Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-25
WORLD-WIDE BABY
EXCHANGE IS
PROPOSED

wy ONNlf "
Have Worlds Greatest Opera
House, Costing S12,000,000
Especial Correspondence 10 ,iornin- JournalI
New York, Nov. 2S.-An %interna-
tional baby exchange, through the ac-
tivities OF which Youngsters Viii no
traded much as securities are now
traded on the stock exchange, Is
shortly 20 be established horc. ac-
coiding TO present plans. 10 Is not,
however. rs the name might seem TO
indicate, to be a medium OF baitering
children for profit to the dealers, but
to the children themselves. While
the exchange wiz he the first of ita
tkind in the western hemisphere the
idea has been In operation in Europe
Tor some time. In its essential prin-
ciples this unique exchange is one of
opportunities rather than children
since any trade would be merely tenn
porary ana calculated to meet some
educational need OF the child, II, for
example, a New York mother has n
son with a desire to study art. or
wants her youngster to learn the
French language, the exchange VIII
endeavor to discover a French mother
with a son who wants to study sub
WAYS and skysCrapors. Va to learn the
English language.
An interchange may thus be cf-
fccted for a. year or more through The
medium of the now organization.
Thus an American child through q
series of foreign exchanges would be
enabled to learn as many foreign Ian
guages as desired at practically no
expense. Weird as the idea may seem,
there has been for some years an in
t%erchange of children along these
lines between England, France and
Germany, and similar arrangements
are among the German
swiss ana the French Swiss, since In
switzerland il IL necessary 10 be able
to speak both French aud German.
there being no official tongue. just
how the exchanges through the med
ium Of the new organization VIII be
effected remains to be seen, bat
there seems to be no doubt hat New
York is soon to have a new and
unique market on which it will be no
uncommon thing for q tiVe-ycar old
American hoy 60 be offered in eN-
change for one year for a foreign
youngster of the same age.
1t now SENS certain that New
York is soon to have the largest
opera house in the world, end as q
result the seething OF the local oper-
attic cauldron which has been perplex-
ing not only local music lovers, but
those all over the country as Well, nay
finally be stilled. AFTER three sea
sons Of conflict between two rival
grand opera productions the powers
that be decided that one would be
sufficient and give better results. Ac-
cordinglv the present season opened
with only one. Two weeks, however.
have sufficed To demonstrate that the
present opera house is lot sufficient
for the city's needs. since practically
every sept Is sold 90 local season SUB
scribers, leaving little chance for the
out-of-tOWn visitor to hear the hlgn
salaried song birds. And SO the OLD
situation win have to be mot once
more and once more il is stated that
the city Is 10 ave a new opera
house. In this cnse, however, 1t VIII
not conflict with the existing II
since according to report the latter Is
70 be disposed Of as soon MS the new
home 81 high-priced sons is COM
Dleted. The projected building when
Win It's SITE Will Dt0BHiniN NfrN go h'N
r~eighbOrhCod Of $4,000, 600 VIII he
pble TO accommodate almost twice rs
large an audience as the present
building with its capacity Of 1000
thus giving the transient visitor a
chance to obtain good sensc. the
building which is to be abandoned
cost $780, 600 and with the ground
on which If stands IS today valued az
about $7,0Oh,Q0O. just what use viii
bo made OF Il when the neW opera
house is completed is as set nm
known, but It Is not believed mai
New York viii have more than one
grand opera company next season
The new 100000 opera house may
not he ready by then. but II IL is no
tho ola one viii he turned TO some
non-competitiVc use.
Every year sees important addi-
To the fleet of big liners deVot-
ed to trade and travel between the
States and the Caribbean y
South America. With the sailing on
the steamship Hamburg from TINS
nort on November 80 for Havana n
points in the West indies, an
large steamship VIII De ADDED
10 this service. The great Increase
business to these lands, which Few
Americans ever visited down TO a
dozen years ago, is shown ny inc
I'm the size Of the vessels de-
voted to this service, the Hamburg
being the largest liner ever put into
regular service to cuba. A can
ldian service has just been establish
I'd to the east coast OF South America
md a line from New York TO the
made its first sailing this week. At the
present time it Is possible for Amer
leans to travel to the West Indies n
south America in as great comfort
on the same class OF steamships
as in going to Europe. The great in
,reasc in the number of persons nX-
10 make pleasure or business
10 the southern hair Of the west
.rn hemisphere is OF course RESPONSE
Bile for these changes and indicates
he decided growth in business and IN !
interest on the part OF Am
in the countries south oi them.
One of the strangest professional
.areers which has ever been discover
I'd I'm this city has been brought 10
an end al least temporarily, by the
arm of the law. and Banana Anna
Is originator and sole practitioner. |
IS facing trial with a possible Jail
And yet her only crime
To realize that banana skins and
cores were useless b%y-products
md 10 discover a remunerative use