The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-22
AN OPERA HOUSE.

opera house, and deems |! not lnoppOftuhe
again at this time to sllude to the suit jet and
briefly discuss il. Ii was fcndly believed up
to short time since that arrangements had
be4n fully made for the erection Of neat
add handsome little opera house, but it
seems that one of the principal stock holS,rs
in the Odd Fellows building, which sssocia-
ton has s,ooteI the question, objects to The
enterprise on the ground that the plan cons
tsmpa.ed will not prove remunerative as tie
building will not at tue end Of a year or two
b, large enough for the wants of Dallas.
Tois may be true. Still, such theatrical
hall as was intended TO have been built, even
though much larger and more elegant OPP
era house should after few years
b. erected, would still pay
its stock holders reasonable interest on the
IN ,ney, for when Dallas grows so large as
to need an opera house frst-clsss in all
respects, as it will certainly do in four Or
five years, II not in less time, 1t will be large
enouAh TO require smaller building tor
co lcerts and various other gatherings which
will then as in all cities DO quite frequent.
But it is not our purpose to discuss here
this phase OF tho subject. If the Odd Fell
.ow's association, that Is Il msjority of the
took holders thereof, deem it prop d: to
forego their contemplated enterprise, then
some one else should take up the ball and
put it in such lively motion that it will
result in the contamination of the ene
desired. Only two evenings ago party of
six or seven gentlemen who by chance were
together, happened in the course of con-
versstion to bring up this question and
each one of them expressed, not only
willingness but a desire to 90 into stock
company for the purpose of building q fist
class opera house. proposing to put
each 81 900 cash into the undertaking. THIS
is starter and these gentlemen are reliable
aud can furnish the money. Il hardly seems
TO US necessary that we should enter into any
argument to demonstrate the imports CO to
D,las, a growing, progressive young city
OF u llrei-classs building for theatrical enter
tsinments. This mus. b. fact pstent 10
every thinking, informed man. Every BUSH
ness man must surely know that with good
opera house Dallas throughout the dramatic
season would be visited by ell the frst>clsss
companies travelling, and that this being So,
it would attract visitors and trade 10 the city.
When the Merchant from the smaller towns
and from the country, aud when the planter
and tho stock man have to 60 TO
some trade center purchase his fall or winter
or spring stock of goods or supplies for
plantation or rauche, he prefers to go to tina,
city where he can bes. combine amusement
with business. If Dallas can give entertain
ment to her visitors and novelties to please
them, these merchants and planters and
stockmen Of north Texas will prefer to como
here, and further more when convenient
for them to dosso they will bring their wives
and daughte' and sons with them to see the
sights and enjoy themselves too, Strangers
co ming into tho State 'okiag for u loo ,lon
or place for tho Investment of surplus
m sans, will naturally consider more favora-
bly, that place which shows that 1t bs;
life and that il GU cater TO tho pleasures
aud the enj ,yment offs own people and o.
the people from abroad within its gates
than they will of town or city where north.
ing of the kind is attempted. And in
connection with the question of al opera
house 10 this city. there is another matter
specially apropos al thi, time, of dlrec.
bearing. AS is we presume generally kn own
the State Saengarfest which meets every tive
years, will hold its noxt fest in Dallas, in the
spring of 1888. April we believe is tbs
month. Last April it held It's fest nj Gal
weston and special building was erected fol
its a'commodaton, u building handsome in
It's architecture and commodious in its seat
Ing capacity, which has since been leased fol
term OF years for theatrical purposes. AT
this last fest there were not lees than seventy.
lv hundrel visitors to Galveston, who spent
he most of the II, a week there. Two years
hence the number of singing societies in thu
state to take part iu the fest will
DO largely increased and we
may reasonably expect at leas,
one thousand voices In tho choruses. In fac,
the two singing vereins Of th city, the Froh,
Sim and the Grutli have slready b,gun 10
make arrangements for the organization Of q
splendid chorus Of male and female voices,
and for Quartsttes, solos etc, in which the
best musical talent Of this city will DO solicit.
ed to take part. A course Of necessary in
struction and practice will DO entered upon
long in advance Of the fest that only trained
voices may take part in tho exercises, and il
We are not misinformsd, every one of the
singing societies contemplate doing the cam,
thing that tho fest may BIO grand success,
AMI mark IN epoch In the musical annals o.
tho state. The railroad companies have c1.
pressed au interest In this fest and have do
termined TO do all In their power to aid il
making II all that the singing societies hop,
for. II there Is no opera house In Dallas BY
that time suitable for this fest, n Temporal,
hull ing that cannot cost less thar
SIS 900 will have 10 be erected. and III,