Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-24

OF assault In the theAtefS within two montha
There was one ct Wallacks. ono at the Union
Square theater, ana one at the Academy OF Music
The last IL by all means the most serious The
German consul went to the Academy OF Music to
hear Patti sing He bought four seats for his wife
two daughters and himself, at s. seat, aud was
r 10 nsd
spruce young broker, with two ladies, and the
three settled down directly behind the diplomats
OF people they began a vigorous chatter and
Kept it up intermittingly. through all OF the
first act In the second act Madame Patti
wide fame and the broker and his party
talked through 1t incessantiy., After 1t was over
mind his own business The diplomat retorted
and both men rose to their feet The broker called
broker /" low bred cad" There was pause, and
tight was threatened Then the police came
pus, the AFFAIR wss settled By both Gentlemen SiV
Ing their addresses to the police and the perform.
a a, went on Is there any question as to who is
was gentleman, lover Of music, a man Of good
breeding, who paid thirty-two dollars for his
he fa en, and ens simply
enjoyment was killed by the tittle-tattle Of the
rs nse 1e t. sp s
tiers has grown into a custom that must be broken
up at all hazards It /. the most annoying thing
In the world, but It Is nevertheless Q common
thing at all our play-housea It is particularly
the habit OF theater parties Ten or twelve men
Curtain IS up and chatter durin s the
whole OF the performance They go to supper and
return home, expressing themselves as having had
hundred and nifty people within ear-shot of them
at the theater did not enjoy the affair at all does
not seem TO dull their feelings IN the least The
rumpus In the Union Square theater was much
more serious than that In the opera-house. There
an elderly gentleman got into scuf1ls with q
itself into free hight before it would be quelled.
BON were wei dressed, and presumably gentle
1ed ,o Be f6 Long society VIM have 70 bryan
goers; else free Tight will be one OF the features
OF every performance.
APARTMENT HOUSES
The talk about fat houses Is slowly dying out
just after the horrible case at the Cambridge
apartment house, where two women were burned
alive, the old question as to whether the laws
should not forbid the erection OF houses over
certain reasonable height was brought'up. There
Is good reason for the complaint in some Instances
put the thing VIII never be remedied by legisla-
tlon, as the influence OF property holders is much
stronger than that OF a few disinterested phllan-
thropists. When one looks at the dizzy height OF
ger to the occupants of the upper floors In case of
nre Invariably suggests itself. The new nat build
Ing on the corner OF Goth street and Madison ave-
nue. actually seems to reach 1ntoth clouds. II
the elevators should stop running, 1t seems to me
1t would take the people at least half day to
CilmD 70 Cne upper uOOr ana back. or course no
fire ladder can reach over half the height
OF this building and anybody In the upper floors
with the nre down stairs would be absolutely at
the mercy OF the flames The landlords and real
estate agents always assert with great energy
that their buildings are absolutely nre-proof But
unfortunately they are not to be believed The
Cambridge was said to be q nre-proof building,
but 1t burned like finder. I presume spectators
Will go on building these houses higher and
higher AS the times advance, until q strong wind
comes along and blows some Of them down. That
will be the most effective mode OF teaching people
to put up buildings OF more modest height