St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-06

her? She IS genius in her line. but
between her and anyone of the lIatro-
poHtan group there is the difference he.
tween the SIoWworm and the process
SION OF the cqulnoXeS. What would She
De without her arms, What is her
N4iGe win them. Oh, my dear sir, you
viii pardon me"
Are not prices too high at the on
era 2" W
Not at all. The giving of the one
ra, which includes the best singers
the world can give, and the scenery
ana the superb orchestra and the
magnificent opera house amply Justify.
what is charged the public. But the
audiences are growing larger and
When Media and Jean de Reszke sanG'
in Romeo and Juliet last week. as YOU
yourselt could see, the house was
packed to the ceiling"
Then l told him some of the Cos
sip L heard lately, and asked him
what he knew about It, How Made
molselle Janotha, the Hungarian who
Is called the pianiste to the court OF
Berlin, and has come to America ia.
play (and by so doing to be well paid
Tor ~ picked quarrel with Miss Fay.
an accomplished American, a sister,
in-law of Theodore Thomas. 1t seems
Miss Fay, while in Germany . score OF.
years ago, heard MademOlsclle Jano-
tina play at a soiree musicale at court
and subsequently published q verv
readable book, in which irciGontallv
she spoke of having heard Janotha
play, and said she looked like q young
girl or fifteen, not pretty, but with a.
face that grew beautiful witt the spir-'
1t of the music, and was dressed all
IN white in q gown presented TO her
by the empress, whereas it Was false
On the surface there is nothing about
the statements which is not conuli-
mentary. But wait. On arriving in
America and meeting Miss Ta.y and
reception the difficulty appcared. Jan
Otha was offended at Miss Eey ono
the exact reasons why were to .e Civ
en- later by a German barCrces who
came over IS sort of manager and
companion OF the piauiste. when efyA
en-, it appeared that Miss ray rad
published that at the aforesaid court
concert Janotha wore a gown given.
by the empress, whereas Il was . faIge4.
statement, because her own family vyaa
always able 20 and had supplied her
with clothes; that Hiss Fay had men,
toned that at that time danCtna was
fifteen years old, when world make
her out 20 be forty years old IN This
year Of our Lord; and that Hlss Fay.
ought TO have published arCthor edi-
ton with The Objectionable stat -lants'
omitted as false. 1t is said that Hiss
Fay put in IN answer that she sFould
have considered it O. compiiuent IL
the empress had given her gown,
that she had consulted a musical die
ttonary and JanOtha's age tailed with
Miss Fay's statement, and that, how
ever, if JanOtha chose to pay for
freshly electrotyping the book il would
be published with all reference 70 the
sensitive Hungarian omitted.
L felt sorry for JOnatha, just the
same, for she seems to have developed
the unhappy art of making enemies.
For instance. she said to man here
who told her he thought he had met
her before, Are you sure? There are
several of my name" He replied cour-
teously, 81 heard you play and there
can be only one Janotha" Well"
she said haughtily, eff the Janotha
you heard play played well. it was l."
-Featherstone.