Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13
STORIES OF cALyE.
she Has Been Engaged Several Times
But Never Manned.

FROM the Kan ~. 'iN Si4i
Emma Calvc. who is a. ii.,rry a ricl.
blind American and leave th" stage. ana
whose proper name S. f.ilinA !toqucr
. was born in 1866 at Dcca&r' lille. in the
Av"yron, her father being & civil en-
giucer and Il neinbc of a good Span
ish family. He died when his daughter
WAS is years old, leaving Wis family iii
poor circumstances Emma was
brought up in a convent. y man from
Paris who heard her sing ono day in
the chapel urged her mother To send
her To Paris for u .ausicai education.
and. much against hef wishes. The
young SINCE began The course ~ train
ing which led to her appearance on he
operate stage.
Life has not been all sunshine for
Emma Caive She has Acquired her art
in the school of adversely. Her debut
was made at Brussels Al The Thenter
de Monnaie. as Marguerite in 'Faust."
in 1851. During tlc season she 20
ceived a salary nf S14n a month. to
which 500 was added the following
year. Her first appearance In America
was in the season Of 1894.
calve has been engaged before. sew
cral times. i'm fact. If reports are true.
1t was announced ut ono time that she
would be married to Henri cam. the
sweetheart of her youth. Then Cain
married another and It was declared
Calves heart was not unseatllcd.
Nine. Calve is a good deal of Il mys-
tic. on her mantcl shelf she has a
statue of Buddha us q decorative ;ir-
cessory. She believes III a previous
state of existence. Evidence on TINS
belief is found in n remark once mad"
by her to a sister prima donna, who
has an extraordinary large repertoire.
Said Nine. Calve to her one day;
Think of my good luck in having
made one opera so completely my owli
that | hardly ever have 10 sing any,
thing else. 1t is In my w language.
too. There you are. obliged 10 sing i'll
three languages IN order to Keep up
your repertoire. Mon Dieu, how you
have to work. Perhaps III your former
existence you had u very easy time of
ii and now you have to make up for it:
or perhaps you We're very wicked and
are now atoning for IL" This WAS all
said in absolute seriousness
ON her vacations Caive loves to re-
tire To her rugged country of Aveyron.
where she spent her childhood, and re-
new the simple associations of her
youth. Years before She became fa-
nous she longed for II certain chateau
that overlooked the wild. picturesque
gorge of .trues. and one of her first
Investments after making the success
in italy in VALERIE Rusticana." aft
cr her failure in Brussels. IN 1882. ann
her subsequent failure ut The tomique
in Paris. was to purchase II longeh
for chateau at Calvieres. This rugged
stone building. which dates back ,u
115O. is mAchicolated with b~at,lements.
and has tine rue medieval spirit in thu
solidity oil its structure. II occupies y
commanding situation. like some old
Roman sentinel guarding h gate nf
the mountains and wild country about
the dark org
Calves personality is magnetic. her
temperament cxquisi,ely sensitive, and
she has that rare power of creating AN
illusion the she lppears on tho
scene.
Calve loves ca;S. She finds them the
most independent and couuettish OF
created things. and full of occult in
fiuence. She does not care for Jewels
ry. She is fond of IA slender bracelet
with tiny heart locke attached, tur-
Quoise on one side. diamond On the
other. She wears little. tiny combs
about the width of postage stamps in
her shaggy hair. No one knows what
for, and the wonder is they do not fall
out. Wild verbena is her perfume. the
carnation her flower. autumn her seas
son. She laughs much that people are
deceived i'm the size of her hands when
w ~ s.aS'' Mhs't .lts 'e'iE 10 iook
pul.1 ~" Nv H.oms ~" shN ma
lipu'a'ss I'm. - certain suppieness
SAVE '' H.. oes ssiS iarg"
wonlan. she mas ah 'lius,Ve way
of walk that is fascinating.
one of calves greatest embodin,ents
OF suffering is in the last act, of "Sapho'
when the heroine. convinced Thar IN.
good of the man she loves demands III.