Deseret Evening News | 1890-04-02 | Page 7 | Salaries of some Artists

Salaries or home Artists The orchestra of the Metropolitan Of era House consists of but fifty players who receive from 30 to 5i 1 i week for playing four nights a week Theirs is a profession of itself it-self and differs much from ordinary ordin-ary orchestral playing as etching does from whitewashing The members of Thomas orchestra orches-tra and Gllmoret band get irons 7 lo 20 a performance depending If T on their skill And 5250 to W for a rehearsal Of course the higher prices are paid to the great soloists These are the best W orchestra jjlayers In America and the chief jeauty of their work is that while these two organizations pay them a fr living they have so much thIns at theIr disposal that they ran double Iholr salaries by playing at concerts dra other like entertain t menta Jfeif York Sun