The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1910)

30 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. MEETING OF DEALERS' ASSOCIATION. Second Regular Session Held at New Grand Hotel on Wednesday — Some of the Matters Discussed — New Members Enrolled. The second regular meeting of the Eastern States Talking Machine Dealers' Association was held at the New Grand Hotel on Wednesday of this week with President Storck presiding. The morning session was given over to informal discussions of matters of trade interest, one of the speakers being Victor H. Rapke, who drew on his experience of eighteen years in the business for some interesting and valuable advice. Considerable attention was directed toward the department store method of getting the • jobbers' privilege and doing only a retail business, the selling of records by such stores at 19 cents when the price for the dealers is restricted to 50 cents, and the question of having the new records of the Victor and National companies put out either on the same day or with a longer interval than three days between the dates. Lower freight charges, less packing and the convenience of placing before the public, were given as reasons for considering the last question. At the meeting thirteen new members were enrolled: G. J. Scott, Englewood, N. J.; The Bremmer-Chalmers Co., New York City; The A. B. Clinton Co., New Haven, Conn.; Theo. Jespe, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Frank A. Jenkins, Honesdale, Pa.; N. J. Roth, New York City; T. C. Eisbill, Bridgeton, N. J.; Theo. Anson, New York City; Thomas J. Blauch, Highland Falls, N. Y.; F. A. Trowbridge Co., Morristown, N. J.; Saul Birn, New York City, and Abe Mandel, New York City. The members present at the meeting were very enthusiastic over the manner in which the association is progressing and were firm in their belief of the good it could accomplish if things were handled slowly and carefully. Executive Committee meetings were held on March 18 and on Wednesday before the regular meeting, when various plans were discussed for advertising the association and enlarging its membership and other matters of importance to that organization taken up and discussed. ECHO RECORD ALBUMS Continue to Grow in Favor — Dealers Will Find Them a Profitable Line to Handle. It is evident the "best trade now use Echo Record Albums," from the growing demand for this complete system for filing disc records, and which can be added to, album by album, on the library plan, as applied in the Gerson record cabinet. It is just the thing for Victor Red Seal collections — every record instantly available. The Echo Record Albums preserve disc records against dust, careless handling, scratching or breakage. Any cabinet becomes a Gerson disc record cabinet when the old-style racks are removed and the space on the shelves is filled with Echo Albums. This admirable device is manufactured solely by the Echo Album Co., 926 Cherry street, Philadelphia, Pa., who will supply prices and other information on application. See their advertisement on page 27 for particulars. COLUMBIA BRIEFLETS. •Six Hundred New Columbia Dealers in Two Months — Preparing for Piano Trade Exhibition— Those in Attendance — Boston Opera Co. Make Records. During the last two months the Columbia Phonograph Co., General, have made 600 additions to their list of dealers. Preparations are being made by the Columbia Co. for the Piano Trade Exhibition in Richmond, Va., next month. Instead of the three big manufacturing companies being alongside of each other, as originally intended by General Manager Green, the Columbia Co. will be on spaces 8 and 9, tne Victor Talking Machine Co. on 27 and 28, and the National Phonograph Co. on 23 and 24. H. A. Yerkes, manager of the wholesale department; George P. Metzger, in charge of the advertising department; B. Feinberg and T. K. Henderson, and probably others of the selling staff, will represent the Columbia Co. Edward N. Burns, manager of the Columbia Co.'s export department, was in Washington, D. C, this week for several days, visiting friends with Mrs. Burns. The recording laboratory of the Columbia Phonograph Co., General, New York, has been busy night and day making masters of the principals and chorus' of the Boston Opera Co. This week, commencing Monday, the voices of the leading artists, including Constantino, the tenor; Mardones, basso; Celestina Boninsegna, colorature singer, were recorded in the leading roles of "Faust." Paul H. Cromelin, vice-president of the company, has been present in the laboratory while this important and interesting work was carried on. Yates, Bonner & Co., music dealers, Roanoke, Ala., who also have a store at West Point, Ga., recently placed a big order for machines and records and have been created exclusive Columbia agents for the two . places. Another fine order received by the Columbia Co. this week was from D. B. Orndorff's music house at Knoxville, Tenn. g PIRATED PLEASANTRIES | A little chap in Philadelphia, whose father Is a prominent merchant, and, as such, never loses an opportunity to descant upon the virtues of advertising, one day asked his mother "May Lucy and I play at keeping store in the front room?" "Yes," assented the mother; "but you must be very quiet." "All right," said the youngster; "we'll pretend we don't advertise." "You know you won't go to heaven, Tommy, if you tell lies!" "Well, I'd much rather be with you, mother. That was a corker you told Mrs. Brown yesterday about that hat coming from Paris!" A summer visitor who was trying a horse, the property of a New Hampshire farmer, with a view to buying him, noticed that after driving a few miles the animal pulled very hard, requiring a firm hand and constant watching. "Do you think this is just the horse for a lady to drive?" he inquired, doubtfully. "Well," answered the owner, with an air of great candor, "I must say I shouldn't really want to be the husband of the woman who could drive that horse." Dolan — "So Casey was running me down an' ye stood up for me?" Callahan — "Oi did; Oi siz to him, 'Casey,' siz Oi, 'ye're honest and truthful, and ye're no coward — and ye work hard and pay yer dibts — and ye don't get "drunk and lick yer woife — but in other respects ye're no better than Dolan!'" "Wot's hydrophobia?" asked Weary Watkins, as he spelled out the article in the piece of newspaper which he had picked up. "It means hatred of water," replied his pal, "and it is a fatal disease." "Then run for a doctor," cried Weary, as he fell back with a groan. "I'm a dead man." THE LATEST AIR. — ' I'm looking for a breezy march," said a customer in visiting a local talking machine store the other day. "How about this one dedicated to the Aero Club?" the facetious clerk asked. "I suppose it is written for wind instruments," the bandmaster countered. "Well, the air is easy," the clerk shot back, and the interchange stopped. Smith — What did your wife say about your being so late in coming home the other night? Brown — Absolutely nothing. She had the talking machine all prepared and gently tip-toeing to it, I heard the strains of "Tell Me the Old, Old Story." That was all. An old ben was picking at some stray carpet tacks in the backyard. "Now, what do you suppose that fool hen is eating those tacks for, Jones?" "Perhaps," rejoined his better half, "she is go Lng to lay a carpet." Plans are being considered by the National Phonograph Co. looking toward a rearrangement of the interior of their office building by which additional space may be secured at once for their sales, agreement and advertising departments, all of which have been augmented by recent additions to their respective staffs. An extension to the building itself of about 50 feet on Lakeside avenue is also under consideration, and ground for it will probably be broken in the spring. Put One on Your Show Room Floor AND WATCH THE INTEREST DISPLAYED IN THE Monarch Midget Jobbers can interest their dealers, and dealers their customers. Talk Wire Racks and show them. You can't sell a customer a rack if you don't have any. SEND AN ORDER TO-DAY A NEW DISC RACK IS READY. ASK ABOUT IT. SYRACUSE WIRE WORKS R. S. Williams & Sons Co., Cs~ SYRACUSE, N. Y.