The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
DEFENDS GIRLS WHO
STUDY MUSIC ABROAD
American WOmcn's Club in
Berlin Protests Against
Charges Made Here.
MASS MEETING CALLED
Remarks Attributed to Mime,
Alma GIuck Bring Forth
storm Of Denial.
MASS MEETING CALLED
special cabs Desparch 10 rur srs.

BERLIN, Jan. 2i.--The American
Women's club has called n mass meeting
for next Wednesday To protest agains,
what is termed the sarderous campaign
~ "a New York musical paper against the
study az music abroad Mrs Gerard the
wife 81 tn. Ambassador l. expected to
preside. Among those who will h. pres
eilt Will lie representatives OF sirl students
from almost every city and town of i'm
portancr in the United states and the
heads Of American pensions. such as
Mrs. Anna v. McElw.e, Mrs BERNARD
Goldsmith and Frau Norman. Leading
vocal amt Instrumental teachers will also
To- present. and Miss Eleanor Fainter will
represent the singers.
The newspapers of Berlin. Frankfort.
Munich, Vienna and Dresden have taken
up this matter and declare that the state
ments II the New York paper are ridicu-
lous. Marcclla craft of California. who
won fam" in singing NJ the Royal Opera
al Munich, protests hotly against the
statements attributed to Nine. Alma Gluck
in regard t. the girl students, She says
II have spent tn. last twelve years In
studying and singing Three of th-s.
years were spent In Italy ana nine in
Germany. 7 have lived AT many pensions
and have been in close and constant touch
with tn. musical conditions Of the Amer
lean student element. am a. we'll quail
fled to speak as Nine. Chuck who appar-
entity formed her opinions during nine
months residence in Europe. | have lived
AT Milan. Berlin Mainz kiel and Munich
and have travelled all over Germany, sing
ng IN many cities and | have never
harmed OF such conditions a. she de
sCribes."
Nine. Craft agrees that young Ameri-
can girls ought not to com" I" Europe
without having some one To suid" and adj
wise them. she concludes by saying
1T is tragedies OF disappointment that
have seen most among the American
students in Europe and not tragedies Of
immortality, although there may be some
Of the latter description. II Is not the
mora! conditions here that ar. responsl
blc for the d!sappointments, but the fool
i'm vanity nj the student with u little
voice whose friends and relatives have
BATTERED her and who then PUSHES here
and finds that "A mistake has been made,
bu, dlslikes to return and admit it
Eleanor Painter of the Deutsrh Opera
u, Berlin says Nine. Glurk is IAN out
rlgeous slander.r Of American woman
hood" Instead Of German opera pulling
down our girls il is the sturdy indcpend
ence ana strong character Of the Ameri-
can girls that Is tending to give the OPP
cratic stage a new and better tone,
baroness Won Horst, nee Carita Par
t.llu of Washington, founder and director
OF the opera school At toburg, wh'"h =
under the protection of the ducai court
ard which IL largely composed OF Amer
lean girl students, says;
Americans before coming abroad
should make the most careful Inquiry a.
to the place 10 study, the teacher aud tht
conservatory. They should never come
without u debate plan. Many of then
come with little talent and less money
They drift from teacher TO teacher anc
from place to place with every possibility
of disastrous results.
An exception must he taken to IN.
sweeping statements An 10 the morality
OF American girls VINO are singing and
studying abroad. In my own experience
al the Coburg school have never had the
slightest occasion to complain OF the lax
ity of the moral standard Of the students
who are hard aud earnest workers and
/ have neither the time nor the inclination
Ia deviate from the straight and marrow
! path"