Arizona republican., 1921-11-07

lords have ceased bothering about re-
 pairs. Instead, they actually call at
 tention to dinginess as mark of at
 mosphere. ''Yes, it Is a trifle dark"
 a real estate agent will say to
 Broad street broker, who is looking
 at an apartment, but very quaint,
 don't you think? No hideous electric bulbs or steam radiators or other
 modern atrocities. You will find
 gas heater quite warm, and it throws such delightful shadows on the wall The woodwork painted? Well. you could have it done if you like. but | this mellow shade of white is ad- 1 mired down here. Perhaps you also | dislike the wallpaper; some people Of l cause, do not care for such an intri- cate design"
 "On the contrary, it was the wall paper that attracted men," says the
 broker, anxious to show that he 1 knows something about art. That, and the fireplace. I grew quite ac- 1 customed to fireplaces in England. l How much is the rent-$150? Well, | wrap it up and I'll take il along.
 Some of the real estate agents, be-
 ing art students on the side, are ex-
 pert creators of atmosphere. They
 find artistic merits in every glarins defect and so dazzle the prospective
 tenant by descriptions of Bohemian
 life in the Village that he is willing
 to sacrifice all comfort in order to , live within the charmed circle. ''No
 this room does not get the sum-" the
 agent will explain with patient pa
 tronage, but the marvellous refiee-
 ton of the sun so necessary to ar lists" Gle looks around hurriedly searching for some good points t6 play up. but sees nothing but rusty fixtures, cobwebs and dirt. Never theless, his kind patronizing manner , does not desert him). The charm
 of this particular house." he contin- ues, 'is it's privacy and freedom There is only one apartment to { , floor. so that one Is never disturbed
 by the proximity of neighbors. Ml friend, So-and-so (you may hav' I heard of him in the Nillage) particu ; larly admires the Gothis appearance of this building"
 l A Profitable Wreck
 z This fall a small-town woman wh'
 had long reYered the name of Green
 wich Village. decided to buy hous 5 there. Her idea, like that of the frs z art colonists year ago, was to secur a dilapidated place for smal
 amount of money and remodel it t suit herself. After searching through s, out the district, she came upon pre- | cisely the kind of house she Wa | looking for in Washingt ton Squar | South To her practical, middle - western eye. the place seemed to b . rapidly falling to pieces. It sagge t Imply toward the east. and its fror ii steps looked as if they had been use , | for artillery practice. NO one hs = lived here for years" she though
 and hurried to the nearest real estai l. office.
 -t "That house is not for sale" u h real estate clerk told her. but if Is were it would cost you $50,0O0." 1t You cannot know the one I mean .e persisted the woman. T am rete1 .e ing to. o.... which would have to h extensively repaired before anyol y could live in it. Surely, it can't l. worth even half of s50,000."
 ,g But it is." said the clerk, laugl ss ing. And the only reason it is n of for sale is that the landlord can maj le more money out of it renting it out es apartments. If you will go back aI
 examine the place closely, Madal
 you will see that there are tenan 1- living on every floor"
 ne With the Village growing less a ot tistic and more expensive every da ul the artists are scattering in all c he rections. A small colony settled he the Old Chelsea section, but is nc ". busted by the same clever real esta nd tactics. Others have fled the city If. together and have taken refuge ct. Brooklyn and in outlying suburbs, be large group has taken up it's abode en the former aristocratic Brookl at Heights. but with no faith in the pc he manency of their security. re Heights so closely resemble Gree
 a wich Village in every way that it he unreasonable to suppose a La' ut Quarter astabL shed on their old fas fly toned soil would long escape the : VI tention of commercial interests. T ole same is probably true of the art e 60. ony near Spuyten Duyvil. Bror in vile .4nd New Rochelle shelter ma ed distinguished artists. but there ng been no attempt to establish an 1st quarter in either suburb.
 be In fact. the hope of founding a VII | other Greenwich Village in so ,es other section grows dinner and di Ic- mer. What" the artists ask y tilt would be the use? We would O st. be pursued. The only thing that ( the help us is time. Perhaps in time,
 to rich and successful will tire of the Village. realize with O. Henry 1 ted Bohemia is a land of Illusion. ;
 quit. Then we'll all move back. ess --o---
 of The famous Siamese twins " nd born in Siam in lS11.