Evening star., 1900-04-07

to think of it, no one has published any,
tnlng about it. He proposes to call it a
wooden Horse, and what he will make out
OF the title is more than 1 care to attempt
10 guess he says 1t is the best satire he
mas yet attempted, and he ought to know
HAD his health stood the strain, "A Dog
IN the Manger, your critics here roasted so
terribly, would have developed into great
winner The character of Bright, the med
lclne man, the hermit, the hiccoughng wO-
man and a few others are too good to be
lost. and some time you will see the old
farce bob up serenely and make a pile of
money for the author. None of his farc,s
We're good at first, and that would have i'm
proved as much any of them What
VIII DO in the piece? Well, unless they
de1er the production for another season.
l II see 1t from in front. for next year finds
me out with Black Sheep again. 1t has
been good to me financially and [ can't af-
ford to let 1t run loose again"
Emma Calve was born at Aveyron, In
the southern part of France. At an early
age she was sent to a convent school with
the nuns of Auriac. A musician from Paris
who heard her singing in the chapel one
DAY went to her mother and convinced the
latter that the young girl might aspIre to
great future. The result was that Nine.
Catve was sent to Paris to study. Refer
ring to that period of her life, she says:
Il shrauk from the idea of going upon the
lyric stage. but fate was too strong for
me. was sixteen then. l studied first
with Nine. Laborde and then with Nine
Mafchesl. Oh, how l pined for freedoml
l. who had lived among the mountains
shut up like a Gagged bird in the walls of
city! thought 1 should die, but I did
not, ana by and by ceased to beat nv
wings Then came my debut at the Thea
IRE de Ia Monaic, in Brussels, in 1882. Mar
guerite in Faust was my first role. and
| followed 1t with Cherubino In THE Mar
rlage of Figaro" l succeeded and was en-
gagged by Victor Maurel to create the part
OF Bianca In an opera called .Aben Hamet'
at the Theatre Italien. in Paris. l also
sang with Maurel in Tampa at the Opera
Comlque. My voice was brilliant they said
but L could not act | was cold and stiff
and immature. | had not learned to get
beyond myself In my art.
Il was nineteen by this time and I be-
came dreadfully ill. 1 went back to my
mountains to be healed and to learn to
h ,ive, l mad succeeded as a singer. it is true.
put had failed as an actress, and learned
the meaning of pain. pain in heart and
mind and body. Slowly in that dreadful
time began to learn; my soul awoke;
matured. From a child | had become a
woman. And then L read Balzac, and he
opened to me the great book Humanity /
was seized with the passion of my new
knowledge, the desire to help others. to
make the world better, happier That
GENES with the knowledge of suffering the
longing to get c'ose to humanity and help
IT. No longer could nature satisfy me
though ! loved her as well as ever I took
tne knowledge she had given me during my
chlldhood into the homes of the poor and
l saw 1t was all mysterious whole-man-
kila' mountains. pain and joy.
L mad recovered then sufficiently to re-
turn to the stage. 1 went to Italy and |
mad my flrst great success in 'Ophelia' and
oahtuZza. You see, l could act now be-
cause mad suffered. There is one thing
am sure Of. Believe me. for 1 know, No
one can be artist eXcpnt tbrnupb S,,ffar
ing
All sorts of guesses none of then, hitting
the mark, have been made as to the iden
tity of THE Girl With the Auburn Hair,
who is the star feature of the New Grand's
bill next week. Her manager ]. J, Muir
dock. was here yesterday in advance of her
ana told The Star of several instances of
the sort
Half the papers In the country" said he
nave tried to identify her First if was
Saln she Is the daughter of an arstocratic
washington family and has been forced
by adverse circumstances to 60 on the
stage to support herself For this reason
She Kept her name secret. Another paper
made her the daughter of a Syracuse NOR
chant VINO had spent fortune on her edu-
cation. a Milwaukee paper made her Miss
smith. daughter of a wealthy brewer of
mat ina city; An Indianapolis paper Identified
her as Miss Aukum of that CITY Tho l,t
ter was in New York at the time and
promptly denied the story Then ST
Louis paper declared she is Bertha Sharpe
of that place. The fact ts that she bas
oeen mere, and | have a photograph taken
of her in the interior of the White Hons,
moreover she is a relative, distant, 1t is
true. of Admiral Dewey"
And what is here name?"
MISS Auburn. we call her." he cooIIv
replied, land she knows no other name
now. 1 might say, too, that YOU never
Will know, and that if you search the hotels
over next week you will not fnd her.
CRADLE SONGS OF NATIONs.-t-ndar
the title of Cradle Songs of MANY Ma
tiohs' unique and exceedingly Interesting
entertainment was given last night at Ma !
ticEal Rifles Armory in the interest ,f
the summer home of the Washington
Founding Asylum. Nearly a hunIred
quantity costumcd little folks appeared unon
the stage and sang childhood luiiabys in a
mcst attractive and cunning manner Each
little girl had her baby doll in arms Tho
children were dressed in the clothes of |
many nations, and Joined in the choruses
with enthusiasm. Miss Helen HAYES had
personal direction of the concert and the
success of the entertainment is in great
part due to her efforts. Among the children
VINO mad prominent parts were Eta SchmIi |
Marguerite Howard, F1rgie Dugan James
Barr. and Marian Hines. Mrs E. F. Hory
recited Little Jack Horner'' in Hindoo-
stanese. and Miss katherine Clements sang
Hands Across the Sea- The modern dude
songs and cakewalk were not overlooked.
A matinee performance is in progress this |
afternoon.