The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1912)

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY FOR NOV., 1912 Among the selections from Broadway "hits" are to be found, the delightful waltz song "Roses Bloom for Lovers" from The Rose Maid, sung by Grace Kerns; "When You're Away" the popular duet from The Winsome Widow sung by Helen Clark and Harvey Hindermyer and "When I Waltz With You" from the same play done in Charles W. Harrison's capital style; "Temple Bells" and "Sweetheart Let's Go A-Walking" from Under Many Flags, the first sung by Irving Gillette and chorus, the second by Billy Murray and chorus; "Don't Turn My Picture to the Wall" from The Girl from Montmarte, a comic song at its best as it is performed by Elizabeth Spencer and Walter Van Brunt; "Say Not Love is a Dream" from Franz Lehar's musical success The Count of Luxembourg; "Hitchy Koo," a great vaudeville "hit" by Collins and Harlan; "When I Carved Your Name on the Tree" from the Winter Garden, sung by Harvey Hindermyer; "My Sumurun Girl Medley" based on another WTinter Garden success, presented here as a banjo solo by Fred Van Eps and "Oh! You Circus Day Medley" a whistling Record by Joe Belmont, named from the big "hit" of Hanky Panky. Other instrumental ate "Over the Waves Waltz" a special dancing Record by the New York Military Band; "Light as a Feather" a bells solo by Charles Daab and "The Mocking Bird — Fantasia" — a xylophone solo by the same gifted performer; "Dixie Medley" a banjo solo by Fred Van Eps and "Home Sweet Home the World Over" a very humorous selection by the Edison Concert Band. Then there are the popular songs with perfectly harmonized chorus — "Anchored" by the Knickerbocker Quartet; "Just Before the Battle, Mother" by the old favorite Will Oakland and chorus; "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" by Ada Jones and a male quartet; "My Hula, Hula Love" by the Metropolitan Quartet; "Casey Jones" and "When I Get You Alone Tonight" by Billy Murray and chorus; "I Want to Love You WThile the Music's Playing" by the popular Heidelberg Quintet; "On a Beautiful Night WTith a Beautiful Girl" by WTalter Van Brunt and chorus, and "Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet" by Joseph A. Phillips and chorus. Then, of course, there are solos and duets such as "Silver Bell" the great Indian love song by Ada Jones and Billy Murrav, "Teasing Moon" by Walter Van Brunt, "I Will Love You When the Silver Threads are Shining Among the Gold" by Manuel Romain, "Under the Big September Aloon" and "Luella Lee" by Campbell and Gillette, "Silver Threads Among the Gold" by Will Oakland, "The Land of Golden Dreams" by Elsie Baker and James F. Harrison. "That Mellow Melody" by Anna Chandler and "Rap, Rap, Rap, Rap on Your Minstrel Bones" a coon shout by Ed. Meeker. The sacred selections include "Tell Mother I'll Be There" by James F. Harrison and the Edison Mixed Quartet, "List! The Cherubic Host" from Gaul's "The Holy City" by Frank Croxton and a chorus of female voices, "Nearer My God To Thee" by the Knickerbocker Quartet and Maybrick's "The Holy City" by Edwin Skedden and the Edison Mixed Quartet. Golden and Hughes present a vaudeville sketch "My Uncle's Farm" and Harry E. Humphrey completes this exceptional list of entertaining features with "Luke," a recitation from Bret Harte's well-known poem of the same name. SELLING BY THE GASOLINE ROUTE LAURENCE H. LUCKER, Edison Jobber in Minneapolis, sent us the accompanying photo of the Flanders automobile used by S. WScovel in selling Edison products in and around the city. With what success his efforts have been attended may be judged by the following extract from Mr. Lucker's letter: "The automobile has a large capacity and will hold about twelve machines and three hundred Records. Mr. Scovel has been out now for about a week and is doing a wonderfully successful business. He places an instrument in a farm house and leaving it on approval with a dozen Records, goes on to the next farm house and sells just exactly three-fourths of what he places. He closes up within two or three days after he leaves his machine." With the advent of the Blue Amberol Record this enterprising Dealer will be able to "give her a little more gas" and cover still wider territory as the new Records will stand the jolts much better than the old wax Records. The unbreakable Records will add a new point to Mr. Scovel's sales talk and ought to increase his sales average, though it does not seem possible that he can improve upon the present record of selling three-quarters of the machine that he leaves with his prospects.