St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-06
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New YORK. Dee. 4.-Of all the hand
ONE and popular ladies in New York So
iety there is none more beautiful, more at
ractive. or more often sought after than
AIRS. James Brown Potter. Mrs. Potter is
probably the best known by name OF New
York society women in the country. The
METROPOLITAN correspondents of the leading
journals of this country and abroad make
frequent mention of her in their letters and
always chronicle her movements with the
greatest particularly. Mrs. Potter was
formerly Miss Cora Urquhart of New
Orleans, and a great belle in that city be-
fore she came 10 New York to hold SINH
lar position here as Mrs. James Brown
Potter. She is a very beautiful woman.
clever and a delightful converSationalist.
Mrs. Potter numbers among her personal
and intimate friends ladies of such distin-
guished social prominence as Mrs. William
Astor, her daughter, Mrs. j. Coleman Dray-
ton, Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Paran Stevens. She
is frequent guest at their houses, is invited
every night to the opera, attends all the
fashionable entertainments OF the winter,
and in fact is to be seen everywhere. Mrs.
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has already achieved great fame on the
amateur stage. She has been acting since
1881. Her name ON the programs of
amateur performances is sufficient card to
draw large audiences. She never appears
in public except in aid Of some worthy
charity and last winter she appeared for
the benefit of the Bartholdi statue. which
melted large amount for the World fund.
Mrs. Potter has appeared as Hortense
in "a Wonderful Woman; as Mrs.
Frank Prestonin ''Cape Mail;'' in For
Her Child's Sake;;" as Poleska in the Rus
sian Honeymoon;" as Marguerite in 1.-The
Romance of Poor Young Man, as Helen
Malverne in 1.-The Old Love and the New"
as Florence Marigold in MY Uncle's
WILL" as Emeline in False Colors. and also
in AUX Avant Postes." Mrs. Potter speaks
French fluently and with an almost native
accent. and consequently is very successful
i'll the latter kind of plays. She is very
conscientious actress, studies her parts well,
and, above all, has a strong dramatic in
stinct On recent occasion, Mr.. David
Belasco, the well-knOwn playwright and
stage manager, wrote to her after one OF
her performances as follows: MY Dear
Mrs. Potter: You did SO grandly the other
evening, l should have been proud to h We
UStu your DCl-UOy. DlllCclClN, Ddflu DE-
lasco" Nine. Modjeska wrote this to her.
true applause and Love- You Like 1t.
Il would applaud thee to the very echo,
that should applaud again. Macbeth.
Mrs. Potter is the leading amateur actress
of this city and her acting has professional
standing. She has received many offers
from local managers to appear upon the
professional stage, but has declined them
all. | believe she is to appear this winter
in a new role. that of Pauline in The
Lady OF Lyons There is no denying that
Mrs. Potter will make a beautiful Pauline
and act it with grace and dramatic force,
with which she is abundantly supplied.
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Grand opera in this city is attracting
widespread attention, and the performances
of the German company of singers at the
Metropolitan opera house exceed in excel
lence any similar performances in German
or Italian that have been given in this city.
The productions which have taken place
thus far this season have shown lberality
on the part of the management that is
praiseworthy and denotes that Mr.. Ed
mund c.. Stanton. the director of the opera
house, intends to give opera in New York
with degree OF excellence in the singers
ana stage pictures InaG mas never Deen eX-
celled III any part of the world. 1t is the
intention of the management to favor some
of the principal cities of the United States
with these superb productions. Fraulein
Lehman, one of the principal sopranos,
made her debut as Carmen. She is wo-
man OF handsome presence, dramatic ac-
tress and singer with superior vocal ac-
complishments. Her voice is remarkably
clear. rich and resonant in tone. and she
sings with an ease and grace that are most
effective and charming to listen to. She is
altogether fine artistic. Herr Alvari made
his debut as Don Jose in the same opera,
and is a tenor of much merit. lie
Prophetic served last Friday to introduce
to the public Herr Silva in the principal
part. He is by all odds the best tenor of
the company. His voice is one of much
sweetness, and is of baritone tenor quail
itv. His execution is smooth and fluent
and he manages his voice with dizziness and
without forcing it. die Walkure" was
sung on Monday, and Is an opera that is
fortunate in being acceptable to both the
most advanced of the so-called musicians of
the future and to the average man and
woman of to-day. 1t was given with the
same perfection that distinguished the pro-
duction of this work last season. Fraulein
Lehman as Brunhilde sang and acted mag
nifcently. She entered into the spirit of