The sun., 1903-05-24

TINT she didn even know that the hair
was false and wouldn't believe that such
thing was true
well. III show you that it is. Mrs. Terry
aswered. a. she seized the top part OF the wig
and lifted 1t from her head. revealing only
a few wisps Of hair on the top.
The two serious Englishnen who were
present, both OF them high In the diplomatic
service and both men Of title, stared at her
with unconcealed amazement When she
had stepped to a mirror and rearranged
the wig she looked as beautiful as ever.
Miss Sanderson became somewhat OF
an enigma to her friends during the latter
years OF her life. and her delightful ire
sponsibility sometimes had serious con-
sequences that made it seem less attractive.
One instance Of this kind Was noticed not
very long ago. when, to the astonishment
OF her friends, the singer announced her
engagement to u man she had known only
n few months
Shortly before she announced that she
was engaged to marry this man she held
out one of her beautifully shaped and dain-
tily kept hands to one of her friend.
Don't you see, she asked of the woman,
my beautiful solitaire is gomez"
to her by Antonio Terry at the time Of their
marriage. 1t was said to be worth 5000
The friend to whom she composedly
made this statement stared at her in amaze
ment.
Yes repeated the singer, 1T is gone.
1t was stolen by the man who is in love with
me. know II, for he has confessed that he
took 1t and sold it,
Th1 had Go
for many years. and this statement aston
shed her. Miss Sanderson said she was not
going to have the man arrested or dismiss
him or do anything Of the kind She simply
seemed to feel toward him the resentment
OF q child against somebody who had taken
q toy.
month later she told the same woman
that she had decided to marry this man.
can't expect you TO congratulate me,
she said, .for told you once that he was
a thief But he was very sorry and have
decided that | will be much happier if
marry him.
But she never did 80 and after a few
weeks her interest in this unusual kind OF
lover waned.
During her last visit to the United State
she became en- aged to Count Fitzjames
and was to have been married 10 him on
her return But as he was divorced and
Miss Sanderson was a Roman Catholic,
the engagement was broken. 1t was said
at the time of her death that she was en-
gagged to Count Leon Tolstoi. a nephew
Of the novelist
Miss Sanderson. who had appeared ten
tatively as Manon before that time was
at the height OF her success when she sang
in .Esclarmonde.' which Jules Massenet
had written for her during the Paris Expo
sition OF 1880. She was beautifully girlish
in those days and the fervent admiration
she aroused in the hearts Of the Parisians
nev grew cold
II was only necessary to announce Miss
Sanderson in .Monon' and the Opera
Comique was certain to be sold out. Miss
Sanderson's protegee the Scotch-Amei-
can singer Mary Garden. who is now 30
we'll liked at the Opera Comique, has made
her greatest success In this same opera OF
Massenets But she has never taken her
predecessors place In the hearts Of the
Paris public
1t is a singular commentary on the finan-
cial success OF American girls that Miss
Sanderson, who was much more popular
in Paris than the majority Of those that
attempt to sing there. never earned
enough to pay for the costumes she wore.
OF course she dressed with exceptional
extravagance. But her family are Sid
to have spent most of 9 little fortune
that remained to them in the struggle
to pay her expenses until her marriage
with Antonio Terry made 1t possible for
her to pay them herself.
Miss Sanderson had very small operatio
repertoire. and until she came to the United
States she had sung only French She
sang In "ThaIs,' lie Mage and 'Phrvne
and in 'Rigoletto.' Romeo ct Juliet e.
and Faust All but the Massenet op eras
abe had sung at the Theatre de la Monnaie
| In Brussels.
That engagement followed her first season
| at the Opera Comque and she was only
| rs then 1t was during tn year at Brus-
sells that her name was first connected
with public matters outside Of her own
, profession.
When the Crown Prince Of Belgium died
mysteriously there was cloud Of scandal
and secrecy floating over the tragedy.
Miss Sanderson's name was mentioned,
although she declared then, as in subse-
quent cases, that her name had been drag
ged into the affair by the Continental press
she had not even known Prince Baudouin.
1t was certainly true that her name WIS
on the least preteIt dragged into all kinds
OF stories The last OF these referred to
her attempted su' eide at Buda pest, and
she and her family vehemently denied 1t.
Dur nR her brief career Miss Sanderson
was extravagantly generous with all the
persons to whom she took fondness.
And she was absolutely free from jealousy
Of her collea CUES, even when their success
was much greater than her own.
One Of the singers in the Grau company
when Miss Sanderson made her second
visit to this country had been q fellow
student OF hers in Paris. This woman
now stands In the front rank Of the worlds
, ngers. Miss Sanderson often contrasted
their careers; but 1t was with regret for
herself and admiration for her friend
never with envy or rancor. Such dis
position In an artist Ia rare.
After she returned to Paris from this
country a year ago In January, destined
never to appear in public again. Miss San
derson was invited to como back onco
moro TO the heart Of the public that con-
tinued 80 loyal to her. She was to sing at
the Opera ,Comique In Raynaldo Hohn's
LA Carm9lite.'
Possibly II was just a. we'll that she could
not accept this Engagement since the opsra
! turned out . complete failure. But at the
time II seemed Q misfortune that her af-
fairs OF the heart, which had % much inter-
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