New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26

why, what you just told me-about the G. Howe
Riches divorce
AZ" gasped the Bishop. a told you? Why, my dear
Mrs. Cable, never dreamed such thing
And Mrs. Cable had Immediately begun to scatter
the news not only that the Bishop had told her the
scandal, but had denied it in the next breath
OF course telephone in the gallery of Mrs Kidder
bys dining saloon, which clever actor made the
remarks at chosen times TO various connections under
the seats of the guests the secret Of this It was
only sample of Dawes ingenuity; though the Superba
Novelty Company got the credit. As for his improve
mentS in talking machines
"Lookut here, Dave" said Maxey Conheim to him
that noon "you remember awhile back | was thinkin
of pulln a fake highsngin act an you said You could
dope out a way? Did you ever?'
a certainly did, said Dave 81 got great iea and
I've been waiting for you to call me up about IT, You
see, all you got to do
"The main thing is said Nlaxey, ~this is Thursday
Could it be fixed up for Monday night
"Sure!7
"Ar right then Listen I've been nursing IN act
that was goin ter startle the world founl q girl
Dave, that can sing G altiSsmo!'
"A WHAT" gaSped Dave, who a musi. p and
knew the significance OF this. "If you've fo..t that
girl, you don't any fake act
Don't I?7 smiled Naxey. Then he told Dave what
we already know, about his unexpected misad ature
Of the morning, continuing:
Marveloso can do it-hit a B. Mebbe she can. he
whole thing is this I've been to Bill Schcll OF 81 i.
tal, an told him my troubles. He don't Xix .r.lse.
naturally: knows he's crook I've got Schei to stand
for pulln' trick on Frankel if you'll help. We want
to put my act on Monday, against Frankels Hell yet
the advance advertising up to Sunday. Then We III
ours Well advertise a singer that can hit the hig st
note in the world-circus the with her-and Sc II
will offer ten thousand dollars any other singer 1T
can beat her. Now, if you can fix up this scheme 5
our gal can hit a note that's never been touc,e.-
Dave its all off,
Are you crazy all Of a sudden asked Dave ..n-
derngly
"No, just got sane If its note higher than .y-
BODY ever sung or ever could sing, how in blaze .gd
you make a photograph record that could sia .,'
Dave smiled. "AIaxey," he said, "those little i1ts
are easy. About what kind Of a top note do yo. mt
your singer to sing
~Oh-well she sings what she call G a'. mo.
don't know much about music but that's hig' .uh,'
1--WE never heard it sung
AN what we want is a whole octave hig..r than
that. Can you do it:
Easy"
NIaxcy grippcd the others hand "When will bring
the gal to you;" he asked.
This afternoon about four. And if you know a
first rate flute player bring him along too"
Nlaxey thought. Then he grinned Dave, he
said 81 gotcher Away up there, where there aint
Such notes, NOBODY CouII tel II was Il A"., vi q
fddlc-huh''
IF Frankcl had spies in Maxcys Office and elsewhere
so had Maxey in the Mammoth Theater, in a man
ner Of speaking. He managed, at all events to dis
cover one or two facts about AIadcmoisee Aarvcloso
that were inspiring. One was that She was going
to do her high-singng act with piano accompaniment
only, and that a piano had been ordered for the
event.
"And what's more" said his informant that piano
is Strausse & Welsbach.
All right, said Maxey. They got my permission
What about it,
why, didn't you know that that firm makes Ger.
tain kind o. piano that helps singers to fake?'
"Whaddayou mcan-hep EN- 70 fake faltered