The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-12


jestic voice, it is true. is shared by
both Europe and this country. Nor
Is she american by birth or In ner
beginnings. As girl of seventeen,
she won recognition In Dresden with
che familiar "Brindisi" from "Lucretia
Borgia" and renown in later years at
Hamburg, Baireuth. Berlin and Lon
don before she ever came to Amer
Tea.
Mime. Schumann-Heink seems to be-
long to tits country because she is
rearing her children as Americans ana
IL doing her best TO become one her
SELF. 1t is this fact that places her
in a class by herself II colors and
dominates everything that can be
said of her.
There is another point that must
af7yays be remembered in drawing the
picture Of this famous contralto- Inc
singer is all she seems to be-a pig
hearted. genial. generous artist ana
mother. These two things count ror
more than anything else in telling OF
Mime. Schumann- Heink outside OF the
onera house and concert rooms. All
her friends talk as II ehe H'es loi
her art and her home.
The singers home Is called Nilia
Fides 1t Is at Singac, y. J., on the
Little Falls Turnpike. eight miles from
Paterson. The house stands on
slope and is surrounded by seventy
five acres OF land. The rubble founda-
tons and the porch are covered WIN
vinas Beyond Are gardens and
stable with six horses, garage WIN
two automobiles. FIVE dogs. fowls anu
a donkey In the house the large low
studded rooms are decorated with SUITS
e nd nj
autograph letters and tes'i'noh'ais ifoiii
! artists and princes.
Here the great singer spends every
moment she can spare, playing the
role of Z model German American
housewife. with her linen chest and
cooking. her gardens and live STOCK.
Above all else. Madame" as they call
her. is like Cornelia Of the Roman
fable. Her chief treasures are her
eight children The two younger ones
George Washington Schumann-He5nk
and Marie Teresa Schumann-Heink- are
as much Americans as the flag that
flies on the lawn every day in the
year. 1t is the spell of this home
and these children that drew the home
sick mother from Lincoln. Neb-. one
day a few years ago. She made the
Journey Of 1900 miles. and took
try roads to surprise the sleeping
youngsters with her kisses and her
arms about their necks, and a few
hours later left TO fulfill an engage
ment in St Paul, Mimi, thirty-six
hours distant.
A prominent writer said recently:
American audiences are in love with
the singer. Nine. Schumann- Heink, as
she is so thoroughly democratic and
so kind hearted: she IS IS per cent
heart Hence, her concert tour is q
series of cvations."
Few musical, operate and histrionIc
stars of Continental Europe ever
learn that language so as to speak
really good English, no matter how
frequent their lucrative professional
tours Of England and America may
be. Two brilliant exceptions to this
general rule are the actress Nine. Nazi-
nova and the greatest of all contralto
singers. Nine. Schumann- Heink. Of
the latter. the critic OF the Evening
Mail said:
THE great prima donna justified her
claim to being an American citizen by
her remarkable diction and pronuncia-
ton in the group of songs by Ameri-
can composers which she sang with
evident zest and infinite beauty.s She
was in splendid form and the luscious
quality and exquisite beauty justified
the great enthusiasm"
Benefit Concert Thursday. January f6.
The benefit concert OF the Kings
Daughters for the Sheitering Arms
free Hospital Will be held at the JEFF
ferson auditorium on Thursday eve
ming. January is. AS previously an
nounced. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson.
wife OF the famous artist: Sergei Kill
bansky. a noted baritone, and Miss
Helen X. FIliebrown. g talented plan
ist. arc the artists who will appear.
The following program will be rem
dered:
"Jai Pleure en- Reve". -.---.--G. Hric
lie Rot '-.-------,.-.----E Z Lalo
Psyche r BafeNiile
BY Mrs Charles Dana Gibson.
Wanderers Nachthed"-.-.---.S Schubert
'Parter est Nouvir" -.-.-.--F. Ie Lara
TOrin Lehman" Grieg
"Wiegcnhed" --...-...-.B Brahms