The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07
Gardens "SalOme" Gives
New York the ShiverS
''Immodest and Immoral, Repellent and
Horrible" Is Presentation of Great Drama
By c. C. Carlton
ISpcciaI Correspondence of The Cali

upholstered in silk damask, the drawing
room decoration in white and gold. it's
ceiling painted with several figures by
Partisan artists, the hot and cold bath
of solid silver, and the key of the
outer door of Is karat gold. True.
we sold this car at the conclusion OF
the tour at a profit; but there 1t was
we spared no expense on its equipment.
I'VE also paid on this tour Nine.
Albany $4,000 a night; Nine. Gerster
$4,000 night; Signor Nicolini $1,000.
and Nine. Minnie Hauk $500. to
mention no others, and we made a
profit
"Stralosch and I paid the first big
salary in America, $4,000 a night, to
Nine. Therese Titiens, and even today
Nine. Melba's contract with Hammer
stein for $4,000 a night is to be in
creased to $4,000, and Nine. Tetraz-
zini is also receiving from the Man
haitian management $4,000 a night"
Apropos of the story of a disagree
ment and separation between William K.
Vanderbilt Jr. and Mrs. Virginia Fair
Vanderbilt It is announced that VIII
liam X. Vanderbilt Sr. and his son, w
K. Jr., are going to abandon Fifth ave-
nue. and their two gorgeous miniature
palaces for a two family" apartment
house down side street, with a dairy
ana SldDle Oh OHS sue VI llicul duu
row of modest little brick dwellings
on the other.
The twin houses that William II
Vanderbilt built at Fifth avenue and
Fifty-first street, the two French re-
naissance dwellings that William K
built for himself and his son at Fifty
second street, and the chateau that the
elder Cornelius erected at Fifty second
lstreet. have not only been show places
I -. ., .Tss4 Al.
structed, but they have been regarded
by connoisseurs as among the very fin
est examples Of domestic architecture
in America.
They stood as a barrier to the en-
croachments of trade" northward up
the avenue for years. And to further
protect themselves against any possibil-
ity of this invasion William K. Van
derbilt and Willis d. Sloane, his brother
in law, have spent about $4,000 900 in
buying up property in the neighbor-
hood and holding it to this end. But
the fortunes of finance and the power
of business have been too much for
them. Vanderbilt and Sloane have
thrown their holdings on the east side
Of the avenue, north of Fifty-second
street. on the market and are in a re-
ceptive mood to listen to proposals to
lease and build for business purposes
in making preparations to abandon his
Fifth avenue residence along with that
of his son adjoining by building at Al
to 90 East Fifty-second street the most
unusual two family" house in the
world
The new Vanderbilt apartment stands
on the former site of the old William
II. Vanderbilt stable and occupies four
lots on the north side of the street, it's
neighbor on one side being a dairy
and stable, while on the other side
toward Park avenue the dwellings are
of the most modest description
Aside from its aspects as marking
the departure of the first of the Van
derbilts from Fifth avenue, it is also
a symbol OF the unusual affection that
exists between W. K. Vanderbilt and
his son. 1t is only few years since
the elder built the house In Fifth ave-
nue. alongside of his own for his son
and now be Is creating a home for both
of them.
1t may not be generally known that
Lewis Nixon, the former Pacific coast
ship builder, who resided at Portland.
Ore, before removing to New York, has
actually undertaken TO build at his
Staten island shipyard q monster air
ship. capable of carrying 100 persons.
This new airship which Nixon has
undertaken to build is the result of II
years of study on the part of Edward
j. Pennington, its inventor His idea
of discarding the silken gas bag in fa-
vor Of what he calls a ''buoyancy cham
ber made Of steel. will, with his other
improvements, render his craft immune
from the dangers that threaten the
dirigible balloon This great airship