The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-18
Metamorphosed
By DoRoTHEA HALE
Copyright. 1910. BY American Press
Association

part to act. dance and sing. A girl
about twenty years old. comely. with a
good figure and bright face. entered.
Dancer asked the manager.
The girl replied BY pirouetting about
IN good style.
"sing77
She ran the scale Her voice was a
full. round soprano and very sweet.
The range was remarkable.
"ActY
She recited passage in a well
known play.
you are engaged"
Miss Fredrica Harrow proved sue
cess. She had IN her certain spirit
Of delivery that was especially appro-
pirate to the parts she took. One role
she played was that OF female Meph.
istopheles When the audience left
the theater after the performance they
felt that they bad been under the in
huence Of deliclously bad girl.
One Sunday morning the manager
went to church. II is possible for a
manager OF burlesque troop to 20 to
church aud with religious motives.
But this manager did not 90 with such
motives. lie went because be had
heard that In the choir was remark.
ably 6ne tenor. The services opened
With tenor solo. The manager was
astonished. There was Miss Harrow
IN mans clothes. He not only recog.
nized her by her face. but through her
voice, which was Miss Harrow's lower
notes.
But there was one difference between
Miss Harrow soprano and Miss Har-
row tenor. The latter was as heavenly
as the former was develish She sang
IN Ave Maria" and II seemed that
an angel rather than mortal was
praying to the Virgin. The manager
did not wonder that the tenor was ex.
citing attention But he had no use
for him in burlesque opera lie ex-
pressed the good, and with that the
manager was not concerned
"Where were you last night?" asked
the manager the next day when Miss
Harrow came to rehearsal.
"At home"
The manager said no more. He had
slept over the tenor's identity and had
come to the conclusion that be could
not be Miss Harrow
Not long after that man in bis
troupe fell sick. and there was no one
10 take bis part.
"How low are his lowest hottest"
asked Fredrlca
The manager told her. and she said
that she thought she could take the
part He also asked her TO sing the
lower notes. but she said she couldn't
Jump right into them: she must get It
practice She left him. agreeing
be ready for the part when required
Miss Harrow In mans clothes was
very different person from Miss Har.
row in womans clothes. In the FIRST
place. instead OF singing the part IN
low soprano voice, she sang It as
tenor. In the second. she made a fail
nre IN her action. Instead of being
adapted to buregque. she sang as If
she were IN oratorio.
what the dickens is the matter
with your said the manager after the
first act. 'Your singing is all right
indeed. it's wonder for a woman
but yon act as If you were preaching
D sermon"
Miss Harrow hung her head and
looked hurt. However, she finished
the performance, and before the man
ager could catch her TO find any more
fault with her she had gone home.
But the next day when she went into
the theater be tackled her.
.sThere was something funny about
rour work Inst night. How did you
yet down to real baritone, and what
made you act like clergyman
II told you that with a little prac-
kice | could do the low notes. and as
for my acting, the part is different
from those rye been playing. 1t is
bot rollickinG role"
sand it wasn't taken out OF hymn
book. either"
''I'm sorry. I thought ] could take
Baritone parts sometimes
$50 you can. but not where there's
any deviltry in them
In few weeks the regular baritone
was down again.
II think" said Fredrica. II can take
that role It's more serious"
"Wholl take your partg'
II think can take them both"
"Nonsensei''
"I'li show you how 1t can be done TO-
morrow at rehearsal" And she trip |
ped away.
When the rehearsal came and the |
manager went on to the stage TO con-
duct II he was more bewidered than
ever. There were two Fredrica Har
rows. fine and supertne.
"Hows thiaT' asked the manager,
staring from one 10 the other,
Permit me-" said Fredrica. ITO In
troduce my twin brother. Frederick
Harrow He has a tenor voice
Then she admitted hat she had sub T
stituted him for herself In the mans (
part: that while she was all frolic he
was religionsly emotional
Welt" said the manager. Il want /
you two have scheme for an
opera involving transformation
scene. man metamorphosed to womsn
and woman metamorphosed back to
man. You two will do it to perfec-
don"
And SO It was that the twins appear
ed Ii a part prepared for them and l