The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-12
Frances Lee Declares She Will
Bring Hammerstein to
Court for Libel.
GIVES OUT HIS LETTERS.
, Alleged Samples of Notes to
"Boogie" Full of Love
and Art.

oscar Hammersteins public state
ment that l am incompetent to perform
or appear in any kind of operate per-
Torrance will shortly bring him into
another suit" declared Miss Frances
Lee. the Texas Patti" to-day.
He broke my heart, blasted my ca
reer and is now trying to make good
his threat to see me in the gutter be
fore he gets through with me. will
ne him for libel. The present suit fol-
ows his efforts to leave me on the
i,harity of my friends.
II had signed up for forty weeks at a
good salary in vaudeville when he cut in
and got II cancelled. | have now signed
for forty weeks more and will sing the
songs which he asked me TO learn
G Miss Lee declares that she sang In
iaammatus" ia Stabat Mater az a sun
Hay concert at the Manhattan In April
ll90-. substituting for Nine. Russ, and
that forty letters written during ,h"
ssgmmer of 1901 by Hamm"rstein made
promises Of an operate future.
Miss Lee is powerfully built, with
wealth OF blond hair and large oxen
eyes
~, t1,
'o' a"'N'" VI ga ID ~, ''''' " ,,I.,'a.
ynerstein's lawyers, Dittenhoefer Gerber
and James, say that any services when
Miss Lee may have rendered the Man
haitian Opera Houses lmpresario were
not reasonaL.y worth more than $1,000
They declare that NJ. Hdmmegste!n' 5
judgment OF MISS Lee SINGING MAS Su.''
as |" prevent nm p'"''''E "'' "i ''e
operate sage and that she mas no c'a IN
1"i u"'''E'S 20 f'.''-'' ~,
re'hs H''"''' u" ''"Se "''','' '''
10 all ms song 'lf"S'
AS evidence OF tAe relations "hl'h she
gays Io''Ht''E 'A's'eF ".."ee'' 'e'
and Mt Hammers'ein' MISS Lee mas
maae ph'"' more "a ,'e tNe nun
ored letters winch she Alleges s"e mas
received from nun re" H'' aeo i'
hafnihe'SleIh au'"''leu 'e ""u "''''e''
'eueFs' aua'hs'
can man W''e 'o'e 'e''e's
wanted 'o-ahu GU an ,,''
ora =, ~. ,r.'--s 20 Mss Lee adj
dressed TO her as Bruce" in which
Hammersteir describes his trials while
,z,. ~ TonN,,.,a, o,ora com
organizing ms M'''.''''"" O'fN
Milan. March 20. 1906.
"Mv dearest darlngest Bruce: There
MY uea'es'' va .''S -
is but one BoosIe after al nave oeeh
thinking of YOU al the time and won
-, r.ha,,or ,.bor = o,cIock ,on,es
cefeo ""e'"e'i "''.' ,,,o,, rooatn T.,
around you miss me. Well Boos!e' II
ia week since | landed | stayed in
ri .o. ,,.o ,o,a co,ried had Knocked
ta''s io' wv ua' . ''eu 100 ~.
the way with all muslcai agents ana II
St had not been for John and Edward
-, l.i.> "a b,ra b,J q s,a
pe feIhess 'S'I' 40 ~
time being even recognized as re-
spectabte manager"
'peu,""'' ,''"'' ,.. ,, ,rn,,,, .,
WE'LL bo"s'e, / 'oNe N""' i''"N ~
me as often as do OF you. Study ltal-
Ian as much as Won can. Don't waste
-. -, ,,,,,a so,,,s t,t est r,pbt ar the
me OF" niue so'ss' Du' s. u.s.. .. Wv
.onrano is .ouired. | heard twenty
s., -. - no pesyle,s on low
schoia's d. "t"'' 40 '' "
Interesting. II Will take all day to tell
Won all about II. Goodbye, Boosie. |
$40 and k,ss Won ms of old and as
mug ana MISS YOU az VI o'H "'. a1
hope / ever will. Your OSCAR
M na.o.io,
more AHee''on'
In another letter Oscar" saws he is
h1t s'rNy fo'tt or t"re iaNs hin him
ne tenS oh ne ~ e thi nan ist
ser III m.s '''S ''
Ter io'io"s' .,Sa,,, yorL Con, ,oo,
"Aiy Beloved Bruce: ''' - avn
When Left y1m |asi MGRday l lSft
sm,lihg, aPparen's nrPp p5 Wadnesd,m reT
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