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New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
The Birth of 4 New Song

THE house Is crowded The action of the
piece has gone along To where the white
duCked naval lieutenant Is ConspIrIng with the
maid Of the heress for her 70 disguise herself IN
her mistress clothes. thus deceiving the villain
The maid Is left alone, and bursts into song
There Is a hush IN the house. and then 4 rustling
OF programs as everybody looks to see who IS
the publisher and who the author Of the song
They take II for granted that II Is not the work
OF the author and composer OF the piece
The song Is sung by the maid During the
first verse there IS silence, and during the re-
fran. Then the applause begins 1t stops IN
time for the maid to 60 on with the second
verse, and then II breaks out afresh Now II
grows IN volume and the maid has 10 oblige
with an encore Again and again the applause
follows her rendition OF the song. The ushers
at the back Of the theatJ- are applaudIng vche-
mently. They are beng paid 10y the publishers,
mavbe YOU know
Now somebody up IN the gallery takes up the
refrain and whistles II. dIiildcntly and falter-
ingly at first. that II VIII not look too bald
You think II must be very catchy song for
anyone 10 learn II so soon Others are taxing
II up. the whole gallery Is whlStlIng It How
catchy II must be- Ne-es' Only about half a
dozen Of those whistlers have been rehearsing
the song for a week IN the publisher Offices.
getting ready for this occasion
By this time the rival publishers are getting
tired They think that the publishers OF this
song and their cousins. and their employees,
ought 10 stop and give them "a chance for their
song So they hiss little. This IS a sign that
this particular song has been plugged enough
Well be Il so. The publishers Of the song sit
hack IN their chairs. satisfied The song VIII
pet notice IN tomorrow S papers. as a Int. and
If II has any merit II Is now launched on a sue
cessful career. They watch the music boys
selling It IN the lobby after the performance,
and can get a line on II then If 1t looks good.
they are happy So IS the author
Perhaps YOU VIII be one Of those successful
song writers. some night. perhaps you won
You never can tell | know men who have
studied the art for years and have never had
hit On the other hand, there are plenty OF
men who have struck II nch IN a night. 1t Is
Ike prospecting for gold,-the nuggets crop
out whert YOU least expect 10 find them. And
unless YOU are convinced that you are a genius
in the art Of song writing, | advise you To stick
10 your little reaper the Kansas farm
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
Confessions of a Song Writer
Continued from page Z

Afraid to Go Home IN the Dark, >" Don't You
Want a Paper, Dearie2" The Sunshine OF
Paradise Alley" "Violets." The Message OF
the Violet" (from " The Prince OF Pilsen ,,
A Hot Time IN the Old Town, " D." I'm a Yankee
Doodle Boy, all these were and are songs
running into sales OF a hundred thousand or
more.
Figuring that an author VIII get two cents
each for all copies of a song sold, you Will see
that the man who Is fortunate enough to turn
out q Love Ne and the World Is Mine" Will
draw royalties amounting to twenty thousand
dollars But there are few Love Ne and the
World Is Mines"
Always Room for Another
THE number OF song writers IN tins country
Is legion but that need not deter You.
Come along and 1oin the merry crowd. They
VIII welcome YOU. In New York YOU VIII find
a hearty greeting from Jerome * Schwartz.
Harry Won Tilzer. Williams * Van AStvne
John " Bratton. Vincent Bryan, and others
Some Of them viii invite YOU to 60 riding with
them IN their automobiles. Others Will treat
you TO little journeys about town IN taXlCabs
All VIII extend hospitality, of that you may be
sure If YOU fortunate enough TO reach the
metropolis on the night Of first performance
of some Broadway musical comedy. they VIII
all meet YOU at the theatcr, and there. too, YOU
may see the NltmarkS. the Sterns, the Shapi-
Tos the Harrises and all the other music pub
fishers
1t Is = great treat to be present on one OF
these occasions. for II Is then that YOU can see
q new song brought INTO being, and realize
what a difficult and artistic feat II Is. Let Us
imagine we are there.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
A Visit TO the Song Factory

A VISIT TO the Sons Factory
+ SHOULD not, If l were you, woud-be young
song writer. come on 10 New York JuSt yet
~.Df course, l could take YOU down Impan
Alley. that part OF 2Sth-ST- between Broad
way and Sixth-aVe.. where MANY of the song
Publishers have their factories. / could show
YOU some Of the SOngSmIthS II work. and Il
would interest i II did not appal YOU Imag-
me a great room with four OF FIVE pianos IN Il.
nd a composer at each pane. composing.
One ls composing . waltz. another a twoStep.
mother a Coonsong. another soue other kind of
ing And they are all playing and singing as
--ev compose, too Yes, SIT all singing and
living At the tops OF their voices
And this i gong dozen different
t..ldings, the windows OF which are wide open,
s. that the melody floats down To the street
ard mlngles with the Jangle Of the bells on
tha 1orse cars. making the day beautiful
One Sign Not There
T. 5E[ E are many signs ON Tinpan Alley but
-ugng them al YOU VIII look V.iIn for the
nan. & the firm with which YOU have been do
M .----ness # YOU are Ike the average song
y-r--.- who mails from Kansas farms. The name
~ Il . tlr1n was the Apollo Song-Poem Syndi-
,zte ~ something Ike II, and II advertised 10
dev. your latent talent for 50 much per de
vel-- Il Sald 10 you
.~.EG-POEMS. We pay fortunes for the
word .. songs. Have YOU written any, Are
,---. ... .e-. II 50. send them 10 Us. and VIII
NOM. sum of ten dollars Or. # YOU com
pos .---- own music send II 10 Us, and VIII
publ r. Others have grown rlCh tins way
Nhr r- vou''
\. ~ win not find that firm on Tinpan
Ale Ia fact YOU VIII not find II anywhere,
e.,e-- -- 7al For that IS its only proper ad-
dre-- When Il Is free. Its office Is N its hat
soutH-e-e The reputable song publisher does
no- -4-. your song and publish II for so
1nu,E -.anev II you write song that is good,
,r seems worthy OF success, the reputable pub
lsh,- ....l put II on the market ior YOU, paying
YOU ---. ..eT contract. a regular royalty on each
copy -E He VIII not ask you 70 pay five OF
Ten ....-S OF anything, for the publication eX-
pens. There are dISreputable firms offering.
tf-n--.. advertisements, TO make You rlCh
bev1-5 The dreams of avarICe by printing your
sar- -a=tilv. with specially designed and ap-
r-a---a., t5tle page. provided YOU VIII take the
NJ ... hundred copies at the small sum Of
TWENTY-FIVE cents each. merely TO cover the eX-
r+re..t mailing OF course, ITS advertisement
1-.---.-.-e- vo5l can sell these copies al fifty
cents each. thus making profit Of one hundred
r-- ".---
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
The Way 10 Do

" a-- do vel 10 steer clear Of any OF these
.-e.---sers They mean You nothing but
harm They know that n the heart Of every
on. .- us .S the latent belief that he can write
g-..- -g- and they prey on that weakness.
t-. g f. HaN i vou DO wTlte song Is To send
.- -. a publisher n New York or elsewhere
--.- ..r easily find out who the leading ones are
D.. -.rs IL their imprint on popular songs-
.-r. -.- -heru give you a contract
4 .E much money VIII YOU make that way
#.. one RI the biggest firms II New ork
--.. -l,e about FIVE hundred songs annually.
DE- these Z deems itself fortunate Il dozen 81
-...-u prove 70 be what are called blg sellers a,
-.a- s- songs that become popular and run up
.r.-. editions of from forty Thousand to - hun
..--l thousand OF more. song becomes
r-.tlralle 10 the publisher despite al they
-.-av rlsaIrn 10 the contrary when Il has sold
eli. mere publication are not high The pTlnt-
-... -F an average song costs about two cents
E.r- ROYALTY viii be about four cents copy,
..1 have written both the words and the
-.-.1. Il not YOU VIII have TO divide with
..--- .lLlaborator- This seems 10 leave the pub
.e- large profit but you must remember
-r.t 1e does not sell ms songs for the prIce
.rsel on them, which Is generally nifty cents.
-. Lt VIII be fortunate 10 average twelve cents
COPY In case he sells them II large guam
--r-e- ~ department stores, Tor instance, ne
1.av have TO accept Is low as seven OF elght
cents q coIv. II he tells YOU that he sells them
t.r jess than that YOU may put llTn down as
pretty poor sort Of publisher II is not neces-
r. for HIM 10 make any such sacrlhce. But
-la1 too he has the expense Of handling and
r7-e--. ..ut-ng the song. and on the whole ms
-.-..rr le not much more than the writer S.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

nave q highly Poetloal mind. sou may object
10 some of the Cohan rlmeS and sentiments
~ expressed II his songs, but then. If You have
anyway
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
Some Have Made Fortunes

SOME songs have made fortunes Charles X.
- Harms now a publisher for hImseli, claimed
have sold nearly a million copies Of his
.-uus After the Ball" Love Ne and the
b. .-ll J. Mine" has sold nearly that many
sesal.s-" reached over three hundred thou
e-- Tell Ne Pretty Maiden. from Floro-
..-a ls said % have sold five hundred thou
.au6 copies Under the Bamboo Tree must
nave sold half a million copies. II made the
.lthors Cole & Johnson. colored men, rlch-
Dea--e vas another great seller ITS figures
ratsllug three hundred thousand or more
The Banks Il the Wabash " " Marguerite.
With Al Her Faults Love Her Still, " I'm
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
LEFT Oh her DOORSTEP
FOR THIS MOTHER

Mrs. A. G. Tuson, OF Livermore, Cal,
writes: Il picked up from my door
step one day a little book in which
soon became very much interested.
My little girl Of five years Of age had
been troubled for a long time with
loss Of appetite, extreme nervousness
and undue fatigue. She was all rum
down and in very delicate condition.
This little book was very eompre-
hensiyely written. and told Of the new
method of extracting the medicinal ele-
ments of the Gods liver from the oil,
eliminating the obnoxious oil which is
so hard for children to take.
"Just the thing. said I, for my little
daughter and | Immediately went for
a bottle Of Vinol. 1t helped her won
derfully. She has gained rapidly in
flesh and strength, and she does not
take cold half so easily.
Il am extremely grateful for the
good it has done her, and hope other
mothers who have weak, delicate or
ailing children will be benefited by my
experience and just give Vinol a trial. "
w. L. GoKAY. Bennington VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
HAFs FOR rEGLic'4 JURYMEN.
Huntea in Morning Served at Evening
According to Old Custom.

The quaint custom Of hunting the
hare in the morning. to be served up
for the jury's dinner at the annual
court baron, has just been revived at
Chard. says the London Standard
The custom has been discarded for
the last 40 years, but in the old time it
excited a great deal of interest. A To-
cal pack of hounds used to hunt the
manor lands in the morning, and the
first hare killed was sent back to the
chief hotel for the dinner of the jury
at the court baron.
It is said that another feature OF
the dinner was an enormous bowl OF
punch, the contents OF which would
cost as much as eight pounds sterling.
The young Earl Poulett, who Is the
lord Of the manor Of Chard brought
over the Seavington pack Of hounds
this week and the mayor presented his
lordship with a goldmounted hunting
crop as a souvenir Of the occasion
Later in the day the court baron din
ner was held and the hunted hare was
served up with all the honors.
Judge Beresford held the monthly
sitting of the county court in the
morning I'D in honor Of the old Gus
tom decided to postpone judgment
summonses till the next court in orde
that there might be no commitment OF
debtors to prison on that auspic)us oc
cason.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20

Thirteenth century tastes in food
had few limitations Besides the fowl
of Africa and the rare gadwit of lonia"
mentioned by Etzstephen, gourmets in
the time of King John used TO regale
themselves on herons. cranes, crows.
storks, cormorants and bitterns. Some
would wash their meals down with
wine, but the majority drank mead or
metheglin Mead according to Holm.
shed, was only the washing Of the
combs after the honey had been taken
from them, and so poor a beverage
that 1t had to be spced peppered or
made palatable with sweetbriar or
thyme. But metheglin contained one
hundredweight of honey to "a gallons
Of water and must have been much
more intoxicating than the strongest
old ale Of the present day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
Catarrh Causes Dyspepsia

The discharge from Nasal Catarrh
constantly dropping into the throat
and being swallowed with the saliva
carries the catarrhal infection to the
Stomach and Catarrh of the stomach
sets in. This causes Dyspepsia or In
digestion as these ailments appear
when the stomach is weakened from
any cause Rydale's Catarrh Remedy
is a safe, sure treatment for Dyspepsia
caused by catarrh of the stomach. II
is used both locally and internally,
hence kills the poison in the mem
brances Of the nose and stomach and
also in the blood. 1t is sold on pos
tive guarantee.-Shurtleff Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
WHAT IMPRESSED THE RUSSIAN
American GastronomicaI Dellcacy Had
Appealed to Him,

Recently member of the Russian
revolutionary party, who had been
through all sorts of exciting vicissi.
tudes in his native country, was on a
visit to the United States.
Wishing to be polite to him and
talk on those subjects nearest the
Russians heart a gentleman who met
him asked all sorts of questions about
the Douma, the Gar dynamite. and
everything else which he adjudged in.
teresting to the foreigner
Then, when he could think of moth
ing more about Russia. he turned the
conversation In this direction
Il suppose that you find America a
striking contrast to your own country
full of liberty and respect for every
bodys rights. 1t must seem peculiar
to you to note how little the govern
ment interferes with citizens as they
go about their daily work. And the
absence of soldiers-that must strike
you as strange after Russia. feel
sure that It must. Tell me, sir, what
is it that you like best about Amer
ica?"
The Russians eyes lighted up.
'Waffies," he replied.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
WENT DELIBERATELY TO DEATH
Circumstances Of Case All Point 70
Suicide Of Elephant.

An Agra (India) correspondent
sends a remarkable story concerning
what is declared TO be the deliberate
suicide OF an elephant.
The great annual mela or fair at
Batesar in the northwest provinces is
held on the bank OF the Jumna. which
is there crossed by a bridge OF boats
At the side Of the river opposite the
fair there is a slope down which the
elephants bringing visitors 10 the
bridge slide into the river and swim
across. A young elephant, making the
trip for the first time, trumpeted an
grily when his trappings were stripped
from him preparatory to his swim,
but seeing other elephants crossing
The stream ahead OF him he plunged
in and followed
When he reached the opposite
bank, however, he swerved around
and swan back again. The mahout
sought to force him around again,
but without result. Cnd when within a
yard or two OF the bank the elephant,
after trumpeting again, plunged down
into the river. Just in the nick OF
time the mahout was rescued by
means of long bamboo but the ele-
plant was drowned, to all appearances
by his own deliberate act
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
FRANK {. HOVE, Editor and Publisher
The Tax Problem.

When We reach that stage in the
history Of statute that we must re
sort TO enacting additional laws to
compel the enforcement of the law we
have, We may be sure there is some
thing radically wrong with that law.
That was our experience with the
prohibitory liquor law which became
most miserable patchwork of futile
threats and toothless traps designed
to force people into respecting what
they did not and would rot obey And.
strangely enough, some of our good
friends were so blind as not to see that
all these patches and amendments did
not reflect the true burden of public
sentiment any more than the original
law itself did because, if they did.
they would not have been necessary
for the original law would have en-
forced itself
Unless The Messenger is wrong in
its opinion, We are now to do just
about the same thing with our tax
law when we content ourselves with
simply creating a stronger power to
enforce upon the people what all these
years the people have stubbOrnly re-
fused to obey. The law is not neffi-
cient simply because it is not en-
forced; it is not self-enforcing be-
cause it is popularity believed to be
unjust And all the additional power
of enforcement of an unjust law the
state can summon will not cure that
injustice-St. Adams Messenger
1t does not seem quite fair to com
pare the statute for the assessment
and collection of taxes with the old
prohibitory law. The latter was an
institution which had its counterpart
in but a few states and was resented
by many people as an interference
with their personal liberty. For this
reason it never received the open en-
dorsement of a sufficient number OF
| the states inhabitants to make its en-
Iforcement effective. On the oher hand
the most arrant tax dodger never has
the face to assert that he should not
pay. He succeeds in avoiding his
duty in this respect but he does not
do so by an out and out refusal but
by trickery The Bacon bill, as We
understand it, undertakes to plug
some of the loopholes through which
the dishonest property owners avoid
paying their just proportion of the
public expenses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
Diplomatic Sufferer.

1t was at well-known sanitarium.
A number of frivolously disposed
young convalescents were taking their
ease on couches on one of the com.
modious sun-balconies OF the estab-
lishment and. despite the rules en-
joining perfect silence upon all, were
enjoying a lively conversation, mixed
in with much gigglng Suddenly from
the darkened depths of a room, the
windows of which looked out aupon
their balcony, there came a plaintive
voice
win you youngk latdies be goot
enough to sdop dalking so loud?" it
said. 81 vass trying to wake up. undt
your lofely voices lull me to sleep
again efery time gets mine eyes open
already yet."-Harper's Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
PERU

An old fashioned snow storm on sun
day so there was no service at the
church
Mr.. and Mrs. E F. Phillips and
daughter Of Putney recently spent a
few days in town.
Miss Mary college left town on
Tuesday Of last week for a few weeks
stay In Bandam. Conn.
Mrs and Miss McDonegle OF Hoo
sick Falls, n. Y, are boarding for a
few weeks with Mrs. Burt and Mrs
Lakin at the parsonage.
We have heard during the past
week OF the arrival OF Mrs Charles
Batehsldsr and Mrs. H. II. Swift IN
BSaHtsrt, South Carolina where they
viii spend the remainder Of the win
ter.
On New Years days party OF TWEEN
ty-four met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wells Dickinson. These were
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Prouty, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Austin Prouty and children. Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Prouty and children
Rev and Mrs. Allen Charlton ant
children of Heath, Mass, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wells Dickinson and son Wells;
Mary Benjamin, Lewis and Irene
Prouty. Edward Chaplin was alsC
one Of the party.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20

The west has a girl miner who
works eight hours a day Her name
is Laura White, her age is % years
and she hail. from San Francisco
Some time ago she located several
mining claims in the dreary Funeral
range, near the eastern edge of the
famous Death Valley One Of the
claims proved to be a rich one and
she and her brother are working ii
alone.
The brother works at the bottom of
the shaft and Miss White hoists the
ore to the top. At first she wore skirts
but finding that they impeded her
work, she donned the miners regula
ton boots and trousers, shirt and Mexi
can sombrero.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
Snor,inn Talent.

well sir, said the old gentleman
Indignantly what are you doing
round here again? thought that deli.
cate hint | gave you with my boot just
as you left the front door last night
would give you TO understand that
don't like you-wont have you-com
ing here"
ut did" said The young man who
was after" the daughter, as a look OF
mingled pain and admiration cane
over his face; but | thought | w'dld
come and ask you"
ASK what?'
If you wouldn't Ike to icm our
football CluS.'' -lfo's
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
American Towers Of esbeI.

In a single block in New York there
are 1,400 people of 20 distinct national
tiles There are more than two-thirds
as many native-born Irish in Boston
as in the capital city. Dublin. With
their children, mainly of pure Irish
blood, they make Boston individually
the leading Irish city in the world.
New York is a larger Italian city to-
day than Rome, having 100000 Italian
colonists. 1t contains no less than
100000 Jews, mainly from Russia
Thus II Is also the foremost Jewish
city in the world. Pittsburg, the CEN
ter OF our iron and steel industry, is
another tower of Babel. 1t is said to
contain more of that out-ofthe-way
people, the Servians. than the capital
OF Servia itself-Atlantic Monthly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20

their mother frequently remarked
with a tired sigh: They are
always getting into something" Usu-
ally that something is very much the
worse for their thorough handling.
The very day they used the scissors
to cut up into tiny bits a $40 bill
which their careless father had left
within their reach on his dressing Ia
Bile while he was transferring his mon
ey from the pockets of one suit Of
clothes to those of another, Mrs. Dud-
ley discovered that her valuable watch
was missing. This seemed almost too
much for even the patience of an I'M
usually long-suffering mother to bear.
SO, after thorough but fruitless
search through bureau drawers. desk
and many other places, she spoke to
her small sons with unwonted sever
ity
Did you naughty boys take moth
er's watch?" she asked
They glanced guiltily at each
other
Now, dears. you know" she said
softening slightly as she looked into
their small, unhappy faces, its much
better for you to tell mother all about
it than to try TO conceal anything
Again there was a culpable silence,
during which the mother gazed stern
ly at the wriggling suspects. Then
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-20
Climate sharpens Apnetits.

Probably the Eskimo banquets last
longer. than any others. and the guam.
tity of food swallowed is also proper.
uonately greater, Ross records that
seven of his party of natives once ate
continuously for 80 hours, during
which time they consumed 200 pounds
Of seal meat. Europeans, exposed to
the same climatic conditions. act In
much the same way. Capt. Scott OF
the Discovery, on his return from his
long sledge journey over the inland
ice of the Antarctic continent, did
nothing but eat and sleep for the
space of three days and nights, and
even then he was still hungry.