Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-26
NEW YORK Is
MUSIC CRAZY
Popular Songs Sung in the
Theatres and Concert Halls
of the Great Metropolis

The music loving stranger VINO
visits New York at this season Of the
year finds the Metropolitan and the
Manhattan Opera Houses closed,
learns that the song-birds of renown
have flown to Europe and Australia,
and that New York has settled down
to enjoy what is termed popular
music. Grand opera is forgotten and
laid upon the shelf.
It is a rare treat TO visit theatres
such as Hammerstiens, the American,
the Praza, Keith and Proctor's, and
Percy Williams numerous vaudeville
houses during the summer and hear
the audience zen masse" join In the
chorus of some popular song. There
are quite a number that have caught
the fancy of the public, all compost
lions of American authors and COM
posers. One of the most popular at
present is introduced in "The Yankee
Girl" at the Herald Square Theatre
by that popular, jolly, sweet singer
Blance Ring, entitled "I'n Make
Ring Around Rosie"
It is by Jerome & Schwartz, the
anthorrs of "Bedeliia" and Mister
Dooley.' and many other big sue
cesses. ,ss... !,
TOY hear the audience join in and
sing the following makes one almost
imagine himself in a kindergarten;
I'll make a ring around Rosie,
I'll make a ring around Rosie,
We will be comfy and cosy
Some place where nobody knows.
Rose didn't grow in the garden;
She grew on ten little toes.
I'll make a ring around Rosie,
Rosie, my rosiest Rose.
The simplicity of both lyric and
melody make il grand ensemble TOT
both the chorus on the stage and the
audience in front Encore after en-
core is demanded, and the audience
never seems to tire OF applaudlng lts
own efforts. To pay from one 10 Two
dollars for the privilege of singing is
certainly something new IN the a.
musement line.
Eva Tanguay, one Of the highest
salaried artists in vaudeville, is pre-
paring New Workers to look forward
TO the return of Theodore Roosevelt
with pleasure in her rendering OF one
of the most novel of popular hits en-.
titled Moving Day in Jungle Town,
by Seymour Brown and Nat Aver.
During the rendition of this song al
the different animals of the jungle ar
introduced to the audience. Mis-
Tanguay herself riding an elephan
who don't care" and seems to en1o.
the frolic of carrying the exuberan
and never-at-rest Coincidence aroun'
the state as she sings:
It's moving day in Jungle Town,
All the natives wear a worried frowr
All the monkeys and the chimpan
ices
Moving way from their banya
trees.
Hear the rattle of the pots and panI
Getting read for the caravans.
Run you lions and tigers, run, rui
rum
Here comes Teddy with his guI
gun, gun.
"The jolly Bachelors the show IN;
has caught New York and which wi
be all summer at the Broadway Thu
atre. is singing a coon song, entite
"There's a Big Cry Baby In II
Moon" in her inimitable manner.
Here the audience does not Join
the chorus, but sits as If sDellbour
listening to the refrain
Brymer, Smith and Burris, trio
song writer's, are the authors of tn
latest popular coon song. In come
ton witt this song. reports come fro
London that the popular and favori
delineator of coon songs, Clari
Vance, is delighting the music he
audiences with this same song viii
she was the first to introduce ov
there. The English are slow In TAXI
up an American song, but Miss Van
made a hit with it in her openii
night. and now she would not dare
substitute another song in its plat
II is a stage trick of hers TO sing Il
song last, and have the audience y
for the Moon Cry Baby" and tn
to finally consent to sing 1t.
The Beaumont Sisters, who q
noted for the original and entranci
rendition of all kinds of songs, ha
made a radical departure from tn
previous efforts, and are singing
sweet little song, called "Dais
Won't Tell"
This song was written by An
Owen, a most charming and beauu
Western lady who is known all o'
the world as the DAISY Song Write
owing to the success of her OIL
gongs-"Sweet Bunch OF Daisies q
"When the Daisies Bloom"
In the chorus of her new song
has coupled a catchy, melodious str
with tender lines.
Miss Anita Owen writes both wo
and music of her songs.
Adele Richie. at Hammerstein S,
the talk OF the town. simply hecal