The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1912)

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY FOR MAY, 1912 MME. DE CISNEROS RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA MME. DE CISNEROS, the gifted Edison contralto, is now on her way to Australia where she will make her second extensive tour embracing not only the important cities of Australia but New Zealand as well. She will sing operatic airs and songs, several by Australian composers by whose talent she has been very strongly impressed. In speaking of her first tour, made last summer with Mme. Melba, de Cisneros said "It was a wonderfully successful season that we had in opera. We sang first eight weeks in Sydney and then six in Melbourne, seven performances a week at a guinea for the most expensive stalls and five shillings for the cheapest seats. Mme. Melba and I had never been very intimate before this tour began, although I had often sung with her and knew her fairly well. • However, I must say that during the tour she was as charming to me as any one could be. I made my Australian debut in Sydney, as Dalila on the second night of the season, and after the second act Mme. Melba came to my dressing room with tears in her eyes to compliment me. After that she never missed a chance to be as nice as possible. Invariably when I sang a first performance of any work she came to my dressing room to say a kind word. I don't think I have appeared in any season of opera so many times as during this. I sang Dalila twentytwo times, Carmen eighteen, and Ortrud, Azucena, Amneris and Stephano four or five times each. "When Mme. Melba discussed putting on 'Romeo et Juliette' I laughingly said I would be her Stephano and she held me to it. However, I was glad of the chance to appear as a boy although the part is small." Mme. de Cisneros is highly pleased with Australia, but no more so than Australia is pleased with her. From the many glowing accounts of her work which appeared in the Australian papers, it is plainly evident that the noted contralto made a very great impression upon her audiences there. The fact that in this, her second tour, she is to appear as the "star" also is indicative of the quality of her work. Dealers will learn with regret that our salesmen, John H. Gill and C. W. Phillips, will no longer represent the Phonograph Department, but will in future travel for the Home Kinetoscope Department. Though this change cannot but be a disappointment to their many friends in the Phonograph field, the choice of these two men to exploit an absolutely new product is the highest possible compliment to their respective abilities. DECORATION DAY DON'T let this May 30th go by without giving a Decoration Day concert. Get some flags and bunting, decorate your store, and invite a goodly number of people to attend the entertainment— particularly veterans, if you know of any in your own town. If you haven't had time to prepare a program, here are some suggestions: AMBEROL 226 Old Comrades March United States Marine Band 457 Patriotic Songs of America New York Military Band 490 Voices of Our Nation Medley United States Marine Band 525 Auld Lang Syne Marie Narelle 297 Just Before the Battle, Mother Will Oakland 733 Marching Through Georgia James F. Harrison 79 Battle Hymn of the Republic Miss Stevenson, Mr. Stanley and Chorus 618 We're Tenting To-night Knickerbocker Quartet STANDARD 8154 Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg Len Spencer 9923 Immortality William J. Bryan 2 America Edison Military Band 8706 Medley of Southern Patriotic Airs Edison Military Band 10394 Star Spangled Banner United States Marine Band CURRENT PRINTED MATTER Plan Makers' Plan No. 6 (Form 2190). A striking pamphlet with cover design in rich colors, treats of "The Music of Fraternal Orders on the Edison Phonograph:" Elks, Masons and Odd Fellows will be deeply interested in the subject and that means that almost every Dealer in the country can use this plan. Write for it. Folder on "Opera" Phonograph (Form 2180). This folder, exploiting the new Opera Model, is obtainable from Jobbers and should be used by every Dealer. This machine is proving a great success wherever it is pushed. Special Albert Spalding Folder (Form 2155). This pamphlet furnished through Jobbers, will be a great help in pushing the Records of the great violinist. His selections are very popular and need only an introduction to gain instant favor. Dealers are cautioned to address all mail intended for this company to Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated. By so doing they will avoid unnecessary delay.