The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-09-30
We're Driuen TO Big Triumph

opera, Carmen said to them when
they had arrived at my London office.
and l have selected the cast. Madame
Hauck. you are to take the part of
Carmen. You, Valeria, are to sing
Michaela. You, %Campanini, arc to take
the tenor part, Don Jose, and you, Del
Puente, the part Of the bull fighter.
Here are your parts. Come to me with
them two days from now
when the four appeared before me
forty-eight hours later, I saw at once
that there was trouble ahead, for Min
ME Hauck was the only m who look
ed happy. It was easy to see that she
was delighted with the part of Car
men, and that she agreed with me that
It suited her both physically and tenn
permentally. But ven as she smiled
upon me the storms broke.
Colonel Mapleton," cried valeria.
1T is an insult to give me this part.
1t is too trifing. Get N Of your
chorus girls to sing 1t. I won't take
It,"
Eyes, you will take IT, I said, and
you will make great hit init. Take
the part home and learn It, And.
bursting into tears, poor valeria took
! her departure.
at glanced at Campanini and saw
he was in a rage. What do you mean
by giving me that Insignificant partf'
he fairly shouted. I won't sing 1t. It
Is beneath me. l had rather go back
to the army
Camp I said, don't be a damn
fool. You sing 1t and act 1t. as you
can. and you will find that you have
made one of your greatest triumphs
after 1t is all over
"'You are trying to give me a dose
of soft SOAP he retorted, using the
equivalent Of that expression in Ital1
ian. which he was speaking to me.
"'You take that part, Camp said l..
or you won't sing with me any more
here or In America ,
HE glared at me. muttered some
thing beneath his breath and walked
out. Then up shot Del Puente.
"You make a monkey of me, Maple
son. he screamed. Go out into the
street and get an organ grinder to sing
your bull fighter. I will find many
who will sing it for you, but 1. Del
Puente, l will not sing it,
ayes, you will sing 1t, Dell I re-
torted, and forthwith told him the day
Of rehearsal.
"It wasn't a happy affair, that re.
hearsal, o we're Valera, Campanini
and Del Puente other than gloomy all
through the preparatory period. But
keep feeding them managerial plums
judiciously, and at last they were
ready for the first nights perform
ance.
ut was a superb success. Cam
panini was magnificent in the las,
act. Valeria was recalled twice in the
first act and three times after sing
ing her aria in the third act. I saw
Del Puente's white teeth gleamins
and his face all wreathed in smiles
when he was recalled again and agar
after the toreador's song.
AFTER the performance the three, to
gether with Minnie Hauck, who, a
course, was flushed with her triumpl
as Carmen, came to my office. vsierl,
fairly Rugged me In her Joy. Cam
panini was superb; he apologixed AM
berated himself for a fool for not rec
ognizing that Don Jose wou1d be on,
of his greatest parts. Del Puent,
actually embraced me as he an
nounced. I, Del Puente. will sing tina
part as many times a week as 70,
want me to sing It, And during tn,
remainder of the season those tire,
artists were the most tractable singer
ever had to deal with"
: Copyright. 1910. by e. J. Edwards,