The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01

aeNao euN tnAA ano was 70 no tne nftlmA
donna N each and al these representa-
lions. That wAs sufficient 10 mako her
resign. and the manager had cssTicd ms
point
Almost the last act Of his career was
one Of those Oacapes from an uncOmfOri-
able position which he had learned 30 wNH
70 manage He did not want 10 have
mary Garden any longer under contract,
40 he withheld payment for her ast two
APPEARANCES AZ his house on the ground
that she had b,,en paid In dollars and not
m francs and had benefited On tho rate
% exchange
% course there is nothing that is cal.
culated 20 infuFiate an opera singer more
than the los 4 few hundred dollars,
ann Mas Garden declared she would
never return - the United States unles.
the man Who nad naid her thousands and
ihouaands and had given her her only
opportunity 10 come 10 this country
would apologize Then ell that Oscar
had 10 say was a positive refusal ever 70
apologize under the circumstances and
the contract was practically null.
In dealing with Giovanni Kena'ello he
was still mora adrOit lie found ont
from experience that the 81 90
he was paying 20 the Italian tenor
Was proposteroup in view ~ HE voice and
HE drawing powers with tho public 80 he
auietly decided that Il must end 40
IenatellO never opened bis mouth agaln
on the stage % the Manhattan 'Opora
House and nobody who knowa Mr. Ham
merNtsin believes that he will ever have
10 paw him.
lie was not only prompt in action IN
reference 10 his singers. but he spoke MS
opinion Of them very frankly. last
season a little tenor had been beating
out his soul and then he came back Of the
scenes, bowed ecatatlcally and went 70
hia dressing rom Mr.. Hhmmerstein
smiled aud looked at the reporter
.l'll give you that u you'd like ". hee
I said In 4 language which the singer could
not understand N YOU care for u you
can take Il along with you now.
Il was not only his disappointment when
his singers failed 90 become popular that
| iFTitatsd him 20 tho pOint % taking some
/ what unusual measures NJ tinaes hut he re-
sented even more decidedly any evidencss
| Of big head Margaret sylvia might have
been : very popular singer Tor him had
ahe not succeeded In arOusing his ami
mostly 20 such an extent that Mr. Ham
meFuisln determined 70 chasttse her No
he cast her for small part IN new pro,
| duction even at tho risk Of losing Ons OF
the most succesafil singers he had.
lie did lose her. hut apparently cared
very little about 10, a. he had rather
I have her out Of this country than here
| causing ham annoyance through her
pretensions. II was Ia tame one OF his
prima donnas that be- made q characters
she has been making scenes with me, .
he aid one day. threatening 20 do this
/ and do that n l don't consent 20 wat
| she wants ! told her 20 take that cat
voice ,kat-eustimmel OF hers over 20 me
| Matropolitan Opera HOUSE aud Sc what
hi sounded like over there That settled
her
lie had an amusing experience with
another anger. a barytone, 70 whom
he took . particular aversion early "a
the season. although nobody knew Why
Whsn the time came 60 renew HE con
tract Mr.. RAmmerstein allowed the fai
barvtons 10 take a seat pumr"nsiy AZ oil
dpsk before aging anything g. him.
/ 4 thought I might feeneage you foi
nest seas0a. NJ Hshuirrseein -eid verIy
slowly. looking az the contract he held
in IA hand. -but there have got Ga h
aom. chanEea Ia tho terms ~ our agree
/ mspt No1 II vouu promise 10 spanc
n certain amount u time every day N
a vvfnunsuu,, not 10 eat sweSfa OF pOta
itoSs or 10 drink anything that viii naks
Won fst whv. 1 might thank % taking
Won f.r another SEASON; MT you've
y,t 10 stipulate before the FIRST OF neH
October that you lose NOT less than ATTY
Much as he wanted thu job, the an
fortunate ssnger blazed up and shut ou
! ~ Inc room a. fast a. his short legs coulS
. carrv him Oarar Hammerstetn said
when he came back last seasOn thEf tina
man was st,ll cursing him from Une ens
Of Italy 20 the other.
n vas after performance oi Clvallerii
RusticanR' that me N tho ainp'rs iouns
his check made ont for only hall th'
amount his contract called Tor. 80 h'
Tlahed 20 the cashier who sad he wa
acting under Mr. nammoTsiein's orders
and finally 10 the director himself
, -Yey is tr,ie I told him % give 70,
opl,- half Of the regular amount Mr.
Hafntner-tein said bat looked az ny
watch when the curtain tell aud saE ina
YOU had been working by the clock nnll
little over an hour. You certainly don
erpact 30 ct ~ much A. Il you had SUM
Tor a whole evening vas generous
howsyar. and instead ~ telling my oashie
40 cav YOU only uns-iiith ~ what reguIa
ot,sra costs. told him 90 give you hall
The astonished tenor would not hsteI
to This reason and after a delay " iee
u,eelu he got his full cachst for that per
lurmance. After a while be went 10 SIM
under another management.
Fl wish him luck Mr. HammsrsteiI
aid .foT while hs was az the Manhattan
Orsra House, hs never drew MONEY
enough 20 Ray for the sleotric light