The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-17

-HAbernl Party'e FesnaIe Antics Mako
DEMANDS -RtOnOr IN tho KRaeers Navy
Command Performances-0xfsrd Llfe
LONDON. Nov. IO.-If the leading musical
critics OF London are right COvent Garden
presented to the English public last night
in the person Of Nine. Tetrazzlni the great
est soprano OF the present day. Mime.
retrszEini made her London debut AZ Vio-
lettG in Verdi's La Traviata.' Her success
was instantaneous. When the curtain went
up on a not very fun house Tetrazzini was.
as far as England Ia concerned. an unknown
singer. After the performance. when she
vas recalled more than twenty times by
a wildly enthusiastic audience. she wa al
ready famous. On Monday morning the
critics let themselves go with a fervor
rarely seen in the London press; they hailed
her rs ~the new Patti" spoke Of hers IA
the voice OF a century" and called her per-
Torrance. vocally and dramatically. the
greatest success Witnessed in Covent Gar
den for twenty years" Patti and Melba
are the two singers with whom she is most
generally compared. and she is never placed
second to either OF them.
Tetrazzini. who has toured in North and
South America. is a Florentine and studied
w ENOTcUCC uUuCE NCCitct luIs hldNtlk HCi
debut AZ Inca in -L'AFricaine" at the Verdi
Theatpe. Then followed a -four years ton
in south America. the singer gradually ex-
tending her repertoire. which to-day COM
prises over thirty pieces. OF these her Ia
vorite operas are Lucia" la Traviata.'
-RiRoIetto." ~Dinorah," Hamlet" Romeo
and Juliet. ia Sonnambula, and L'Elisire
d'Amore.7
MN-.Igg- - -.-. - -
ciuded in her repertoire, T~etrazzini says:
The reason is very simple. There is no
modern work suitable for my voice. OF
contemporary composers Massenet Is. !
think. rho only one who has written an
OPERA his 'Cendrillon'-which ! could in
terpret. ! may one day appear in the role.
chi 10 sa'?"
An Engagement of widespread Anglo
American interest ia that Just announced
between Henry Carnegie Phipps and Miss
Gladys Mills, for although the future bride
and bridegroom are both Of wholly rams
atlantic birth they rave for some years
past been prominent figures in the social
world Of London, where they already have
many relatives and marriage connections.
Miss Mills IL a cousin Of the twin daughters
at Mr.. and Mrs. Cavendish- Bantinck the
former a cousin OF the present Duke Of
Portland one az whom - the vile Of
Walter Burns. brother Of Mrs. Lulu Har-
court, while the other is married 10 John
FORD Of the British Embassy in Rome.
Mr.. phipps ia himself q -on Of Henry
I'hippe. we'll known in Scotland az the
tsnHnt % Beaufort Castle. ithe property Of
lord IOyat. whose estate contains some
~ the best shooting in the North. One OF
Mr.. Phipps's daughters is the wife Of
Captain tire Hon. Frederick Guest, a sou Of
lord Nimborne. and q son of his is also
married to a sister of the Countess Of
It~onoughmOre and the Hon. Mrs. Hubert
Beaumont.
In no country. it is SAFE to say. do women
- q rule. especially society women. take
such AT sCtive interss in politics as they do
~ w. The Primrose League. ono Of the
Tcst potent factors in Conservative poll
ii, =. is to a great extent a mini organ
~isstion. and has hong been well known to all
who follow British politics. But the or
carnations OF the Liberal women are not
60 veil known. Vet there are nearly half
a nillion women eTnbers of the Liberal
Social Council. the Women's Liberal Fed
GRAFTON and tho Women's National Liberal
Association. The Commuters of these or
carnations nave arranged q long list Of
social gatherings and meetings for the
coming winter. Many of the large mass
meetings rave been arranged in oOnjunc-
iion with the mems associations, while the
social gatherings organized by the ladies
aro-activsIy supported h. The Liberal clubs
and unions.
II is now fOur years since the Liberal
Social Council came into existence to pro-
mote the social side of Liberalism, and it
has done remarkable work. With Lady
Crewe as president. the members OF the
council include Lady Portsmouth, Lady
LscOnRald. Lady B~urghclere. Lady Cole
brooke. Lady Darlington, Lady VIM
borne. Mrs. Joseph Pesss, Mrs. Asquith,
Mrs. Herbert Gladstone. Mrs. BiTrell, Mrs.
AMMAN Bryce. Lady Haversham and Lady
Pearson.
The winter policy OF the federation
under the presidency of Lady Carlisle. who
is supported by 9a Independents is a
most pro1rs ssive one, and includes very
definite demands On the woman's suffrage
question. Each OF the $1,000 members
pledges herself not to work for any Liberal
candidate who does not promise TO support
woman suffrage. On all other questions
she federation is loyal TO the Liberal party.
Now that the affiliated associations have
got over the municipal elections the mem
bers are busy arranging Liberal meetings
and demonstration throughout the country.
Twenty-three meetings are already booked
for this month, and the federation speakers
will lecture on Education The House Of
Lords Temperance Legislation" and
odd Age Pensions
University reform in general. and Oxford
reform in particular. are in the air. TIE
Isis. the Undergraduate Organ OF Oxford.
devOtes a leading article to the question. in
the course Of which IL says; THE fault Of
rcFormers is that they do not look sUti-
cientIy at what Oxford is. or rather has be-
come. She is nov a wide field in which the
sons OF the leisured classes can SOW their
Wild Data The soil is unproductive enough
TO give hope hat no harvest will be reaped.
It would be dangerous TO let the lad plunge
at once into town life. with all it's Oppor-