The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06

never TO lose our COmDoSure wien ''n-
fronied with an emergency" This good,
wise and brave mother, living until
1888. the year Of Wagners death. was
rewarded for her labors with witness
ing so great n part OF her distin-
guished daughters professional sue
CcsScS.
The career" began october 20, 1865,
at the Prague National Theatre when
Lilli Lehman WAS first boy In THE
Magic Flute" Fearful Of failure, she
named herself "Loew' on the pro-
rramne: but Of course she made all
that could lie made of the part, and re-
pcated il November 4. Therese Schnei-
der. Pdmind. was taken III. Miss I>eh-
mann volunteered substitute, went on,
despite her anxious mothers protesta-
tons of unpreparedness. and was a
great success" Then she sang 1.-THE
whole list OF companions, ladies' OF
honor and court ladies the shepherd in
'Tannhauser.' the bridesmaid in 'F'rei-
schutz.'" Then the Prussian war inter-
irupted, with the siege OF Prague, the
siege Of fame.
At Dantzic, $500. there were Sue
cesses and adventures, repeated 1T
Leipsic $40. At I.eipsic the singer
declared her emancipation from stage
superstitions. Frau GunthCr-BaCh-
mann was in Lifts dressing room when
the wardrobe woman set her shoes on
the table. "That will bring me bad
luck exclaimed the singer. My dear
child" said the wise companion, "you
are now 20; what will you be at 80
If you believe all such fouiislncss?"
Then. says the recorder. II saw how
absurd it was to attribute the success
Of a part to pair of shoes. instead OF
10 my own ability \ little thing.
but II IL the little things that make
lie aud Lives interesting.
When the Lehman ladies arrived at
Berlin August !. 1870, the city was in
e state OF frightful excitement, but
mot exactly because We had arrived"
tn people were in a fever Of cxpecta-
ton, awaiting news Of thu clash at
W-isseuDurg. "EXtrae' were being
called the streets were aSt!r excited
groups cheered the announcement Of
German victory. a surging mob shouted
hurrahs in front of the palace. In the
following days. A. the news " success
Sivu Victories came e. the capital.
fr3ulcin LillI prepared FOR the opera
season. ON IN. opening night all the
members Of the company at The Royal
Opera sang "So.cmnly from thc stage"
the national hymn and the "Borussia'
VnuruS Nv" sang with enthusiasm,
tull of the consciousness that our
fatherland had been saved, and to the
honor of our brave soldiers But
this scene was repeated too often FOR a
lasting Interest in 1t to continue
The Emperor physician, DR.. lauor.
surprising his royal patron IA a set TO
with m,ss Of lobster salad forbidden
dish. pulled wry face. The Emperor
called out: since / promised, my
dear laucr. to max, yDu an Excel
.encN II ! lived To- he 80. YOU begrudge
mc everything that's worth eating" Or.
I.aucr did become AN EXccl.cnCy." At
the ,pcri TN. Emperor was often seen
a. work I'm the auteroom NJ his box II
'r" door happened To- 10 opened. 1t
was ihc only way. he said. that he
could Gct through the days work Vie
DID not SIT with the ladies in front.
next 'he stage. unless the Empress or
his daughter. the Grand Duchess of
Baden, was present In his later years
he often dozed through the performance.
'riiulcin Lehman had five years of
song at Berlin. In 1916 and 1876 she
operated at Bdyreuth. and she tells "
Herr Richard, Frau cosima the de-
lights and the tyrannirs Of Wahnfrird:
~ .bclIr gen sounds came from every
hotel room. calls and whistles from
every street: there were 'NitrlunGen'
/ signals wherever one went. which even
our dogs knew and answered. with loud
hdrks." Again: Anton Ss.di Felix
/ Noitl. Franz Fischer. Xumpe and Z!m-