Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14

rural districts than in cities.
"You have no idea, said who has spent his
life in the glare of Broadway, "how many families there
are who won't play anything but hymns Sundays.
The thing absolutely | didn't know there
much religion in the country until | got into
this business
But, after all, the big bulk of the phonograph bust
ness is in the popular songs of the day, with
siderable number of the old songs and ballads. The
popular and topical song the backbone of the whole
undertaking. The American public wants its music
catchy and tuneful-and new. And it must have the
words tell sort of story. This IS the that
the greatest requisites phonograph voice clear
of enuncation and strength combined with sweet
ness People like the songs about love and Kisses
laughter and flirting, moonlight and sentiment Those
who will enjoy lyric about two lovers meeting down
where the sweet potatoes grow than
those who like the trio from "Faust Those who who will
go into raptures the girl who is sunrise blond with
boob sweetheart outnumber that class which buys the
records of Samson and Delilah.7 The experience of
the manufacturers has proved this beyond all doubt
Ada Jones, the buxom good-riatured Irish lass, who
is of the champion long distance popular song
singers in this country, is gtterng example of the
demand for these records She sings for all the
panies and has been doing it for more than twelve
years. at the rate of forty fifty dollars song She
left the stage than twelve years ago to devote
herself entirely putting the songs of the day upon
the records They have all looked alike to her. ranging
from Sweet Marie to am All Alone And the
suit of her activities is that she dashes around New York
her automobile and lives the fat of the land
In a to the popular songs of every
try, company sent agent to China to gather the
hits of that realm. He made his with smooth
and obgng Chinese singer who arrived at nine o'clock
morning and announced his readiness to 60 to
work. 1t developed that China stands alone as
singer of songs This celestial like all his countrymen,
began sing his song at half past nine and fin
ished the last wheeze at NJ, using up something
more than thirty records After that the agent bought
the songs in reasonable sections.
Two well known singers of old songs and ballads
David Bispham and Margaret Keyes. Miss Reyes
comparatively unknown except in small circle of the
musical world when she began to sing for monographs
Today she is under contract with Oscar Hammersein,
the impresario; but she famous throughout the
length and breadth of the land through her monograph
work long before HammerStein asked her to go into
grand opera.
Mr. Bisptam is one of the most painstaking phono-
graph singers the business 1t is harder for him to
satisfy himself with record he has made than it IS to
please the company. The slightest imperfection,
if it be one place where he thinks he has breathed
properly when singing results in his doing the record
over again. Two women, Christine Miller and Mar
guerte SYLVIA also poverb for the they take
and for their brightness and accommodating spirit while
in the laboratories Miss Miller singer and
Miss Sylvia is in grand opera.
ANYBODY who has not the making of
ord will find it impossible to realize the extreme
difficulties involved in the process. 1t might be de-
scribed the of Not only does the singer
have to know, by what to be instinct just how
far he stand from the mouth of the horn order to
make his voice effective, but he has to enuncate
every word with precision, and always has to control
his voice so that the record will be free from BLASTS
Moreover he exercises supervision his surround
ings to prevent any unnecessary noises from get
ting to the record
In one laboratory, when a test record was being
played, the superintendent remarked, There's pc
culiar noise in that record can't determine absolutely
what II is: but must be