The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-13
insult Spent Lauishly to
Satisfy His Wife'S Whi111S
each, debutantes sold programs for
$25 apiece.

each, debutantes sold programs for
SIS apiece.
Mrs. insult played the coquettish
role of Lady Teazle, looking even
younger-on the stage-than ner Is
year-old son who watched his moth
er from a box. AS the curtain fell
on the first act, it required six ush-
ers to carry the flowers down the
aisle to the bowling, smiling little
woman on the stage.
The show ran for two weeks and
netted more than $l25,000 for the
hospital.
Mrs. insults success in this ven-
ture spurred her ambitions. She
went to New York to try a come
back on Broadway-and failed. Re-
turning to Chicago in 1927 she leased
the Studebaker theater for five years
and failed again after few weeks
when her company began playing to
empty seats and running up deficit
Of 81, 900 a day.
Samuel insult took matters in
hand. announced he was "out of the
theater business" But, under the
terms Of the lease, the banks han
ding insults affairs were still pay
ing rent on the theater until a few
weeks ago when the lease expired.
The mistress of the insult mil
lions was tiny woman, barely five
feet tall and weighing less than 100
pounds. Her hands and feet were
SO small that she had to have gloves
and shoes made to order. Her fav-
orite jewels were diamonds and
emeralds; she often wore as many
as 10 diamond bracelets at one time
At certain dinner party where
jewels worn by guests were valued
at s15,000,o00, hers were the finest
Of the lot.
But Mrs. insult was not the social
favorite In Chicago one might ex-
pect. She had position because OF
her husbands riches and power, but
her personal popularity was de-
creased, according to all accounts
by a tremendous amount of that
quality which in actresses is called
temperament and which in lesser
lights is called temper.
insults interest in opera, which led
him to build Chicago's magnificent
42-story Civic Opera House, also pro-
vided an avenue for social activities
It enabled him and his wife to hob
mob with opera stars of world reputa-
Mussolini and provided an opportun.
ity for gala first nights in which
the display Of Chicago's wealth
jewels and position made a dazzling
spectacle.
insults interest in opera was ex.
pensive. Year after year there wer.
huge deficits, and much of thi!
money came out of Insults pocket
He built the great opera house as HI
had welded his chain of utilities
through customer ownership" o,
securities. He was thorough goint
In this as in everything else; pur
chasing agents for the vast Insul
companies quietly let it be known
that an investment in the OPERA
securities might help lot, and firm
that had occasion to do business will
insult found it convenient to rem
office suites in the huge opera build
ing.
Atop this 42-story edifice, said t.
have more bronze and gold than an
other structure in the world, Insul
built for himself a Six-room pent
house, outfitted with Old Englisl
furniture brought from abroad. Thi
was his private club. There he coul
60 after long. hard day and rela
into the life of an English gentle
man amid the surroundings of hi
native land. A good host, he ha
whisky -and-soda for his guests
though he never drank himself.
4 Y Y
Here, in reflective mood, Samue
insult might look out upon the cit