, 1872-10-09
ADJUSTMENTS.

It Ia not the least remarkable phase Of the wopdarfu
Transformation which the fire has oecesicnod in Chi
ccgo that any words necessary to record what hsa
been done during tho year in replacing the buiio4a
| which we're devoted to the drama and music Hs
would have bean considered prophet entirely with
out honor, both in his country and out Of It, who
Baad1ng in our chArred stroetu, amid the 6nokn and
dyiag ndezs had prophesied that any place devoted
to tho arts, however rude, would spring up In that
| widespread field Ct ruin bs<ore yer had yassed
| nwaJ. II any fact was universally conceded it Was
that music md tbs drama oud have to wait until 20
comnoodators hsd been Afforded for the mora M
terial and necessary elcments Of the citys growth
First, nust restore Chamber Of Commerce aud
Offices QUE stores md railroad depots, bank7 and
insurance. Offices, our bridges Sidewalks viaducts aud
other public works. We must get trade and commerce
running naturally again IN tha grooves We naus.
have places to 1.-Two in, to worship in, 10 study in and
IN which to transact business. These we argued sro
indispensable. It m3y taEe fire years, perhaps ten
years. 70 replace them, and then ahnn hare 1eisure
AID inclination for TIC auaements OF the theatre and
the opera house. But these rra Injuries with which
VIC can dispense for tins, nud not feel the
loss. And 80 VIC brnyely made up our
minds to DO without them for . dine.
horng that, by success IN business and economy In
Living, would not be many yea-B before We aould be
feel warranted in deTodng money and leisure paint
Ing, scn]pturc, literature, and science.
Chicago lost by tho FIRE Of Oct 3 urosby's Opera
House, Hooleys Opera House, McYickers THEATRE the
Division ana The md Gernan . sonse IN
the North. There wee other but sn.iler places OF
amusement devoted to aud vaudeville,
tha les Of which, in moral sense, gnin to the
city. The above comprised the respectable pieces
which we're deyo.ed to nrgic and the drama The
geonay equipped and to Eave been opened on ths
18th Of October BY ti.e Thsodore Thomas oEchsss1n
hV
they undoubtedly Sill prraerye interesting
relics of how man proposes md God disposes.
the two or thres seasons which preceded faa
fire, and which had somewhat degraded 1t from tha
to aos the
for years to come, the pleasantest associations will
cling e absut the memory of Il, fos, during ths-
The home of English, German, and Italian opezs.
Nearly all the greas prms donnas ot the present hnd
almost faded out Of recouecdon,-fm priua doane's.
stcgo LIE is short and htfo1 at best No building In
Shss9 5 tse Snss sessd
in tie chances Of 1ottery had made It familtur IN
every part Of the United ssates where people auve
aa fortune and aggregate misery It's oes was looked
upon something nal md the Eao1lde-ng, smoking
TO the memory Of opere: Tks drama, we thought
might possibly revva within two th-es years; but
what possible hopo Eas there that should agr.
MAY ourselves in opera eloaks and whiss kids IN SYM
pathy with rrgse Leono1s, aurl our bouquets l4n
cushing Aodolphas, or susTey our neghbors hnarT
through the lorgnette which strips distance of its en-
:hantIasnt7 And yet, before tia year is over, the
pruieck Tor now Opera HOUSE, l1Egcr, massive
ind mora elegant than tho OLD one, already on tho
able: Two meetings ot prominent citizens of wealth
md leisure and active huainess men, have heaa hnld
With view ot organizing stock company inviting
:ompedhve plans fru architscts, and preparing The
ray foc building scs1e Of elegance propof.ion
te to the other superb which hare rupaoed
he old. It is set premature to nake daenite ~
1ounee1aents Of details, but tbs 3sct of the speedy
:1ec!ion OF the rew Opera HouEe is d1ed. The loca
irr has rot been decided upou but the baodaqps ri.