The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1915)

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 43 For quality, variety, interest and activity, the Columbia Record list for November is a Symphony! (Write for "Music Money," a book "full of meat" for those dealers interested in quick and frequent turnover of capital.) Columbia Graphophone Company Wool worth Building, New York RADE HAPPENINGS IN MONTREAL. Canadian Graphophone Co. Discontinues Retail — Recruiting Tents Being Supplied With Victor Machines — Other Items of Interest. (Special to The Talking Machine V. orld.) Montreal, Can., October 5. — The Canadian Graphophone Company, Ltd., distributers fcr Columbia products for the Province of Quebec, St. Catherine street East, will discontinue their retail branch at 24A Victoria street and remove their stock to Almy's Departmental Store, where they already have had the direction of the graphophone department. Edward W. Beatty, K. C, vice-president and general counsel of the Canadian Pacific Railway here, within five minutes selected and paid spot cash ($250) for an Edison type "A" machine, which was sold through Layton Bros. Layton Bros, recently sold a $125 Vocalion, which representation they have recently taken on. Goodwins, Ltd., one of Montreal's largest departmental stores, has taken on the Columbia line and is also stocking the Crescent talking machine Fall selling has opened up splendidly, especially with the more expensive types of Edison disc machines. Columbia machines and records have also been well represented in recent sales, say Layton Bros. C. W. Lindsay, Ltd., are in Montreal building up a large trade in Victor products and report several sales to prominent people of Victrolas. Mr. McDowell, of the Grafonola department of the Winnipeg Piano Co., Winnipeg, has enlisted for the front and was presented with a ring and watch by the staff as a token of appreciation. The majority of Montreal talking machine dealers will shortly feature their fall recitals. All recruiting tents in Montreal have been supplied with Victor machines with horn attachment, as loaned by the Berliner Gramophone Co., Ltd., Montreal. This concern reports wholesale business just double what it was this time last year. Stephen Leacock, one of Canada's most entertaining and humorous writers, in a recent article in MacLean's Magazine, Toronto, entitled the "Woman Question," contains an illustration of a Victrola with a child in a cradle, the caption of which reads, "The Modern Infant Sung to Sleep With the Faultless Lullaby of the Victrola." IN NEW YORK FOR SHORT VISIT. Walter S. Gray, Pacific Coast district manager for the Columbia Co., arrived in New York recently for a short visit. Before reaching the executive offices Mr. Gray had spent some time with several of the Columbia Western district managers, visiting many of their dealers in their respective territories. He was greatly impressed with the evidence of Columbia prosperity everywhere. Putnam, Conn., numbers among its live-wire retail merchants George E. Shaw, Victor dealer, who has managed to secure some excellent publicity through his up-to-date methods. Two of his recent ideas were the use of a Victrola to illustrate the music of "Narcissus" and the "Rosary," following a descriptive reading of these two pieces, and the use of a Victrola in the absence of a local choir. LONG CABINETS WELL MADE THROUGHOUT These With Others Comprise the ELEGANTLY FINISHED Most Complete Line of Record Cabinets D 77 Mahogany, Golden Oak, Fumed Oak, Weathered Oak. Height 34 in. Top I9j^x 225^ in. Holds Ip2 12-in. Records. For Victrolas VIII and IX, and Columbia "Favorite." No countersunk holes in top. Sliding Record Shelf. Average weight, crated, So lbs. D 79 Mahogany, Golden Oak, Fumed Oak, Weathered Oak. Height 34 in. Top I9l/&x zzys in. Holds 192 I2=in. Records. For Victrolas VIII and IX, and Columbia "Favor= ite." No countersunk holes in top. Sliding Record Shelf. Average weight, crated, 8s lbs. REQUIREMENTS ORDER NOW FOR HOLIDAY Write for Illustrated Catalogue THE GEO. A. LONG CABINET CO., Hanover, Pa. Address CLEMENT BEECROFT, 309 W. Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia