The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25

more or less discussion over Miss Farrar's
dresses ever since she became a noted
singer abroad. In Berlin her dress as the
impoverished Mighon was sparkling with
spangles and not long ago she made her
first Gldd simmer with diamonds like a
Princess.
when they talked to me about the ex-
travaganoe of my wearing diamonds
she explained, Il told them / never pre-,
tended that they were real. Girls could
buy artii cial stones. or limitations prob
ably, just as easily years ago as they can
now. / told my Berlin critics that l bought
those stones for a few marks at an antique
shop. just as the girl l wGs representing.
had she really lived. might have bought
them.
MY idea about stage dressing is TO make
IL first of all attractive. ] believe in beauty.
and l can never see that beauty and apprO-
%priateness are at variance"
Miss Farrar was praised as much for her
beauty abroad as for her voice and her
acting, and she is known TO the public here
through her photographs.
In all her pictures the most striking
beauty is in the dark Eyes. These the
prima donna inherited from her athletic
father, who is now her constant companion,
and who came once to her assistance in
Berlin when some of the socialistic editors
had associated in a way he did not like the
name OF his daughter and the Crown Prince
OF Germany. Some of the stories circulated
about Miss Farrar were so plainly told that
they fooled even persons who might have
known that they were not true.
Once when l went to my teacher, Lilll
Lehman, " Miss Farrar said TO the reporter,
after a short vacation, she told me she
knew positively that l had been cruising
on the Fmperor's yacht disguised az IA cabin
boy. Did you ever hear anything 30 alb
surd?
at is perfectly true that I know the Crown
Prince very well. l made his acquaintance
whila tnlinR IInnhaOn with the Kaiser
l had written 20 him, begging permission
for my mother to come on to the stage of the
Royal Opera House with me. This was
forbidden by the rules of the theatre, but
when / went to the opera house first / was
too young to go alone TO the theatre. The
Kaiser gave me permission TO bring my
mother with me. That did not make me
any more popular, but it was much more
comfortable.
"He took an interest in me and 7 was in
vited to come TO the palace. There at
Lunch / met the Crown Prince. He was
then a big vergrow boy only a year older
than I but much embarrassed at meeting
for the first time n prima donna. He de-
voted himself to me in a boyish fashion and
continued to be very attentive. l don't
believe he had ever before in his life spoken
10 a prima donna. He sent me his photo
graph with an autograph, wrote 10 tell me
how much he enjoyed my performances
and called to see me. His wife has been
Just IA kin TO me-. and nobody was more
cordial in their wishes that / should come
back TO Berlin and never give up my ale
glance to the Royal Opera House. / never
shall. l am engaged for life and will sing
there for a certain time every year"
Miss Farrar, il might be added here. is
to receive a pension for life from the opera
no use.
Il should have been appointed a royal
chamber singert to the Emperor" she added,
IF / had been in Germany long enough.
HiIt nnA muaf raTOain in tho Nonntrv Tan
years before that honor is accorded.
Who are you going to say discovered
me2" Miss Farrar asked the reporter. II
discover every day that 1t was a different
prima donna. | know them all, but none
OF them ever discovered me, Usually it's
Melba. She was nice TO me once. just as
she is to lots of girls that van TO sing.
and later she was not nearly so nice"
Miss Farrar has never included London
In the cities in which she has sung.
i cannot arrange to get there in the
spring" abe said, land in the summer l
90 TO the mountains. l would have gone
TO London this year but for the invitation
TO sing at the Wagner Festivals in Munich,
50 | went to the Prfhz Regent Theatre.
hat was too much Of an homo to decline,
30 1 won't there, and TO the Mozart Festival
at Salzl u &. So this year, 40 far as London
was concerned'-it must be remembered
that Miss Farrar is a good American
there was nothing doing"
The young prina donna lives with her
mother in a hotel far up on Fifth avenue.
My father came over in August 10 select
rooms for U.S." she said, and / think he
looked through every hotel in New York
before he found our rooms. This il an
awfully hard town to live in in spite Of the
sunshine, the park and all the rest of the
attractions of this hOuse-the greatest OF
all is the fact there are no singers here. l
will not run the danger of meeting in the
halls singers b stare at me as IL they
wished I would fall through the floor. In
fact the nearest approach to a prima donna
here Is q conductor