The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-11
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT Town.

The Count Pappenheim. who In the present
troubles with his wife Is furnishing another
instance Of the unhappiness that foreign mar
riages frequently bring to American women.
IL we'll remembered by all the Americans who
happened to visit Ober-Ammergau during tho
last performance OF the Passion Play there.
Count P~appenheim had been married TO Miss
Wheeler only u short time before, and had
taken his wife TO his home In southern Ba-
varia. situated only q short distance from
the little village that was then thronged with
the English predoninRted The excitement
OF existence In the little town was the al.
dreAry hourr not occupied by the play were
diverted. instead almost. exclusively by the
ticulsriy striking feature Of his appearance was
the Bavarinn peasant costume W hich. seated In
an extremely smart London mail phaeton. he In
were ignorant OF his identity. lie wore the
cred on the side. and so short that they stopped
several inches above his knees. According To
queer stockings that covered them a. far Town
a. the ankle were all that concealed the Count
from the public gaze. On his head was one OF
the broad-6rimncd felt hats of the country, and
he wore one OF the eayly- colorei embroidered
ocular pleRsure TO dlvulge tirself in this rig
In the Americans AT Oher- AnmerEau, and the
contrast between his appearance and the we'll
kept, modish eGuipapc he drove was striking
enough to attract as much attention as he
seemed to desire.
That Esw York was TO witness first the pro-
ductlon OF "Siegfried" with Jean and EdGard
de Reszke In their new roles. caused some
yexed omment IN London, and. as New York
was at that time expected to have In addition
the pleasure Of hearing the first performance
of "Di Walkure," there was some expression
Of slighted feeling In several OF the London
newspapers. But Covert Garden IS to have
with Edouard de Reszke in the cast Of the
opera, and already the roles have been as
gagged by Maurice Grau for three years at CO.
vent, Garden. VIII Ing s'eg,nnnd, t. Mime;
Nine. Esmes viii make her debut az S,r0.
linde. EnouArd. de Reszke,, of course. will
sing Wo'an; The opera Mlli be siy.n in e Ger ,.
OF the Mines. Nordica and ERmes.
and Edouard de Reszke have never before
Tor having first heard 'sieGfried."
There arc certain hours every day during
which broadway, through the distance from
Canal street I'd TO Aston place. takes on the
look OF some OF the forelxn cities, and. Judged
by their physiognomies, the many men gath
cred on tho street corners or lettering in
groups In front of the biz buildings might be
in either Berlin or Vienna. They are the
employees of the shops in which mems cloth
ing is made, and they show themselves in
the greatest numbers during tho mid day
recess. AT ono corner in particular fhe crowd
OF men frequently numbers several hundred,
and many = pedestrian unaccustomed TO the
sight halts TO await developments with tho
unfailiLg instinct-of the New Yorker who sus-
poets excitement wherever two or three people
are gathered together. The dark-skinned
black-eyed men talking volubly in "A language
| that In foreign To most OF the people about
them 10 n familiar enough feature OF life on
men live. and In the quarter tL.at they have
made their own. Their presence on Broad way,
however. Is rare. executing on tho one occa-
they are numerous enough then to give the
street an aspect II never has AT any other
ff ,ay from any Of the other principal thor.
oughfares OF the city.
The prima donnas at the Metropolitan are
given to attending the performances OF their
Associa les in the company, ana Nine. Calves
appearance there in u box not long ago SUR
prised the audience, and IL Is said TO have
been only her second appearance inside OF the
theatre and OF the stage since she first came
TO New York. Nine. Melba very rarely at
tends any OF the operate performances, al
though she attends the sunday evening con-
certs when some OF the well-known instru.
mental s~oloists are engaged. She was there
10 near young iluutEnhh hllcr Tue hTiuous
rehearsal of "Siegfried." Nine. Eames heard
the first perform ince Of that opera, and at
10 other time las she been seen In the MeIro-
pO..tAu this season. Among, the men, Plan
CON and Crenonini are the most regular.
Cremonini is particularly regular IN his at
tandan 20 on the evenings Jean de keszke sings.
Neither of the two de Res2kes are ever seen in
the Opera House excepting on. the stage. Sig.
Ancona appears there frequently and among the
conductors Sig. Beyignani Is the only one who
makes IL n habit TO go. Thar performance was
tho only one this season that brought out the
scores IN any number. The practice or following
scores IL not 80 popular since the old days
OF the German regime, and a woman in full
dress. seated In one Of the boxes with q score
on her knees. naturally attracted n great deal