The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-17
AMERICAN WOMAN
sings IN SP AIN
Audience Hoots at First, but
She Wins Their Applause
Before the Finish.
GETS MIXED UP IN A RIOT
FRlNcEss HELPS MISS EDITH
HELENA OUT OF TIGHT PLACE.

y. A Jennings. author. old time news
paperman, Texas ranger, cowboy, etc. is
Itslstered at the Cullen Mr. Jennings is
pack IN America after four years on tho
comment as manager for Miss Edith
iteieha' the American girl with the three
~SeaVe voice, who is at the Orpheum.
me trials and fluctuations Of an Ameri-
can abroad were told by Mr.. Jennings last
evening
old since I96itaa have S been away from the good
mixed up IN couple of riots narrovvIX-
n III being in Moscow. Russia. during
All the prevailing trouble. and had the
iemerity TO beard the Spaniard In HE
Stripes in his face.
Manager Was Tlmid.
. 1t was at Barcelona. Spain. about two
4ears ago, where Miss Helena appeared
fIloI 10 her appearance the manager OF
ne 9hneaIre insisted that she be billed as
me beautiful English singer I Insisted.
however. that Unless she were advertised
rs an American she would not sing The
ders s sS,, eVehtuaLly shrugged his Shout
He billed her with a vengeance In
req. white and blue all over the city and
tlen sat down TO wait for Developments
on should have seen that house when
the curtain went up
when Miss Helena made her appear
ance the storm Of Kisses, whistles and
hOots that greeted her was awful I
looked for her 60 faint. but she didn't: she
simply got her American dander up and
short: the young doDs who came to boot
ended by throwing their boutonieres on
the stage and recalling her. After that
Miss Helena had things coming her own
way. She was the first American to an
pear1n public in Barcelona since the war.
Princess to the Relief.
Tn Bucharest we won out also. Miss
Helena had been singing in tho leading
music hall there when Count CaIagari uu-
asIertook to put on gala performance of
La Traviata' at the National opera house
with Miss Helena I'm the role Of 'Violetta'
The paper was all out and the event ad-
Eerused when the director general of pub
lie amusements undertook u cancel the
engagement on the grounds that il was
mira dig for the National theatre to open
it's doors to a mere music hall singer
however capable she might be.
This started a great rumpus. Count
Calagari took up the matter with one of
the princeSses and the outcome was thar
she drove down 10 the opera house in the
state carriage and stated that she desired
70 attend the performance. That settled
~. and on the night OF the performance
we had Queen Carmen SYLVIA the king Of
Roum7nia. and the n ambers of the royal
family in the house To say nothing Of the
others.
From then on things were easy. We
went to Vienna and then to Brussels.
where Miss Helena sang at the Palais
Il Etc for three weeks and then repeated
her success I'm the Grand opera house.
Coming home to the hotel that night three
drunken English Jockeys driving a stylish
log cart ran into US. killing the horse
and throwing us all out into the street.
] carried Miss Helena into the hotel and
vas relieved to find that she was more
frightened than hurt.
Singer Quells a Riot.
However. the story got around that
she was killed, and those English jockeys
had the time OF their life. All the police
reserves were called out and there was a
glorious French riot in fun swing in
front Of the hotel in short order. Event
uallv the chief of police came up TO Miss
Heena's room and begged her to show
herself on the balcony. This she did and
the riot was Quelled. but it was a glorious
one while il lasted"
During the four years abroad Mr. Jen-
nings. n company with the American
Soprano. has visited every capital and city
81 Importance in every European country.
with the exception OF Russia. He is bac
in America filling "A contract made with
the Orpheum circuit some time ago. but
will return to Brussels ia q few months.
whore Miss Helena joins the Grand Opera
company for two wears. In addition to
having been on the staffs Of the New
York World and Sun. Mr.. Jennings is the
author of "A Texas Ranger which was
published by Scri bners.