The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02


An American girl with good voice
used to ask. I'm how short time will
1t be before l can sing such and such
| and such a role? Now she has more
sense. Tho question she asks Is, Shall
ever become Il singery This changed
viewpoint" says Madame Nordica, lis
one Of the most encouraging things
that I have noticed"
The correspondent asked the singer:
Are American singers fully accepted
nbroad?"
Ma dame Nordica replied with a bird
like laugh: why. there is no Amer
lean opera house In Europe without
American singers. even the very small
est places"
Asked why there were 30 few heard
at home. or whether American manag-
ers were prejudiced against home tall
ent. Madame Nordica said there was no
prejudice in the matter; the directors
| of opera companies In tho big cities
simply had to have artists whose re-
| putation had been achieved II an
American artist had won a reputation
| they would gladly take her, but Madame
Nordica herself thought 1t would be
unwise to launch young Americans at
such place as tho Metropolitan Opcra
/ House. where they would be in n nerve
1 racking contrast with the most es-
tablished singers in the world ITO
my mind" said Madame Nordica. ar
win experience in the small houses of
| Europe. where the nerve strain is less
and the initial failure not final. The
training of these houses is valuable.
When the neophyte finds herself she
| progresses to the great houses and
does herself Justice"
Asked If she had given up her Amer
| lean academy scheme, Madame Nordica
| said no. She is simply waiting TIL
she has sufficient time TO devote to it.
she has place at Hudson. N y, but
her husband has property in New Jer-
sey. and he thinks she ought to locate
| her school there. Madame Nordica's
engagement book is filled socially and
professionally. She will attend a hun
dred-year ball costumed as NIalibran,
and will sing In concerts at Queens
Hall on June II and June 90. She will
the United States.
j. Hemming Fry. the New York
painter. opened on May 80 at the Dow
deswell Galleries an exhibition of
Feminine Themes From Classic
/ Myths II Is an exquisite group of
nsure pieces, all too few. the number
! being only twenty-one. They are re-
markable for a diversity of treatment,
grace of line. sincerity CT coloring and
elevation of sentiment. The Diana"
Is probably the gem OF the collection.
! 1t is a superb model ib a noble pose
and breathes the true spirit OF the
Goddess Ever Chaste and Fair" The
favoritc. however Is likely to be
"Rhinegold," a large canvas showing
Kline maidens watching treasure at
the bottom of the river. The daring
treatment of light filtered through
water and reflected from tho mass or
| treasure gives an opportunity for re-
| markable color effects, especially in the
handling of flesh tones.
| Mr.. Fry is a crusader against the
| spirit of ugliness in recent art. He
regards the latest up-to-date eccentric
! schools as signs of degeneracy which,
however. has nearly iun its course.
! He says he expects an carly revival
OF the classic cult of beauty. modified.
however. by the modern spirit He
thinks that as a step to hasten the
revival a certain III .dicum o. art in
struction should be given. All Chi
drcn have their sense of proportion
which. after all, is the essence of all
art. This should be developed SO that
only truth will appeal to them, and
heresy would not be countenanced
| Practically all human beings arc cap
| able of attaining n fair degree OF art
and the educational duty of the future
| is to develop 1t just as literary and
musical instincts are now generally
cul tivatcd.
Professor Theo. L:-:nan. OF Harvard
University. and Professor HOLSTER, of
| the Smithsonian Institution, nro
fraid that their faunal expedition to
/ the Siberian highlands Will fall
through. They had planned to secure
! a comprehensive collection of mammals
and birds. which are now practical
| " unrepresented at the Smithsonian
Tho Russian government so far has
not sanctioned their application of
months ago. They are both going to
| st. Petersburg to-day. and will press
their request through the American
| embassy.
! proTcsbor Lyman told the CORE
| spondent that he hoped tho delay was
! matter of mere, formality. 10
| could not Imagine any real reasons for
; the Russian government refusing its
consent because 1t Itrmits English
sportsmcn to go on hunting and
| mountain sheep expeditions.
| Mrs. I. l.. Rice. the New York City
noise suppression enthusiast. is here in
| Landau Sho toId fho correupnpda,t