The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30

hundreds Of them. and they seem 70 care . great
deal for me. They send mo flowers and bon
hons and write ne the dearest notes and 1
When asked II she had. any other special IN
terest in life excopt singing, Nine. Melba said.
no. / haven't. When q girl I was a 1no
pianist, a very good orRaniet, and I played the
HoWeyer. I am very thankful that / an such q
thorough musician. for this knowledge helps me
tion.' / T tsink 10 s% Do snSytSins perfectly one must
lure and and time to read quite a bit, but that is
You seem to be found of pearls. ;" said the in.
terviewer, taking note OF the magnificent jewels
"Yes, pearls are my favoritos., she answered.
This one taking a ring from her finger rs
one night in the home OF Herr won Mondelssohn,
a relative of the great Mendelssohn; and the
RSiae %G a. sS'oo &C. f Alexander .p the p Car SP' Rus.
ala. gave me this pearl and diamond bracelet.
Isn'tit a beauty !. I'm going to forget that ! am
j Hssat two women chatting "GTi e." about the thugs that
women like to talk about. Oh, I've had loads Of
here }sSst to s snow 70 y know What I can snow you,
and that's the EhotoErnphs Of a few OF ny royal
clai%ea. jumping nsv up and darling from cabinet
to table In her big sunny sitting room, gather
ing pictures as she went.
the stage. She Is surely good to look at. Her
HKuIC pObbtbhtb u lnObl CubTulllk lllCS VI u
woman. and still 1t is combined with all tho
most ingenious Rraces Of the girl. Her eyes are
color. and shaded by long lashes. The complex.
lon SInw Is % q milk milk W Sha nc a. sp Sd@ %as ~ The e. E r. ons
OF those mouths which drive painters to de-
spair. charm poets, and set the average man
crazy. A woman's heart is so evident in all Of
Nine. MelbR's movements, and that, perhaps,
after all is the secret of her charming person.
well. here are a few, . she said, sitting down
with the DiCtnrAa- "Thia in the ImEa of York.
As own hand, and this is the. poor. dear Duke Of
queen Of England. I have a nice letter from
FROM from t fSs f essS in and ny p PG,sts'iG 81 1 %alo e nq mors's
2 picture Of the King Of Sweden: You know he
tell You a pretty little story about il. When he
and he presented me with the decoration in a
I'VE .Won, Po Tou min ! t nan &c INV ni aro,s ana then said;
Certainly. certainly" he said. but where
It he had rushed of for pins. We were in, a
small room quite alone. When he returned he
Adm IN a Is Startled %tSSi' VOICE. But It pins hHT prick eff iri SaSf
ship, ,...,.
Never mind he retorted, Il shall kiss you
on each cheek. and that will break the SPELL
This Is q. very handsome gold medal which
was presented TO me when l sang at the DOM.
Zetti Festival at Bergamo last year. You see
OF OF the Hne h siHG at ii Bd nas a az and doe on 0i the sS otber S Side eO Il
dates 17s7;1ss7; think 2 great deal Of that
Ut Is ,y,,%a& usSTips copy q Msaas!sseS sS
1t has his namo signed and the date. Since
we've como to talk about all these things. l wish
/ could 4 tell Iy you lots " Of intores S,dins things him n s'' Some me;
day. when / get time. ] shall work them into
shape, but-never mind. l shall bring them over
with mr. nayt and than tvA'll hn ta - n
It's a wonder your head isn't turned. - re.
m &No." 'e esd flgRln5sddF'M heIb TO- hit ISN'T. 1have a
sensible Scotch head on my shoulders, thank
tons from Kings = and royal people ,H'I and Ht rich
people turning my head" she continued. drop.
ping down in front Of her grand piano. III
Philadelphia which came nearer turning my
head than anything else which ever happened 70
turn my. heart-upside down. One night I'd
been singing Lucia, and had a very big success.
and When | vent out to get in my carriage thu:
y wing was sn howlinH e , Snd f frozsn raj rain end TS.. snow w
my carriage door stood an old. old woman wait
ing for me. l could see that she was very poor,
but she was a clean. sweet old lady. As came
out she said, Are you Me!baf
I've been in the top of the house listening to
you: Won't you please shake hands with me.
- took her old face between, my hands and
kissed her on tho cheek. She burst into tears
God bless you. beautiful hearth Thrust some
flowers into her hands. got into my carriage with
those nos = words ,n1 ringing In my ears and they've
AS Media related this incident her eyes filed
up and her voice was full of feeling:
was" she said Frightening up again. Il did try.
Perhaps she was somo old singer. II the night
had been fine shouldn't have thought anything
Of 1t much; but she alone waited for me there In
Mime. Melba has hundreds OF photographs Of
famous persons around her apartments. but on
1t Is Characteristic OF woman to keep only the
pictures Of the ones she loves the best OF all on
her desk. Nine. Melba admits that che is no
These. are photographs Of my boy at differ.
ent ages" she volunteered. stopping up to the
mother can handle q lifeless likeness. HI is
II years old now, and such a sturdy little Eel.
her heart, and he loves his mother. too. lie is
at school in England. and some day he is going
into the English Army. miss him and should
when l can't afford TO take him away from his
lessons, and then / have to do things when trav-
elling around this way that wouldn't be good
came to me. Now, / have forgotten that 1 was
being interviewed when l can talk to you about
81 haven't said anything about music or mu.
sieians; have II Because hate to talk shop
not seeing anybody this year and refuse to be
interviewed. So don't say anything very mean
SSSGt % me, + ZEN erc we are Just Two n women,
winsome smile, SO hopeful and, what is better.
Media as Marguerite or Juiiette." thought
man with q divine gift. but Melba as Melba is a
woman with n heart. and that's more to the
point In this workaday world"
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