Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-18
By Julie Opp Faversham.
. Diana had been dispatched.
Adapted from the play BY Edwin Milton koyle.

interview now deserted him. The rain
drenohed him in warm torrents. The
driver on the box was a running
stream, and from the horse came
clouds of heavy stream.
Then the monetary irresolution
passed as he gave his orders to the
impressive cabman. He leaned back in
his cab, tearing into shreds the mauve
letter with it's gold monogram as he
muttered, TITS for the last time, by
God" The hGQsom started with Il
jerk. It ratified down an alley To
Henry the damp dismal court looked
more than ever like graveyard. He
was glad when they turned into the
vortex of the Strand.
That night at the opera, new sing
er was to make her debut in Gar
men" In Paris and America this sloe-
eyed Italian had made the sensation
Of the half-century in her creation of
the gypsy wanton. The brilliant
throng in Covent Garden was alive
with anticipation. The royalties were
expected; indeed, the queen herself
had especially commanded this recep-
ton for the gifted woman whom she
hae honored as her guest on the
Riviera, where this singing Rachel had
entranced her with the folk-songs and
lullebies of her beloved country.
All that the London season could
assemble Of wit, beauty, and distinc-
ton was gathered in the Opera House.
Tie tiers of boxes we're filling unusual
| ly early Near the stage sat the
Prime-Minister, a man Of strong artis-
tic perceptions and a writer of extra
ordinary talent. His face, with the
marked cleft in the square chin, look.
ed less dreamy than usual tonight, and
the large, pale-blue eyes, amusedly
surveyed the house. He seemed to
have slipped off the yoke of tangled
politics as he turned to his secretary,
who was pointing out to him the cele-
brities in the stalls. :,
There Is the delightful American
whom 1 met last week at Lord
Blight's.' AS he spoke, be bowed to
the new American favorite, Mrs. Ho-
bart Chichester Chichester Jones, q
radiant figure in scarlet who found
many glasses levelled at her.
"Only an American would dress so
originally" the minister replied.
The American wore gown Of cling
ing scarlet fabric, the decidedly low
cut corsage showing the perfection OF
white shoulders and arms. Around her
throat she had twisted one long rope
of uncut pearls and diamonds that
reached below her waist, and In the
soft, waving, red-gold hair she had ar
ranged some daring scarlet geraniums.
With her pale skin and great green
| eyes she enchanted London by her I'M
usual type. Near her was the famous
story-book Duchess, as the most popu-
lar of the younger beauties was called.
t'Too good to be true" Truth declared
her, and indeed she seemed to have
been especially created to confirm the
mode Of the old-fashioned romances
extolling the grace and loneliness OF
an English Duchess. The crowd MOTTO
| the famous rubies that shone like
tiny flames against the white gown.
Here and there Dowager cleaned
like shelf in Bond Street jewellers
shop, so promiscuous was her array Of
gems. The younger school Of beauties
with more wisdom employed their
jewels differently, using them as an
added tone of color or touch Of bril-
| lance Of costume. In the stalls the
art world was well represented Pain
tiers and writer's with sprinkling OF
actors and actresses, who were not
playing, were on hand tonight to greet
the newcomer. From the gallery rail
a crowd Of eager, swarthy faces peer
ed impatiently gesticulating to one
another, because of the failure Of the
curtain to ascend at the given time.
1t was known that the prima-donna
was a capricious creature, often sway
ed by mere within from making her
appearance Once the death of a
hooking bird had postponed her debut
as Marguerite. Would she really
appear?
S the royalties entered the box,
the excitement was at fever-heat.
Henry with his mother impatiently
awaited Diana's arrival
The overture began Its sensuous,
stirring appeal, and before the cigar
ette-girl crossed the bridge in the
| street scene, every seat and box was
occupied
The singer made the ill-starred Car
men bewitchire aod compelling
wanton. Who that saw her will
forget her elieious cajo.cry as she
urged the bewitched Don Jose to
loosen the ropes that bound her? With
her Habanera she eclipsed all prede-
cessors and made the role irrevocably
HeTS.- lue .lrBC ACT 6nQod WIN a
storm Of hravs-s from the gallery and
vociferous applause from the rest Of
1 the house.
1t was not until the tumultuous
ovation over the first act had ceased
that Diana's presence was noticed by
the audience. Accompanied by her
father. she had arrived at tie close of
the overture, and had only time to slip
into her place before the curtain arose.
The walk in the rain had given her
delicate skin touch Of color and
heightened the beauty of her tender
eyes, 80 deeply blue that they were
| black" as Lord Patrick Ellington des-
cribed them on his first meeting at
her presentation at court. Her bands
| of straight hair were wound around
he'd head; pale-green draperies encir-
cled her lithesome body, and the gar
denia blossoms in her hair gave her 4
ieeting likeness to the water-sprite
Unline. In the horseshoe Of fashion
able mondaines the fragrance of her
beauty was like that of a dew-sprayed
1 r0ep