Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-14


and Nine. Rosina Hageman-Van
Dyke, of Amsterdam. II would
have staked $40, 700 for one nights
performance of such an aggrega-
ton, +" exclaimed well-known en-
terpeneur, when he was told of the
concert.
While List was the most cosmo-
politan of all musicians and spent
but fraction of his life in his
native country, there are many
Hungarians who think that his re-
mains should, at any rate, be buried
near where he was born (Raiding) :.
In that district, large Catholic
church is being built and it is pro-
posed to erect in il monumen
to List on the hundredth annivcr-
sary of his birth (191D. The local
authorities are also making an eff
fort to secure his remains and the
plan is to have them transferred
next September, when a List
statue is to be unveiled in the new
academy of music at Budapest 1t
seems doubtful, however, whether
it will be possible to carry out this
plan. List died in Bayreuth and
was buried there in the cemetery.
An effort was made at the time
to make Weimar his last resting
place; but even with the aid of the
Grand Duke Carl Alexander, the
project failed. List belonged to the
order of Franciscans, and one of the
rules of the order is that members
must be buried in the place where
they die. The 'Allgemeine Musk
Zeitung' also calls attention to the
fact that LISTS last will of the
date of 1867, contained these d.
rections: my body is to be buried
not in a church, but in a public
cemetery, and let no one undertake
to remove it thence to another
place." Three years later, he said
in private letter: 81 protest most
emphatically against the dragging
about of my corpse. - Finally, it is
not likely that Frau Wagner would
consent to the removal of her
fathers remains.
While singing in opera at San
Francisco, Adelina Patti and Etel-
ka Gertser were leading prima dom
mas in the same company, and dis
played their affection for each
other in many ways.
On Patti night, after the final
curtain fell on ''Home, Sweet
Home" old Governor Crittenden
was introduced to Patti, ard be-
came very enthusiastic in his COM
pliments, which suddenly culmi-
mated by his embracing and kiss
ing her.
The next day newspaper man
visited MADAM Gcrstcr and said,
81 suppose you have heard that Gov
ernor Crittenden kissed Madam
Patti''
YES replied Gerster. ''What
of it? don't see anything to make
fuss about
''You dont?'' said the modest
journalist.
To which Gerstcr responded Ser
tainly not. There is nothing wrong
III man kissing a woman old
enough to be his MOTHER
Another illustration of their lack
of fondncss for each other was tur-
nishcd at the reception of New
York millionaire during their en-
gagemcnt there. An admircr of
PATHS observed to friend of Gers
ter's loud enough to be heard by
everybody present, that the diva
had rcmar kablc ear.
yes" quickly chimed in Gers
ter in loud tones. '.She has two re-
markable ears; in fact, it is only
justice to call them wings
III
One of the leading tenors in
Moscow was called upon to sing an
opera in which one note was much
to high for him, but he got a man
in the orchestra to come in just at
the right time and supply the note.
In exchange the tenor was to take
him to supper. The plan answered
well, the applause was loud, but
the tenor forgot all about the sup
per. Next time he sang the opera
he went to the front of the stage,
put his hand on his heart and
opened his mouth as wide as he
could. His discontinue was great
when the expectant hush was brok-
en- by voice from the orchestra,
saying, where's my supper ?'''-
Iskra.