The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-19
EMMA EAMES.
She Will Return to America Late
in 1898.
Her Contracts Cancelled by Mutual Con-
sent-she Has Had Great Success in

Her Contracts Cancelled by Mutual Con-
sent-she Has Had Great Success in
London.
New York, July 17.-Today's Herald
says:
Some time since Mr.. Dunlap, president
of the now inactive corporation, Abbey,
Schoeffel & Grau, Limited, received a
letter from Mime. Eames Story's business
representative reminding the corporation
that Nine. Story had contract for 1897
9s, and asking them what they proposed
to do about it, as obviously Nine. Story
had a claim under her contract.
This was taken by Mr.. Dunlap to mean
that Nine. Story might seek legal redress
for the performance of the contract
by the firm, and his reply. to the effect
that the corporation was completely hors
de combat was published in the Herald.
Nine. Story, it appears, was not upon
any operatic warpath, but was in the
position of being techniclly held by a
contract which was practically of no real
value to herself or the company, and she
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ny were going to do in the premises.
To set herself right before the public,
Nine. Story has written the following
letter to the Herald:
To the Editor Of the Herald:
/ beg you will allow me to ask your
courtesy to counterfeit an erroneous i'm
preston received by you and given to the
public through the columns of the Her
aid in connection with my contract with
the Abbey, SchOeffel & Grau company,
Limited. 1t arose from letter my repre-
sentative, Mr.. Michael, very Justly wrote
to Mr.. Dunlap to ask for q formal re-
lease from their contract, which still held
me for the season of 1897 and 1888, with
an option for that Of 1898 and 1899-this,
in order to avoid any possibility Of future
injunctions or transference of contract.
1t was an absolute business like tran
saction. beg here to formally state that
I never have had for a moment the Slight
est intention of taking any legal steps for
recovering money which it has been made
impossible for me to earn.
l think the attitude taken by me at the
time of the burning of the Metropolitan
Opera house, when my contract was for
the principal cities of the United States
and Canada, have been sufficient without
this assurance That contract I volunta-
rily cancelled, although had perfectly
legal hold on parties who were entirely
so1vable. Mr.. Dunlap was kind enough
to say that my unfortunate illness was
one Of the causes of their financial diff
cultiesss hope the public will not lose
sight OF the fact that / not only suffered
the illness but ON immense financial loss
as well.
am glad to say that am now able to
announce that we have come to perfect
understanding, and that the contract is
dissolved by mutual consent. Thanking
you in advance for your kind courtesy, /
remain yours very sincerely
EMMA EAMES STORY.
London, July, 1897.
Mime. Story is now enjoying very good
health, and has had great success dur
ing the current season at Covent Garden,
London, where she has been the principal
prima donna. She was to have closed her
engagement there on July 9, but Mr.
Green has persuaded her to remain to the
end Of the season.
She does not expect to visit America
next season, but will certainly be here in
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