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New-York tribune., 1912-04-21


follow out what / have indicated in regard z. ne
drama. That song was What Is Home VI
Love-
had figured it out that the central idea Of the nc
possessed universal appeal; but had failed to IRE
out that the particular appeal not uppernoSt III ne
nation emotions at the time. At the time IN quyr,n
the national mind was bothered more about the nc
than it was about love. Business had supersedoa ne
finer emotion for the time being. 1t was queSt' i
bread rather than of kisses.
In nv own little science" realize that there @r~ ~
Vulnerable flaws Nv science turns out success N
as great proportion as successes in the song writing
fcsSion can be turned out; but the flaws also resu. IN
the composition of failures. Just as dramas tal!' So %
songs fail People who say 70 me ~ on re luck! ' =
You ALWAYS hit it," remember only my successful
They forget all about my failures. As nearly as IN
compute my failures have been failures, trSt pc1.e
the lyric story was sufficiently dramatic lyrics re
of chief Importance in popular Songs-rememner us
alwavs); secondly, because the tune did not apty S
out the idea of the lyric in point; and, thirdly DtC
thc national taste changed so quickly that | Co.!
neither anticipate it catch up with It, ne nation.
taste for various kinds of songs sometimes changes o
night This is not cXaggeraton.
The six best sellers among the popular songs III '
last four wears in America have been as follows ~
Somewhere; (2) Love Me and the World Is AiIne
(3) 81 Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now ~ I've
Got Rings on Ny Fingers; (5) What Am Go,'s
to Do to Make You Love Me; (6) 81 Wish Had
Girl"
Ihad the good fortune to write the first Of these songs
None of the Others mine, and no Two were tlt ",
of one man. You will observe that all save tlG loU,'
tan English importation, by the way deal with seLl-
mental topics There is no military song in the list
Nor is there song dealing with baby subjects poverty
pastoral subjects humorous subjects, or, IN snort any
thing but love. This then, obviously, must be an
era of sentiment. The song I've Got Rings on MY
Fingers as | have said, is OF foreign orgin' ana
sho3ld therefore not be considered in the argument
from the native viewpoint. That leaves us with hVe
American made songs out of five among the hve best
sellers that indicate this one fact-the complete dom,
nance Of sentiment at present on the map OF national
Is this not an interesting sidelght searchight would
be more apt on the supposedly haphazard "d4smng on
Of popular songs? May there not be something more
exact about the business, when viewed thus IN Ieuo
spcct,' than one might have imagined: IN,
have said that after the success OF After the pan
% ~ realize that that success mi ght not have been
the accident believed it was and that there % we Were 9
sons for the truly tremendous popularity OF tt song
believe that After the Bali became the song mt o us
time for the same reason that Eugene Walter dramas
in more recent times have become the successes OF V'
kitCr day. .: ,,;.,
N''' ' the Nric of which talked
+be uav Deople talk lust
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

SuCn DiXlC DallduS as We
Longing in My Heart for You,
Louise" When siberia and
The Children Of the Ghetto"
we're produced and ! senscd the
appeal of the Hebrew problem,
direct and indirect, | wrote a
song called "Only a Rabbits
Daughter" Each time | OBJ
taincd fresh proof that my
system was not failing me.
During the extremely wide
vogue of the Woods melo-
dramas, | composed sad"
mclodramatic songs Of the
species represented by For
Old Times Sake and "JuSt
Behind the Times When
Gillcttc's war plays, Held by
the Enemy" and "Sccrct Ser
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

side" and 81 Love Her Just the Same
And every time, let me repeat, the rejecting
songs hit the mark, and the lips Of the nation
were drawn into a whistling pucker. The
way to the whistling lips is always through
the heart. Reach the heart through your
lyrics and the lips will whistle the emotion
via the melody. Where the heart has not been
touched by the lyric. the lips vii, prove re-
ody once, even twice; but it takes more than
that to make a song truly popular. A catchy
tune is not sufficient in itself. A catchy tune
goes far, it is true; but it will not go the entire
distance of popularity, or even two-thirds OF
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

vice. caught the national
eye, | followed suit and
caught the national ear with
a dying soldier ballad called
"Just Break the News to
Mother" When the fanci-
full trend of things made its
way back of the footlights
in response to the national
taste and desire, | followed
such reminiscent plays as
"The Road TO Yesterday
with such reminiscent bal
lads as Yesterday When
Pinero's dramas dealing with
women of the street took
hold of the national pulse,
the beats of which they
echoed, | sat down and
wrote songs like Cast
Aside - "Fallen by the Way
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

greeted me with, "What
an easy time you have
just dashing of catchy
songs and raking in the
money!" Not one has
sensed the actual facts Of
the case; for the writing
Of popular songs, instead
of being a "dashing of
process, is a matter rcqulr-
ing much study, obscrva-
ton, investigation, and
labor. Indeed, | may even
hazard calling it a science.
The term seems none too
formidable.
| have been called the
pioneer Of popular song
writing in America; 50 !
suppose | may pose as
something Of a statistical
authority on the subject
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

tllt lNIlS VI VIM
the way people talk, just rs
Mr.. Walter was the FIRST
native dramatiSt to have his
stage characters talk as their
patterns off the stage would
talk. He was colloquial IN
every sense, to be sure; but
the public realized that there
was something it wanted:
The public was wearied OF
hearing a stockbroker tor
instance, a type it knew well'
come out on the stage and say,
"Ah, Laura, twill never do to
act in this manner!' And
when Mr.. Walter had his
stockbroker speak as the
stockholders the public knows
speak, "See here, Laura,
you've got to cut out dong
this sort of thing!"-why, the
Continued on paee 20
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

something Of a statistical
authority on the subject
in hand. Although have written more established
popular songs than any other American It may interest
you TO know that | never took a music lesson OF any
Sort and that today, cannot distinguish one note
the piano from another | say piano, because
always compose on that instrument My ear is and
always has been my only tutor
When was a voungstcr attending school in Saginaw,
Michigan, was in the habit Of winding piece OF thin
tissue paper round comb and using the makcshlt
pscudozobo instrument 10 play tunes on. One day
was humming tune on the comb during recess time,
when my SchOotcachcr up to where the rest OF the
Youngsters and cOngregatcd listened TO me play
for few minutes, and then asked me what tune it was
| was attempting to render. | told her that did not
know. dts really very pretty she said AS matter
Of fact did not know what the tune was had never
heard it before, and just making 1t up as went
along" so to speak. OF course was hattcred at the
teachers praise and played the tune subsequently
every possible occasion just to show off.
was in the earliest teens them but remembered the
air had composed the comb, and some years later,
when went to Milwaukee to live and take up song writ
ing as my lifcwork had the notes put down a scrap
of paper did not think about the tune for long time
after that, and probably never should have again had
not met youngster who had been at school with in
Saginaw and pretty well grown up, visiting in
Milwaukee. "What ever became of that tune you used
to Jolly the Schoolteacher with Chae he asked me at
luncheon day And, to my frank surprise, he began
10 whistle the first two lines Of the chorus That set me
thinking If this young fellow could remember the little
tune over five six years there certainly must be
thing more 70 the tune than had believed. | sought
out the scrap Of paper and may interest you to know
that you too have undoubtedly whisted the notes
that scrap Of paper long this for the song turned
out to be what is agreed upon the biggest popular
song hit turned out in this country Its name2
After the Ball"
One million five hundred and fifty thousand copies of
this song sold But hear you say, the success of
this particular song was accident. Where, you in
sst does the science Of popular writing
Let agree with you that it doesn't. 1t was only
after the success of Aer the Ball" that realized that
what seemed accident might really not be anything OF
the Sort that there were reasons the wide popularity
of the song that the rested beyond the tune
and that these might be erreted out with study
and be applied subsequently toward the foundation and
composition of other popular songs.
will not be so bold as TO assert that have managed
TO get entirely at the heart Of the popular song writing
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07


when she saw both men lower the front legs Oh Cc
chairs and rise together The next instant thc uooi
swung violently yet nolsccsSy inward ana naoHC ;T+
man with gun in his hand lcaped IN Out ol UIc is'
Another man was at his heels, and they coVcred HCl
simultaneously Then most amazing thing oCCutIeu
uncs mysterious odgcrs pounccd upon 'lciIl I'GIn on
behind there was brief, brcathIcsS struggle anu IlO
next instant all four swept out into the SHC" GItt
tanglc Of arms and legs Followed the sounds OF 1u
Gus scuflc Of heavy blows, curses and groaS' Ueii
voice: Al
BEAT it now or we'll croak the two OF you And
pcddlc the word that no rough stuff goes here 10 you
g,t tbat5n There was the impact of a boot planted
against flesh and the next instant une devererS had
reGntcrci and closed the door.
One Of them sucking wound IN thG nGSHy par
Of his hand where falling revolver hammer had pnched
him but he inquired in thoroughly buslncssEe tone,
scot little hot water, June: o,,. W.,
June emerged weakly from behind her desk "W-"hat
does it all-mcan;'
"Oh it all right. They won't trouble you no more
"Thcv came to-rob me and YOU knew it.
"Surc Harry Hope got full and told about leaving
eight thousand dollars with you; 50 we Deat ei" 10 IT,
"But why didn't you say 50; You frightened me-
1--WE wasn't sure they'd try it, and we dldn like to
work you up
"Plcasc-who are YOU
us? Why, were Wag-boys Llcwclyn's our pal:
I'm Charley Fitzhugh; they call me the Dummy. And
this is ThOmaSvillc.
ThomasviIc nodded and mumbled greetings without
removing his thumb from his mouth, whcrcupon June
began to express her gratitude But thanks threw the
Wag-boys into confusion, 1t seemed ana they quickly
badc her an embarrassed goodnight
NOV that they had removed the weight Of obligation
~ that had rested upon them, the Wags became more
ncighborly Lcwclyn and the Scrap Iron hia called
tocylln that the Dummy and IhOmaSVlllc had broken
all rules Of friendship, by "hogging the spotlight ana
to express their regret at having been absent during
the attempted hOllup.
June eating her midnight lunch when they came,
and after they had left Llcwcllyn said:
"Slr didn't have butter, klG. Notice II.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

bl1 Besides, JO
Gods sunshine into the dark You see, don't believe
in prisons"
WHEN Llewcllvn told the other Wagboys Of Junc's
" mart in his escape his story met with eXcaIna-
tons that would have pleased her to hear but the scrap
Iron Kid broke in to say mcnacngy ,.,,,,o,,,
"Iook here George, don ann TO take no d' m
Of what she done for YOU when YOU was hurt or up
aAw, ,,, rats" cried Lcwcyn furousy. "What do you
take me for." Then, staring codly at the 3d. ne SAID
"And it won't do her any good to have you hanging
around either. fr;t
lines action toward Llcwclyn, and her mode OF ltc
Gained the admiration and respect OF the Na8DoyS lld
although they avoided her carefully they WdIcc over
her from distance Nor was II long before tney "ui
means Of serving her. although she did not near oi II
fDr many months. ~ ,
nor. that Sammy Stcrnbcrg, who owned the Miners
Res, was boasting Of his conquest Of June whcreupon
sammy was notified bv Lcwclyn acting as committee
Of one that his lies must cease. Sammy 8oI niue
drunk 2 few nights later and boaStcd again. Wltl te
r,s fiat the Scrap Iron Kid, who was playing black
;al. ,rnnnt1, hoorcd him with a clou Of his 40 and
The SWc,lc who was standing nearby kicked the pros
tratc Stcrnbcrg in the most conspicuous part "i MS green
and purple waistcoat, thereby IooscnmS a I'D
Il was not long before the sporting element OF Ile
c,rno learned to treat unc with the highest courtesy
and since she had been adopted IN a measure D! uc
Wag-bovs. she became known as the Wag-ady
Meanwhile June was pro5pcrng ne homeless men IN
VINO paronizcd her place began To- lntrust their &oI
sack, TO her care; She went TO Harry Hope, the r. &
,cn' and bought safe in which 10 deposit hcr mRrrs
vuabcs Frequently thereafter She sat guard all nght
over considerable sums Of money While the owners
snorai peacefully in the big back room.
WHEN winter clos,I down June began to see more
w and more Of Harry Hop And she began to Ike
him too for me- was the sort L WIN women hearts,
being bio and bovisl and full Of mcrrmcnt He had
en- M several wears i'm the Nor,hand and rs winds had
blown from him many Of the city born traits leaving
him unaffected, impulsivc and hearty B"t Wn'r @ Inc
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY I. 1912

or IN her gazc he shrugged his shoulders and turned
his good hand palm upward if in surrender, where
upon she answered the Marshal:
I'm sorry you can't cone in, Mr.. Dcvlin; but I'm
just going to bed ..t,uo.,,,, ,.o,,~
bunkhousc Sorry to disturb you.
When the footsteps had died away the stranger moist
cncd his ps and asked, "Why did YOU do that:
Il don't know. You are brave and brave men arcn I
Gods sunshine into the dark. You see, don't believe
in prisons.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29
SOME GOOD ADVERTISING

Through the work of F. II. A. Lyle.
manager of the Glenwood Hot Springs
and Hotel company, Glenwood is get
ting splendid line of advertising all
over the country The Post mans at
tention has been called to recent is
sue of the st. Louis Republican in
which the Missouri Pacific Railway
companny carries an illustrated adver-
tisement reminding the people of their
summer vacations and especially recon
mending Colorado as vacation ground.
A liberal portion of this space was de
voted to Glenwood Springs and her
baths Other railroads are calling the
attention of their patrons to the advan-
tages of Colorado as a summer play
ground and of course to mention Colo
RADIO in this connection is to devote con
siderable attention to Glenwood
Springs. The Red Book, a Rio Grandc
publication, has been very liberal in
advertising Glenwood and its last issue
contained four pages of Illustrate mat
ter descriptive of our city, the Hotel
Colorado and the Glenwood baths
Besides this, Mr.. Lyle has secured a
great deal of space in the Foster ley
nolds guide books and these are given
great publicity. In fact about the only
advertising of a favorable character
which Glenwood is receiving is being
done by the companies which Mr.. Lyle
represents.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

w. o. Werntz, a prominent lawyer
of Canton, Ohio, stopped over in Glen
wood Monday for a days visit with
the family of c. w. Smith whom he
has known for many years. Mr.. Werntz
was returning from the coast, and
having heard compliments on Glen
wood, decided to see the place. OF
course he is glad he stopped.
y y y
Prosper Latem, pioneer of Garfield
and Eagle counties, died at his home
in this city last Thursday from a com
plication of complaints. He was SO
years of age and had lived in Glen
wood but short time, having spent
the past several years in Red Cliff. He
is survived by wife. The body was
shipped by Farnum to Red Cliff for
burial Saturday.
Williams Jubilee Singers gave
their unique entertainment under the
aspices of our association on Saturday
evening, March 25th, which proved a
great success in every way.
''The entertainment drew large
house, and although the program was
long, they held the keenest attention of
the entire audience to the very last
number, and although there were sew
enteen numbers on the program every
one drew an encore and some of them
as many as three or 1our.
81 want to say that / believe this
entertainment proved to be the best OF
any concert that we have ever given
in our association. ID. Z. Luther,
General Secretary, Los Angeles Y. NJ.
C. A.
The Post gives all the news all the
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29
STRAYED OR STOLEN

My English pointer. Color seal
brown; left lower eyelid slightly blem-
ished; few white hairs on breast: fe-
Disappeared June 18th, between II
and l O'Clock. Reward of $40 will be
paid for information leading to her
recovery. b. r. HODGES,
New Castle, Colo
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29
FOR RENT

Potato ground for rent, 20 or 80
acres, rich, sandy loan, river ditcn,
y mile to depot. For further particu-
lars inquire at this office. 3-3O-tf
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29
aLENwooD STUDIO
F. E. Waters, Propr.

We develop films for 1oc, any size.
Print Brownies &c each; 3h 13h and
3h14A 4c 415 ga Sc each, at our new
location, 3ll Eighth street Everett
block). Phone, Red 573. Finest gal
lery on western slope. We are e1-
perts. 4-29-:
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29
Live City News

Mrs W. W. Crook is this week Wis
iting friends in Denver.
y y y
Mrs. Charles Anderson and baby are
visiting relatives in Oklahoma.
Half rates for the Fourth.
THE MIDLAND ROUTE.
y y y
Mr. and Mrs. Ole Thorson took u
trip down to Grand Junction yester-
day.
A number of Glenwood s young la
dies enjoyed a picnic at Noname creek
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. L. Klein visited
Tuesday at the Westhafer ranch near
Glenwood.
The talented Harrington children OF
Glenwood are making a vaudeville tour
of the state.
A real live bargain in second hand
buggy, surrey and trap. See ME at
once. J. S. WOODY.
y y y
Everything is still very quiet in the
sheriff S office. There is not an occu-
pant in the entire Jail.
y y -
G!enwood last Friday and Saturday
while on her way to Chicago :.
The Misses Ahrens of Denver are en-
joying vacation in Glenwood They
have rooms at Mrs. l.. G. Clark s.
Mrs. Ethel Stack of Denver has for
the past week been visiting her siste'.
Mrs. l.. II. Hall, of upper Eighth street
y y y
Garden drills, cultivators and all
manner of implements now ready for
you. J. S. WOODY.
y y y
Ed White and family of Carbonate
were Strawberry Day visitors to Glen
wood, having driven down in their
auto.
Jerome French left Thursday morn.
ing for Sheephorn where he will visit
during the summer with his grand
parents.
y y y
One fare the round trip for Fourth
of July.
THE MIDLAND ROUTE.
DR.. j. NJ. Braden and family autoed
down from their Carbondale home last
Saturday to take advantage of the fes-
tivities.
Fay Holsten and Miss Bessie Grimm
Glenwood last Saturday by Rev Geo.
+. Klein.
y = y
Mrs. Charles Sheridan and her daugh-
tiers, Misses Birdie and Hazel Wi.
liams, are visiting this week in Sal.
Lake City.
Wanted-I viii want 10 fruit pick
ers about July l. Address A. S. Tib.
belts, New Castle, or phone Elk 52.
G-l5-tf.
Mrs. Benjamin Brewster and family
have returned from Colorado Springs
and will spend the summer at their
beautiful Glenwood home.
y y y
w. 5. Park and family drove up from
Silt in their new Flanders car to par
ticipate with our people in the fes
tivities of Strawberry Day.
y y =
Mrs. j. l.. Herwick of Grand Valley
took advantage of Strawberry Day to
enjoy a brief visit with many of her
Glenwooi friends last Saturday.
y y y
James Poplin and Miss Annie Noblet.
both of New Castle, were married last
Friday at the Methodist parsonage In
this city, Rev. G. F. Klein officiating.
y - y
c. NJ. Keck has set Sunday, August
4, as the date of the annual bicycle
road race. He expects that more riders
will enter this year than ever before
y y y
Miss Grace E. Fisher of Randolph
New York, arrived in Glenwood last
evening and will spend the summer
with her cousin, Mrs. II. G. Overlook
- - -
Williams Jubilee Singers are the
best in America. ''-Opie Read. At
the Odeon Saturday evening, June 30.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

Dyspepsia is Americas curse. Bur
dock Blood Bitters conquers dyspepsia
every time. 1t drives out impurities,
tones the stomach, restores perfect di
gestion, normal weight, and good
health.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

Lawrence Clark was married at Rife
last Saturday evening to Miss Jennie
Taylor, a niece of J. B. Deacon of this
city, Rev. Giblin of the Methodist
church performing the ceremony.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

Mrs. Henry Van Mater and daugh
ter, Florence, arrived in Glenwood yes
terday and have taken rooms at the
Hotel Colorado where they will spend
the summer. The Van Matters wehe
the summer. The Van Matters were
charmed with Glenwood as summer
residence that they gladly return
this year.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

V. A. Moore of the Carbondale Item
left Thursday morning for Sergeant in
Gunnison county where Mrs. Moore has
for the past two weeks been visiting
her sister.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

Mr. and Mrs. j. W. Cummins drove
up to their -Four Mile ranch the first
of the week The team became fright
ened and started to run away and Mrs
Cummins was thrown to the ground and
one of her ankles SO badly sprained
that she now walks only with the aid
of crutches.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

DIR. J. J. Lace, district superintenI
ent Of the Rio Grande district, held
the fourth quarterly conference of the
Methodist church in Glenwood Thurs
day evenn. This is the first visit of DIR.
Lace since he attended the recent ses-
sion of the general conference of his
church at st. Paul
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

George Simmons and Miss Bessie
bunker, both of Grand Junction, were
married in this city last Saturday by
Rev. Geo. F. Klein of the Methodist
church.
The Glenwood post., 1912-06-29

= = y
There is absolutely no truth in the
statement that C. W. Smith of this
city will be candidate for state sena-
tor. Mr.. Smith will be a candidate
for the office of county treasurer, but
he has no designs on the senatorship
The republicans will take the office Of
senator, thank you, but not with Mr..
Smith.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-15
| SUCCEED IN GUSHING
ALL CIRCUMLOCUTION
American Directness and
Brevity at Last Applied
To All Lines.

Far back before the day when Chris
TOPPER Columbus succeeded in persuad
ing Queen Isabella that the world WAS
really round and then set out and dis
covered this section of the globe. the
original Americans had a way of talk
ing through their hats" as the slang
ist says If the red man wanted to ask
a neighbor for the loan of few pota-
toes and an onion for the dog soup he
was preparing, he was likely to COM
mence with few desutory remarks
about the stars in the heavens his mis-
taken ideas about the moon, throw in a
few paragraphs about the happy hunt
ing grounds of the future and the nice
winter weather of the present and then
slide In that modest request for dona-
ton. so that if neighbor was not fol
lowing his line of conversation closely,
the potatoes and onion would be en-
tirely obscured in the Verbiage,
No matter what he had TO say, the
Indian would beat about the bush" in
making talk, and that is possibly one
reason why he never got anywhere and
was badly trampled on in the march of
progress. because it took him such a
long time to let anyone know that he
was being hurt.
Now, the people who helped push
poor Lo" off the earth as it were,
were more forceful in their utterances
and their descendants are even more So
The modern American has no time
to circumlocute and wants everything
brief and to the point
To fill this need the Standard Atlas
and Chronological History of the World
was designed and that is why it is now
in great demand at The Georgian's Of
fee 1t say: what it has to say briefly
and to the point Waste space has