Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1892 — MARK WELL THIS MAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MARK WELL THIS MAN.

He la Felix McGlennon, and Is the Author of “Comrades.” A good deal of popular interest has been excited in this country recently regarding the authorship of a number

of popular songs, including “Comrades,” “That Is Love,” “Oh,What a Difference in the Morning!” and others of a similar character. Although, to the .highly critical “musical mind, these songs are

beneath criticism, they have obtained enormous sales, and have done much to lighten the cares of millions of persons. Therefore, it can be said truly that Felix McGlennon, author of the songs referred to with titles, and of hundreds of other popular songs, is a public benefactor. This young man—he is only 33 years old—is a resident of London. He was born in Glasgow of Irish parentage. He is thoroughly domestic in his tastes and habits, and he possesses a modesty which has not been impaired by his extraordinary successes. He has extraordinary facility in the creation of popular songs. He has occasion frequently to compose an air in the short space of five minutes. He has reduced song writing to a science. Curiously enough", like Stephen Foster, the late Charles A. White, and other noted composers of popular songs, he has a very limited knowledge of the theory of music. He cannot play on any musical instrument. He manages to pick out with his right hand, on the piano, the air of his inspirations, and often composes twenty or thirty songs a week.

That McGlennon has a very comfortable income may be gathered from the fact that Frank Tousey, the Yew York publisher, has paid him no less than $2,000 during the past two months for American copyrights. “Mock Not the Old aud Feeble” has yielded Mr. McGlennon for the American rights not less than S3OO. He has received, besides, sums varying from SBO to $250 each for a dozen other compositions in manscript, including two comic songs that are sung by Johnny Carroll and Harry Kernell, entitled “I Handed It Over to Kiley.” and “He Came, or the Unwelcome Guest,” and several other unpublished works prepared for Mr. Hoey, of the Parlor Match Company, Tony Pastor, Maggie Cline, and others. The popularity of this prolific writer’s productions is indicated by figures of the sales of eight songs, aggregating nearly four million c opies, sold in England and America: “Comrades" 1,000,000 “That I s Love" , 850,000 “Oh, What a Difference In the Morning" .;. 7r0,C00 “His Funeral’s To-morrow" soo.ouo “I’ve Worked Eight Honrs This Day"... 400,000 “Woman, Lovely Woman" 1 “You Know a Thing or Two" > 350,000 “Mock Not the Old and Feeble" ) Total 3,850,000

FELI[?] M’OLEKNOS.