New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14

and sweetheart. After one Oh Nx1SH n
As: IS. " 8. s: !. =. .: G. w.
rgidly in her position, ana lA\
seemedntent upon two things oH/
one was to sing with long 10
uuavering staccato notes. Inc
other was to look as far down
into the horn rs possible with,
evicntv the idea Of finding out what all inc Ho's' "''
doing TO the mechanism beyond.
1t was a dscouraging lemon Moho"y' ll"' '''
fifteen voices we're tested, and al rejected
oTbe anp1cants every Monday sad the super
;ntendent with hint Of sadness in his voice, are eru
fuI, They range in number al the way from SIX 10
sixty. some Of them being combinations duets qu''tcIS
and so FORTH either vocal or instrumental. ! oon
think we've found dozen suitable voices j" '''' way
in the last eighteen months.
Late that afternoon one Of the singers regularly en-
Moved by the company came in to do song III winch
he was accompanied by the orchestra. lie Knc" eN-
!cIy how far he had stand from the NORM ana, !"
addition to having a good voice naturally "oaPIe" ~
the monograph he knew how to regulate II 10 It 'Hcc
II was a warm afternoon, and Walter ms h"''c ""'
WItcr) proceeded to get comfortable by taking OF ms
coat and collar After running through the song once
with the orchestra he rolled up his snrslccVes ana
emo for the record The whole time he was employer
was hardly more than minutes, and for this ne was
paid fifty dollars.
NOWADAYS the usual price paid to an average good
singer for each song IS forty or i"ryNc "oII'S'
Twcnty-two wears ago in the infancy q" the business
the rate WIS only fifty cents sony. ms WAS because
+ that time the process Of reproducing IN great numbers
the commercial records from the matnX record 81 cop
ucr had not been invented In the old days ten Tc,e'
ING horns were banked in front Of the SINGER ana i c
or She had leather lungs ten sLbc records were pro-
Ipccd Now the use Of the copper matrlN chcpciS re-
A. l. u Z f't
singers are possible Many and various things, such as
rcnufaton unusual ability, or great popular demand,
influence the rates at present
There are no authentic figure on what Caruso re-,
ccivcs but man high in the phonograph business "d
this to say about 1t:
"Aly understanding Is that Caruso, VINO Is uh.''
contract with company for lie, Is paid fifteen nun
drcd dollars week for every week IN the year, ana III
addition to that he get; immense royalty on the sales
Of his records Whether he sings note or not, ne Sel'
his fifteen hundred dollars every week. And ne Is sup
,oscl 10 sing not more than three songs week Tor inc
machine. five hundred dollars song With his salary
and ROYALTIES am told, he received from ms company
last wear more than hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
There i, popular Iclusiou that I'll Chimes work for
little money. \ ph,uuEr.ph company sent IN agent l"
Picking To- get two records from one OF the leading male
voices Of the celestial kingdom. The great SINGER
,yrarrcl in his Cliuc,, and ccr,mcnt-hE, garments,
made the songs; but he jill II only after THESE SUI "-
tons had been compiled with.
You must convey mo from my house TO- your 'i!ee
u, an automobile and after the singing Is over convey
me, bach, 90 my house In automobile. Moreover, You
will have 10 pay me eight hundred dollars IN American
gold
The business OF discovering or trying 10 discover
great voice, in foreign lands Of the most important
Undertaking. Of uhuuugraph c.nptucs. The COM
IncI efforts Of their agents and ont"E'H result
in conbing the civilized world most thoroughly Inc