The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-14
THE FASHION IN SONGS.
Music DEALERS SAY IT SHIFTS And
CHANGES
Fifty "Marguerltes " Now on the Market
Pretty Girls Run to Comics-'efS To"
Old Favorites Are Now sung

man looked up as II WONDERING "uo 0""'"
no ca woefuiiy ignorant, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser. Ills eyes
twinkled as ne said:
more. Ever so many more. II II was
not for the girls we would have To go
ont of business. Men have no time Tor
music and they only buy it for the girls.
The banio girl is the best customer Tor
oor,ic songs. She can sing them, even
If she has not any voice, and she Is SUCH
a Jolly kind Of girl her taste Is better
adapted to The Man That Broke the
Rank at Monte Carlo or one Leg
Longer than 1t Really Ought 10 be' lh"i I,
more romantic and elegant compositions.
And how about the more serious soHsS
that the girls sing when in senlmehlal
mood. for instance?'' asked the writer.
"0b when girls don't sing comic songs
thew want something real romantic anu
very sad. II the song ENDS wen ne
won't have It. II must nave VA 80 ~
tsars and an English ACCOMPANYING ~. -
the bass 10 initiate sobs anu sisns. -
the Kind of song the New ioIh sIIIa
- md tho farther off the sweetheart
sToee and the longer he stays the peI'el
= suite them If he never comes pacN
Ill
at all they are dehghted. ..,.,,- mans
encouraged by this cynical young man
glibness the writer asked -o,,os
.syybot are the most popular sons9
81 tbat class Just az present! vi,
st.o,e,s Sorrow For All Eternity duu
past and Future The sohss VII
tinpe of sadness in them always nv
so the old ballads, Kathleen Ma'Iu'
neeu.' Bessie. the Maid Oh 80
Robin Adair' and scores oil o'iis'' az
Just as popular as ever. - ,,, old
,ior,,ee~those by Willie Graham, Harri-
90, NIuIard Frederick Clay and Clail-
bel?" H., eraronle
he taIen Molloy's place Miiaid "%S
heep ont Of the country a soou VIZ" iln
ma has lust returned, but MS iaSt 'o ',s3i
.I1or+allan has had the usual spleluiI
- peonIe seem to have forSoI'eH
9,aoiaricll CLAW. and Claribers songs nave
heen so much initiated they nave 80
tbeir identity. Harry Kennedy No Tn
cola and De KOven nave laNe,l NE
- Toeenhfne Gro IS also d ~ N' -.
piace9, ,'lssr ~ popular songs. Oniy tWo
Iue .,,e,, bave ever made name py W..
,etc besides clara SchuiloN'l'
lhs ~ Hone Temple and the woman
tnoao - I'm the Cleaning. She Vas
U,noiish woman named i"i So,
an IT, INFO another big music s"oP
" d liIi.o asked If after the BAL
s.trt sold well. Just as wen as -.
Eta the man. solemnly III j. Do'He,,,
fI wonderful Even ANNE I've
diJn,t have such sale anu ", Len
~ for that even now. We ~
ORDERS t,,,,tng copies Of AFTER the
Tiem. and they disappear Ike i ..,i''
L ,lI tho comic songs, bdt ~.
Ailois .,rto Summer Girl The Man ,l, ~
i5aeN' 49, rank Daisy Bell anu ~
Br, oHe cir,s in Blue are the most car
| ed for" ,,,..,,,,orites' are thereY'
How many MAI
.HVbicb has the greatest popuir an,sest
..,,,,,i,n,s the first one. me me-, az
! .,r,r-uerite; or, waiting for A0
eThat are the people singing N.Y. T,5" ~
/ want comic songs or llttle ,4ou mean?
| -, ne Koven's Promise Me anu W.
] eii' q promise YOU But those seC ~
| "lo", ~ sorgs never take Wen
| eui'' tt,,,stons-the old and the NV
! W. ciri T,eft Behind Me sell WeI,
| ny r,ore the English ballads No',',
an" ,rbe pawn and Two Little oiIl9 ~ -
/ plue, are very popular, ana DE- ','''''
! Droorn Of Home is very mucn iAeN ,.o
what are the most popu'a' P''''
pieces?" roro,s Dream, After
LII .Tarclssus.' Gottschalk's Las'
IIc I'a I'D Ievbach's NTH nocturne. an,
t5i ubo ueed 20 play The MalueD
| 15'-,,,or' now expcnds her ehef6ies VI
80 .E-IoVyer Song almost as Ola anu
] baclneved but still playable.
| "Nbat do men sing now. 49,,
.There are n good many standard Darl
/ tone songs amt the tenors nave aDoul 1u'
! emo selection as the girls nave. men Nv
| no buv songs Did you ever "atcn Il uio.
whom he is listening TO 'Margaefite sum
re NAV be six feet tail ana as n1lu az
nails naturally, but just mum tie an az,
/ reneat the words and he immeclaIely looA
| continental. Those kinds OF songs hypHo
tie people" ,,.-,-- ,,.,,,,
I The Young music merchant gave a wear
| emile MEN will sing that until thefe j
nor a man left on the face or the earth'
mixes them feel big and brave 20 stan'
IN very straight and sing about boil
knights and girls with golden hair
The writer looked over the new barlton
songs They were all about Going 4
Sea on Stormy Night" Drawing tn
| NVfntrv Blast" or kissing Ny Love Good
greatest sale just at present is Anchor
ed" But the pTettiest. although not
very new one. is My Little Woman.
The words have an Austin Dobson-Nk
dalntiness about them:
..Would the diamond seem such peer
less gem
If IL measured one foot round?
Would the rose-leaf yield such a swee
| perfume
II IL covered yards OF ground?
! Would the dew drops seem SO clear an
pure
II dew ike rain should fall?
Or the little woman be half as great
III she were six feet tally'
"Out on the Deep" and Evening Song,
by J. Thalion, are very popular. Ems
fish cockney songs are the rage just now.
said another music dealer. rOr, as the
call them In London. c0ster songs A
bert Cheyaller made them popular. TIL
best ones are The Futur' Mis- 'Awkins
'Wot Cher and Ny Old Dutch Their
IL a growing demand for them. and IN
day Is not far of when they will usur
the place OF our own classical conf
songs"
what was the effect Of Paderewski
visit ON the musical element OF New Yorl
ersg"
Nothing, musicelly. fIe made them al
ra!re red hair and go crazy about him
| his personal magnetism. but he new
| doomed any particular class Of must
Pachmann made Chopin more played tina
| airy one else, but we always sell mo-
!. | Chopin than Mendeissohn. because II
! sweeter and more romantic. The talk ar