Walter E. Colby

“ EVER since Adam and Eve, appearing in the Garden Theatre, warbled a little interpolation of their own entitled, "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree," and were cancelled for putting in business not in the show, it has been generally conceded that the chief ingredients of a regular good time were Wine, Woman and Song. It is a combination that has never failed to work, has stood the test of time and, in the last analysis, left little to be desired. Now and then you have run across a man who sort of specialized in one or the other, but even they mixed 'em up at times. ”

“ Victrola and piano concerns are looking forward to a big season, and the publishers we have just spoken of are going to supply popular songs in ample number for every record and piano in these here United States. ”