The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-15

Wilson expected to make her debut in opera very soon, but she never had any such intention. She may appear on the concert stage, she says, when ] she returns to the United States, if anybody wants to hear her sing, but has not been studying opera, She spends her summers in Scotland with her fathers friends and relatives, and last summer was the guest of Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle.
 Another American girl who Is likely to distinguish herself is Miss Mary A, | N1cEyily, a protege of Senator and Mrs. Carter of Montana, She Is ths favorite pupil of Jean de Reszke, who is training her for the operatic stage. De Roszke has given up the opera tic stage and is now devoting himself entirely to teaching. His greatest am bition is to discover and introduce the prima donna of the future, and he has several young women of great prom ise in charge, Miss McEvily being one of them. She made her debut in con- cert last May, with great success, and has since supported herself by singing at private soirees in exclusive Paris circles. She hopes to be ready to make her debut in grand opera during the coming winter but Mr. de Reszke has not yet given his consent. She will at least appear in concert, making a tour in England and afterward of the Uni- | ted States next spring.
 l Miss McEvily was born in Helena Her father is a miner. He was one of the "forty-miners' of California, and later a pioneer in Montana. She has been singing from childhood, and while visiting Paris as the guest of Senator and Mrs. Carter two years ago De Reszke heard her sing and offered to train her for the stage. She took advantage of that inc1mparable op- portunity, placed herself entirely in his ! hands and has since been studying in his studio Other famous sngens are taking an interest in Miss McEvily s work, because they ercognize her talent and see a promising future for her. Calve says that Miss McEvily's voice lis a duplicate of her own at the same age.
 l Mir. Dalli'ba. Paris manager of the American Express company, which has l gone extensively into the touring busi- ness tells me that during the months of 1 July and August from 1000 to 1,200 Americans came to his office every day for their mail and the number is in creasing every year. MT, Dalliba says that A. P. Hepburn, president of the l Chase National bank of New York, came very near the truth when he said not long ago that Americans are spend ing $500,000,000 in Europe every year. That is a tremendous drain upon the | United States. No other country could endure it and it offsets nearly all of the money that is spent by the Euro pean nations for our breadstuffs pro- l visions, petroleum, lumber fruit and manufactured merchandise. And yhat makes it worse is that our people get very little pleasure and trifles in ex- change for their $500 GOO 000.
 0O00OO a year in Europe" said MT. ! IldlllDd bilE OLllCT udy, anu tElG IOiAilt- ters as permanent American residents are called, who receive their incomes from home, spend nearly as much more. The balance is paid for paint ingIs, sculpture, bric-a-brae and auto mobiles Our people buy several mill lion dollars worth of automobiles in Europe, chiefly in France, every year. There is a very large trade in renting machines as well as selling them. This summer every machine in France that could be spared has been rented by an | American at an expense of from $30 to $50 dollans day, The outside price ] includes everything and insures the tires. The inside price covers the ma- chine alone and the renter has to pro vide her own fuel pay the wages and hotel expenses of his chaffeur and all the cost of repairs A large number of Americans have brought their own machines and many have rented them in London. The highways of Europe have been humming with American automobile tourists all summer"