The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1912)

Edison Phonograph Monthly, Feb., 1912 Maurice Burkhart Tenor This young artist has gained a very enviable position among singers of popular songs. He makes a specialty of introducing new songs for the Ted Snyder Publishing Co., and has enjoyed very great success in this work. He is possessed of a most pleasing personality and his smile has won him many steadfast friends in the charmed circle of vaudevilledom. His first Edison Record is "After the Honeymoon" (Amberol No. 932) appearing on the March list, and we have no hesitancy in prophesying a wide sale for this Berlin-Snyder creation. Elsie Baker Contralto Elsie Baker is gifted with one of those rarities of the musical world — a genuine contralto voice of great richness and resonance. There is in her singing an exhibition of comprehensive technical knowledge together with intensive sympathy of feeling. She performs with remarkably good taste and artistic appreciation, never failing to arouse her audience to great enthusiasm. A native American, she studied under Gilchrist and Thunder, in Philadelphia, and later under the famous Oscar Saenger of New York, with the result that she is one of the highest paid choir singers in the United States. Her concert and oratorio work in various cities has stamped her as an artist of the highest rank. Record Return Guide for February After February 1st, 1912, United States M to Z Jobbers and Canadian Jobbers may return to the factory for credit under the terms of the current 10 per cent. Record Exchange plan, Edison Amberol and Edison Standard Records listed up to and including the numbers given in the following table: AMBEROL STANDARD i Group $2.00 40040 1.50 35015 1.00 30037 1 B-112 Domestic 619 10475 British 12288 14042 French 17110 18168 German 15164 16180 Italian 7507 20612 Hebrew 10008 21023 Spanish 8013 12811 Filipine 8018 21266 Mexican 6126 20365 Portuguese 5093 19490 Argentine 7112 19784 Cuban None 20711 Porto Rican 8511 None Swedish 9401 20551 Bohemian 9805 16544 Hungarian None 1 5792 Norwegian 9200 19900 Polish None 15697 Belgian None 18480 Danish None 1 5800 Holland-Dutch None 18472 Welsh 12203 12338 Hawaiian 11504 20716 Japanese None 12826 Chinese None 1 2768 Prettily Decorated Windows One of the pretty windows of the many attractive ones in this city, is that of Harry F. Shipley on North Market street. Mr. Shipley has the four windows of his store all handsomely trimmed with holiday goods, but it is probably the phonograph window that attracts the most attention. _ The window contains a phonograph and a number of records, and a boy and girl finding Santa Claus has brought them a phonograph. Many persons stop to admire this window. — Frederick, Md., paper. The compliments quoted above were hurled at Harry Shipley, an Edison Dealer of Frederick, Md., who has sent us some samples of his hustling advertisements in the local papers. It is quite evident that he has progressed to that viewpoint which regards advertising as an investment instead of an expense, and we are not at all surprised that he finds business good. Realizing that originality is nine points of the window dressing law, J. D. Stage, of Blaine, Wash., has been busy developing his own ideas along this line. The samples of his work which we have had the good fortune to see argue very strongly in his favor, and lead us to recommend to those who cannot avail themselves of the regular Edison window display service, that they "take thought on the window, what they shall put in it."