The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
Inclined

more proves a cure for the blues.
Mary Is a homely lass, and can't
compare, IL seems, with all the other
lovely girls mentioned in this
sprightly song. and yet it's only
Mary that can get the boys around
her. They love her not for her
charms-frankly. she has none-but
simply because-ah. but that's the
mystery. It would be a shame to
reveal 1t here. Let Patricola ex-
plain IL. She does IL SO welli
The Song Shop finds that its best
sellers are La Veeda." Hold Me-"
and "Hiawatha's Melody of Love"
Hold Me" has just been purchased
by jerome II. Remick & Co. from
Sherman, Clay & Company, the larg.
est music publishers in the West.
This ballad fox-trot has met with
wonderful success in the West.
which, IL is predicted, will be more
than duplicated in the East.
W. P. Van wickle, president of
the Van wickle Piano Company.
says that an education in music Is
so easy to acquire today that there
is no real excuse for musical ig-
norance. The Q. r. s. story rolls
hdfC lnluSS SUCH an
extent that we need not secure the
personal services of music masters
to get the full appreciation of mu-
sic. The story rolls have elevated
and made the player piano of much
more value in the home, and will
help one, to familiarize themselves
with the music of old masters.
1t was in Lucia" several years
ago. that Evelyn Scotney. then
talented but obscure soprano, made
conservative Boston critics. after
one evenings performance, ac-
knowledge her a prfma donna OF
tare vocal attainments. The colora-
tura test of all tests is the famous
Mad Scene" from Lucia" Doni-
zettt was somewhat merciless when
he composed such an aria, desig-
mated to exploit the fiexibility and
range of the soprano voice rather
than to continue the dramatic ac-
ton of the opera. That it can be
sung with both case and brilliancy
Evelyn Scotney has shown in this
beautiful recording. which is dazz-
ling example of pure coloratura
singing. The record is one of many
interesting Aeolian-vocalion rec
oTos issued thlS month.
H E. Stewart, manager of the
Edison phonograph department of
the Gibson Company in G street, in
speaking of recent Edison records
says: "Whistling women were re-
garded by old-fashioned people as
something anomalous in nature, but
that was before Sibyl Sanderson
FagaDemade her name as a whistler
On one disc she whistles three com
positions - the Rubinstein Melody
in F. the Moszkowski 'Serenata,
and the Nevin 'Narcissus-
IF you are looking for religious
music of high order" suggested
Mr.. Stewart, nothing could be finer
than Heaven Is Ny Home sung by
Thomas Chalmers, the Metropolitan
barytone. Sir Arthur Sullivan, It
will be remembered. wrote the
music of this great hymn. Shall
We MeetT, another fine old hymn
is combined with 1t, sung by
Vernon Archibald and Lewis James.
Many persons like lullabies. and
for those the Homestead Trio sing
Dixie Lullaby with its haunting
humming charms"
Mr.. Stewart mentioned other rec
ords which he considers of special
interest, one of them being wher-
fun, fast and furious, is afforded by
"a Matrimonial Mix-up," a negro
sketch done by Billy Golden and Joe
Hughes. and "Hippity Hop" a comic
descriptive song, rendered by the
Premier Quartet. Three purely in
strumental numbers include
waltz, sweet and Low" rendered
by the Tuxedo Dance Orchestra; a
march, Heads Up" by Conway's
Band. and Loves Message" pret-
ty. whimsical selection by Sodero's
Band.