Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
Especial Correspondence


by the receipts at the popular priced
Saturday night performances, when the
place is usually filed to the doors with
out these exclusive stars. But Mr.. Grau
ftas decided that the De Reszkes ard the
rest are necessities and as he controls
the destiuies CT the Metropolitan his
plan will doubtless be put into practice,
or, more strictly speaking, will be con-
stinued. The world famous artists, he
declares, must be had or the season will
be failure, and these will not come
except for enormous salaries which
make success impossible unless still
more outrageous prices are charged.
Therefore twould seem to be clear to a
schoolboy that as things which are
equal to the same things are equal to
each other, the high priced artists are
impossible.
A Klondike For Grau.
4: Let Mr.. Grau elaborate his popular
Saturday night idea with good though
not expensive singers, and he will not
have to go to the Klondike to find gold.
His bank account will speedily take on
the proportions Of a Troy alderman. and
.he,will never find himself in his present
position, where he admits that be is
Obliged to abandon the next season OF
opera because one man, or two, the De
Reszkes, have forsooth refused to come
over. In other words, if Mr.. Grau's ar-
gument be correct and should be carried
out to its logical conclusion wo can
never have great grand opera in this
country unless all the arrangements are
sufficiently acceptable to the Polish
brothers to induce them to consent to
cross the pond for trif1e Of some thou
sands of dollars per night
Starving In New York.
It appears incredible in this civilized
age, but is nevertheless a fact, that Ma
than Rampel, aged 50, his wife and two
children, one years and the other a
few months old, were recently found to
be actually starving to death in the
heart of New York at 1856 Ludlow
street. When seen, Rampel was so weak
that he could not speak above whisper.
According to his story. be was until Il
years ago earning from $40 to $22 q
week as oapmaker. He got along nice
~ and saved some money. He became
i'll and finally could not 60 to the Greene
street factory. He bought machine
and made women's waists at home, but
soon got too sick to work at all Doctors
bills helped to eat up his savings, and
finally household articles were sacri-
feed.
When there was nothing left to be
pawned. friend lent Rampel $5. The
family got along six weeks on that.
Rampel lay all day on couch taking
care Of the baby while his wife attended
to her household dutiea When found,
there was no milk for the babe.
DR.. H. Streiffer, who prescribed for
Rampel. said: 1.-THE man has always
been hard working, sober and kind to
his family. He came to my Office and I
diagnosed his case az gradual starvation.
He admitted going several days without
food. I prescribed for him. but have
since learned that he was unable to
have the prescription put up. A little
assistance would undoubtedly have
saved the family .. -.
{ te Uncle Sans Gain and Loss.
The peculiarly ''red tapey'' workings
c6 oil government transactions was for
chilly illustrated in this city q few days
ago, when Uncle Sam had his first en-
counter with the Dingley tariff law. Az
: result be has 1000 more in one
pocket and $4,000 les in another than
DO had before ~ .%"ei ''.'t.,i .''Esi+ ,
I ]. Several months ago the lighthouse
boardrneeded some i1on buoys 10 marx
Tho Gednsy and ship channela % Il CON-
Itraoted for them in France +: The buoys
arrived several days ago, and the Gus
toms officials were preparing TO- paa1
them duty free when Deputy Collector
Quackenbush discovered Stbat the new
law allowed the free admission o4 moth
ing TO be used by the government ex-
sept curios and antiques for the. Smith
isonian institution and National mu-
scum and Of books, pamphlets, ETC., tor
the congressional library and Of lenses
Tor the lighthouse board. 80 . l.,.s;..
The buoys were not provided Ton, %
Tho government had 20 withdraw 81, 900
from the lighthouse appropriation and
nay Il into the custom house
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