The talking machine world (Jan-June 1919)

96 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD July 15, 1919 SLIGHT SLUMP IN TOLEDO TRADE Local Conditions Have Temporary Effect on Talking Machine Business — Stocks Still Slack — What Various Concerns Report Toledo, Ohio, July 7. — Most of the local dealers seen by your correspondent report business not quite up to normal. This, however, is due entirely to the conditions here in Toledo. The various Pathe, Columbia and Brunswick dealers report business fair. The Edison representative is having a fairly good sale on the higlier priced models. Until local conditions improve business in the talking machine field will not show marked activity. The Cable Piano Co. reports the demand for Victrolas in excess of its shipments, with a slight falling off in the demand for records. The Whitnej' & Currier Co. are experiencing difficulty in getting a sufficient quantity of Victiolas and records to take care of their trade. The J. W. Greene Co. reports business fairly good in all lines. Chas. H, Womeldorff, manager, and Warren L. Kellogg, assistant manager of the Toledo Talking Machine Co., have just returned from the jobbers' convention at Atlantic City, and report being very well satisfied with conditions at the factory. In their estimation the Victor Co. is doing all that is possible to speed up production. They were very favorably impressed with the new period designs just shown by the Victor Co., and believe that these machines will meet with a ready sale to the dealers and to the trade in general. All things taken into consideration, the past convention was the most successful of those held by the National Association. The demand for Victor goods from the out-oftown dealers still continues unprecedented, and prospects are for ah immense business this fall and winter. INCORPORATED The National Phonograph Co. of Pittsburgh has been incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania with a capital stock of $50,000 by H. H. Fleischntan and others. STIMULATE SUMMER SALES The GARFORD Model C Phonograph is designed to assist you in developing a profitable summer business. Its appeal to vacationists is only one of its many sales possibilities. THE GARFORD MODEL C Retails at $ 15 MODEL C Retails at $ 15 The GARFORD Model C is a high-class phonograph constructed of quality materials and guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction and excellent service. Our Dealer Proposition is Unusually Attractive THE GARFORD MFG. CO. ELYRIA, OHIO Specialized Manufacturing Production for the Phonograph Trade H W. f orentzen^ "They buy at a place where prices compete, where Quality must always excel.*' Only one of the reasons our business is growing, "We serve all our customers well." NEEDLE CUPS, BRAKES, COVER SUPPORTS, REGULATOR DIALS, etc. What Is Your Need ? Correspondence invited — Orders promptly attended to 60 Grand Street New York City CONVENTION OF EDUCATIONAL FORCE Staff of Victor Co., Educational Department, With Heads of Departments Conducted by Jobbers and Dealers, to Convene in Camden During the last week in August there will b; held at the Victor Co. headquarters in Camden a general convention of the staff of the Educational Department of that company, under the direction of Mrs. Frances G. Clark, which convention will also be attended by the heads of the various educational departments conducted by wholesalers and dealers. During the course of the convention there will be held a number of interesting and helpful lectures by musical authorities as well as a series of descriptive concerts. The growing interest shown in educational work by the Victor wholesalers and dealers at large and the establishment of special departments by many of them to handle that phase of the business should serve to lend much interest to the forthcoming convention. Before the August meeting Mrs. Clark plans to spend a vacation of several weeks in Maine in order to recuperate after a distinctly strenuous season. ANNA CASE ENTERTAINS WOUNDED Soldiers From New York Hospital Guests of Edison Artist at Home Near Mamaroneck An admirable climax to the notable war work accomplished by Miss Anna Case, the Edison artist, was a lawn party and concert given by her at her summer home near Mamaroneck on Flag Day to 200 wounded soldiers from a New York hospital. The feature of the entertainment was a short concert by Miss Case, assisted by some vaudeville acts from New York theatres. The entertainment was given on a side porch overlooking the wide lawn and Long Island Sound, the porch being draped attractively in the national colors. The soldiers and their nurses were grouped about the lawn, many of the former being in such shape that they had to be carried from the army ambulances on cots. Miss Case sang a new song which she has just composed: "The Robin's Song," and her singing served to inspire the wounded soldiers immensely. "You don't know how much you've done for us, Miss Case," said one. "This is the happiest day I've ever known." After the entertainment supper was served on the lawn, and the guests returned to the hospital. S. S. Hackett and his wife and daughter, all from Fresno, Cal., spent a few days recently in New York City. Mr. Hackett is of the Bristol-Cowan Co., large Columbia dealers. COTTON FLOCKS FOR .. Record Manufacturing THE PECKHAM MFG. CO.,