The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-23
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Inc TACT tnhL n young man VINO mas Oben
more or less conspicuous in society for some
time should have become q wine agent in or
der TO add to an income insufficient for his way
OF life is more interesting az a revival than In
any other way. The announcement OF his
purpose sounds like a voice from the early
eighties. The well-known men who under
took to tout for mineral waters or wines we're
a novelty and the first who did II was looked
upon as n pioneer in a field that combined
dangerously and society. The
stampede Of men willing 10 do this kind OF la
Dor overwhelmed the companies in n short
time. and they are able to pick their employees
TO-DAY from a wide range of applicants. Tho
industry OF toutinR for these Injuries is now
so we'll recognized that it is followed by others
than impecunious social lights. The business
can readily be combined with the ordinary call
ings of many. To order. one brand OF min
eral water mistakenly and unvaryingly, to Of
friends. to talk about it, suggest 1t. and above
all things to drink it-those are the %severest
duties which the agent has to perform. The
extent to which men are employed for these
duties is realized by very few pers onS, as those
lines Of business whose Unsuitable intentions
are less likely to be suspected. One curious
instance of this method of touting was ex-
planned the other day to a man who was as
tonished that a colleague with no apparent
purpose should have, asked him TO drink a bot
tie Of champagne. Il was astonished.' he said.
people champagne. Yet, we drank a quart,
and Would have thought that he had been
drinking a great many before that II he had
net aSs i SotF1e Of fS Cham sG ps ne" " sn}G 4 X yriend. oySfft YET
will be paid for at the end OF the month by
The the cSo6miSbihnnEy', H Tbd is an ara agent msp an su ehaS AGENTS. eSsts
who are not supposed to have the least con
nection with such enterprises.
Although Marie Brema is one OF the few
singers who is always announced as Miss" at
the METROPOLITAN, she is not only the mother OF
amarried son, but is accompanied In this coun-
try by her grown daughter. Her husband.
from whom she Is separated, is a merchant In
Liverpool. Nine. Brema did not begin her
professional Career until about seven years
ago. Previous to that time she had sung as an
amateur and in concerts. Her operate de-
but was made with a company brought by
Signor Lago from Italy to sing "Cavalleria
Rusticana' at the Shaftesbury Theatre in Lon
don. She was the only English woman in the
company besides Miss Macintyre. who APP
peared later. The impresario Of the company
gave Mrs. Brown the name of Brema in order
that she might seem more in accord with the
rest Of the artists on, the. prograT;me. She
sang Mama Lucia and Lotg in "Cayalleria Rus.
%ticana' on alternate nights, After that she
went to Bayreuth. studied under Nine. Co
sima Wagner and since that time has steadily
advanced in her profession until her present
eminence.. She is the most notable of the
English singers on the operate stage to-day.
Nine. Albani. who is totally English for all
practical PURPOSES. now confines herself tocon-
certs, and Miss Macintyre is little heard OF now,
should be doing her best work. She came to
the West and returned to England before any
body realized that she had been here. There
are few English singers among the Covent
Garden performers. 1t is interesting to note
that the most successful among the Nagner
Of Nine. Wagner ia spite OF the objections 50
frequently and Justly made to her methods:
Anton van Rooy is artisttcally q product Il
her greatest fame there. SO did Miss Brema.
The Bayreuth graduates at the metropolitan
are q credit to l..
The struggle 10 get away from the formal
dinner continues to show itself more strongly
in those organizations not 50 formal in their
nature as boards Of trade or other such seri-
Gus institutions. The rebellion against the
set dinner with its inevitable set speeches has
been particularly active in the case Of college
societies and classes. who have tried every
thing from a smoker to n vaudeville show in
order to find some substitute for the dinner.
and they are still searching for a function
which shall be more entertaining than either
Of these has proved. One characteristic in
stance Of these attempts to find something
new was experienced last week. An organi-
zation seeking some now way to celebrate its
yearly meeting decided that something in the
way of pipes and beer would be the most ap-
propriate fashion. SO a room was engaged
at a Fifth avenue restaurant and the members
awaited with impotence their new expert
ment. They found that the beer and the sup
per were all right, and quite as novel. as they
had expected to find the new substitute for
their customary formal dinner. But the at
mosphere proved wholly u~nsuited to such a
marble-topped tables with gilded spindle legs.
and the men rested uneasify in dainty chairs
upholstered in light-colored satins. The
clouds of tobacco smoke seemed inappropriate
within the damask draped walls, and the en-
tire establishment proved vastly better suited
successful enough, however. to lead to one
more, trial, The next time a resort was Sc
ering from a material point of view. IL was
decorated in the old German style and seemed
maui salat and picked beets. with a liberal
sprinklinR Of caraway seeds. was too much
even for the charm OF such appropriate quar-
cations trying to escape the inevitable dinner.
Maurice Grau has decided not TO give n
third Wagner cycle here. but will attempt one
more when he.takes charge of Covent Gar
den next summer 1t is practically settled
that Mines. Lehman and Schumann-Heink
and NM. Andreas Dippel and Van Rooy will
take part in this performance. But there will
be no attempt to give three cycles. as the
London public is not likely to be so much in
terested aS it one was in hearing the operas
in their entirety. Herr DippeI proved himself
such an admirable Siedt'ied on last Thursday
that Maurice Grau is to he congratulated on
possessing such a capable Wagnerian tenor.
But his real possession among the men is Al
bert Sal6za. who seems more likely than any,
body else to, gain ultimately in the affections
Of New Workers the place. now occupied nv
Jean de Reszke.- He is. still n young mamie
born in lSt7-and he has some Important
things to learn. He docs not walk well on tho
stage and he is not always graceful. But he
nets with great fire and enthusiasm and his
has improved with every SUBSEQUENT
n Hnn n En ma lie Nrninn q TLt .Inan do |
I'esgke's in quality. and he uses it with art and
Intelligence, No such promising, candidate
Jean de IIes2ke's place has ever been heard
before, A question which was never an
Swered has been frequently asked in recent
years. 1t was. What will New Works opera
Il after Jean de Rcszkc r~etires?' NJ. Saltza's
presence this season has answered that. Ii IL
o he hoped that many years may elaDse be-
" de iics2ke, ceases to sing here. But
when he does his nlace To a'certain extent can
~ filled by NJ. Snldza. II is not certain now
hat he will ever he, able to sing the heavy
Wagner roles in which VI. Il" Reszke has lately
riumphed. But that power NAV. come after
while. They were only the results of VI. de
inavEn'S maturn arf