New-York tribune., 1907-06-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY

member OF the Vienna singing association
"hlch recently visited this country. writing to a
nome paper. says: I'VE had all heard of American
simplicity and the absence OF ceremony but we
dWeIlers in the Old World cling so tenaciously 10
pomp and display in connection with official cera-
Inony that we can form idea of high func-
tonary without decorations Our mayors wear
ciuzens garb. II IS true. but usually with some
decorations, and never appear officially without
tho golden chain. No such thing in America: there
II is the and not the coat Mavor NcCTauon
with his hands in his trousers pockets made n few
steps forward. exchanged some words with p
couple OF photographers. and then. with the aid
OF a policeman. who cleared a space for him sd-
vanced to the place where our president was pre-
sented He looked bored while Schneiderhan ad-
dressed him. but when he made his reply he cap
uVated all a new man stood before us-a force
fu. eloquent magnetic speaker"
The same writer less enthusiastic about tho
trip 10 Coney Island. where" he says "a mob
took possession OF the stage where we were n
sing. They could not be induced to vacate the
place. and even white coated walters disputed the
right which We hoped TO enjoy for a few minutes"
!R3a W5at was ,n making = the best Of his tight
...r,, ', NAY : me use or kicking? he soloquzei
fiat | used TO occupy"
And then Jonah crossed his legs and began TO
ThiSpe. What's the Use 10 Blubber When There's
bIuooer All Around?"-Chcago News.
If Lillian Nordicn finally carries out her project
for an American Bayreuth she Will not be the
singer TO emerge manager. Jean de Reszke
has private theatre in Paris acousucally perfect
and there the other day Rossinrs Barber OF
Seville was sung by the owner. his brother Ed
Guard Adelina Patti and Mario Ancona and many
people remember the I'll fated venture OF Van Dyck
Wagner tenor almost the idol of a section OF
the Metropolitan Opera House public here. Last
season he gave German opera in London. Fe
remembered his troubles over salaries
and solved the problem by giving every one
what he or she asked for Not unnaturally when
one considers the modest estimate the average
singer has OF his worth. tho venture failed and
then while the singers were their way home
disaster overlook the Berlin. and several leaders
and half the chorus never reached Germany alive.
Molly-ChoIly has asked mo to 20 to ride with
him on the seventeenth OF June.
Polly Sleigh. buggy, or automobile ?-Somerville
Journal
"Disonchanted' is Ethe headline over a letter in
n Vienna paper from correspondent in CONSTANT
nople. when 7 told my friends that was coming
TO this city they envied me- and when one man
said: You go 10 the city OF beautiful women I
smiled with satisfaction because I believed as he
did. and pictured myself the living forms OF
those whose pictures had seen so often az
representing the women OF Turkey. | have seen
them. Those who young. II they have any
beauty knows it because their faces are
hidden. and those who have passed beyond the
youthful period are-well. certainly not beautiful
Take walk when you come here on a day when
the streets wet when the women lift their
gowns to save them from the mud. and you will
hnd that there is not we'll formed Turkish
womans foot In the place and that the majority
stockingless."
But he's regular professional funny man"
But you referred him as an Unconscious
humorst.'"
had tried to be funny with tough gent from the
Fourth Ward.'-Phi philadelphia Press.