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296 The Phonograph Monthly Review May, 1928 a cut of the Philadelphia Symphony which first appeared in our October 1926 issue, our volume one, number one. To most of our readers today it will be new and those friends who have been with us from the very beginning will surely be glad to see it again. Both it and the new photo- graph of Dr. Stokowski which appears on the front cover were made available through the kindness of the Arthur Judson Concert Manage- ment, which directs the business affairs of the Symphony and to which we owe a public ex- pression of gratitude for their gracious willing- ness to co-operate with us on every occasion. The Victor Talking Machine Company and its greatest recording organization, the Philadelphia Symphony, are deservedly the features of this “Philadelphia Special.” Every music lover and phonograph enthusiast is indebted to both for their distinctive contributions to recorded music and the phonograph world. Phonographic Philadelphia I. The H. Royer Smith Company T HE name of Mr. H. Royer Smith is already well-known to readers of The Phonograph Monthly Review as that of one of our most progressive American dealers and impor- ters, a record dealer with an unique genius for the establishment of contacts between his cus- tomers and himself. His company was origin- ally founded in 1907 by Joseph P. Drew and taken over by Mr. Smith in 1919, from which time he has steadily built it up to its present position as the mecca of phonographic Philadel- phia, aptly termed the “World's Record Shop." A corner of the H. Royer Smith Shop . Miss Elma V. Adams, head record saleslady is in the foreground . The accompanying photograph shows a small corner of the interior of Mr. Smith's shop at 10th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia. Prominent in the picture are Miss Elma V. Adams and The Phonograph Monthly Review. The former is famed as the ideal record saleslady and Phila- delphian music lovers have been untiring in showering praises upon her abilities, both in pri- vate conversation and in letters to the Corres- Mr . H. Royer Smith, President of The H . Royer Smith Company and one of America's most pro- gressive record dealers and importers.