The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-07
Frederick Haskin's Letter
Especial Correspondents of The
Bohenaias MoUir7g Day.
Especial Correspondents Of


trifie dark" a real estate !" Is
VIII say to a Broad Street bro -
"ho Is looking at an apartment
out very quaint, don't Won tbinLs
NO hldeous electric bulbs or stsar
radiators or other modern atro -.a
tles. You will find a gas bestS-
quite warm, and it throws sucb a.
Ilghtful shadows on the wall NJ
woodwork painted? Well. Won CO., ts
nave 1t done if you like, bnt ~
mellow shade of white is adni-Is
down here. Perhaps you also Az
IKE the wallpaper; some neonIs
Oh course, do not care for such An
intricate design" au
On the contrary, it was the wall
paper that attracted me-" saws IT,
oroker, anxious to show that ~
knows something about art ..Tbs,
and the fireplace. | grew ouite AZ
customed to fireplaces in EnpJan4
How much is the rent-s15O7 W.
wrap it up and I'll take il along
Some of the real estate arsr.s
pelns art students on the side. ara
expert creators of atmosnbara
They find artistic merits in aTa.-,
gIaring defect and so dazzle tbo
prospective tenant by Dissertations
OIL Bohemian life in the Village tha,
he is willing to sacrifice ali com
fort in order to live within tbe
charmed circle mo. this roo-s-
does not get the sun" the aren.
Will explain with patient patron
age. but the marvellous refiectio,
Of the sun SO necessary to artists
tHe looks around hurriedly search
ing for some good points to NAV
up, but sees nothing but rusty ffY-
lures. cobwebs and dirt NeVertba-
less, his kind patronizing manner
does not desert him). THE charm
of this particular house." he con-
tinues, SIS its privacy and free
dom. There is only one apart.
ment to a floor, so that one is never
disturbed by the proximity Of
My friend, So-and-So.
(you may have heard of him in the
Vtllege) particularly admires the
Gothic appearance of this building
A Profitable Wreck.
LIS ldll d SIldll lllHf woman
who had long revered the name of
Greenwich Village, decided 10 buy
z house there. Her idea, like that
of the first art colonists years ago.
was to secure a dilapidated place
for small amount of money and
il to suit herself After
searching throughout the district
she came upon precisely the kind Of
house she was looking for in Wash
ington Square South. To her prac-
teal, Middle Western eye, the place
seemed to be rapidly falling to
pieces 1t sagged Imply toward
he east, and its front steps looked
IS if they had been used for ar
-illery practice. mo one has lived
here for years." she thought, and
hurried to the nearest real estate
office.
That house is not for sale" the
real estate clerk told her, but Z
t were it would cost you $780,
100.
You cannot know the one I
mean" persisted the woman. 81 an
to ..... which would
lave to be extensively repaired be-
ore anyone could live in it Sure
v, it can't be worth even half OF
$50, 900"
But it is" said the clerk. laugh
ng. And the only reason it is not
or sale is that the landlord can
make more money out of It renting
t out in apartments If you will
go back and examine the place
closely. Madam. you will see that
here are tenants living on every
ioor."
With the Village growing les
artistic and more expensive every
lay. the artists are scattering in
Ill directions. A small colony set
led in the Old Chelsea section, but
S now being ousted by the same
clever real estate tactics. Others
nave fed the city altogether and
nave taken refuge in Brooklyn and
n outlying suburbs. A large group
las taken up its abode in the for
ner aristocratiC Brooklyn Heights,
,ut with no faith in the permanency
If their security. The Heights so
Justly 1SStIlblS III GGlL =" III F4lAo-e@
n every way that it is unreason-
lble to suppose a Latin Quarter
on their old-fashIoned
soil would long escape the atten-
ion of commercial interests. Inc
same is probably true Of the art
colony near Spuyten DuyyiL. Bronx
yille and New Rochelle shelter
many distinguished artists, but
here has been no attempt to estab-
ish an art quarter in either sub
lrb.
In fact, the hope Of founding an
,ther Greenwich Village in some
,ther section grows DINNER ana
thinner. What" the artists ask
-ou. would be the use? We would
,nly be pursued The only thing
hat can help Us is time. Perhaps
n time, the rich and succeSsili
will tire Of the village. realize VITA
}. Henry that Bohemia is land o.
Illusion. and quit. Then veil all
move back"