Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-29


upcra stars For grand opera 10 Chica-
go Is not paying proposition, even
with the box Office receipts for -FOUR
weeks 40 10000. But neither is u in
New York where dcrisiyc outlaws at
Chicago as lacking musical culture. has
been going the rounds However, chi
cago will have to own opera organiza-
ton. regardless Of cost-S3ao,o0v. John
l.. Shafor has announced that the NM
ancia support is secured. Tine ott-rc-
pcated assertion that chicago would
attend opera only when drawn by the
magnetic name Of "a star has been aus
proved some OF the performances or
the Metropolitan company that mad the
smallest attendance were ghttcring
with names high and scintilatng in
the operate armament ON the other
hand some Of the best patronized per
fOrmanccs were those where the star
light was least brilliant. Last year
Chicogoans dug deep into their pockets
and hshed out 5000 "a week for two
weeks. for the privilege Of listening To
the New York organization. BUT Chi-
cogoaus were opera hungry then, nav
ing been cut of the schedule the pre-
ceding year and given only one week m
the season before that But $lVOVVO
n week was too great pace 10 mann
tain and the jealous promoters OF TINS
springs four week engagement re
ceived a shock when the receipts dlu
not even reach the $4,000 mark per
week. The fact is that Chicagoans are
weary OF paying tribute 20 New YORK s
grand opera company. and are patiently
waiting until they have an orsanlza-
ton OF their own next fail
BOHEMIAN CAFE.
A periodical season OF effervescent
bohemia is on iu Chicago as result OF
the sojourn OF the grand opera must
clan who always set the cosmopolitan
city a sputtering In their TWISTING spots,
the cafes that follow CLOSETS 20 the ira
ditions of the hinterland. one Of these,
the Bismark. just OF the Newspaper
Row downtown, witnesses displays OF
linguistic fireworks. Italian, French and
German, that ignite the smouldering
cnthusiasms OF foreign born frequent
ers. The result would be- creditablc TO
the boulevards OF Paris or Berlin. Tenn
permanent? II is all there, just round
the corner from the hurry burly one
finds the merit of motifs Of "Fea Dia-
vOlO." Of "pagliacci' and OF wax
kuere" the paramount absorbing
topic ia the Bismark instead Of the
state Of the wholesale leather market
Here are fought out I'm dispute the
mooted question OF bohemia-ot art,
science ana music in half a dozen
tongues For years this has been Chi
cago's COMPROMISE for the Lambs club,
a quiet place where stars Of the lit
erary. theatrical, musical and artistic
life Of the city foregather. German Is
the tongue spoken by the walters with
easy lapses To other speech. and the
settings are those OF a cafe Of Berlin,
from the bust Of Chancellor Won Bis
marck to the round faced scullery-boys
and the adages Of dc Vaterland. IL
is said that Bismarks crest is
ever interviewer in the linen Of the
hotel Counterpanes. giving way on
American holidays To the grave and
noble face Of Washington done In linen
thread one is suddenly transported
from Randolph street 10 Strasse koneg
there a quick trip abroad that hun
dreds Of people make II a point to take
during the effervescent stay of the
grand opera company.
SMALLEST REALTY DEAL.
The purchase Of a strip Of land only
three quarters OF an inch wide stands
unchallenged as the most unique trans
action in Chicago real estate down to
date. When James Montgomery sold
his residence. the purchaser woman
made the troublesome discovery that
his grey stone house was in fact three
quarters Of an inch over the line on
the adjoining property Having been
singcd by similar predicament, the
woman would not complete the deal
until the needed strip Of land had been
acquired. When the owner of the ad-
Joining land learned what the situation
was he promptly and firmly declined
TO deed the strip gratuitously as a
matter Of courtesy or kindness. There
fore chickering's and chickering's we're
begun over the price OF a parcel of
property less than an inch in width
fHalI
between other property owners I'm the
same vicinity when Il was discovered
that the cornice OF one mans house
projected over the line Of the other one
Finally the owner OF the offending cor
nice was Obliged to saw II off on a
chalk line drawn by a surveyor Ordi-
narily surveyors lines have a latitude
of several inches. but as the value
OF the property has risen lines have
been run with increasing exactncss
with land az $ 600 a foot an inch OF IL
is no trivial investment