The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-03
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cemDer, not as Ed1drdo, as the mature Ste0-
fried. or in any OF the varied PARTS In which IL
has been rumored he would sing. NJ. de
Res * will make his reappenrance as Romeo.
certainly not q novelty. but at all events one
Of the roles in which he is heard TO the great
est advantage. The tenor will arrive In Paris
to-day with his wife after their trip through
Italy. They went to Rome to hear Iris and
to Bologna b. attend a performance OF Got
terdammerunP. which NJ. do Reszke thought
would certainly be interesting. whatever its
other qualities might be. From Bologna they
travelled slowly to Paris. Tho tenor visited
Venice this year for the FIRST tims since he
made his debut there as a baritone ut La
Fence. he will stay in Paris with his ;wife'e
Inspect the new house which she Is building
ISr him and his wife near the Bots dc Boulogne;
interesting G%uestfon fto TO q 'T namBer Of primSS
donnas Is, the s~clection OF the Jaiietc, Mar
celia Sembrlch Is TO sing the role during the
Emma Eames made one Of her greatest sue
cessss in 1; Frances sayille loves the part.
at her best In, it. Suzanne Adams always
makes her debut in Il, There ls certainly an
s mno1t. Q, Ja,teIifs Pgt the most
question, are Mime. Melba's devotion to the
role and her great objection TO having any
she. Is most deyoteds So the question Of the
Jgtlene when N. do Reszke sings first y still
sfe at the metropolitan has always been a lit
lie BIT amusing; in view of the fact that Jean
dc Reszke made the opera a success here;
Adelina Patti never made IL popular. nor did
by him.
The West has been seriously asserting that
It originates the slang which supplies the East
as well as the rest Of the country. and that
New York becomes acquainted with the hui
mors OF conversation only after the rest Of the
country has long been familiar with them.
The authority who developed this interesting
theory has described the process by which
Chicago. Kansas City. Omaha md other towns
supply New York with the slang which flavors
its conversation. According to. his theory.
cal expressions and, put them into their plays
IL they are OF q kind susceptible of such orna-
mentation. Gradually the sayings are intro
duced to various cities, and after a while get
into some play that comes to New York or find
their. way to the variety stage. After that the
lty which leads;to such success, they become
established IN the language until they are ex-
n npp 70 take eP 2he he pln w9rdS r 2Mq Phn nve bee spFbt etE
does send to New York many curious express
dertaken by Mr.. Chuck Connors Of Chinatown
Texas who pos sessed a picturesque Vocabulary.
From letters written &c. New York it was plain
that ne, was a master In the imaginative use
OF words that produces slang. Nothing 80
eloquent had ever been heard OF here. One
letter would have made the. fortune Of a mon
artist Si3kist Of his as1 kiinndd IN Ert that o re =: MaS not 'n' only
Uniforms have been seen occasionally
among the workers in the streets. and the men
who have been wandering around asking for
either work or charity on the ground that they
were In the late war were not all impostors.
Tn opa oro,,p NJ apouy ahoyallars pnar T,rontv-
third street the day before yesterday there
were three men in infantry uniforms working
as theoretically as any of the other men in the
group. The snow, shovellers included the
much above the kind OF work they were doing.
Quite a different aspect of the streets Yesterday
humber uTe erG " the toT wo eneDu seen iR the feps streeta had
on short, skirts and walked briskly with the
ffSSmfor cdnIs e., conscience y SC that "a COZ come what may
coats, ,This. is no new sight in these emanci-
psated days and its novelty came yesterday
not the kind that gathered in, hotel pariors
s sS9rs ais skiTts ana nd9 i nFGhslssS sh attracted Tssatsi 81 some Sne
who have been about tor the past two days are
looked quite different from those who wear
them scientifically.
Frau Schumann-He Elm is to be out Of the
programme at the opera for only q month. and
expects to take her place in the company In
even better voice than usual. as her experience
has been that q rest improves her voice. She
has seven children in Hamburg. and agrees
with Adelina Patti that 1t is difficult to be q
mother and a singer simultaneously. Nine.
Schumann- Heink's husband. whose name is
the first of the two she bears. is with her In
this country. and will take part In the pro-
duction Of the Wagner operas q the trilogy as
wall nc thn 90 mn nfa nnnrnG Hin pVIFa will hn
ready for these if she continues in the same
good health. she enjoys al. present. 1t is one
her husband shall also be included in the com
pany. When she engaged once before for this
II Manager Conried of the Irving Place Thea
tire was not willing to take an actor off his
hands hands At b 2 bargain TrEtn1 But fT NJ he he,, had as many
Schumann- Heink Is a member OF the company
at the Royal Opera; her husband has been en-
institutions are only two, blocks apart, that
arrangement was, found highly satisfactory
to both heads OF the family.
Ernst Van Dyck. who appeared for the first
time In the United States on Tuesday. was one
of the most nervous debutants that this coun-
try ever saw. In spite OF the fact that he took
the leading part in the various productions OF
'Lohengrln" in Paris and in "Tannhaeuser"
and Les Valkyries" as well. he trembled be-
fore the ordeal Of ON American debut. He is
invariably nervous at any performance and
rarely RECEIVERS himself until after the end of
the first act. He describes very amusingly
some of his experiences before performances
when his nervousness became so great that he
felt he would rather retire than at
tempt his task. But he never seemed more
nervous than he was on Tuesday night. NJ.
Van Dyck's 9peratic training has been Ger
man and he believes in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
not at'all popular with the company at the Met
and. indeed. little known there except
IL the, case of new produetions. But NJ. Van
Dyck insists on them and 10 fortunately au-
thoritative enough to get what he wants in
this respect. Nine. Nordiea Is another Of the
singers, at the opera who is more willing than
the majority to go 70 rehesrsalsi Instead Of
the bad weather preceding his debut. N. Van
Dyck came down TO the METROPOLITAN and on
Monday rehearsed tho first scenes OF Tam
haegser" with Nine, No1lica, most Of the day
an innovation at the Metropolitan makes the
new tenor q marvel. Rehearsals at the Metro
for the purpose OF settling the reputation q
the prima donna. II they can refuse to attend
rehearsals they have reached the highest point
to be two prima dOnnAB In an opera ono would