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CHEYENNECatalogue No. 031317.Sung by Billy Murray.

One of Our Latest Records-A Decided hit!

A cowboy romance, depicting life onthe Western plains. Introducing thehoof -beats of the pony, Indian yells andother effects.

Will Exceed " Tammany "in Popularity

Dealers should be prepared with a goodstock on hand.

Our No. 3 E Bulletin, printed elsewhere in this paper, containsmany attractive selections. Among them :

No. 0313I.-" My Lovin' Henry." By Billy Murray.No. 031312.-"Old Meeting -House Days." An orchestra selection of peculiar charm

consisting of a medley of old-fashioned hymns, in vogue a hundred years ago.

The Indian Records Are Superlative.Not Better Than the Best, but Better Than the Rest.

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NEWS FROM THE EMERALD ISLE.

Talking Machines as Language TeachersDemonstrated Before the Pupils of the Muni-cipal Technical Institute-The Systems andMachines Used-Highly Important Occasion-T. Edens Osborne Off on Holiday.

(Special to The Talking Machine World.)Belfast, Ireland, Feb. 10, 1906.

The demonstration of talking machines aslanguage teachers to the pupils of the Frenchand German classes of the Belfast MunicipalTechnical Institute, which took place yesterday,was of a most successful character, a large audi-ence of students being present, who were notonly very enthusiastic in praise of both thephonograph and graphophone, but were deeplyinterested in the records. And it was quite ob-vious that each of the pupils as well as theteachers present were quite agreed that the"talker" as an aid to language study was aninvaluable auxiliary to home work. The in-struments used were the Edison Standard, the20th Century Sound Magnifying ColumbiaGraphophone, and the triple -spring MonarchGramophone. The records used were the Frenchlessons of the I. C. S. of Scranton, Pa. (gold -moulded Edison), the German lesson phonographrecords suppled by the Modern Language Press,Ltd., of London, and the French lesson discrecords of the British Zonophone Company, Lon-don I the Bizeray system of teaching French).

The principal of the Institute, Francis C.Forth, A.R., C.Sc.I., made a record in German,and the French master, Mr. Arnold, made a rec-ord in French, both of which were reproducedbefore the students and excited considerableinterest.

T. Edens Osborne's blushes were not sparedwhen Mr. Forth showered compliments on "thedemonstrator," and he felt quite embarrassedwhen he was expressing nis gratitude for avote of thanks proposed by the German masterand seconded by the French master. As Mr.Osborne puts it: "Before yesterday evening Ithought I occupied a place on the right handside of a decimal point. Now I feel as thoughI am on the other side, but I don't know howfar!"

Mr. Osborne, by the way, leaves Belfast onMonday for a holiday of a few weeks, visitingLondon, Paris, Marseilles, Palma (Majorca,Boleraric Isles), Algiers, Tunis and ruins ofCarthage, Malta (Valetta and some land excur-sions), Sicily (Palermo, Satania, Taormina.etc.), Corsica, including Ajaccio, the birthplaceof the great Napoleon; Villefranche or theFrench Riviera, and some excursions on theRiviera to Monte Carlo, Nice, etc.

The gramophone records of Patti's songs havecome to hand and are being bought freely bythe best section of the Belfast public.

PIANO DEALER GETS WISE.

Gives World Credit for Conversion to TalkingMachine Idea-Now Opening Large De-partment.

A dealer in pianos from a prosperous manu-facturing center in New England said to TheWorld in a recent chat: "When talking ma-chines first were introduced, as a commercialproposition, I paid no attention to them, as I

considered them beneath my dignity. That wasseveral years ago, and I have grown older andwiser, thanks to the educational work of yourpaper. I am now giving them my careful at-tention, and one of my objects in visiting NewYork at this time is to examine into the meritsof the various instruments with a view to open-ing a large department for their sale. I believethey are cultivating a latent love for musicamong the masses, which in time will create a

demand for musical instruments of every de-scription. You can set me down as a convertto the talking machine trade, and I have no doubtbut that in time I will become an enthusiast."

CARUSO THE FAMOUS

Sings Duets With the Talking Machine Re-producing His Own Voice-An IntimateView of the Artist.

The New York Sunday Herald of recent datecontained a full page devoted to Caruso, the dis-tinguished tenor, whose voice is well and favor-ably known through the medium of the talkingmachine records he has made, as well as in theoperatic _field. The story was copiously illus-trated in colors accompanied by some cartoons forwhich the well-known singer is famous, and afterdescribing a visit to his home we read:

"But the funniest sight is when they beginplaying the talking machine, which gives, amongothers, Caruso's own voice and songs from thedifferent operas. Then Caruso tries to accom-pany in his own voice and with the same song.It is quite startling and novel in conception. Butwhen the music lasts too long our friend Rossi,the great comic basso, joins in with his capersand puts a very effective stop to all serious ef-forts. Then friends drop in to chat and laughand gossip. When there are not too many Ca-ruso's large working room upstairs is used as asmoker. There you find the walls covered withposters, sketches, caricatures, newspapers and al-bums all over the place, to the great despair ofMartino.

"Besides caricaturing, Caruso models in hishours of leisure. He has made some very goodbas-relief portraits in bronze of Giraldoni, Scotti,his physician, Dr. Curtis; Conried, his child andhimself.

'I was fortunate enough one evening to bepresent at one of his rehearsals previous to hisgoing to a concert. His accompanist, Brizzi-Peccia, was at the piano. Several of the songsCaruso had never seen before; others were fa-miliar Neapolitan songs. But those familiar Nea-politan songs sung by him sounded like newcreations. He has mastered his technique socompletely and he sang the new songs so easilythat you would have believed he knew them aswell as he knows 'Santa Lucia.' He stood theresmiling and the song came out of his throat withthe same facility with which I blow the cigarsmoke out of my mouth. And I was thinking ofmy good fortune compared to that of the manwho in the next hour was going to pay a checkof four figures to hear the same songs. The rea-son for Caruso's great success lies not only in thewonderful voice he possesses, but the splendid usehe makes of it; also in his keen intelligence andhis tireless energy."

Mme. Caruso, like her husband, is a clever mu-sician, her specialty being the piano. Caruso'sfavorite American number, by the way, is a lit-tle piece of music by Victor Herbert, whom hegreatly admires.

TALKING AFTER DEATH.

A feature of a funeral service recently heldover in Laporte County was a phonograph selec-tion. When the religious ceremony was over aphonograph was placed on the casket and theassembled mourners listened to the dead mansinging one of his favorite hymns. It is believedto have been the second case on record wherethe paradox of a man singing at his own funeralwas witnessed. The first case occurred in Cork,Ireland, and was recorded in The World at thetime.

Greenwood & Sons Music Co., 7 West Federalstreet, Youngstown, 0., have remodeled theirpiano parlors, erecting booths to cater to the talk-ing machine business which they established.

TALKING MACHINE MEN FORM CLUB.

Boston Salesmen Get Together for This Pur-pose-Blakeboro Succeeds Ormsby WhoGoes South-Business Conditions Excellentin All Branches and the Year So Far IsBreaking Records.

(Special to The Talking Machine world.)Boston, 'Mass., March 8, 1906.

A club composed of talking machine men isabout to be formed in Boston, with every prospectof success. It cannot help but be a good thing forall concerned, as it will bring the men closer to-gether, will give to each new ideas about theirtrade, and show to each what a good fellow theother man is. S. J. Freeman and J. L. Gately, ofthe Eastern Talking Machine Co., are among theleading spirits in forming the club, and they are,ably assisted by H. R. Skelton, of the WinchellCo., and by F. E. Lane of the Columbia Phono-graph Co.

It is planned to hold monthly meetings, atwhich there will be some form of entertainment,and to make the entire organization one that willbe of real benefit to the men in the trade. Aboveall things, it is intended that the club shall actas a means of killing out the desire to "knock"every other person. It will have a broad scope,and its membership will not be confined to Bos-ton men alone. The name will be The New Eng-land Talking Machine Salesmeu's Club, and itsnext meeting will be at the Winchell Co.'s store,95 Summer street.

Retail Manager J. H. Ormsby, of the ColumbiaPhonograph Co., who was mentioned in the lastissue as desirous of getting to the Pacific coast onaccount of his health, has left Boston for theSouth, and will in all probability find himselfsoon in charge of one of the company's stores onthe Pacific coast. His position has been given toH. I. Blakeboro, who has been in the employ ofthe Columbia Co. for the past eight years, com-ing recently from Milwaukee. He has seen ser-vice in Detroit and Pittsburg also. Mr. Blakeborois a young man of the "hustler" type and has be-come very popular with the boys here. An addi-tional department has been created at this storeto take care of outside business.

Business is very brisk at the Eastern TalkingMachine Co. Wholesale Manager Chamberlainsays that the results for January and Februaryare the greatest in the history of the house. Thiscompany is pushing the Edison machines, the fullline, with much vigor.

At the Winchell Co. the manager and all hissalesmen were too busy every day this week tosee any trade paper men. This is the best kindof news in reality, for it shows that "somethingis doing." A novelty is in operation here in theform of a girl who plays the violin while anotherplays the piano, and thus they show off the sheetmusic which is a feature at this store. Otis A.Howell, formerly assistant manager of the com-Mercial department at the Columbia PhonographCo., has joined the forces here. This wil prove agood move for the Winchell Co., because Mr.Rowell is an inventor of considerable merit. Heis about to put on the market a new needle thatwill not wear off and that will do away withscratching entirely.

The Pike Talking Machine Co. is certainly outfor the goods. They have worked up an excellenttrade at a slight cost by advertising to give away28,000 disc records to customers who purchase300 Victor needles.

Dr. E. W. Scripture, who has been making re-searches in phonetics under a Smithsonian In-stitution grant. has secured a gramophone rec-ord of the voice of Emperor William of Ger-many. It will be preserved by the NationalMuseum at Washington, and, of course, will notbe used in any public way in the Kaiser's life-time.

4 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

ST. LOUIS IS SATISFIED

With the Volume of Business Transacted inFebruary-Talking Machines and RecordsAre Growing in Demand in This Territory.

(Special to The Talking Machine World.,St. Louis. Mo., March 10, 1906.

The consensus of reports from all of the talk-ing machine dealers on business for the monthof February indicate that trade during that pe-riod has been fully up to expectations, and insome cases far better than expected. The de-mand for this kind of entertainment is growingvery rapidly. here, and the finest machines areselling the best.

W. C. Fuhri, manager of the Columhia Phono-graph Co., made a visit to their local hranch atMemphis, Tenn., recently, and announces thatthey are negotiating for a much larger and moreattractive location. He states that reports fromtheir branches on February business are veryfavorable: that their new goods and six-inchrecords are going fast, and the outlook for thefuture is very bright.

D. S. Ramsdell, vice-president and manager orthe St. Louis Talking Machine Co., makes veryfavorable reports and states that their largemachines are in good demand.

T. P. Clancy, manager of the talking machinedepartment of the Conroy Piano Co., reportstrade in a very healthy condition, and that theirFebruary business was quite satisfactory.

E. B. Walthall. manager of the talking ma-chine department of the 0. K. Houck Piano Co.,states that trade has heen very good with themduring February, and that their husiness is rap-idly increasing. They have just added a largeincrease in their shelving by which they will beahle to carry 40,000 records in connection withtheir present stock.

E. L. Garvin. manager of the Western TalkingMachine Co., is spending several weeks in Louis-ville. Ky., recuperating.

M. Silverstone. manager of the Talking Ma-chine Co., announces that this concern will alter

their display windows at an early date. He alsoreports trade good.

Geo. M. Nishett, manager of the NationalPhonograph Co., Chicago, has spent several dayshere. A. H. Kloehr, representative of the sameconcern, has also heen here.

BIG TALKING MACHINE DEAL.

Harger & Blish PurchasePremium Machines froming Machine Co. WhoBranch of the Business.

Entire Stock ofthe Victor Talk -Discontinue This

One of the biggest talking machine deals yetrecorded was that made recently when L. F. Geis-sler, General Manager of the Victor TalkingMachine Co., sold to Harger & Blish, Victordistributers at Dubuque, Ia., their entire stockof Premium machines, aggregating some tenthousand outfits. Some idea of the size of thedeal may be gained when it is understood thatif delivery was made in a single shipment a fulltrain of twenty cars would be required to trans-port them.

With reference to the deal, the Victor Co. aresending out the following letter to their Prem-ium trade:

"The Victor Talking Machine Co. have decidedto discontinue the Premium Machine Depart-ment. The enormous growth of the businessin our regular line is overtaxing our factorycapacity and precludes our giving proper at-tention to our Premium Machine Department.In this emergency we have just concluded adeal with Messrs. Harger & Blish, of Dubuque,Ia., our largest premium jobhers-to purchase,and have sold to them our entire stock of Prem-ium machines, both styles 1 and 2-all that areat present made up, as well as those in theprocess of manufacture in our factory.

"This sale was probably the largest singleand outright sale of talking machines that oneperson ever consumed. Harger & Blish are ina position to extend you exactly the same serviceand prices as we have in the past, and in all

prohability will offer you other inducementsthat will be very attractive.

"Shipments will be made either from Dubuqueor Camden, N. J., whichever preferred by thedealer. We have taken the liherty of refer-ring your correspondence to Messrs. Harger &Blish, assuring you for them their prompt andcourteous attention. Yours very truly,

"Louis F. GEISSLER, Gen. Mgr."On commenting on the ahove we wish to

say that Harger & Blish have the distinctionof concluding the largest single purchase oftalking machines on record.

The deal places the above firm in completecontrol of the entire Victor Premium husinessthroughout the whole United States, and theyare to be congratulated for their enterprise insecuring for themselves so important a con-tract. The deal will enable them to get intocloser touch with the premium using tradeand no one values its great possibilities morethan they,

The present Victor contract together withseveral exceptionally strong, attractive Prem-ium propositions, that they are at present ex-ploiting, should develop all kinds of businessfor them during 1906.

George M. Pitot, formerly manager of thephonograph department of the A. B. ClintonCompany, has accepted the position of managerof the Victor talking machine department ofthe M. Steinert & Sons Co., of New Haven, Conn.Mr. Pitot has had many years' experience inthe talking machine line and we feel sure thathe will get a hig share of the Victor husinessin his territory, as he is working several newschemes to let the people of New Haven knowthat they can always find everything in theVictor line at "Steinert's."

One of the enterprising talking machine estab-lishments of the West is the Enz Phonographstore, of Red Wing. Minn. The advertising whichthey are carrying in the local papers is exceed-ingly effective.

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JUDGE HAZEL'S DECISION IN JONES PATENT SUIT.Court Declares This Process of Duplicating Records Anticipated-Case Appealed to Higher

Court-J. 0. Prescott Chats Interestingly of the History of the Case-The Suit at Issue Oneof Great Importance to the Talking Machine Industry.

Feb. 19, Judge Hazel, in the United States Cir-cuit Court, New York, handed down a decision inthe Jones patent suit brought by the AmericanGraphophone Co. against the Universal TalkingMachine Manufacturing Co. and the AmericanRecord Co., declaring the patent invalid, inas-much as the process of duplicating recordsclaimed by the inventor had been anticipated bythe prior state of the art.

J. 0. Prescott, of Hawthorne, Sheble & Pres-cott, sales managers American Record Co., re-ferring to the opinion, spoke as follows to TheWorld:

"This is one of the most important suits ontalking machine patents that has come beforethe court in recent years. Particular interest at-taches to this patent and the decision becauseof the prominent position in the trade occupiedboth by the complainant and the defendants, andthe varying effect on the trade in general by adecision favorable to either of the parties in theaction. The so-called Jones patent covers manyessential features of the process used in themanufacture of discs by all of the prominent man-ufacturers in flat records in the business to -day.Had the patent been sustained it is believed theAmerican Graphophone Co. could have forced thevarious companies to discontinue the process.But since, in Judge Hazel's opinion, the patent isinvalid, it doubtless opens the field of manufac-ture to all corners, and will probably result in in-ducing other concerns to take up the manufactureof discs.

"From the early days of the talking machineindustry down to 1903, the cylindrical record wasmost widely known and used, because the well-known Bell and Taintor patent, covering record-ing and engraving sound waves on wax -like ma-t( rial, As so broad in its scope as to effectuallythscourage attempts to manufacture by this orany other method necessitating the use of a cut -tug stylus. This latter patent was controlled bythe American Graphophone Co. A few yearsprior to the expiration of the Bell and Taintorpatent, Joseph W. Jones applied for a patent cov-ering a process for the manufacture of discs ofthe type at present so well known on the market.It is alleged that the claims in this patent were asbroad in their scope as the Bell and Taintor in-vention, and that had the Jones patent been sus-tained it would have given the monopoly of thedisc business to the American Graphophone Co.,to whom this patent was assigned, or to itslicensees, as the Bell and Taintor patent enabledthem to control the cylinder business.

"Among the manufacturers there was muchscepticism as to the validity of the Jones patent,and their opinions were backed by large amountsof capital invested by several companies to manu-facture discs by processes similar to those claimedin the patent. The first action on this patentwas brought in 1901, in the name of the patentee,and was directed against the Universal TalkingMachine Manufacturing Co. Later on theAmerican Graphophone Co. acquired title to thepatent, and was substituted as complainant. Fromtime to time during the following four years tes-timony was taken at intervals by both parties.

"In May, 1905, the suit was brought for hear-ing before Judge Platt. About five months pre-vious, suit had also been commenced by theAmerican Graphophone Co. against the Ameri-can Record Co., the latter ignorant of the suitagainst the Universal Talking Machine Manufac-turing Co., supposed it had been selected as a de-fendant of a test case, until it learned in May,1905, that the test case was about to be triedagainst the Universal Co. They investigated thedefenses opposed by the Universal Co., findingseveral which the American Record Co. had un-covered, but which had not been put in shape forpresentation to the court. They prevailed uponJudge Platt to postpone the trial of the caseagainst the Universal Talking Machine Manufac-turing Co. in order that their own case might beproceeded with and their additional defenses de-

veloped, when both cases should be brought onsimultaneously for hearing.

"The entire summer of 1905 was spent in the ac-tive taking of testimony, both by the AmericanGraphophone Co., and the American Record Co.,and all defenses known to the latter concern, in-cluding several not interposed by the UniversalCo., were set forth at length in the defendant'srecord, when the cases were finally reached forhearing before Judge Hazel in December last.Judge Hazel's opinion, in surveying the situa-tion, deals with the salient points, as follows:

"This invention has for its particular object amethod of duplicating or producing copies of an origi-nal sound record of the zig-zag type, whica was special-ly adapted for use on a talking machine known as thegramophone, invented hy Emile Berliner. At the date.of the patent in suit the phonograph, the invention ofEdison ; the graphophone, the invention of Bell andTaintor.- and the gramophone, the invention of EmileBerliner, were known to the art and their distinguish-ing characteristics well understood. Sound records ofthe Berliner patent consisted of Hat zinc records, havingetched on their surface a number of infinitely small un-dulatory grooves of uniform depth representing soundwaves. The sound record of the invention adapted foruse on talking machines of which Edison and Bell andTaintor were the inventors, consists of cylindrical tah-lets, having cut or engraved on their surface verticalundulations or irregularities of varying depth. Thedistinctive proposition of the patentee (Jones), asstated by him, was the process or method of duplicatingor multiplying a sound record having lateral undula-tions of even depth. This object involved the methodalready known of producing the original or masterrecord, the subsequent steps of making a metallic ma-trix by electrolysis, separating the same from theoriginal record and thereupon repeatedly pressing thematrix into a suitable yielding material so as to pro-duce a vendable article. . . .

"The defenses interposed are anticipation, non -In-fringement, want of patent ability in that the processdescribed in the specifications is for a mode of operaLion in which no elemental change is accomplishedchemical action effected. . . . That a sound recordof the type in question and the materials by which theresult is obtained (except the graving element) sepa-rately considered, were familiarly known, is not seri-ously disputed. Nor was it contended that the patenteewas a pioneer in making sound records. Whether thedifferent steps of the process iu suit were old must beascertained hy an examination of the antecedent art.Such art as understood by the patentee is stated inthe specification. . . . The elicited facts show thatthe departure of the patentee from the process of Ber-liner consisted of abandoning the caching feature and

adopting in its stead a method of cutting or engravingin a substance of less resistance. . . .

"The question is whether Jones discovered a radicallydifferent method of duplicating sound methods of zig-zag type. . . . I am unable to agree with the com-plainant that cutting or engraving on a cylindrical orwax record, as stated In the Edison and Gouraud pat-ents (though it may not have been in hard wax) fol-lowed by electroplating and using the matrix to dupli-cate vertical undulations did not suggest the Jonesprocess. . . . The skilled artisan doubtless wouldhave had little difficulty in adjusting the variouselements so that a fiat sound record of the type inquestion could have been produced without experimenta-tion or the trials of an inventor. I think it notonly indicates that the process described might substan-tially be used by the way pointed out by Jones, but alsothat they contemplated the application of his inven-tion to the disk record.

"Moreover, that it was old, at the date of the Jonesinvention, to engrave or cut a sound record of uniformdepth directly upon a so-called master matrix, findssupport in the testimony of Berliner, Sanders and Levy.witnesses for the American Record Co. . . . Referringagain to the evidence in the suit against the AmericanRecord Co., the document filed in October, 1881, by Belland Taintor, in the Smithsonian Institute at Washing-ton, specifically refers to the feature of cutting or en-graving both the vertically undulating and zig-zag pro-cesses and to the duplication of phonograms.

"The file wrapper and contents shows that the pat-ent in controversy was rejected about eight times onthe ground of want of patentahility, in view of the priorpatents to Edison. Berliner, Young. Rosenthal andFrank, Bell and Taintor and Gouraud. Subsequently,however, the patent was granted by the Commissionerof Patents, owing doubtless to the earnest and skillfularguments of the counsel.

"What the patentee accomplished is thought to fallwithin the rule laid down in the following cases : Loco-motive Works against Medart, 158 U. S. 68 ; Smithagainst Nicholls. SS U.S. 112 ; Pennsylvania Co. againstLocomotive Co., 110 IS. S. -19n. Inasmuch as the proofssatisfy me that the patent in suit is anticipated by theprior art, it follows that the bill must be dismissedwith costs."

The Universal Talking Machine ManufacturingCo. was represented by Horace Pettit, and theAmerican Record Co. by Edmond Wetmore, presi-dent of the American Bar Association, andSamuel Owen Edmonds. The defense was lookedafter by E. K. Camp, Philip Mauro and C. A. L.Massie. The American Graphophone Co. will ap-peal the case.

RECENT INCORPORATIONS,

The Strong & Williams Co., of East Orange, isa corporation which filed a certificate in NewJersey last week for the purpose of manufactur-ing phonographs and graphophones. Capital,$500,000. Incorporators: James Strong, W. R.Williams. E. Williams, all of East Orange.

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Gentlemen:

LINCOLN, NEe...ran. 9. 1906.

Replying to yours- of 5th inst. regarding my success in sellingthe I. C. S. Language Outfits will say, there is no other phase of thePhonograph business that has appealed to me as this language systemdoes. The sales are naturally with the more well-to-do people and thereis no question of installments to contend with, One can approach themost exclusive people with this language proposition and be sure of arespectful and interested hearing. 3y exercising a little judgment inselecting the people to be approached with it the dealer will find almosthalf of them will become good °prospects." The super -sensitive people rhohave always said they would not have a phonograph in the house fallright into line and enlarge the field for phonograph sales by a largeproportion. A "demonstration" for a prospective customer usually consistsin playing one record and having a quiet chat. Occasionally one who hasalready acquired a literary knowledge of a language asks for one of theadvanced lessons to.be run. Contrast this with playing °rag -time° for anhour for a lot of gigglers who buy one or two records and the dealer wthotries it will surely become a devotee to the Language Outfit sales. nearlyevery one he shows it to can tell him of some friend who will be interest-ed also.

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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

EVILS OF BAD HORN ADJUSTMENT.Wm. F. Hunt, of Wanatah, Ind., to whom we

are indebted for many valuable suggestions,writes: "A matter of much importance whichis given little consideration by the averagephonograph user and which is often the causeof bad reproductions :s the carelessness in theselection and adjustment of amplifying horns.A horn should a.ways be thoroughly tested asto whether it has any loose seams. A hornwith this defect will cause rattling in the re-production and this fault is in many cases mis-takenly attributed to the reproducer. No mat-ter how little rattle there may be in the horn,t will do much toward making the repro-duction unnatural and unmusical, especially soin the more delicate selections. Furthermore,a horn should never be used on a phonographwithout a rubber connection, as this acts as aninsulator for the sounds arising from the motorpart of the machine. Even with the improvedsuspended motors there is a noticeable hum fromthe mechanism and this noise is in turn con-ducted to the born and there amplified in thesame manner as the reproduction itself. Youhave, perhaps. never given this matter anythought. Put a horn, without the rubber con-nection on your machine, let it run without arecord on it and listen. You will be surprisedat the amount of hum that will issue from thehorn. Metal connections should never be usedno matter how much you may think they im-prove the tone. The phonograph has passed theage of a noice producer. In its present state andunder proper conditions it is a musical instru-ment in the highest terms and should be treatedas such. Furthermore, I wish to say that in or-der to get the best results from a phonographit should be selected with the same care as aviolin. I believe that the difference in tonequality in reproducers is equally as varied as thatof the violin. Volume should be only a second-ary consideration. It is quality of tone that ismost essential."BEST MATERIAL FOR DIAPHRAGMS.

Writing to our esteemed London contempor-ary-The Talking Machine News-Mr. Seymoursays: "I should like to say a few words withregard to the opinion expressed by The Talk-ing Machine World correspondent quoted inyour issue for February 1. This gentleman saysthat 'something besides mica, glass or metal, asubstance more porous, will have to be usedbefore perfection of tone is reached, especiallyin vocal reproductions.' As an experimentalistwho never rests, and who has mult'plied varia-tions and modifications of every imaginablematerial in diaphragm work. I am very decidedin the opinion that glass stands high above anyother material for the best results, both inrecording and in reproducing. The objectionthat 'the present diaphragms produce a sharp-ness of tone which is quite the most unnaturalpart of a reproduction' is true of many repro-ducers, but the abjection holds good mainlywith regard to the small -sized diaphragms, andwith badly constructed sound -boxes. It is muchmore a question of size and construction thanof material, although more porous materialssuch as celluloid, cardboard, wood pulp, gela-tine and wood (especially aspen), give exrallentnatural reproductions, though the volume is al-ways weak. I have found perforated carbonto possess all the advantages of the foregoingwithout diminution of power; in fact, it yieldsmore power than glass, but few records on themarket are good enough for a sensitive mate-rial of this description. The glass form, how-ever. is preferable for vocal, and the carbon forinstrumental, reproductions.FAULTY RECORDING.

"Tbe same correspondent thinks that 'the artof recording has reached a higher point of per-fection than the reproducing,' because 'manyreproducers work quite well on a certain fewrecords, but give bad results from most.' By

what process of logic does he reach the conclu-sion that the reproducers, and not most of the"ecords, are at fault? The art of recording isthe art which lags behind, and as improvementsare effected in the records, reproducers willeasily be increased in efficiency to be equalto the occasion. The chief defect in the aver-age record is that charb.,:teristic harshness whichis technically knoNin as 'blast.' The greaterthe efficiency Jf a reproducing diaphragm onrecords of this class, the worse the result, be-cause all the demerits, as well as the merits,are more perfectly brought out. It is quite acommon thing to hear persons condemn a repro-ducer on the ground that it blasts. To the un-initiated I may say that blast is always a defectin the record, for which the reproducer, of what-ever snake, is not in the least responsible.

CAUSES OF BLAST."Blast is due to a broken track in the process

of recording, and is a symptom of bad work-manship. There are two leading causes of thistrouble, one that the recording diaphragm hasbeen given more work than it is capable of do-ing, causing it to jump the blank surface andthus break the track; the other, recording hasbeen done on soft blanks and the sapphire hascut too deeply, so that one line of track par-tially intersects another, breaking the upperedges thereof. It is easy to obviate the firstcause by good judgment, and the second causeis a good sign that finality has been reachedin the tendency of deep cutting on machinesthat have the present standard traverse move-ment of 100 threads to the inch."WHO CAN ANSWER THESE QUERIES?

M. A. Grant, of the Unique Talking MachineCo., Houston. Tex., writes The Talking MachineWorld as follows: "Gentlemen, can you put us intouch with the printer or publisher of the listthat was gotten up to include all records up toJune, 1905? The list is arranged according tothe alphabet, but shows all records, like this:

Disc Cylinder

A V Z C E L tip2683so 5931so 1827so 8626so 32471so

32610 For sale a Baby"We have a copy and note the subscription

price, but there is no designation of publisher.etc. It is a most useful book to a dealer, and ifwe could get a copy that was arranged so thatwe could fill in the new ones monthly-or ifthere was a new one printed monthly we wouldbe more than glad to subscribe for it.

"Can you tell us whether the Lambert recordsare made now and where?"

We can't just place the printer or publisherof the list Mr. Grant refers to. and will ask theaid of our readers in this matter.

The Lambert records are not made by theLambert people at the present time, but we un-derstand that records similar to them are madeby Leeds & Catlin, of New York.

THE "ANNOUNCEMENT" ON RECORDS.T. Willson, of York, England, referring to the

announcement on records, and its effect on thelength of the records, says: "I think the an-nouncement answers a good purpose, because itis in the first few lines that a record first showssigns of wear, and becomes scratchy. and bythe time the announcement is made the needle,o sapphire, and record have adapted themselvesto each other, and the record runs smooth; butif there is no announcement, the record propermust suffer for the first few lines. Anyonecan prove this by trying a record with an an-nouncement and one without. Now, I suggestthat in order to make the record longer theround waves should be of the same length ina large (disc) record as they are in a 7 -inchrecord. A large record travels faster than asmaller one, and, therefore. tbe sound wavesmust be longer to obtain the true sound. Now ifthe sound waves are made shorter on the large

record it could be run slower, so in two ways therecord would be lengthened, because more couldbe got on the record in the same space, and themachine could be run slower. Take an illus-tration. A 7 -inch record is roughly 21 inchesin circumference, and if the announcement takesup six revolutions it would travel 126 inches. A10 -inch record is 30 inches in circumference, andto run the six revolutions it would travel 180inches, a difference of 54 inches. Now, what-ever is recorded on the 126 inches of the 7 -inchrecord is recorded on the 180 inches of the 10 -inch record; but the sound waves are stretchedout 54 inches in the six revolutions-I do notgive the exact result, but it is very near andwill illustrate my meaning. This gain in 10 -inchrecords would, I think, meet the desire ex-pressed for longer records. I also think thereis too large a circle left inside the larger discs.They could be run as near the centre as a 7 -inch,and with as good results."

PHONOGRAPHIC TUNING FORKS.In the patent department of The Talking Ma-

chine World some months ago an invention wasrecorded which contemplates the use of phono-graphs in tuning musical instruments. With aphonograph record it is said a tone can Le pro-duced and sustained at an even pitch as long asdesired. The record is in the form of a disc, al-though the well-known cylindrical form is alsoapplicable. This record consists of a series ofconcentric tone circles, each circle being made bya single or sustained tone. There are thirteenof these tone circles, representing what is knownto musicians as the equal temperament-thirteennotes within the scope of one octave. The wholetemperament is so equalized as to give the opera-tor an absolute guide. By placing the phono-graphic reproducer in the proper tone circle anytone can be sustained for an indefinite period, sothat the user can give his attention to the properadjustment of the insfrument which is beingtuned. It will be evident that the number oftone circles could be increased, but for the pur-pose of a guide in tuning instruments the numberindicated is said to be sufficient.

COLLAPSABLE HORN OF MERIT.A collapsible horn has at last been perfected

in this city, which in every way "fills the bill,"and is already creating a commotion in manu-facturing circles. The horn is made from vari-ous materials-one resembling tortoise shell be-ing very beautiful, while those of "Leatherite"possess a wonderful softening effect on the music.The ribs are flexible, and are made of springsteel nickel plated, with folding supports orbraces, controlled by an automatic draw frame.When folded the horn measures about 24 inchesby four inches and is made to fit both disc andcylinder machines.

EDISON GRAND OPERA RECORDS.A subscriber of The World in Los Angeles

writes to inquire if the National Phonograph Co.intend to include in their list of grand operarecords some songs in English. We may say thatelsewhere in this issue reference is made to tbefact that a number of new artists have been en-gaged to make grand opera records for this com-pany, and it is not at all improbable that a num-ber of records in English will be made in duecourse. This is a new departure, and the com-pany must be given fair time to develop theirplans.

CHANGING NEEDLE FOR EACH RECORD.A correspondent to the Talking Machine News

writes to that paper to know if it is really neces-sary to use a new needle for each record, as themakers advise, and points out that some timeback the rule was to change the needle afterevery third record. "I have been advised to turnthe needle round after using," he says. "What isyour opinion about this? Of course, one doesnot want to injure the record, on the other handone does not want to use more needles than areabsolutely necessary, for even if they are cheap,the price soon mounts up." He further pointsout that the cost is not of so great account asthe annoyance of changing the needle after each

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 7

When you sella customer a Victor 7. alking Machine you aren't throughwith him by any means. You're just getting started.Think of the sales of Victor Records that are sure tofollow !

If a customer buys a $50 Victor you can count onhim to be good for at least $250 worth of records-experience has proved it.

Keep right after every purchaser of a Victor. Geta complete line of the new Victor Records every monthas they are issued and let your customers know youhave them.

Get these customers in the habit of coming to yourstore regularly and have your salesmen play the newestrecords for them. That will get them buying and you'llround up a nice share of Victor Record business andrun your profits 'way up.

There's no end to the money you can make onVictor Talking Machines and Records.

Victor Talking Machine CompanyCamden, N. J.

P. S -A host of other dealers find this plan profitable and it should also be agood thing for you : Place standing monthly orders for the new records with yourdistributor, and push this feature. (Keeps your customers calling at least monthly-theylook for them.)

Artistic Monthly Supplements furnished free for this purpose.

8 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.record. All disc machine users will agree withnim on that point, but inconvenience is unavoid-able at present. It is obvious, and I have pointedit out before, that a needle which will playthrough a 10 -inch. record should last out two 7 -inch discs, but I doubt the wisdom of usiug itlonger than that. The makers of the records arein the best position to judge the wearing effect ofthe needle, and it would be courting disaster toignore their advice to use each needle once only.As to turning the needle, I have never experi-mented, but though one might be enabled in thisway to use the same needle for two records withno deterioration in reproduction, the trouble ofturning the needle would be just as great as thatof changing it. The cost would be halved, ofcourse, but, I take it, the average user is con-cerned more about the inconvenience than aboutthe cost.A STANDARD SPEED TEST.

Some valuable pointers on the matter of speedare given by the Edison Phonograph Co. (Lon-don), as follows: "On the. back rod of everyEdison phonograph now being sent out from thefactory, two circular marks have been placed ata distance of 1 6/10 of an inch apart. With thephonograph fully wound and running at fullspeed, and with reproducer arm down as for re-producing, the reproducer arm should travel fromone mark to the other in exactly one minute,which indicates that the cylinder makes 160revolutions in one minute. These marks mayeasily be made on any phonograph, but care mustbe exercised to make them exactly the right dis-tance apart. Even a slight variation will affectthis speed.WANTS ACCOMPANIMENTS OF SONGS.

J. S. Simpson, of Cleveland, in a letter to TheWorld, expresses a desire that the manufactur-ers of records should include in their lists theaccompaniments of songs without the words. Hesays: "This is now done by the manufacturersof perforated music for use in piano players,and has proven a great success. A great manyusers of talking machines, particularly those

gifted with a voice, would like to be able to havean accompanying medium. I am in this classmyself, having a tenor voice of excellent rangeand quality, but am unable to play the piano. I

believe that if the manufacturers of records in-cluded a half dozen accompaniments of first-classsongs in their next list, they would find a splen-did demand for them if brought to the notice ofusers in the proper manner.RECORD OF A CANARY'S SONG.

One of our subscribers, a talking machinedealer in the South, tells us of the great successhe has had in making a record of the song ofhis canary bird. When he first attempted theoperation, the noise of the machine frightenedthe bird, and it was impossible to get results. Ittook him almost a month to get the bird and themachine acquainted. Even after that time hemade several attempts to secure a good record,but without avail. His effort on the "fifthround" was successful, and he claims to have se-cured a most marvelously true reproduction ofthe canary's voice. He would like to know ifreaders of The World have ever made such anattempt and if they have been successful.

SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.

Some Remarks by the New York CommercialShow That the Importance of the IndustryIs Being Recognized by the Daily Papers.

Like some of the trade papers our brethren ofthe daily press are now actually waking up tothe value of the talking machine and the growthof the industry in this country as well as itsramifications throughout the entire world. TheNew York Commercial, for instance, a week or soago, contained a lengthy story regarding thegrowth of the trade in talking machines andrecords as well as its future possibilities.

The writer, emphasizing that the industry ispeculiarly American, referred at length to theeducational work which is being accomplishedthrough the study of foreign languages by means

of the correspondence method. The amusementfeatures of the machine were also referred to,and the vast amount of money paid vocalists andbands for making records. At the close thewriter says:

"As originally conducted, the export trade inAmerican talking machines was handled exclu-sively in the United States, and practically all ofthe export departments of the various leadingmanufacturers were located at New York City,chiefly in the downtown section. In recent years,however, it has been found necessary to establishlarge central headquarters abroad, and the prin-cipal manufacturers now have extensive offices atLondon or on the continent from which bothmachines and records are distributed promptlyupon receipt of order.

"Large stocks are kept constantly on hand atthese points, so that buyers can avoid the delayincident to sending their orders across the At-lantic and awaiting shipment from the other side.Tnis is obviously a marked improvement, andhas done much to greatly extend the trade inEuropean countries. At these headquarters,moreover, it is now possible to manufacture rec-ords in the language of the various countriesserved so that for records designed piincipallyfor local use such branches carry practically allthat are made and are able to manufacture newand up-to-date records as they are required.

"In Mexico and throughout Spanish Americaan enormous business is now done in recordsprepared expressly for those countries. The listof Mexican records available, for example, com-prises hundreds of selections. Practically all ofthe leading manufacturers, however, are still onthe lookout for wideawake and energetic localagents, and any reader of this paper who per-ceives the great money -making opportunities thatexist in this line will do well to at once placehimself in communication with one or more ofthe leading manufacturers."

Bell Bros. Piano Co., Lawrence, Kan., haveadded a talking machine department, putting inthe Universal line, via Doc. O'Neill.

LIKE THE PIIENIX, ARISEN FROM OUR ASHES!

On the night of February .3, our ware -rooms were gutted by fire, smoke and

water, completely destroying or render-ing useless a stock of over 80,000 records.

Nothing daunted, however, an order for an en-tire new stock was immediately wired to the factory.The insurance was then adjusted, and every record in

the bins, whether or not touched by fire, was taken out and destroyed.With an entirely new stock, we are now prepared to fill all orders fortalking machines, records and supplies.

Our Flower Horn proposition is interesting dealers all over the country. Why not you ?

BOSTON CYCLE IA SUNDRY COMPANY48 Hanover Street J. M. LINSCOTT, Manager BOSTON, frlASS.

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 9

TIMELY TALKS ON TIMELY TOPICS.

When it comes to discussing current businessmanufacturers look worried and jobbers inclinedto say things because they are unable to obtainall the goods they could easily swing and placeto advantage. Manufacturers of machines, rec-ords, horns, cranes, cabinets and other essentialsdeclare their plants are being run to capacity, andwhich, with the advancing price and scarcity ofcertain material, their business lot is not alto-gether a happy one. Advices from every sectionof the country are of the same tenor, jobbers tak-ing on new lines and arranging their immediatetrade on a basis which anticipates the largestspring buying by the dealer in the history of thebusiness. From the action of a prominent manu-facturer the wiseacres say a uew product in thedisc line, said to be superior, if not radicallynew, may be looked for later on, as preparationsto that end are under way.

A special circular sent the music trade by theVictor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., bear-ing date of February 12, says: "Wouldn't it benice if your 'leader' in the piano line made stylesthat sold at $100, $200, $300, $400 and up to $1,000-to suit any purse-all of one and the best qual-ity, and prices were absolutely fixed by themaker all over the United States? You'd onlyneed to carry ene make and the millennium wouldhave arrived in the piano trade.

"We have done and are doing these very thingsin the talking machine trade: (1) a comprehen-sive line of styles, (2) one quality throughout-'Victor quality,' (3) prices fixed-profits guaran-teed, (4) percentage of profits more liberally ar-ranged for dealers than those of any other line.Is it any wonder that so many piano house'shave awakened to this unique situation, thrustupon them by what some of them c3nsidered an'alien line,' and are now most enthusiastic ex-ploiters of the 'Victor'?"

Manufacturers of the talking machines areelaborating their enterprises to an extent neverdreamed of before. It will not be long beforean entire opera cast will be heard on one ofthese machines. Formerly a tenor or a primadonna was enough. Now the costly artists fromthe opera house sing duets, trios and quartettes.The services of such performers are made possi-ble, says our illuminating contemporary, TheSun, by the fact that all of these celebrities arenow content to take a royalty on the sale oftheir songs rather than a fixed price. It wasformerly customary to pay a certain sum, butthe singers now clamor for a percentage, sincethere is such a great deinand to hear them inthis way.

A novel electrical instrumeut to transmit musicand which is one of the two in existence in theworld was exhibited recently at the semi-annualbanquet of the Magnetic Club in Philadelphia.The transmitter, equipped with a three -volt drybattery, was placed in one part of the hotel,

while the enunciator was rigged up in the banquet room. A voice speaking into the trausmitter, was heard in all parts of the banquet roomthe enunciator, with a megaphone attachmentcarrying the sound wave to all quarters. Theinstrument was also held near a piano, and themusic was carried along the wire and enjoyedby the banqueters. Patents for the device arenow pending, and until their issuance only twoinstruments have been made. One is in NewYork.

Mme. Yvette Guilbert, who is now delightingNew Yorkers with her old chansons, collects talk-ing machine records as a hobby. She has hadMiss Ethel Barrymore make a record of her"locking up time" speech in "Alice Sit -by -the -Fire," and she will take back to Paris numerousother records of American players in their popu-lar parts. This is very pleasant, no doubt, forMme. Guilbert, but it would be more pleasant forus if she would leave behind records of her ownwonderful enunciation for the admonishment, notonly of our actors, but of most of our singers.Mme. Guilbert, wonderful in all branches of herart, is in nothing more remarkable than her pow-er of distinct and lovely enunciation. Speakingor singing, not a syllable is lost, not a vowelmisses its true value. For this alone she is aperpetual delight.

There are few phonograph stores in this citythat can boast of the novel window displaysconstantly seen at the retail department of theColumbia Phonograph Co., at 872 Broadway, andto the manager of this store, Hayward Cleve-land, belongs the credit of originating the manydevices that constantly attract the passerby.His latest is a large picture of the Columbiafactory at Bridgeport, Conn., which every even-ing is illuminated so as to present the appear-ance of the factory being lighted up, and eventhe passenger train and locomotive headlightglow in a most realistic manner. Mr. Clevelandis a great believer in artistic window displaysand frequent changes. He also believes in hav-ing the public come in and inspect the stock,even if they have no idea of buying. A goodsalesman will soon put that idea into theirheads, and then the rest is easy.

It is worth emphasizing that The TalkingMachine World is the only publication devotingits space and efforts toward the advancement ofthe automatic business. This is doue largelybecause of the close relationship that existsbetween talking machines and users of auto-matic contrivances which are so largely usednowadays in the arcades, some of them pala-tially equipped, which are to be found in everycity throughout the country.

Many of the manufacturers of automatic con-trivances have already recognized the advertis-ing value of The World, and are represented inits columns, and we shall be glad to have more

fall in line. In the meantime from all inter-ested in this department-which now may betermed an auxiliary of the talking machine in-dustry-we invite co-operation. We will gladlyopen our columns to such communications aswill be helpful to the interests of the automaticand specialty people as well as to the talkingmachine trade in general.

The Poulsen Telegraphone, which was illus-trated and referred to at some length in TheTalking Machine World some six months ago, isbeing displayed in the principal hotels through-out the country, and as a result the local paperswhere exhibited have devoted much space to it.The technical descriptions as well as the possi-bilities of the machine as recorded by the gentle-men of the local press contain such a number ofinaccuracies as to easily lead the reader intowrong ideas of what it aims to accomplish. Inthis instance success can better be achieved in thelaboratory than in the columns of the papers.

Epoch-making court decisions have been hand-ed down since the previous issue of The World,all of which have been given the prominenceelsewhere they deserve in the current number. Acouple of the decrees are final, thus disposingof questions and matters affecting the trade.The most important iu the latter category isthat known as the Berliner patent No. 534,543,covering the free -moving stylus or recordingpoint. The Jones process of disc record duplica-tion is still to reach the United States Court ofAppeals before the patent is adjudicated.

A traveling salesman known for his clevernesshas a neat scheme of apparently running a needleover the face of records he is selling to demon-strate the hardness of the material. As a mat-ter of fact, this feat is one of sleight of handonly, but it is effective in closing a deal.

George Maxwell, manager of Boosey & Co.'sAmerican branch music publishing house, is afirm believer in the feasibility of publishersmaking their own records, and in this way con-trol their copyrights absolutely. He has shown,as samples of what may be done in this line, anumber of very fine duplex discs, including grandopera selections of famous singers made in Paris.The Kubelik violin solos are especially excellent.the tone effects being wonderfully preserved.The gentleman is an enthusiast on the subject.and unless something unforeseen should happen,as, for instance, those annoyances termed patentinfringements, the American market may knowmore of these records.

Dealers, possibly thoughtlessly, get themselvesin trouble with the manufacturers by trading inpianos, organs or other musical instruments fortalking machines. This species of merchandizingis absolutely prohibited under the signed agree-ment, and when it is disregarded trouble will in-variably ensue.

They were talking of the improvements in thetrade when the chief of a prominent company'swholesale department remarked: "What wouldyou think of a five -inch record with as much on

A Perfect Repeating Attachment for Standardand Home Phonographs

AUTOMATIC INSTANTANEOUSThis clever little device can be placed on the phono-

graph and adjusted with the fingers in a moment-with-out drilling holes or disfiguring the machine in any way.

The ingenious and simple yet absolutely perfectmechanism insures instantaneous action. It repeatsautomatically until the machine runs down or is stopped.

Sample, prepaid to dealers anywhere, $1.50 (Standardor Home). Retail price, $2.25. Usual discount to thetrade. Positively Guaranteed or Money Refunded.

THE EDISONIA COMPANYNew and Halsey Sts. NEWARK, N. J.

10 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

H. &. S. Horn Cranes

Can be used on any Standard, Home or Triumph Phonograph and will support

any style horn from 24 inches to 36 inches in length.

No. 5. As illustrated above, can be instantly applied without injuring theCabinet. Handsomely Nickel Plated and Polished. Price $2.50

No. 7. As illustrated above, handsomely Copper Plated and Lacquered. Price 3.00

No. 6. Similar to Nos. 5 and 7, base being made plainer and Japanned, topNickel Plated and Polished. Price . 1.50

No. 4. Same style top as illustrated above, base screws to back of Cabinet.Price 1. 2,1

FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS AND JOBBERS IN PHONOGRAPHS

TRADE

See that this trade mark is on the package, it is a guarantee ofgenuineness.

We manufacture Horns, Stands, Cranes, Record Cases, MachineCases, Needles, Springs and all kinds of goods known as TalkingMachine Supplies.

Hawthorne & Sheble Mig. Co.Maseller and Oxford Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 11

as a seven-inch, and a seven-inch running aslong as the present 14 -inch record? Both are inhand,- and we will show the trade a few newthings before long that will make you all situp anu take notice."

Quality is the supreme attribute, after all, oftalking machine goods. A gentleman who hadbeen abroad for several years said this fact wasbecoming more emphatic every season. As aninstance of this, he cited that the cheap Germanrecord had flooded entire Europe, and in conse-quence the public is demanding a better grade-and are willing to pay a higher price. "And,"continued the speaker. "the same is true here.For example, of conditions in Europe I mightsay that two years ago there were only threeEdison dealers in the German empire. Now there.are 5,000, all under signed agreement. The ma--chines are imitated, of course, but they resemblethe genuine goods in appearance only, for theydo not 'test out.' Our German friends takeeverything but Edison's name."

Speaking of appropriating Mr. Edison's name,in South and Central American countries everytalking machine store is designated "Edison'stores, whether or no. The National PhonographCo. have discussed means for putting a stop tothe misleading practice.

Talent is being tied up, not only here but inEurope. Those in a position to know, believerecord making of the real kind will be restrictedto comparatively a few firms, and they will com-mand the best in singers, talkers and generalentertainers.

One of the striking things in the charming re-.ception room of Fritzi Scheff, the comic operaprima donna, is a large -size disc talking ma-chine, and when she was asked why is that, re-plied: "Oh, that is for me when I am lazy.Everyone gets lazy now and then, and I get thereoftener. When I am too tired to do my real half

-hour's work at the piano I just turn the crackon that and let Caruso stir me up to the rightpitch. And when I have gathered the enthusiasmof his voice I get to work myself and come backto duty."

While strolling down Broadway the other dayThe World came across two of the old-time talk-ing machine men in the persons of L. Kaiser,

TENof our original trade bring-

ing schemes for TalkingMachine dealers,

for One DollarIf you don't like them send

them back and we will re-turn the dollar.

Or, in order to show youour confidence in our un-paralleled business increas-ers, we will send you a samplescheme without charge.

Write to -day.

0. W. Eckland & Co.,128 Dearborn Street, Chicago, HI.

who is known to dealers not only in GreaterNew York, but throughout the country, and Mr.Lewis who holds forth for the Columbia. Evi-dently the talking machine business has thehappy knack of making the talking machine menseem younger every time you meet them. Theyapparently take life easy, although there are noharder working men in any industry in thiscountry.

"While our foreign trade is increasing amaz-ingly it is evident that our methods of doingbusiness could be improved greatly to our advan-tage," remarked the head of the export depart-ment. "In a way we make records which webelieve should sell in the Latin-American coun-tries, and have a list which is recorded on thespot, but much more could be done were we totake a leaf out of the book of our Europeancompeers. They work the export trade for allIt is worth in every way, shape and form. WeAmericans are prone to having things our ownway-wait for people to come to us. This policyis all right in some instances,.but not for talk-ing machines, etc. Our prices are stiff, our sell-ing terms far from conciliatory, and our eager-ness to do business, excepting as suits us, onlytoo apparent. Perhaps these tactics may bechanged, but not so long as the domestic trade isin its present attractive condition."

Dealers who are reproducing the words ofcopyrighted songs should know they invite alawsuit for infringement. The lyric is acquiredby the publisher at the same time the melodyis assigned, the two going together. Publisherswhose rights are invaded by the thoughtless orpoorly informed in the talking machine trade inthis regard may commence proceedings againstviolators that may prove anything but comforta-ble. Record manufacturers have been urgedto print the words of songs reproduced, buthave peremptorily declined on the ground ofpossible legal complications. Therefore dealerswould be wise to bear this in mind.

DEATH OF MRS. L. F. GEISSLER.

The Talking Machine World regrets to learnof the unexpected and sudden death on the 2d inst.of Mrs. L. F. Geissler, the beloved and estimablewife of L. F. Geissler, general sales manager ofthe Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden. N. .JMr. Geissler was in New York City on specialbusiness when the sad event occurred, and wasapprised of the fact by wire. Their son, Fred.mar^,r'.7 iviacntne Co., of Chicago,started East immediately to attend the funeral ofhis mother. The World extends its heartfelt sym-pathy to the Messrs. Geissler in this their hourof bereavement.

Additions to the factory facilities and recordmaking department of the National PhonographCo. at Orange, N. J., are now finished and beingfitted up with the required machinery. The twobuildings, one of which is three stories, 125 feetfront, 350 feet long, and the other one story, cov-ering about the same area, are of solid cement.When in full operation they will double the com-pany's capacity.

March business has started off with a swing.and the Eclipse Phonograph Co., of Hoboken,N. .J., are certainly making the most of this im-proved state of affairs. They are having an enor-mous demand for their new style Morning Gloryhorns, and aver that the new Edison GrandOpera records have boosted this end of the busi-ness wonderfully.

Leeds & Catlin Co. will put out about 200 titlesin their first limit of cylinder records which thecompany was expecting to have ready aboutMarch 1, the masters being completed some timesince. The numi'ers will include popular selections,serious, classic and sacred music and "talkers."--

The Magnum Novelty Co., horn manufacturersin a small way at 1848 Lexington avenue, NewYork, have closed out at that address.

VERIFYING CONSULAR INVOICES.(Special to the Talking Machine World.)

Washington, D. C., March 1O, 1906.Importers of talking machines, specialties,

supplies, etc., will be interested in the amend-ment of consular regulations promulgated by theTreasury Department tinder date of March 5,1906, as follows:

"678. Purchased Goods, Where Certified.-In-voices of merchandise purchased for export tothe United States must be produced for certifica-tion to the consul of the district at which themerchandise was purchased, or in the district inwhich it was manufactured, but as a rule con-sular officers shall not require the personal at-tendance at his office of the shipper, purchaser,manufacturer, owner, or his agent, for the pur-pose of making declarations to invoices, but heshall certify invoices sent to him through themails or by messenger. To conform to the stat-ute which requires that merchandise shall beinvoiced at the market value or wholesale priceof such merchandise as bought and sold in usualwholesale quantities at the time of exportationto the United States, in the principal markets ofthe country whence imported, consuls will cer-tify to invoices, the additional cost of transpor-tation from the place of manufacture to the placeof shipment whenever the invoice is presented tobe consulated in a country other than the onefrom which the merchandise is being directlyexported to the United States.

"680. Invoice and Declaration to be Verified.-When the invoice and declaration are receivedby the consul, it is his duty to examine carefullyeach item and satisfy himself that it is true andcorrect. In aid of this examination it shall bethe duty of such consular officer to confer withofficial chambers of commerce and other trade or-ganizations in his district, and he shall reportany and all written communications from suchcommercial bodies and trade organizations thatmay be submitted to him in writing, togetherwith all schedules of prices furnished him offi-cially for that purpose; and the consul is author-ized, in his discretion, to call for the bills ofsale of merchandise purchased for export to theUnited States; to inquire into the cost of pro-duction of merchandise not obtained by pur-chase; to demand samples; and, if the condi-tions require it, to examine the entire consign-ment. Whenever an invoice is offered for certi-fication which covers consolidated shipmentsconsisting of the productions of different manu-facturers, the consul may demand the submis-bie. r.f the manufacturer's bills relating thereto.Even when the merchandise ha: been purchasedfor export and the invoice sets out truly theprice paid, the consul should ascertain whetherthe price represents the market value of thegoods."

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TRADE NOTES FROM THE WEST.Healy Music Co. Expansion-Herriman With

Columbia Co.-Cable Company to HandleTalking Machines-G. W. Nisbett Still Fight-ing for Lower Freight Rates.

(Special to The Review.)World Office, 195 Wabash avenue,

Chicago, III., March 10, 1906.The announcement that the Victor Talking

Machine Co. had retired from the premium ma-chine business is causing real rejoicing amongmany of the friends of the company and itsproduct here, as they feel that it simply fur-nishes renewed evidence of the chronic high-gradism of the great corporation in every re-spect.

The Healy Music Co. have not only added afull line of American recoras but will also ex-ploit the new Hawthorne-Sheble specialties aswell.

One of the most perfect and delightful violinrecords on the market, according to one of ourlocal dealers, is the Traumerei record of theAmerican Record Co.

Hillman's department store will shortly havea greatly increased talking machine department,and moreover will go into the instalment planof selling goods which they have not attemptedbefore. Moreover they are going to handle theColumbia graphophones and records very ex-tensively and will job them as well.

A. R. Tearney, the manager of the depart-ment, is an experienced, capable talking machineman, and people in the trade predict great thingsfor Hillman's as soon as the larger plans areplaced fully into effect.

A. D. Herriman. formerly with Siegel. Cooper& Co., and Rotbschilds, is now in charge of theretail department at the Columbia main officehere, which is a distinct step up for the hand-some young talking machine man. 0. J. Junge,whom Mr. Herriman succeeds, has returned tohis old home, Omaha, to take charge of thebusiness of his father, who is in ill health.

J. W. Bentley. a young man of wide businessexperience, is now assistant to 0. W. Eckland.manager of the Columbia's Chicago instalmentdepartment.

G. S. Hobb, 11033 Michigan avenue, which isin Roseland, one of Chicago's southern suburbs,is doing a wonderfully successful talking ma-chine business, handling all machines and con-stantly carrying a stock of 10,000 or 12,000

records.John H. Dorian, assistant general manager

of the Columbia Phonograph Co., and E. C.

Plume, who manages their wholesale depart-

ment here in Chicago, are both Nobles of theMystic Shrine and will join the pilgrimage ofthat organization to Los Angeles, Cal., in May.They will also take advantage of the opportunityto visit the company's Pacific Coast branches.

R. M. Townsend, manager of the order de-partment of the Columbia's branch here, has re-turned from a visit to Texas, where he actedas best man at his brother's wedding.

AV. W. Parsons is arranging for an espe-cially fine display of Columbia Commercial dicta-tion graphophones at the Office Appliance andBusiness System Show which opens at the Coli-seum on March 17.

C. W. Noyes, secretary of the Hawthorne &Sheble Mfg. Co., and western representative ofthe American Record Co., has returned from avisit to the factories at Philadelphia and Spring-field, and is again greeting his friends at hisoffice and salesrooms at 205-207 American Ex-press building, 185 Dearborn street.

By the way, the Hawthorne & Sheble Mfg.Co. have made arrangements for a factory withina block of the American Graphophone Co., atBridgeport, Conn. In this factory they willmake horns and accessories for the AmericanGraphophone Co. only. It is a four-story build-ing and equipped in a modern manner through-out.

The news of the month in talking machine cir-cles is that the Cable Company have definitely de-cided to embark in the talking machine business.This is the most important step of this kind thathas been announced for a long while, inasmuchas the prestige enjoyed in the music trade by theCable Company, and their remarkably well or-ganized distributive system, as well as their per-fectly managed retail department, will serve tomake them a power in the trade. It is a littleearly to talk about the lines to be handled, al-though it is believed that on his recent visit tothe East, Retail Manager Joseph T. Leimert ar-ranged for the Victor and Edison machines andrecords. The American records will also behandled.

The talking machine department will occupyhandsomely fitted up quarters, with special rec-ord rooms, etc., on the third floor of the greatCable building at the southeast corner of Jacksonboulevard and Wabash avenue, and will be in theimmediate charge of J. W. Harrison, a wellknown and experienced talking machine man, for-merly manager of the Columbia Phonograph Co.'sbranch at Indianapolis, and for the past year incharge of the Cable Company's electric piano de-partment. The new department will open insomething like sixty days, and from the fact thatMr. Leimert is reported to have just placed or -

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ders for a couple of commercial automobiles,which will not be of a character adapted topianos, it may be predicted that a special deliveryservice which will be an eye-opener to the talkingmachine business will be inaugurated.

Arthur D. Geissler, manager of the TalkingMachine Co., has been suddenly called to NewYork on account of the death of his mother,the wife of Louis F. Geissler, manager of theVictor Co.

G. W. Nisbett, manager of the National Phono-graph Co., is now in St. Louis attending themeeting of one of the freight classifying com-mittees arguing in the interests of reducedfreight rates for the entire talking machine industry.

C. L. Hibbard, .general superintendent of thecommercial department of the Edison NationalPhonograph Co., in New York, has come to Chicago to exploit the Edison commercial dictationmachine at this end.

This has been a wonderful year with the Edi-son machines, and the inventory just completedby the Chicago office of the National PhonographCo. shows the biggest business in the history ofthe company.

Lyon & Healy are having a remarkable busi-ness in their talking machine department, andalso on their now famous "Softertone" needles.

JAMES F. COX'S INVENTION.A Talking Machine That Will Work in Unison

With a Moving Picture Machine-His De-scription of the Device.

James Fillimore Cox recently gave an exhibi-tion at the Hotel Hudson, Nyack, N. Y., of arecent invention of his-a talking machine whichis so arranged that it can work in unison with amoving picture machine and run without atten-tion on the part of the operators. After produc-ing a print on which was a plan of his machinein actual size, the inventor described it in acomprehensive manner. To his machine there isattached what Mr. Cox calls a repeater, so thatone can hear the same selection played as oftenas the request is made to the operator, whiletrying to entertain a house party. only in thiscase there is no operator, as a baby may start itand the machine will continue to play and changethe time and speed to suit the selection beingPlayed. This Mr. Cox accomplishes by means ofa magazine on which a dozen standard recordsare placed. Any ordinary Columbia or Edisonrecord will fit this machine, as it is made stand-ard, and therefore avoiding any trouble whateverin securing new selections at any time and place.

The magazine is so arranged as to have onlyone record revolve at once, and immediatelyafter this selection has been finished the ma-chine can very easily make an electrical contactat this point and cause an instantaneous changeof selection without the machine even stopping.

The question was put to Mr. Cox as to whetherthere was a similar machine on the market, towhich he answered in the affirmative, but saidthat they have met with no success. The reasonfor this is that they possess such intricate partsand are so complicated that they have lacked inmerit, and this has naturally brought the pricevery high.

"I would like to have it understood." said he,"that my machine is the result of a second at-tempt, as I first built what I term an automaticelectric phonograph, which was also too compli-cated and too near like my predecessor's. I

quickly convinced myself that I would have toadvance on new and different lines of construc-tion, which I immediately did."

In last month's issue of The World referencewas made to the dismissal by Judge Platt of thesuit of the National Phonograph Co. against theAmerican Gramophone Co., in which it was statedthat the costs of the suit were assessed on the de-fendant company. This is an error, for as amatter of fact the costs were taxed against andpaid by the National Phonograph Co.

The Healy Music Co., Chicago, have put in atalking machine department. They are handlingthe Zono-phone.

14 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

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The rapid growth of our business made these improvements abso-lutely necessary.

Our Increased Facilities permit the carrying of

One=Quarter of a Million Edison Records alone,

as well as enabling us to carry a larger stock of Cabinets, CarryingCases, Horns, Supplies and Accessories for the Phonograph.

Our Increased Stock will make it possible to fill orders completelyand promptly, and overcoming the annoyance of short shipments due tothe present shortage of stock, over which we have had no control.

Our absolute confidence in the future of the Talking Machine Busi-ness is demonstrated by these improvements and the additional capitalinvestment necessary.

The present enormous demands upon the manufacturers for goods,and their inability to cope with the situation indicates that the businessis on a permanent basis, and we predict it to be only in its infancy.

We urge dealers to follow our example-A larger stock means moresales.

The most comprehensive stock of Edison and Victor Machines andRecords in the world.

Our display of Record Cabinets is absolutely unequaled-A visit toour salesroom will more than verify the above statements.

N. B.-Douglas Scratchless Needles reduced to 5 cents each 50 cents per Dozen.

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 15

IMPORTANT DECISION HANDED DOWN.

United States Circuit Court of Appeals HandsDown Decision Restraining the NationalPhonograph Co. from Selling InstrumentsWithin the State of New York.

The United States Circuit Court of Appeals onThursday last affirmed the decision of the UnitedStates Circuit Court granting to the New YorkPhonograph Co. an injunction restraining theNational Phonograph Co. from selling phono-graphs and supplies within the State of New

York. The decision, which is very brief, alsocalls for an accounting. The particulars of thislitigation, which go back to 1901, appeared atthe time of the suit in the lower courts, in TheWorld. and is the common property of the trade.1.te decision follows:

"United States Circuit Court of Appeals for theSecond Circuit, before Townsend and Coxe, Cir-cuit Judges, and Holt, District Judge. Appealfrom decree of the United States Circuit Courtfor the Southern District of New York grantingan injunction and accounting.

"Per Curiam.-The court below, in its opinions,has clearly and exhaustively discussed all thequestions which appear to be material to the dis-position of this case. The arguments advancedon this appeal have received the considerationdemanded by the importance of the case and themagnitude of the issues involved. We fail tofind, however, any error in the reasoning or theconclusions on which the decree is founded, andwe, therefore, deem it unnecessary to add any-thing to the opinion of the court below, in whichwe concur, and on which the decree should beaffirmed with costs."

The business of the National Phonograph Co.will in no way be curtailed or interfered withby the above decision.

THE 0. K. HOUCK CO. CONCERT.

The Victor Appears as Soloist in Second Partof Programme With Great Success.

At the first anniversary concert given by the0. K. Houck Piano Co., of Nashville, Tenn., atthe Ryman Auditorium, that city, March 5, anumber of notable artists appeared and inter-preted a programme of rare interest. The secondsection of the well -arranged programme consist-ed of selections from leading vocal artists of theworld, given on the Victor machine, which wascontrolled for the evening by David C. Erskine,who gave evidence of thorough acquaintance withthe mechanism of the Victor. The records used

were clear and strong and the selections givenwere remarkably fine reproductions of the tonesof the human voice, the numbers being clearlyheard in all portions of the large auditorium.About 3,500 people were present at the concert.which was one of the social events of the season.

TALKING MACHINE SUPERSEDES

Many Other Musical Instruments in the Affec-tions of the People-Some Interesting Factsin This Connection from New Haven.

Commenting upon the enormous increase in thetalking machine busiuess in New Haven, Conn.,anu vicinity, the Saturday Chronicle says: "Theuniversal use of the phonograph has had a resultthat was foreseen by some people, and that is theabandonment of the smaller instruments of musicto the professionals alone. There is a certainmusically -inclined family in New Haven whoused to, among themselves, play the violin, man-dolin, piccolo and guitar, simply for their ownamusement, and all furnished some excellentamusemeut. Now the instrumeuts lie unheededand untouched. One of the boys told me why.He played the banjo very well, and when a newpiece of music came out he would get it andpractice it until perfect. Now they have a phono-graph, and when he wants music he purchasesthe record and enjoys it immediately, with allthe rest of the family. It is due to the grapho-phone and kindred instruments that many pri-vate music teachers have seen their pupils dis-appear, who formerly made a very acceptable ad-dition to their income. Down at the railroadbuilding is a young clerk getting eight dollars aweek, who has had as high as 35 pupils onstringed instruments, netting him a handsomeincome, evenings, who now doesn't have pupilsenough to keep him in cigarettes."

THE PHONOGRAPH AS COMPOSER.

Many and varied are the uses to which thephonograph has been put. We read that a Mr.Howard, although a composer, is unable to reada note. So when he has an inspiration, musical-ly, he gets out his phonograph, which he alwayscarries in his trunk, and records the music fromthe piano. The cylinder is then given to a tran-scriber and the music written. He then has itplayed by a note reader, and any correction madeif necessary. The music is then ready for thewords. In this way Mr. Howard has given to thepublic "Hello, My Baby," "Good-bye, My LadyLove," and other songs which have struck thepublic's fancy with equal force. While on the

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road this season Mr. Howard has found time tocompose nineteen selections, including sixteensongs, with the aid of the phonograph.

HEARING THE "TALKER" BY WIRE.

How Friends in Minnesota Entertained EachOther by a Long Distance Telephone.

Wonderful things nowadays are so plentifulthat they seem almost common. It is only whenwe stop to think and to make comparisons withthe past that we realize in what a wizard agewe live. The other evening one of our well-known citizens, who has, in common with manyothers, become a devotee of the perfected phono-graph, and who has a very well selected collec-tion of records, entertained some relatives in an-other town with phonograph selections, says theRed Wing (Alinn.) Republican. The long dis-tance telephone was called into service, and thesweet music was transmitted over the wire muchto the delight of the distant listeners.

PETITION DISMISSED.

Writ Denied in Case of Mrs. Lander vs. A. C.Stilphen, of Gardiner.

(Special to The Talkine Machine World.)Augusta, Me., March 10, 1906.

Justice A. M. Spear, of the Supreme Court,handed down a decision Friday iu the case ofMrs. Edna Lander, of Gardiner, versus A. C.Stilphen, a Gardiner attorney, as clerk of theNew England Phonograph Co., a Maine corpora-tion.

The plaintiff, through her attorney, Hon. Geo.W. Heselton, of Gardiner, applied for a writ ofmandamus to compel the clerk of the corporationto permit the plaintiff, a stockholder in the cor-poratiou, to examine the books and records of thecorporation, for the purpose of learning the num-ber of shares of stock held by various persons,and such other information regarding the opera-tion of the company's business as she might seefit. A hearing was held before Judge Spear Janu-ary 28 last, and at the conclusion of the testimonyMr. Stilphen filed a writ to dismiss the petitionof the plaintiff.

A VALUABLE ACQUISITION.

The Columbia Phonograph Co. have secured avaluable acquisition to their list of singers inMiss Ruth Vincent, who is termed the leadingstar of English light opera. She made her debutin "The Yeomen of the Guard" in London, andafterward spent considerable time studying withKlein and Bouhy. She made her debut in NewYork in "The Medal and the Maid" in 1903, andreturned to a greater triumph in "Veronique," inwhich she is now touring. Her voice is a puresoprano of great range and beautiful quality.Her method is notable for its ease, and her stylefor its refinement, brilliancy and charm. Herintonation is faultless, and she is in every re-spect an artist in the truest sense of the word.Her contract with the Columbia Co. is exclusive.

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16 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

WRITES PHONOGRAPHICALLY.

Toe Latest Fad of Yvette Guilbert Is Destinedto be Copied by the Leaders in the Musicaland Dramatic Worlds.

Yvette Guilbert. she of the old-time nanghtyBoulevard chansons. who has recently retnrnedto show New Yorkers that the chanson is notalways nanghty. hates pen and ink. Their usetires her and soils her pink fingers. She hasdisclosed her secret method of correspondence.The phonograph does it all. Every day sheships to her mother in Paris three records fullof her day's observations. And similarly whenthe expressman comes with three records fromher parent, she inserts them in her phonograph,sets it whirring. and sits by while she hearsfrom that -dear old Paris." She has enlargedher plan to take in bright bits from the plays ofher friends among the stage -folk. So now shecan entertain a party with an afternoon ofBarrymore, Leslie Carter, Dave Warfield andothers, with tea and biscuits on the side.

PHONOGRAPHS NOT TOYS.

A Recent Ruling by the Board of General Ap-praisers That Is of Interest.

(Special to the Talking Machine World.)Washington, D. C., March 10. 1906.

Marshall Field & Co. protested against theassessment of duty by the Chicago Collector ofCustoms, contending that certain phonographswere dutiable as toys nnder paragraph 418 ofthe tariff act. The Board of General Appraisersin a decision handed down Feb. 27, 1906, re-fused to allow the claim, by saying: "No evi-dence was offered by the importers. The sam-ple forwarded by the collector, while of cheap':onstrnction. is apparently not a mere toy, andthe records which are used in it are of the ordi-nary size and character. In the absence of anyevidence showing that the articles are cowmen

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cially bonght, sold and known as toys, we holdthat the assessment of duty complained of wascorrect."

RULING ON NEEDLES.

A protest by William Tonk & Bro. Co., Chi-cago, against an assessment on an importationof talking machine needles, was overruled bythe Board of General Appraisers Feb. 27. Intheir decision, No. 6,215, the Board held thatneedles of the kind were dutiable at 40 per cent.ad valorem plus one quarter of a cent a pound,as manufactures of steel not specially providedfor under paragraph 165.

COPYRIGHT CONFERENCE THIS WEEK.Nathan Bnrkan, attorney for the Special Com

mittee of prominent New York publishers whoattended the copyright conference in Washing.ton. D. C., which opened in the CongressionalLibrary Tuesday, the 14th, had prepared addi-tional suggestions to be considered in connectionwith the protection of music, not only in sheetand book form, but also from a reproductivepoint of view. On the broad qnestion of a newbill, the connsellor said: "Should this bill be-come a law, of which I have not the slightestdoubt, the music pnblishing business will be in abetter condition than ever before. This measurewill be the means of running out the irrespon-sible concerns, and when it comes to negotiatingwith the manufacturers of perforated music rollsand talking machine records the composer ofreal merit and standing will find their positiongreatly improved. It is impossible to saywhether Congress will reach the bill, shonld itbe whipped into shape in time, which is alsoproblematical. The conference in Washingtonthis week has a lot of work before it. Shoulda proper revision of the present copyright stat-ute be agreed npon it may be considered nosmall accomplishment, both from a legal as wellas a lay standpoint." R. L. Thomae, with theVictor Talking Machine Co.. was also present.

The title of the official bulletin (No. 10, "sec-ond print"), 'relating to the bill, is "Memoran-dum Draft of a Bill to Amend and Consolidatethe Laws Respecting Copyright." It is datedMarch 2. and covers 48 printed pages, brief size.

Among those who will be heard by the HouseCommittee on Patents will be Mark Twain.Chairman Cnrrier says no day has been fixedfor his appearance. but he expects that it willbe a gala occasion. Recently he appeared beforea committee of the House of Commons on thesame snbject and proved so entertaining a wit-ness that the committee kept him on the standthe entire day.

DENHAM CO.'S BIG LINE.

The line of disc machines shown by the EdwinA. Denham Co., 31 Barclay street, New York.comprise abont a hundred of all sizes, whichthey desire to close out at practically cost. Thegoods are of foreign manufacture and very at-tractive. The company claim they are in a posi-tion to import cylinder machines for the tradeat a low price, and carry a heavy stock forquick shipment. They also have on hand a largeqnantity of pure aluminum horns, spnn in onepiece. that are especially adapted for low -pricecylinder machines of any make. Another spe-cialty is a cylinder phonograph with the tonearm. Something new and novel is a combina-tion recording and reproducing machine, withcabinet and a pretty wooden base. the metalparts being snbstantially made and neatly nick-eled.

J. Chas. Groshut, general manager of the com-pany. retnrned recently from a very successfulwestern trip, booking a number of big ordersfrom the regular talking machine and musictrades.

Herr Loewe, of the Bera Co.. Berlin, Germany,who has been in this country for several monthsendeavoring to market the records of his con-cern and also a composition for making thesame, sailed for Europe last week. His fond-ness for oysters occasioned no little fun for thetrade when in New York.

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John Swem Inventor of Attachment for WhichRemarkable Things Are Claimed in the Wayof Sound as Applied to Talking Machines.

(Special to The Talking Machine World.)Colorado City, Col., March 8, 190G.

John Swem, of this city, has perfected a devicewhich increases the volume of sound of the ordi-nary record considerably more than double. "Thevolume of sound," said Mr. Swem, "can be in-creased so that the human voice can be heardmore than a mile away. A record no larger thanthose in use on an Edison phonograph can bemade to give forth every note of music played bya brass band as much louder than the band playedthe piece, as may be desired. A speaker's voicecan be heard clearly and distinctly in the largestauditorium."

In support of his claims, Mr. Swem produceda record upon which he had been experimenting,and placed it in an Edison phonograph. Whenthe machine was set in motion the words, "Mod-ern inventions have revolutionized the world,"came out clearly and distinctly in an ordinarytone, but when he applied his device to the in-strument, the sound came forth as if uttered bya giant, so that in the small room it was almostdeafening.

Mr. Swem will immediately apply for a patent,as he feels assured it will meet with a readysale to the manufacturers of phonographs, as itwill be in public demand.

EDISON GRAND OPERA RECORDS.

The grand opera records issued by the NationalPhonograph Co. are in great demand, and reportsfrom dealers everywhere state that they are animmense success. Dealers at first were a littlecareful in ordering, but the demand is now in-creased to such proportions that there is no ques-tion but a big business will be transacted withthese latest products of the National Phonograph

Co. The second issue of the ten Edison grandopera records will be in April, and will be bythe same artists as sang the first list. It hasbeen decided not to issue these records morefrequently than once every three months, thedates for 1906 being as follows: May 1, August 1and November 1. Steps are now being taken to-ward having Edison grand opera records madeby other noted singers.

VICTOR CO. EXPLAIN DELAY

In Shipments of Records-Demand Exceededthe Most Sanguine Expectations-WorkingDay and Night-Erecting New Plant ThatWill Insure All Demands Being Met.

Leon F. Douglass, vice-president of the VictorTalking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., has justsent out the following communication to Victordealers:

"We believe an explanation of our inabilityto supply the demand for records is due to ourdistributers and dealers. Before reducing theprice on records, we took precautions to workup to a capacity double the demand for records.You will recall we estimated that the reductionwould double the demand; instead of onlydoubling it, it has increased it four times. Not-withstanding we had double the capacity whenwe made the change, we had previously ordered-at an expense of $100,000-sufficient machineryto enable us to turn out four times the quantityof records for which there was a demand lastfall. This machinery has just commenced com-ing in, and in the near future, our capacity willbe above the present demand.

"We just completed a power plant last fallwhich we thought would take care of our in.crease for the next two years. We have alreadybeen obliged to abandon this plant-which costus $50,000-tear down four buildings and havestarted up a new plant far beyond what wethought we would need in the next five yearsso that we can surely promise you full relief in

the near future. Temporarily, we are workingnight and day with our present plant, thoughunder some difficulties, as a great many girlsare employed in this work who object to goinghome late at night. To overcome this, we havebeen obliged to get carriages to take them home.I only speak of this small incident to show youthat everything is being done that can possiblybe done-regardless of expense-to take care ofthis enormous unlooked for increase, and wetrust that distributers and dealers will be aspatient as possible under the circumstances."

PRICES REDUCED,

The reduction of prices on Leather Post Cardsfrom $3.70 to $3.10 per hundred, announced byThe Risley -Bird Ilfg. Co., will enable dealers tomake a profit of $6.90 per hundred. On trialorders an assortment of 67 styles is sent witheach hundred, and the name of the dealer's townstamped on each card without any extra charge.These leather cards are quick sellers and sincesofa pillow covers made with them have becomea fad they are moving much more rapidly.

Any further information will be sent on re-quest by The Risley -Bird Mfg. Co., 94 Fifth ave-nue, New York.

HAWTHORNE & SHEBLE VERY BUSY.

Hawthorne & Sheble Manufacturing Co. reportthe sales of their talking machine cranes assteadily increasing, and as the United StatesPatent Office have allowed them very broadclaims for letters patent they are largely in-creasing their facilities to manufacture so asto be able to supply the growing market. Thesecranes are now on sale in every large city inthe United States, as well as in foreign coun-tries.

John Rose, who purchased the talking machinebusiness of Harry Jackson at 219 Bowery, NewYork. with various branch stores, has removedthe jobbing business to Astoria.

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TRADE NOTES FROM CINCINNATI.

An Interesting Chat With Rudolph Wurlitzer,Jr., Who Speaks of the Educational and En-joyable Features of the Talking Machine-New Department at Wurlitzer's-The Valueof Association.

(Special to The Talking Machine World.)Cincinnati, 0., March 10, 1906.

Rudolph Wurlitzer, Jr., of the firm of RudolphWurlitzer Co., agents for the Victor and Edisontalking machines in Cincinnati and vicinity,spoke very interestingly on the general scope,usefulness and future of those instruments,when seen by the World representative the otherday. From an educational standpoint the talk-ing machine will, in the estimation of Mr.Wurlitzer, assume a distinct stand. It offersto persons who have neither means to attendconcerts of good music, nor ability to playupon an instrument, the opportunity to becomefamiliarized with high-class selections and thepersonal interpretations of the best instrumentaland vocal artists. The advance of the Victortalking machine in the way of producing high-class records, Mr. Wurlitzer considered remark-able and praiseworthy. The Edison machinesmove along more utilitarian lines. Within thenext few weeks the Wurlitzer Company will es-tablish an exhibit of the Edison machines, giv-ing language lessons on a graded scale. Thesemachines have, as is well known, already beenestablished at West Point and Annapolis.

The talking machine business is increasing atsuch a pace that the Wurlitzer firm will estab-lish a new department entirely separating whole-sale from retail. The third floor of the newstore will be given over to the wholesale lineof the talking machines under the direction ofMr. Dietrich, while Mr. Strief will attend tothe retail in the basement of the store, whichis fitted up with a series of sound proof booths.The purely commercial advantages of the phono-graphs and talking machines obtain but slowrecognition in this vicinity.

Speaking of the advantages expected to ac-crue from the newly formed association of talk-ing machine jobbers, Mr. Wurlitzer said in sub-stance, that each member of the association wasbonded in the sum of $500 to maintain the agree-ments decided on. These mainly concern uni-form rates to jobbers and dealers, matters con-cerning the delivery of records to the public ona certain specified day, irrespective of actualdate of reception, and an effort to obtain therecords at stated periods from the original com-panies, in such fashion that the express charges,which are enormous on records, would not ab-sorb all the profits thereof. Mr. Wurlitzer didnot detail the manner of this arrangement, butstated the amount of express charges paidmonthly by his company in an effort to obtainrecords in time to offer to the public. The sumthus disbursed amounted to a handsome figure.

PLATING DISC RECORDS.

Some Suggestions in This Connection from aMan Who Has Been Through the Mill.

iThe probable cause of metal disc records not

being on the market is the great expense ofmaterial, according to an English talking ma-chine man, who suggests that with little troubleit will be easy to copper -plate composition rec-ords, and so make them practically everlasting.It seems almost impossible to wear them out.The only drawback is the needle requires chang-ing every time instead of every two or threetimes. "I suggest," he said, "a smooth 7 -inchfirst, and choose a record with a deep wide cut.If instructions below are followed, any one cando them successfully, as I have done."

See that face of record is free from grease,sprinkle face with powdered plumbago, polishwith a very soft camel's-hair brush till a brightpolish is obtained all over face. Great caremust be taken not to scratch record. Makea saturated solution of pure copper sulphate

(free from iron sulphate), add a little sulphuricacid, bring a length of wire from carbon of bat-tery, join to a copper plate; suspend in sulphatesolution; bring another wire from zinc of bat-tery. Make a loop thus . join throughcenter hole of record; bring wire out at back ofrecord; suspend it in solution, facing copperplate, about two inches apart.

An electrical deposit of copper is thus ob-tained, which in no way interferes with re-producing qualities of record. If desired a de-posit can be obtained all over by polishing allover with plumbago or block black -lead. In thiscase it is best to bring two wires from carbonof battery and suspend record between two cop-per plates. A bright deposit is thus obtained allover record, and deposit of copper is less likelyto chip off, as copper is practically all one pieceif done correctly. This method is similar tothat by which the original matrices -are made.

CLUB SCHEME FOR SELLING

Seems to Have Had Its Origin in England-What J. F. Greenwood, of Manchester, Saysin This Connection.

In a recent issue of The World reference wasmade to one of our subscribers, a dealer, havingadopted a club scheme for selling talking ma-chines. While the idea is not entirely universalin this country, it seems to have had its originin England, for J. T. Greenwood, of Bacup,Manchester, writes: "I have had similar clubsin operation for nearly three years, and theyhave been a great success. I run them on theforty weeks' system. If a subscriber requiresa £2 ($10) machine he pays is. (25c.) perweek; if he requires a £4 ($20) machine, 2s.(50c.) per week; a £5 ($25) machine, 2s. 6d.(72c.) per week, and so on, at the rate of is.(25c.) per week for every £2 ($10). If therewere twenty members in the club a draw wouldtake place every two weeks, and the subscriberwhose name was drawn would get his machineeven if it were a £5 ($25) one and he had onlypaid twice. So you see the English club goesone better than the American."

TAKES PLACE OF "SUPERS."

Beerbohm Tree Gives -Richard Ill." With DiscRecords of Armies in Fierce Fight.

A dispatch from London, England, says thatthe disc talking machine as a substitute for"supers" is the latest device which Beerbohm

Tree has introduced into his theater. By theuse of the machine Mr. Tree now supplies hissound effects.

In "Richard III." he had his entire companyrattle swords and chains before the instrument,and then used the discs in the theater. The ad-vantage of this method is that he always getsprecisely the same effect. The talking machinecompany grasping at once this new field for theuse of their instruments have secured records ofchimes, organs, pianos and violins to be used intheatrical productions.

The manufacturers have progressed so far thatb case of labor troubles with stage hands theycan supply a machine of immense size that willfurnish a complete selection of the music of theColdstream Guards Band almost as well as if theband itself were playing.

SPEECH IN A PHONOGRAPH.

President Underwood Talks by Proxy at ErieAssociation Dinner.

The Erie Railroad Association had its eleventhannual family dinner at the Hotel Savoy recent-ly, and 250 officers and men, ranging from vice-presidents to chief clerks, attended. They camefrom all over the United States to attend the din-ner, some from San Francisco, some from Bos-ton and others were represented from Portland,Me., and New Orleans. The representatives fromNew York filled the foreground.

F. D. Underwood, president of the road, wason his way to California, but that his voicemight be heard he had a little speech carefullypreserved in a phonographic record which waslet loose at the right moment.

The programme for the entertainment wasfull of surprises. An orchestra, for once cladin modern clothes, rendered the Erie anthem tothe tune of "John Brown's Body." It was fullof local hits and was heartily applauded.

A moving picture machine added to the amuse-ment. Pictures of the robbery of an expresstrain were displayed. To those not initiated, thecomments of the railroaders were not to be un-derstood. But it was very realistic and im-pressed everybody. One old man was observed toreach for his revolver when the robbers boardedthe car.

Langley & Winchell, one of Boston's big job-bers of talking machines, have opened an attrac-tive establishment at 35-37 Aborn street, Provi-dence, R. I., which is under the management ofJ. H. Magner.

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DEALERS and jobbers who are complainingabout the inability of manufacturers to fill

their orders more promptly should be fair intheir criticism. In the first place this industryhas shown a phenomenal increase. It has goneahead at a pace never equaled or approachedin any other trade. and when the manufacturersmade what they supposed were ample prepara-tions to take care of a reasonable amount oftrade, by making substantial additions to theirproductive capacity they felt that they had gonefar enough-at least as far as good judgmentand conservatism should permit them to go.

They did not dream of such a marvelous expan-sion, such an unceasing demand for productsfrom all quarters of the globe in such an unin-terrupted manner.

THEREFORE, it could not be reasonablyexpected that they could meet all of the

demands made upon them with just the same de-gree of promptitude which they would like. The

dealers should -understand that it is not the de-sire of manufacturers in the slightest to holdback orders. On the contrary they are workingday and night to take care of their trade, andif they are compelled, as they are in somecases. to parcel out their product here and thereby the partial filling of orders, they are doingthe best they can uuder the circumstances. Theyare, however, making preparations for an aug-mentation of output, but it takes time to enlargefactory facilities. All of these projected movesmay be made on paper in a very limited time.but to erect factory buildings and install thereinspecial machinery requires something more thana few sketches from the architects, particularlyin these days when we are coufronted with laborproblems in various forms. The question of

supplies is not an easy one, and patience shouldhe exercised by the dealers, some of whom havewritten us expressiug bitter disappointment re-garding the failure of manufacturers and job-bers to promptly fill their orders. They are util-izing all the means at their command to con-sistently take care of their trade.

THERE are no more progressive or ener-getic men to be found in any industry

than the one in which The World plays animportant part, and our readers should rest as-sured that there is no time or energy lost bythe manufacturers in trying to meet the situa-tion squarely, but it is beyond the power of mostof us to do just what we most desire at all times.There seems to be a steadily rising tide fortalking machines and supplies from everywhereon earth: and in another year the makers willbe better prepared to meet the growing demand,for growing it will be, for we belong to theoptimistic class, who believe that the talkingmachine industry is only in the first stages ofits development. The business will change. Newfeatures will be introduced, but it will not halt.It has far outgrown all predictions made for ityears ago, and it has done even more. It hasovercome public prejudices, and has now reachedthe dignity of an industry, and as will be shownby consulting our special reports, it is not onlyin America, but in all foreign countries thatthe talking machine exerts a powerful influence.

TRADE in all lines continues excellent, andthe business man who does not show ma-

terial advance this year with favorable conditionsalI around must at once figure that his policyis a wrong one, and he had better relegate it tothe scrap heap of an unhappy past, and dig upsome new theories as a substitute for the old.Business is good, and every dealer in this in-dustry should score excellent results. We havenotices in our travels some attractive linesof advertising prepared by local talking machinedealers, and we would suggest that all of ourreaders forward to The World marked copiesof their advertisemeuts which appear from timeto time, as it might prove an interesting featureto reproduce some of tnese with comments. Do

not fail to send us marked papers containingyour advertisement. We should like to knowwhat all of the people in this line are doing towin their share of trade.

THE window features should not be over-looked in the talking machine business

and right here we wish to say that window spacein many instances is not used to the best ad-vantage. We have seen the windows of num-bers of talkiug machine people filled with an un-attractive assortment of machines poorly dis-played, the whole scene presenting an unin-viting appearance which naturally has the ten-dency to repel rather than to attract trade. Whata refreshing contrast to step from such a storeinto one where every square foot of windowspace is used to the best possible advantage toattract trade. We have in mind, as such anillustration, one of the largest music tradehouses in the West, whose display we recentlyinspected. Instead of their windows being filedwith pianos, the proprietors had given the talk-ing machines and accessories the premier posi-tiou as nothing appeared in the window buttalkers, horns and records. The whole windowscheme was developed in an attractive manner,and thousands of people would stop to admirethe show, and at the same time the impressionwas left upon their minds that talking machineshave grown to be important factors in our mod-ern life.

WE saw another window wherein wasworked out a pretty home scene by hav-

ing figures seated in a room wherein a huge

talking machine was doing the entertaining.This was one of the cleverest forms of adver-tising and it attracted a vast deal of attention.The proprietor informed us that he consideredthat his investment in window space was worththousands of dollars to him. We mention thesefacts because it is constantly shown to us thatall of the dealers do not appreciate fully theadvantages which may accrue to them throughexcellent use of their window space.

AND while upon the subject it might notbe amiss to say a few words regarding the

qualities of salesmenship. The business is sonew that we have thus far developed a limitednumber only, of what we may term expert talk-ing machine salesmen, and yet the trade affordsgreat opportunities for bright, energetic youngmen who will make a study of the selling endof the business. and who will treat it as a pro-fession. Superficiality never counts for long inany line. It might be expected by those unin-formed that the talking machine would tell itsown story, so it does, but the story should besupplemented and reinforced by good, clever.convincing work on the part of the salesman.

THE salesman should learn something of thepossibilities of the talking machine, and

if he devotes his energies to the business in aconscientious manner, he will at once under-stand the necessity of acquiring a knowledge ofthe talking machine and its capabilities, forwhen we figure that to -day one hundred dollaroutfits are frequently sold it must at once beseen that it requires a good salesman to impressupon customers the excellence of those goods.He can best handle the situation by thoroughlyposting himself as to what the machines willdo. Learn the business thoroughly and then suc-cess will be nearer, and most of us like to be asclose to success as possible.

THERE is no section of the civilized worldthat The Talking Machine World does not

reach. The list of our foreign subscribers issteadily growing, particularly throughout SouthAmerican countries, Australia, Africa, India,Great Britain, France, Germany-in fact wher-ever talking machines are sold. Our advertisersare constantly sending in such letters as the fol-lowing. which we have just received from theStar Novelty Co., of Grand Rapids. Mich., inwhich they state: "Through our advertisiug inThe Talking Machine World we have receivedorders from England and continental countries,one coming from Paree, Java, Dutch Indies."

ZVT E cannot give the space to the reproduc-tion of the many kind things said by

advertisers and subscribers anent The World,but it is most gratifying to find that its armyof readers is steadily increasing throughout theglobe. The World has fairly demonstrated itsability to pose as a helpful adjunct to the in-dustry, and we ask the co-operation of ourreaders to make it better and broader by send-ing to us at any time matters which they desirediscussed in our columns. This publication isintended to be, in the truest sense. the forumof the talking machine industry, and there areno interests which should be neglected in theslightest, as a united industry means progressin every department. Let us all stand togetherfor the best interests of the talking machinetrade. It is worthy of splendid support on thepart of those interested in its promotion.

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 21

"TALKER" SUPPLANTING ORGANIn the Homes of the People, Says J. H. Estey,

of Organ and Piano Fame-Improvements inMachines and Discs Responsible.

The popularity of the talking machine in theUnited States is simply phenomenal, and busi-ness for the opening months of the present yearaffords further evidence that our dealers arewaking up to the great trade which may be donein these goods when properly demonstrated andpushed. According to .1. Harry Estey, head ofthe famous Estey Co., manufacturers of pianosand organs, the talking machine is seriouslyaffecting the popularity of the reed organ. Talk-ing on this subject some time ago he said:-You ask, what are some of the things thathave lately hurt the trade in reed organs?Well, I think the talking machine is a largerival. I do not care to assume too positive aposition on this point, but I believe my theorywill prove correct. I have been doing consid-erable automobiling this summer through theopen section of this part of the country, and myattention was attracted by the fact that inmany instances the talking machine suppliedthe musical wants ot the farmers' homes. Now,take into consideration the tremendous stridesthat are evident in the talking machine field,and you will see that this instrument is appealing to something more than the mere pass-ing fancy of the people. The new disc recordswith their superior tonal accomplishments areresponsible for this in the largest measure.Mind you, I by no means believe that the talking machine is going to make good for a greatlength of time as the supplier of family music,and yet I believe that it is doing so at presentin a much larger degree than we imagine. Howthe organ dealer is allowing this machine to besubstituted where he could make reed organsales is a matter I believe for his serious con-sideration."

HER VOICE SAVED FOR POSTERITY.

The voice of the dead was heard at the funeralof Miss Minnie Nelson, 1711 Kenmore avenue,says the Chicago American. Three weeks ago shesang "Nearer, My God, to Thee," into a phono-graph, and every tone of her beautiful sopranovoice was reproduced by the phonograph at herfuneral, causing her friends to comment on thestrange experience.

"Miss Nelson, who was a music teacher, waspossessed of a voice of unusual range. At a partyshe was induced to sing into a phonograph-asong, a pathetic ballad and finally the famous

hymn. The three songs were reproduced at once,and all present were amazed at the fidelity of thereproduction of every tone in the singer's voice.

"She was taken ill, and expired suddenly, andher funeral services were held yesterday. Afterthe funeral address, the phonograph softly repro-duced the song the girl had sung before theshadow of death fell upon her. All present whoknew of the circumstances were deeply affected."

A CAL. STEWART STORY

Brought to Light by Howard Taylor, Middle-ton-A Pleasing Reminder of the Dean ofTalking Machine Talent.

Howard Taylor Middleton, whose phono-graphic stories are well known to readers of TheWorld, in a recent communication, writes:

"Searching among a pile of old letters the otherday, I came across one from 'the grand old man'ot the talking machine talent. Cal. Stewart, whichI think will prove interesting to the readers ofThe World. There is probably no one man in thebusiness to -day who has created more good whole-some laughs than this gentleman, and while hisfield at the present time is restricted to one com-pany, his records are still greatly sought after.I was quite a youngster at the time this letterwas received, and, boylike, developed the hobbyof collecting autograph -photographs of my fa-vorites among the talking machine stars. Mr.Stewart was one to whom I wrote in this regard,and his kind answer to my request follows. Itcontains a clever little story, which I believe wasnever published before:

"'New York, Nov. 5, 189-."'Dear Sir-I am inreceipt of your favor of

the 2d, dated at Philadelphia, and I am verymuch pleased to know that my phonographstories have pleased yourself and friends. Still,at the same time, I am not egotistical enough tothink that I am such a famous personage that myautograph would be any great treasure. But asyou have asked for it, you shall have it. I amalso sending you by this mail my photo in char-acter and out of it, which I hope will reach youin good condition and find you in the best ofhealth and able to stand up to the rack and eatyour fodder. And now I want to tell you some-thing:

"'When I came down here to New York CityI allowed that while I was here I would get atooth pulled that was growling around for a spellback, so I went in to one of them tooth destractin'parlors and told the feller in there that I hadbeen waitin' a long time to get that old tooth

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out, for there had been times when it was prettyhard to have that tooth and be a Christian.

"Well, he pried open my mouth and put apatent derrick into it, and then he done somedrillin' that made me think he had worked in astone' quarry at some time in his life. Well,after he had prospected around for a while, hetold me that it was a pretty bad tooth andwould cause me considerable pain, and asked meif I would take gas. I told him that down inPunkin Centre where I lived we didn't knowmuch about gas, and if it was all the same to himhe could give me kerosene. t remain, sincerelyyours,

"I Signed) CA L. STEWART.'

HELPED TO FORGE WILL.

Peculiar Use of the Talking Machine Comes toLight in Hungary.

The talking machine has certainly been usedfor many strange purposes, but some recentfacts which came out in a will contest in Hun-gary afford further proof of its growing use inthe coats of law. It seems that Alois Szabo,the son of a wealthy peasant of Szegedin, Hun-gary, who died recently, was arrested on thecharge of forging a will by means of a talkingmachine. Shortly before the death of the fatherthe servants wei'e called into his room andheard a voice proceeding from the bed say:"I leave all my property to my eldest son.Alois, and my other children are to get nothing."As a verbal statement made by a testator, whenon the point of death, in the presence of wit-nesses, constitutes a valid will in Hungary, thisdisposition of the peasant's property was up-held in the courts.

A few days ago, however, Alois' mistress, withwhom he had quarreled, alleged in a talk withthe police that the voice the servants heard wasnot that of his father, but that Alois had spokenthe words into a phonograph. According to herhe had placed the instrument under the father'sbed, and when the old man had lost conscious-ness called the servants in and set it going.

AN EXCHANGE FOR RECORDSOn the Tabard Inn Plan Opened by an Enter-

prising Talking Machine Man in New York.

An enterprising retailer of talking machineson the west side of this city has opened anexchange for records. Since the withdrawal ofthe exchange system by the leading companieshe found that his sales were gradually fallingoff, due in a measure to the exchanging of rec-ords by his customers among themselves. Heat once applied the Tabard Inn system to hisbusiness, securing a quantity of used records fora base of supplies. By the purchase of a newrecord at least once a week, his patrons uponthe payment of five cents could secure the useof a used record for one week. He finds thathis sales have increased, and that he has morethan made himself good on the records that hehad regarded as dead stock.

MARIE HALL'S GOOD WORK.The Great Artiste Says Many Things in Favor

of the Talking Machine, of Which We AreMost Appreciative.

Marie Hall, the distinguished violiniste, whohas just returned to Europe after a successfultour of the United States, is an ardent admirerof the talking machine, and had good words tosay for it, no matter where she appeared through.out the country. As Marie Hall is an artist toher finger tips this commendation has helped inno small way to emphasize the artistic merits ofthe "talker." For instance, in several Westernpapers we notice that in the interviews she gavethe reporters she made the point that she hasa talking machine in her home in London whichplays many American airs, and plays them wellenough to please her. ;She has also paid tributeto the possibilities of the machine in most pleas-ing way, for all of which many thanks.

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PHILADELPHIA'S BUDGET OF NEWS.Trade Conditions Favorable-Fascination of the "Talker"-Additions to Victor Plant-John-

son's Enterprise-Magnetic Club's Experiment-Lewis Talking Machine Co.-The Phono-graph in Melodrama-Metropolitan Amusement Co. Organized-The News of the Month inDetail-Strawbridge & Clothiers' Clever Talking Point-It Sells Machines.

(Special to the Talking Machine World.)Philadelphia, March 12, 1906.

Trade conditions are reported favorable by localdealers, there being no question that trade thisspring is far better than a year ago; again thereare more people in the business and more talkingmachines in use, thus stimulating the demandfor records and other accessories.

The Musical Echo Co., with well furnishedparlors at 1339 Chestnut street, are carrying afull stock of Victor machines and records. Man-ager Bentley and his assistants are successfullyreaching out for high grade business.

"I think much of the success attending thetalking machine business can be attributed to thefascination it exerts over almost everyone hav-ing to do with the business," said a Chestnutstreet jobbers, to The World's representative."Music we know is pleasing to all and downrightfascinating to many; and, outside of its musicalfeature the talking machine is interesting .andinstructive as well as useful and valuable, be-cause of the many uses to which it can be put.As an invention it seems to me that it is entirelyin its infancy, wonderful as it is how far it hasalready advanced as a scientific, commercial andmere toy instrument, and what the future of itwill be time alone can tell. As a jobber I havethe greatest faith in the machine as a com-mercial commodity. Ile business of selling themis a clean, pleasant one-quite in a class by it-self so far as respectability and agreeableness isconcerned and it does not surprise me to seeso many going into it and meeting with excel-lent success."

Leon T. Carpenter, R. B. M. McIntyre andGeo. W. Booth, Philadelphians, together withWm. L. Casselman, Jr., of Camden, N. J.,have or-ganized the Metropolitan Amusement Co., and se-cured incorporation papers the past month. Themain object of the company is to open amuse-

ment parlors, where phonograph, moving pic-ture, etc., machines will be the attraction. Itis said the company will ultimately invest $20,000in the business. Its office is at 111 Marketstreet, Camden.

John A. Smith, one of Camden, N. J.'s, lead-ing phonograph and musical instrument dealers,journeyed to Albany the past month, where, asa Hearst lieutenant he looked after several politi-cal matters. Incidentally he looked over thetalking machine field in New York and laid ina number of up-to-date purchases. Mr. Smithis enjoying a very good run of trade, and reportslarge Victor sales.

The "always busy factory" would be a de-scriptive 'title for the large plant of the VictorTalking Machine Co., of Camden, N. J. In alldepartments work is being vigorously pushedand efforts to "catch up" with orders are beingmade. Construction work on the large new ad-dition to the Victor plant is being prosecuted.The addition to be erected will form a portionof a future six -story building extending east-ward on Cooper street-and will harmonize withthe present handsome main structure. The ad-dition will be 40 by 89 feet, one story in heightand absolutely fireproof. As soon as completedthere will be installed in the new addition a 300h. p. Corliss engine, of most approved type;one 150 and one 100 k. w. generator, directly con-nected to engine; a large air compressor, pumpand minor equipment-all of which machineryhas been ordered. It is stated that when com-pleted this power plant will be one of the mostefficient of its kind in the State.

Eldridge R. Johnson, of the Victor Co., isamong the organizers of the new West JerseyTrust Co., of Camden, which will have a capitalstock of $100,000 and do a general trust andbanking business-probably at Third and Mar-ket streets. Under General Manager L. F. Geis -

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s.er's care business at the Victor works is run-ning smoothly and well, while George Ornstein,manager of the salesmen's department, has thehappy faculty of inducing tne "travelers" to sendin large orders right axing.

The Magnetic Club, of Philadelphia, a semi -social scientific organization, at its recent ban-quet, placed an instrument called a telegraphonein operation between the banquet room and another part of the hotel. The instrument, withmegaphone attachment, transm.tted speechesmade to the distant part of the hotel and (lida number of interesting things. A talking ma-chine dealer here said of the telegraphone: "Itis an instrument which phonograph d'ea,erscould handle to advantage, it seems to me. Forinstance, a No. 1 phonograph when playingcould, via the new instrument, send its soundwaves all over a house, or, say in the country,to many farmhouses when not a few but reallyhundreds of people could enjoy the latest songs,music, speeches, etc."

C. J. Heppe & Son, who operate three largemusic, etc., stores in advantageous sections ofthe city, have for some time been selling talkingmachines on the weekly instalment plan and findthat it is highly successful.

The Lewis Talking Machine Co., whose head-quarters are at 15 South Ninth street, this city,may be counted among the progressive concernsin the talking machine business. Mr. Lewis isan enthusiastic worker and nas built up a finejobbing trade. He carries at all times a largestock of the Columbia disc and cylinder grapho-phones, which are growing in popularity in thissection. The 20th Century is certainly a wonder.

"Our machines are adjusted by experts" is atelling point Strawbridge & Clothier make inasking buyers to look into the merits of Edisonand Victor talking machines. Notwithstandingthe fact that talking machines have been on themarket a comparatively long time, there aremany, many people, especially those from smalltowns and villages, who know absolutely nothingof the mechanism, machines, andStrawbridge & Clothier's policy of "educating"them is a wise one as increased sales prove.The firm's talking machine department on thethird floor is in charge of expert managers, anda stock of everything "'phony" is carried.

"The phonograph will yet play a most im-portant part in a melodrama," commented aSouth Eighth street dealer. "You remember inthe play of 'The Octoroon' that just as the heavyvillian. Simon Scudder, gives sweet little Paulhis death blow with the Indian's club, a camerasnapshots the villian s act and finally the In-dian, from the photo tracks down and makesmince meat of the villain. Note the connectionbetween camera and phonograph. In the comingphonograph -drama an instrument, set for record-ing, overhears two villains plotting the death ofReginald Goodheart. affianced husband of beauti-ful heroine. Ere the weighty scoundrels can ac-complish their wicked design records are puton another machine-owned by the heroine, ofcourse-and burr-buzz-great heavens! shehears the machine tell of the plot between thevillains to kill Reginald. She flies to him! Warnshim! The villains skedaddle and all ends happily.Innocent phonograph is put in glass case andis chief ornament of happy married couple'shome. Oh! I tell you, the phonograph has hard-ly been heard from."

The Santa Fe Watch Co., Topeka, Kan., arebuilding up quite a business in talking machinesin their territory. An attractive feature of theirpublicity was the public concerts which theyhave been giving. in which the Twentieth Cen-tury graphophone has proven a great feature ofattraction.

The Columbia Phonograph Co.'s new store at636 Penn avenue, Pittsburg. Pa.. was formallyopened to the public on Feb. 24. In this connec-tion some very excellent advertisements were car.ried in the local papers in which a number ofattractive efforts were made that must have in-terested the thousands of visitors.

24 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

(Special to The Talking Ma^bine World.)London. Eng., March 5. 1906.

The readers of The Talking Machine World inthe Colonies, as well as in South America, willbe much interested in the complete liSt of Sterl-ing records recently issued by the Russell Hunt-ing Co. They are among the most comprehensivein their line. and include all the latest successesin both instrumental and vocal fields.. The suc-cess of this house has simply been phenomenal,and it is due unquestionably to the productionof a value which at once appeals to both dealerand purchaser.

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The Gramophone Co., in reply to requests, havemade up the following phonetic spelling of someforeign names for one of our most energeticprovincial dealers, who complained that his as-sistants, while anxious to do a Red Label busi-ness. were often nonplussed in the matter of pro-nunciation. We venture to reproduce his effortsherewith. Singers: Tamagno (Tamarino). Caruso(Caruzo). Plancon (Plonson). Michallowa ( Mick-i-low-ver). Composers; Tschaikowsky ( Chi-coughs-kie), Tannhliuser (Tan-hoy-ser). Wald-teufel (Val -toy -fell), Wagner (Vargner). Gounod(Goo -no). Titles of operas: Pagliacci (Pal-e-archie).

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The expansion of the talking machine businesson this side of the water is well illustrated inthe growth of the Neophone, Ltd., whose newheadquarters are now located at No. 1 Worshipstreet. The building is an imposing one, admir-ably fitted up in every respect for their grow-ing business. The ground floor is devoted to the

show room, assistant manager's offices, book-keeping and correspondence departments, inwhich latter more tnan a dozen typists ate em-ployed. The assistant managers, E. J. Sabineand H. Milks Martin, are possessed of unbound-ed enthusiasm and untiring energy. The showroom is one of the finest in the trade, and amongthe models displayed is the Neophone Grand.which retails at $100, being especially built forplaying 20 -inch discs. These records. which playfor about 10 minutes, will certainly be in greatdemand. as they are a distinct novelty. Theirgreat advantage is that long selections can bereproduced without omissions, and the volume,tone and quality are excellent. But it is the un-breakable disc records, at 12e. and 25c., whichare making the Neophone so widely popular.On the lower ground floor are the printingpresses, which are capable of turning out 10,000discs per day. The Phono Trader reports thatjust now they are working night and day tokeep pace with the demand. The shipping de-partment is also situated on this floor. Theboard room, secretary's office and experimentingdepartment are all on the first floor; stock roomand mechanics' department on the second floor,and on the top floor are the recording and test-ing rooms.

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The employes of the Columbia Co.'s branchin Glasgow held their second annual reunionrecently when about fifty sat down to tea at theirlarge premises on Union street. There was mu-sic, singing and dancing. Mr. Shearer, thelocal manager, presided over the festivities. Avery interesting and welcome feature of the pro-gram was a speech delivered by Frank Dorian,the company's European general manager, whichwas spoken in London and reproduced on thegraphophone. His message included an apprecia-tion of the work accomplished by the staff and in-cluded a message of encouragement and goodwishes for the future.

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The local papers continue to devote consider-able space to the use of the talking machine by

candidates in the recent general election. Oneof the leading papers in Glasgow utilized one ofthe Columbia's sound magnifying graphophoneson election night, and during the time the re-turns were being received the machine playedand sang, and in the chorus of popular songs theimmense crowd joined in with hearty good will.In one of the cities in the nortn of Ireland theEdison phonograph and gramophone were alsoemployed to entertain the crowds. It kept themin splendid good humor, and instead of the usualacrimony and bitter feeling which prevailsaround election time the talking machines keptthe crowd in best of spirits. There is no mistak-ing the fact that the talking machine has playedquite a part during the election, and it has beenimpartial, too, featuring neither the liberal,conservative, nor labor parties.

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An important suit has been up before JusticeFarwell in the Chancery Division, the plaintiffsbeing the Gramophone and Typewriter, Limited.and Ch. and H. Ullmann, defendants. The chargewas an alleged infringement of patents con-trolled by the plaintiffs on the tapered arm, espe-cially that granted July 1, 1903. and which isdesciibed as "a curved. tapered, amplifying horn.with joints such that the larger portion thereofmay be adjustable on a fixed support, while thesmall end thereof, or that on which the sound -box is mounted is pivoted so as to swing, hori-zontally. and also has a secondary joint, whichallows the soundbox to move vertically to followthe irregularities of the record, and also of theneedles being inserted or removed." A numberof witnesses, including patent experts, wereheard for the plaintiffs and the defendants intheir pleadings claimed that the patent was an-ticipated by Jensen and Grivolas. The plaintiffs.however. in rebuttal, denied that these inventorscovered the patent at issue on which the suitwas instituted. Judgment was not rendered attime of writing.

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terests, has, previous to his present appoint-ment, been making his headquarters at Berlin,attending to the company's business in Germany,Austria, Hungary and Russia from that point.He has had a world-wide experience, havingbeen, during his American experience, in chargeof the Columbia Company's business in Pennsyl-vania, and a number of southern States. He re-ports the talking machine business in Germanyas unusually good, but feels that there is a ten-dency to overproduction in the disc field. Inother words there are too many of them in thebusiness. Mr. Bradt feels delighted at his ap-pointment to London and he can feel assuredthat he is heartily welcomed.

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J. A. Sabine has joined the forces of theNeophone, Ltd., taking over the duties of hisbrother. E. J. Sabine, who will have charge ofthe French branch of the Neophone Co., withheadquarters in Paris. J. A. Sabine, previous tohis present appointment, was with the ColumbiaCo.'s branch in Berlin.

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The Russell Hunting Record Co. have in-augurated an exchange plan whereby they willaccept broken or unsalable records of their ownmake only, in exchange for new ones on condi-tions that an order be given for at least twicethe quantity returned; that no worn-out recordsbe sent as they will not be accepted; that returnsbe made to the factories and that the carriageon returns be prepaid. April 30th next is thelast day in which records will be accepted. Rec-ords must be returned in the original boxes.This company have just placed a new horn onthe market which, it is claimed, gives a wonder-fully fine tone reproduction.

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Barnett, Samuel & Sons, Ltd., of this city areamong the biggest jobbers in the trade, and apartfrom the sale of machines have an immense de-mand for Columbia, Edison. Sterling. Pathe andother specialties which they handle.

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Miss Morreson, secretary of the Manx Lan-guage Society, has been using the talking ma-chine with great success for the purpose of mak-ing records of the fast -disappearing Manx tongue.She recently related the following amusing ex-perience: "On our travels we found the oldman on the top of a barn mending the root.After a little persuasion he was induced to comedown into the barn and to sing two old songs

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Into the talking machine. His amazement wasextreme when he heard the songs repeated. Hisface was a study of critical enjoyment. 'Well,'he said with a sigh of content, 'I thought I wasabout the bes' that's going at the Manx, but thatfella' bates me clane altogether.' In the middleof the song he had broken off to ask for a rest,and when he heard -this request also repeated hewas a little annoyed. 'I'll give In: he is betterat the Manx till me,' he said, 'but he needn'tmock me for all; he might have lef' that out.' "

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A rather odd happening in which the talkingmachine played an important part occurred re-cently in Paris at a soiree held in honor of hisfriends by a man named Partant living in theRue Juliet Lambert, among the guests being acertain M. Paul Carmin.

Mme. Partant, who has a magnificent voice.sang for the guests, and her husband then broughtout a box of talking machine cylinders. He tookone labeled "Comic Song," and started the instru-ment, but instead of a comic song the machinebegan to grind out the famous duet from "Romeoand Juliet," sting by Mme. Partant and M. PaulCarmin. The duet was interlarded by such re-marks as: "Oh, you little darling!" "Yes, dear!""Yes, Paul, my precious!" And the voice of Paulwas heard replying "Dearest Amelie"-the wife'sname-"you are a love -bird!"

A painful scene ensued, and, as the guests lefthurriedly, M. Partant sent for the police, andwent with his wife, Carmin, and the talking ma-chine to the office of the nearest magistrate,where he registered a prosecution against the"singers," and left the machine as proof.

It is said that Mme. Partant and M. Paul Car -min had been in the habit of singing duets andof taking records on phonograph cylinders, whichCarmin took away with him. He had left one bymistake, and the husband used it by accident.

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A Hamburg manufacturer is distributing somevery interesting circulars among the British shipmasters at Hamburg. They are printed in bothGerman and English, and are particularly felici-tous in the English version. The writer says:"Hereby I respectfully beg to call the attentionof captains, officers and sailors to the old -estab-lished and well -recommended musical manufac-tory of . I can recommend my musicwarehouse for goods of the best and most excel-lent qualities. Respectable captains and officersalso receive cheaper prices, in order that a greaterand more durable business may be done.

"Prized medals 1889-91. The greatest, Colum-bia graphophone, and cheapest gramophone, phon-ographe house of Hamburg, gramophone, modern-ist, disk works, phonographe, do. disks, veritableEdison. Gramophone talking machines, do. disksand records and first quality. I recommend youalso my youngest and newest talking machine'Gloriosa.' The 'Gloriosa' is for his strong andfine execution, his beauty and resistance, hisbeautiful music the best most interesting andwonder cheapest family and other people speechwork. Therefore not tarry, but convict your-selves. The Beca-Disks are not alone the pret-tiest and sonourest but the cheapest to, while therates are still been diminished. American accord -

harmonium can play everybody."* * * *

The Columbia Co. report an unusually goodbusiness for the opening months of the newyear which affords satisfaction in view of theirDecember sales, which were the greatest in theirhistory by over seventy thousand dollars.

WHOLESALE QUARTERS IN SHARON.

W. C. De Foreest & Son have just completedmoving their wholesale talking machine businessto Sharon. Pa., where they have five times theroom formerly occupied. They have an unusual-ly complete stock consisting of Edison, Victor,Columbia (disc and cylinder) talkophones,American records in fact as well as supplies ofall kinds. This department is under the man-agement of G. L. Bassett, who is a gentleman ofdecided ability.

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If he doesn't send goods toyou promptly and makes youkeep your customers waiting,he is working against you, andall your efforts to please yourcustomers and build up a largerand more profitable businesswill count for nothing.

You want your customersto depend on you to have whatthey want or to get it for themquickly. You ought to havethe same kind of a jobber thatyou can depend on. If hevalues your trade, he will showit by taking care of you.

Nothing slow about us infilling orders. We have Victormachines, records and acces-sories, trumpet horns, Englishneedles, fibre cases and otherspecialties right in stock, andas fast as the orders come inthe goods are packed andshipped.

We help you best by helpingyou to please your customers.We know that means moremoney and increased tradefor you-and we'll get ourshare of the business from you.

Good idea to give us a trialorder for the things you gen-erally have the most troubleto get. That will be a prettygood test of what you canexpect from us.

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26 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

LATEST PATENTS RELATING TO TALKINGMACHINES AND RECORDS.

t Specially prepared for The Talking Machine World.)Washington, D. C., March 7, 1906.

PHONOGRAPH. Eugene M. Robinson, Chicago,Ill. Patent No. 813.670.

This invention relates to phonographs, and par-ticularly to means for reducing the volume ofsound -waves passing through the horn of thephonograph, whereby a phonograph designed foroutdoor work or for a large auditorium may beused in a small room without discomfort to theauditors. This invention is in some respects animprovement upon patent No. 778,271, for phono-graph. issued to same party December 27, 1904.

The object of this invention is to provide modi-fied forms of structure for use in place of thoseshown in prior patent. One of these forms isespecially designed for use in a well known corn -

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The invention also consists in the novel formof mounting for a sound -restricting mechanism,so that it can be detachably placed in the hornat some suitable point between the reproducerand the end of the horn.

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ing preferred form of the invention applied there-to. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, a portionof the horn being removed. Fig. 3 is a sectionaldetail view showing the preferred form of inven-tion in assembled position. Fig. 3a shows analternative form of valve. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 aresectional detail views of different parts of thestructure of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a plan detailview showing means for restricting at twodifferent points the volume of sound passingthrough the horn. Fig. 8 is a sectional de-tail view of the left-hand arm of Fig. 7.showing in detail a mounting for the restrictingmechanism, which mounting can on a proper pro-portioning of the parts be applied to the horn atany desired point in its length. Fig. 9 is a detailplan view of the exterior of the mounting just re-ferred to. Fig. 10 is a rear view of a reproducer,showing the method of attaching the mounting ofFig. 9 thereto. Fig. 11 is a plan detail view show-ing two means for restricting the volume ofsound passing through the horn at differentpoints, one of said means being practically withinthe reproducer itself. Fig. 12 is a detail sectionalview on line 12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a sectionalplan view taken on line 13 of Fig. 12. Fig. 14 isa sectional detail view taken on line 14 of Fig. 12.GRAMOPHONE. Herbert S. Mills, Chicago, Ill.

Patent No. 812,512.This invention relates to an improvement in the

means for supporting the stylus in the form of anattenuate length of wire on the reproducer of theinstrument to co-operate with the rotary record -disc, the degree of attenuateness of the wire,which is of uniform or substantially uniformthinness throughout, being such as to cause it topresent always to the record -grooves an adequate-ly fine point as it wears away with use by fric-

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tional contact with the grooves. This fine wireis too yielding for use without support, since byundue bending in traversing the disc it wearsthe record and renders it indistinct.

The object of this invention is to provide anovel construction of rigid clamp on the repro-ducer which shall serve to hold the wire in amanner to permit one end to protrude to the de-sired short distance beyond the clamp for en-gagement with the record and to confine the wirethroughout the remainder thereof contained inthe clamp, so firmly and uniformly as to renderit practically an integral part of the rigid clamp,and thus prevent any independent vibration ormovement of the wire therein which would tendto mar or destroy the stylus action.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is abroken view showing in side elevation the re-producer equipped with the improvement and inoperative position relative to the record -disc,Fig. 2 is a view of the reproducer in front eleva-tion, shown broken and provided with the im-provement. Fig. 3 is a section taken at the line 3on Fig. 1 viewed in the direction of the arrow

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and enlarged; and Fig. 4 shows the parts of theimproved clamp separated and ready to be as-sembled, the removable jaw being in section andthe other parts in elevation.GRAPHOPHONE-REPRODECER. Geo. A. Mainwaring,

Bayonne, N. J., assignor to American Grapho-phone Co., Washington, D. C. Patent No. 811,568.

This invention relates to means for securing inplace the needle of a reproducer, and its purposeis to permit the needle to be readily inserted inplace and to expedite the substitution of a freshneedle for an old one. At the present time theseneedles are held in the needle receiving barrelby a set -screw, and to put in a fresh needle the

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screw has to be turned several revolutions, andthen after the old needle is removed and the newneedle put in place the screw has to be turnedback several revolutions, all of which calls forconsiderable time and trouble. By means of thisinvention most of this is avoided. The use of asplit spring -socket for holding the needle has alsobeen proposed; but no means (such as a lever)have been provided for releasing the pressureupon the needle to permit ready removal of thesame and substitution of a fresh needle.

This invention will best be understood by ref-erence to the accompanying drawings, showingthe preferred embodiment thereof, in whichFig. 1 is a face view, and Fig. 2 is a side view.partly broken away, of a reproducer equippedwith this novel means for holding the needle inplace. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the bar-rel of the stylus -bar on line 3, Fig. 4, the stylus -clamping lever being shown in elevation. Fig. 4is a longitudinal sectional view at right anglesto Fig. 3.ATTACHMENT FOR PHONOGRAPHS. Zenas Tarble

Grover, South New Berlin, New York. PatentNo. 811,633.

This invention relates to certain improvementsin phonographs, graphophones and similar sound -producing machines, and more particularly to a

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 27

novel form of mechanism for automatically oper-ating the motor -brake after the sound -box hasentirely completed the reproduction of the record.

The object of the invention Is to provide asimple, inexpensive and efficient device of this

character which will automatically apply thebrake to the motor, and thereby positively stopthe latter when the machine has finished playinga record.

A further object of the invention is to providea trip -lever adapted to be engaged by the repro-ducer arm to automatically apply the brake, saidtrip -lever being provided with a longitudinally -adjustable pin or screw whereby the device maybe set for stopping the actuating motor at anypredetermined time.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof a phonograph, showing this improved brake -applying device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the device de-tached. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view ofthe same, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewof the connecting -link and a portion of the roddetached.

FoI.DIxG PHONOGRAPH HORN. Martin L. Munson,New York, N. Y. Patent No. 813,814.

This invention relates to horns such as are at-tached to phonographs or similar instruments forintensifying sound and throwing it in any desireddirection. The object of the invention is to pro-duce a horn of simple construction which may befolded so as to occupy a small space, enabling the

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horn to be conveniently carrried or packed fortransportation.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the horn,representing the same in its open or expandedcondition. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sec-tion of the horn when expanded as in Fig. 1, andFig. 3 is a side elevation showing the horn in afolded or collapsed condition.

FOLDING PHONOGRAPH HORN. James T. Brown,New York, N. Y. Patent No. 811,900.

This invention relates to a horn especiallyadapted for use with phonographs or similar devices; and the objects are to provide a simple anddurable form of collapsible horn which can beconveniently adjusted and which will be heldrigidly in its expanded position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, form-ing a part of this application, and in which simi-lar reference symbols indicate correspondingparts in the several views, Figure 1 is a sideelevation illustrating one embodiment of myinvention in its expanded position. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, partly in section, showing thecollapsible portion of the horn in folded positionFig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating a pre-

ferred form of latch for locking the two por-tions of the horn together.

PHONOGRAPII-HORN. James T. Brown, NewYork, N. Y. Patent No. 813,999.. This invention relates to an improved hornespecially adapted for use with phonographs orsimilar devices; and relates especially to the typeof collapsible horn described in pending appli-

cation, Serial No. 239,241, filed December 24, 1904,of which this is a divisional application.

An object of the invention is to provide a hornwhich will eliminate the harsh and metallicsounds occurring with existing types of hornswhen applied to sound -reproducing devices. A

further object is to provide a simple and compactform of collapsible horn which will be more durable than existing constructions and which canbe conveniently adjusted and rigidly held in itsexpanded position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig-ure 1 is a side elevation illustrating one embodi-ment of the invention in its expanded position.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on a larger scale,taken on a line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view, on a larger scale, illustrating amodification in which the collapsible portion isprovided with interior guard-rails. Fig. 5 is adetail sectional view, on a large scale, taken onthe line of 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. C, is a detail sec-tional view, on an enlarged scale, showing one

form of latch for locking together the mouthpieceand collapsible trumpet portion of the horn. Fig.7 is a side elevation partly in section, showingthe collapsible trumpet portion of the horn infolded position. Fig. 8 is a sectional view illus-trating a modification in which the mouthpieceis formed of leather. Fig. 9 is a side elevation ofthe mouthpiece shown in Fig. 8; and Fig. 10 is asectional view on the line 10 10 of Fig. 9, illus-trating the manner of joining the leather blankof the mouthpiece.

HoRN FOR PHONOGRAPHS, EAR -TRUMPETS, ETC.Gustave H. Villy, Manchester, Eng., assignor toUnited States Horn Co., New York, N. Y. Pat-ent No. 12,442.

This invention relates to improvements in con-nection with horns or trumpet -like sound distrib-utors or collectors for use upon phonographs,gramophones, and other likealso for ear -trumpets, fog -horns, and other sounddistributing and collecting devices, the object be-ing to provide a horn or trumpet -like devicewhicn can be folded when not in use, so as tobe capable of ready transportation and for plac-ing within the case of the phonograph or in thepocket of the user when it is to be applied to anear instrument or the like.

Another important patent for phonograph horn(No. 811,877) has been granted to C. A. Senne,of New York. which we are unable to illustratein this issue. We understand that he is preparedto receive offers for this patent.

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FINAL DECREE IN PERLINER SUIT.

Free Swinging Stylus Patent ClaimsAffirmed.

The Berliner patent on the free -swinging stylusmechanism for the reproduction of sound in themanufacture of disc talking machine records andused generally, was affirmed by a unanimous de-cision of the United States Circuit Court of Ap-peals, New York, the opinion being filed March2. This sustains the decree of Judge Hazel,in the lower court, and is a final adjudication ofthe case, with the Victor Talking Machine Co.,Camden, N. J., the owners of the patent, comingoff victorious. The complete text of the decisionfollows:

"United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Sec-ond Circuit, before Lacombe, Townsend and Coxe,Circuit Judges. Victor Talking Machine Co. andanother, complainants, appellees, against Ameri-can Graphophone Co., defendant, appellant. Thiscause comes here upon appeal from a decree ofthe Circuit Court, Southern District of NewYork, sustaining the validity (and finding in-fringement) of United States letters patent 534,-543 granted February 19, 1895, to Emile Berlinerfor the 'Gramophone.'

"Per Curiam.-In affirming this decree we donot find it necessary to add anything to the care-ful and exhaustive discussion of the issues whichwill be found in Judge Hazel's opinion, with onesingle exception. In disposing of the defense ofprior public use based upon the lecture and ex-hibition before the Franklin Institute, the Cir-cuit Court apparently relied mainly upon theproposition that what took place there was not apublic use, but rather an experimental one.Without discussing the questions thus raised orexpressing any definite opinion either way, weprefer to dispose of the alleged prior public useby means of the application of Berliner, whichwas filed six months prior to the Franklin Insti-tute lecture, and which eventuated in patent 564,-586, issued subsequent to the patent in suit. Thespecifications in that application (for 564,586)were full enough to warrant the making of theclaims here in controversy (5 and 35); at anytime the application might have been amendedby adding such claims, and in our opinion it isimmaterial that instead of thus amending it, hetook the broader claims on another applicationfiled while the first was pending. The secondmay fairly be considered a continuation of thefirst, and thus Berliner's application antedates thePublic use, and the facts will not sustain the con-tention that he abandoned his invention here insuit. The decree is affirmed."

i'he case was argued January 17 by HoracePettit, Philadelphia, for the Victor Co., and byPhilip Mauro for the American Graphophone Co.VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. TO ENFORCE RIG1fTS.

March 6 the Victor Talking Machine Co. noti-fied the trade as follows: "As the decision of thiscourt is final, we expect to at once proceed to en-force our rights by preliminary injunctionagainst all infringers. including all manufactur-

ers of infringing machines and records, who havenot take Kra license from us, and dealers in suchinfringing goods. We would call attention to thefact that the American Graphophone Co. have al-ready taken a license, as also the Universal Talk-ing Machine Manufacturing Co."

BIG ORDERS AND DEPLETED STOCKS

Is the Rule With the Dealers of Wheeling, W.Va.-Bard Bros. May be Compelled to SecureLarger Quarters.

(Special to the Talking Machine World.)Wheeling, W. Va., March 10. 1906.

Possibly there are some dealers who cannotunderstand the stories handed out by the varioustalking machine manufacturers relative to thegreat volume of unfilled orders they have on file-not so with the dealers in this city. Each onevisited had a most interesting tale to tell of un-filled orders and depleted stocks.

Business is great-great when volume and re-ceipts are considered, but the thought of the dol-lars lost through lack of goods will be an ever-present source of worry for the thought of "whatmight have- been."

When your correspondent called on F. W. Bau-mer & Co., their talking machine force was seri-ously considering the rearrangement of their de-partment, so as to be able to increase their stockof records. Their growing trade for Edisongoods makes this necessary.

The C. A. House talking machine departmentreport big sales and lots of them. Their Victorbusiness has been especially brisk during thepast month.

Bard Bros.' exclusive talking machine store isproving to be a favorite meeting place for music -loving people. During the past week they havedoubled their shelf capacity for cylinder records.Now have sufficient room to carry a stock of 10,-000. They say that September 1 will find theminstalled in quarters several times larger thanthose occupied at present.

Their disc department is doing a particularlygood business in the higher priced outfits. Hoehl& Giessler Piano Co. are pushing their talkingmachine business to the front. They are in-stalling the tray system for their Edison recordstock,and will carry the complete American list.The newspaper premium business is booming.This canvass will in all probability make 2,000new users.

The talking machine department of the twobig instalment houses. The Palace Furniture Co.and House & Herrmann, report excellent businessduring the past month.

The Edisonia Co., of Newark, N. J., have justbeen allowed twenty-four claims on their newhome repeating attachment (recently patented)for standard and home phonographs, and a newapplication has been made for some furtherimprovements all of which are embodied in therepeater which they are now putting forth. Deal-ers will be glad to know that this company are

now making shipments of the "S" repeaters andwill start to make shipments of the "Home" onMarch 22. In a chat recently with the EdisoniaCo. they stated that they feel grateful -for hav-ing received such splendid response to their ad-vertisement in The World regarding their re-peaters as well as for the patience of those whohave placed orders with them, and who havebeen somewhat delayed in having them filled.

HANDSOME DISC RECORD CABINET.

The above is a sample of one of the DouglasPhonograph Co.'s (New York) new line of discrecord cabinets with machine combined. Thesuperb design and finish of this elegant piece offurniture places it in a class by itself, the panelsfollowing the Louis XVI. school of decoration.The company are undoubtedly leaders in thesegoods, as they show more and handsomer stylesthan any other -jobbing house in the country.

The second meeting of the Phono Club,Thursday evening of last week, wound up witha dinner at Moquin's restaurant on Sixth avenue,New York. Among those present were C. V.

Henkel, president, and John Kaiser, with theDouglas Phonograph Co.; Victor H. Rapke; R. BCaldwell, with the Blackman Talking MachineCo., and Fritz H. Grawert-Zellin, an inventor ofa sound -box.

The Santa Fe Watch Co., Topeka, Kan., andthe Clinton Music Co., Toledo, 0., have addedthe Zonophone line.

At the meeting of jobbers in Pittsburg, Pa..yesterday (14th), about 25 or 30 of the leadingconcerns of the Middle West were present.

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RECORD BULLETINS FOR APRIL, 1906.

NEW EDISON GOLD MOULDED RECORDS.

9242 Eldorey (Ballet Intermezzo) (vou der Mehden)Edison Concert Band

9243 When the Whip -poor -Will Sings, Marguerite(Hell) Sentimental song, Orch. accom...

Irving Gillette9244 Flanagan's Night Off. (Original.) Comic

Irish Sketch. Spencer and Porter9245 Consins (Clarke) Comet and trombone duet,

Orch. acconiHerbert L. Clarke and Leo Zimmerman

9246 Moving Day (Harry von Tilzer) Coon song.Orch. accom. Arthur 4'ollins

9241 Where the Susqnehanna Flows (Petrie) De-scriptive song, Orch. accom-IL MacDonough

'.1:248 I Would Like to Marry Yon (Laske) So-prano and tenor duet from the "Earl andthe Girl," Orch accomMiss Hoy and Mr. Anthony

9249 Target Practice March (Nelson)...Edison Military Band

9250 Let Me Write What I Never Dared to Tell(Rosenfeld) Sentimental song. 0:ch. ac-com. Hyron G. Harlan

9251 Uncle Quit Work Too (Havez) Orch. accom.Bob Roberts

9252 .1 Am Praying for Ion (Sankey)Gospel hymnOrch. accom Anthony and Harrison

9253 Ching Chang-Chinese Galop (Brooks) Xylo-phone solo, Orch. accom 1Ibert Benzicr

9254 Comin' Thro' the Rye. Old Scotch song,Orch. accom. Marie Narelle

9255 In the Golden Antumn Time, My SweetElaine (Henry) Descriptive soug, Orch.accom. Harlan and Stanley

9256 You're a Grand Old Rag (Cohan) Orch. ac-com. Billy Murray

9257 Feather Queen (Mabel McKinley) March.Edison Concert Band

0255 We Parted as the Sun Went Down (Solman)Descriptive song, Orch. accom.

W. H. Thompson9259 My Lovin' Henry (Sherman) Coou sung.

Orch. accom. Ada Jones926(4 W hen Mose with His Nose Leads the Band

I. Morse; Comic march song. Orch. accom.Collins and Harlan

9241 (Roden of Love (Ascher-3Iahl) Caprice withoboe featnre Edison Symphony Orchestra

9202 Songs the Banta Played, March song, Orch.accom. Edward Meeker

9263 Happy Birds Waltz (Hoist) Whistling solo,Orch. accom. Joe Belmont

9264 Eiileen Allanna (Thomas) Irish ballad, un-accompanied Edison Male Quartette

9265 Is Everybody Happy Medley (Original) in-troducing ."Is Everybody Happy?" "WillYc u Love Me in December as Yon Do inMay.- -Forty-five Minutes from Broad-way" and "Sister" ....Edison Military Baud

NEW COLUMBIA DISC 10 -IN. RECORDS.

3114 Giulia (Denza) Baritone solo iuPiano accom. 1.1111.1u° Parvis

3135 Lakme-Stances Delibes) Bass solo inFrench, Piano accom Marcel Journet

313S Werther (J. Massenet) Tenor solo in FrenchPiano accom. Francisco Nnibo

3177 Mare Azzurro-Serenata (F. S. Culiina) So-prano solo in Italian, Piano accom....

Gina Ciaparelll3342 Commandress ;n Chief-March aud Two-step

(Herbert) Columbia Band3343 The Giggler-March and Two-step (Chaun-

cey Haines) Columbia Baud3344 La .NIattchiche-Characteristic Dance(Borel-

Clerc) Columbia Band3345 Me and Me Banjo (Kerry Mills). .

Prince's Military Band3346 Razzazza Mazzazza (Arthur Pryor)

Prince's Military Band3347 Whispering Flowers (F. von Blon)

Prince's Military Band3345 Happy Heinle-March aud Two-step (J. B.

Lampe), Xylophone solo, Orch. accomH. A. Yerk.',

3349 Down in Chinkapin Lane (Billy Johnson)Male voinces, Orch. accom

Bob Roberts and Columbia Quartette3350 What's the Use of Knocking When a Man is

Down? (Bryan and Edwards) Baritonesolo, Orch. accom Arthur Collins

3351 Battle Hymn of the Republic (Julia WardHowe) Baritone solo, Orch. accom

George Alexander3352 Flee as a Bird (Mary S. B. Dana) Baritone

solo, Orch. accom George Alexander3353 Home Sweet Home (John Howard Payne)

Baritone solo, Orch. accom .George Alexander3354 My Old Kentucky Home (Stephen C. Foster)

Baritone solo, Orch. accom.....Geo. Alexander3355 What Has the Night Time to do with the

Girl? (Schwartz) Tenor solo, Orch. ac-com. Harry Tally

3856 Why Don't Yon Try? (Egbert Van Alstyne)Tenor solo, Orch. accom. Harry Tally

3357 Sitting Bull (Charles Zimmermann) Tenorsolo, Orch. accom. Frank Williams

5435 Los Inutiles (M. Nieto) Baritone solo inSpanish, Piano accom.

Alberto Seresca Caceres5453 La Madre del Cordero-Jota (J. Jimenez)

Banda Espanola5454 Fuentes-Marcha (R. Gascon) .Banda Espanola10150 Se-Romanza (Denza) Baritone solo in

Italian, Piano accom Nicolo Fossetta25980 Romance (Adolph Fischer) Violoncello solo.

Piano accom. D Finzi25981 Cantilena (G. Goltermann) Violoncello solo,

Piano accom. D Finzl40572 Ave Maria (Gounod) Soprano Solo in Ger-

man, Piano and Violin accomHedwig Zimmer

50545 Revivons Pamour (Fauchey) Mezo-Sopranosolo, in French, Piano and Violoncello ac-com. Mlle. Mary Boyer

3358 Villanelle ("Shepherd's Song") soprano soloin French, by Eva Dell Acqua, sung by

Ruth liners

COLUMBIA XP GOLD MOULDED RECORDS.

32718 .ie ne pleurera I plus (Abel Queilli) Tenorsolo in French. Piano accont..Francisco Nutbo

32757 11 lien Stars are in the Quiet Skies (Clar-ence Lucas) Baritone solo, Piano accom.

George Alexander32902 Men of Harlech-Quickstep. Coiumhia 1;and329443 Selections from "Veronique" (Andre Mes-

sager) Columbia Band32904 Inspiration Polka (Mauro? Cornet solo, ac-

companied by Prince's Military Band.....1 lucent A. Buono

32905 Nightingale Polka (Mollenhauer) Piccolosolo, accompanied by Prince's MilitaryBand. Marshall Lufsky

32006 Ma Pretty Chloe from Tennessee (Ernest R.Ball) Male voices, Orch. accom.

Columbia Quartette32901 Down in Chinkapin Lane (Billy Johnson)

Male voices, Orch. accomBob Roberts and Columbia Quartette

32908 Let Me Write \Vhat I Never Dared to Tell(Rosenfeld) Tenor solo, Orcit.

Albert Campbell32909 I Like Yon (William F. Peters) Tenor solo.

ifilly MurrayOrch. accom32910 Football (Charles Zimmermann) Tenor solo,

Frank WilliamsOrch. accom.:42;iti So Long. Mary (George M. Cohan) Soprano

Miss Minnie Emmettsolo, Orch. accom.

INTERNATIONAI. RECORD CO.'S LATEST.

METROPOLITAN BAND OF NEW vienK.351 Light Cavalry Overture.::52 Selections from II Trovatore. Openiug chorus

from Act 2 ending with duet finale byEleonore and Count di Lima

353 The Freedom of the Slaves of Egypt354 Selection, Cavaleria Itusticana. Introducing

Lola and Drinking Songs ending with theChurch Scene I'horus

335 Selection. Lucia. Coutaining most popularmelodies from opera

PELT SO's coRCIIES'I RA.647 Cayuga Medley. (Coutaius 1 liawatha.)645 Silverheels. tWill prove as popular as Hia-

watha.)650 Medley Waltz-Forty-five Minutes from

Broadway. introducing "I Think I Couldbe Awful to You."

652 Medley Waltz-Watch Where the Crowd GoesBy, introducing "We'll Be Together Thenthe Clouds Roll By."

DESCRIPTIVE QUARTIMr.b, 1 ettun.tuis,,1300 The Barbecne in Old Kentucky. ..... .

1301 Characteristic Negro Medley.1302 Cornfield Medley.1303 Night Trip to Buffalo1304 Negro Wedding In Sonthern Georgia1305 Sleigh -ride Party

BARITONE SOLO BY J. W. MYERS, WITH 01(CH. ACCOM.1626 Will The Angels Let Me Play

BARITONE SOLOS BY ARTHUR COLLINS, WITH uRCH.ACC4 M.

1642 Traveling1643 Uncle's Qnit Work, Too1644 Gretchen.14445 I'll Do Anything in the 11'orld for Iou

TENOR SOLOS BY BILLY MURRAY. often. ACCoM.2097 Nothing Like That in (Wu Family. ISnug by

Lew Dockstader.)209$ You're a Grand Old Rag. (Geo. M. Cohan's

latest success lu George Washington. Jr.)..2100 I Like You. (From "The Mayor of Tokio.")210' College Life2105 Flow Wonld You Like to Spoon With Me?

(From "The Earl and the Girl.")

VICTOR ADVANCE LIST.

aleruri: ruvedi's BAND.4630 Louisa Waltz Pryor (10)

4633 Happy Ileinie-31arch and Two.41r1).Lampe (104

44;38 P mo, it's -.Nita m re Ti.wstep4632 22(1 Regiment March

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31503 4'oronation March-Le Proplad e. Nleyerbeer ( 12)31504 American Fantasic31506 Carlotta Waltz

I lerbert (12 )milloecker (12)

vicrou oitemsrica, wai.Ttne It. cosorrron.4611 Ilappy Ifirds-Waltz with bird 4, al.

I lolst 110)nosToNhilisilvgmefioNz ouctissl RA moo ro:,si: QUARTET(Messrs. Ilampe. 31iiusebach. Kluge and is -math -1d).

4639 The Kerry Dance 314.411443. (10)xviAirtioNt; semi, PETER LEWIN, wrryi (Awn.

4612 My lllndoo Man. Van Alstyne. (10)BELL SulAis BY CHAVAIAN, WITH often.

4613 Belle of the West-Schottische 54-11ing (10)4614 One Heart, One Mind Strauss 410)

.1HE oISSIIAN-LCIILEYBanjo, Mandolin and Harp IIiiitar.

4624 St. Louis Tiekle-RagtirneSo.ymor. (lit)

4625 Al Fresco --intermezzo V Herbert t144)vieloR BIIASS QUARTET.

4615 The Chapel (What Beams so Bright I Hoch (III)TExon sows BY AL II. WILSoN, W I ()RCM

4620 In Tyrol YoillIng Sotig Wilson (Ill)4.121 Pnder the Harvest Moon W iison 41:14

31493 The Winding of the Yarn Wiion (12)s KNou SOLO BY itlicoN G. HARLAN, WITII MICH.

4616 Where the Morning Glories .1 wineAround the Door Von Tilzer

vsvon soi.o5 BY HARRY TALLY, WITH Wall.401); Fly Away Birdie to Heaven Harris tloy461an't You See I'm Lonely9 C Armstrong

TENOR BY RICHARD JOSJOSE.WItIrHOIRrtglIg. "31496 I Cannot Sing the Old Songs Claribel (12)31497 Len Bolt Kneass ( 12 )

TENIlc Std.,' By IIANI:Y NIACDoNouGii, WITH often.31502 1Vhen the Mocking Birds are Singing

in the Wildwood Lamb & Blanke (12)TENOR SOLOS BY BILLY MURRAY, WITH often.

4634 The Grand 4)1d Rag-George Washing-ton, Jr.

31507 Keep on the Sunny Side Morse (12)"COON' SONG BY ARTHUR COLLINS, WITH

4623 Moving Day. Von Tilzer (10)HARRY MACDoNoUG11 AND HAYDN QUARTET, WITH OUCH..31500 Moon Dear-"A Society Circus" ITHKleincH.K(( (12)

BILLY MURRAY AND HAYDN QUARTET,31501 Just a Little Rocking Chair and You.Morse 12)

DUET liY STANLEY AND MAcnoNoruti, WITH ORCII.4631 When the 1Yhip-poor-will Sings Mar.

guerite.BY Y 1:1,1.1 AND MACIioNoUoll, WITH oncti.

3151,5 Dreaming Love of ionDuns BY coL,WS AND HARLAN, WIT114.;00Itie .

4622 Jessamine4626 It hen Muse with His Nose Leads the

hand N1orse (10)Penn (10)4627 Gretchen

ToltREY-ALEXANDER REVIVAL 11113 S.By Ilaydn Quartet, with Orch.

4636 The New "Glory" Song Towner (10)4637 Power from God Tillman (10)

',....rh"u-IALTY BY STANLEY AND ILAICLAN.,44.4utt scene in , Store *-T12)TEN4414 501.05 IN GERMAN BY *EMIL MU6CII. WITH4641 Ileidenrilslein--WIld Rose" Werner (10)4642 Stille Nacht. Hellige Nacht- I Silent

Franz Gruber (1')Night, Holy Night)315445 Hans un(1 Liesel-t Hans and Lisa)...

Folk Song (12)BARITONE SOLOS IN SPANISH BY SENOR FRANCISCO.

W H4640 Jacalaudosa Alvarez 10)41143 Serenata-(SchuherCs Serenade) Schubert 110)

SEVEN INCH RECORDS.' AWIHER PRYoleS BAND

4632 224 Regiment March .Gilmore I 7 )4633 Happy Heinle-March and Two step.Lampe 17 y

SOLO Ill BILLY it Utilt.tY, WITH often.4634 The Grand Old Rag-George Watshing-

ton, sir Cohan 17 )DUET BY STANLEY AND MACDONOUGH. WITH oRcli.

4635 The Old Brigade Barri i 7 yTHREE SPLENDID CONCERTED RECORDS 1.417

FAMOUS SINGERS.DUET BY ELLISON VAN NOOSE AND MARCEL JOURNET,

WITH ORCH.74003 Scene and duet-"Heavenly Vision"

Act I.-Faust. Gonuod 1124Derr BY ELLISON VAN HOUSE AND EMILlo UE osiGoRZA,.

ORCH.74005 Duet-Act I, Martha-Sulu Profugio

Flotow (11:)

THE UDELL WORKS, Indianapolis, Indiana

No. 531 Holds 175 RecordsHas convenient sliding shelvesPush one door and both close at

same time.M.ANUF.NCTURERS OF

DISH.AND

CYLINDERRECORD CABINETS

Write for Booklets and Prices.They will interest you.Catalog just out. Have you got it

THE UDELL WORKSIndianapolis Indiana

:i2717 Romeo Pt Juliette--Cavatina (Gonn0d)Tenor solo in French, Piano accorn....

Francisco Nnibo

30 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.TRIO DY VAN Ho( SE, RNEI AND DE GoGuRZA WITH

kRCH.74004 Trio-The Duel-Faust. Act III Gounod (12)viw..,NcELLc. SOLOS By JOSEF HoLLNIAN, WITH ()RCM6401/1 Ave Maria "zchubert ( 1oi74001 Petite Valse-Morceaux No. 5 Hollmau (12)

BY JOSEF HOLLMAN, PIANO ACCOM.74002 Andante religioso-(second concerto.

opus 12) Holtman (12)NEW EAMES RECORDS.

MME. EAMES, WITH 'CELLO oBLIGATO BY HOLLMAN.55097 Chanson d'Amour-Song of Love.11ollman (12)85098 Ave Maria Bach-Gonnod (32)

MME. EAMES AND EMILIO DE GOGoR2A..$5099 La ci darem la mano-("Hand In

Hand Well Wander")-Don Gio-vt,ani Mozart (12)

AMERICAN RECORD CO.'S BULLETIN No. 3.

BEOINIENTAI. OF THE REMO IC.(131307 C,Imanut Dance I introducing clogs and

cymbals)03130s Gleaming Star-New Two-step....Fred Hager031309 Selections from Ernani

AMERICAN sY31rit0N3: oactirsri.A.031310 Golden Sunset Waltzes-A slow dreamy waltz.031311 La Cinquantaine-Old-time French favorite031312 Old Meeting -House Days-Medley of old-

fashioned hymnsORCHESTRA BELL SOLO.

031313 One Heart, One Mind-Bell effects YorkeCLARIONET SOW BY PIERRE I.EO, ORCH. ACCOM.

031314 California Dance-By one of the greatestclarionet soloists

CLARIONET AND FLUTE DUET, PIANO ACCOM.031315 Fiegrant Rose (introducing brilliant cadenzas.

VIOLIN SOLO RY FREDERIC VOELKER, PIANO ACCOM.031316 Raff's Cavatina

TENOT: SOLOS BY BILLY MURRAY,- WITH ORCH.031217 clwyeune (The biggest bit this year)031318 My Lorin' Henry (Harkey dialect is the

"real thing"ARTHUR COLLINS, ORCH. Accom.

031319 VU Be Back In a Minute, But I Got to GoNow. (A new coon song).

031320 Jessamine. (A darkey love song.)COLLINS AND HARLAN, ORCH. ACCOM.

031321 In My Merry Oldsmobile (A taking waltz song)TENOR SOLO BY BYRON G. HARLAN, WITH ORCH.

031322 Where the Morning Glories Twine Aroundthe Door.

MALE QUARTETTE.4.131323 A Trip to the County Fair.031324 The Bleighride Party. --Descriptive.

TENOR SOLO BY HARRY TALLY, °RCM, ACCOM.031323 What Has the Night Time to Do With the

Girl?TENOR SOLO BY HENRY BURR, ORCH. ACCOM.

031320 Dreaming. Love, of You (An enchantinglove song)STANLEY AND BURR, ORCH. ACCOM.

031327 Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping031328 Ou Calvarv's Brow. Two duet- -- '-`

- to Ze.gal favorites .;,A.,AR GIRLS' QUARTETTE.

031329 My Heart's in the Highland.-Selections bya female quartette.. .MISS CLARE STAYCE-BECITA I ION.

031330 Going Down to Gran'pa's, or a Little Boy'sLament-Fascinating dialect poem ofthe Whitcomb Riley order.

BARITONE SOW BY HOWARD BLAcsBURNE. ORCH. ACCOM031:321 sine Me a Song of the South

ZON-O-PHONE 10 -INCH RECORD.

SEVEN, II HEM NI ENT RAND.401 High School Cadets March (Sousa I

ZoNoPIDINE CONCERT HAND.402 Everybody Works but Father-Musical Humoresque403 Farewell, Sweetheart May-Medley March404 Sextet from "I.ncia"

nAcEa's ESTRA.405 Children's Songs-Medley406 College Songs-Medley.407 Passion-Intermezzo408 Two Little Girls Loved One Little --Med-

ley Waltz.MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA.

409 Bartolo-MilongaSONGS WITH ORCHESTRA ACCOMPANIMENT.

410 Battle Hymn of the Republic. ...Frank C. Stanley411 I'll Be Waiting in the Gloaming. Sweet Gene-

vieve. Alan Turner412 I'm a -Dreaming of You Collins and Harlan413 In Happy Moments Alan Turner414 I Want What I Want When I Want It

Frank C. Stanley415 Keep on the Snuny Side Billy Murray416 Let Me Write What I Never Dared to Tell..

Frank HowardFrank C. Stanley

Collins and HarlanBilly Murray

Fred. LambertFrank Howard

Bob Roberts

417 Moon Dear41S My Loviu' Henry419 Nothing Like that In Onr Family420 Since Father Went to Work421 Since Nellie Went Away422 Uncle's Quit \\ ork Too423 When the Mocking Birds are Singing in the

Wildwood Frank C. Stanley424 When Mose with Ills Nose Leads the Band..

Collins and Harlan425 You're a Grand Old lag Billy Murray

IMPERIAL RECORDS FOR MARCH.

BARITONE SOLOS BT ARTHUR COLLINS WITH ORCH. ACCOM.44715 If You Can't Say Samethoing Good, Say

Nothing at All Clande T.hardo44721 Little Red Pappoose B H. Burt44722 When Mose with His Nose Leads the Band.

Theo. Morse44723 I Want Somebody to Love.

K44725 Pretty Desdamone. Williamslly44726 Gretchen. Penn44127 Moving Day II von Tilzer44729 Traveling. Botsford44731 Uncle Quit Work, Too Havez44732 Jessamine Gumble44744 Bye -Bye. My Eva. Bye -Bye Smith & Brown

TENOR SOLOS BY HENRY BURR W ITH CORNET ACCOM.44728 Sing Me to Sleep Grcen44734 I Know a Lovely Garden Hardlat

WITH ORCH. ACCO3I.44724 Violets Ellen Wright44730 A Little Boy Called Taps Theo. Morse

BARITONE SOLO BY J. W. MEYERS, WITH ORCH. ACCOM.44741 'Cause I Like Yon J Howe, Jr.

CONCERT RECORDS.DARIToNE SOLOS BY ARTHUR COLLINS WITH ORCH. ACCOM.7730 Under the Banana Tree .......Lamb & O'Connor7743 Have You Seen My Henry Brown? A. von Tilzer7745 Evelyne Paul Dresser

TENOR SOLOS BY r.. M. FATOR, WITH ORCH. ACCONT.773') Iloolihan

7737 Nobody Knows, Nobody Care7738 A Sprig o' Shillalah Helf and Hager

BARITONE SOLO BY J. W. 31 YERs, WITH ORCH ACCOM.7746 Daddy's Little Girl Theo. Morse

DUETS BY BURR AND DANIELS, W F111 PIANO ACCOM.7719 Excelsior Balfc7743 Crucifixus. Faure

BAND SELECTION.7720 La Rose (intermezzo) Ascher7414 Star of My Life

BASS SOLO BY TOM DAN IELS, WITH PIANO ACC031.7735 0 Jolly Jenkins.

GERMAN TENOR SOLO BY HERR MUENCII ; PIANO ACCOM.7739 Untrene Gluck

TENOR SOLO BY BYRON G. HARLAN.7515 Pals; Good Old Pals.

TENOR SOLO BY HENRY BURR, WITH ORG.kN ACCOM.7597 The Ninety and Nine.

QUARTETTES.71:99 Sweet Adeline.7700 Pse Gwine Back to Dixie.

VICTOR CO. ANNOUNCE CUT

In the Prices of Certain American Red SealRecords from $2 and $2.50 to $1 and $1.50Respectively on May 1st.

Under date of Feb. 15, the Victor Talking Ma-chine Co., of Camden, N. J.. announce that MayI a reduction will be made in the retail price to$1.00 each for ten and $1.50 each for twelve -inchrecords (now $2 and $2.50. respectively), on thefollowing American "red seal" records: Blass,Blauvelt, Crossley, De Lussan, Homer, Journet,

-Duch, Nuibo, Powell and Van Hoose. They willLe called "red seals," but all records listing atmore than $1.50. "Victrola" red seal records. Atthat time the company will discontinue the re-tail "dozen priees" on all red seal and foreignblack label records; also the present 40 per cent.discount to dealers will apply on the new prices.

On and after May 1, the company on accountof ne* arrangements with Tamagno's heirs, willsell Tamagno records at Melba discounts, namely30 per cent. to dealers. On their April "advancelist order blank" the Victor (;e

N -inch records. twelve numbersof popular selections which will be supplementedmonthly in like manner. and the price will be35 cents, the same as the 7 -inch records that willnot be increased in the catalogue.

The Douglas Phonograph Co., New York, haveenlarged their record storage room so as tocarry 200,000 Edison records hereafter.

27 Styles

Horns15 to 56 in. .S.2 to $15

Manufactured byCRANE BROS., Westfield, Mass.

Discount to Dealers

SHERMAN, CLAY IN LOS ANGELES.Open Wholesale Talking Machine Depot in the

Angel City-Clark Wise Finds That His Talk-ing Machine Trade Exceeds That of SheetMusic-Coast Business Growing.

(Special to the Talking Machine World.)San Francisco, Cal., March 5, 1906.

L. S. Sherman and Andrew McCarthy, of Sher-man, Clay & Co., were in Los Angeles the begin-ning of last week to look for convenient head-quarters for a depot for talking machines. Theyfound very handsome rooms in the ParmerleeDohrman Building on Broadway, near Fifthstreet, and secured a lease. This depot will onlybe used for wholesale purposes. This givesSherman, Clay & Co. a fine distributing center inSouthern California, and as the talking machinebusiness was quite extensive during the last sixmonths and gives promise of great future de-velopment, the firm has reason to expect a greatdeal of its Los Angeles depot. Not long agoSherman, Clay & Co. opened a talking machinedepot in Seattle to supply the Northwest, andthese two branches, together with the San Fran-cisco house, give Sherman, Clay & Co. distribut-ing facilities of a magnitude and conveniencehardly to be appreciated by any one not inti-mately acquainted with Pacific Coast conditions.

Clark Wise, of Clark Wise & Co., is travelingin the interests of his talking machine depart-ment establishing sub -agencies and introducingthe Talk -o -phone in the interior cities. Mr. Wisereports excellent success since leaving here, andorders come in daily by the bundle. R. A. Wiseis quite enthusiastic when ;furs iliout thesplendid tatUrg machine business the firm is,;;Zug, and he is surprised to find that it exceedsoften the sheet music business which the firm ofClark Wise & Co. has so carefully nursed duringthe many Years of its existence.

WANTEDTWO OR THREE MORETALKING MACHINE

TRAVELING SALESMENTO SELL THE STAR MODULATOR

AS SIDE LINE.IT DUES THE WORK AND DOES IT RIGHT.

Good Commission.Communications Confidential.

STAR NOVELTY CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Imperial Recordwhich, as everybody knows, is the best made,

is now retailed at

Sixty Cents

JAMES I. LYONSWholesale Only

194 E. VAN BUREN ST.CHICAGO, ILL.

Mr. Dealer:The success of your talking machinebusiness depends upon the ability ofyour jobber to give you prompt service

"OUR DEALERS SUCCEED"

'We job all makes of machines and records

Send for our complete alphabetically arranged listof all makes of records.

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 31

MATERIAL USED IN DISC RECORDS.

Important Decision Handed Down Feb. 19 byJudge Hazel in Favor of the AmericanGraphophone Co. Who Dismissed Complaintof Victor Talking Machine Co.-Strict Con-struction of Part of Berliner Patent.

Under the ruling of Judge Hazel, United StatesCircuit Court, New York, a strict interpretationor construction is placed on that part of the Ber-liner patent relating to the material used in themanufacture of disc records, and the complaintof infringement is dismissed. The decision washanded down Feb. 19, in the equity suit of theVictor Talking Machine Co. and the United StatesGramophone Co. against the American Grapho-phone Co., Horace Pettit, of Philadelphia, appear-ing for the complainants, and Elisha Keller Campand Philip Mauro for the defendants. The patentwhich the defendants were charged with infring-ing, is No. 548,623, issued October 29, 1895,to Emil Berliner, who assigned it to the com-plainants, "for sounds records and methods formaking same." The decision goes into the con-struing of the meaning and intent of patents, andhow broad they should be treated in their prac-tical application. In reference to the process em-p;oyed the court cited one of Berliners claims, inwhich the ,fallowiing positive statement wasmade: "A sheet of hard rubber and celluloid tobe excellent material from which to make suchduplicates." Judge Hazel then declared the pat-entee should be held down to his claims of inven-tion, no more, no less, under the rulings of thecourts iu parallel cases, in finality saying: "Myconclusion is that in the manufacture of said rec-ords the defendant does not embrace the materialspecified in claims 3, 4 and 5 of the patent in suit,and therefore is not an infringer of such claims.IT. follows that the complaint must be dismissedwith costs." The case will probably be carriedup for review to the United States Circuit CourtOf Appeals, which will be final.

The contention over the validity of the Ber-liner patent relative to the use of the free swing-ing stylus i reproducing sound, sustained in thelower court, is now pending on appeal, argumenthaving been heard January 17.

THOS. A. EDISON VISITING FLORIDA.

Thomas A. Edison, the eminent scientist, whoseconnection with talking machines and sound re-production is world famous, left his home inOrange, N. J., on Feb. 24, for a trip to Florida,accompanied by his family. He is enjoying thebalmy climate of that country at Fort Myers, andwill be away about six weeks. The "wizard's"general health is excellent, his mental vigor andphysical energy is a marvel to his associates andassistants in the great experimental and manu-facturing plant of which he is the active headand presiding genius. While the phonograph de-partment is only a section of the works bearingMr. Edison's name, its development, improve-ment and progress still holds his personal in-terest.

CERTAIN TO BECOME A FAD

At Banquets Is the NapKin Ring Record WhichHolds Response to Toast and Is CarefullyPreserved by Diners.

The latest novel use ascribed to the talkingmachine is as a post -prandial entertainer. Ata dinner recently given in this city the hostprovided a number of Columbia "napkin ring"records and as each guest arrived, they were in-vited into a small room and requested to re-spond to a toast into the graphophoue. When

111

'I IIE NAPKIN 11150 RECORD.

the dinner had ended, and the toastmaster beganh,s duties, the machine was brought into theroom, and as the name of each guest was called,and the toast announced, the record made bythe guest was slipped on the machine, whichmade the response. At the conclusion of thebanquet the records were distributed among theguests as souvenirs. The records were packedin neat boxes, on one side of which is a spacefor the picture of the maker and a place forthe inscription of their name, while on the ob-verse is a space for the date, autograph andaddress. These cylinders are made by the Col-umbia Phonograph Co., and will soon become apopular fad, as they are of a size adapted for ashort message, greeting or speech, and cau beeasily mailed. The Columbia Phonograph Co.report the sales of these records as greatlyincreasing in all of their stores.

PRICES IN LONDON AND HERE COMPARED.

George F. Chippendale, of Bradford, Yorkshire,England. writes as follows: "I notice in yourissue of December, 1905, that it is stated on page30 the English prices for disc records are muchlower than in the States, and in some instancesmuch too low. I give below comparisons of priceshere and new and old prices in the States:

VICTOR RECORDS.

Englishprices.

7 -in. disc ls. 6/- 21sd..

New. °12 -In. disc

5s.. 0 6/1--7s. 6/- 4s. 0/- 6s.

10 -In. disc2s. 6/- 4s.

"I am sure a reduction in price of disc recordson this side of the water would mean a much

American

greater sale of this class of records."

AN EDISONIA CO. SPECIALTY.

The clever repeating attachment for Standardand Home phonographs manufactured by theEdisonia Co., of Newark, N. J., is winning foritself an enviable position with the trade, andthe above company can well congratulate them-

selves on the buying of the sole rights of thiscever invention. During the past two monthsthey have been overwhelmed with orders for thisdevice, which they have been delayed in fillingon account of the congestion in the metal mar-ket and the difficulty in getting supplies fastenough. They are now prepared, however, tomake shipments promptly and will be glad tomail sample, prepaid, to dealers or jobbers forStandard or Home machines on receipt of $1.50.Their advertisement in another part ot thispaper is worth reading. It was omitted fromlast month's World through an error in make-up.

TALKER ENTERTAINS SOCIALISTSAt Reunion in Newark, N. J.-Speeches and

Songs by Noted People Heard.

(Special to the Talking Machine world.)Newark, N. J., March 7, 1906.

Talking machines have been used on manyoccasions for many purposes, but at HarmonyHall recently, Branch 7 of the Socialist party,utilized a phonograph, operated by William H.Leffingwell, to supply au entire evening's "en-lightenment, entertainment and recreation." Themany records heard included songs, instrumentalmusic and reproductions ot speeches by JosephWanhope, Eugene V. Debs and Gaylord Wilshire.'rue records were distinct and sufficiently effec-tive, holding the attention almost as well asflesh and blood oratory, living, present, musical,gymnastics.

Gaylord Wilshire's speech gripped more tight-ly than any of the other members. Mr. Wil-shire is the publisher of a socialist magazine,and those present for the most part had readit. He argued against throat-cutt.ng competi-tion, advising solidarity, organization and mu-tual aggrandizement. Mr. Debs also spokeagainst the theory that "competition is the lifeof trade," which lie said was installed intb chil-dren when at school writing in their copy books.

NEW COLUMBIA JOBBERS.

Walter L. Eckhardt, manager of the ColumbiaPhonograph Co.'s wholesale department, re-turned quite recently from a two weeks' runthrough the middle west, giving the most of histime to Ohio, where he has accepted the fol-lowing jobbers additional to those already an-nounced: Eclipse Musical Co., Cleveland; Ball-Fintze Co., Newark; Perry B. Whitsit Co.,Columbus, and Hayes Music Co. Others areunder consideration. It is Mr. Eckhardt's pur-pose to establish five jobbing houses in GreaterNew York, whose names will be made publicearly next month. C. S. Gardiner is doing greatbusiness for the department, his sales reachingsurprising figures as per official statement.

The Saunders Music Co., of Minneapolis,Minn., has a window display made up for a con-test given by the Victor Talking Machine Co.A picture of the window was taken recentlyand sent to the company for advertising pur-poses..4./... WM

PlainMorning GloryDecorated.

A -N ECLIPSEmeans the obscuring of one. object by another. It. is in the valueand quality of our stock that we ECLIPSE our competitors.Our 1906 model, hand painted Flower Horns possess an indi-viduality not found in any similar line. Write for price list. Alarge stock of these horns is carried in stock and we are pre_pared to make immediate shipments. We carry the largest andmost complete line of Edison machines, records and supplies inthe State.

TRY us with an order.

ECLIPSE PHONOGRAPH CO.1. IVAETOENNIES. Proprietor 203 Washington St.,11obolken,

32 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

Leading Jobbers of Talking Machines in America

OLIVER DITSON COMPANYHave the only completestock of

Victor Talking Machinesand Records

in America, and confinethemselves to retailing andjobbing only Victor goods.

150 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

Deliveries from our Four Stores affordsDealers in Chicago and vicinity the verybest and most complete service on

COLUMBIA DISC, TONEARM GRAPHOPHONESAND DISC RECORDS

Most Comprehensive Stock in ChicagoL. FISH FURNITURE CO.,

Main Store : 1906-1908 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

FINCH & HAHN,Albany, Troy, Schenectady.

Jobbers of EdisonPhonographs and Records

100,000 RecordsComplete Stock Quick Service

Powers & Henry Co.619-622 Penn Ave., Pittsburg. Pa.

Victor DistributorsEdison Jobbers

Columbia Representatives

Everything in MachineRecords and Supplies

A Mllion Records in Stock,including the personal recordsof P. A. Powers and W. E. Henry

S. B. DAVEGA 7

EDISON JOBBERVICTOR DISTRIBUTOR

Kaiser's Illuminated Signs for Edison, Victor andColumbia Records.

32 East 14th St. New York City.

GOODDA.V'SBENJ. SW1TKY, Prop. )

Victor and Zonophone Distributor'Phone 665 Gramercy 27 E. 14th St.. New York City

ROBT. R. SMALLFIELD, "MT".Columbia Graphophones,

DISC AND CYLINDER RECORDSAND SUPPLIES.

No order too large. .. None too small.

0. F. KAI:FF.1,1 ,ALN,READING, PA.

Largest and Most Complete Stockof New Spring Contact ReproducerGraphophones and COLUMBIA tipGold Moulded Records in CentralPennsylvania.

ORDERS FILLED THE DAY RECEIVED.

IDAVEGA., Jr.Jobber of

Edison Phonographsand

Victor Talking MachinesSupplies of all kindsLargest Stock of Records

Write for our prices on Horns and Stands

W. H. Freeland 125 W. 125th Street BranchManager NEW YORK 802-04 Third Ave

[URGER eft BUSHWestern Distributors for the

VICTORCOMIPANY.

It's worth while knowing, we neversubstitute a record.

If it's in the catalog we've got it.

DUBUQUE, IOWA.

H. R. BONFOEY,BINGHAMTON, N. Y.

We make a specialty of placingCOLUMBIA CYLINDER productsin your hands in the shortestpossible time. A trial is all I ask.

Minnesota Phonograph Co.ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS

37 E. 7th Street 518 Nlcollet AvenueEdison Phonographs and Records

ALL MACWNES, RECORDS AND SUPPLIESWrite for Prices on Supplies.

Orders filled same dey as received.

COLUMBIA ORDERSFor ,the New Cylinder Graphophones equipped:with the NewSpring Contact Reproducers andColumbia X P Records executedsame day as received by

SPALDING Ca CO.,SYRACUSE, N. Y.

Jacot Music Box Co.,39 Union Sq., New York.

Mira and Stella Music Boxes.Edison and Victor Machines

and Records.

ATTENTION !" When Gable Blows the Trumpet

lie's ready to deliver the goods.Columbia Graphophones, Records and Supplies

Dr. A. M. CABLE, Sharon, Pa.

PACIFIC COAST HEADQUARTERS FOR

EDISON PHONOGRAPHS

AND RECORDS.

Peter Bacigalupi,786 Mission Street,. SAN FRANCISCO, GAL.

H. B. CLAFLIN ec CO.Worth and Church Sts., New York City

JOBBERS OF THE COMPLETE

COLUMBIA LINEDISC AND CYLINDER

PROMPT SERVICE ASSURED

BALL = FINTZE C 0NEWARK. 01110

Largest Stock Columbia Cylinder Recordsand Graphophones in Ohio.

Prompt Shipments.

EDISONIA CO.NEWARK, N. J.

-A11 Talking Machinesand General Supplies

CLARK, HORROCKS & CO..Vtica, N. Y.

Unexcelled COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONESService onRecords and Supplies.

Complete stock of all New Types. New Cataloguenow ready.

NEW ENGLANDJOBBING HEADQUARTERS

EDISON AND VICTORMachines, Records and Supplies.

THE EASTERN TALKING MACHINE CO.177 Tremont Street - BOSTON. MASS.

LEWIS TALKING MACHINE CO.

15 So. Ninth Street,Philadelphia, Pa.

DISC-COLUMBIA-CYLINDER_

LARGE STOCKPROMPT SERVICE

Let us handle your March Record Order as a trialand you will quickly see who can best

care for your wants.

T Victor Talking Machines and RecordsSELF -PLAYING PIANOS.

Catalogs and Prices on Application.Pacific Coast Distributors

Sherman, Clay & Co., sLaosn FAnragneiciessc. 0,

E. A. powuRs, L-I.uffLtIo. N. V.

COLUMBIATone Arm Disc and New Cylinder Graphophones

Large Stock Prompt Service

Every Jobber in this country should be represented in this department. The cost is slight and the advantage is great.Be sure and have your firm in the April list.

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

Leading Jobbers of Talking Machines in AmericaPERRY B. WHITSIT L. M. WELLER

PERRY B. WHITSIT CO.,213 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio.

EdisonJOBBERS

Victor TalkingPhonographs Machinesand Records and Records

Most complete line of Talking Machines,Records and Supplies in the west. Orders tilled promptly

Columbus Representatives

COLUMBIA Cylinder GraphophonesAND RECORDS.

E. H. TOWLE COMPANY51A1 ERBIL 111., CONN.

Authorized COLUMBIA ni,tributors

ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY and COMPLETELY FILLED

IF YOU'RE IN WESTERN MICHIGANit will be money in your pocket to order

Victor Machines and RecordsJULIUS A, J, FRIEDRICH30-32 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan

licrka Sn se voirct ea tai onnd actaavrgSinegtoOur Motto.

OHIO PHONOGRAPH CO Youngstown, 0.

LARGEST JOBBERS

Columbia GraphophonesDISC AND CYLINDER RECORDS IN OHIO

Orders promptly tilled

4.:AJNII-3....1:2:1'1..: [ANIL

Columbia Cylinder Machines and Records.

W. D. ANDREWS, Syracuse, N. Y.Just Received .1.,are Stock New Spring

Contact Reproducer Graphophone

BUSINESS CONTINUES BRISK.Every Branch Is Overwhelmed With Orders and

the Manufacturers Are Exhausting EveryResource to Meet Demands.

As the year grows apace the development of thetalking machine business is causing manufactur-ers to marvel. The principal jobbers throughoutthe country are enlarging their stocks in a man-ner quite unexpected, and it is to meet this de-mand for records and machines that factorieshave not only increased their output and facili-ties, but are being operated continuously, nightand day. Traveling salesmen are turning in or-ders from entirely new sources, not to mentionduplicates from regular customers. Jobbers inturn are arranging their business on a largerscale than ever before, securing more commo-dious quarters so as to store and handle stockof the general line to better advantage. In brief,the entire trade only since the opening of the yearseems to have broadened out in obedience to cur-rent selling conditions and is occupying a newhigh level. Dealers are imbued with the samespirit, and especially is this apparent in the mu-sic trade. Recognizing the peculiar fitness ofthus having a talking machine department, theyare now going ahead with commendable enter-prise in order to make up for lost time and toregain what they have missed by an opportunitytoo long neglected.

You will find it to your advantage to giveLANGLEY 0. WINCHELL

OF BOSTONA chance at your COLUMBIA WANTS

Complete Disc and Cylinder Stocks

PITTSBURC'S HEADQUARTERS for

EDISON and VICTORand everything else in Talking Machines,RecordsandSupplies

75,000 Edison Records50,000 Victor Records t in stock

Buy from Headquarters632-6.34 Liberty Street,The Theo. F. Bentel Co. Pittsburg, Pa.

DENHOLM & McKAY CO.WORCESTER, MASS.

Exclusive COLUMBIA Jobbers

Disc and Cylinder

It it's in the Catalogue we have it inlarge quantities

Eclipse Phonograph Co.,Hoboken. N. J.

Jobbenric Edison Phonographs and Records.

Best deliveries and largest stock In New Jersey

CHARLES GIRVIN & COMPANYWILLIAM -PORT. Pt.

Columbia Graph ophonesDisc and Cylinder Records and a Complete Line of Supplies

PROMPT SERVICE

S. A. FLOYD HARRISA.BURG.P

COLUMBIA Cylinder andDisc GRAPHOPHONES

Columbia Disc and Cylinder Records.Complete Stock Prompt Service

ALFRED WEISS IN NEW QUARTERS.

Secures Lease of Building at 1622 SecondAvenue, Which He Will Occupy for HisTalking Machine Business.

Alfred Weiss, the youngest and not by anymeans the smallest jobber in the Metropolitandistrict, has outgrown his present quarters whichwere ample one year ago, and has secured theentire building located at 1622 First avenue,and will devote every one of the three floors tothe talking machine industry.

Extensive alterations have been made in orderto facilitate shipping and the receiving of mer-chandise; also a complete repair departmentpresided over by an expert. Mr. Weiss em-phasizes the fact that only genuine Edisonrepair parts will be used and the same policywill be adhered to in repairing of all types ofmachines. Every detail is looked after withcare and precision, which tells better than wordsthe result of a large aud valuable business ina very short period.

MIVIE. EAMES AS A RECORD MAKER.

The favorite soprano recently made some rec-ords, including "Who is Sylvia?" and after listening to the reproductions a smile illuminedher handsome face. She confessed it was a novel

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sensation, as she had never heard the records.She then told how she made the record of "Whois Sylvia?"-how when she sang a very highnote she was pulled back from the horn of themachine, and when she was singing mediumnotes at moderate power she was almost pre-cipitated into the horn of the machine by herinstructor. Mme. Eames was delighted withthe record of Mme. Melba in Bemberg's "Nymphsand Fawns," declaring that it gave an absolute-ly correct idea of the diva's beautiful singing.

PRICE CO. IN NEW QUARTERS.The Price Phonograph Co., of Poughkeepsie,

N. Y., removed on March 1 to larger ouarters at233 Main street, that city. They now have avery handsome establishment, containing a largeexhibition room aud five new specially equippedrecord rooms. Their wholesale department andstock have been enlarged. C. G. Price is incharge of the new store.

The "scheme goods" turned out iu the talkingmachine line cover a tremendous quantity as wellas a multitude of sins, according to strict tradeethics. However that may be, the premium ma-chines cut considerable of a figure, but most ofthe manufacturers stipulate that the goods mustbe given away and not sold. Their use usuallyleads up to the purchase of a standard outfit,and in that way they serve a purpose.

34 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.IT PAYS TO BE ATTENTIVE.

Salesman Closes Big Order for Machineand Records by Trying Over Records for aVisitor -When an Annoyance.

"A fat old gentleman w.th a prosperous lookabout him recently came into my store, sat downand took a weli-filled wallet out of his pocket,and extracted therefrom a list of records," saida downtown retailer to The World recently."Scenting a good sale, I played record afterrecord for him, laying them in a heap as hegave an approving smile atter each one wasrendered. When he got to the end of the listhe gave me a particularly sweet smile, aroseand left without a word of explanation. 1 wasrather chagrined and made up my mind that hehad played me for all I was worth. To mygreat surprise, a day or two later he walked inagain, accompanied by a footman in livery, andsaid, 'You can wrap up those records that Iselected the other day, also the machine youplayed them upon,' and laid down a bill ofthree figures. His footman removed them tothe carriage in perfect silence, and after re-ceiving his change, walked out without eventaking a receipt. The whole transaction so par-alyzed me that I never got his name, and upto the present time I have been unable to learnthe identity of my mysterious customer. Youwould be surprised to see the number of people,particularly of the gentler sex, who come in andrequest to hear records they have not theslightest idea of purchasing, even when they donot own a machine. They are tired of tramp-ing about the stores, and in order to be amusedwhile they take a rest, pay me a call, and then,after taking up an hour of time, go out withouteven as much as a word of thanks. If I sug-gest that they purchase some of the records theyeither have so many bundles that they cannotcarry them, or they have run short of change.This class of shoppers is becoming a nuisance,and I hope some dealer similarly afflicted willsuggest a remedy."

NEW CATALOGUE OF WIRE RACKS.

The Syracuse Wire Works, of Syracuse, N. Y.,will have ready for distribution this weektheir latest catalogue No. 111, devoted to "TheHeise System" of wire racks for all stylesof talking machine records. This catalogue il-lustrates all the various styles and will give netprices to all except talking machine jobbers.Like all the literature issued by this house thecatalogue will be handsomely gotten up and care-fully edited, and will prove of great interestto dealers desirous of adding to the equip-ment of their stores.

The Siegel -Cooper Co., one of the largest de-partment stores in this city, have opened an au-tomatic department in connection with the talk-ing machines. They are for the use of theirpatrons. Here is a hint to dealers and manufac-turers of these devices.

SOME RECENT MUSIC.New List of Perforated Rolls for Peerless

Coin -Operated Pianos.

For March -April. 1906.For Style "D" (Full Sized Piano).

5192-1. Coliseum Grand March Chas. Balmer.2. The Prize Winner -March Chas. Balmer.3. Our Steady -Two-step Chas. Balmer.4. Parade of the Gnats-March..C. Balmer.5. Enright -March Chas. Balmer.$3.75

5193-1. Somehody's Sweetheart I Want to Be-Song Cobh & Edwards.2. Lazy Moon -Song Cole & Johnson.3.1n a Little Canoe With You -Song

Leo Edwards.4. The Good, Kind, Jolly Man -Song...

Manuel Klein.(From "A Society Circus" -Hippodrome.)5. Moon Dear -Song Manuel Klein. 3.75(From "A Society Circus" -Hippodrome.)

5194-1. Wideawake-M arch C H. Young.2. Whoa, Maud -A Rag Two-step.W.H.Etter.3. Policy Pete -Cake \Valk . . NV. P. Johnson.4. The Candy Girl -Another Two step.

Thos. V. White.5. The Whistler and His Dog -Caprice.

Arthur Pryor. 3.755193-1. Fastidious William-March...C. H. Tiers.

2. The Gentleman from Indiana -March0. Boecher.

3. The Gray Champion -March.T. H. Rollinson.

4. Captain Cupid -Patrol IrAmour.J. W. Bratton.

5. Going Home-March....Benj. Richmond. 3.755196-1. Dear, Old Dixie Land -Song

Jerome & Schwartz.2. My Name is Morgan. But It Ain't

J. P. -Song. H K. Mohr.3. What's the Use of Knocking When a

Man is Down -Song. Bryan & Edwards.4. It's Allus de Same in Dixie -Song.

W. M. Cook.5. Cheyenne -Song . \Vilna ins & Van Alstyne. 3.75

(Shy -Ann.)5197-1. Calico Rag Lee B. Grabbe.

2. The Juggler -March.... Geo. Rosey.3. Musical Zig-Zag-A Rag...0. J. Goehner.4. Gaelic March John H. Fuchsius.5. Feather Queen -intermezzo. M. McKinley. 3.75

5198-1. You're the Best Little Queen in thePack -Waltz. Will R. Anderson.

2. I've Sweethearts in Every Port -Waltz -Song. L W. Keith.

3. My Girl -Waltz Song Lyn Udall.4.1 Want a Man Made to Order for Me

-Song. Nat. D. Mann.5. The Honeybees' Honeymoon -Song.

5199-1. Ho! For the Briny DeeDave Reed, Jr. 3.75

p-Song.E.R.Hall.2. Out in the Moonshine -Waltz Song.

S. Howard.3. Maggie, You've Magnetized Me -

Song. M. W. Clark.4. I'm Getting Sleepy-Song..Joe Hollander.5. Just a Little Rocking Chair and You.

Theo. Morse. 3.755200-1. In a Hammock Built for Two -Song.

H. von Tilzer.2. Lily White -Song J W. Bratton.(From "The I'earl and the Pumpkin.")

3. Honeymoon Hall Song. ..J. W. Bratton.(From "The Pearl and the Pumpkin.")

4. L -A -Z -I Spells Lazy -Song.Warfel & Wallace.

5. Water. Waltz -Song. Browne & Bell. 3.75

MUSIC FOR STYLE 44 NOTE PEERLESS.

6140-1. Fm Getting Sleepy -Song. Joe Hollander.2. Just a Little Rocking Chair and lou.

-Song. Theo. Morse.3. In a Hammock Built for Two -Song.4. Lily White. -Song.

H. Von TilzerJ W. Bratton.

From "The Pearl and the Pumpkin.')3. 1 Don't See Your Name Stamped on

Any Cigars. -Song. ....Samuel Peyser.$3.756141-1. Moon Dear. -Song. Manuel Klein.

(From "Society Circus.")2. The Good. Kind, Jolly Man. -Song.

Manuel Klein.(From "Society, Circus.")

3. In a Little Canoe with You. -Song.Leo Edwards.

4. Lazy Moon. -Song. .....Cole & Johnson.5. Somebody's Sweetheart I Want to Be

-Song. Cobh & Edwards. 3.756142-1. The Whistler and His Dog. -Caprice.

Arthur Pryor.2. The Candy Girl --Another Two-step.

Thos. V. White.3. l'olicy Pete -Cake Walk.. W. P. Johnson.4. Whoa Maud A Rag Two-step..W.H.Etter.5. Wideawako Varch. C H. Young. 3.75

6143-1. Steiuie-A 1.11trh Singing Business.Moss.

2. Maggie, You've Magnetized Me. -Song. M. W. Clark.

3. The Honeybees' Honeymoon. -Song.Dave Reed. Jr.

4. Ho! For the Briny Deep.-Song.E.R.Ball.3. Out in the Moonshine -Waltz -song..

S. Howard. 3.756144-1. My Girl -Waltz -song. Lyn Udall.

2. When America is Captured by theJaps.-Song J W. Bratton.

3. 1 Want a Man Made to Order for Me.-Song. Nat D. Mann.

4. You're the Best Little Queen in thePack. -Song. Will R. Anderson.

5. I've Sweethearts in Every Port. -Song. L W. Keith. 3.75

6145-1. Going Home -March.... Benj. Richmond.2. Captain Cupid -Patrol D'Amour....

J. W. Bratton.3. The Gray Champion. -March

T. H. Rollinson.4. The Crimson. -March. ...P. H. Daggett.5. Fastidious William.-March.. C. H. Tiers.. 3.75

0146-1. Gaelic. -March J H. Fuchsius.1. Yosemite. -March. Elmer Allen.3. Old Glory. -March Jerome Hartman.4. The Field Buglers. -March.........

Geo. H. Bramhall.5. The Fairest of the Fair. -March...

F. W. Bent.6147-1. Cheyenne.-Song.Williams & Van Alstyne.

(Shy -Ann)2. It's Allns de Same in Dixie. -Song.

W. M. Cook.3. What's the Use of Knocking When a

Man is Down.-Song.Bryan & Edwards.4. My Name is Morgan, but it Ain't

J. P. -Song H. K. Mohr.5. Dear Old Dixie Land. -Song.

Jerome & Schwartz. 3.75614S--1. My Little Chauffenr.-Song.

R. H. Bowers.(From "The Vanderbilt Cup.")

2. Good Bye, Sweet Maggie Doyle. -Song Jerome & Schwartz.

(From "The White Cat.")3. Niggah Loves His 'Possum. -Song.

Paul Dresser.4. What Ilas the Night Time to do with

the Girl. -Waltz -song.Jerome & Schwartz.

5. He's Nobody's Friend. Not Even HisOwn. -Song. Browning & Mullen. 3.75

6149-1. My Afro -Mexican Queen. -Song.... .Sidney L. Perrin.

'1. Cross Your Heart. -Songdough, Adams & Dunlap.

(From "The Umpire.")3. You Look Awful Good to Father. -

Hough, Adams & Howard.(From "The Umpire.")

4. Robinson Crusoe's Isle.-Song.B.H. Burt.(From "Moonshine.")

5. I've Such a Funny Feeling When ILook at You. -Song. -Helen & Penn. 3.75

6150.-1. Feather Queen. -Indian Intermezzo.Mabel McKinley.

2. The Darkies Mardi Gras. -RagtimeMarch and Two-step. ..Theo. Wenzlik.

3. My Ideal -March -Two-step. ...J. Arnold.4. Blood Lilies. -A Japanese Two-step.

Arthur Pryor.5. The Land of Romance-Serenato...

Karl Hoschna. 3.75

"CLEAPOL" JUST THE THING.

The trade will be interested in the announce-ment of the Cleapol co., Newark, N. J., which ap-pears elsewhere in The World. Their specialtyis absolutely unequaled for keeping talking ma-chine stock in a bright, salable condition, and,moreover, will be found most profitable to handleby reason of the satisfaction which it will givepatrons: This article, which was recently per-fected by T. L. Gooday, the well-known talkingmachine man, is a chamois skin which has beenput through several processes, making it anideal metal and glass cleaner and polisher. Ithas been appropriately named. The Cleapol Co,are prepared to mail samples to dealers and job-bers who will find it a money maker.

The capital stock of the Talkophone Co. is tobe increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000, $250,000of the increase to be used in enlarging the plantnow located on Central avenue.

rTHETEA TRAY COMPANY OF NEWARK, N. J.1

I

niE PIONEER INIANUFACTURERS OF

Amplifying HornsMulberry and Murray Streets,

NEWARK, N. J.

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 35

OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.

Amount and Value of Talking MachinesShipped Abroad from the Port of NewYork for the Past Month.

(Special to The Talking Machine World.)Washington, D. C., March 7, 1906.

Manufacturers and dealers in talking machines

will doubtless be interested in the figures show-ing the exports of talking machines for the pastfour weeks from the port of New York:

FEB. 12.Amsterdam, 6 pkgs., $180; Bahia, 19 pkgs.,

$1,005; Berlin, 188 pkgs., $3,734; Bombay, 156pkgs., $3,185; Brussels, 104 pkgs., $690; BuenosAyres, 26 pkgs., $485; Cape Town, 5 pkgs., $113;Callao, G pkgs., $136; Copenhagen, 20 pkgs.,

,Evelyhopir wants thene

SOFTERTONENeedles attachments

FOR VICTOR EXHIBITION AND CONCERT,COLUMBIA, AND ZONOPHONE SOUND BOXES

SOFTERTONE NEEDLES reduce the volume and bringout every detail and shade of tone in the Record

Play Six. 47cordsSOFTERTONE NEEDLES may be played on the same or different Records at least

six times without injury to the Record-in fact, a Record will last three times aslong when a Softertone Needle is used.

IMPORTANT: When ordering mention Name and Style of your Sound BoxThe attachment for the Victor Exhibition Sound -Box also fits the Columbia and

Zonophone Sound -Boxes. Price, Softertone Needles, in packages of 200, 25 cents.Price, Softertone Attachments, each 25 cents. Dealers' discount same as they arereceiving on Victor machines.

FOR SALE BY LYON & HEALY CHICAGO

$6.00. 10% off in 6 lots

Mr. Dealer:If you want always to get

the goods, send your orders toa house of exclusive

Victor Jobbers.STANLEY & PEARSALL,

541 Fifth Avenue, N. Y.

BETTINI PHONOGRAPH CO.

THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATEDJOBBERS OF

All Phonographs, Supplies andAccessories.

I 56 West 23d St., trAcueng NEW YORKTelephone, 3173 Chelsea.

NOTE THE FOLLOWING STORES:J. DlEHNI, 490 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn.F. A. BAKER, 1080 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn.SOL LAZARUS, 1058 First Ave. and 1428 First Ave., New

York City.J. J. DOYLE, 152 Montgomery St., Jersey City.WARNER & SETTANNI, 1372 Broadway, Brooklyn.F. G. LOEFFLER, 245 Bergenline Ave., Union Hill, N. J.:

also 370 Central Ave., Jersey City, N. J.B. G. WARNER, 117 Court St., and 1213 Bedford Ave.,

Brooklyn.P. SHTTANNI, 1836 Fulton St., Brooklyn.

$323; Glasgow, 21 pkgs., $874; Havana, 4 pkgs.,$186; 2 pkgs., $189; 3 pkgs., $111; Limon, 6pkgs., $118; London, 7 pkgs., $9,520; 1,002 pkgs.,$10,685; Maracaibo, 5 pkgs., $154; Moliendo, 8pkgs., $246; Nuevitas, 14 pkgs., $177; Santiago,11 pkgs., $309; Vienna, 2i pkgs., $1,301; 19pkgs., $570.

FEB. 19.

Berlin, 213 pkgs., $2,489; Bombay, 15 pkgs.,$256; Brussels, 50 pkgs., $260; Buenos Ayres,8 pkgs., $110; Callao, 2 pkgs., $102; Cape Town,14 pkgs., $318; Glasgow, 10 pkgs., $394; Ham-burg, 9 pkgs., $140; Havana, 40 pkgs., $881; 23pkgs., $1,099; Havre, 9 pkgs., $122; London, 9pkgs., $146; 25 pkgs., $1,999; 873 pkgs., $7,004;Manila, 6 pkgs., $250; Santos, 5 pkgs., $360;Valparaiso, 95 pkgs., $5,784; Vera Cruz, 17 pkgs.,$506; Vienna, 18 pkgs., $499; Yokohama, 76 pkgs.,$4,878.

FEB. 26.

Berlin, 85 pkgs., $457; Brussels, 51 pkgs., $260;Buenos Ayres, 18 pkgs., $220; Cienfuegos, 11pkgs., $16; Colon, 7 pkgs., $305; Copenhagen, 9pkgs., $123; Havana, 12 pkgs., $250; 26 pkgs.,$1,523; Havre, 9 pkgs., $394; Iquitos, 7 pkgs.,$123; La Guayra, 7 pkgs., $169; Limon, 12 pkgs.,$427; Lisbon, 1 pkg., $100; London, 82 pkgs.,$6,201; 19 pkgs., $407; Melbourne, 14 pkgs., $328;Milan, 9 pkgs., $300; Para, 9 pkgs., $567; Portau Prince, 5 pkgs., $148; Santiago, 13 pkgs.,$561; Vera Cruz, 10 pkgs., $122; Vienna, 21 pkgs.,$429.

MARCH 5.

Berlin, 175 pkgs., $1,355; Bombay, 22 pkgs.,$404; Brussels, 153 pkgs., $2,109; Buenaventura,6 pkgs., $139; Buenos Ayres, 4 pkgs., $162; 19

pkgs., $2,796; Guayaquil, 4 pkgs., $151; Havana,11 pkgs., $1,131; 79 pkgs.. $1,037; Havre, 10pkgs. $187; Hong Kong, 5 pkgs., $186; Kingston,4 pkgs., $199: London, 974 pkgs., $9,047; 1 pkg.,$734; 23 pkgs.. $1,359; Para, 9 pkgs., $553; Shang-hai, 16 pkgs., $492; Vienna. 25 pkgs., $1,050.

"POINTERS" ON TRADE BUILDING.

Show Windows Are Money Makers WhenUtilized by Brainy Men-How New RecordsAre Made-Familiarity With Stock AnotherEssential-Suggestion as to Line That WillProve Popular.

A successful talking machine dealer in NewYork preaches for the benefit of the trade whocomplain of dull business and small sales in thefollowing manner "Next to having a good stockof machines and records is the proper display ofthem. I make it a rule to entirely change myshow windows at least once a week, and usuallytwice. In arranging a display, I make it a pointto have a central feature which will always at-tract attention, and am always on the lookoutfor any novel attraction. A short time ago I

secured a hen with a determination to hatch outdoorknobs, and place her in a nest made in aflower horn, and underneath placed the inscrip-tion, "Making a new record." She stood thegaze of a curious public for a day oi two, butthat was sufficient-the public looked at every-thing in the window. The window trimmelwith a sylvan effect, and two white rabbits mov-ing among the talking machines, was also pro-ductive of a crowd. Well -worded signs, pertinentto some particular feature, are also invaluable.No man can succeed in selling talking machineswho is not familiar with his stock. I play formy own benefit every record I receive at leasttwice, and note down those that I considerlikely to be the best sellers, and which have thegreatest artistic merit. I advise dealers who arejust starting in to carry both cylinder and discmachines. You can never tell from the neigh-borhood what you will sell. My best customersfor Red Seal records are Italian laborers, whosave and deprive themselves of pleasures inorder that they may hear the best music in theirnative tongue."

Learnard & Lindemann, the well-known pianodealers of Albuquerque, N. M., report an increas-ing trade in Victor talking machines.

36 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.rm. Nil.. bin.

With the Makers, Sellers and Users of Automatic Specialties

;LW% .% .111%. .iik :, %.get .0%.;" ../7" 11% "' .dreN-7-4% ,..-i7 411:11:''' A retrospective glance over the past year's busi-

ness brings forcibly to light the marvelous al-vance in the slot machine industry. Everywhereis manifested this healthful condition of affairsand manufacturers and consnmers are jnstifiedin their optimistic outlook for the coming year.Just at present, however, it is a case of "handsup" all round on account of the congested condi-tion of the raw material market. Metal seemsto be the leader in this general tie up, as the foun-dries, though working night and day, are fnliysix months behindhand in the delivery of or-ders, and new machines, many of them marvelsof mechanical construction, due long since on themarket, are still nnfinished in the factories.

One of the largest manufacturers, while dis-cussing trade conditions with The World recent-ly, predicted an unprecedentedly brilliant busi-ness for 1906. "Never before," said the gentle-man, "has this business been on so firm a basisas at the present day. The incessant demand Ormachines of all types keeps the office and fac-tory force constantly on the jump in an almostfutile effort to keep pace with the orders. Thegeneral trend of this demand seems to veer to-ward higher class productions, which, of course,means more money for all parties concerned."

For some time past-in fact, since the earlydays of the automatic business in this country-it has been the custom of many companies to selloutright certain specified territories, many orthese contracts being made with such ironboundrestrictions as to absolutely subjugate these com-panies to such an extent that they were forced,after a short time, to desist operations. In thisindustry few machines, excepting the piano, harp,music box, machine, mutoscope and

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weighing devices, can be operated on one sectionfor more than a year at a time, as there is nochanging feature, hence the novelty for the pub-lic wears off, and with it profit disappears. Notonly does a company limit itself to restrictedterritory nnder such conditions, but each organi-zation which has bought agencies, is more or lessantagonistic toward its neighbor, and concertedaction by the whole, to push the machines intopopnlarity is next to impossible, as the contractsprohibit advertising in snch trade journals as1,uld reach their trade and advance their in-terests, with the prospect of snits being bronghton gronnds of encroachment.

Many of the largest corporations that fell un-der this bane, from one cause or another, are atpresent putting forth all their energies towardregaining aosolnte control of the sitnation. Thisdifficulty overcome, manufacturers will have aclear and broad field before them, with assuredprogress, such as now is not dreamed of.

The automatic parlor business is taking onbroad proportions, as men of means are takinghold of the tiller, realizing the immense profitderived from the operating of these emporiumsof music. While it must be admitted that thenewest of these arcades are everything thatbrains and a lavish expenditure of money canaccomplish, there are many in the business whopay too little attention to small details. Andafter all these are the things, which taken asa whole, give a general harmonious and invitingeffect to an establishment or the reverse. Man-agers should always keep before them the neces-sity of having things in shipshape condition. Theautomatic piano which appears in most of the

drawer, shonld not be neglected and left to getout of tnne, as many are. It is trne these in-struments are put through a terrible grind, beingkept busy ponnding away day and night, buta little care will eliminate most of this trouble,and what a difference!

Floors should be kept clean, and it is well tosee that too many machines do not bear the lit-tle card, "Out of order." A sheet mnsic depart-ment is fast becoming recognized as one of thepaying branches of this business, and proprietorswill find that a small space allotted to this linewill not be unprofitable, a pianist and if possiblea salesman with a good voice, will do much to-ward pushing things along.

SOME NEW ATTRACTIONS.

To the Caille Bros., of Detroit, Mich., falls thecredit of placing on the market many of the bestmoney-makers now in use. One of the newest isthe "Bird -o -Phone." By dropping a coin in themachine a most beautiful woodland scene isshown, with natural vines and shrubbery, theearly morning sunlight making the dew on therocks and leaves glisten like diamonds. Twobeautiful birds appear and give their early morn-ing greeting by warbling the popular airs of theday, moving their heads, tails and bodies in themost natural manner. This scene is most pleas-ing to the eye, and the music of the birds isharmonious enongh to suit the most critical.Their post card and "Anto Muto," or picturemachines, are also great attractions.

Target shooting has and always will possessa strong attraction for all ages and both sexes.The crack new coin -controlled de -

The AUTOMATIC MARVEL OF THE AGE!THE ROSENFIELD ILLUSTRATED SONG MACHINE, OPERATED ( for Arcades, Cafes and all Public Places )q No storage Battery Necessary; operated by simply connecting them to any Electric Lighting Circuit, direct or alternating. Fluctuationsin voltage positively do not affect the speed, as in other direct cnrrent machines. q Over 9,000 of our talking machines now in use. q Here are afew of the Penny Arcades or parlors entirely equipped with them. Drop into tne nearest and satisfy yourself that our machines do the business.

ILLUSTRATED SONG MACHINE.All songs beautifully illustrated.

Greatest money-maker ever placedon the market.

MACHINES OPERATED ON DIRECT CURRENT.HARRY DAVIS. Grand Opera House. PittsburghWELLS AMUSEMENT CO., Nashville. Tenn.WELLS AMUSEMENT CO., Richmond. Va.WELLS AMUSEMENT co., Roanoke.WELLS AMUSEMENT (-4).. Norfolk. Va.AUTOMATIC VAUDEVILLE CO., 4S East 14th St., New YorkAUTOMATIC VAUDEVILLE CO., 1221 Market St.. PhiladelphiaRUDOLPH AVAGNER, 261 Main St., Buffalo. N. Y.RUDOLPH WAGNER. St. LOUIS, Mo.FAIRYLAND AMUSEMENT CO.. 634 Washington St., Boston, MassCENTRAL AMUSEMENT CO.. Des Moines. Iowa.HAVANA BREWERY PARK. Havana, Cuba.FISCHLOWITZ. HIRSCH & HARRIS. 314 Bowery, New York CityLUNA PARK. Cleveland Ohio.LUNA PARK. Pittsburgh, P'sINGERSOLL'S CONSTRUCTION CO., 307 Fourth Ave., PittsburghMIDLAND MACHINE CO.. 17S State St. Chicago. Ill.DECOMO AMUSEMENT CO.. 169 E. 125th St., New York CityPEOPLES VAUDEVILLE CO., 172 \Vest 23d St.. New York CityPEOPLES VAUDEVILLE CO., 2172 Third Ave.. New York CitycEtIPLES VAUDEVILLE CO., 125th St. and Lenox Ave.. New York CitysCRPRISE VAUDEVILLE CO., 142 E. 14th St.. New York City11IE AUDITORIUM. 1259 Broadway. New York City.scHAEFER & CO., 310 State St.. Chicago. III.11. FICHTENBERG. 711 Canal St., New Orleans.ROY MAUVAIS. 769 Market St., San Francisco. Cal\\*M. F. BOOGAR, 93S Market St.. Philadelphia. I'aHARRY TEMPERLY, 340 South Spring St.. Los Angeles. Cal.J. VALENSI. 529 6th Ave., New Iork City.J. VALENSI. 407 Sixth Ave., New York City.J. VALENSI. 143 Park Row, New York City.M. ZUSTOVICII, 340 State St., Chicago, Ill.GEO. BALSDON, Fifth Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.WHITE CITY PARK. chicago.

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MACHINES OPERATED BY ALTERNATING CURRENT. . Machines.PEON...ES VAUDEVILLE CO., 2781 Third Ave.. New York City 40MAGUIRE & PHILLIPS. 21S Main St.. Dallas. Tex 10UNION NOVELTY Co., 311 River St.. Troy. N. Y 20DIAMOND NOVELTY CO.. Syracuse. N. Y 20DIAMOND NOVELTY (*0., Schenectady. N. \- 31)

LENTZ & WILLIAMS. 1418 Fannin) Mt.. Omaha. Neb.AMERICAN ARCADES CO., 175 St. Lawrence St.. Montreal. Can illAMERICAN ARCADES CO.. 5S% St. Joseph St., Quebec. Can. 30GEO, W. BENNETHENL 802 Penn St.. Reading. Pa. 10C. B. CASCAMBAS, 109 Thames St., Newport, It. I. 10W. W. COLE, Omaha. Neb. 10"ELECTRIC PARK," Newark, N. J. 10\VEISS & WEINBERGER, 1615 Boardwalk, Atlantic City. N. .1. 20GEO. W. BENNETT. 219 East Federal St.. Youngstown. 0. 151:EESE & WILLIAMS, 54 East Main St.. Plymouth. Pa. 10

OUR 1906 MODELTalking Machine with Colonial

Style Cabinet.

We Make-aWRITEof Slot Machines.orlpleLine ROSENFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 591 Hudson St., New York City. FOR CATALOGUE.

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 37

The TONOPHONE PIANOAutoc

With Nickel=in=Slot Attachment

GREATEST MONEY-MAKER ON EARTHFor Hotels, Cafes, Drug Stores and Resorts ofall kinds, its earning capacity having no Equal.

It is also a great attraction and business stimulator. Dealers will find it very profitable to handlethe TONOPHONE.

THE "TONOPHONE" has stood the test of time and is to -day acknowledged by all( even our competitors) THE KING OF ELECTRIC PIANOS.

he

Tonophone

Has many pointsof superiority.

By our ExchangePlan you can ex-change Cylindersfor

$5.0010 tunes, 50c. each

This gives you an op-portunity to have thelatest music at asmall cost.

is an entirely new instru-ment, and has only latelybeen perfected. It playsten tunes automaticallywith expression. Any num-ber of new tunes can heproduced at small cost.The cases are finely fin-ished. Mahogany or Oakveneered. In ordering. al.ways state what kind ofelectric current you have :if it is direct current, statethe number of volts, if itis alternating current statevolts, number of cycles andnumber of alternations.

Complete list ofTunes mailedupon request.

THE "TONOPHONE" is the only Automatic Piano which has'an almost indestructible cylinder with 10 tunes. This cylindergives the "Tonophone" many advantages over all other Automatic Pianos, most important of which are the following :

Any One of the 10 Tunes can be Played at Any TimeAny Tune can be Repeated as Often as Desired

There is on the outside of the case a dial, with arrow and bandle attached, numbered from 1 to 10, representing the number of tunes oncylinder. By turning handle you set cylinder to play tune the arrow may pOint to. The "Tonophone" is the only Automatic Piano whereany one of the tunes can be played at any time. It is fitted with device whereby each tune is played twice for one nickel.

An important and invaluable point of advantage about the "Tonophone" is that it is so constructed that the cylinders are interchange-able, permitting, where it can be agreeably arranged, for an exchange of cylinders.

The "Tonophone" is operated by an electric motor which is set in motion by a nickel, which is received by nickel -in -slot attach-ment. This attachment is covered by "Letters Patent." and is designed and so constructed that it throws out and refuses to take and keepany spurious coins, in this way giving absolute protection against iron washers, etc.

The earning capacity of the "Tonophone" has no equal and no limit. It has takeu in as much as $50.00 per week. It requires uoattention, consequently is par excellence a money-maker of the best kind. For public and private places, and resorts of every descrip-tion, there is at this time nothing better on the market. It is attractive and a novelty: the music being perfect piano music, makes itcaptivating and fascinating.

EXCLUSIVE AGENCY GIVEN IN UNOCCUPIED TERRITORY. WRITE AT ONCE

THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO., ManufacturersCINCINNATI CHICAGO

38 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.vice recently put on the market by the Sub -Target Gun Co., is therefore bound to meet withgreat favor among all classes. This machineaffords free -arm revolver practice with accurateresults. As many shots as may be desired maybe recorded on one target, when the marksmancan, by pressing a lever, have it delivered to himthrough a slot.

One of the best paying coin -operating machinesintroduced during the past ten years is the Talk-ing Scale. This is an automatic device which callsout iu a clear and audible tone the weight of theperson standing on the scale. This machine is acombination of two well-known inventions, thetalking machine and a scale, and has proved adecided hit wherever it has been introduced.We quote the following interesting extract fromthe New York Sun: "The man in the box is thehit of Broadway, the bars are crying for moreof him. Not since the gambling machines werepulled out and sent to junk has there been sucha nickel eater." The American Talking ScaleCompany have confined their business entirely tooperating, but are now adopting a new policy,and in the future will Fell direct to operators anddealers outside of the metropolis. For furtherinformation address the Automatic Departmentof the World.

The Karmata moving picture machine, manu-factured by the Animated Photograph Co., is fastcoming into popularity with parlor men. Oneof the radical differences between this and otherlike machines on the market is that regularfilms instead of reels are used. People inter-ested in such devices will find it worth theirwhile to look this up.

NEWS OF THE TRADE.

Though the past year's business has been farahead . of all anticipations with the AmericanMutoscope and Biograph Co., of this city, thisseason's opening seems to presage even betterthings to come. To start the ball a -rolling, theyhave recently bought back their Ohio and Penn-sylvania territory, previously controlled by theOhio Mutoscope Co. The Mutoscope's popularityhas steadily grown, and nowhere is a parlorcomplete without a full equipment of thesemoney -making instruments. Much of the creditaccrues, however, to the activity of this companyin keeping their reels up to date. They recentlyclosed a large deal with Max Goldstein, of thiscity, selling him 85 machines for his new arcadeto be opened at 31-32 Park Row.

Among the recent incorporations filed with theCeeretary of the State of New Jersey was that ofthe Matthews Manufacturing Co., No. 288 Mar-ket street, Newark, N. J., to manufacture auto-matic machinery picture exhibiting and soundproducing machines; capital, $50,000. Incorpora-tors, Charles Mosier, No. 1266 Seneca street, Buf-falo, N. Y.; Louis A. De Graff, No. 215 West 80thstreet, New York; Harold C. Matthews, No. 82\Vest End avenue, Newark, N. J.

Friends of M. H. Mark, of the AutomaticVaudeville Co., will regret to hear of his illnesswhile in Florida

"Wonderland," the great arcade opened by theWells Amusement Co., on March 8, at Nashville,Tenn., is reported as doing a phenomenal busi-ness. The enormous crowds which pack itsdoors only go to prove the growing demandthroughout the country for these penny exhibitparlors.

Max Goldstein has leased the store, basementand sub -cellar in the building, Nos. 31 and 32Park Row. formerly occupied by the Daily News.The lease is for ten years at an aggregate rentalof $225,000. Mr. Goldstein is the head of theAutomatic Vaudeville Co., but will open thisnew parlor as a private venture. Plans for alter-ations to the building have been filed, to cost$30,000.

In these days of rapid-fire amusement, the ten-dency is in favor of mammoth enterprises andbig effects, consequently there is a disposition tooverlook opportunities that, while small, promiselarge returns for a limited investment. Themuch -maligned slot machine is possibly one ofthe most potent factors in the amusement linethat can be found to -day. Slot machines, prop-erly placed and intelligently used, may be madea source of profit far in excess of their cost. Infact, this device is more closely allied to theideal than any person has any idea of. Every-one will agree that from a financial standpointa railroad that required no locomotives and notrain crew for its operation, and where the pas-sengers themselves could sit in a row, and workinnumerable pedals, thus working themselves totheir destination, would be highly satisfactory.Slot machines are almost that idea. condensed.You furnish, at small cost, a machine; you alsofurnish, at small cost, the necessary material tofill the machine, and then you let the purchaserdo the rest. He supplies his own coin. He puts

it in the machine himself, and he furnishes therequisite power to work it. Hundreds of newand ingenious devices have been invented for theamusement of the masses. Among a few of thenew ones are the "Crack Shot Pistol," which hasproved one of the biggest money -getters on themarket when arranged with long tube forshooting. Among other novelties that can bementioned are the "Hercules Shoulder and ArmTest," the "Birdograph," "Cailoscope," "GloomyGus Strength Machine," the "Get Married Ma-chine," and dozens of others that can he seenat the office of F. S. Zimmerman, one of thelargest dealers in this class of devices in thecountry.

The new year has brought with it additionalprosperity for the slot machine business, andwith it comes an increased demand for theRosenfield Co.'s new illustrated song machines.But with all sweet things is intermingled moreor less of the hitter, and the above company arehaving their facilities taxed to the uttermost inan almost futile effort to make shipments prompt-ly. The combination of this large inrush of newbusiness and the shortage in raw material isplaying havoc with the factories.

NEW MUSIC FOR REGAL 44 NOTE PLAYER.1107-Spoon Time --Two-step

Mary's a Grand Old NameCoon Band Parade -RagRobin Red BreastStandard Bearer-March

1108-Moon DearGood -Bye, Flo.Top 0' Morning-Two-stepSo Long. MaryI'm Looking, for My Ten

1109-Boo Peep-Two-stepForty-five Minutes from BroadwaySlumber OnPopular BillionaireStand by and Fight

1110-Alexis from TexasYou're a Grand Old RagMazie WaltzI Was Just SupposingSympathy

1111-Dixie Doodle-MarchLittle Girl You'll DoNicodemusI Love You All the Time-WaltzIn My Merry Oldsmobile

1112-NTohbeodLyittle Chauffeur

When the Right Little Girl Comes AlongHave You Seen My Henry Brown'Good. Kind, Jolly Man.

Among the incorporations filed with the Sec-retary of the State of New Jersey was that ofthe Colonial Sterro-Mutoscope Co., of Pittsburg,Pa., and Camden, N. J., for the purpose of manu-facturing moving picture machines, talking andmusical devices, etc. Capital. $75,000. Incor-porators: E. Truxall, E. S. Raymond, M. AliceMcKee, Camden.

Some Progressive Makers of Automatic SpecialtiesIf there is anything you require in Slot Machines

CAT.1. OR WRITENew York Agent for F. S. ZINIMERMAN.The Cattle Bros. Co.

Detroit, Mich. 5 East 14th St., New York.The man who sells the machines that get the

money.

Special Hardened Black CylinderB & R RECORDSTalking or Vocal, best talent, Spencer,Murray, Collins, Harlan, Macdonough andothers. Your Otvn Name on Announcement onthe record, in 100 lots, 21c. each.

A fine chance for dealers to advertise themselves. Wefurnish all the Phono. Parlors in the U. S.BURKE & ROUS, 334-336 Filth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO.MANUFACTURERS

CINCINNATI, 0. CHICAGO, ILL.Corn -Operated Pianos, Harps

AND OTHER MUSICAL SPECIALTIESPaying 200 per cent on the investment. Biggest Money

Makers of the day. Liberal inducements given

Every Manufacturer in this countryshould be represented in this department.The cost is slight and the advantage isgreat. Be sure and have your firm inthe March list.

11 American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.11 E. FOURTEENTH ST., NEW YORK

The Mutoscope s011odtesNtiacahnidne Best Known

"The Backbone of the Automatic Parlor Business"Shots ing Moving Pictures in their Most Attractive Form

Coin operating machines, the greatmoney makers, are made in great varietyby ROTH & ENGELHARDT, WindsorArcade, Flew York.

(Further particulars on inside back cover page)

Coin Operated Talking MachinesCoin Operated Illustrated Song MachinesCoin Operated Machines of all other types

THE ROSENFIELD MFG. CO.591 HUDSON STREET, N. Y. CITY

Talking machine dealers and arcades canmake good money by handling the Regal lineof coin operating machines.

REGAL PIANO PLAYER CO., 891Southern Boulevard, New York, N. Y.

(See ad. on front cover page.)

THE PIANTOVA COMPANY-,Manufacturers of

44 AND 65 NOTE ELECTRIC PLAYERSwith or without nickel in the slot attachment

SECURE THE AGENCY NOW.

117-125 Cypress Avenue, New York.

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St. Louis, 1904.

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- STYLE 44.

ROTH & ENGELHARDTWINDSOR ARCADE

(Props. Peerless Piano Player Co.)

FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK

4 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD.

THE PUBLIC WANT

EDISON GOODSWe hear nothing but praise of Edison goods from

dealers. We receive complimentary letters from themdaily. Here is one of them :

Gentlemen:-"We never took hold of a new line that took with the public likFdifon goods. Our business is top-notch, taking orders every day.

Very truly yours,

Name and address will be furnished upon application.

Edison goods are far superior in clearness and quality of tone to other

makes and invariably win approval. Then again, our extensive advertisingthroughout the year tells the public of the fine qualities and latest improvementsin Edison goods. Mr. Edison is continually giving his attention to the EdisonPhonograph and improving it. Why not handle a popular line ? There is

money in Edison goods. You make 66/3% profit on every dollar invested inEdison goods. Prices are strictly maintained. Write to -day to your nearestJobber or to us for full information.

National Phonograph Co., 59 LAKESIDE AVEORANGE, N. J.

31 Union Square, New York 304 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

FOLLOWING ARE THE JOBBERS IN EDISON GOODS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.Albany, N. Y.-Finch & Hahn.Allegheny, Pa.-Henry Braun.Allentown, Pa.-G. C. Aschbach.Astoria, N. Y.-John Rose.Atlanta, Ga.-Atlanta Phono. Co., Phillips

& Crew Co.Baltimore-E. F. Droop & Sons Co.Bangor, Me.-S. L. Crosby Co.Birmingham-The Talking Machine Co.Boston-Boston Cycle & Sundry Co.,

Eastern Talk. Machine Co., Iver Johnson Sptg. Gds. Co., C. E. Osgood Co.,Read & Read.

Brooklyn-A. D. Matthews' Sons, PricePhono. Co.

Buffalo-P. A. Powers.Canton, 0.-Klein & Heffelman Co.Chicago-James I. Lyons, The Vim Co.,

Montgomery Ward & Co., Rudolph Wur-litzer Co., Babson Bros., Lyon & Healy.

Cincinnati--Ilsen & Co., Rudolph Wur-litzer Co.

Cleveland-Eclipse Musical Co.Columbus-Perry B. Whitsit Co.Dallas-Southern Talking Mach, Co.Dayton, 0.-Niehaus & DoEse.Denver-Denver Dry Goods Co., Hext

Music Co.Des Moines, la.-The Vim Co., Hopkius

Bros. Co.Detroit-American Phono. Co., Grinnell

Bros.Easton, Pa.-William Werner.Elmira, N. Y.-Elmira Arms Co.El Paso, Ter.-W. G. Walz Co.

Fitchburg, Mass.-Iver Johnson SportingGoods Co.

Fort Dodge, Iowa-Early Music House.Fort Worth, Texas-Cummings, Shepherd

& Co.Gloversville, N. Y.-American Phono. Co.Harrisburg-S. K. Hamburger.Helena, Mont.-Frank Buser.Houston-Texas Phono. Co.Hoboken, N. J.-Eclipse Phonograph Co.Indianapolis-Indiana Phono. Co., Kipp

Bros. Co., A. B. Wahl & Co.Kansas City-J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music

Co., J. F. Schmelzer & Sons Arms Co.Kingston, N. Y.-Forsyth & Davis.Knoxville-Knoxville Typewriter and

Phono. Co.Lafayette, Ind.-A. B. Wahl & Co.Lincoln, Neb.-H. E. Sidles Cycle Co.Louisville-C. A. Ray.Lowell, Mass.-Thos. Wardell.Memphis-F. M. Atwood, 0. K. Houck

Piano Co.Milwaukee-McGreal Bros.Minneapolis-Thomas C. Hough, Minne-

sota Phono. Co.Mobile, Ala.-W. H. Reynalds.Montgomery, Ala.-R. L. Penick.Nashville-O. K. Houck Piano Co., Nash-

ville Talk. Mach. Co., Magruder & Co.Newark, N. J.-A. 0. Petit, Douglas

Phono. Co.Newark, 0.-Ball-Fintze Co.New Bedford, Mass.-Household Fur-

nishing Co.

Pro: idence-J. M. Dean Co., J. A. FosterCo., Household Furniture Co., J.Samuels & Bro., A. T. Scattergood &Co.

New Haven-Pardee-Ellenberger Co.New York City-Bettini Phonograph Co.,

Blackman Talking Machine Co., J. F.Blackman & Son, Sol Bloom, I. Davega,Jr., S. B. Davega, Douglas PhonographCo., H. S. Gordon, Jacot Music BoxCo., Victor H. Rapke, Siegel -CooperCo., John Wanamaker. Alfred Weiss.

Neu' Orleans-William Bailey, Nat. Auto.Fire Alarm Co.

Omaha-Omaha Bicycle Co., Neb. CycleCo.

Oswego, N. Y.-Frank E. Bolway.Paterson, N. J.-James K. O'Dea.Pawtucket-Pawtucket Furniture Co.Peoria, 111.-Peoria Phonograph Co.Philadelphia-C. J. Heppe & Son, Lit

Bros., Penn Phonograph Co., John\Vanamaker, Wells Phonograph Co.,Western Talking Mach. Co., H. A.\Veymann & Son.

Pittsburg-Theo. F. Bentel Co., Inc.,H. Kleber & Bro., C. C. Mellor Co.,Pittsburg Phonograph Co., Powers &Henry Co.

Portland, Me.-W. H. Ross & Son.Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-Price Phono. Co.Portland, Ore.-Graves & Co.Sharon, Pa.-W. C. De Foreest & Son.

Quincy, Ill.-Quincy Phonograph Co.Reading, Pa.-Reading Phonograph Co.Richmond-Magruder & Co.Rochester-A. J. Deninger, Mackie Piano,

0. & M. Co., Giles B. Miller, TalkingMachine Co.

San Antonio, Tex.-H. C. Rees Optical Co.San Francisco-Peter Bacigalupi.Savannah, Ga.-George R. Youmans.Schenectady, N. Y.-Finch & Hahn, Jay

A. Rickard & Co.Scranton-Ackerman & Co., Technical

Supply Co.Seattle, Wash.-D. S. Johnston Co.Spokane, Wash.-Spokane Phono. Co.Springfield, Mass.-Flint & Brickett Co.St. Louis-The Conroy Piano Co., 0. K.

Houck Piano Co., W estern T. M. Co.St. Paul-W. J. Dyer & Bros., ThomasC. Hough, Minnesota Phono. Co.

Syracuse-W. D. Andrews.Toledo-Hayes Music co.Toronto-R. S. Williams & Sons Co., Ltd.Trenton, N. J.-Stoll Blank Book and

Stationery Co., John Sykes.Troy, N. Y.-Finch & Hahn.Utica-ClarkHorrocks Co., Arthur F.

Ferriss, Wm. Harrison, Utica Cycle Co.Washington-E. F. Droop & Sons Co.,

S. Kann Sons & Co.Waycross, Ga.-Geo. R. Youmans.iviiiiarnspart, Pa.-\V. A. Myers.Winnipeg-R. S. Williams & Sons Co.,

Ltd.Worcester, Mass.-Iver Johnson Sporting

Goods Co.

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