Life, 1910-05-05 · page 59 of 72
Life — May 5, 1910 — page 59: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** for player-piano music rolls and related products, with a brief literary column sidebar. The "Literary Zoo" column (left) concludes an earlier piece, discussing journalists and theater press agents, particularly William McConnell. The author affectionately recalls an office boy named Warshawsky who contributed anonymous witty couplets to the column—a nostalgic anecdote about forgotten contributors to journalism. The dominant content features advertisements for: 1. **"Artistyle" Music Rolls** — promoting player-piano rolls with detailed artistic interpretation markings (tempo, tone variations) superior to ordinary rolls 2. **Angelus Player-Piano** — touting exclusive patented devices for musical expression 3. **Mennen's Flesh Tint Talcum** — a cosmetic powder for women The diagrams compare standard music rolls versus "Artistyle" rolls, showing how the latter includes nuanced markings for artistic performance. This reflects early 20th-century consumer marketing positioning technological products as enabling "artistic" experiences for average home users.
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The [sey Zoo (Continued from page 845) And there was William McConnell, the Plautus of theatrical press agents. “I never,” remarked Mr. McConnell once, when stage realism was its best —or worst—"I never pass a horse on Broadway without touching my hat to him. For all I know he may some day i. . be a ‘star,’ and need a good all-around “Artistic Interpretation” means the vary- press agent.” “ae ing expression of time and tone which the We discern in F. P. A’s impatient : fa musician introduces into his playing, and tones the voice of the poet rather than i any which eliminates ‘ mechanical effects.” the journalist. And yet was it not an ° ; . ae Ordinary music-rolls contain very few indi- humble office boy—one David War- ‘ c-rolis 5 shawsky—who contributed, gratis, to cations for artistic interpretation, because his columns, that couplet collected by the sheet - music, from which they are copied, contain only the principal ones. “Artist tyle’ Music fis The simplest and clearest for artistic interpretation Mir. Montague Glass for his forth- coming “Anthology of the East i ' . Side”? 3 eu ne “ Artistyle”” Music-Rolls contain indica- Af Danlia only icine the, Giant plats =e ° % tions for all delicate variations of time and tone, being especially edited by authori- tative musician: are the clearest and simplest made. Comparison of the accom- panying pictures illustrate this. > BaD We quote from a memory that “lets go a thousand things.” Like Aldrich, we recall, with all the vividness with which we visualize an unpaid bill, that “blue noon in May,” while the names of clubs and cubs are as water to a sieve. We forget the names of wars, the dates of kings, but not the name of Warshawsky. Bartlett. will embalm him sooner or later. He was our pupil, and we are proud of him. . 2 28 444425 > “ Artistyle” 88-note Music- Rolls are playable on any make of player-piano. Complete catalog will be mailed upon request. The New 88-Note «oun ANGELUS Player-Piano On which anyone can play any music artistically) | Office boys come—and go; yes, gen- erally go. Their faces linger with us as a gallery of pictures; their a once liberated from the static state, smell sweet and blossom in the dust. We knew an office boy who not only SERS Ptcensiea wrote logically for The Sun, under an hen tt eae es Gage of tine’ by alias, but jotted down the bright between. When the line a series of words— . . is made up of a series of Retard, Accelerate, badinage forever going on in the vaythe music isin rege | Tempo, Vivace, te. lar time ; a series of R's and numerals. “Yet, = — = means to retard ; a series with all this compli of A’s, toaccelerate, And cated marking, the ways lends lt iT inter = MENNEN’S Tthelndiyiooaltoerprer || Goutts by no cans tation. ® indicates a so complete as on FLESH TINT TALCUM lest pans cia thar | Arceaie?” Musto: accent; 7 to hold (stop). Rolls, This New Menoea Toilet Prep- aration will make instant appeal to every woman who for any reason cannot use a white powder. Flesh Tint can be used by An “‘Artistyle’” Music-Roll Constant changes of fime as well as of tone are indi- cated by the single broken tig-zag line. Soft when On this, changes of tone are indicated by the dotted line, and also by a series of lene P, PP. Possesses many exc/usive patented devices for musical expression, Among them : The’ Phrasing Lever, for changes of time, to effect the reading of the “Artistyle”” markings ;} The Melody Buttons (and unusually res- ponsive pedals) for changes of tone; The Melodant, which “ brings out”’ the melody; and subdues everything else; The Diaphragm Pneumatics,which gives the“human touch.” Takes all ANGELUS and all standard 88-note and 65-note music-rolls. A repertoire far larger than Is available for any other player-piano. MERIDEN, CONK. A We cannot say. We only see how fares it with The Tribune and The American, make a rapid mental caleu- lation—and keep it to ourselves. On the whole, it is a pi never to taunt a man with his origin. Unlike the mule, he may have some Write for the name of nearest representative and descriptive books of the Knabe-An- woman with a high color ard te || gelus, Emerson-Angelus and Angelus Piano. woman with a delicate complexion | with equal benefit. It supplies all || THE WILCOX & WHITE CO. the comfort and healthfulness of || REGENT HOUSE Mennen’s Borated Talcam, yet blends so perfectly with the natural complexion that-it is invisible, Flesh Tint ¢ ifthe it in sizable chunks to Puck and the final touch to a Judge. Woman's Toile? And recently a Sun office boy, Mennen's Flesh Tint is a Pink Taleum precociously imitating: the ‘style of <Not « Rouge Goldwin Smith, contributed the most Flesh Tint sustains the high standard of quality which has made pat remarks we had seen on the sub- al of Mennen’s Toilet Preparations universally famous for ject of the Philadelphia strike. Pioneers in the Manufacture of Piano Playing Devices. REGENT STREET IVorld’s dome of thought, and peddled purity and delicacy. is to be had at all Mennen’s Flesh Tint dealers, or mailed on receipt of 25¢ postpaid. Sample Free & Gerhard Mennen Company Newark, N. J. Mokers of the celebrated Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder Horace Greeley believed that you should catch your journalists in the teething process, and bring them up on printer’s ink; Mr. Hearst, on the other hand, we are told, holds for the higher education or nothing. Which is right? 47 pride of ancestry and hope of pos- terity. In “quite some few” (vide Canadian dictionaries) office boys we sec the promise and the potency of re- juvenated journalism W. T. Larned. | | y safe rule | comicbooks.com