Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25
CASE OF CARUSO
THEME OF GOSSIP
IN THREE LANDS
Many Tongues Discuss Great
Tenor's Trial Pro and Con.
BUT THE EVIDENCE PUZZLES
Public Sympathy in Many Quarters
Entirely With the Premier.
EAMEs WILL SING WITH HIM
Undaunted, the WorldRenowned
Prima Donna Declares Her Belief
in the italian Artist.
BUT THE EVIDENCE PUZZLES
Public Sympathy in Many Quarters
Entirely With the Premier.
EAMES WILL SING WITH HIM

The comedy of Caruso and the
monkey house promises to develop
into a rather serious play of wit and
contemporaneous interest to artists
both at homeland abroad. Advices
from Paris and New York suggest
that the case of the premier and
his alleged infamy is not to be dis
missed at the moment. There is
as strong a feeling for the tenor as
against him. The force of the po-
lice court decision is contra pointed
by the desire and avowed intention
of prima donna whose social posi-
ton is we'll asserted to sing with
him. Mime. Eames' announcement
adds a new glass to the kaleido-
scope.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, November pit is a curious
commentary upon the condition of Euro
pean affairs for the moment that the chief
topic Of public interest in at least three
countries this week has been the adventure
In which the worlds greatest tenor finds
himself involved. Such, indeed. Is the.
fact and We have seen the press OF Lon
don. Paris and Rome issuing special. edi-
lions giving details of the prosecution Of
Caruso in New York police court. Now,
IT happens that one of the fixed ideas in
the European public mind about America
is that New York policemen and New York
police magistrates comprise about the most
corrupt combination of municipal mala1-
mnistration that exists on the face Of the
earth. The natural effect of this assump-
ton has been to create an immense amount
of sympathy for the great Italian among
the general public.
The average reader has been 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
public sympathy on the whole is with
Caruso and his condemnation is generally
denounced. Long cabled accounts of the
trial with descriptions of the court scene
have given the impression, especially in this
country, that the hearing resembled a
theatrical travesty more than a judicial
proceeding.
This attitude of the general public quite
foil 70 ba Of 10
personal friends and acquaintances. Their
indignation at the decision knows no
bounds. They resent Police Commissioner
Mathot's designation of him as pervert
as the grossest SANDER unless the Atlantic
voyage and the difference in climate can
completely change mans temperament
Caruso in private life in London has always
been a big boy with an overwhelming de-
sire to play harmless pranks. None of his
London associates ever detected a sugges-
ton of viciousness.
Caruso as Ventriloquist
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
II was found that Caruso had been trying
his powers as a ventriloquist.
During the last act of a performance of
Ia Boheme'' one night Caruso discovered
Malini the famous conjurer in one of the
boxes. The tenor slyiy initiated several
tricks OF legerdemain while singing the
death scene.
Meeting The Star correspondent one even
ing just before going to Covent Garden to
sing in la Tosca." Caruso called attention
to the similarity of the American coon song
Tiger Lily" and the aria in the third act
in the opera, singing both to illustrate the
point.
81 don't know" he said, whether to sing
that aria tonight In the American way or
in Puccinis way" That is Caruso as Lon
don knows him.
Chivalry in the DOLLAR Land"
The Berlin Post says the Caruso case re-
minds the world of how high chivalric feel
ing for-women stands in the land of King
Dollar q sentiment which was once high
in Germany also, but is now a thing long
past. II goes on to contrast the freedom
from annoyance enjoyed by American wom-
en- and girls in the streets at any time of
the night or day with the insecurity in this
respect the streets OF European cities
The Post cites the case of Maxim Gorky
as proof that none, however celebrated, is
allowed to violate the laws of decency in
America, and concludes by saying that
Caruso's career in the United States is
closed.
The Next Proceedings.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 24.-Judge Dit
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