Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1912 — New Directory Wanted. [ARTICLE]

New Directory Wanted.

One directory that New York needs but has not got Is the names and addresses of former celebrities who are now running rooming and boarding houses. Such a volume would be highly appreciated by our nomadic population. Many a singer, actress, or writer who formerly held a place in the public eye has now settled down to the prosaic occupation of housing and feeding a small portion of that same public. Their houses are a magnet for young persons with the artistic temperament. One woman who once enjoyed a fair reputation as a violinist has five furnished apartments whlqh she sublets, room by room, to aspirants for dramatic, operatic, and literary honors. Reflected glory rather than physical comfort is the portion of most of these satellites, but the privilege of hobnobbing with yesterday’s greatness compensates for material discomfort. —-New York Times.