The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11

| New York, September 10.-(Special.)-
Madame Nellie Nelba will open her grand
opera season in this city at the Metro
politan on November II. Madame Melba
arrived in this city several weeks ago
with contracts sufficient to keep her in
dustriously busy for a number of months.
The songstress has not appeared in New
York for two seasons. She just COM
pleted a tour through the British prov
inces before coming to this country and
this may be her last appearance in Amer
lea. She is now engaged upon her Cana
dian concert tour, having started at Hal
flax on the first of the present month.
1t will seem rather strange for the
grand opera season to open in New York
without the familiar personality of I'M
presario Oscar Hammerstein involved
However, despite the absence of Herr
Hammerstein, it looks as though the COM
ing grand opera season will be as success
full as usual Mary Garden, who sailed
from Europe in a huff at Mr.. Hammer
stein, and who said she would never sign
for him again in this country, now has
the sesame of Mr.. Hammerstein's absence
from the field
The great and only Caruso will soon be
back in this country, as will many others
of the well-known singers. The depar-
| ture of Mr.. Hammerstein Will have one
|
high prices that they formerly did. While
Oscar Hammerstein made a fortune OF
several millions in grand opera, he did 1t
by selling out. During his career as
imprisario he had to pay pretty nearly
every thing he made in salaries.
Mr.. Charles Dillingham's production of
THE Girl In the Train" musical COM
edy which has. been running in London
"; uiI ha
in America in Philadelphia, on September
49, Mr. Dillingham; had planned to bring
1t to the Globe theatre early in October,
but he will leave 1.-The Echo there and
find another theatre for the new show.
For the care and amusement of the
half hundred children in THE Blue Bird.
a nursery, fully equipped. will be provid-
ed in the new theatre before 1t Is er-
opened on September 26.
| There is tradition, fostered all the
| way from Bangor to Bill Williams Fork.
| that actors and actresses worship the
lights of Broadway. George M. Cohen
has done a heap for this ancient legend
| and 1t has come about that folks every
where believe that stage people salaam
three times whenever they hear Broadway
| mentioned and kneel at sunset every
evening with their heads pointing towards
| Herald Square.
| Clara Lipman. the wife of Louis Mann.
skaters this I will not take the trouble
| to go into her interview, but for the ben
eft of those who have seen Miss Lipman
| upon the stage and appreciate her work,
IT will present for your attention the
| following epigrams culled at the expense
| of some time and patience, from her in
terview which was rendered duly signed
and sealed by her press agent, several
| days ago. t.
IT cannot say that I have ever wor-
shiped Broadway 1t has always seemed
to me like a giddy fiirtatious person. The
more actors adore Broadway. the less they
of it-pretend that you do not care for
it and Broadway will soon come to you
'I was born utterly frank and / have
never cultivated the habit of being other
wise. / think that all people repress
their feelings too much. attempt to ap-
pear otherwise than they really are.
Actresses are not affected or artificial;
thew are the most natural persons in
the warld.
"Who is society ?-entertaining people
YOU detest, saying sweet things to people
YOU hate, being nice when you feel per-
fectly horrid.
"Think how much more natural and
true the lives of people on the stage are
when compared to those of society people.
You will learn more about person
In a half-hour dressing room chat than
YOU will in year In drawing ROOM
II think that we do not express our
feelings nearly as we'll as animals do
ASK any old actor or actress and
am sure that they will tell you the stage