The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-21
$30,OOO,OOO FOR MELODY
AMERICA TAXING LEAD AWAY
FRoM HUn0Pu IN MATTERS
MUSICAL.


est Chrysanshemuna.
| New York. Nov. 2o--tspecial.)=-
This city - fast becoming the musical
center OF the world. according to
those who follow most closely the
Developments in this field Of artistic
entertainnsnt. They declare that
Americsf4s fast taking away the lead
Of European countries 80 far as IN
terest In this subject 10 concerned.
Already more money II expended
upon music In New York than in any
two other cities, not excepting even
London, Paris, Vienna or Berlin, OF
which the three latter each has claim
to being the true home of musical art.
The sum total of the yearly expen-
dfture for harmony Of a more or less
highly developed sort IL estimated TO
be between s25.ooo,0oo and $so.ooo.ooo.
| This includes Of course the two
great operate establishments main
tanned In rival splendor on which
about half the total sum Is poured
out. Then there are the regular
symphony and other series Of concerts
and the recitsis by prominent musical
artists which represent an outlay Of
some 100000 or 100000 more.
The remainder Of the vast sum paid
out every year goes to pay for private
entertainments and for the activities
OF the rapidly increasing number OF
musical societies.
| 1t is in this latter field that those
interested In music progress SEQ the
| surest Indication OF growing ap-s
probation OF music and real fond
ness for 1t as distinguished from the
merely fashionable patronage which
sets the tone for the widely-fam
operate productions. Most OF the
activities Of the musical clubs and
| societies center around the big hotels
| and this development has become so
pronounced that in the largest and
newest hotels special provisions have
been made for catering to musical
tastes.
In the new extension of the Hotel
Aston. for example. the largest single
room In any hotel in the world Is
equipped with stage as large as that
OF the ordinary theatre and contains
| seating Accommodations In its floor
space and boxes for over two thousand
persons. besides containing the second
largest pipe-organ in the world This
huge hoteI-theatre Is to have Its Open
in performances on Dec. 5 when the
Mozart Society. recently founded by
DIR. Adelaide Walierstein. is to give
the first OF series OF concerts devoted
to the Interpretation OF the famous
u
less elaborate musical entertainments
are given in the hotel daily.
The rapidly growing demand for
good music comes not only from New
Workers but from the hundreds OF
thousands of visitors who flock here
from all parts of the country, so that
1t would seem that Americans as
whole are becoming interested In q
form OF art OF which they have long
been accused of being neglectful.
One Of the few relics Of the days
when Manhattan Island was an agricul-
turaI community disappeared this
week when the last of tho old Dutch
farm houses erected In the days of
Peter Stuyvesant was torn down TO
make room for mercantile build |
ing.
The house had stood for more than
two centuries and a half on the, upper |
East side in what Ia now one of the |
most densely populated sections of the
city. although when 1t was built Il
was Ave or six miles from Now York. |
or New Amsterdam. as 1t was then
called. Its owner one De WORT. |
operated grfst Min on a stream
which has long sincehbeen turned, foptI
of its original course to. empty into
sewer and was the sole occupaRt. |
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contains fifty thousand people.
1t is an interesting tribute to- the
building methods in vogue among the
early Dutch settlers that the house |
has been allowed to remain until the |
present time chiefly on account OF the |
difficulty of tearing 1t down, because |
of its solid construction. It was built |
of bricks brought from Holland. with |
huge oak beams, which wore as perfect
wurIx %..Aw - aaaAsma
originally placed in the dwelling.
1t It is said that the expense of |
demolishing the ancient house was $5.- |
600. which is probably as much MS the |
original cost OF its erection.
That the profession OF waiter Is not |
to be despised as a road to fortune IL
not to fame Is indicated by the fact |
that James Theilmann who Just died
here left an estate Of more than half
a million dollars. iti
Theilmann was for many years a 4
waiter in Deimonieo's In the days |
when that establishment was tho !
favorite rendezvous of Wall Street |
men. He worked his way up from the |
humble position OF omnibus to that |!
of manager OF the famous dining place |
and in the course OF his twenty-five |
years service acquired the friendship |
\
Not all his fortune was made from l
the cash tips Handed out By satisfied |
diners. Much of IL was accumulated |
as a result of pointers" as to |
the probable course of the stock |
market given him by those whom he |
served. and In his later years he was |
large operator in real estate multi |
plying his wealth from this source. |
There are probably a hundred or more |
men In New York who are now OF
have been walters who possess for |
tunes OF 100000 or more each.
The Rockefeller of tho group un-
doubtedly Is Oscar Tachlrky who is |
rated as a millionaire but who still |
acts as head-waiter at the Waldorf |
Astoria and who probably has q |
speaking acquaintance with more |
prominent persons than any other |
resident OF the city.
Another fortune member Of this class |
was the head waiter of the old Fifth |
Avenue Hotel. who retired when that |
famous establishment passed out of
existence. In addition to the amount |
of his earnings directly from his pro-
fession he became the owner of . i
western ranch given to him by David |
H. Moffett as a result OF the friend |
ship between two men formed over
the dining board.
How far we have travelled In the
span OF a single lifetime In the
changes that have taken place In the
building OF naval vessels and the
methods of sea fighting was strikEngiy
suggested by the death here few
20 ha Ia 90 uHaRN If a