The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
NARY GARDEN SAILS ANGRY
Nh. HaHNERSTEIN SEEN~ 70
FEEL THAT SHE'LL CAIN DOW y.
rhs Nnnhattan lmpreSaris Hasn't
Treated Her We'll aRd she NaS Never
Csms NJ - Ne says ~he CIV - H'm
90. SOo ana she'll Probably PAP

Mary Garden. the prinsa donna. sailed
Yesterday by the White star liner Adr a. c
dsc!Arng that she had not hem treated
properly by Oscar HAmmerStein and that
1nieas be changed hi- attitude toward
her she might not com" nacA Azaln. even
though abe was under coatrart hfter
pointing 10 her hat tho feathers u which
we're IN Disorder she remarked
You 80 my feathers are all up. and !
am not IN good humor Mr. Hammer.
stem has treated me hke q Niger
might as well have been one Of ne chorus
pris. instead e his lesting lady. he
MAKES me sex
Ms Garden - gong 10 Pars 20 APPEAR
IN -Salome Later she ~lll play IN brI-
sels Inder the direction % Mr. Strsls-
whom she called the CREATES; Of mOd-'~
composers St- sa-d q would tAAe VI
strauss Ia usie some tim. - get INTO the
VEINS Of the people. but eventually h.
YOU'D bs regarded a. the superior Il
Wagner
Oscar Hammers.%in say~ out his YER
sion last niEht % The trouble tetVesu
himself ann Mary Garden The lmprr-
caro- told the reporters that since Mr.
Dtppei had taken charge q analrs al to-.
Metropolitan efforts had neen made 70
lure away some ~ hs- singers and that
a. q Consequence no mad been forced 20
70 more severe than vas his wont ana
that Miss Garden had feit the weight u
his wrath quite fr@qusntIy within the last
three months Mr. Han msrststn -ald
that the recent outoUrs' was only one
% her not tnfreausnt tantrlns and that
after abe has been on the water for a dAy
OF two the gentIs motions u the waves
will restore her 90 sanity
The angry singer said among other
thing. that Mr. Hammer-tetn had treated
hSr ike q chorus girl The chorus girls
IN grand opera are quite different from
those IN musical comedy. said Mr. Ham
msrst ein last night, and | treat them
like the lAdiss that they are. 40 that Miss
Garden received the treatment % q lady
:. ~ ssads. You may be sure % one thing.
however. sbo will not % popular With the
chorus nsxt year
stsin aid that his artists we're all Faid
IN francs a. q rule. bu, that an exception
had been made in Mics Gardens cass
and that she was paid IN dollars. last
Wednesday Mr.. Hammerstein said that
he discovered that through a mistake
on the part 81 the DO, kkeepsr she had been
paid q 600 too murh. He wrote U her
asking that shs refund the money SO
otherwise the erring bookkeeosr would
have 20 pay it out 0f his own pocket
HAmmerstsin that ahe was surprised
that he should trouble her about 30 small
an amount. and IN response - a second
note from him, IN which he asked her also
20 return $500 that ahs owed him for opera
tickets. ahe left for Europe Nov Mr
HAmmsgseein has no doubt that Miss
Garden will r~tlirn the money as soon
90 her wrath abates. and he wants IL die
tinctly understood that he has no re-
aecttonS 20 cast upon the singers honesty
however the % iOO - still missing
My artists tkinN that ! make TOO much
money continued Mr.. Hammerstetn
-And many of them take advantage ot
my contract With them. which Gala fJr
two trips abroad every year They hire
suites on the steamers ~ for millionairea
instead ~ bring cont@pt with ORDINARY
hrst class pAssaRe. ] stopped this recently.
and that u another one u her troubles
one o. the reporters asked Mr. Hammer
stein u he thought tl,at Mas Garden
would st!ck - her threat not - re-
turn % America The tnprsaArio smiled
she has a tw0 years cOntrAct With me-
be said. and hssldss do you doubt the
eject Of my personal magnseian5' and
the interview vac 81 an end