Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-02
my BRIDE
CRIED CARuSO OF
GIRL He SCORNED
Details of Suit of signorina Gan.
ELI, Whom Singer Courted
and Then Deserted.

S SS-o0
and Then Desterted.
Milan-Although tho suit brought b,
%Signorina Ganelli against the famous ten
or. Enrico Caruso. for $50 w for his fall
ure to marry her has come to nauEht 80
far as the girl is concerned, yet the In
tcrest excited by the trial has been far
reaching.
j., Details which throw more light on the
singers attitude toward the shop girl
whom he promised to marry and aver in
PRODUCED az his bride-to-be, show him In a
light which Is far from creditable.
TO start: When Signor Pasquale Gan
elli and his daughter Elisa left Berlin
after their visit to Caruso the latter,
weeping profusely kissed and embraced
them both, assuring them that the mar
riage would a place at the earliest pos
sible date.
At the now famous banquet which took
place at Berlin Caruso introduced Signor-
ina Ganelli to all the guests as his iiancee
and her father as his future fatherinlaw.
and OIL the same occasion all the guests
drank to the health and happiness of the
betrothed couple.
When Signorina Ganelli. accompanied
by her mother, went TO Paris, Caruso
6SdIf dSSuItO DUN lduleS, NlIu many y
pressions of esteem and affection. that
the marriage would take place in the near
future. as he was then engaged in re-
moving all obstacles in its way. and that
In any case the financial and moral posi-
ton OF Signorina Ganelli woul be settled
in a satisfactory manner by him..
On that same occasion Caruso fully ad-
mitted that exclusively through his own
fault he had brought great damage and
sorrow on Signorina Ganelli and her fam
fly, and that In any case he would have
remedied the evil consequences of his con-
duct.
Caruso personally gave Signorina Can
ELI NO in Berlin and $3O in Paris. the
first sum to be used in part payment OF
the debts incurred by the young lady in
Milan for dresses, ETC., on the advice an
authorization of Caruso. and the second as
Reimbursement of travelling expenses, ETC.,
for the Paris trip.
His Only Present.
The unly presents made by Caruso to
his fiancee consisted of a toilet set in nine
carat gold. a little gold watch and q
brooch with small diamonds.
AS a consequence of Signorina Ganelli's
betrothal to Caruso, her family sustained
expenses amounting to 5000 for dresses,
lingerie. furniture, travels, private les-
sons. doctors and medicines.
From the month of October. 1900, up to
the present. Signorina Ganelli. az a direct
consequence Of the pain caused her by
Caruso's betrayal, has been in a very
poor state OF health, necessitating con-
tinual medical treatment, changes of air
and sojourns in the mountains or on the
Riviera.
At the beginning of the negotiations
which finally ended in the present suit,
Advocate Cola, solicitor for Caruso. off,
cially stated in the latter's name that IL
Signorina Ganelli limited her demands to
$4,000 the sum would be paid.
In June, 1909. and, to be more exact.
precisely on the 21st. Signorina Elisa Gam
ELI. who was then only Is years old. saw
for the first time the tenor CarusO in the
shop of Messrs. Sanguinetti, Milan, where
she was employed as an assistant. On
the following 18th Caruso again visited
the shop and at his request, was intro
duced to the young lady by the proprie-
tor. Caruso stopped a long time, and sit
ting down near the young lady, to whom
he expressed his admiration and sympa-
thy. he asked her to follow him with
these identical words: "Come, now, Sig
norma. put on your hat and We will start
tomorrow. for 1 have two motherfess
children. They need a mother. You are
the chosen one. III I had been 80 fortu-
nate as to make our acquaintance 10 or
20 days ago. O would be my wife by
this tine. Unfortunately. owing to my
professional engagements, I must leave"
She Accepts Him.
Signorina Ganelli then gave him to un-
derstand that his proposal was unaccept-
able, especially owing to her family,
which, though poor. was an extremely
honorable one. Caruso was convinced.
and swearing to her that she would soon
become his wife, he asked for her private
address, giving her his own, and before
leaving the shop he unfastened from his
wrist a leather bracelet, containing a lit
tie gold watch, and, fastening 1t with his
own hands round the young lady's wrist.
he said: Let this always keep me in your
mind"
Caruso left, but from Paris and Lon
don. at the brief interval of two days, he
sent her the following two post cards:
Awaiting your news. l send you greet
thgs full of sympathy"
Yet another greeting"
Signorlna Ganelli then wrote q few
words of greeting and of thanks for the
gift of the little gold watch, and Caruso
replied with q most affectionate letter.
dated July 6. 1906. promising that he would
soon return to Milan and never leave her
again.
H..:n~ E.>.:l a.n-