The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-15
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ages is not noarly so great as the FIRST accounts
OF tho engagement might have led people to
believe. Tho brides family has been intimate
for many years with the Kearnys, and she has
been acquainted with her present husband for q
long time: SO the stories Of their romantic
Meeting after his wifs'e death had no fOunda-
ton In fact. She, has, spent several winters in
NewYork,and 10 a handsome brunette. who sings
gain a livelihood by means OF her art Il that
had ever been necessary. or all the absurd
more prepostorous than that which made II APP
pear that Mrs. Kearny had previously been the
heroine Of q romance which concerned q young
oihclal OF, the District Attorneys office here,
who 10 said TO be seriously III as a result Of her
marriage, Tho young man may be i'll, and the
1t was the brides sistor who was acquainted
with tho young lawyer, and that she was mar
ried nve or six years ago.
Josef Holman seems TO have the place in
popular affection that was allotted to him by
the prophets after his first appearance here.
His audiences have been large. and women
have. Of course, prodominated to the custom.
airy extent. Young Hoffman, has no p~articu-
lar physical attractiveness or even popularity
to account for his vogue. He Is serious and
earnest looking. stocky, and evidently of ex-
c%eptional physical strength. He dresses in the
most aggravated North German fashion, with
out a suggestion Of affectation or even thought
hbo AZ oith iva bNo hS
wore at ono recital was the only thing that has
ever attracted attention to his appearance.
But he il. the first successful pianist OF the sea-
son. and he promises TO prosper in q measure
that may compensate for the lack OF warmth
with which the others have been received here.
1t ,was u %foregoDe conclusion when Pugno,
the stage of the Metropolitan that no would
create no popular enthusiasm. He might have
success SUCCESS her hoPe, = would soui D never enc tolerate Ta%Sai HIM Mno SHOT, SHOT,
with his mole, might have had the season to
himself II little Hofmann had not appeared
Just as his success was beginning. Ysaye was
never a woman's favorite. and moro than that
was never able to draw audiences to a recital,
p esFsa. 1n I'd Q ef P Pei P fTG ssaFS who hoo was az ' Sappo SSai
In astute managerial circles to be able to I'LL tho
opera house whenever his name was on the
proved no such irresistible magnet.
promisas to be the most successful man of the
or maybe on account of that. Nobody believes
that his talents great as they Arc, have any De.
make him popular for Several persormanees
entn usiastio, women. What starts such, fu.
discover, and those that have ventured a guess
have usually been wrong. Possibly interest in
Hofmann's history, the fulAllment of HIS early
promise, and the recollection of his childish
M here may be responsible for the popu.
larity he has won during q season that has
becn notably barren of successes. 1t Is not
his looks. for slivinski and Slot ought to
have been moro attractive to women. But
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mann will benefit by it, as he is said to receive
800 for every concert, and possibly his recitals
yield even moro.
One Of the girls in an uptown theatre was
suddenly taken Ill o few weeks ago. and the yell
low journals found occasion to print many har-
rowing stories about the young woman's am
billions and struggles to achieve fame and
simultaneously support . large family on S5 a
week. AS o matter Of fact. the girl had been
A-trn- al - Az
e%xertion at rehearsals, and this, in combina.
ton with tho bad air Of the theatre, caused her
to faint, just as o great many others do who
are fortunate enough to escape her fate. This
was drought about by an excited stage hand.
who called for an ambulance. and SO the acct.
dent was made public. 1t Is proba Bile that
not a night passes without. q chorus girls
~fainting somewhere in New York. but tho fact
young woman remained away from the theatre
for several weeks, and during that time 70.
Ssiyed her VS. s. a no week sItI T1eg ESa Sygd frSn the m ns,S
q visit to some Of her old friends at the theatre
that her paysswas stopped. She arrived dur.
stage door by means of a rubber-tired hanson.
A large bunch Of violets ornamented her as
ssIssssan 'ff It hss;ps ans t sns tSs mS xess r% os thy
theatre thee Witnessed sd her imposing return A., asked ost
week the % was discontinued, and the young
woman then recovered sufficiently to takeherifor-
mer and unimportant place in the performance.
really needed rest. she complained toIber friends,
but merely because got engaged and happened
" %sf he 3 saw Spn me- he Se s v,Slsss amy my r saler ~ a 1 h%h had 70
Como back to work, Of course. How else could
! heye saved up money enough to get mar
Bargain hunters in shops are never dismayed
by tho knowledge that an object may BIO tenn
porartly beyond their reach. The experienced
woman shopper knows that by the exercise Of
q little tact and patience she may ultimately get
things at her o Tn price. The only oSher favora-
bio condition necessary Is tho good will of one
Of the shepgirls and confidence in her frailty.
Women know from experience that objects not
sold within o certain time will be reduced
until O price IL reached OF which somebody
finally takes them. In the large department
stores this process OF reduction Is likely TO go on
forming the shopgirl Of the prica at which the
article will be bought, and the injunction to de-
m mSqEe 4 PTS%S ss That e, p RI d. feG m %S% &c a dress It Is
e fis Is eeqeai Hy e8eeive With With both Of OBJECTS stH pro-
SECURED sc u iaAss So N many Offers Of this KIND are con.
hded to shopgirls that II Is easy to let the OBJ.
until q final drop awards It to the person who
has determined to get it at the greatest bar
gain. Whether or not this method Of securing
Establishments Is O question that has never wor-
ried the women who practice 1t.
Mme. Melba's proposed tour through tho
small cities of the Northwest will carry opera
into many places that have never heard 1t be-
fore from 30 eminent O singer. and the whole
scheme revives tho memories Of those earlier
journeys which used to be popular twenty or
more years ago when lima di Murska, Parepa
Rosa, and other famous singers were able to
undertake such ventures with great profit.
Nine. Melba Is to take a small company, travel
in a special car.and sing '"rhe Barber Of Seville"
and possibly one or two other operas, although
It isdinicuit to believe that Faust" Is to DO one
of the works given In this way. The attempt
will doubtless be highly profitable. Mime.
Melba's career has been invariably prosper
GUS since Charles Ellis became her manager.
and her present project viii demonstrate tho
possibility of giving such performances with
success when there is a great singer to DO made
the star OF the company. Five years ago such
a tour would have been thought impossible for
anybody hut Adcllna Patti. BESIDES Mmo. Patti.
Melba and Sembrich are probably the only two
singers who could create interest enough In
the old repertoire 10 make such an exceptional
effort successful, although Cdlve 10 anN-
ious TO carry her idea OF Carmen 10 these far
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