The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-23

singular illustration OF the way IN which .
really areat talent Is certain 70 control q mans
career. oven though he DO apparently started
in \ direction quite opposed 10 that which his
career subsequently assumes. MIR. Bispham
is over forty. and began to sing professionally
onl, five years AGO. Before that he had sung
as an amateur, and de,oted himself to the
mercantile occupation In which he started az
a young man. lie wal. preparing himself al
the time for the work which lie afterward took
up. and he had the advantage of making his
experienced artist. so he was successful from
the outset As n mere business speculation.
his course was a iudicious one; MT; Blspham,
and In London this year, will probably make
over $40. 600. He. has sung only certain roles
has been on euch terms that he 10 able to sing at
recitals anc concerts throughout tho country.
He has been highly successful In this branch OF
work, and his season at the opera has estab.
lishod . splendid popularity for him In New
York: NJ. B'sphsm has been 2 striking e1cep.
Teputations In Europc. return here and fail to
find the same apprsciation; Zelic de Lgsnn
and Sibyl Sanderson were Inclined to attribute
| the lack OF favor they found mere 10 the fact
that they wcre Americans. But Mr. Bispham
has had no ground for any such complaint.
Manager William T. Newell Of the Hotel Nor
mandIe misses his old cashier. George w.
Forbes. who went to Johannesburg a month
ago. more than any other employee that no ever
lost. Mr. Forbes was n very amiable man. and his
resemblance TO Senator David d. Hill was 40
to the Nor,nandIe people. senator Hill usunl-
" stops at this hotel when he 10 In town. Mr..
Tor. evcn 10 tbs wav IN which bc wore hi.
| elotbe,. was 40 stronr that hardly a day passed
but some one who knew Senator Hill greeted
fusion and so did senator HHi. Mr.. Forbes has
gone 10 South Africa in search OF n real gold
Win tSssr bast visSes ~"
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NJ. ..,,..ux x.n,. n,.r,.d w,,. ali
NO taoieaux Vivants planned Win well
known society mon and women as their partic-
ipants ever promised TO be more successful
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been found trne Of man who tooS part in such
ssTibition. and .ocistv nronle' who were in
reaiisv mnch ,noya csnag,s ~ snec,ncuinr suc.
cess ~ tneso .soLeau.i ha.e o,,em n,ir . ,oo oa
snch naiutni beantv ora reason for This ia
to be found in the fact that the arrangement
Tor ,igh,ina 80 reraIv a. connist, m tbev are
IN nrotassn.naI nnSereIrs. and snother il
thai merely in thc mStter Of pcsinR the ANA
teur can hardly stand compariron with the pro-
fex,ional "Anvbody thinks IL Ia easy simply 10
stand still under a Calcium light" said a pro-
fessionai who last winter posed q number OF
persons for tabienux given in Aid of a charity.
.shn, /. = ns1,er ~ s.ct q, "a n yarv dinicnIt
hing 10 do eI,ctiyeiy. In these tableauI, cop
led from pictHres' there ia always some senti.
ment To- be ex dressed or some story 10 be told.
This has 10 lie done by the attitude OF the fg-
ures. Moreover, there must bo some lndica-
lion NJ characier in rho beating simply as
an exhibition o. ioveliness. the tablcaux never
nre .fectiye. The uo.ers must carry them
selves win m srirj, INA, ex dresses III. cbarac-
Ter Of the igures they are renre.entInp. II 1,
v,ry hard m teach amateur. u do mi, and for
that reason tableaux b, beauttful women and
hnndsomo men are often disappointing."
This country has, like Ensland, refused to
allow itself 10 grow exoited over the horsele,s
carriages, which. not long AGO. wero intro
duced her. with considerable publicity. One
Of IN, English towns undertook the manufac-
tn "a OF these machines, on n large scale, and
whom l.0isl.tIon CONCERNING their right of WAY
and o,h.r ,eatures NJ THAR "a. had been asked
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Tor IL was oeiioveu thht tneS had really DO
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