The talking machine world (Jan-June 1920)

January 15, 1920 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD 45 SINGING LANDS HIM IN JAIL Smashes Window to Prove His Art Is Greater Than Caruso's and Spends the Night in Jail, Proving That Competition Has Difficulties When an amateur singer tries to compete with Caruso in the art of singing the results are hard to foretell, as Peter Johnson of 1665 First avenue, New York, has learned. According to a newspaper story Johnson was passing the music store of Peter Elisio, 2241 First avenue, one night and heard the famous tenor's voice singing a gem from an Italian opera. The melody was lost on Peter and his nerves loudly cried out that things were all wrong. He entered the store and ordered the proprietor to stop the record but was promptly hustled out into the street. He stood on the sidewalk for some time trying to warble better than the great artist to the delight of the crowd which rapidly gathered. Not finding this exciting enough Peter, so the story goes, approached the window and started to smash the glass with his fists. His lacerated hands and wrists drew his attention from his singing and gave him a trip to the Harlem Hospital in charge of Policeman O'Hara. After his wounds had been dressed and he had failed to convince the judge of his artistic ability he was escorted to a cell to think the matter over. "The way to drain off life's drudgery is to drink at the fountain of melody. Take all you want. Musical inebriation has no harmful after effects." EXPORTERS DEFINE TRADE TERMS National Association of Manufacturers Meets and Urges Unification of Abbreviations to Aid in Abolishing Shipping Misunderstandings An interesting meeting was held recently • at India House, the headquarters of the National Foreign Trade Council, New York, at which representatives of leading commercial, exporting and manufacturing interests attended, for the purpose of unifying and defining the several trade abbreviations and for standardizing export quotation terms. A resolution offered by the National Association of Manufacturers recommending that shippers dispense with the abbreviation of all such terras as f. o. b., meaning free on board, and f a. s., meaning free alongside vessel, and that the entire phrase be used whenever quotations are made, was adopted. Definitions of conditions involving ten different types of transactions were discussed and passed upon. These include shipping, both by rail and water, insurance and the liability of shipper and buyer. THE MOST PRECIOUS CAPITAL A dishonest bargain is always a poor one for him who practices the dishonesty, however great may be the gain in wealth. The most precious capital a man can put into any business is good character, and good character makes a mighty poor bed-fellow for him who cheats his neighbor.— Steger Employees' Magazine. CLASSES TO BE RESUMED Victor Record Salesmanship Classes to Resume Sessions on February 2nd, at Camden, N. J. — Open to Victor Dealers or Their Employes Monday, February 2nd, has been fixed as the date for the beginning of the next class in Victor record salesmanship, to be conducted at the laboratories of the Victor Talking Machine Co., at Camden, N. J. Registration in these classes has been eagerly sought by Victor dealers and their sales representatives throughout the whole of the United States. Under the direct tuition of the Victor Co.'s own experts, the classes are taught the work of record analysis and interpretation and the various essentials of Victor retail salesmanship. The earlier classes have attested the value of the course in their increased musical knowledge, their swifter and more accurate judgments of individual taste in music and their knowledge of modern scientific sales methods. The classes are for men and women alternately. They extend over a period of two weeks and they employ intensive methods of instruction. The only qualification necessary for admittance is to be a Victor dealer or to be in the employ of one. NEW CONCERN IN ZANESVILLE The Spence Music Co. has been formed in Zanesville, O., by E. G. Callander, Eli E. Palmer, C. T. Marshall, H. E. Callander and Charles Spence. The capital stock of the new music house is given as $40,000. to wind your phonograph Hence the reason why the following phonograph jobbers are acting as Motrola Distributors 29 W. 35th St., New York VICTOR DISTRIBUTORS Cohen & Hughes, Washington, D. C. Florida Talking Machine Co., Jacksonville, Fla. Collings & Price Co., Newark, N. J. Horton, Gallo, Creamer Co., New Haven, Conn Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 111. Cohen & Hughes, Baltimore, Md. E. F. Droop & Sons Co., Baltimore, Md. Eastern Talking Machine Co., Boston, Mass. Beckwith. O'Neil Co., Minneapolis, Minn. J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co., Kansas City, Mo. Schmelzer Arms Co., Kansas City, Mo. W. D, & C. N. Andrews, Buffalo, N. T. Perry B. Whitsit Co., Columbus, Ohio. Penn Phonograph Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Badger Talking Machine Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Stewart Talking Machine Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Eclipse Musical Co., Cleveland, Ohio Reynalds Music House, Mobile, Ala. Talking Machine Co., Birmingham, Ala. H. A. Weymann & Son, Philadelphia, Pa. Geo. D. Ornstein Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Cleveland Talking Machine Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Chicago, 111. W. J. Dyer & Bro., St. Paul. Minn. Knickerbocker Talking Machine Co., New York City. W. D. Andrews Co., Syracuse, N. Y. J. Samuels & Bro., Inc., Providence, R. I. EDISON DISTRIBUTORS Denver Dry Goods Co., Denver, Colo. Pardee Ellenberger Co., New Haven, Conn. Phonographs, Inc., Atlanta, Ga, Diamond Music Co., New Orleans, La. are Pardee Ellenberger Co., Boston, Mass. COLUMBIA WHOLESALERS Everywhere Lawrence H. Lucker, Minneapolis, Minn. Silverstone Music Co., St. Louis, Mo. Phonograph Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Phonograph Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Girard Phonograph Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Buehn Phonograph Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Proudfit Sporting Goods Co., Ogden, Utah. Kipp Phonograph Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Harger & Blish, Des Moines, Iowa. American Phonograph Co., Gloversville, N. Y. Phonograph Co. of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wis. PATHE DISTRIBUTORS Grey & Dudley Hardware Co., Nashville, Tenn. John A. Futch Co., Jacksonville, Fla. Fuller Morrison Co., Chicago, 111. Hallet & Davis Piano Co., Chicago, 111. W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, 111. National Piano Co., Baltimore, Md. Hallet & Davis Piano Co., Boston, Mass. Wm. Volker Co., Kansas City, Mo. Wright & Wilhelmy Co., Omaha, Nebr. Pathe Freres Phonograph Co., New York City. Fischer Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Philadelphia Pathephone Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburgh Pathephone Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Buffalo Wholesale Hardware Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Harbour Longmire Phonograph Co., Oklahoma City, Okla. _ , Salt Lake Hardware Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. . . R. B. Broyles Furniture Co., Birmingham, Ala. STARR PIANO COMPANY — All Branches and Distributors BRUNSWICK DISTRIBUTORS Kraft, Bates & Spencer, Inc., Boston, Mass. Butler Bros., Chicago, 111. Brunswick Balke Collender Co., Seattle, Wash. Wallace Brown, Inc., Detroit, Mich. SONORA DISTRIBUTORS Western Jobbing & Trading Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Minneapolis Drug Co.. Minneapolis, Minn. Smith, Kline & French Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Yahr & Lange Drug Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Hessig Ellis Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn. Strevell-Paterson Hardware Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. MISCELLANEOUS A. C. Becker Co., Chicago, 111. Empire Talking Machine Co., Chicago, 111. F. C. Henderson Co., Boston, Mass. National Phonograph Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Hoeffler Piano Co., Milwaukee, Wis. American Phonograph Co., Burlington, Vt. E. R. Godfrey & Sons Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Gilbert Bros. Mf-g, Co., Wichita, Kansas. Associated Furniture Manufacturers, St. Louis, Mo. Wiley B. Allen Co., San Francisco, Cal., and branches. Pacific Accessory & Supply Co., Portland, Oregon. Cabinet & Accessories Co., New York City. Plaza Music Company, New York City. New Orleans Furniture Co., New Orleans, La. BROOKS MFG. CO., SAGINAW, MICH. CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR — His Master's Voice, Ltd., Toronto, Canada JONES-MOTROLA, Inc. 315 So. Broadway Los Angeles 57 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago Jobbers—Write us — We have a wonderful proposition to offer you