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

DERLIN. July 14.-The last time 7
ID saw Estelle Wentworth in U. S.
A. was when she was singing
win DeWolf Hopper in ''Happyland."
quite one or two years ago. Now she
mas repertoire OF twenty grand on
eras' including 'Lohengrin," Tam
hauser," "OteIlo" and Butterfly" She
mas taken the great German cure
TOT light opera-and IL YOU watch
Closely you'll see her back in the II
. a, one of these fine DAYS as-but
am bound over to secrecy, and I rnusr
say no more. Miss Wentworth has
a mommer and mommer is right here
with her, and saw mommer and I
always believe that discretion is the
better part of valor.
wanted Estelle Wentworth to tell
me all about this fetch of foreign
study, this alleged will o. the vrisn
mat lures American CELLS far from
their own firesides and-weu, GER
talnly doesn't invariably bring them
70 the Metropolitan Opera House.
fou near OF the poor things going
abroad Ctheir local paper saws. Miss
So-and-So sails tomorrow to studyy
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 1t; Just let 1t slip past your
eyeoalD when I met her Yesterday
The road from DeWolf Homer 70
German grand opera has given her the
prima donna's leading requisite-em-
bonpoint. I could scarcely believe
that the statuesque Miss Wentworth
had frivoled in comic opera.
A Hard Road.
TITS a hard road to travel never
theless," she said, laughing, as made
the above commens in speaking
voice" for / couldn't repress them.
Il think that American parents ought
TO be very careful. The young girl
who comes over to Germany to study
takes all sorts Of chances. Oh. I don't
want to talk about that inane topic
the temptation Of the stage, and so
on. That is silly. What I 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
nothing is left TO the imagination. It
is all very sure, and
Miss Wentworth blushed slightly.
and 1 didn't care to press the point.
Besides, 1t was not very enigmatlc,
was It? After all
"The first thing an American girl
needs when she comes to Germany
to 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
70 take many music lessons each
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. II is painfully true!"
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
l have taken fourteen in a week?
I assure you l 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 herei"
Surely they can learn singing at
home?" I 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