Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-03-15


for the balance of the year.
The wholesale firms around New
York were very active getting prices
1t seems that around New York and
the suburbs most Of the manufactur-
ers of the west handle their products
through the wholesaler for the New
York trade and suburbs.
Il spent several days in New York
stopping at the Waldorf Astoria. where
was met by my two daughters. Mar
garet and Marion White, who are at
tending Wellesley College We had
delightful visit, also attended grand
opera, Lucia Di Lammermoor. at the
metropolitan opera house 1t was one
lOf the best grand operas l have ever
witnessed. The stage setting was
beautiful, the singers wonderful and
the seXtet from Lucia were the best
six singers l have ever heard. The
following are the characters
Music by Donizetti.
Lucia .............. Mabel Garrison
Allsa Observation-Disclosures. Louise Berat
Edgardo ........... Beniamino Gagli
Lord Enrico Ashton. Giuseppe Danise
Ralmondo ........... Jose Mardones
Arturo ............... Angelo Bada
Normanno ........... PietrO Audisio
CONDUCTOR ............ Gennar0 Papi
I other operas, "Cleopatra's Night"
was heavy. artistic opera, followed
by lie Coz Dor" which was a very
comic and light piece of opera. The
grand concert. Samson ct Della"
Sunday night at the Metropolitan was
q tNnndprfn1 ahopttg I'D 4
the orchestra, will never be forgotten
For dramas, we heard Samson ct
DELLA which was strong play and
very well acted "Lightnin is a very
attractive comedy and has been having
a run of 500 nights. We, of course.
could not miss the Hippodrome. 1t
seems to get bigger and better every
year The high diving seemed to be
the great feature this year The best
drama of all was Abraham Lincoln, 3"
which | heard in Cleveland Many
people inquire, 'Have you heard Alb
raham Lincoln, ?" One little realizes
what President Lincoln went through
until it is brought to him from the
platform, as portrayed by Frank Me-
Glynn The best and only movie was
way Down East" seen in Chicago
This is worth anybodys time and
money
Il must say that for one week |
forgot the pessimistic atmosphere
which | had been going through in a
business way on my calling on the
trade from Minneapolis to New York,
and it would have been nice to spend
another week in New York, had it
not been for an appointment which
had at Utica, attending there the Re-
tail Dealers Convention of New York
state, where l had been asked to give
an address: Lumber and It's Con-
ditions in the West This was the
largest attended convention they had
ever had-700 delegates and visitors
"On my return home l stopped off
a few days to visit my sister, Mrs
w. j. Zuill, and daughter in Syracuse
Also my sister, Mrs. S. d. Pool, in
Moline, Ill. l did not bring back a
big bunch of orders nor contracts for
lumber and window frames as | have
often done before. However, I did
get about 20 cars and, best of all,
the dealers are feeling in quite a sat
isfied state. They have had two or
three good years and many of them
are taking opportunity of seeing
something of the south and west in
4 this vacation period and, as they said :
When the trade comes we will be on
the job and will be only too glad to
send you our orders But they are
not ready to place many orders until
they know where the bottom is, as
many of them said: We have been
fooled in buying in the past few
months, for things have dropped from
! five to ten dollars per thousand in
the last two months
"All the retailers seem to agree that
lumber was cheap enough, and did
not see how we could sell it any
cheaper, as they believed the south, as
well as the west, was selling for less
than cost in many cases.
81 am glad to be back home and on
the job again, although I have been
suffering for the past three weeks
with a severe cold, but I am feeling
quite over it now"
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