New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-11

General Intondant. WHOSE e..
with similar situations hsh. snhoFIb |
that my request would be g,.m ~
fore this could De done. bnrsd
opera committee came 10 rns ss, 81
urged me 20 cancel my Berli, m -
and accept an engagement in v.1a
for term " years FRANKLY =. t1tI
mt mat the great offer looked az,
y tempting ! must nov add win
frankness that | was no. al Ali ~
to accept ~ at once. hut ssrss<
uatter a long time with mvsssS III
consulted with a number OF oId ~
'nctd business men. such Ak w.
Steiuway. Ottendorfer fyar VIM
''Staatszeitungp. Carl Scbs,, in|
others, whom I asked to CONF. ~
~ Ottendorfer's house. After Io,,
Sicerauon or the matter rsachsS =,
decision. lnasmuch as I purnn..1I
carry tie money guaranteed for Nm. -
certs with mo. J planned 10 ASH nv
for an extension OF my leave az h>
and support my request bv yn,nr~
him that In case Of refusal xho.is
compelled o. accept tne offer ~ ,h.z
rOpOlitaD Opera House In this s~.
would. or course. have cancelled ~
lin contract. and. n 7 vas chsrrs{ -
breaking ". personally place "a
hands Of The General Intendast ~ .@|
atty provided In the contract iromsx,s
~ on my return This communlcsss-,
Gent N duplicate by different stesm.ss
20 llnlsen. Contrary to my expec,.sa
my petition for an extension ~ =
Tough was not granted. and frou q
day % my failure 10 arrive / was -
as Mountaineering every night ~ !.
house bills NiemanB was shrsNx.,~
year later, and Indirectly throuvs -
zen made applicatio 70 the En-.
himself. who granted IL AT once ~
little ! was deceived in my susuL'
touching Stranz was denonstratsd 4,
remark which my friend Meaz,nr ~.
! heard at social gathering when 81.
/ ing of my breach Or contract: W. 4.
! glad 10 he rid OF Lehinann; she Il 49,.
: years old AID would soon have hss.r.
burden on IN. pension fund" hi. I.
! April 1856. on the occasion az p
/ Lindau's seventeen birthday. al xtt1
: surrounded by artists. / sang ~Di. ~
I macht," I saw StranZ for the drst A..
, again. could not resist the ter.o,,s,s.
| to SAY pleasantly TO nay former d.rsrs-.
who smiled on mo innocently. "Yoa :.
dear StranZ. ! am still 1npensdo,rf
, though it * twenty-five years sir<, I
lcrt Berlin and you considered ne 4.
! for retirement
Nine. Lehman paid her fine INN.
ately on her return 20 Berlin, IN n
summer Of 1886. She did this ans
! the advice Of many OF her Anen.c
! friends. who anticipated the turn IN.
| .ffairs took when she attemptsS y
make peace with the opera authors,
and told her she would gain nothlns r
putting 1880 marks into the roysl Z.
! chequer While she was debating "A
herself whether or not to extend .
| Ar1eri visit she told the writer. VI
had brought her the offer OF an errs
ment for the Cincinnati festival. &,
she had declined 10 go to the MlsS-as
| Sangerfest because she did not vsr'
break her contract with Berlin. =.
now asked bin 10 find out II the ~
yaukee negotiations could be resyssx
They were reopened. and when her lsu
were asked for the week Of oey IL
answered $500. and. turning h 4
friend, remarked: I'll let the fssdz
pay my Berlin fine" There Is M
more OF interest I'm her obserystiou {
America, it's natural beauties, its pSis
it's animals. for which Nine. Lehn,;s
love is universally known to be rsr
her artistic experiences. et,. but ~
must be postponed until anothe' ~
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