Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
from "Happyland' to ''Lohengnn' Is the Story Of
Estelle Wentworth, American Singer
By ALAN DALE.

D1hLlN, July 1.-THE last time I
sG"v Estelle Wentworth in u s.
A. was when she was singing
with DeWolf Hopper in "Happyland.
quite one or two years ago. Now she
mas a repertoire of twenty grand OPP
eias' including 'Lohengrin," Tam
ma user "Otello" and Butterfly" She
mas taken the great German cure
d4I Ight opera-and if you watch
closely you'll see her back in the II
,. A. one of these fine days as-hut I
am pound over to secrecy, and l must
Say no more. Miss Wentworth has
Ilonmer and mommer is right here
WIN her, and I saw mommer, and /
always believe that discretion is the
setter part of valor.
wanted Estelle Wentworth to tell
me all about this fetch of foreign
STUDY, this alleged will O. the wisp
mat lures American CELLS far from
tneir own firesides and-wen, GER
fanny doesn't invariably bring them
70 the Metropolitan Opera House.
1ou hear of the poor things going
soroad Ctheir local paper says, Miss
NlSo-and-So sails tomorrow to study
singing abroad preparatory to making
her appearance" etc., and then
darkness. Darkness then, and moth
ing more.
MISS Wentworth was singing in
King Clarke's magnificent apartment
on the Kurfurstendam don't try to
pronounce It; just let it slip past your
eyepall) when ! met her yesterday.
Inc road from DeWolf Hopper to
German grand opera has given her the
prlma donna's leading requisite-em-
oonpoint l could scarcely believe
mat the statuesque Miss Wentworth
mad frivoled in comic opera.
A Hard Road.
It's a hard road to travel, never
theless" she said, laughing. as made
the above commons in Speaking
voice for I couldn't repress them.
L think that American parents ought
to be very careful TAe young girl
who comes over to Germany to study
takes all sorts of chances. Oh, l don't
want to talk about that name topic
the temptation of the stage, and so
on That is silly. What l do want
to say is that the moral atmosphere
In Berlin is quite unlike that Of Paris.
In Paris things are just risque and
left to the imagination. In Germany
hpLlLiIB 10 lelL 10 the imagination. nj
is all very sure, and"
Miss Wentworth blushed slightly,
and l didn't care to press the point
Besides, 1t was not very enigmatic,
was it? After all
The first thing an American girl
needs when she comes to Germany
Nto study music is money. Money.
Money I can't make that emphatic
enough, Living, at least in Berlin,
is quite expensive. and she has got
to take many music lessons each
week. I've seen scores of girls
come here without the necessary
cash. I've seen them literally
starve. After paying for their les
sons they have had barely enough
70 rtheir board and lodging II has
been pitiful. And then, they know
: nothing of what they are undertake
ing-the long, arduous, discourag-
ing months of study with slight
recompense. Perhaps the poor Amer
lean girl has been leading soprano in
the church choir at Squidunk! She
thinks that in two months she can
return, equipped to conquer. Oh, don't
smile 1t is true. 1t is painfully truei"
Miss Wentworth spoke with con-
viction. She spoke rapidly and with
out elaboration. The ring of truth
was in all she said
"A girl must take many lessons
each week Would you believe that
/ have taken fourteen in a week?
l assure you 1 have. First there is
the German language to acquire, and
that means something. Many Amer
lean girls haven't money enough for
more than one or two lessons each
week. Let them stay at home. Don't
let them come here"
Surely they can learn singing at
home?" l suggested feebly.
without a doubt" replied Miss
Wentworth, But the teachers in New
York can not place their pupils be-
cause there are no opera houses in