The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-12
ROME CHANGING IN PLACES
CLtRt TOTISE kFLLOGG TELLS
OTITON RER RBTI ~ HOuK.
BacA from Ter sual winter star Great
Iu,J,ian Of Rnssians ne Pasi winter
rou- opera >easan the singers
a. und ~, Condition at Present.

NJ ..r' Strako=rh Clara Louise Kel.
ogg v.H ul. been spending the winter
rR .. BE- De, been the custom q her.
.sf ..I hep husband Tor many years
sr.r Chr before last on the Car.
na'aB .rI will b" a. the Hotel Prince
6r.r-. ..r few day-
.I..| have lCklcd the servant prob
gn o.. -oJt.'d h. ! might say said ths
n-r. wilma donna yesterday THAT
b 'r. 1000 thing that makes me dread
coming .lra hume " !. Ons thing that
rass- ur,nluy going . Rome and spend
lng r.. winter M hotel There j. moth.
lnr irving than -i,ting helpless in
n ,....sruent agency ! have on5 IA,
ta-. feet fer q cook. ! ask. Can
r.I ..I potatoF II usually stump,
Hrr .-uerplly the fancy on,s who want
s. month But ! don't want a cook
ha' a,guut bod potato
Me- Strasu-ch will spend the summer
Of .ar country place az New Hartford
Conn She ha, been enjoying very good
hslfh though a. Palermo. where she
.tar,si Tor a week before sailing. she had
a. aranA q rheumatism.
o. rle 10 A. comfortable place as one
can g 20 IN Europe > said Mrs. strakosch
yesterday The climate " no better,
1s-hau. han IN some other places but
Or, hotel comforts are better. and there
tac-rtaln social l:fe that Is very pleasant.
there vas a tremendous invasion Of
E.sAH. rh"r" this year that M one could
sparHuty account for ! inquired the
r-a-cu hut I don't know Il yet. There
vn-. r1. .o many English as usual. and
tla-. that were there came late on account
e., 'aa disturbance with regard 70 the
Ho4-s ~ l.0rd- There were not 80
many Americans A. usual. either. until
Easter wees The hotel keepers were
complaining loudly before that time.
rgr imagine they hadn I lost anything
a. 'ha md Il the SEASON. The place was
simply nverrun with Germans.
! vac ma Rome curing ROozevelt'g
wit 30 the Italians. except the Blacks
VINO are cerioals, put the blame for thr
mlup on ,ardinal Merry DEF Val. and Il N
very curious TO hear them eNcialm, On.
that Npanard"
ION, hnds that Rome il becomin z
sIghtv modernized. They ara building
o. mary quarters. and many persOEs
dol se the way famous Old buildings
an1 RUNS are being razed They feel very
Aseuly toe fact that one wing OF Lhe
PaaIA lenegia IN which ~ the quarters
o' hs AUSTRIAN Embassy TO the Vatican.
IL reIng pulled down 40 az to AFFORD better
Nsw oi me monument 10 Victor tmmanuel
Many persons are down on the Sindic.
10 Mayor Signor Nathan. whom they
fInk has too liberal notions under his
CAP he IL Tor cutting down. strai ghtena
lg streets and putting up modern build
I1gs Lid not get out on the Appian Way
tt 80 thI. time. but friends told me II
va, neing denuded q the ruins II monu-
n@rts .u which u abounded and they
ere gong % put cheap tTamway on h
g. mat the German tourists may ride
along u FOR three cents
Inc opera IN Rome this year was very
had Even the cOnoerts in the august
cum the mausoleum 81 Augustus. which
has been transformed INTO a hie concert
nall. were not 20 good a. usual those
WIu ar Interested IN the production Of
opera are complaining b.tierly because
We paw singers such hig prices over here
that all N great ones are drawn away
from them But they know ah-oiu
nothing about hoU We run opera over
here They want Ca so on ~ they hev,
roen going Tor the last -ayeutv-hys or
hundred years They are ar b"hiud no
their appreciation 81 modern ART
Two ~ Debussy- fugitive works
! forget the names but ! know ! liked
one and didn't like the other we're given
one night The Italian mob hocks - the
opera You can gct IN for - cents, and
10 costs only u dollar for the rest seats.
and q needs very dull programme
nd 'ed 20 prevent tho house from being
filed There was tremendous Kissing
AL over the house agplauded u
couFse. and turned around and smiled
A. sweetly a. ! could az three men behind
me who were Kissing for al they were
worth Well. the people who we're ap-
piaudinR won out finally. and there was an
encnre
when got 70 Rome last winter every
b0dv was much autated over the send
ing away from the city - the beautiful
statue % Niobide which vas found about
fwo years ago In eNcsvating for new
rmlding II vas the property - the
. numerical Rank and had stood ~ tho
ank ever since ~ had been found The
tory was that when the Government
AlAANA W AlANA NAa| NlH NAANAA NNl# NNAANANilN
vas = big enough prics Tor the statue
tn American woman offered between
3 % 90 and sfOO.OOO FOR h. Anyhow
disappeared from Rome. and turned
- In the branch Of the Commercial Bank
NJ Milan Nobody explained how it got !
here but the accusation was made that |
. vas on its way 90 the frontier.
IN has been twenty-one years Encs I
stopped singing IN public said Mrs !
,uakosch You sc, ! wanted n stop |
fore everybody would be saying |
"a ought 70 have heard her sing ten 1
rsars ago But ] acknowledge that !
A. sometimes sing % myself The last /
me- saw Patti I said 70 her. Adelina. |
ave YOU got through singinEg Oh, ]
~ ! sull'nng for mes pauvres IN London, I
.r- replied. but she didn't explain Who !
zero her poor.
But 10 was hard 10 stop. When the l
,.mnn came u used 70 be 80 dihicult !
. 20 90 hack % the public There IL ]
f.. -.u.atiOn in the world like that Of sing
rl an audience and feeling that you /
ave u With YOU I would not change /
.v experiences for that of any crowned J
cad The actor and the singer have the 4
vantage over ell other artists IN that /
.ey have a personal realization Of their
.r-zs still. % course. the painter
.,. m he works. while the others become
~ memories.
singing IL not quite the same ~ u
81 % b., for the new school of opera
i.-s not require great finish Ia ang-
q 'hough h does demand greater dra-
..'. art. Il used 10 be that TetFa6zinis
b. making SUCCESSES just through
-stura singing. but to-day colora-
-. singing has no great hold on the
.... Il 10 marvellous how many Amsri-
urls are working into opera now
r.4 and how many American men