The New York Clipper (May 1916)

May « THE NEW YORK CLIPPER MELtfDY LANE BT JACK EDWiRDl NEW YORK'S FEATURE SONGS. "WAKE UP. AMERICA" ■•UNDMB.NBATH THE STABS" "YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THE SAME SWEET GIBL" "THERE'S A BROKEN HEART FOR EVERY LIGUT ON BROADWAY" ' "IP YOU ONLY HAD MY DISPOSITION" •'ALL I WANT IS A COTTAGE, SOME ROSES AND YOU" "I LOTS YOU. THATS ONE THING I KNOW "THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE" "THE DAUGHTER OFMOTHHR MACHREE" "NATHAN" •WHEN IT'S ORANGE BLOSSOM TIME IN LOVELAND" "HIT THE TRAIL WITH HOLIDAY" "MOLLY, DEAR, IT'S YOU I'M AFTER'* "AT THE END OF A BEAUTIFUL DAY" "GOOD-BYE. GOOD LUCK. GOD BLESS YOU" "YOUR WIFE" 'THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME" "SIAM" J. P. W1TMARK FINDS BOSTON HUMMING. about thirty times that this refrain was played. and still the folks acted aa If they could go on listening to It indefinitely. Tills eong most cer- tainly looks as If before long It will be as big a hit as was the famous 'Alexander's Ragtime Band.' "Reverting once more to the Orphenm bill, Ilda Schnee also used 'She's the Daughter of Mother Machrce* and Those Songs My Mother Used to Sing.* In every vaudeville house I visited I heard anywhere from two to half a doxen of onr num- bers. among< them being, of course, *My Grand- father's Girl/ 'The Little Grey Mother,' 'A Little Bit of Heaven.' There's a Long. Long Trail,' and the three favorites' already alluded to, the 'Good Luck," 'Dixie' and 'Daughter' songs. In addition to this we had 'the successful opening of The Princess Pat' at the Park 'Square Theatre, and The Only Girl,* scheduled to open next week at the Majestic for a return engagement. All in all, Boston looked very much like a. Wltmark town. "Another sign of the popularity of "Are Yon From Dixieff]—I simply can't get away from that song, any more than anybody else, It wonld seem— came with the opening of the bald season, the band- master selecting It for use to bring on the teams. The ten-cent stoies all had big displays—and. la fact, everywhere I went there were not wanting In- dications aplenty that helped to make my stay one big round of pleasure. Yes, you may add that I'm. AND RETURNS TO MORE WORK BRIMMING WITH ENTHUSIASM OVER SUMMER PROSPECTS. Julius P. Wltmark took a holiday recently and, In accordance with his usual custom, spent this period of rest working as hard. If not harder, than ever. Ostensibly he went to spend the Easter holi- days wth his family in Brookllne, Mass., but a brief recital of his activities there, obtained by an inter- viewer upon his return to New York, as well as the result of Inquiry addressed to him as to the why and wherefore of his remarkable enthusiasm after the trip, elicited, among other things, the following confessions. "While In Boston," said he, "I had the pleasure of renewing- many old acquaintances among the trade and professional folk who happened to bo playing there last week. It was a happy coinci- dence that Geo. Primrose and his minstrel boys were the beadllners at the Orpheum Theatre." Mr. Wltmark recalled the fact that It was with the then famous Thatcher, Primrose A West Minstrels that be flrst made his appearance In Boston, hilled aa the "wonderful boy soprano." "Take 'It from me," he resumed, "that although Geo. Primrose is In the neighborhood of sixty-three, he never in his life danced better than he did last week, when he told me he bad Just taken unto himself a new wife, this making his third. What tickled me most on this trip was to see the Wltmark numbers so finely represented at all the theatres. A funny thing hap- pened at the Orpheum that goes to show the ex- traordinary popularity, for example, of our ballad hit, 'Good-bye, Good Luck, God Bless You,' by J. K. Brennan and Ernest R. Ball. There were actually four acts on the same bill featuring this song. Ilda Schnee was one. Belle Oliver another, Duffey and Montague a third, and the Primrose Minstrels the other. You can see the sequel when It came to re hcarsal time, hut as the Primrose aggregation had already been using It the flrst half, and were booked for the week, they continued with It. They also did 'Are You from iDlxle?' as also did Belle Oliver In her Inimitable way, making two acts on the bill using this popular number. "Speaking of this Dixie song, I saw quite a remarkable demonstration of this hit while visit- ing my friends, Mr. and Mrs. 'Hap' Ward (Lnsy Daly), who now are mine host and hostess at the Ferncroft Inn, the most popular establishment of »h kind within a radius of a hundred miles of Boston. Wednesday being Patriots* Day, and a great holiday in New England, marked the formal opening of the season. Every table and anything that looked like one had been spoken for weeks ahead, and dancing, which is aa great a craze as ever in connection with the place, was universally Indulged in. One of the best colored banjo or- chestras that I've ever listened to dispenses the music here. They played 'Are Yon From Dixie T ee a one-step, and by actual count had to repeat it eight times before the enthusiastic dancers woull allow them to quit Each time they played a Terse and from three to five choruses, making DICE WINTERN1TZ I DEAD. j With the passing of Dick Winternlts the tousle publishing business loses one of lta most popular men. He was popular with everybody, whether employer or fellow worker, for he bad a way of winning the regard of all with whom he came In contact. He had one of those personalities which command respect and friendship There was another characteristic about "Dick" that always made him welcome— he was delightfully optimistic. Pessimism was a word unused In his vocabulary. He was always looking on the bright side of life, and there was no cloud whose darkness wssn't more than offset by Its sliver lining. Dick's Jovial disposition was the surest kind of a cure for the blues, and his friends, whose name is legion, will miss bis sunny I smile and genial ways. He was one of those - pals that can never be forgotten. I back prepared; after we get Into our new profes- elonal quarters in a week or ten days, to start the greatest Spring and Summer campaign we've' ever made." Mr. Wltmarfs eyes twinkled merrily. "It will be some drivel" lie Bald. GET TRADE RESULTS. We have been very much pleased with your po- sition in past ads. on "Ramona," "My Four Leaf Shamrock from Klllarney," etc. The results have been even better than we expected, and Vie ait. have not only met urtth ready retpoiuo from the professional, but with many of (he sheet, murto dealer* at well. Thanking you) again for past favors, we remain, sincerely yours. C. B. POSTS* COMPANY, C. R. POSTS*. RBMARKABLB REPRESENTATION. - The greatest tribute to a popular aong la its test of duration of life. That m to say, after a popular song has been sung by a few acta, then, 'f It ha« merit and it Is destined to Uve some length of time, acts will put it on unsolicited. "I Love Yon, That's One Thing 1 Know," in Greater New York and Brooklyn alone, wss sung In fifteen the- atres this past week. Six of these acta phoned In Monday morning for their orchestrations, so that they could put it right on. This Gilbert and Friedlnnd ballad proves beyond a doubt that the Inane, maudlin, sentimental song Is a thing of the past, and henceforth eongs that tell something and mean something will be in vogue. Messrs. Marke A Stern have the proud distinction of publishing the classiest ballad of modern times, and as Mr. Stern so ably put it, "It's great to sell goods, but there Is so much more pleasure in selling good goods." FOSTER'S NEW IRISH SONG. Letters pouring Into the otBce of the C. B. Fasten Company, of Los Angeles, Gal., Indicate that they have scored another big success In their new Irish number, "My Four Learf Shamrock from Klllarney." It was written by Lee Johnson, whose "Ramona," is riding high on the wave of popularity. Acta using an Irish number should be sure to get this one. NORTON A LEE GET TWO WITKARK HITS. Norton and Lee were In town last week, and busy as tbey were, they found time to visit the profes- sional studios of M. Wltmark A Sons where tbey stayed Just long enough to learn "My Grandfath- er's Girl" and "Hold Ue In Your Loving Arms." one of the recently released hits of the 1015 Follies. These two splendid novelties they will forthwith feature, and In an act dike this yon can guess wbac that mean*. EARL CARROLL, the Well Known .Writer and Composer, And his pianist, AL Matthews, trying out voices for bu new production, "Canary Cottage."