The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27
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StoFub n largo income 70 tho woman IN SOLO con-
troll OF the enterprise. She IL q swedc, and for
q number Of years practicsd massage. Her
patrons were well known people, able to pay tho
high prices she asked. Experience taught her
that there was nothing that women were 20
anxious TO avoid as wrinkles. Her customers
were always searching for means to escape such
indications Of age. and II became evident 10 her
after q while that for the woman who could re-
move wrinkles there was a fortune in store.
She set out to invent q plan, finally persuaded
one of her patrons to try It, and found that her
idea was q success. After that there was no
more difficulty In nnding patrons willing 10
take the cure. Tho price che charges is pro-
hibitive for all but wealthy women. Tho opera
tion, costs $500 and requires enough patience
ten. days at least. During that time the face IL
S %sd VI That t ii 3 ana g t 3Rss nH Ths aSIS az ads sSass;
compensation Tor undergoing this course Of
he tsss'; y0S9StS I0S Sppe SS q sO% N sSs s Eiss0 II iSasS q
saere eGald DO s1 any S1tis sns T rsTSrd ne for n the In,
women in ii New 1 York today 1sit oU who mako %sU,H mo- al.
t tsF r. to s1r deny aSs that That the they yI hsyS paid dS,i their $ %,9S
with a grown daughter. who felt this year that
Of herself and her daughter. A popular actress
rsjupsnesio nnS1 w sSri rem az 8 ses ' By many I persons onr
who had no idea what had caused It,
NJ. lbos, who is the leading French tenor at
the Metropolitan now. 10 enjoying q distinction
unique among all tho tributes ever offered to .
tenor at the opera house. He has his Iitho.
graphs1hune about In the shops uptown Just as
IL he were q mere actor or lecturer, or for that
matter o distinguished player who had stepped
temporarily into vaudeville. The Autographs
are not at all Objectionable in themselves. On
the other hand, they show NJ. Ibos as rather q
good.looking man. with an expressive pointed
beard and the ability to lean on one elbow
while he allows the other hand to lie in the
pocket of his trousers with the utmost grace
and indifference. But tho Autograph has never
before been used as o method of making the
Plancon was q victim to the Autograph habit
when no came over this season to sing In con.
in tie shop windows, but she was not with the
opera company. NJ. Ibos. alone hangs over
SigSE s%Saats sSs E WsIIs OFT ~ t e fsh SSItS S,efST sho sna
neither Jean Do ReszEe nor Van Dyck, when
nor 'S amy Of The e' other Celebrities ISL Is likely " to GO
pete. with NJ. Ibos In the lithographic line.
N. fbos some Of the French and Italian tenor
T WItsout w 4 lit RSrSnaSlST to- saS KS G &C. nssns Ssms sion Il
Rothmue6I Is not beautiful. Neither. for that
matter, is N. Ibos. But the latter is more beau:
tiful than the gentleman who would be called
M. Moulin Rouge were he from the country
of tho Autographed Ibos. So the operate lith-
ograph properly ends where 1t beRan-with M.
\ Ibos.
Nine. Melba's repertoire 10 not to be in
creased SO rapidly as the singer supposed, and
as she feels the need Of learning operas that arc
more popular here than her oldItalian repertoire,
tits unlucky that:her efforts should meet with SO
much difficulty. Next week she will return to
her own field and appear as Juliette and Mar
0ucritc. Tomorrow night she will BIZ heard as
Rosina. and that music ought to show her pow
ers at their best. Already abe has dropped
from her repertoire a series Of roles which she
has decided never to sing again. These are
Elsa, Elisabeth. and Brunnhtlde, all Wagnerian,
and it is not beyond the probabilities that aida
will soon be added to that series. II Mime. Mel.
ba sang in Europe she would never feel It neces.
sary to learn roles to which she is SO little suit.
cd. There the Italian operas IN which she is SO
admirable are stu admired when they reveal
a. a. Ht or "f Il n sa 2&eo E s%sei1e,a As or any q Of d the
old Italian works, still draws large audiences
great reputation. enjoyed BY. Nine: :Mel6a. But
music and demands to hear its singers in more
dramatic roles Nine: Melba, like all other
fort on her part which has led her to attempt
to s1Ila rye. her Rr rtP .bt ITb, BY vE Sddin S,s the bend dr q
like her here would much rather hear from
Nine. Melba parts that reveal all the unique
possibilities OF her voice than have her under
take parts in which others would succeed much
better. Julie Kopacsy Is morally, certain, that
literate all memory OF Nine. Calves name. She
did It once IN Prague and has , been anxious to
always interferel. That is one instance OF the
desire Of singers to do that for which they are
d asrls s1itf beca M@e ebe Me abe sb mex EI rSI1 po %eFS n IN
this country. however. and It is only unfortu-
George Thesis, who died several days ago in
this city, was the last surviving son of the man
who founded THESIS Concert Garden, in East
Fourteenth street-a place rs notorious in its
palmy days as the Haymarket, the Silver Grill,
and the resorts that gave the Tenderloin pre-
cinct a reputation from which 1t has not re-
covered. When orchestrions were more of a
novelty than they are now Thesis purchased
an expensive one for his concert garden. Its
price was variously stated. according to the
credulity of the questioner. as ranging from
$4,000 up to $25O.OO0. and whatever 1t may
have cost, It was for a long time the finest ex-
New York. 1t furnished music equal in vol
ume. and tone to that of a fully equipped brass
b. .,r snd as Sa its r : s 8 we're % PLENTY GH 9 nssrG w on
beguiled inside. The COMFORT room was large
and decorated TED In sE Z tS,. ecl sIs The floor
men who came in to hear the music were prompt
ly invited by some unattached and unconven-
tional young woman TO buy something for her
to drink. II was from this source that tho
concert hall drew its revenue, and when the
founder of 1T died a few years ago his fortune
was estimated at more than . million dollars.
The reform movement injured the placeseriously.
| anc its profits were cut down. Other orchestrions
were brought to New York. and THESIS instru-
ment ceased to be a novelty.
A little incident that occurred several nights
ago in an all-night restaurant which gained
notoriety several years ago by turning away
all unescorted women who presented them
selves after a certain hour was noticed by the
people at the nearby tables with surprise. Two
well-drcssod. eood-looking young men entered
the restaurant shortly before the theatre rush
had set In. and ordered q lobster and a pint of
champagne. When the theatres had closed the
restaurant filled up quickly land at the door was
a line OF pcople:waitingsto get tables. An eagle
eyed waiter noticed that the two young men
had finished their lobster and that their cham