Music: Green Room Keys

One of the compensations of being a stage-door keeper is the tips derived from gallant gentlemen seeking entrance to the actresses' dressing rooms. Last week the indigent Budapest Opera capitalized such backstage gallantry. It offered for sale to Budapest bloods little silver keys to the ballet dancers' green room and the singers' smoking room. Price $150, good for one year.

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