The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1915)

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. FROM OUR CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS— (Continued from page 52). have met with remarkable success, and at a recent meeting of Victor dealers in New York City one of the delegates who has been using the serv.ce right along called the attention of his fellows to the success he had enjoyed through their use, and recommended them to other members of the association. In addition to furnishing t.iis monthly supplement service the Hatcher & Young Co. is now furnishing a monthly newspaper cut, which is furnished gratis to the company's clients. Fine Edison Business. C. E. Goodwin, manager of the Phonograph Co., stated in response to an inquiry that its business in September was so far ahead of the corresponding month of last year that he hesitated to give the figures for fear the trade would think he was wandering from the straight and narrow path of verity. The supply of machines is coming along splendidly so far as shipments from the factory are concerned, and the ratio of increase is constantly growing, but the demand is so great that the supply is inadequate to meet it. A number of improvements are being made to the company's building. The offices on the third floor are being extended and a comfortable private office for Mr. Goodwin is being constructed. Six new record rooms are being erected on the second floor, and on the top floor a suite of new salesrooms are being provided to take care of the holiday rush. Mr. Goodwin returned last week from New York, where he went to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the Edison Disc Jobbers' Association. While there he attended a recital in the Astor Gallery at the Waldorf by Mile. Alice Verlet, who sang with a number of her own records. Files Notice of Appeal. District Judge Geiger on October 7 permitted Hamilton Moses, counsel for the defendant in the suit of the American Graphophone Co. et al. vs. the Boston 'Store, to file an appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals, and approved the defendant's bonds. An assignment of errors has been filed and a record of appeal will also be placed on file before November 5. It will be urged that the case be heard as soon as possible, and in all probability there will be a preliminary oral hearing by Judges Baker, Kohlsaat and Alschuler before the first of the year. To Job Pathephones in Cincinnati. Harry C. Meek, formerly in charge of the retail talking machine department of Marshall Field & Co., and who just recently opened a Pathephone shop on the north side of Chicago, has made arrangements whereby he has secured Pathe jobbing privileges at Cincinnati, and will open a wholesale house there. Mr. Meek has the project already well under way. Visitors and Personals. E. K. Andrews, Jr.. manager of the talking machine department of the J. L. Hudson department store of Detroit, spent a couple of days in Chicago last week, accompanied by Mrs. Hudson. P. 'H. .Shiverich, manager of the Victor department of Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney, St. Louis, was a recent Chicago visitor. A. M. Lockridge, who travels for the Talking Machine Co. in Wisconsin, has been laid up with an attack of neuritis and is taking the baths at Mudlavia, Ind. Mr. Cook, who has charge of the talking machine department of the Boston Store, is on a two weeks' vacation in St. Louis. Edward Darville has returned to the talking machine department of B:ssell-Weisert & Co. after a three months' absence in the South. Miss Reeves, formerly in charge of the record department at Rothschild & Co., has taken a similar position with the Hartman Furniture Co., at Thirty-ninth and Wentworth. Mr. Flint, who is in charge of the Hobart M. Cable store at Clinton, la., was in Chicago recently on his way to the factory at La Porte, Ind. The company has a prosperous Victor department E. A. Vaughn, of Princeton, and John E. Mover, D'xon, were recent visiting Illinois dealers. Among the talking machine dealers visiting Chi The Chicago Hinged Cover Support and Balance is a remarkably ingenious application of the principle of the lever by which the heaviness of the talking machine top is exactly counterbalanced. Absolutely no weights are used. With it the cover cannot slam and damage the machine. It eliminates the noise and prevents injury to careless fingers. With it the top maintains itself at any height placed without fastening it. A slight touch of the finger furnishes enough impetus to either raise or close top. Models will be sent to interested manufacturers who wish to inspect it. We also furnish explicit instructions to dealers who wish to equip machines in stock or in homes of owners. Chicago Hinged Cover Support & Balance Co. (Not Inc.) 144 South Wabash Avenue CHICAGO cago the past month were F. Miller, of J. W. Miller & Sons, Dixon, 111.; E. D. Allington, Freeport, 111. ; F. Lehman, of Lehman's Music House, East St. Louis, 111. ; A. G. Kunde, Milwaukee, Wis., and W. A. Bryan, Monticello, Ind. J. M. Witcomb, of Albany, Wis., was a visiting music dealer this week. A. W. Cobb a Visitor. A. W. Cobb, vice-president of the Udell Works, was in Chicago for a few days this week visiting John H. Steinmetz, local wholesale distributer of the Udell Works. Mr. Cobb was much pleased with the progress of the Udell business in Chicago, upon which Mr. Steinmetz had been working very hard. A brand new catalog showing eighteen different styles of Udell record cabinets is now being distributed. It has been made up in such form that the dealer can unfold the catalog before him, which thus ranges the illustrations out in a long display and gives one an opportunity to better judge the different styles. Rob Talking Machine Dealer. Burglars entered the store of J. J. Stasulanis, music and talking machine dealer at 3231 South Halsted street, the night of September 28 and secured $325 worth of talking machine records and $150 in cash. No clue has yet been discovered. Enterprising Manager. D. C. Preston, who formerly traveled for the Talking Machine Co. of Chicago, but is now manager of the " talking machine department of the big department store of L. S. Donaldson, of Minneapolis, is evidently making good in his new position. One hears frequently of good stunts which he puts over with a view to bringing his department further before the public. For two weeks he had E. K. Rose, well known Hawaiian singer, singing with his own records in the store restaurant during the noon hour and afterwards in the adjoining recital hall. Not only were large quanties of Hawaiian records sold, but the entire department benefited by the exploitation. KEITH'S 200 MILE CANOE TRIP. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Chicago, III, Oct. 10— Roy J. Keith, of the Talking .Machine Co.. who has been in the habit in recent years of invading the Canadian vastnesses with rod and gun, this year spent his fortnight's vacation in the Maine wilderness. At the foot of Moosehead Lake he met his friend Graham Taylor, Jr., of New York, the editor of the Survey magazine, and the son of the famous head of the Chicaeo Commons Social Settlement. There they outfitted, secured their guide and canoei laid in an ample stock of provisions and started on a 200mile canoe journey which led them up Moosehead Lake to the "N. E. Carry." From there they took the west branch of the Penobscot, which took them through Chesuncook 'Carabou, Ragged and Ripogenus lakes and finally through Lake Pamedomcook to the town of Norcros . This is one of the most famous canoe trips in Maine and was full of pleasurable and exciting incidents The weather was delightful and the travelers disregarded their tent and slept out of doors every night. They bagged quantities of partridge and duck and saw plenty of deer, but as it was the closed season were compelled to stifle their sporting fervor in this respect. One of the most delightful of the side trips was to York's Camp at the base of Mount Ktaadn, the highest mountain in Maine and which rises 5,648 feet above sea level. They climbed to the summit and hunted and fished in the vicinity for three days. At Loaded for Portage. A Trout a Minute. Slaughter Lake Mr. Keith made his record trout catch, bagging fifteen half-pound beauties in fifteen minutes by the clock. Mr. Keith returned to Chicago with great enthusiasm regarding the glories of Maine as a Nimrod's paradise and advises his friends to follow his example next year. WWVnfHNPT VniT PI AY edison or pathe discs on WITI UU1N 1 TUU r LAI YOUR VICTOR OR VICTROLA? You can do this with the LITTLE 4-in-l "LEXTON ATTACHMENT." Victor, Columbia, Edison & Pathe Discs Can all be played with the "PERMANENT LEXTON ATTACHMENT" "IEXTON ATTACHMENT" complete with one LEXTON SAPPHIRE NEEDLE NICKEL FINISH, $2.00 GOLD FINISH, $2.50 LEXTON SAPPHIRE NEEDLES, $ .75 each (One Sample Attachment witb one Needle to Dealers on Receipt of $1.00.) Type E "LEXTON SAPPHIRE NEEDLE" is adapted for use on Edison type discs, while Type P is for use on Pathe' type discs. In ordering state which type is desired. LEXTON SPECIALTY CO., 216 West 99th St., NEW YORK.