St. Paul daily globe., 1894-09-02

"Sweet Marie" is not one of them.
"Sweet Marie" is the song that all the
organs are grinding out; that the mes
senger boys are whiStling; that the
young woman with the shrieky voice in
the next fiat to you is singing at
O'Clock in the morning. But that all
proves that Sweet Marie" is immensely
popular and that it is immensely valu-
able says the New York Recorder.
sweet Marie" has already brought in
$4,000 to the man who wrote both its
words and music, Raymon Moore. And
he confidently expects to make $50. 900
out of the song after the returns from
all the back counties are in. Mr.. Moore
receives S cents royalty on each copy of
the song that Is sold. So 1852, 800 copies
have already been sold. If the composer
makes $4,000. 100000 copies will have
been sold. There is great responsi
bility in adding 250, 900 Sweet Maries"
to the population of this soug-loying
country. But Mr.. Moore accepts the
responsibility. and is happy in the cer-
tainty that they have been welcomed
from Portland, Or, to Portland, Me.
Mr.. Moore composed ''Sweet Marie'
last September. He was on mis- way
across the continent from San Francisco
with w. Ii. Cronkhite, John Coleman,
the dancer, and Otis Harland. the lead
ing man in Hoyt's new play, IA Black
Sheep" To relieve the teuium OF the
journey, these four played poker. 1t had
cost Mr.. Moore $500 or S400 to relieve
the tedium. and he was beginning to
feel slightly wearied, when he picked
up hand, and lo there were three
mines in it.
Mr.. Moore. with great promptness,
raised the ante to come in and every
body came in. He drew one card and,
on careful inspection, found four mines
just east of Denver, and Mr.. Moore
mentally determined to bet that hand as
far as Chicago.
The other man called.
-Four nines." said Mr.. Moore, reach
Ing for the money.
-Four tens" said the other man, TAX
Ing the money.
Mr.. Moore. quite naturally. felt rather
sad and pensive after that. 1t was then
the inspiration came to him from which
sprung Sweet Marie" He jotted down
tUe HusiC anu dlcu VIC ).
"Sweet Marie" was born.
Mr. Moore, as will be seen by the pic
ture that adorns this column, is hand-
some as we'll as talented. He is twenty
eight years old, and New York state
claims the honor of his birth, for he first
saw the light at Amsterdam. He went
to San Francisco with his parents when
he was very young. His genius was
hidden for time while he acted as
bookkeeper in haberdasher's shop in
Frisco. One lucky day he went on a
holiday to San Diego. On his return to
Frisco by boat, it happened that
"Chris" Buckley was his fellow-passen-
ger Mr.. Buckley was that at the height
of his power. He controlled Demo-
cratic politics in San Francisco as ab.
soutely as ever did Richard Croker in
New York.
Mr. Buckley heard Raymon Moore
sing and was drawn to him by the
sweetness of his tenor voice. The blind
political Leader made him his secretary
at salary of $50 mouth. He filled
that position with great credit for two
years and then resigned to become a
member of Emerson's Ministries. AS
such he has become known and popular
all oven the country.
Mr.. Moore not only composes the
music, but writes the words of all his
songs. He thinks that ELLEN Aroon,"
song he has just finished. is the best
he ever wrote. Another very successful
song OF his Is My Fair Colleen.n Mr..
Moore has not yet published one of his
best efforts, Don't Quite Forget Old
Dad" He is rather surprised by the
vast popularity of "Sweet Marie"