The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
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FINDS singer GAY
Tetrazzini Radiant With Happi=
mess on Arriving in San
Francisco

AS BELTS the greatest coiatura So
prano living. Nine Tetrazzini arrived in
tune and on time yesterday afternoon
from New York, where. with the aid of
Doc Leahy, the indefatigahle. she had
snapped her pretty fingers at Oscar
Hammerstein, the Metropolitan opera
company and. in fact, the whole world
/ that san Francisco. the place that first
! discovered her prima donna glories.
should hear her again. She was radi-
ant with happiness. She squealed
/ merry little laugh when the brunette
porter on the car stopped her a second
! or two in order that the eyes of a bat
| terry of cameras might wink in a fash
! light and preserve the record of her
arrival. She laughed all the way to the
ferry boat. She permitted herself to
be posed nthe deck of the ferry and
amiably consented to other flashes be-
ing taken of her and her flashing laugh
Everything was all right with the
singer.
Was she is good voice?'
Never better" and this assurance
was backed by a world of gesture and
mimetic assurance.
Was she is good spirits?" She bub-
bled over with them and even the pass
ers by and others who did not move
past her seat in the cabin caught the
infection of her good humor and won
dered until they heard her laugh who
this woman could be that was sur
rounded by newspapermen, artists,
| friends and admirers of that career,
which, beginning in San Francisco has
shed a luster on local music ever since.
To one woman she had a smile, a pat
on the cheek for this little chap and a
merry How do you do?' for everybody
/ Of hov
| brimming enthusiasm.
CHEER SPONTANEOUS
There is this about Tetrazzini She
does not assume her genial spirits nor
affect a happiness she doesn't feel. She
/ is like a child in this regard. Her feel
| ings are herself. Presently, tired with
| the long journey which was begun out
/ of the center Of turmoil and a lawsuit,
! her eyes closed and she took wink of
sleep in-the warm cabin, but indig-
nantly denied it when the hoarse whis-
/ tie blew and woke her up.
DO you know what it was, this piece
/ sang first in San Francisco at the
/ Tivoli?' she asked. We'll, it was
! 'Rigoletto, and the first aria in that
beautiful opera I shall sing for my
/ first number Monday night 1t is Caro-
Noma, and it is very beautiful. is it
not? Do you not think it a pretty idea
/ Of mine to repeat this song this time?
And I shall also sing some English
songs. You think I can not sing in
English? ! shall show you how fine is
my accent"
And so she chattered, while her hus-
band. Signor Bazelli, looked worried,
as one who would say, "she is tossing
away a million dollars worth of
/ notes." But Nine. Luisa Tetrazzini
didn't mind his annoyance at all. She
chattered on with the unaffected joy
Of child
Coming in the train she put her
hands to the back of the seat in front
/ Of her and urged the car along. "It
/ goes very fast" she said of the Over
! land Limited on which she rode "but
/ it moves not so fast as my wishes. We
will be there pretty soon, you think ?"
LEAHY EXPLAINS
'The train is exactly on time" re-
assured DOC" Leahy.
Leahy, the manager and -impresario,
| feels that he has won big victory in
New York. 'It wasn't" said he, while
4 the singer nodded approvingly, mere
/ ly a matter of money. We went be-
/ fore the court with bond of $50,000
to protect the fancied rights of Mr..
Hammerstein, but the latter only pulled
the coattails of his lawyer, who was
inspired to inform the Judge that it
wasn't the money from the concerts
his clients were after. 1t was the
services of Nine. Tetrazzini. Hammer
stein had undertaken to deliver the
singer over to the Metropolitan opera
management. 1t was up to him to
make good. and I think he would have
succeeded, too, had IL not been for the
fact that 1 was familiar with Tetraz-
zinis career and knew every move she
had made, in a business way. for five
years."
THE bluff didn't go. And there was
perjury as well. That failed likewise.
Our victory is complete. Having failed
TO secure Nine. Tetrazzini's services,
do not believe that Hammerstein will
1 prosecute his case vigorously. and in
relation TO that fact Judge Laconlbe in
( formed the parties TO the case last
I Friday that il the seekers for the in
! junction did not at once proceed with
an earnest presentation of their claims
before the court he would entertain a
motion from our side to dismiss the
\ Injunction and the action altogether.
Hammerstein's reply to that may be
found in the fact that the next day
he sailed for Europe.
FIRST BLOOD WON
we won first blood in the contest
when we demanded that his bonds be
raised from $1,000 to $4,000. This was
done instanter and the sum will be
hardly ample to cover the losses that
have accrued. fh11s IA in, the cauceila-