The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-21

prove interesting to people who will
thus have an opportunity very early stC
hear these world-renowned people.
Mr.. II Mrs. Aubrey Lawrence, OF
112S Fifth avenue south, returned yes,
terday from a delightful trip through
the south and east. they were absent
from the city seven weeks, most O.
that time being spent in Florida and
New York.
Mrs. Edwin Askegaard of Moorhea6
Is enjoying a few days visit with her
father and sister. Mr.. Hazelton and
cd In the city this morning enroute
home from California where they have
spent the winter months.
Miss Myrtle Johnson Of the Dakota
Conservatory Of music will give a
graduate recital at the First Methodist
church on Tuesday evening, April 28 al
the First Methodist church. Friends of
Miss johnson are anticipating the
event and will be present to make the
evening one of pleasure. Miss Johnson
will be assisted by Miss Gertrude
Franklin. eader
A pleasant surprise was given Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bowman last evening,
the occasion being their thirty-nlnth
wedding anniversary. Thirty-fve In
truders took possession Of their home,
early in the evening and from Their un-
til midnight the Bowman home was the
SS~AAS " " S1y SdiHt dHU
music furnished the entertainment of
the evening at the close Of which. C..
w. Freeman in behalf of the guests
presented the honored guests with two
beautiful rocking chairs. Refreshme ants
concluded the delightful evening.
With $50 "songbirds" quartered In
the various st. Paul's hotels, the stage
Is set for st. PauIs season of grand
opera which opened at the auditorium.
An advance sale of more than $4,000
worth of seats has assured financial
success, and there will be few If any
seats vacant when the curtain rises for
Rigoletto. Three night performances
n two matinees.w will be produced. Re-
ports that Titta Ruffo would not sing
were denied by the management of the
opera company and by symphony or
chestra officers. In rooms high up In
The Saint Paul where the most discern
IDLE noises were the chirps Of sparrows
on the window stills, the singers slept
late Monday. With blinds drawn to
darken the rooms and with no Call
me-at-9-please' orders issued, the ma
Jor league singers rested long before
asking for breakfast. mo, no." ex-
claimed the mighty Ruffo at 1890 a.
m. when called to the phone. II can
not come out. I'm asleep yet" we
haven't even turned over" said Amy
Evans, who has adjoining rooms with
lures this way" us it sun-up?" bland
ly inquired Bassi. "Getta out at day
light" exclaimed Giorgini, disgustedly.
; when a member Of the company called
singers from sunny Italy were deplor-
ing such a fate, however, Clarence
Whitehall and Allen Hinckley and 9TH
er American members of the company
were down in the st. Paul hotel cafe
busy with lamb chops and toast n
coffee II other things to eat. II had
a real nights sleep, too" said White
hall, in a voice that seemed to come
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his boots or from under the floor,
| "Feelin' bully" At the Frederic hotel,
where Miss Florence Macbeth is stay
| ing, "Mankato day" was observed. Miss
Macbeth's home formerly was in Man
| kato and dozens of persons now win
there who know her called. But Miss
Macbeth did not arise till II and then
only at the urgent request OF the news
paper photographers, who wished TO
her room. 1T know I'm late" she said.
but it seemed so good to sleep TINS
morning" h shook hands with those
who were waiting. While they talked
a g~ray-haired man pushed his way for
ward and spoke to Miss Macbeth's faith
| err. I'm Jim Burris," he said. II used
to kno you in Mankato, came to
remember me?" Mr.. Macbeth did re-
member him, and turning introduced
him to his daughter. Miss Macbeth
left St. Paul four years ago on the
career that found such great success In
London. Her last appearance here was
at Lake Harriet in 1910. After the en-
| gagement in st. Paul. she VIII go TO
| Mankato and sing in her little home
town." as she calls 1t. May day: She
will go from there to New York and
sail May 16 for London. On June { she
is to sing before the queen of Eng
| AND and on June rs before the same
royal parsonage in company with Am
alto. the barytone. IT have enjoyed my
work. she said, and it was work, too,
But / have never forgotten that / am
| an American and a Minnesota girl"