francis, Day & Hunter, writes that Jerome & MftTCh nlng Brim Sighing Horn*, By EDWARD GERMAN SwMt Home, H»rt'i To. Bfclltd * Schwartz's new Irish song has made the Windy ind Two-Step nlfht In Tennessee. Street City the seat of a veritable cyclone. "I am quite CHAPPELL & CO., YORK JOS. 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