The Washington herald., 1914-11-15
MUSIC AM. MUSICIANS

whoever said you can do bat one
thing at a time Il you would DO it well" :"
evidently never met Yyonne de TreviIls.
This little person-is successfully conduct
ing three distinct campaigns. one for the
eoutherners. whose pent-up cotton crop
threatens hardship TO many. second for
the soldiers In Europe's frightful war,
the third. her own campaign Of song
with which she delights a million people
each year IN dozen different lands.
Miss de TreTille has had her concert
frocks duplicated in cotton materials
which she sWears with one small hand
on her heart (Which is not smalD no one
can tell from silk. And she is knitting
socks She knits at home when she Is
not answering business letters and ar
ranging dates with impresarios. She
knits In trains 10 and from her home,
which is at Elizabeth. n. ]. She knits
as she talks to friends In her drawing
tour.
And Il you rummaged back OF the
stage Of the Columbia Theater. where
Miss de Treville Is to give a song re-
cital on the afternoon of Tuesday, No
vember IL you would fnd her indus
triousiy. clicking her needles between
the numbers OF her musical program
brown hair, dancing blue eyes and a
tWinles dimple in her left cheek. She
has the modest charm of the really
great artistic and the grsciousness born
OF contact with many cultured people
IN many, many lands.
GIFTS have been made to her by en-
.perors and princes for whom she has
sung. and Queen Elizabeth Of Rou-
mania. whose poetry is known to the
a. h.
personally arranged q song for her,
which VIII be included in Tuesdays
program.
when seen at one of her recent con-
certs behind the scenes Miss de TreViIle
had just changed from her red and gold
brocaded '1fa'm'selIe de Maupin" cos
tune to the demure frock in which she
appears as Jenny Lind As she shifted
the balls Of worsted to q more stable
position in her lap, something about
the full-skirtsd dress seemed differ
ent."
why, it-it-tt Isn't
NO" broke in Miss de Treville with
q laugh that made the dimple twinkle,
it isn't Silk-that's what you were go
ing to say! But it fooled you at first;
Il fools everybody"
at looks Ike SIX; it feels like silk; 1t
shines like silk; II almost rustles like
silk, but not quite, because it's cotton!
There, the CATS out of the bsg-and even
the bags cottonl
Il find am quite juggier. used to
think one campaign was all q woman
could personally conduct-my own cam
paiSn as a business manager. But now I
am keeping three campaigns going, q
cotton one, q knitting one, musical one,
Just as q iuggier keeps three oranges
spinning through the air And it's good
fun, too.
a'Uatn lately had no idea what beau
tiful fabrics are woven from cotton.
Every woman in the land should look
into this. She can have twice as many
ton for some Of them, and lose nothing In
prettiness either. have q dozen frocks
made Of cotton, homegrown, domestic
woven American-designed-"
As Miss de Treville spoke, the time
came for her to step upon the stage as
loved little Swedish nightingale, who
thrilled America in the early eos
Miss de TrevfIle dropped her knitting
needles and balls Of wool and stepped
from the wings to the footlights.
In a moment a Ocandinavian folk-song
rippled out over the audience, then an
other and another. One of her encores
was Jenny Lind's famous Carol OF
Norwegian Cowherd-"
In this she accompanies herself Just as
the Swedish songstress used to do, going
through the colaratura flights without
the piano, then bringing the final note
back with a suddenly struck chord to
show the perfect purity of the vocal pitch.
Then Jenny Lind came back, re-
sumed her knitting and turned quietly
into Yvonne de Treville again-manager
Of her own concert tours, campaigner for
cotton and angel to the suffering people
Of Belgium, where her art Is as well
known and her personality as well be-
loved as in ner native America
A delightful musicale was given by Mrs..
Bertha Lincoln Heustis at the KenesaW
last Sunday afternoon to introduce to
Washington music lovers Mr.. Vernon
D'ArnaIIe. Mr.. D'Arnalle had been en-
RaRed for the leading baritone roles by
the French Grand Opera Company. but
owing to the war was compelled to leave
Paris and cancel all Of his engagements
abroad and return to America- his voice