Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

sufficed for the members. Today the
club occupies a large and impressive
club house, two features of which are
theater seating some 500 people, and
large banquet hall with a long center
table surrounded by about eight Others
of equal size.
"The dinner meetings are now held
in the latter hall. which is none too
large to hold the great and distin-
guished company which foregathers
there monthly.
What has been the cause of this
great growth? 1t might be said that II
has been the realization of ideals or
citizenship and democracy on the part
of the original members Because they
were musicians they did not plan life
apart from the humanity about them.
They took an interest in the city and
its affairs. They took in members from
every walk of life. They got public
spirited citizens to address them on
live civic topics. They constituted
themselves the host of every great art
ist that visited Los Angeles. They
were alive And the club, being alive.
grew.
"At a recent dinner three prominent
citizens addressed the club respectively
on the topics The Artistic Possibili-
ties of Greater Los Angeles The city
PeautifuP and The Fine Arts in Los
Angeles
"A representative was invited from
each woman's club of the city, Every
nhase of the work for the beautlhcatlon
of Los Angeles was brought forth, and
the citizens were eXhorted to take con.
certed action for the carrying out OF
the projected plans. j.
1.-THE Gamut club is product OF
democracy and ideals, and one would
go far to find a parallel to this organ
ization. 1t has only begun and When
IL really gets under way 1t is likely 10
do things that will make the nation SIT
up and take notice.
The Los Angeles Matrons' assocla-
tion. charitable order of the Eastern
star is arranging a benefit concert to
take place Friday night in Simpson au-
litorium, the proceeds to be applied TO
the relief fund of the association. Lo-
cal talent announced to appear includes
Harry Girard, baritone; Miss Myrtle
f.. Ouellet, harpst; Mrs. Hilda Kazin-
sky, operatic whistler; Mrs. Helen
Chalmers Kingston. reader: MISS Ma
belle Clarke, dramatic soprano; Mrs.
Ada Marsh Chick and Mrs. e. w. Mar
tindale in a pipe organ and piano
duet, and Jackson S. Gregg. N. p. Ses-
sions, Irving H. Andreds and w. c.
Hancock in quartet numbers.
s.
give million dollars is the price we
will pay for our grand opera this sea-
son. We have now to consider just
what this may mean from an economic
standpoint" writes John Warren in the
Bohemian. "Mr Dippel furnishes us
the cue in his recent statement that the
Metropolitan's salary list for this sea-
son will reach $2,OOO,0OO. Mr. Hammer
stein never INDUCES in figures, but as
his companies are quite as large and
expensive his salary list will not be far
from the same mark. The new Boston
opera company and Mr.. Pinsutis COM
pany at the Academy of Music, if it
survives the season, will bring the
years salary output for opera in this
country up to a total of $5,0OO,00O."
Less than per cent of this sum will
go to American singers, although
America will be represented in our
opera houses by such high priced ar
lists as Geraldine Farrar, Mary Gar
den, Olive Fremstad, Lillian Nordica,
Louise Homer, Jane Noria. Riccardo