The evening world., 1912-02-10
BY SYL VESTER RAWLING.

tt@t sbu bii6
Ing tho Princess in 'I.obc.
tsnE' tonight after my i'm.
personation Of Brunnhilde In Die
Walkuero' yesterday Afternoon?
Why" said johanna Gadski to the
writer whom he called upon her In
her dressing room at the Me.ropoll'
tan Opera House last night to In.
Quirc about her injured ankle. The
priua donna was resting. with one
heavily b~andnged foot set upon a
chair. while her daughter and her
maid were attending her.
oh! Thank you. don't bother. 1t
isa't serious. although Il really does
hurt. Tho Doctor says that
strained some l~igRmsnts and rup-
tured some small veins when l
turned my ankle In rushing to wo.
tan after his surrender TO Fricka.
And you saw the accident aud didn't
come back To ask me how serious II
WIS! Well. ! don't think that was
friendly.
"Yss. I am going way for thre~
weeks on = concert tour. ana ! am ssif-
iSh enough to hope that everybody win
ndss me. NY contract with Mr. Gait!
xnvs ms i've weeds Ia myself. but he
has bcen good enough 70 AJAX me- to cut
my absence down to three weeks. and
I am really glad 10 do It.
A REMINDER or LiLLl LEN.
MANM's ADVICE.
How absurd Of you to wonder n
my singing the Princess tonight after
~BrunnhiIds yesterday. Don't you rc-
rHmfsr what 1 told you onNa that
Lin lehman said TO me- II Was this:
II you cannot stag Mozart Immediately
after you have sanx Wagner. then cut
ou, Wagner and stick to Mozart Isn't
that enough OF sxptanationr
As 70 B~runnhilds. with her complex
character that 10 ~dsvslopsl through the
thros music-dramas. ] love her. ! hope
sons day To have . chance to sing her
throughout . Ring Cycle. Isn't Il won
derful how wagner Compensated herr
In Die wAlkasre' she 10 . mere child.
full Of the Joy Of Me. her one obssssiou
devotion 70 her father. No matter
what your surrender 10 vrcka's wtshes.'
she reasons about him. I know your
heart. You really DO n o want Sieg.
mund 10 die. l will ave him. Then
whom she 10 punished for striving Ia
thwart wotan's expressed wish ana IL
sent to an indsnnit~ sissp the farewell
kiss At tho chief Of the gods robs her
Of the attributes Of . goddess. and
when she II awakened. a score Of years
afterward. BY Sisssr.ed's kiss she Il
only = onan
ONLY A WOMAN STiLL WHEN
she SENDS s%leoFRlgp OFF.
In that condition me remains
t~hrouwhout the honeymoon on tho IRE.
girt mountain. When she sands sieg'
fried on on his Rhine Journey che l,
10th to lot him 70 because Of her love
for him. but her i~ntelligsnce tells he,
that ne must learn to know ths world
up 80 This time nothing Of the herOi,
10 IN B~rAnnhhds's nature. Shocked
stunned and bswildersd BY the con
Qusrins Of her by Bisxfrtsd In the suis.
OF Guntier. che meskiy submits 70 b
Ing led away. II " mo- until eaegfNe,
has declared HE Ignorance OF her an
she has seen the raeerii ring upon hi
finger that she rises 10 the heights o
great passionate indiGna ton On the pat
tern OF the famous Greek tragedies. a
tho end. when the Rhins msidans hav
disclosed to her the sscret Of siesfrlsd'
betrayal by the poisoned potion. sh
rises TO sublime abnsxA don and become
u great epic figure. What poss.biiitis
here arc In depicting this sloriou
creature from fret 20 last! want
do It In a succession OF performance
without long intormissions."
just then Hans Tsuschs, Nine. Cad
skis husband. i~nterpossd. intsrruptin
? her oloquence. and insisting that oh
act OF "Lobetanz." Almost literally h
dragged tho writer away.
: "LoeErANz" REPEATED
, FOR FRIDAYS OPERI
"Iobet,ng' again drew a full subscrlp
! ton audience 10 the Metropolitan Opcr
' House last night. but the standees wei
only a fringe bollad tho rail. Tho pei
Torrance Was an excellent ons. undo
the direction OF Alfred Hertz. with J,
hanna Gadski as the Princess aud Hel
!, mann Jsdlowker in tho title part, DO,
singing we'll Lenora sparkes. Ann
Case, william llinshaw, Basil Ruyi