The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-15
From the New York American.

From the New York American. VXY7 HEN Fritzi Scheff came upon NA/ the stage to make her debut w this season in "The Prima Dona" in New York, a tall, slender, sol emn young man, lean-faced and spec tacled, regarded the bewitching singer with a deeper interest than did anyone in the brilliant first night audience made up of Mme. Scheff's many admirers.
 He is of the younger school of Amer icau novelists. Persons indicate without pointing at him, in the same subtle way they show the presence of Robert Cham bers Richard Harding Davis, David Gra- ham Phillips and Booth Tarkington. They recite the list of his books as glibly as the clerk in a circulating library. He is the author of "A Mountain Europea,' "A Cumberland Vendetta" "The Ken tuclzians,n "Blue Grass and Rhododen- I'dron'' and "A Knight of the Cumber- land, But there is book with title less elegant, one dealing with border war fare and the riot of hot blood. It was Hobart Chatfeld Taylor who seeing the. young man of austere aspect in play house in Chicago looking with change less fxity of regard at the stage whose center was occupied by the fascinating Fritzi, said;
 DO you see that earnest student of the stage? He is the author of Hell for Sartain and he is going to marry the little devil.'"
 Mime. Scheff has never lived down that title Nor does she very much care to, for it was an admiring friend, a renowned artist, who bestowed it.
 "Aber Wirklich, sic sind ia ein klein CT teufel," said Paderewski after re- hearsal of his opera, "Manru,' at the Metropolitan Opera house.
 i As Asa, the enticing gypsy girl, an- l other Carmen, she had exercised her art | of fascination so realistically that she wrung from the composer the exclama- tion: You are real little devil.
 The name has clung as burr to a cheviot skirt. It was applied when Mime. scheff left grand for light opera and played the milliner's apprentice in Mile. Modiste'A friend sent her the new book by the southerner and inscribed it .The | little devil should find entertaining this story or ner ndLlVe id1lu.
 She did indeed find it entertaining. In a moment of artistic impulse she wrote | the author, in care of his publisher, that she SO found it. He replied-and they
 both forgot until-the psychologists say we never forget but that there are dim and vivid degrees of remembrance.
 MT Fox, having come from New York to visit his friend, Finley Peter Dunne. remembered So did Mime. Scheff. when the solemn tall young man with the ex-' ceedingly serious face was presented to her. Baroness von Vordelebsn, allow
 me to present my friend, John Fox, Jr., father of The Little Shepherd of King dom Come and other interesting crea- tures," said MT. Dool in real life
 'Yes,, returned the singer, giving the author one of her smiles land of Hell for Sartain' ["
 MT. Fox's severe young features thawed under that smile as a winter Landscape I melts under the sunshine of first spring Il day.
 I q wrote you about it." she continued. MT. Fox looked puzzled. MT. Dunne ex- plained. ''To the public the baroness is
 Madame Fritzi Scheff '
 "Ah, yes. You wrote me delightful little note about my little book" returned the author warmly. There, after all, ms remarks to the singer seemed to have the
 same warmth, his countenance to be new ly irradiated whenever he looked at her The literary coterie to which he be- longed were astonished when John Fox Jr, became a regular guest at Mme
 Scheffs Sunday night receptions at the
 Savoy hotel in New York.
 The marriage will take place during the holidays Their honeymoon will be divided between the. brides natural