The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

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THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 49 subjects permitted. All of the Bryan and Taft records were given and the program closed with Bryan on "Immortality." The "debate" was a success and the applause was frequent. An appropriate wind-up was made in a straw vote. Mr. Otto has already sold three high-grade Victor machines to members of the audience. C. N. Post, formerly of Lyon & Healy, left this week for Pasadena, Cal., whence his family had preceded him. He will make his home in the California town in the future. J. M. Secoy, of Hoopston, 111., was in the city last week and arranged to become an Edison dealer, buying his opening stock from Mr. Siemon, of the Wurlitzer Co. Amberol V. Chandler, B. P. P., has had the State of Illinois added to his territory. He cannot devote as much time to his Chicago friends as formerly, but the amount of Amberol truth he can concentrate in a five minutes' talk is aweinspiring. From this it must not be deduced that Chandler is a salesman of the "talk only" kind. His sincerity is as deep as his melting smile, and he is producing good results for the company he represents. L. Kean Cameron is working the^ impresario racket when he's not selling talking machines. He is the business manager for a big production of "Mignon" to be given at the Illinois Theater on the afternoons of Dec. 15 and 17. The very best professional talent obtainable in Chicago will be utilized. Among the principals will be Mary Hissam De Moss and William Beard. Coon song records should be handled with the same care and tact as a dynamite bomb, according to the experience of a Chicago retail salesman. The story in point happened some years ago when Nubian melodies of the "Just Because She Made Those Goo-Goo Eyes" and "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" were at the height of their popularity. A gentleman of Teutonic origin came into the store where the relater was employed and confessed to a predilection for "coon" songs. The salesman told him the names of all those in stock, but after each statement the customer said, "Nein, nein, I haf gottid." He was drifting toward the door when the talker man happened to see another record, the last of its kind in stock, and shouted out its title to the disappearing Teuton as follows: "If You Haven't Got the Money You Needn't Come 'Round." The gentleman turned around in a hurry and came thundering back down the aisle. "Gott in Himmel! Donner und Blitzen!" vociferated he. "I vant you to oonderstand, mein frent, I haf enough money to py oud dis whole tam blace." Suiting the action to the word, he pulled out a handful of silver from one trousers pocket and a big roll of bills from the other. The tactful salesman carefully explained the matter to the man, who showed himself not devoid of a sense of humor when he understood things. Furthermore he bought the "If You Haven't" record and became a good customer of the house. SHIPPERS OF GOODS SHOULD NOTE The Importance of Being Cautious in Giving Receipts for Shipments— Given too Freely. Talking machine dealers, especially if they handle side lines will find it decidedly to their advantage to observe caution in giving receipts for shipments, thereby making it much easier to trace and recover for shortages. At present it seems as though receipts are given too freely, especially by authorized draymen. It is the common practice with railroad agents at all stations (large or small) to take receipts for goods at the time the freight bill is taken up in exchange for their receipt for freight charges. The exchange usually takes place at the cashier's or agent's window before the party signing the receipt knows whether the shipment has arrived or not or what condition the packages are in. The receipt remains in the agent's office, and if a shortage is discovered by the draymen he is invariably told the missing goods will arrive on the next train. The drayman should then insist on a notation being made on his freight bill and a corresponding notation on the receipt he has signed. It is next to an impossibility to get an agent to make a notation of shortage or damage on a freight bill, and with a promise that the shortage will soon show up, or if a claim is presented for damage it will be paid, as he has a record of the shipment in his file, the matter is dropped. The consignee, being unable to check up his invoice, deducts the amount of shortage from his remittance. The bookkeeper then writes for an explanation and is informed certain goods are checked short. The matter is then placed in the hands of the Claim Department, which writes for further particulars and asks for the freight biU covering, upon receipt of which claim is made against the railroad company in behalf of the consignee. In due time the papers are returned to claimant with letter stating, "Upon investigation we find we hold clear receipt, and claim is respectfully declined." Then follow a long drawn out controversy and a final adjustment, which is usually unsatisfactory to one or the other party. Shippers as a rule are ever ready and willing to assist customers in recovering any loss sustained at the hands of the railroad companies, but it should be borne in mind, says a writer in "The Iron Age," 1. That a clear receipt from the railroad company to the party making the shipment releases the shipper in full from any responsibility for the delivery of the goods. 2. That if the consignee has given a clear receipt to the railroad company before a full delivery of the goods has been effected, the railroad company is thereby placed in position to claim full delivery and decline to entertain the claim. All parties receiving shipments can therefore see the great importance of being sure that only such goods as are received are receipted for. A "LIVE" VICTOR TRADE=MARK. E. T. Van de IVIark, of Chicago, The Owner of a Fox Terrier Who Loves the Victor. (Tipecial to The Talking Machine World.) Chicago, 111., Nov. 7, 1908. The accompanying illustration shows Victor, the live trade-mark, owned and featured by E. T. Van de Mark, who does business under the name of the South Side Headquarters, at 612 43d street. The cut shows Victor listening to a Caruso record played on a Victrola, but his usual stunt is sitting in true trade-mark fashion before a Victor 111 in the window of the store. The dog has black ears, black tail, and is a terrier with a dash of bull. This, of course, is symbolic of the attitude of the Victor Co. toward pricecutting and various other things. FIBRE NEEDLE RECUTTER. A Clever Device Being Placed on the Market by the Talking Machine Co. The accompanying illustration shows an ingenious and convenient device for recutting the B. & H. fiber needle. As will be noted, it operates in the same manner as a dating stamp. The needle is inserted in the triangular hole in the side of the cutter, with the polished side of the needle down. Press down on the plunger and the machine makes a perfect point. The fiber needle can be repointed ten or eleven times and as the consumer pays ?1 a box of 250 fiber needles, he practically gets 2,500 needles for his money when this device is used. This cutter is the invention of S. O. Wade, of Chicago, and will be manufactured and marketed by the Talking Machine Co., of that city. "THE WURLITZER VICTOR NEWS." The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., of Cincinnati and Chicago, are issuing, monthly, a very clever little sheet called "The Wurlitzer Victor News," which they are circulating among talking machine dealer to very good effect. It must be productive of splendid results in bringing Victor business to the Wurlitzer headquarters. Edison Jobber Zonophone Distributor New Design Wooden Disc Record Racks Wire Record Racks RECORD CABINETS SPRINGS for all makes and size machines "TIZ-IT" ^""^ Ail-Metal Horn Connection for Cylinder Machines JAMES I. LYONS 265 Fifth Avenue CHICAGO