The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11

81 wonderful great bird beginning 1,
sing at dawn And one looks with "A spr
! nj painful incredibly at the stoat gentle
man IN brown business saint. who does
not suggest any kind Of bird-unlsss u II
nice plump INA a ridgs-yet who is visibl,
responsible for those tones
Al rehearsal caruso looks about a'
much like the dashing and impassioneC
hlghwayman az he does like the plump
par'rdg" above mentioned. That is IL
say. h" ~ man, and OF course any man
can look something like a highway mau
even gun carrying one Of the wild bao
West but he looks almost ~ MUCH like
tine pirtrdga
/ He IL saving his strength for Aida
aud the dear public. He makes few un.
necessary motions When he first comes
IN he takes Oh an imaginary overCoat and
hat and puts them ON n chair. When he
goes on; he Possesses himself OF these
imperceptihle articles and departs with
them. That episode was repeated savera
times. aud he ~as always most conscien-
tious about handling the make b''liev .
raimsnt
Only in the scene after IA. il shot does
he attempt ANYTHING dramarI" Tho
too - gone through repeatedly. and each
time h" ~ apparently dro gg.si ~ hy
Des'inn his knees covered with snow
and hts motions animated by sublime
disregard If the possible. effects On his
really admirable irousers 81 crawling ou
his knees over the proverlpial dust OF
the stage floor
Both he and pe~tiun work hard over
his painful climb mp the ladder tn the hall
lott overhead That eminerca achieved
he sits down, Turk or tailor fashion
more sublime indifference Ia the fate OF
Irouser knees mops hs forehead with
his haDdk errhlef and gazes out into the
auditorium
When he pas been laporioIsly assisted
10 the stage again and has fallen faintIng
across IN. table where Destinn and
Ama'o gamble for possession Of him
he lies there inert for n while then sits up.
again mops his face and idly watches
the game. watches Toscanini. Watches
the cleaning woman wiping interminabl.
rows Of chair hacks IN the gallery He
seems profoundly indifferent TO the whole
thing from the extraordinary heat beat.
beat beat Of the music which accom-
panic one shuttle deal and showdown
10 tn. somewhat similar rhvrhm in which
the dust cloth il moved back and forth
and back and forth Ivy IN. cleaning
woman
D".tinn on the other hand both sings
and acts with more than a mere exhibition
of intention She is in n black velvet
frock. almost a hobble Sirt. SO that she
even accen,untes the dif,ic,ilt walk called
for by the tight shippers Of the play
And she sings with dramatic intensity
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