The San Francisco call., 1910-12-15


Norris, the cheapest attraction l ever
handled. He makes more money for
me-" As long as they pack 'em in" the
stars are cheap at almost any price,
and certainly Tetra zzini, not to confuse
ethics and aesthetics in a paragraph
that contains the name of comedian and
diva, packs 'em in" Dreamland rink
bulged Monday night; the crowd was
thrilled and even the critics were
pleased. Tetrazzini promises to attract
to Dreamland Saturday afternoon a
thrOng no less large. Her marvellous
voice does it. However, I'm constrained
to print letter which, shamefacedly.
was only initiated, but which was so
sweetly rebuking and otherwise harm
less that it may interest.
After a polite superscrfption the let
ter said:
The incIosed article does not coin
eide with the mass of gush that has
found its way into the papers regard
ing Nine. Tetrazzini.- prefer to be-
lieve Mr.. Henderson is correct in his
criticism herewith.
If you could manage to pass this
article along to the rest of our very
able critics (sweet words these.-Ed)
it probably would prove of great bene-
ht to them.-A. E. 7"
Hendersons article is too long to
quote in its entirety, and it proves con-
clusively to Mr.. Henderson's and A. E.
T.'s minds, at least. that Tetrazzini is
a very poor singer indeed. The article
is well written, and contains many
technical expressions, such as fluent
staccato," 'equalisation in SCALE"
breaks in her registers" and other
things like that myself would have
been persuaded that Tetrzzini sang
poorly but for the fact that 1 heard
her, in which advantage I fear A E. T.
didn't share last Monday night. or, If
he did, he listens to song with his eyes
Argument is as useless over a tone
that thrills as it is over anything else
with which logic has nothing to do
Miss Helene Luttrell, the ingenue in
Henry w. Savages Madame X' COM
pany at the Savoy, declares that fresh
air is the ideal beauty tonic. Miss
Luttrell is a fresh air fiend" Although
she has Travelled from New York to San
Francisco with the Madame X, com
pany, she has yet to have her first sleep
in a real bed in real room in a real
hotel The young woman is not suffer-
ing from insomnia.
Miss Luttrell believes the ideal place
to sleep is in tent on the roof of the
hotel at which she stays. During her
summer vacations she always sleeps out
Of doors and this season she decided to
try the same scheme while "on the
road" She experienced considerable
difficulty in finding landlords accommo-
dating enough to construct a temporary
boudoir on their roofs. but she believes
that she will be able to go through the
entire season without having to occupy
a room in a hotel.
Miss Luttrell-a newcomer to the sta se
lis 10 years old and first attracted the
attention of Henry w. Savage when
she won the gold medal annually
-loJ ~ J.a
Canada to the young woman displaying
the highest proficiency in instrumental
music.
The ponies from Frederick Thomp-
sons production of Polly of the Cir
cus' will be sent from the Columbia
theater this afternoon to the Children's
hospital. according to schedule. The
unhappy children who, by the way. do
not know that they are unhappy.
watched Ida st. Leon and her mother
and sisters and brothers go through
the circus scene in Polly of the Cir
Gus" last Tuesday. Teh ponies did not
arrive in time and so the youngsters
get a return engagement of Polly of
the Circus" brought to their cots.
De Gogorza may be a poor CONVEX
sationalist when the subject of the
according to report, he is to marry
but he certainly is endowed with the
gift of tongues" when it comes to
singing. He will sing next Sunday,
Come Raggio di Sol" by Caldera, in
Spanish "Plaisir d'Amour' and Mon
signys "Air de Montaucir' in French;
three Schumann's songs in German;
the Russian Tschaikowsky's Don Juan
Sefenade," and then Massenets Vision
Fugitive" from "Herodiade." Robert
Schmitz, as last Sunday. will be the
accompanist and will offer as a solo
contribution to the program Chopins
G minor ballade and the Polish and
polished waltz in c sharp major.
1t has been six months since Maude
Lillian Berri appeared upon the stage,
but the lapse of a half year has not
diminished her beauty of person or
voice Max Dill in ''The Merry Widow
and the Devir' has captured Miss
Berri's services and she, with Dill and
Percy Bronson, make the stage at the
Garrick resemble the stage at the
Princess, when KoIb and Dill presented
the travesty at that playhouse.
Martha" in the afternoon and verdi's