Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-31
SPARES HER VOICE,
TETRAZZINPS WAY OF REF11srNc
TO SING THREE SELECTIONS
impresarios Say "You Must!" Then
Storm Breaks, with the prima
Donna Triumphant.

III Ietrazzini sing three ':tres DIFF
nclie songs at her concert in the Audi-
forum theater this afternoon?
Not II the volatile diva has only half
Il dozen ordinary men to contend with.
BACKED up by tile hats and Prince AL
nerts OF genuine impresario cut. the local
management which has brought the fam
Gus prlma donna to Chicago visited her
i'll her rooms at the Congress Yesterday
morning shortly after her arrival from,
ne" 1ofK, ana gravely announced that
she would sing: 'A''''
The mad scene" from Lucia
The aria from La Trayiata''
~; Inc Pearl Of Brazil"
me solemn declaration of the visitors
nau scarcely been interpreted before the
soprano sprang from her chair, TANNED
me metronOme Indicator down to pres
tISsllno' and sailed into the first number
at a tempo that would make a six cylin-
der look like the one horse shaw.
w neither there was any Lucia" about it
It Is difficult to say, but there was a
plenty OF the mad Scene,' and with so
much coloratura work thrown in gratis
mat the air was Internationally green and
blue.
Whether it would be safe to say that
ACe rolled the programme makers in a
the sofa, and piled the piano on top
OF that is matter of speculation, but
when tlmld neWSpaperman made bold
TO push his head within the confines of
the impromptu rehearsal Mr.. Andreas of
the Manhattan Opera was bruising mis-
fists beating the top of a chair, Max
Rabnof had backed behind settee
Ben AtWell, with disheveled counte-
nance, was wondering whether there was
more than one way out and Ing Bazeli
husband of the excited song bird, was
doing a monotone on A fiat, agitato
dolorosa.
20 'Luisa. o Luisa, ma chere Luisa.'
Advent OF stranger brought just the
tiniest lull in the storm and Atwell took
advantage of it. No singer was going to
tell Chicago where to get off. If they
can't manage EN- in New York we'll
show 'em how we do it here. He walked
slowly to the center of the room, pulled
down his vest, adjusted his tie, and in
SOnOrOuS tones avewed:
But, madam, You mustr'
Rur-r-r-r-crash-sh-sh
1t was a tiny crushed hand coming
down hard on what happened to be near
That object was the top end of a grand
piano and the keys let out a shrek like
an automatic banjo With the asthma.
Then the deluSe. Whether most of it
was French, or Italian Or cahsthenics,
or dramatics, or just ordinary mad only
q reporter for an afternoon contemporary
who could repeat 'ParleZ-yOus Fran
cais?' without stammering and thereby
establish an entente cordiale with the
diva. could say. And he was so startled
that he didn't.
Finally something like this began to
grow distinct in the haze:
'AIerci, c'est impossible! Vraiment!
Jene peux chanter les trois: Je chante-
raj Lucia ct La Perle.' Celia suf1it,
n'est-ce pas"
Then the diva drew the storm curtain
and the sunshine Of an engaging smile
swept everything her way.
She wanted to talk to The Tribune
reporter. aud while her husband helped her
find the words she needed said that she
loved American women because they dld
what they pleased They have every
thing they wish now, so why should they
be so foolish as to want the vote!
''Xcu are the happiest people IN the
world. I am glad that 80 per cent. of
my AUDIENCES are women. love my
home lie Tou love yours, and hattie
to live il: 4 hotel | love, love, love owe 70 {,
Then, as if it were the most important
thing that had happened since she ar
lived:
: am 50 charmed to meet you; g>~
bye" 49,
door. Gearing his throat in an effort to
preserve the managerial dignity of the
situation.
You know we really think it best that
she sing but two of the heavier songs,
he said. 1.-THE programme IS rather
long
Tetrazzini's husband championed the
cause of his wife n the corridor.
You see the '1raviata' aria is twenty
five minutes long and the Mad scene IS
thirty minutes long, and that is enough
to tire any singer. 1t is terrible to ask
her to do anything more lineage
IrihnnR