Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-02

How much In the rentfisOy Well.
wrap II up and III take II along"
Some of the real ogfate agents. be-
iag art students on tho side. are ex-
pert creators Of atmosphere. Thsv
flnd artistic merits In every Riaring
defect and 30 dazzle the prospective
tenant by descriptions of Bohemian
life In the Village that he is willing 20
sacrifice all comfort in oedor To live
within the charmed circle. mo. this
room does not get the SUM- the ageit
will explain with patient patronage,
but the marvellous reflection Of the
sun 50 necessary 70 artists" (ffo looks
around hurriedly searching for s0fno
good points 10 play up. but sees moth
ing but rusty fxtures. c0bweb4 and
dirt. Nevertheless. his kind patronir-
ing manner does not dsssrt hlm.) The
rcharm Of this particular house. bs
continues, 'is its privacy and freedom.
There is only one apartment to q foor.
20 that one is never disturbed bv the
proximity Of neighbors. Ny friend
So-and-so (you may have heard ~
him in tho VILLAGE particularly I'd
mires the Gothic appearance o. this
building"
A Profitable wreck.
This fall small-t0v1a woman who
had long reycred the narne Of Green
wich Village. decided o. bug y house
there. Her idea. like that ~ the arst
art colonists years ago. was 70 secure
q dilapidated place for a small amount
Of money and remodel 81 90 suit here
self After searching throughout she
district, she came upon precisely lhe
kind Of house she was looking for
in Washington square south. 70 her
practical. Middle Western eye. the
place seemed % be rapidly Falling 20
pieces. IL sagged Imply toward The
east. and it's front steps looked 30
II they had been used Tor artillery
practice. mo one has lived here for
years" she thought. ard hurried %
the nearest real estate oflce.
That house Is not for sale. the zeal
lestate clerk told her. "buf u "a we're
Il would cost you $1,000
you cannot know The onr n'esn. I"
persisted the woman. ~ 8m referring
70 . which would haps tu hH
extensively repaired before 4IJunr
lcould live In it. Surely N can't Nf
worth even half of $50 0oe
"But it is." said the CLERK. suFhs
ing And the only reason N is roe
for sale is that the landlord can llaFs
more money out ~ 10 renting ii OHf
in apartments. re- you Wii F1 H1ff
and examine the place closely. Madam
you win see that there are tenants
living on every floor"
With the Village growing losa are
! HI
the artists are scattering in au difar.
tions. a small colony settled in che
Old Chelsea section but ID now being
ousted BY the same CLEVER real estate
tactics Others have fied The CITY ai.
together and have taken refuge In
Brooklyn and In outlying sutsirba. a
I. large group has taken up its sDoda iu
the former aristocratic Bruofivn
Heights, but with no faith in fhc naf.
nanency OF their security The
Heights 50 closely resemble Greenwich b
Village in every way that 81 81 un.
reasonable 70 suppose a Latin Guar.
ter established on their old-fashioned
soil would long escape tho attention
OF commercial interests The same M
probably true OF the art colony near
Spuyten Duyvil. Br0nxville and New
Rochelle shelter many Distinguished
} artists, but there has been no a..
! tempt 70 establish an art quarter IN
. either suburb.
In fact, the hope OF founding an
other Greenwich Village IN some other
r section grows DINNER and DINNER
: What" the artists ask you, would
D be the use2 We would only be pu~-
{ sued. The only thing that can helm
/ US is time. Perhaps in time. the rich
E and successful viii tire of the Village.
/ realize with o. Henry that Bohemia a
, a land OF illusion, and quit. Then well
/ all move back"