The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-27
STORY OF TULSA
GETS CORRECTION
New York Times Corrects
Impression Left by
Scott Company
NO WILD WEST TOWN
Big Daily Quotes c., of c. Di.
rector in Complaint Over
Unfavorable Report

Tulsa's position as q western city.
which was put In an unfavorable
light by an interview given to the
New York Times by Antonio scottL
the grand opera singer, following hie
tour OF the country, Was set right In
an article which appeared In the
New York Times on Sunday. July 1s
Tulsa citizens, who were grently
indignant at the statements said to
have been made by Mr.. scotti, will
be somewhat appeased by the article.
which was as follows:
From the populous west, awake
as never before TO discussion ot
music and manners, comes a com
plant, and perhaps just one, as to
=. reports In thess columns a month
\ since, quoting some OF the less wide
= ly travelled members of the Scotti
Opera company. These were rep
resented as saying they had found
on their spring tour "the ono wild
western town"
II Tulsa okla, is touchf on such
point, II has right to be. according
TO a director In the chamber CT com
= merCo. who writes that the Scotli
company was heard "by capacity
house in modern firoproct con-
vention hail, which seats $500 poo
pie comfortably" and that for night
lodging there the singers were "put
up at u en-story modern hotel"
''In the city of Tulsa" added the
letter writer, I'VE have. under tho
last census, slightly in excess "f 72,-
060 people We have more than 100
miles OF asphalt paved streets. with
hilding permits since Jan. 1, 1920,
IN excess OF ss.0G0.000 Our bank
clearing exceeds $4,000. 900 per day.
and we have more than S1O.o0o,000
on deposit In the nine banks OF this
city. There are forty churches IN
Tulsa, a 100000 Y w. C. A plant
land s35O,000 Y. NJ. .. a.
at In not in any sense wild
western town, but IN the contrary q
city OF culture, OF moderu conven
fences and cosmopolitan population.
No member Of Mr.. Scotti's company
should have paid SC taxi fare from
hotel to tfeater, nor was II neces-
sary to travel over the only main
street, there being do1ens of paved
streets in the downtown district be-
tween the hotels and the convention
hall"
Antonio Scott, a distinguished re-
cipient of as distinguished hospitals.
ity In all cities on his tour. was not
ti,e man quoted In the interview. nor
was he aware of the Tulsa incident.
or OF others told In pure fun by
younger members OF his trope. 1t is
fair to these, however. to say that
their experience of. travel was not
unique. nor their expression ungal-
lantly intended.
Fritz Kreisler, the violinist. as
famous and extensive tourist az
any Riobetrotting opera star, lately
said In print that he chad visited
most Of the worlds cities of over
700 Inhabitants. that In each he
knew only the railroad station, the
hotel and concert hail, and that they
were all alike"
The average mans chance "for
to admire and for to see" as Kipling
has Il, "for to be old this world so
wide" was denied TO hard working
musicians, said Kreisler. and II
seemed to him that this was ser
ious handicap on the musical life
and profession.
on the same subject Musical
America" has this to say In Its pub
Iication for July 10:
Antonio Scott has stirred up a
hornett's nest. According to the
Tulsa papers the famous Scarpia
and opera impresario told New
York newspaper that Tulsa was
wild west city four blocks long.
where all men tote guns and taxi
cab drivers charge s55 for a four
block trip.
Tulsa is too sensitive and self
conscious. All of us know that the
Oklahoma metropolis is a thriving
city populated by oil stock pro-
moters. Instead OF six-shooters the
inhabitants carry beautifully en-
graved and nicely scented stock cer-
ufkcatea
One OF the indignant oklahomans
(and he happens TO be minister)
declares in hfs outburst that Tulsa
is the most eastern city In the west.
Judging from the taxi tariff
mentioned by Mr.. Scotti. Tulsa Is
patheucally like New York.