New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

and Nine Jules Ferry on the wornen's committee
! rather dampen Catholic ardor for money giving
The debut of young American soprano MISS
Bessie Abbott Piekens1 at the Grand opera
House Juette in Gounods hoHiee Ct
Juliette" has reused interest in nusleai ciFe'e'
| here and possibly caused some heartoui liiiio
! among the fashionable teachers almost e&-
! cusively patronized by Amer1cans' sucn as
Nine. Marchesi, Troubadello and Sbrigha. none
/ of whom have to-day any prominent pupi' oi
the Partisan lyric stage. Other teachers on the
/ contrary Mauoury JuIians and Fugere, accord
warm and earnest praise to the young Ahier'
! can. Manoury says
Miss Abbots is the best Juliette have ever
! heard Moreover with the exception or Falu
she is the only Prf771a> donna who mas ever peei
able to perform the part as written III liie U e
nal score. that is to say Miss Abbott sang the
waltz song of Juliette in G, which required hes
! to put her full voice high D, the attack o.
! which vv5s absolutely perfect It should be re-
nlemhered that neither Melba nor E-alnes ts.t eV IN
attempted to sing the waltz song OF }u Miss
G. but did so IN F, a full tone lower IMAM MISS
| Abbott sang it.
Pierre GaiIhard. director of the Opera, states:
In nv opnion Miss Bessie Abbott is the most
perfect JuIiette that has sung IN fafis, ,ilu
in saying this 1 do not even except Tattl, i t,e
from B below the line TO 6 above the hlsh -
After Miss Abbott completed the first phrase
of the OF Jullette al the CPSIe~ oAi A0---N'
night NJ. Cailhard ran up to her, kissed her on
the cheek and exclaimed: MY dear child. your
triumph is assured" Miss Abbott replied;
.eyyhv. I have scarcely begun to sing" M
Gailhard rejoined: "Oh. you have won the ear
of the public and you are success now, no
matter what you may de-
After the performance Ambassador Porter
wrote her a note stating that 1t was the most
successful debut he had ever attended among
those who express themselves enthusiastically
in admiration of Miss Abbott's voice is Mr-
James Gordon Bennett. who is of a disposition
not easily moved by music, but who has sur
prised his friends by his keen, accurate and
eager praise of the young American singer
AS much inaccurate Information has appeared
in the French papers in regard to MISS Ehpott'
1t may be stated that she was born at Riverside
in Northern New York, the country seat OF the
Pickens family of South Carolina. and on her
mothers side is a grandniece of the late Arch
bishop Benson. of Canterbury, and traces her
lineage from the Abbotts of Abbotsford she
was educated at a convent and at st, Johns pri-
yste school, New-York City. Jean de Reszke,
whom she met in England, persuaded her to
give up ballad singing and study for the opera
Miss Abbott says her success is Cue TO her
teaching under Nine Freda Ashforth and NJ
Fidele Koenig chef de chant OF the Paris
Opera- Capoul gave her lessons in stage de-
pertinent. The verdict of Paris is that MISS
Abbott's success is assured. The only thing she
needs is to study the dramatic side Of her pro-
fession which at present is her weak point.
Theatrical novelties of the week include lie
Medecin de Campagne,' q medical play. where
the curtain falls on a grewsome surgical opera
alton: La Marchande de Fleurs," an ambigu
Gus meIodrama. wherein A judge who murdered
his victim sentences an innocent girl to the
ole he a
Varieties. most sumptuously staged, and acted
by flying squadron of the most captivating
professional beauties of Paris But the only
play Of real merit however. is a light. delicious
comedy. Nelly Rozier," by Bihaud and Henne-
quin, produced at the Nouveautes where dem
mondaine takes revenge on married but ca
PRECIOUS admirer by condemniug him to per
petual marital fidelity. to insure -hich she en-
tiers the wife's service as a chamhermaid. This
clever skating on thin ice is well acted by Mile
Cassive and promises long run.
Harold Bauer's piano recital OF Brahms con-
certo at a musical matinee given by Sebastian
schlesinger and his daughter Mrs. Isidore Brag
giotti this afternoon was highly successful.
Harold Bauer will sail on December Il for New
York to begin his American tour at Troy on
January 1.
Among the passengers sailing on the savoie
for New-York are Lazare WELLER counsellor TO
the Committee on French and Foreign Com
merce and member Of the Colonial Supreme
Council and Baron Maurice de Lagotellerie.
who will act as his secretary. NJ. Weiller's
mission has no diplomatic character. It is un-
dertaken at the suggestion OF Minister of Com
merce Nilerand to obtain the fullest possible
information relating to financial. industrial and
commercial progress in the United States
Among the points to be studied the trans
portation of American coal TO France, and the
introduction OF American methods wherever ap-
plicable in French industry NJ. Weller speaks
English perfectly and is provided with letters
of introduction to the most prominent person
ages in Washington, New-York, Boston. Chica-
go Pittsburg Philadelphia and Baltimore. NJ
WELLER besides being recognized authority on
finance and political economy, is a brilliant con-
versationalist, a connoisseur &C fine arts and
bric-a-brac himself possessor OF one of the best
galleries of old masters in Paris, and man of
the world Of captivating manners. He is a
friend of Senator Siegfried. who visited the
United States last spring. and Leopold Mabil-
leau director Of the Music Sociale. who will
visit Yale, Harvard, Princeton. Columbia and
other American universities next February and
March I4azare WELLER is forty-three years
old and is enthusiastic at the prospect of his
visit to the United States. c. l. B.
ro CDJTcATTON IN ENGLAND