New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
RAD|SHES AND OPERA
Their Relative Values Critically
Discussed, and Dismissed.
INFLUENCE OF THE TAXICAB
Reflections on the Arrival There
in at a Point One Mile from
Terrace Garden.

20 often the Little Neck clam c"chthii
and tho cream ~ new asparagus soup WIN
Gives and radishes furnish not merely the
frs, but the best taste ~ an evenings en-
tertainment When for 3 ~ the Terrace
Garden you receive an eight course dinner
under tho blinking red and green sashents
and the Terrace Garden trees. hear Car-
r7en" sung by forty 10 an orchestra ac-
commandment OF thirty pieces. laugh az
vaudeville and are expected 20 jump INTO
taxicab 70 take YOU home. YOU are IN
clined TO underestimate the value Of the
olives and the radishes
Just how much Of an error you will MAKE
~ doing go will depend somewhat upon
how fond You are of grand opera a. per-
formed IN a beer hall in the summertime.
Also az YOU will ascertain after the per-
formances are over and you step into the
,axicah with your green coupon. just how
fur g. will 90 In New York city depends
n YOU live within mile ~ Terrace Gar
den your g will YOU home. 1f YOU
I've further than mile from that scene
Of mir,h. sweetbreads and music. the chauf-
feur will wait until he has carried YOU ex-
actlv eight furlongs. or 1850 yards, or 5ZSo
feet. no will point 70 the taxmeter and In
form you that your green ticket has ex-
pired.
There Is a girl with You, Of course else
YOU would have gone home earlier. no
doubt. The chauffeur has not sought the
route followed by trolley lines BY some
mishap. YOU note on looking out Of the
window the trail Of the trolley has been
entirely evaded. II is raining How mucn
rain We have had recently. You gaze AZ
the tender girl. You tell the chauffeur 10
go ahead and never mind the taxi coupon
you obtained as a rebate on your tresh
string beans and potatoes natureL me eF'
slghs. relieved The chauffeur grins he
asks whore he shall unload you. You give
an address in The Bronx
or course. whether YOU tip the chauffeur
or not Is A matter over which tne man
asement has no control.
\ theatrical manager who was present
AZ the opening a. Terrace Garden was
asked whether the large crowd ana the
numerous evidences Of enjoyment on the
mart Of all might moan that the East SIDE
ornos,tion 70 the Folies Bergere would be
= large success.
The audience was appiauding Miss Editn
Bradford as Carmen. although the room
was hot. All the boxes and the seats up
stairs and down were occupied.
charles Frohmsn has said that he WOULD
nav man 10000 salary who could PICK
three winners A year replied the the
s,r,cal man. But he hasn't found the
chan vet r. would he good berth 700.
Mr. Frohran added that II the man shouid
fall sick he would have five physicians
attand him. Not amateurs. mind, nut DOC
tors with vhlskers And fruit. all the not
house fruit would b. his, 100. Mr. frohrnan
would see that he got II.
The audience was composed ~ Broad
,.av crowd Of the kind that obtains passes
70 onering performances Of this SORT ana
~ well uurtured Germans
The dinner was good. II was served w.
tween : and o'clock. under the trees
, Then came the opera In he theatre. ia'eT
, vaudeville. when opportunities ~ eat
ard drink we're not kept too Tar ih me
hackvround. and then the sixty-iVe taxi
cabs for YOU ~ pick from 70 start OF
vou- free ride homo in any direction-nor'h
49,, south or vest-provided = was no'
. distance more than one-sixtieth ~ de
gree of latitude For taxim sters are yer.
/ accurate ard chaureurs are prompt
The cast OF carmen as produced oN
The Van den Berg opera Company. follows
.......... Alfred shaw
Fscam!lt0 $50 n,s4ef
. !, ,d.t..,4 ...... Charles Holly
/ j ft"H'lHd''' Francis Motley
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Mcaela =. Miss Horfense Lister
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