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THE ADVANCE, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1921
Ckristmas
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FOR THAT LAD WITH THE SURPLUS PEP KEEP HIS HEAD AND HANDS BUSY
I i with one of our Automobiles, Coaster Wagons, Kiddie Cars, Velocipedes, Skudder Cars, Tri-
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cycles, Wagons or Rocking Horses. For that little girl with feminine traits. She's bound to
play grown-up lady, anyhow, so why not with instructive things. We have a full line of the
things she wants most.
Also a complete line of single and double barrel Shot Guns and Daisy Air. Rifles. An extra
big stock of ammunition for the holidays.
Santa Glaus Headquarters This Year
IS AT THE '
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Corner Poindexter and Matthews Sts.
Phone 418
Metropolitan 'Opera Has Had
Its Most Successful Season
Pasting of Caruso Has Not Dampened Ardor of New
York's First Nnghters And Though No Equal of Great
Tenor Is Looked For New Artists Have Moved Blasa
Metropolitan Audiences to Torren tial Applause
New York, Dec 21. (By The As
' so iated Press) Its light undlmmed
by the passing of Its greatest lumi
nary of recent years Enrico Caru
so the Metropolitan Opera has
reached the height of what ita so
cial and professional "sponsors ac
claim as the most successful season
since the world's eyes were focused
on New York as the hub of the oper
atic universe.
Not, officials of the opera say to
day, that a great gap has not been
left In the ranks of the artists who
have made it so famous. Caruso's
place, they declared ifcan not be
filled in a few months or even in a
few years. But his death has served
to direct the interest of opera go
ers from the brillincy of the Indivld-
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ual singer and to widen it to embrace
the opera itself and the great, though
less well known stars, who nightly
are drawing multitudes to the histo
ric Broadway auditorium.
Great changes have taken place in
the opera as a social institution, they
declare. The social eide of the gath
erings there season by .season has
again taken on the aspect that it
wore a generation ago. Once more
it is the brilliant show place it was in
the 8d's and 90's. Nightly, regard
less of the name of the tenor or the
soprano who is to sing, boxes, stalls
and chairs, from orchestra pit to
"peanut gallery" are at a premium,
and every foot of standing room in
thg shadowy horseshoe fabout the
walls Is solid with the mass of music
lovers who wauld rather stand three
and a half hours than miss a perfor
mance. In a widespread reaction from the
fashions of the years before and dur
ing the war, the gentleman opera
goer appears In evening dress, wheth
er he sits in a box or any other part
of the house below the gallery. And
many who stand through the succes
sion of acts parade the lobbies and
doff the shiniest of silk hats to ac
quaintances or when they go to ex
change visits among the boxes filled
with richly gowned and jeweled wo
men. Apace with the changing custom
In dress and the etiquette qf the en
tra'cte, the public has mastered its
post bellura aversion for German op
era, manifested in 1919 by threats
of violence that would ensue on their
presentation.
Twice this season the stately meas
ures of Wagnerian opera have re
sounded in the ears of audiences that
have taxed the capacity of the house,
and "Die Tote Stadt," new to Amer
ican devotees of the art, was the ve
hicle upon which Mme. Marie Jerlt
a Vlenese, took a cosmopolitan
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Are to be found at this store, and we are so glad to be of
service to you and help to make these last few shopping
. days before Christmas a joy instead of a burden. So let
us suggest a few of the really useful and attractive gifts
to be found here. Then, come in and let us make other
suggestions, according to your heeds. ' , .
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Handkerchiefs Hosiery Dainty Waists
Pocket Books Purses Sweaters
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audience Dy storm at ner debut.
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A few nights later the same impos
ing daughter of the former enemy
country tore and shook Into dishev-
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Five Hundred and Ninety-five Dollars Can
you conceive of such a low price for such a high class
enclosed car?
The Ford Coupe, has always been a popular car for
the man or woman keeping appointments, whether
social, business or professional, because it is always
ready for use and gets there on time with comfort and
convenience to its occupants. It is even more pop
ular now with the new price of $595.00
hair through the passionate scenes of
"La Tosca" a role long regarded
as the exclusive property of the Am
erican idol, Geraldine Farrar while
an American audience dissolved in
to tears and interrupted the scene
with an outburst of applause and
"bravoa" such as seldom mars the se
renity of New York's blase first night
ers. As to the much heralded succes
sor of Caruso the operatic maestros
declare they are seeking none and
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,hope to find none. After touring Eu
Xrope most of last summer, General
Manager uiuno-casazza returned
with many new singers added to his
company and several new operas for j
his repertoire. But he announced;
A i that while Caruso's place in the
j hearts of his admirers must remain
Xj unfilled, the roles he made famous
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would be sung by the great tenor's
former colleagues, Audleo, Bada,
Crimi, Martlnelll and a halt dozen
others, with Pertille, a new comer
from overfseas.
4 "Time only," he declared, "and
; the Judgment of a fickle public
i can determine who the eventual idol
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Tltta Ruffo and Amellta Galli
X Curd, who, as visitors with the
X Chicago Opera Company, have had
X New York triumphs in past years,
y , are among the new members of the
Xi Metropolitan Company.
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Y $25.00, $30.00. Sport Suits Just
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Presents
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He used to squeeze a dollar until Liberty was black in
the face. Now he's spending hundreds like a missing
Cashier. Come see why and laugh for a whole
hour. '
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