The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-24

| want the song. At last. in despair. b
. induced one Publisher to bay IL fos
sz5 Well. guess you know the rest.
The song wss one Of the biggest hits
in years. and il probably sung some
where tonight The publisher who
| bought the composition says he made
nearly So. 900 out Of it.
| Graham never thought much of the
song himself which goes TO prove that
writer's Of this kind Of music have lit
| tie business ability GrahAm's other
hit The Picture that Was Turned To-
wzrd the wall hnd . checkered career
before fk fuuna . purchaser. Charlie
received his inspiration from q scene
I'm the play, fBlue Jeans' You remem-
ber thsx part wheee sne 81 mnnI
think n wns Sues fnehN-furns her
Seizure 60 the wuzIs Graham. wh0 in
my estimation v1s q genfns. saw q
capital idea In that incident and used
Il for bis song This song practically
made the house which published It.
The firm is rated At present among the
best music publishing houses in the
country. don't know how much Ora
ham received for the manuscript but I
don't think It was more than SIS He
sold most Of his stuff outright and did
not care to take chances on royalties
Paul Dresser. who has more sue
cesses TO his credit today than any
other song writer In the business. has
a novel way in getting themes for his
compositions. He is very thrifty fell
low. and business man. too. He Is
member Of local publishing firm and
Of course has no trouble In finding a
market for his manuscripts. consider
Dresser very original He wrote The
Pardon That Came Too Late Just
Tell Them That You Saw Me- Here
Lies an Actor Down on the Wabash.
Far Away. Don't ,ell Her That You
Love Her. Take Ne Back to New
York Town and The Blue and the
Gray Just Tell Them That You Saw
de was very popular. One day ORES
ser met the son OF an old friend in
front of the Morton House in Union
Square He had known the young man
in village in the West. and was sur
prised TO see the young Iellow. The
young man was In ilf-health and hard
up.
We'll. said Dresser to the son of
his old friend. I am going home to
tomorrow and If you have any
message to give to the old folks I
will be very glad to deliver it. What
shall I say
oh replied the young fellow. with
a touch OF pathos In mis- voice. Just
tell them that you saw me, and that
was looking we'll
This was far from the truth, be-
cause the young man was pale and
looking i'll. Dresser. after giving the
fellow some money. baLe him good-by
and the two parted. Dresser then
wrote the song. using the same express
sion. Just tell them that you saw me-
He changed the story around a bit
and made the real character a woman
who had fallen. Paul told me that the
young man never lived to return home
for he died few months after the
song was published. Dresser wrote
: Here Lies an Actor after the burial of
the late John Mccullough. the TRACE
dian.
The Sunshine of Paradise Alley
was inspired mostly by accident Wal
ter Ford and John Bratton were walk
ing west on Market street. Philadel- |
phia one gloomy day, trying to think |
of some appropriate title or text for |
a song. Midway between Sixth and |
Seventh streets Bratton suddenly STOP |
ped and looked up at an old half-oblit- |
Grated street sign on the side of a |
building.
There's an odd name for such a |