The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-27
MARY GARDEN IS
REAL 5000 FELLOW
Geniality Fairy Drips From Famous
Dlva-Comes In Private Car With
Retinue of Servants.

Can you imagine the beauteous
Mary Garden, she OF tragic grand
opera roles, perched on the side OF
dirty baggage truck, In the yards
or the Brush-st. depot, Detroit, hold
ing high her dainty little white-stock
inged feet, encased in French slip
pers OF black velvet with big rhine
stone buckles on the toes, all because
she is afraid OF rats and also because
the lovely Mary Is full of gay spirits
and does just exactly the thing that
happens to come into her auburn
head?
There are always rats, around de-
pots and river fronts and places
they're such 'ratty" looking holes,
anyway-and I'm afraid of my life
OF the beasts" declared Miss Mary
as she made for the baggage truck
because she thought a bit OF dirty,
swirling paper was fat, brown, TO
dent.
Miss Mary sings in the Light Guard
armory Thursday evening, making
her first appearance in this city. She
got up early Thursday morning
about IL o'clock-just because she is
graciousness itself to newspaper in
terviews. After playing hostess, as
cordially as could be, to her news
paper callers, in the tiny carnation-
decked drawing room of her private
car, Iolanthe, she willingly consented
to go out upon the platform beside
the car, to be photographed. And
not only did Mary pose herself, bu.
she insisted upon having a family
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center OF her newspaper friends.
Miss Garden was dressed in a
short black velvet skirt and jacket,
with white silk waist, cut low at
the neck, and fastened with flowing
black silk tie. Atop her lovely braids
Of Titan hair was close white straw
turban banded in black velvet and
with white ostrich tipe, bobbing CO.
quettishly over one ear On her
pretty fingers we're several rings OF
curious design and green gems;
around her neck long and equally
curiosly designed platinum chain, set
with red stones. Big diamond hoop
ear rings hung from the little pink
ears. Miss Garden hefself says she
is curious" people think her curious
and go che just lives and dresses up
to the part. Her thirst for knowledge
about Detroit was as Unsuitable rs that
of her interviewerS for news about
the Garden personality and doings.
I'm going to motor around this
town all afternoon. have my hair
cuIled and enjoy myself" she an
nounced. What sort Of place do
sing In, good people? A barn? Well,
like barns. Unless / am singing in
opera l hate theaters. They're stuffy
and small and horrid. / like the big
spaces. / would have sung in that
great big place in Toledo, hadn't a
baseball evangelist said mean things
about me and rented the place for
himself Professional jealousy may
be. | sang In big hall IN TORONTO
los. night. II was packed with love-
ly, well-dressed people, and ] had a
grand time singing TO them. ! love
big places. This Is my first real trav-
cling In America and am having the
time OF my life, although, IL were
would be to describe freight sheds and
coal piles and wholesale warehouses
and such like, for | declare that's
all this car has been backed UP
against since we left New York. You
see, most OF our travelling Is accom-
plished in the night hours or at least
when | am asleep. When / get a
chance TO drive about a city like this
on a lovely day, lose no time In get.
ting about it,
Miss Garden is q very wholesome
looking, Jolly and unaffected sort OF
woman, with smiles and good hu-
mored sallies for everyone with
whom she comes in contact. Even
the baggage smashers hanging around
the trucks In the depot yards get a
CHEEKY greeting. The white-haired
station agent might have had the
honor of being photographed with
the diva, had he not gone to lunch.
The old gentleman seemed TO have
read the newspaper and magazine
articles about Miss Garden judging
from his conversation with the news
paper folk, and when this fact was
told Miss Garden she insisted upon
making his acquaintance.
With Miss Garden on her private
car Is a retlnue of servants; a chic
looking French maid called josephine ;
secretaries her personal representa-
tive. William F. Chauncey; her keep
er of the treasury, the well-known
Max Hirsch, who so long graced the
lobby OF the Metropolitan opera house
as house manager; her solo yiolinist,
Arturo Tibaldi, and her pianist and
accompanist. Howard Brockway. the
American composer