The record-union., 1897-04-18


astically commended the performances.
1t was twenty years ago, however, that
Nine. Hauk enjoyed these distinguished
triumphs, and it was thirty years ago
that she made a successful debut in
Italian opera at the New York Academy
of Music. What artist of to-day would
wish for more than a career of thirty
years of triumph?
Anothe famous Elsa was Nine. Chris
tine Nilsson, more recently known as the
Countess de Miranda. Few women of
her time have attained such wonderful
popularity as this Swedish song bird.
She came from a peasant family and her
musical training was a matter of acct
dent, as it came about through the favor
| of country magistrate, who CHANGED
to hear her sing at a fair. She has been
favorite in every country in the world.
Emma Thursby can be claimed ex-
clusively by America as she was
Brooklyn girl and made her debut in
| this country. She has often been COM
pared to Patti, and her artistic tri-
umphs can well be measured against
those of the more famous artist. Thurs
| by was always considered a woman of
great personal beauty, a reputation per-
| haps easily attained when one has
good voice. and criticisms Of her art
have alawys been in the most enthusi-
astic vein.
| Nine. Camilla Urso is one of the very
few women who have achieved renoWn
| as players of the violin. OF late years,
however, New Workers have had but few
| opportunities of hearing this exceed
| ingly clever artist, who, as some one
said to her, narrowly missed being great.
| She has had a most interesting life,
passed for the most part in Europe, her
native city being Nantes, and her first
| musical instruction having been re-
seived in Paris. In 1894, Nine. Urso, to-
gether with the well-known singer,
Nine. Clementine De We're Sapio, made
a long concert tour which attracted
much attention, visiting New Zealand,
Australia and other far places.
| No soubrette of the past generation
has equalled the fame attained by those
| two tiny artists, Lolita and Maggie
Mitchell. The means by which both these
| little women have so long retained their
| hold on public favor is that which has
preserved their youth through no one
| would attempt to say how many years.
Until she was more than 60 years old,
Maggie Mitchell continued to delight the
public which found in her delineations
| of children'S parts a cOngenial style of
acting. Little Miss Crabtree likewise
| has never lost jot of her sprightliness
| and is as nimble and winSome at % as
many a stage heroine at %. Lolita has
always faithfully lived up to her reputa-
ton as a dramatic cocktail" and
neither she nor Maggie Mitchell is yet
willing to admit that she has perma-
| nently left the stage.
London Sketch: can interesting de-
velopment of the Great Hat Question
has just taken place at Glasgow, at an
| excellent performance of La Mas
cote given by the School of operate
Artists. A leafiet was given away with
each programme, to this effect:
To Lsdies-Ladies wearing hats or
| bonnets likely to intercept the view of
| the stage are respectfully requested to
take these off during the performance.
Compliance with this request will add
greatly to the comfort and enjoyment
of the audience
The experiment writes Glasgow
correspondent was entirely justified by
the results. With very few exceptions,
| all the ladies who wore hats took them
| off, and Sc enabled the persons behind
| them to command an uninterrupted
| view of the actors. On the opening
night there were two or three Incl
dents of an amusing character One
young gentleman who could hardly see
the stage because of the "cartwheels"
| in front of him, quietly drew the at
| tention Of the wearers of these orna-
| ments to the leaflets. Apparently they
had not known about the note, because
| they promptly whipped off their hats,
| blushing all the while a rosy red In
| another case an observant attendant
| noticed that a lady and gentleman
were almost hidden behind two enor-
nous chapeaux. She quietly handed
| the slip of paper to the offending dam
| sells who without a moments hesita-
| ton Immediately removed the objec-
tionable articles The experiment is
worth following in our regular theaters.
in connection with which the hat ques-
| ton has been burning one for years.
Could they not have a line printed on
the programme:
Hats Cfft' or
Where did you get that hat? or,
| Why does a miller wear white
hat? To keep his head warm or,
| . Remove your hat-do not hide your
light under a bushel;' or,
| Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown or,
| She wore wreath of roses-not a
hat; or any old hint?''
|
"The Plague" the one-act play writ
ten by Ian Robertson, with music by.
Learmont Drysdale, is after the method
OF Maeterlinck, and is a cheerful NOR
sell In the middle ages, in a plague
stricken city, young woman watches
her sick husband and child The Mes
| senger of Death appears in a vision,
warns her of the approaching death of
| one or the other, and offers her the
| choice of the victim. After long
struggle she asks that her child may
| live. Then she awakes and finds her
child dead and her husband recovering.
Miss Lily Hamburg enacted the wife
and mother, and Mrs. Forbes Robert
son the Messenger when this entertain
ing trifle had it's first public represent
tation in Edinburgh.
|
A comical incident is related about
the performance Of the comedy, "A
| Careful Man" by Moser and Busch,
which was recently revived in Berlin.
The hero of the play is a man who is