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MIME. NOfC1ca mas ADDED fresh lau-
rels to her international triumphs dur
ing the Wagner festival now in prog
ress at Munich.
Originally engaged to sing in the
cycle, of the Ring" and one presenta-
ton of Tristan and Isolde" her sue
cess in the last named work, in which
she made her first appearance, was
such that Director Won Possart endeav-
ored to secure her for all the remain
ing performances Of that musical dra-
ma in the series.
The honor is the more pronounced,
as the festival had practically at its
command all the Wagnerian prima
donnas of Germany. Finding it impos-
s1ble to engage Nine. Nordica for the
second Tristan performance, owing
to the many rehearsals held for the
ting, Manager Won Possart wrote: i
AS the rehearsals for the Ring
nave prevented you from complying
with my request to sing in the Sec
:ond Tristan performance, will you
not, at least, give us your highly artis-
tic assistance in the third and last
presentation of the work, which takes
place on Sept. s? Your extraordinary
success leads me to beg you to giva
the international public and the people
OF Munich in attendance at the festival
another opportunity to witness your
mastery Interpretation" :,
Mime. Nordica has consented, and
Will have the unique distinction as an
American of having been asked to sing
this most difficult of Wagnerian roles
to the exclusion of all available prima
donnas.
Miss Elsie Whelen and Miss GLADYS
Brooks, who have established the rec
ord of not having appeared twice in
the same attire this season at Newport
must look to their laurels. They have
a rival in the Duke of Roxburghe, Mrs
Ogden Goelet's guest His f1annels seem
1nexhaustible and are of many tints
from the navy blue with white braid
on the trouser leg to a pale mauve
Inc duke, who is a manly chap, can
wear these dainty colors without SEEM
ing effeminate. The dinner Jacket he
wore one night at an informal dinner
OF men was covered thickly with black
SILK braid. So were the trousers. In
evening clothes the duke is imposing
with scarlet ribbon about his neck.
from which few jeweled orders are
suspended. He has an expression not
dissimilar to that of King Ewdard.
and whoever tells the duke of this re-
semblance is forever friend of Rox-
burghe. To attend to the contents of
the thirty ducal trunks there had been
four men servants, but Mrs. Goelet has
burghe might want for nothing.
In Paris the salon of Nine Adams is
one where the unusual may be expect
ed. She has reputation to sustain
Her husband is wealthy and she graf
lies her craving for novelty. But her
parties are not silly, like the monkey
dinner and shoot the chute" frolics
of our own Newport. Mime. Adams gives
Buddhist conferences. Anything bor-
der1ng on the occult is sure to be talk
en- up by this Parisienne. Even at
thatsshe fills her salon with the best of
society. Recently her guests listened
to profound discourse on electricity
and its future. Octave Rochefort, the
scientist, went on in this strain for al
most two hours. Frivolous New York
ers would call that a queer manner of
passing a summer evening
The Wagner family refused to take
part In the unwilling of the Wagner
monument in Berlin on Oct / and in
the musical congress incidental to it,
because the emperor declined to accept
the programe offered by the family
through Prof. Thode, son-in-law of
Frau Cosima Wagner. showing the de-
velopment of Wagner's genius.
1t would have taken both the Royal
opera house and the Royal theater
fourteen days to produce the pro-
gramme, and the emperor said this was
impossible. The Munich court sided
with the Wagner family, probably be-
cause of it's GOODNESS toward the Ber
lin court. Besides, it is desired to
make Munich the great Wagner CEN
ter. Hence, neither the Munich court
! orchestra nor prince of the royaI
! house of Bavaria will attend the Rer-
lin unwilling. The emperor will un-
| veil the monument
Andrew Carnegie has accepted an
| invitation to be present, and it is ex-
! pected the emperor will request that
! Carnegie be presented to him.
Jan Kubelik, the violinist, in De-
breczin, Hungary, last week married
Countess Marianne Czaky, niece of
| Coleman Won Sell, former premier of
| Hungary.
Only a few friends were present.
Bishop Wolatka performed the cere-
mony. The couple have gone to
! Prague to visit the bridegroom's
mother, and from there they will go
to Marienbad for their honeymoon.