El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-09

over There" He received SO, 200
from a New York publisher for it,
Conan, coming from unsteady in
cIined ancestors. was born on the
Fourth OF July. Perhaps that accounts
for his many patriotic efforts. That
also might account for certain per-
sons cOntendiug that Conan CONNER
cializes the Stars and Stripes
Guilty or not guilty. George " Co
han has made neat fortune in writ
ing popular songs. Many viii. no
doubt, recall Il Guess I'll Have TO
Telegraph Ny Baby" That was one
Of Cohan's earliest sons hits II
would receive a cool reception now
it is not sufficiently patriotic. Peo-
pie want songs with zip" and Jazz"
in them
Berlin Is Another.
And right on the heels Of Cohan
popularity is Irving Berlin the lad OF
Jewish parentaEe. who came from
over on the East side and whose name
is known to every music loving per
son in the world Berlin knows how
Ito make EN- sway and his rags and
jazzes' are just about Irresistible.
One OF the features Of song writing
is that 2 college education is not need
ed It's a handicap a vocabulary OF
$50 words is quite sufficient All that
one requires is a publisher, musical
car and the ability TO make rhyme
and rhythm Another queer thing is
that no one knows just what new
song VIII take Teddy Morse thought
-M-O-T-H-E-R' such a poor song that
he gave it away TO a professional
SINGER for G new hat
When the song began 70 sell in
10000 lots the singer turned IL back
to Morse Goodbye. Ny Blue Bell
Loves Lullaby" and several others
are among the songs composed by
Morse Goodbye. Ny Blue Bell" ten
throughout the country. Today only
musicians and song writer's remem-
Der IT,
Daddy Of Them All
Harry Won Tuzer is the daddy OF all
song writer's He has been writing
songs % years and started out by
selling Ny old New Hampshire
Home" for SIS. he wrote Just AS
Your Mother Was" and I'D Leave Ny
Happy Home For You"
Wolfe Gilbert started life in a Phil
adelphia cigar shoQ- He was fired by
the foreman because he spent too
much time writing PAROLES on popu-
lar songs He has accumulated a for
tune with such productions as The
Robert E. Lee" "Arc You From Heav-
eng" and Lilly OF the Valley"
Frederick knight Logan, whose
Missouri Waltz was dubbed a joke
by publishers and musicians. has sold
him close to $4,000. He PUBLISHED the
song himself and made his own terms
with the publisher who is now fea-
turing it. HIS Blue Rose Waltz" Is
another home run hit
Earl Carroll started life as a pro-
gram boy at IS a week no one want
ed the first 100 songs he wrote, so he
wrote another 100. His success began
with Dreaming" which was followed
BY Isle DAmour' and the songs FOR
so Long. Lefty and Canary Cot
rage" He built 4 $4,000 slzyscraper
TO join the army at $50 a month
Works Years, Gets SO.
Jack Mahoney spent seven years
placing his first song that brought
him $40 During the intermisslon OF
a double-header at the Polo Grounds
New York. he wrote The Tulip and
the Rose" which brought him $4,000.
His latest song is a war novelty.
BiuE Yang BinE En- on the Rhine
Frederick Rath celebrated his en-
trance into Camp Upton as a private
by writing one OF his big hits,
when the Noon is Shining Some
where IN France" He is an invet-
crate smoker. and to help Our Boys
in France Tobacco Fund" to keep
the soldiers supplied with smokes he
donated % percent Of his royalties TO
the fund.
Ed Rose took an incident from his
own life TO write Il Wonder If You'u
Miss Ne As I Miss You" Since then he
has written several hits, among them
the new Irish battle humn. 'Faugh-a-
Ballagh," that was used by the Irish
battalion Of Cen Bing's army in its
smashing attacks on the Won linden
burg lines.
Bailey and Conan are the types OF l
performers who have made possible I
the production OF popular songs writ /
ten by the song writer's