The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1910)

34 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. Those Columbia tandem musical notes on a record label mean just as much as the X mark on a ten-dollar bill. the month of March was the largest their store here has had for years, despite the strike and other unsettled condtiions. It was the best month they had this year, and the best in years. They sold a very large number of Grafonola Regents and Grafonola De Luxe with Regina attachment. They have been visited by a great many out of town dealers within the past week, and have established a number of new agencies in various parts of the State. R. B. Robinson is at present on the road through the State and he finds things in a very flourishing condition. They have had a good, big run on their grand opera records, and on their new records of popular music, notably "Cubanola Glide" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon." They are having a nice exhibit this week at the House Furnishing Show, which is being held at the Horticultural Hall. T. K. Henderson, the local manager, -will go to Richmond, Va., next month as one of the representatives of the company at the exhibit they will make there during the national convention of piano dealers. The Columbia Co. have arranged to have their Grafonola take part in a church service on Sunday evening at the services of the East Baptist Church. They will use the Gipsy Smith records and other selections. This will be somewhat of an innovation and one that ought to be appreciated and open up still another field for this wonderful instrument. They note that David Bispham's record of the "Palms" has been a wonderful seller, and believe that the talking machine could be used with very good effect in church services. The firm of H. A. Weymann & Son note that there has been a very satisfactory revival of business following the Lenten season. Their March business was good both in wholesale and retail. In wholesale they started quite a few new dealers. They report that the Amberolas are coming along very nicely, and the sales on Victrolas still keep up. They have had as good a March as they have had in four or five years in Pennsylvania, and they look for big things there from now on. Norbert Whiteley, representing the firm, is up through Pennsylvania at present. W. H. Doerr will go down through New Jersey this week, making a special effort among the seashore cities. The firm expect this summer again to open up a branch store on even a larger scale than last year in Ocean City. The Victor McCormack records are among their very big sellers. NORA BAYES* IRISH SONG "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" Is Being Put Forth by the Victor Talking Machine Co., Who Have Signed an Exclusive Contract with Her. Nora Bayes has just signed an exclusive contract with the Victor Co. and they are now presenting her big Irish song hit, "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" There is no comedienne before the public to-day more popular than jolly Nora Bayes, who, as an attractive colleen with a delicious brogue, is making the biggest kind of a hit in "The Jolly Bachelors," now playing to crowded houses in New York city at the Broadway Theater. "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" is her principal song and the hit of the show. It is proving a screaming Victor hit and dealers everywhere report it one of the season's big sellers. MEXICO'S FAMOUS BAND Under Direction of Captain Pacheco Make a Number of Excellent Records for the National Phonograph Co. We show herewith a photograph of the Banda de Artilleria (Artillery Band), a very famous Mexican band, taken at St. Louis during the recent World's Fair there, where they received first prize. This band is one of three similar organizations supported by the Mexican Government, every one of which is of the very highest rank. Besides receiving highest honors at St. Louis, for a number of years they have captured the laurel in the annual band contests held under the auspices of the Spanish Covadonga Committee in Mexico City. The National Phonograph Co. are so fortunate as to have a number of records made by this organization, eight Amberol and three Standard, and they will list other numbers by them from time to time. These selections are extremely MUSICAL LEAGUL^PLAYS BALL. Teams of San Francisco Music Houses Look Forward to Active Summer — First Game a Lively One. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) San Francisco, April 2, 1910. The baseball fans in the trade will be interested in learning that the Musical League of this city opened their season last month with the prospects of a very active summer. The first game of the season was between Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, and Sherman, Clay & Co., Oakland, the San Francisco boys carrying off the honors to the tune of 11 to 3. Among the features of the game was the batting of Cassassa and the pitching of Hedderman, a youngster who wa? given a try-out and carried off all the pitching honors. Opposed to him was that veteran, Fallon, who had such a successful year last season with the Sherman, Clay & Co. (San Francisco) team. The outlook for a very successful season is promising, as some of the boys are already playing up to midsummer form. KALPH CABANAS EXPECTED. Ralph Cabanas, president and general manager of the Compania Fonographica Mexicana, City of Mexico, who handle the product of the Columbia Phonograph Co., General, as distributers for the THE BANDA DE ARTILLERIA OF MEXICO. beautiful and represent a wide variety of airs, many of which possess the peculiar charm of Spanish music, which appeals so strongly to Americans whenever presented to them. Captain Ricardo Pacheco, director of this band, was delighted with the Amberol records, and expressed his appreciation of same in a letter to the Mexican National Phonograph Co. as follows: "I have heard with great pleasure the Amberol four-minute records of the selections played by the Banda de Artilleria under my direction, and I must acknowledge that, owing to the superior quality of the recording machine and the great pains taken to obtain a perfect reproduction, the result achieved is one of which I am more than satisfied." entire republic, is expected to arrive in New York to-day (April 15). He will be on his honeymoon and is bringing his bride with him. Mr. Cabanas, who is spoken of as a particularly energetic talking machine man, will stop in Washington, D. C, en route to New York, where he will make his headquarters at the executive offices. Senor and Mme. Cabanas will remain North for several weeks. E. N. Burns, manager of the Columbia Co.'s export department, will look after the entertainment of Senor Cabanas, and he will be accorded a cordial welcome by the other officers. Lots of dealers entirely overlook the great sales value of attractive display windows.