The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1911, Page 17

GREEN LETS OF VALUABLE to-day, Hetty Green of New fust let go of her most valu- Piece of downtown Chicago realty. lowland Block, tf ‘Caruso Bumps His Nose in a Fall on Stage art An Unexpected Bit of Realiem in ‘Tosca’ — Emmy Destinn Makes Her First Appearance) < in America in the Title Part and Scores a Great Success. BY PLN ondng RAWLING. DESTINN eang Tosca et “ae Metropolitan Opera House last night. It wae her first ap- pearance in the part in one's and the chief reason for performance streets, | fish, and first {t must be recorded that Lenfesty aMiining Company. It was Lanfesty who eecured by lease fm the week the property delong- to Mrs. Green on Wabash avenue, Adams atreet. ‘was sald Lenfesty is to pay a yearly of $6,000 for the Howland Biook (property, which price 1s said to be based jm @ value of $1,625,000. The lot is @ et and 199 on Dear- Bevan street. building fe an old five @tery otructure, erected shortly after the jeago fire. ‘The value said to be fixed by the lease t@ at the rate of over $35,000 a front foot for tho forty-six fect on Monroe street, te highest price ever paid per front feet in Chicago, The square value is gaf4 to be over $181. Zt ts oad Mr. Lenfesty contemplates Gemoving the pr old building and @ecting a sixteen-story office building @ost about $1,000,000, and to be com- Plotoa on May 1, Ge Howland Block, which was se- ured by Mra. Green by foreclosure, has ly been the subject of more fruit- negotiations than any other piece property in Chicago. Hundreds of s and prospective buyers bd ha | is i $ RE ae 10 car (ith propositions looking to the disposal o@ ber Chicago holdings. &t ts understood that Willis & Frank- gastein, the brokers in the Wabash ave- fase deal, were also the brokers ! tations that brought about the | ot ees en tae see Howland Block. WRITES FOR HELP PRISONER MAY BE VIOLET BUEHLER|E Held in Room, She Drops Note to Street, but Can’t Be Located. (CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Written as if ina Query on the beck of an old envelope @ mote was found by mail men making @lections here containing an appes! for ‘of whom has had Caruso, who was Cavaredossi, in his eli when chot in the last act, did it @o realistically'that a ae hard that it etarted to bieed profusely. He made only one response to the dozen curtain calle for bimeelf and Miss Destinn, and retired to be treated by a physician, Not many in the audience were aware of what had happened. Be- hind the acenes it wee reported thet the hurt was not serious. Mise Destinn's Tosca was original and vital. She was a tigress both in love and hate. Mer face betrayed every emo- tion, whether tender, passionate or vengeful. In the brutal second act, which ends with her killing of Scarpia, she gave herself up completely to the fury of it, aa ¢id Amato, who was Scarpia. There was no pretense of re- finement on the part of either. They faced each other with naked souls and by the very strength of their opposing Passions compelled unequivocal admira- tion from the great audience that was held spellbound. Doubts as to whether the same effect could not have been Produced by finer and more subtle proc- esses came only afterward. The tri- umph of the moment was complete, There have been other Toscas th great impersonation of the char our benefit—the first that we yer Destinn will not suffes ith the beat of them. "eae eet a Dio,’ off the para; Caruso Whol aatsieabio as Cavaradoss!. | His singing wae no less beautiful than it was fervent and he acted with fine spirit. Only in t pleted the cast. Toscanini ‘conducted ter “Tosca,” the Russian ballet. with Katrina Geltrer and Mika!! Mord- kin, presented the third act of “The Lake of Liter and some divert! curtain foll not the oi fone before Tnidnight a mnalad of the boxes were still oc: ‘LIezT CENTENARY PROGRAMME BY THE PHILHARMONIC. Joset and the Phisharmoaic Society, with Arthur Friedhesm as eo- lolst, apd eesisted by the women’s choir of the MacDowell Chorus, Kurt Schindler, conductor, presented @ Lisst with fine. fervor. help tor an “imprisoned” girl, and the| cera’, fe believed by Mrs. Anna Euch- foster metner of the missing Violet » to be that of ber adopted| concerto for Genghter. The note reads: “Mail man: Help! I am held a pris- quer tm room 917. Notify the police. i, quick! Help! Room 917." Tessa net te identify the place. Police ting. the pete and said she would ne expert examine it. aaETb ns eves: 4 Mitied While Soviog Others, Batetraseer, 50 A WEEK Diane {a A minor, and the * “Dante” cympneay, pete the "Divine Comedy.” Mr. wee was at hie best, the orchestr: well led by Mr. Gtraneky, ore cz: % was unsigned and it} «; ‘Magn’ very weil indeed. Frank L. Sealy at the organ, = i ER itn COLUMBUS AVE HET. 106 41047575 'THE EVENING WesEP, CHRISTMAS M' OLD ST. PAUL'S PAUL'S "CHAPEL. orkery’ Servic Services Will Be Held Both Sunday and Mon- day Mornings. ey ere to the reguiar nightwork- y morning at 2.30 at had Pate. ‘Vesey atreet and iway, there will be a Christmas @ervice Monday merning a 8 o'clock. Wer this eorvice epecial musical talent eas deen eecured. Miss Hasel Adele Geotechius, sopranc, end Mises Janie Q@turray Fyfe, contratte, will be the oan os ‘To eugment the nightworkers’ male obeir there will be © large chorus of mized voices, The music et these services ts under the direction of George Valentine Bilery, Precentor. Herbert D. Hodgson LA a qud-organist. The Rev. tague Geer will preach the en Chocolate Sweets de Luxe Chocolate smoothness and exquisite flavor is The Famous Swiss Eating Choce- late “TheW orld’ s Premier Leland Chocolate” tePepechages be t0 31.00 at all deniers Saturday, Dec. 23d, 1911 Served from 11.30 A.M. to215P. M.T) “BLUE POINTS on Half Shall CELERY, RADISHES porace perie ur oer Mie TLE coguinte¢ Of Gt ae Newburgh POACHED EGGS, Renaissance STUFFED LAMB CHOPS, priced suits 1 STRING BEANS fe pore POTATOE CROQU: ‘ES CHIFFONADE SALAD FANCY ICE CREAM and ASSORTED CAKE MINCE or PUMPKIN PIE COFFEE, TEA, MILK or CIDER ———— W. L. 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And a Reduction Sale of Men’s Suits .$28, $25 and $22 Suits reduced to $19.50. $40, $35 and $30 Suits reduced to $24.50. Extraordinary bargains; they have been reduced because we have more higher on hand than is usual for us to have at this time. The Overcoats at $15 and the Suits at $19.50 and $24.50 are on Sale at all Five Stores We also offer exceptional values in Men’s and Young Men’s Suits at $12.50. Many of them made from cloths which sold at $25.00. We bought the cloths underprice and had them made up by a very good manufacturer. There are not enough to divide among all stores, so The Sale of These Suits at $12.50 is Confined to Two Stores Only _ 279 Broadway, near Chambers Street Union Square South—14th Street, Near Broadway FIVE CONVENIENT STORES. Broadway at aes Lahaye “Get the Habit.” Go to Brill Brothers All Stores Open This Evening and To-Morrow Evening. Sweeping Reductions Ko AbUNT Or OVEWTOC j Men's Suits at : @Overcoats ; SAVING BANKs. 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