The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25
PARIS LAUGHS OYER. CARUSO.
SHUT UP THE MONKEYS. NOT TIE
TENOR, rs THE CRY.
Journals Mock An~wio-saxon superiority
and P~rudishness -European opinion
Generally on CarusO's Side-Court
Dolnys Puzzle London Italy Bitter
spseta, Cable De spatcn to TIE SUN.

Special Cable De spatch to TEE SUN.
PARIS, Nov. 74.-The Paris newspapers
nave refused to treat the Caruso incident
with gravity. However the writer's might
have regarded IL had il occurred on the
street, the fact that the m went to the
monkey house was too much for their
risibilities, and they have had all Paris
Laughing with them.
One OF the most respectable journals,
mockingly intimsting that Caruso may have
been blamed for snother's sin. suggests
that New York monkeys no doub show the
usual Anglo-Ssxon superioritt, and doubt
less one Of them reached out and did what
the lady thought the signor did. monkeys
Of all animals being VIGOROUSLY the most
like men. The paper also describes the
alleged offence as a salute a lItalien and
says it was almost as harmless as bon jour.
One article declares that instead OF ex-
posing shameless monkeys and putting the
police to watch not the monkeys but the
people a prudish country ought to shut
the monkey
Another journal, reciting the conjunction
OF the Caruso incident with the Berlin tenor's
suicide when an American woman forsook
him, observes that tenors decidedly have
no luck with Americans.
The incident is much discussed In musical
studios. One tenor who is as well known
as De Reszke told his pupils that Caruso did
not need to 60 to the monkey house. as
tenors In America are constantly deluged
with letters from women.
LONDON, Nov. Alt il a curious com-
mentary upon the condition Of European
affairs for the moment that the chief topic
~ N.,hlt, iptaraok IN NJ loaaf thraa countries
this week has been the vulgar adventure
in which the worlds greatest tenor finds
himself involved. Such. indeed. il the fact,
and We have seen the press Of London. Paris
and Rome issuing special editions giving
details of the prosecution Of Caruso in a
New York police court. Now it happens
public mind about America ia that New
York policemen and New York Police
Magistrates comprise about the most oor-
rupt combination OF municipal maladmin-
istration that exists on the face Of the earth.
The natural effect Of this assumption has
been to CT cate an immense amount Of
sympathy for the great Italian among the
general public.
The average reader has been a good deal
puzzled by some OF the evidence given or
OlcT 81 huu ne ~ TOI Dccu dUlS W uClCCb
the motive for condemning an innocent man.
Nevertheless IL must be said that public
sympathy on the whole is with Caruso
and his condemnation is generally de-
nounced. Long cabled accounts OF the
trial with descriptions Of h court scenes
have given the impression. especially in this
country, that the hearing resembled a
theatrical travesty more han a judicial
proceeding.
This attitude of the general public quite
fails to represent the feelings of Caruso's
personal friends and acquaintance. Theirs
indignation al the decision knows no bounds.
They resent Police Commissions Mathot's
designation of him az a pervert as the
grossest SANDER unless the Atlantic voyage
and the difference in climate can completely
change a AMI temperament. Caruso In
private life in London has. always been a
big boy with an overwhelming desire to
play harmless pranks. None of his London
associates ever detected a suggestion of
viciousness.
At midnight one night in a fashionable
restaurant the shrill, petulant voice of a
little girl was heard. There was no child
in sight. Presently the walters began
searching for the cause of the mystery
and it was found that Csruso had been
trying his powers as a ventriloquist.
During the last act Of a performance OF
l. Boheme" one night Caruso discovered
Malini, the famous conjurer. in one of the
boxes. The tenor slyly initiated several
tricks OF legerdemain while singing the
death scene.
Meeting THE SUN correspondent n
evening just before going TO Covent Garden
to sing in La Tosca," Caruso called at
tention to the similarity Of the American
coon song Tiger Lily" and the aria in the
third act in the opera, singing both to illus
trate the point.
Il don't know" he said, whether to sing
hat aria tonight in the American way or
in Puccini's way"
That is Caruso az London knows him.
The Berlin Post says the Csruso case
reminds the world Of how high chivalrio
feeling for women stands in the land OF
King Dollar, a sentiment which was once
high in Germany also, but is now a thing
long past. IL goes on to contrast the free
dom from annoyance enjoyed by American
women and girls in the streets at any time
of the night or day with the insecurity in
this respect on the streets of European
cities. The Post cites the case of Maxim
Gorky as proof that nc one, however cele-
brated. is allowed to violate the laws OF
decency in America, and concludes by
saying that Caruso's career in the, United
States Is closed.
ROME, Nov. 24.-The public il indignant
over the conviction of and sentence upon
Caruso. The action Of the authorities Ia
unfavorably commented upon, and the
woes Of Msscagni and Biondi are recalled.
The conclusion Is drawn that artists who
go to America are purposely discouraged.
The sympathy which the people OF New
York have shown for Caruso Is appreciated,
but disappointment is felt that no influence
was used to secure his acquittal. Every
body here is convinced that Csruso Is in
nocent.