The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar 1903-Feb 1904)

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY. NAMES OF "OUT OF BUSINESS* ■ DEALERS WANTED. Jobbers will confer a favor upon our Advertising Department if they will at least once or twice in each year go over the list of their Sub-Dealers and advise us of any names that should be taken from our mailing list. Dealers will go out of business and we do not desjre to continue mailing Uiem literature when they have no further use for it. A little attention to a matter of this kind will be appreciated by our Advertising Department PRINTED MATTER. The trade is hereby advised that printed forms Nos. 414, 418 and 428 are out of print and cannot be supplied in any quantity. The use by Jobbers of sheets giving the Comments on new Records each month seems to be on the increase. The number printed each month is larger, and more Jobbers are ordering them than before. We expect late in January to mail a new Numerical Catalogue to every Jobber and Dealer on our mailing list. This copy is intended for the store use of a Dealer and should be kept until the next edition appears. The present edition will not permit of duplication. It will therefore be useless for Jobbers to order them in quantities with a view of sending another copy to their Dealers. A few extra copies will, of course, be sent to Jobbers, but no large quantity will be sent out. It will save correspondence if Jobbers will not ask for them in quantities. The December Supplement was the first of a new series of eight to be sent out in as many consecutive months. These have been printed in a simpler style than those previously issued, it having been found that plainer Supplements will answer every purpose of the Dealer. Some Dealers were of the opinion that a perfectly plain one would be as good as a colored one, but we did not care to make so radical a departure at one time. The quantity of interesting matter submitted to us for insertion in the Phonograph Monthly is frequently more than we can use in the issue of one month. We are, therefore, compelled to discriminate between some of the matter and to lay part of it over for another month. We desire, however, to have Dealers continue to send us readable matter for use in its columns. Facts in connection with the sale of Edison Phonographs and Records are especially desirable. We shall also be glad to receive suggestions from Dealers on methods of carrying a stock economically RECORD SUGGESTIONS GLADLY RECEIVED. Occasionally we receive a letter from a Jobber or a Dealer offering suggestions concerning the making of a Record or the listing of a certain musical composition among our Records. These are always referred to our Record Department and receive due consideration. The fact may not be generally known to the trade, but we shall be glad to receive at any time suggestions that Dealers may care to send in. Such will be carefully considered by our Record Department. We may not be able to follow all of them, but such suggestions may result in very decided benefit to the entire trade. We are, therefore, glad at all times to hear from our Dealers on such matters. A TRIBUTE. The following tribute to the Edison Phonograph comes from an admiring user at St Paul, Minn: St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 5, TO03. I have had one of your Standard Phonographs in my home only a short time, in which it has given me much pleasure. I believe that you have done more than most of our great men to-day in helping to make people happy, and affording wholesome pleasure and amusement in homes in every part of the universe. By spending a few dollars one can bring the music of a grand opera to the bedside of an invalid. The blind may be entertained as never before. People of all nations speaking different languages find that same pleasure in listening to its music. The old and the young alike find pleasure in listening to your Phonograph, for it will play a-11 kinds of music to suit all kinds of people. The invalid seems to gain strength while listening to its cheerful notes. The babe is hushed to sleep by its sweet lullabies; while its martial mu&jc stirs the heart of every patriotic youth who hears it. People tired with the labors of the day may re"st and become refreshed while listening to the brazen voice of a brass band or the melodious strains of an orchestra, or, perhaps, a vocal solo rendered by some famous artist. The sad are made glad; the sorrowful happy; and the weary rested. As "music hath charms to .soothe the savage breast," so also it has a subtle power to rest our tired nerves. Leon C. Mead. ARE SIMPLY PERFECT. The following is an extract from a letter received from A. Eberbach, Santiago, Chile: "I received the shipment of Phonographs and Records, per S. S. Cacique, in good condition. The improvements both in Records and Reproducers are striking, and T beg you to accept my compliments. The Edison Concert Records— Bands, Orchestras, etc. — are simply perfect"