The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1909)

Edison Phonograph Monthly, Nov. , 1909 17 joys in this country, tip of every tongue. Harry Lauder on American Tour Harry Lauder, the world's greatest and highest paid comedian, is back in the United States for a twenty-week engagement over the Morris circuit at the princely salary of $100,000. His engagement began at the Plaza Music Hall, New York City, on October 11th, and the tremendous ovation he received indicated the immense popularity that the inimitable Scotchman enHis name is now on the The papers are teeming with press notes and comments and people who live in the path of the circuit will let nothing prevent them from hearing Lauder sing his favorite songs. In addition to being the best money-maker for William Morris, Harry Lauder is the biggest advertisement that the Edison Dealer has ever had. He works for the Edison Dealer as industriously, if indirectly, as he does for Mr. Morris. No one who has ever heard Harry Lauder would miss the opportunity to hear him again ; ergo, any one who does hear him once will be not only willing but eager to hear his Records. And those who have never heard him at all, — well, there are a few easy things in this world and selling Harry Lauder Records to such people is one of them. His best songs — those that are always demanded after his repertoire of new numbers is exhausted — are already in your catalogue and should be in your stock, Mr. Dealer; and on the 24th inst. three of his latest and most popular songs (Amberol Records, at that) may be placed on sale by you. Your city may not be on the Morris circuit, Mr. Dealer, but it is on the Edison circuit, and so is Harry Lauder — not for twenty weeks, either, but perennially. Let the people in your city get acquainted with that fact. Hang a card in your window, and put an ad in your paper now. Harry Lauder's is a magic name; why not start to conjure with it? Electros of Monthly Record Lists Two or three years ago, we put into effect a plan for furnishing Dealers with electros of the lists of new Edison Records. At that time we were putting out only 24 Standard selections a month. The numbers and titles of the Records, and the names of the artists making them, were set in small type and an electro made of the whole list. This was sold to Dealers at 30c. net. We started out originally with orders for the electros from about forty Dealers. These orders gradualy dwindled to a point where we could no longer furnish the cuts at the old price, because of the cost of composition. Therefore, the service was discontinued. The matter has been brought up again by a Dealer who says: "I would suggest you furnish these again because the average country printer hasn't the type small enough to set the list. The cost of the space occupied by the list when set in type that the printer can furnish is greater than the small Dealer cares to spend." With forty selections a month (twenty Amberol and twenty Standard) the list would probably occupy a space approximately 5^ inches long and single column width. We could furnish electros of this size for, approximately, 45c. How many Dealers are interested in this service? If you would care to subscribe regularly for this electro at the price quoted, communicate at once with the Advertsng Department. Territory of National Phonograph Company Salesmen In order to protect the trade by eliminating the possibility of any misrepresentation we print the following list of our salesmen and the territory assigned to each: H. Allgaier — Missouri. R. Barklow — Manhattan, and all South of Albany, N.Y. V. Chandler— Illinois. D. Clark — New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and District of Columbia. H. Curry — Arkansas and Oklahoma. W. Ewan — Toronto and Provinces of Ontario, Canada. E. Gage — West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. H. Gill — California, Arizona and Southern New Mexico. A. Hedden — New Hampshire, Eastern New York and Vermont. H. Hird— Iowa. P. Hope — Wisconsin, Upper Michigan; Alberta, Manitoba and Sakatchewan, Canada. L. Hough — Minnesota. H. Hug— Ohio. A. Idle — Northern Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Utah. H. Kloehr — Kansas. G. Kreusch — Indiana. E. Lyons — Washington and Oregon. W. McDonald — Eastern Provinces of Canada. a Neff Texas. W. Phillips— North and South Dakota. A. Renner — Nebraska, Colorado, Southern Wyoming and Northern New Mexico. W. Scott — Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine. R. Skelton — Michigan. H. Stewart — Mississippi and Louisiana. F. Stanton — Pennsylvania. P. Trundy — Western New York. D. Warren — Virginia, North and South Carolina. Pretty formidable array of salesmen, don't you think? Hustlers, too, every one.