The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25
PARIS LAUGHS OYER. CARUSO.
SHUT UP NJ MONKEYS, NOTTHE
TENOR, rs THE CRY.
Journals Mock Anwio-saxcn Superiority
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. opinion
Generally on CarusOs side-Cour
Dolngs Puzzle London -rtaly Bitter

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PARIS. Nov. 74.-The Paris newspapers
have 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 tenor went to the
monkey house was too much for their
risibilities. and they ave had all PARIS
laughing with them.
One OF the most respectable Journals,
m~ockingly intimsting that Caruso may have
been blamed for snother's sin, suggests
that New York monkeys no doubt show the
usual A~nglo-Saxon superiority, 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
ale ged offence as a salut A Tltalien n
saws IL was almost as harmless as bon jour.
One article declares that instead OF ex-
posing shameless monkeys and putting h
police to watch not the monkeys but tho
people a prudish country ought to shut
the monkey cages.
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 70 to the monkey house. as
tenors In America are constantly deluged
with lettars from women.
LONDON, Nov. Alt il a curious COM
mentary upon the condition OF European
affairs for the moment that the chief topic
of public interest In at least three countries
this week has been the vulgar adventure
in which the worlds greatest tenor finds
himself involved. Such. indeed. is 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 1t happens
that one of the fixed ideas in the European
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
offered and he has not been able to detect
the motive for condemning an innocent man..
Nevertheless IL must be said that public
sympathy on the whole il with Caruso
and his condemnation is generally de-
nounced. Long cabled account OF the
trial with descriptions Of the court scenes
have given the impression. especially in his
country, that the hearing resembled a
theatrical travesty more than a judicial
proceeding.
This attitude of the general public quite
fails to represent the feelings Of Caruso's
personal friends and acquaintance. Their'
indignation al the decision knowsuo bounds.
They resent Police Commissions Mathot's
designation of him az a pervert as the
grossest Islander unless the Atlantic voyage
and the difference in CLIMATE can completely
change a mans temperament. Caruso In
private life in London has always been a
big boy With a n overwhelming desire TO
play harmless pranks. Non of his London
aseociates 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 il was found that CaTuso had been
irving his POWERS as a ventriloquist.
During the last act Of a performance or
La Boheme' one night Caruso discovered
MaIini, 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 one
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
that aria tonight in the American way or
in Puccini's way
That is Caruso as London knows him.
The Berlin Post says the Caruso case
eminds the world Of now high chivalrio
feeling for women stands in the land Of
King Dollar, a sentiment which was once
high in Germany also, but Ia now a thing
long past. It goes on to contrast the free
dom from annoyance enjoyed by American
women and girls in the streets at any tin
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 Ihdt no oho' HO"o'C' w.
brated. is allowed to violate the laws OF
deoency in America, and concludes by
saying that Caruso's career in the. United
States is closed.
ROME, Nov. 24.-The public is indignant
over the conviction of and sentence upon
Caruso. The action of the authorities IL
unfayorably commented upon, and the
woes OF Mascagni and Biondi are recalled,
The conclusion is drawn that artists who
20 to America are ~purposely discouraged.
The sympathy which the people OF New
York have shownf for Caruso Is appreciated
but disappointment is felt that no influences
was used 10 secure his acquittal. Every
body here is convinced that Csruso is In
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