Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-10-06


and produced in this country. 1t was
| the work of his brother. William Henry
| Fry. who was an impressario, lecturer
and writed on music and one of the
most active figures in the early operate
! history of the country Mr.. Fry called
! his opera "Lconora" and it was pro-
duced at the Park theater in this city
| in 1915. 1t did not, of course, hold
the stage any more than grand opera
| of native authorship could be expected
to do today but it marked an epoch in
! the musical history of the country. The
score. which is in the handwriting of
the composer, will go to some museum
in New York or Philadelphia.
| 1t has been a most luxurious season
| in diamonds and other precious stones,
| for it has been said By someone with a
| passion tor statistics that S350000
worth Of jewels have been stolen during
| the season from New Workers. In fact,
| in many resorts the summer is consid-
i cred dull without jewel robberies to en-
| liven II. Apparently the wealth of the
| West Indies and the treasure houses has
only one object. that if being lost. In
| Newport, III particular, society women
are constantly losing their jewels and. al
though they don't all capture their
| thieves, like Mrs. Stuyyesant Fish, il
| enlivenS the summer season. New York
society women seem to regard the van
ishIng OF gem THAT is, other persons
a most delectable excitement At least
| that is the comment of a man who had
taken birds eye view of New York
women at the resorts this summer.
Vaudeville performers have dagger
eyes focused upon them when they en-
ter theaters these days in New York,
a al Ia al duo 20 - g.. ~, ~,
actors have resolved to dispense with
the tipping system, which has been in
vogue since the first burned cork man
appeared before the footlights The
alter employees were so bold last season
that they would say to an actor; Put
something in my mitt or I'll crab your
act Against this coarse and sordid
declaration the vaudeville players of
New York have rebelled. 1t had come
to pass in several theaters that an en-
tertainer could not give his act until
he first bribed a horde of stage hands,
who are paid good salaries by the man
ager to assist performers Even orches-
ira leaders demanded tips from players
who. IN some eases, would not receive
as much i'll week as the man with the
baton himself.
New Workers amuse me with their
assumption of superiority remarked a
business man from Indiana, as he saun-
tered through the Tenderlon.
You must have your watch still with
you was the New Workers. reply
And III keep it, too" said the Hoo
ser. But I'm serious. On every side
/ hear constantly this talk about 'Rubes'
and easy marks applied to persons from
other sections of the country.
Now. let me put you wise. The most
successful men in this town today are
men from the outside, and some of them
dozen years ago never had seen a big
city. But they're handing out gold
bricks in the way of business every day
to you wise New Yorkers-and you never
wake up.
Don't talk to me about Rubes. There
are more of them living on Manhattan
Island than in the entire state of Indi-
ana"
Just watch that Chinaman when the
conductor comes for his fare" said a
keen-eyed man to the fat man who was
wedged in beside him on Il New York
L" train. The two watched. saw the
Chinaman clap his hand to his ear for
second and then hand the conductor
nickel. well, | did not see anything
unusual, observed the fat man, except
that he kept the conductor waiting while
he scratched his ear" THAT was Just
the point" explained the keen-eyed man.
HE had to scratch his ear to get his
money. Cinnamon keep their carfare in
their ears, sometimes a ten-cent piece
and sometimes a nickel. I've watched
them dig it ont time and time again. It's
more convenient place for carrying
change than in their trousers pockets. for
they'd be ages getting into their volum-
nous draperies. It's a good sight better
habit, too, than holding coins between
ones teeth, which you see pretty girls
doing every day"
Many of the giants of the uptown
section of Broadway, n. Y, are she'd
ding their blue coats to go into trade.
The department stores are absorbing
them and the floor walker is making
serious inrOads on the ranks of the
traffic squad. Within few weeks two
of the best known men in the shopping
district have accepted posts in the big
shops. The latest of these deserters
was the Ryan called big" to distin-
guish him from dwarf of six foot
two who stands little further uptown.
He was as familiar by sight to women
shoppers as the Worth monument, for
he has piloted them for years across
Broadway at Twenty-frst street. The
l-oprietors Of the big shops find that
the preparation of the Broadway squad
makes the men especially adapted to
the duties of Il floor walker and some
of tho most conspicuous of the crossing
cops uptown have accepted these profit
able indoor posts.
The destructive earthquake in May
last affected no member of the Conried
forces more seriously than Lionel Ma
pleson, the librarian, who has had to re-
arrange the scores of the twenty-siX OPP
eras burned up in the west There are
few OF this number sung as they are
written. There are cuts and changes in
many places and the work of adapting
these hundreds of bars for performance
is not easy. 1t was made especially
difficult in the case of the Metropoltans
music, as no records of cuts were to be
found. AS Il consequence Mr.. Mapleson
had to trust to his memory and to those
scores of the same operas still in exist
ence at Covent Garden. In the case of
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