The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-22

Mr.. Conried- haa told 9 hk,psrsune n,no'
his arrival here how near I@an a. RsasID1
came TO being q member Of hin cosnpany
this season. The present irnpraaArio o. ths
Metropolitan and the illustriOus tenor hav,
not always been on the best OF terms. They
settled their little differences last summer
however, and talked business. Mr.. Conriec
offered to take on the old 0rau contract,
which used to mean to the singer ef6, O0(
Tor thirty Appearances
M. de Resske asked for q months tims
to consider. Thsn he went to the country,
PraS.iSsd Segul&rly every day m when hli
dltion he tried some OF the arias in which
ne used TO win his greatest succuss. ne
was 80 dissatisfied that he met Mr. Conried
70 say that It was no uae--thAt his sinkinG
days were over forever.
So IL may be said, finally, that The dis
tlnguished tenor has ffnished his public
career-for he was really anxious 70 return
TO this country this year and would have
accepted Mr.. Conried's offer II it had been
The increase In the prices Of restaurants
has had the eject OF leaving practically but
two kinds in the upper part of the city.
lney are either very expensive or very
cheap. The middle priced chop houses and
restaurants for fab food along Broadway
used to cater to persons who were not willing
TO pay the prices OF restaurants such 40
Delmonico's, Sherry's or the Waldorf.
Nov the prices IN all these places are the
same, said q regular diner In r~estaarsntA,
ana tne nan who wants q moderate priced
dinner Is driver to the very iDe2penktvs
table d'hotes. There is no longer any mean
oct tween the two. made a test cane with A.
certain dish which l ordered In q large oyster
mousse on Broadway. which was not N any
ment with the Fifth avenus r-estauranSs.
II cost PRECISELY b same that I was called
upon 70 pay In the most expensive places.
In euect every restaurant now charges tho
same prices. unless one goes TO soune place
about every other detail as WELL
Domesticity Ii no longer q drawback to
the success OF a musician in this country.
A pianist and his wife are going to give
concerts together here during the coming
season. And IL was only four years ago
chat a player who came over wal allowed to
bring his wife only On condition that she
keep under cover all the while. After
three weeks the unhappy woman went
home because she got. tired OF taking her
exercise at night and keeping in the hotel
max a success on account of his suroass-
ing pulchritude Is going to play duets in
with his wife, who il an American.
This promises to be such a year Of musical
as has not beer known since
the appearances OF the H~enschels In public
together.
i saw a new wrinkle in Berlin said the
New Yorker who had just returned from
Europe, and l should think il might be
int roduced with success here. All the
drivers Of the doctors carriages wear white
In that way IL Is perfectly easy to
tell the man in the vehicle with the white
capped driver Is a physician. In case OF
accident or illness IL is convenient and
often important to be able to get a doctor
promptly, . Il there happens to be one
in the neighborhood the white cap gives
him away immediately
h time will noon arrive in which expert
will be able to play the piano
almost, as well as they. do their machines. |
A musical genius in New York has invented
a new keyboard for the piano which corre-
spords to the keyboard OF a typewriter and
1t will be as easy 70 mak music when this
patented machine ia put on the market a.
II is 70 make correspondence at present.
usefulness OF such an apparatus elR-
gested itself to the inventor, who realised
many ready made piano players there |
were now in existence II only q keyboard
which would enable them to utilize their
skill were put on the market. So |
he set 70 work toidope out the new invention, |
which has turned out TO be an entire sue
cess and will increase the already large i
army OF piano players who have conquered
the task without the work OF preparation
that used to be thought necessary.