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Show ' Noted VrM Writer. "Did you ever know that there are 1 men who have become noted as the writers writ-ers of songs who never wrote a verse in their lives?-" remarked Carrol, after we had discussed "Annie Booney, "McGinty" and "McManus." "Ben Collins Col-lins who died in New York recently, wrote lots of good stuff, but did you ever aee his name on the back of a sheet of music' He used to sell songs to people who were better known than poor Ben rnllins J. P. Skelly wrote many beau-iSSngs beau-iSSngs but "Pretty Red Rose; -was the onlv one that made a hit Some medians have a habit of buying ngs from unknown bat bramy R.b.-S,ndtlcg R.b.-S,ndtlcg the credit of h.vmg written them. Iu this way a crrUm Ltor who never wrote a song in his life, L estaWbed a world wide reputation wnter ..f comic .-0r--ti Tima-Str. |