Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
Discuss Marriage of Prince.

plenty Of other things to do but to try to
find a suitable bride for the yoiing Prince
of Wales. l hear from Berlin that in the
aristocratlc circles there the question of
the marriage of the Prince of Wales TO
the daughter of the House of Hohenzol-
lern is again fruitful source of gossip.
1T is said that the Prince of Wales an
nounced visit Is only the first of series
he will be invited to make to Berlin.
Fotsdam' and Wilhelmshoh, the German
emperors summer seat, and he will stay
with the imperial family as a member
of 1t. At Potsdam Princess Luisa will
drive him about in her pony trap, and he
VIII have d chance to take trips in her
private motor boat on the lakes of
course under extremely careful and elab-
crate precautions against accidents, and
under the chaperonage of the princess
attendants. If a match should be ar
ranged for the prince with Princess
Luise it would be quite popular, as she
created a very pleasant impression on
her recent visit to England.
There is another person of Importance
in England, however. whom the news
papers and society gossips are very
anxious to marry to somebody That is
Lord Kitchener, the idol OF scores of
young society ladies here, who adore the
dashing but stern military hero in spite
of the fact that his hair and mustache
are rapidly turning gray. Lord Kitchen
er has the reputation of being the most
cannot be denied that lately he has spent
considerab BILE time in the company of
beautiful Lady Naylor-Leland. Conse
quently he is put down to marry her be-
fore he leaves England. and the prospec-
tive match pleases society.
What Lord Kitchener himself thinks il
is hard TO tell, but from his own lips it
is known that he Is delighted with his
appointment as British agent in Egypt,
where. instead of entering on repres-
S,it rNalf fI.lul - ~ r ~ iCpn
vast schemes of Improvement on which
he intends to center his own hopes and
the energies of the Egyptians He be
lives that in a few years khartum will
be the most faShiona BILE winter resort in
the world. and is planning to improve the
railroad and Nile service in order TO en-
courage tourists.
Hammerstein's New Opera House.
1t must be rather nice to be an Amer
lean impresaro just for once. They seem
to be able to throw millions of dollars
about thoughtlessly. Oscar Hammer
stein, who is so grieved at the lack of
artistic appreciation of musical London,
has not only come all the way from New
York to show how opera should be played
but he has built a magnificent opera
house in which to carry out his ideas
We ought to feel very GRATEFUL m sure
"
ing English people up to the beauty of
opera will be more difficult than even
this acute American dreams Opera plays
absolutely no part in our artistic life, as
the operatic sense" There is no school
of opera in England There is no under
standing of it, little or no curiosity or ap-
probation. The little that the larger public
seems able to stand is an operate pot
in a music hail. sung by some antique So
prano, and a fat Italian tenor with a
strong Lancashire accent
Mr.. Hammersteins season looks most
attractive-on paper. Quo Nadis' Is to
be the opening attraction, and 1t gives
wonderful opportunity to the scenic art
list, as well as presenting a series of
stage pictures in which the producer,
with a managerial blank cheque' in his
pocket, ought to find the chance of his
lifetime | saw the opera last year in
Paris, and although l found the music
quite commonplace and uninspired. as a
spectacle II was epatant- In Mr.. Ham
mersteins repertory there will also be
LIE Jongleur de Notre Dame; the same
composers That's" "Manon." certainly
one of the modern French masterpieces and
far superior to Puccinis musical version
of the same great classic; Les contes
D'Hoffmann." the great success of the
recent Thomas Beecham seasons: lie
Prophetic siberia by Giordano, "Pag-
liacci" and .'Cavaleria,' Verdis 'Otello"
and Aida and the wonderful Louise. ="
which with .Pelleas and Melisande," is
perhaps the most valuable operate addi-
ton to the worlds repertory of recent
years.
Aerial Service Begins.
1t is not very often that England leads
the world in anything. but today We are
throwing out our chest and feeling i'm
mensely proud. for today is started in
old London the first regular aerial serv-
ice in Europe. l was going to say in
the world but 1t occurs to me that / have
read something about France having
started a daily aeroplane postal service
In Madagascar but who cares for NADIA
gascar anyway? Beginning today an aerial