The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1916)

80 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. Each buyer and each seller of a Columbia $50 Grafonola is always satisfied— the one with the quality, the other with the profit. (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 TALKING MACHINE MEN MEET. Advocate Passage of Stevens Bill, Appoint New Committees and Listen to Address on Motor Troubles at Interesting Session. On Wednesday, February 23, a meeting of the Talking Machine Men, Inc., was held in the assembly room of the Merchants' Association, Woolworth Building, New York, with President John A. Hunt presiding. The usual "spirit of action" on the part of those present caused a lively, snappy session. A petition advocating the Stevens Bill was signed by all. Reports were then made and accepted from the several committee and new men were appointed to serve on the committee on credentials, the committee on membership and the committee on advertising. The latter is a new committee, the function of which is to acquaint the association members with the advertising rates of all the newspapers in and around New York City, with such recommendations as may prove fitting. Interesting floor discussions followed concerning the matter of the dealer insuring a machine sold on instalments and on the question of extending the organization's roll of members. The president announced that he will devote considerable time during the next month to motoring around New York and neighboring cities in a "pep" movement to increase the members. A. H. Dodin, president of the Talking Machine Repair and Sales Co. and specialist on the repair of talking machines, talked on the elimination of motor chugging. He will give additional talks of a technical nature at the meetings which are to follow. In the election proceedings Herman J. Jaffee, of Hoboken, was made vice-president for the State of New Jersey, A. J. Beers was elected as a new member, and the Hotel McAlpin was designated as the place for the next annual banquet in April. COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT IN DALLAS. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Dallas, Tex., March 6.— The Will A. Watkin Co., one of the pioneers among the music houses in Texas, recently held the formal opening of its Columbia Grafonola department, where a full line of machines and records is shown and demonstrated under most favorable conditions. The company issued a special folder to mark this important event. ISSUE ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY CARD. The Wonder Talking Machine Co., New York, manufacturer of "Wonder" talking machines, has advised its dealers that it now has ready for distribution a very attractive display card, which is also suitable for use as a mailing card to the dealers' prospects. Those dealers who have taken advantage of the company's offer to mail the cards to prospective purchasers are enthusiastic over the results achieved. OPERATED ON FOR APPENDICITIS. Harry L. Marshall, Pacific Coast supervisor for Thomas A. Edison, Inc., was operated on at St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver, recently, for appendicitis. As soon as the news of the success of the operation reached the Orange laboratories, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., sent him the following wire: "We all hope your recovery may be rapid and complete, but you must not run unnecessary risk by leaving the hospital too soon. A few days may make a big difference in your condition but none in your territory. Good luck." W. C. Wyatt, of the Denver Dry Goods Co., Edison jobber at Denver, did everything possible to make Mr. Marshall comfortable. The Jewelry Sales Co., of Marshalltown, la., has opened a store for the sale of pianos and talking machines at Main and First avenues. PATHE SECURES FAMOUS SOPRANO. Eleonora de Cisneros, Grand Opera Star, Signs Contract to Make Records for the Pathe Phonograph Exclusively from Now on. H. N. McMenimen, managing director of the Pathe Freres Phonograph Co., New York, announced this week that arrangements had been ccmpleted whereby Mme. Eleonora de Cisneros, the famous operatic mezzo-soprpno, will record exclusively for the Pathe disc library in the future. Mme. Eleanora de Cisneros. Mme. de Cisneros is well known to music lovers both here and abroad, having appeared with some of the leading opera companies in this country and in Europe. She played important roles for the Metropolitan Opera Co., Manhattan Opera Co. and Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Co., and has also appeared in numerous concerts and recitals. Her performances have won hearty praise from the critics, and Pathe' dealers will doubtless find a ready sale for her records. Albert Spalding, exclusive Edison Diamond Disc artist, played his way to the hearts of Boston recently at a concert at Jordan Hall in the Hub City. H. T. Parker, music critic of the Boston Transcript, paid Spalding a most remarkable tribute. UKULELES The biggest sellers in the small musical instrument business. Why handle inferior machine-made American imitations when you can get at similar prices the genuine hand-made instruments of Jonah Kumulae, Honolulu The old, thoroughly seasoned native Hawaiian Koa of which they are constructed is greatly superior to any other wood in tone quality — Kumulae instruments have no superior in this respect. Send for wholesale price list. SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. 163 Kearny Street San Francisco Sole Distributors for the United States and Canadi