The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-12-14
::FROM LITTLE OLD new York.:
MISS LAZARUS WRITES AN INTERESTING BUDGET OF TIE
RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE METROPOLIS


special Correspondence to the Herald
NEW YORK, December 4.-Durint
the last fortnight the opulence OF loca
dang has been increased by another
nhrase, namely, "monkey-house.". ol
course that term has been in the die
tionary for several centuries. but 4
remained for this generation Of New
yorkers IN find a new use and mean
ing for It. 1t came about in this way:
SIgnor Enrico Caruso. Acknowledged
the greatest tenor in the world. and
who receives thousand dollars OF
more every time he sings at the
Metropolitan Opera House. two weeks
AGO. visited the monkey house al
the Central Park Zoo to WINE
away the time until the hour
should arrive for him TO drive
! the home of a. friend in that
yicinity. AS he was leaving the place
probably pondering Darwin's theory
as to the descent of man, he was
bounced upon by policeman in plain
clothes, who charged him with annoy
ing "a woman, who stood beside him
IN front of one of the monkey cages.
and was unceremoniously dragged
away to the police station where he
remained several hours until bailed
out by his manager Heinrich Conried.
AS the singers knowledge of English
Is rather limited, It Is claimed that
not until the arrival of the impress
sario was he aware of the cause OF
his arrest. For many days public
opinion was divided as to whether
tGarunso was guilty of a vulgar frta-
ton or the victim Of q graft plot.
The widest rumors were afioat-that
he would cancel his engagement and
nee from America. thai the affair
would entail international compiled
tions,. ct cetera. The result OF the
trial in the police court was that a
fine of ten dollars was imposed upon
the goldenfvoiced Italian, altho' 1.-THE
swoman in the case" did not appear
as witness against him. He has
appealed from the magistrates decis-
ion, not because OF the .enormity of
the fine, but because he desires to be
exonerated from the charge. He made
his first appearance this season We'd
nesday evening in LA Boheme" and
was greeted BY such storm of ap-
plauge and such an avalanche Of flow
ers that he. Is convinced the public
holds him Innocent, A tragic of the
occurrance was that Knocko. the
monkey in front of whose cage the
Incident is alleged to have taken
place, was so satiated with peanuts
and other indigestable offerings Of
the throng who came to gaze at the
scene where the great tenor played
opera bouffe instead of grand opera,
that In few days he gave up the
ghost. Could he but have spoken,
he would have been the star witness.
An Artistic Reception.
A week ago the beautiful studio of
Mrs Edmund Russell was thronged
with representatives of the world of
art and fashion at 81 reception given
Miss Lena Ashwell, the English ac-
tress, who is as charming off the
stage as she is on It. Among the a
present were James
Forbs. who wrote that very success
full play, The Chorus Lady" Mont Q
rose j. Moses, author of Famous Ac. t
Tor Families in America" Edmund I
Breeze, whose splendid work in "The
Lion and the Mouse" has contributed n
10 much to its success. Misses Mary II
Shaw and Beverly Sitgreayes, two of e
he cleverest women on the stage, u
Dr.. Emily Noble whose work among c.
he native women Of India has won I
heir love and the esteem Of all who
znow the great good she has done
here, and Baroness de Bazuz mrs. W
frank Leslie). The furnishings of Mr.. Il
tussell's6 studio came chiefly from the s.
BRENT and as on this occasion the air st
vas redolent with incense and the u
olored attendants were arrayed in rich ii
ued robes, wore turbans and a pro. A
lsion of Eastern amulets, II was an W
asy task to image oneself as having tn
topped into a scene from the Arabian CO
lights This illusion was strength of
ned when Frj:-ko "the lady of the Tor
gave her unique mono Oh
'gue, THE Love of Geisha'' This We
ainty thing is her own composition, M
nd in the chastest English tells the