The evening world., 1911-12-28
She Hates II and the Subpoena
Handed With II Before
Her Debut.
Passes 'Unlucky Witness Fee
b Bellboy at Ritz Carlton
With a SILVER.

u Although IL was q perfectly good
donar that Nine. Tulsa T~etrazzinl re-
eeived last night when she was served
with . summons to appear as a witness
Tor her friend. Oscar Hammerstein. the
:, scngbird no longer has the dollar.
"Ze dollar which I get last night
hat heem. I give heein away to bell
boy for tip. He is unlucky." she said
In her apartment at the Ritz-carlton
to-day. tossing her read and looking
Indignantly at the subpoena which
nearly caused her to make n failure Of
her hrst appearance at the Metropolis
tan Opera House last night. 'zis piece
OF paper-1 hate 1t like It was alive"
Tetrazzini made her debut last night
In the Metropolitan Opera House. She
q scaled the dizzy heights OF success
At the Manhattan. but here was a new
world to conquer. The songbird was
n~ervous-very nervous. She did little
else all day but fiutter around impa-.
tisntly awaiting the great trial.
u was stepping from her auto at the
metropolitan when a grim-visaged per-
son strobe forward and handed her a
piess OF paper and . dollar.
A., 1t was such a joke, the dollar.
S~A like Americans. She was to be
80 before and after the singing. Per-
hoos It was for luck. She opened the
paper n read. Then she nearly
tainted.
"ARREsrEo!" she CRIED. "oH,
IT's TERRieLe!"
"Asd I am arrested" she quivered,
00biing with emotion. "oh, II 4.
awful. terriblst"
Although treasured by her secretary
the a~pologetic Gatti-C asazza, the
frightened singer almost went into
hyUtsracs. II was some time before she
oouA gain enough oomposure to appear
On the stage.
A. Evening World reporter called on
Nine. Tetraxzini to-day. Her rooms
Wero heavy with the odor Of wonderful
6dg red roses. 1t was only II o'clock
whso the reporter called and. Of course,
the singer was not UP yet. She would
arise presently. II the gentleman would
walt. Meanwhile her secretary would
DO glad to tell him anything. It tool no
tine - all to get the secretary talking
about last nightS almost disaster.
In painfully precise English he told all
thst had happened.
n WA al q trick and such q trick.
just on the very night when madame
makes her FIRST appearance. this per-
son sends his papers to make her nerv-
y and spoil her voice. They know
she was excited already. and wanted TO
harm her before the public. They al
most succeeded. too. This person who
sent her the subpoena last night was
trying to injure her..
UNSPEAkAeLE, HAMME RsTEtN
APPEARS TO HIM.
"Do you think MI. Hammerstsin was
behind ~" asked the reporter.
About Hammerstedn I win say moth.
ing" NJ the reply.
"ODs must be a singer to know how It
( feels to get a shock and fright on the
momen before a hrst performance. The
throat becomes dry and the voice will
no como. The heart beats fast You
cannot breathe. As madame told me
last night. she felt like dying And
when one has to sing before such a pub
Sic - the people at the Metropolitan
who know good music! All. II 10 dim
caA"
The subpoena was produced. II In
v1ted Madame Louisa Tetrazzini Of New
York City to appear in h 70 case of Mey-
~ Rssniok versus Oscar Hammerstein
end tell what she knew OF certain trans-
aouons bstwesn them. h date set
for her appearance in court Is Jan. ~.
How . madam appear on that
, datcf'' went on the secretary. ION the
ftth h sings In Boston AN on the
18th IN Portland. But she must come
over from Boston and sleep on the
train at night and be In court and 20
AWAY again up to Portland. Boston Is
not the same ~ Brooklyn. 1t is a Ions
way. How can she sing II she does
ttisf Besides. she knows nothing about
the case. Really nothing. You see 1,
10 aal Q trick"
THAT PAPER, THAT DOLLAR
Oh, INSULT.
Just then Madame Tetraxzini entered
from an adjoining room.
Il have no sleep since that paper
she cried. seising It. And they give
me q dollar, too. What insult! I take
tha< douar and CIV heem way like
that, to boy who opens door lie Is
remind me OF bad luck
did the subpoena last night really
make you very nervousY' asked the
reporter.
$50 nervous" she cried. launching
her shoulders Il SILVER all over IKE
that" And she shivered for illustra'
tioo, ALSO. something sticks In m
throat and ] think | am to lose m,
VOICE"
"Wtn you come to court on the lsth''
70 asked.
r'tCsrtainly. 1t says that day and
must, But ] know nothing about wha'
they want. It Is all what you call it
put up job