The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-20

Madame. your tour extended. be.
lieye. through New Zealand as wen "a
through the chief cities 81 Australia -
Certainly And many OK these con.
certs shall never forget FOR the heat
was fearful. 1t was often i0 degrees IN
the shade and under such conditions
singing Is most faugulng work. but I
| kept faith with my audiences. as always
endeavor TO do. The popular idea THAI
singers are capricious in this respect =
| quite erroneous. The voice may be capri
cious. being particularly susceptible %
climatic influences. but not the singer.
whose interest is obviously 10 keep faith
with the public"
rs It fair 10 ask. madame. what ara
your favori;e roles 80
quite fair 20 ask" she replied. only
l cannot tell You. for All my roles arc
favorite ones You see ! never sing
music which don't like however Il
may interest yOn 20 know that besides
singing songs. ] gave operate selections
from acts OF Risoletto. Ia Travata.
Faust and Lucia 81 Lammermoor during
my Australian tour.
II you had not said you had 10 fav-
orite roles. I should have suggested tho
roles OF Gilda IN RiEoletto. for you made
your debut IN that part az Ia Monnsle.
in Brussels. did YOU not While as Lucia
I believe you made your triumphant 1rst
appearance al Covent Garden the follow
ing year. Then II was with the sans
role OF Lucia that you made Milan your
own at Ia Scala At your FIRST season
there7 Am I not right again
at all events" Madame Meba replied.
with merry laugh.
Then We began 20 recall her early days
OF study under Madame Marchesi in
Paris II did not take long for that sue
cessaIl ibstructress 20 detect what a
treasure the young singer possessed Ia
her mobile voice Madame Media may
possibly relate 20 sou how. when she iirst
sang 10 Marchesi the astonished mistress
rushed out Of the room AID shouted over
the bannisters. ia her excitement. % her
husband: "Ou - IA Salvatore. Ennn
Jai treuve unc ctoilc'' u j. a significant
and remarkable fact that the following
year Madame MeIba. as she tells you.
was able 20 make her debut.
"In Europe. you mean J Queried quiz
zlugly. FOR Is there not a story q your
having appeared at concert when \
child OF six -cars old IN Australia -
''Oh. yes" but of course YOU are iois-
ing SGch appearances DO not couHt.
However. IT, Va quite true and Tcmcm-
Der the occasion even now I sang This
Shells Of the Ocean and on getting al
encore. I gave Comm ThrO' the Rye 30
Ten years later the future Madame
Melua gave q concert at Sorrento. near
Hudsons bay The idea was entirely
her own. and IVES prompted by the Young
girls desire 30 raise a fund 20 deffay
the expenses q putting "a nsw fence 20
the cemetery. which particularly needed
renovation The young phiianthropist gut
her shoulder T. The wheel and not only
made the sum required btit did All her
own blu posting with no small damage
20 her clothes. Bot Srile Mitchell wes
not one ~ stand on such triae a. that.
She had been brought ~ e. rely on hrr
own resources ia fact rhenstsr ms
family removed from "pconsiis. her
fathers tewn-house fn the Melbourne
suburb u RIchmons fo steeIE FlaS fgus
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n Wild. iuds,@ndcut csf-of-1oor eEist-
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