The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1913)

42 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. MAX LANDAY MARRIED. "he Popular Talking Machine Man and Miss Fox United in Marriage at the St. Regis. A social event of the season was celebrated last Tuesday, April 8, at the fashionable and exclusive St. Regis Hotel, New York, when Max Landay, the popular Victor distributor, forsook bachelorhood and was married to Miss Ida R. Fox, of 45 West Ninety-first street, New York. One of the largest wedding halls in this sumptuous hotel had been set aside for the wedding, and many business acquaintances of the bridegroom were in attendance, in addition to a host of friends and relatives of the bride and groom. Telegrams of Max Landay. congratulation and felicitation were received by Max Landay from members of the talking machine industry throughout the country. Mr. and Mrs. Landay are at present away on a fourteen days' honeymoon in the near vicinity, and on their return to New York, about April 22, will go to the summer home of the bride's father at Far Rockaway, N. Y. On June 7 they will take passage on the new and immense ocean liner, the "Imperator," to tour Europe for a period of about three months on their "real" honeymoon. Incidentally, this will be the first trip of the "Imperator"' from New York to Europe. While in Europe, Mr. and Mrs. Landay will visit the old home town of Mr. Landay, Glasgow, Scotland, where a married sister of Mr. Landay "DUSTOFF" RECORD CLEANERS Get into the minute sound grooves of -the record as nothing else can because of the special processed high-nap cleaning fabric employed. "DUSTOFFS" cannot scratch the record and to use it is only necessary to simply brush across face of record a few times. The use of "DUSTOFFS" before playing ensures a wonderfully clear and distinct tonal reproduction free from blurs, scrapings or harsh sounds, and moreover through the removal of the dust and dirt in the reproducing point track lengthens the life of the record. Two models are made: "DUSTOFF" de Luxe, 50c. each, retail. (Shown above.) "DUSTOFF" (Regular), 15c. each, retail. (Shown below.) A very liberal trade discount applies. "DUSTOFFS" can be used on Victor or Columbia or any other records. YOUR JOBBER CAN SUPPLY YOU or write us direct. "DUSTOFFS" are excellently adapted for use as advertising media itnth your ad reproduced on labels or on boxes. Write for details. Minute Shine Co* Sole Mfrs. 284 S. Canal St. Providence, R. I., U.S.A. still resides. The honeymooners intend to "take in" everything in Europe worth while, and will, of course, visit Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Switzerland. Subsequent to their return to New York, Mr. and Mrs. Linday will reside in one of the new apartment houses now going up in New York's best residential district.. CONDITIONS IN BALTIMORE. Leading Establishments Make Satisfactory Reports and There Continues to be a Steady Expansion of Interest in the Talking Machine Line Judging From the New Concerns Taking on These Specialties. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Baltimore, Md., April 8, 1913. With but few exceptions all the dealers in this city and vicinity have very good reports to make concerning the March business. While there are one or two dealers who say that their showing for March was not what they expected, the remainder of them say that the receipts for the month show an increase over those for March of last year, and in some cases were better than the two previous months. Manager F. A. Dennison, of the local branch of the Columbia Graphophone Co., has every reason to be pleased with March results. He says that the receipts for the month were the best that he has had for any month for a year, barring December, and they compared very favorably even with that month, and they were far ahead of last March. In fact, business has been so good that Mr. Dennison has augmented his force and has also put on one new wholesale man and two dictaphone men. Robert Johnston has been placed in charge • of the dictaphone department, and he has as his assistants H. A. Jackson and W. Ruger. The Columbia Graphophone Co., through Man • ager Dennison, has established an agency with Besche Bros., 1041 Light street, where he has put in a complete line of machines and records. Besche Bros, conduct a large department store in South Baltimore, and it is the aim to have them look after the South Baltimore business for the Columbia line, which is expected to add largely to prosperous business. The Victor and Edison lines have more than held their own during the month, especially with regard to E. F. Droop & Sons Co., who handle both lines. Manager W. C. Roberts stated his entire force has been kept on the go all through the month and have come out with flying colors. He has had particularly pleasing results with the new Edison blue amberol records, which have been in big demand. The Victrolas have come in for their share of sales, and altogether Mr. Roberts says that he has no fault to find with the general results for the month. The Victors have also been going good at Cohen & Hughes', according to announcement by Manager M. Silverstein, and he also predicts a continuance of the good things all during the spring, judging by the way prospects come in. Mr. Silverstein has had a number of pretty window displays, of which he makes a specialty and personally supervises, and these have attracted very favorable comment. Columbias and Victors have also had a good run at the store of the Gordon Talking Machine Co., and Manager Thomas Gordon looks for a continuance of a good business during the spring. Joseph Fink, who is associated with the Gordon Co., has come in for several nice sales during the month. Manager C. E. Stran, of the Lyric Music Co., says that he has no kick coming with the month's results with Columbia and Victor lines. While Mr. Stran is a newcomer in the business so far as conducting business on his own hook, he has built tip a nice trade. Hammann & Levin also make roseate reports about the conditions of their Victor trade, and look for an uninterrupted run on the trade right through the spring months. 0%s Talking Machines, Typewriters, Phonographs, Adding Machines, Cash Registers, Guns and Tools and all Polished Instruments. THE FINEST OIL MADE. It absolutely prevents rust. NYOIL now sold everywhere by all hardware and sporting goods men. Large bottle (cheaper to buy) 25c; trial size, 10c WM. F. NYE, New Bedford, Mass. For polishing varnished woodwork it is extremely satisfactory. No oil is so clean. Ask your watch repairer whose oil he uses on your watch. "GRAPHOPHONE GIRL" FOR LONDON. Miss Adelaide Francis to Appear in Prominent English Music Halls Beginning Next Month. Miss Adelaide Francis, known on the vaudeville stage as "The Graphophone Girl," and whose clever "sister" act, wherein she uses a Columbia graphophone to reproduce records of her own voice in Miss Aledaide Francis. duets and dialogues, was described at length in a recent number of The World, announces that she has been booked to appear for a number of weeks in some of the largest music halls in England, and will open in London on May 12. Miss Francis, who has been playing over the "big time" in this country, sails for England on the "Adriatic." The talking machine is a subject of even greater interest in England than it is in this country, and the representative who booked "The Graphophone Girl" considered the act to be a novelty that was assured of success. BISPHAM TO AUSTRALIA. David Bispham, the prominent American baritone, whose records have proven to be among the best sellers every introduced to the trade, has just finished a most successful season of 105 concerts, and is about to start on a tour of fifty more recitals in Australia. Next season Mr. Bispham begins a contract with Werba & Luescher to star in Leo Fall's one-act operetta, "The Jolly Peasant." Trouble may be the true test of manhood ; but it sometimes seems that the testing process is entirely too long! The Columbia Graphophone Co.'s two-page spread in the April 19 issue of the Saturday Evening Post will feature the Columbia Grafonola "De Luxe" that retails at $200. Incidentally, this unusually attractive advertisement will be one of the first general pieces of publicity to contain the new address of the Columbia Graphophone Co., the Woolworth building, its new home after April 18.