The record-union., 1899-11-26

When Nine. Nevada arrived in New
York a few days ago, scores of inter-
viewers begged her to tell of the Sc
vile experience. They did not ask
concerning her musical triumph in the
Old World; they had heard all that by
cable over and over again, and took
everything of that sort for granted.
What they wanted was her own story
of this occurrence, which electrified the
whole world at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war. of which she
was the heroine, and which proved her
American to the core. And this is
the account she gave to the New York
newspaper men Of the affair:
THE demonstration occurred in Sc
vile during Easter week. The opera
was Lucia in which l sang the title
role. When 1 went on, l was received
with a perfect storm of Kisses. The
audience was what you call a fashion
able one: that is to say. the best peo-
pie of Seville were in the boxes and
stalls. I did not expect that these peo-
pie, especially the richly dressed wom-
en-, would exhibit any unfriendly feel
ing. But that was precisely what they
did. When I began to sing, those in
the boxes deliberately turned their
backs on me and began conversing
loudly. while the less select part of the
audience jeered and hissed. During
the entracte the British Consul came
behind the scenes and strongly advised
me not to continue the performance,
but insisted on doing so and I think
my American pluck and perseverance
rather won them at the last, for as the
curtain fell, there was scattering ap-
plause mingled with the Kisses. New
ertheless, it was an extremely trying
experience, and I should not care to
pass through it again. Then Nine.
Nevada told how the Queen Regent had
FASTENED to do her honors, which should
efface all sense of this humiliation.
She had her opening at the Metropol-
itan Opera house, New York, November
18th, and now Nine. Nevada will visit
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago, st.
| Louis, Kansas City. Omaha, Denver,
Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Los An
geles, Portland, Seattle, Victoria. Van
couver, Spokane, Butte, st. Paul, Mil
| waukee, Buffalo and Boston. She will
be supported by a brilliant company in
which will be Sig. Alberti, the famous
Italian baritone, and Miss Clara Kalish-
er, the well-known American contralto.
An interesting incident in connection
with one of Dvorak's compositions
came out at the recent festival in Nor
wich, England Miss Clara Butt, who
| is now in the United States sent in as
one of her numbers the five Biblical
| Songs of the Bohemian composer.
| These songs (Which we believe, from a
remark made by DR.. Dvorak to the
writer, were begun, If not completed,
while he was living in New York; were
written with orchestral accompaniment.
Desiring to preserve the integrity of
the composition the Festival Committee
asked Dvorak for the original score and
parts and received a reply saying: 81
wrote the Biblical Songs for my own
amusement, and never intended to have
them performed in public. Moreover
/ have mislaid both the full score and
parts, and cannot find them Mrs.
Katharine Fiske has sung the Biblical
Songs" here, as well as in London, we
; believe, but the present writer is in NO
position to speak of their merit It is
very probable. however, that DR..
Dyorak was simply telling the truth in
his simple, unconventional way, when
| he said that he had composed them fol