Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-04
LUCK AND SUCC ON THE STAGE

the Madame sherry" company. + a fatalist Of course she would hate to have any one call her such hard name. and I'm sure I'd hate tJ call such a pretty. clever lil;le L.t of femininity anything th2t was not complimentary. but the faci remains --she is a fatalist
 T believe that everything lust hap pens as it is all mapped out origin ally. or course. I think we can helu along that fate a little, but still l be lieve that even our best efforts are truitless unless we have the assis tance of fate." Miss Tasker says.
 Look at mel" she exclaimed. and one could very well do so and enjoy the looking. Look at me, and see what fate cid for me. or course studied hard and worked diligently, but lots and lots Of girls do that, and they don't get good engagements and long time contracts and salaries going on all the time whether they play or not. and l am sure they are fully as deserving of such luck as l am.
 II firmly believe that we must ore pare ourselves for that opportunity which We hope to grasp" she contin ued, and then wait patiently for the opportunity and if it is the will of those fates which govern us We will achieve that success for which We all wish"
 This rush of confidence was accom- panied by the most depreeating of smiles and shrinking of manner which was most attractive because Of it's evident sincerity.
 You know, my fathers people were all Quakers, and both he and my mother were bitterly opposed to hay ing me go on the stage, but they lei me study singing, and providence and the managers did the rest"
 Miss Tasker is one of the youngest singers in the company, and her nal vete, combined with her beautiful voice has won for her the heartiest approval of audiences and critics il Los Angeles She was eating breaa fast when I called on her, and it was dangerously near the matinee hour
 Why, Miss Tasker, do you allow yourself the privilege Of eating just before yod are to sing" I asked.
 "Oh, I never let little thing like that interfere with my singing" she replied Sometimes l think I am a most careless about my voice I SUI pose it could be hardly be called care lessness. but I am not always thini ing about 1t like some of the girls are
 There's Miss Blank now, I room with her, and every morning as soo1 as she is rp she begins 'Ah ah ah | h' up and down her arpeggions and then signs and exclaims: There, can't sing a notei' I never thinl about whether 1 shall be able to sing or not, but I suppose that is just ar other part of my general belief il predestination. l suppose l am cor vipced that ii I am to be a good sing CT I will be, and if l am not nothing will make it happen"
 The prima donna does not live uI to this belief entirely, however. She keeps up her practise every day, and when she was reminded of the lack Of conveniences in the way of mus ical instruments in hotels she laugh nI nd I nf fffad with a pitch pipe. I sing every morn ing, and go over lot of exercise, and after that I sing the arias from some of the old Italian writers. They knew how to write perfectly for the voice. and [ believe that by singing the arias from La SOmnam bula' and 'Traviata' and such works can keep my voice up to the mark both in placement and brilliance."
 Do you think that the music in this piece is bad for your voice. Miss Tasker?" was the natural question to ask. and she said: "Oh, no, it is not that, 1t is very singable and pret ty, but it does not touch all the points of the singers throat and keep it in the perfect condition that Rossini and Donizetti songs dO.''
 The little singer has one or two ac complishments which make her work more than usually interesting. One of these is her ability to dance. T know most pTima dOnnas won't dance, but I thought I better learn as much as could. and so I learned dancing, too," she said.
 The grand operas l study are not to have a chance to do something bigger than light pieces like this, but for practice entirely. I hope some day Of course those are things which one must wait for, so l study and prac tice and do the best I can, while l am waiting fo- that opportunity which has been SO kind to me in the past and which will, I believe. do as much for me in the future"