The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-26
LIVE Torscs AMOUR TOWN.

thNe fremn~tadt, n New fOrk XIII ana n
former pupil 81 Idlli Lehman. carried on
all tho donors at the second performance
IN the new Primes Regents Theatre mt
Munich and her representation .of Bran
eaons in Tristan und Isolde wasteesrd~d
a. by long odds tha most notable artistic
achievement Of the evening. Mime. Nor
dica has not yet appeared there, hut with
Miss ~Freindstadt she seems likely To make
the series Of performance notable chiefly
for the work OF the Americans who take
part In them. The Isolde at the frs repre-
Srntation of Tristan und Isolde was
kathi Bct'aqnc, who h not unknown here.
as she sang at tho Metropolitan In the days
OF the German regime.
Miss ~frcmd-tadt wen, abroad with Nine.
lahmann and her career Inns - far hsen
confined exclusively To the German op~ra
houses. She sang at Bayrcuth was
COLOGNE, where Sophie Tnaubmani,. anothsr
New York singer, was also popular until
sho returned Ia this CITY aud, after marry
ing n rich husband. retired FROM thu stag.
Mis- rend-tad II now a member Of the
company at Munich. hut, like all good
Americans and opera singers. she has her
ambitions fixed IN New York and IN" Met
ropohtan. She l. rapidly proving her
right 10 this distinction.
Mime. Nordica's experiences in Munich
will be interesting. A. II will he her hrst
appearance la Germany In any Of the more
dramatic Wagner oI-raS, aid rhe ought
to triumph among her associates NJ the
present Wagner performances given In
rivalry To the Bayreuth festival series.
Whatever the outcome OF the experiment
NAV 10, " II CERTAIN 20 reject great honor
on tho two Americans that have taken
part In II.
Tho newly Incorporated company 20
hunt titles and crests In this city will prob
ably have to sell It's wsres at bar gain rates.
for nine out Of ten Americans who 60 In
for this sort Of thing are not above sppro-
priating the most attractive crest and then
fitting a family history 10 Il. One man
who found a crest that suited him Ia an old
book had II draw and after showing II TO
several admiring friends as an heirloom
he invited one Of hem 90 accompany him
10 n ~ststioner's where he proposed 10 order
a die cut. The clerk began TO smile when
this man. show ing the cut. explained that
IL had been his family Greet for several
hundred years.
you must have made a mistake, said
IN. cierk. THAT was one OF the first crests
that this Arm made aud n was original
with us. We stamped n lot VI note paper
with II years ago and 1t has no more sig
uifiCanCe than "A trade mark,
II n person anxious for a family crest
has not ingenuity enough to devise ono
and u not satisfied with the samples shown
10y the large stationers the makers Of crcsts
will construct "A new one for him. There
j. about a. much fiction IN gepealogies a.
in crests A young woman at a dinner
in New York last winter told the man who
took her In that she was a linesl descendant
Of Dean Swift. He could not SUPPRESS u
smile and when she asked an explanation
~ II hc advised her TO read Dean Swifts
life The average person who talks gene
olpgy H. 40 Interested In telling his OF her
own that other peoples assertions % family
distinction are not questioned. Prihaps
an oficial stamp IN a genealogical tree
may lie worth a moderate price 10 some
people.
Prof. Mike Donova OF the New York
Athletic Clubs punching department Gays
that William X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. IN one VI
hs most skilful lightweight boxers. lie
almost regrets hat young Vanderbilt should
waste as an amateur abilities that might
win for him a belt and distinction IN the
professional ring. There are other ANA
teur boxers Of social distinction In New
York who are 10 expert that their friends
have asserted that they could knock out
most professionals In their class, A dozen
lil'Aihr VI tif WIZ uAlttrhi faiiA'A W hh'Af
cost some time ago hat their confidence
was misplaced. The amateur has held a
commission in a crack National Guard
organization. and he was In hts college
days a skilled oars man. lie wa not sverSe
to- a friendly little mill with IA w~ell-known
professional. n it could be pulled on
without publicity A room was engaged
Ia Brooklyn. and the whole ahair wa ar
ranged with the greatest secrecy. This
nE.feastpfAl hrpIVnt nX.r with him thrSa
friends who were sworn Ca silence The
amateurs friend. came ia small parties,
and when time was called for the first oun
every Que s-ttled down for a sporty evening
Ii lasted only four rounds, n then the
amateur was knocked out, The professional
was generous enough to say That he had
proved a hard proposition. but that did
not wipe out defeat, A. soon a. the anna
teur had puil.d himself together the entire
marty came over u New York and cele-
braied the oocasiOn with a upper The
amateurs friends realized the TACT tlla;
there was a vide difference between spar
ring for fun and fighting for a living. and
that tho man who did the latter was the
one To- let On Ia such a contest.
For several months a sign in a dow ntown
furniture store window has read: These
chairs Is while they last It was hung
up originally TO indicate hat S. was the
selling price ~ long ~ any Of them wer.
Ia stock, but a.. first 'smsr, man who
saw the sign went In and asked the pro-
prietor how long the chairs would last.
Were they warranted 10 wear Tor Eve years
OF ten and what would the price lie when
they were worn out. The proprietor was
slgry al first. but when several other men
came In during the day to get on the same
Joke he saw that he had hit upon a good
scheme To attract attention. lie laughed
meghaRtgalN nj each mana huFnnr NJ hta