The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02
~ nth the utmost frankness Miss
M Mary Garden expresses her
w opinion Of English audiences

In the current issue OF the
Lrcycnu WoDnSinc. To put it mildly
- ., mo-, = complimentary opinion.
The MOI frequent questions put to
the opcra singer. says Miss Garden,
s-e how she discovered that she had
,o.rc. how she happened to think of
so,ng on the stage how. in short. she
.,u. U,f career. These questions are
,,os,i, nut 10y girls or women who Sc
.-,.., cherish the idea that they have
,...s4 and are looking for suggestion
q. f, now 90 get them recognized.
The mature woman is always hoping
,hsf YOU will say that you didn't dis
ever Your voice until you we're grown
Nm. that your voice improved with ma
,u,,r years Clearly the wish is father
10 the thought in such a question.
o-her questions are: How do you
.,ud, tho parts you play? Have You
any method? Does your intuition do il
.or you ar is II n matter OF hard work."
,T,a-ly these are put by serious minded
.rieres-ed persons who want informa-
ton.
Mon a. q rule usually ask questions
prompted by idle curiosity. Has the
i.pucr any social life?" This question
' usually prcfaced by the comment that
.er prccm.ucncc in the world of music
-upt make her person To be courted.
.cn,lel by aristocracy or by climbers"
who Use hcr as a bait to draw to their
1su houses members VI the more or
%. exclusive Set--for the appreciation
Of music Is considered by everybody a
rpr, of culture.
This question suggests another very
Common question; How does the singer
afeeuarl ncr voice? what does she
eat" WHAT exercise does she take?"
and an the rest Of IL.
As fo tho first question, | can only
answer that ny touching briefly on my
own ,are,r To begin a, the begin
ming / was born i'm Scotland. but came
hero very young. and although I have
lived a great part OF my life in Chi
caro and much ~ It in Fairs. have
avavs had the habit of calling the land
81 the bonnie brier bush" home.
suppose 7 was born TO have something
10 d with music because when I wa
=. orlv wears old | took up the violin
guided % until was probably 10.
then I changed TO the piano and became
quite q good pianist. ! was just find
ing my way. YOU see. Later on. while
was n high school in Chicago. my
,a,hor took me to Mrs. Duff a singing
teacher. who became most enthusiastic
about me and wanted me to take up
mus But | was very young and my
father did not want me to leave school.
which was perfectly natural.
After a time left Chicago and went
n France. There. for three years.
ruded under a master called Traba-
dello voice. dlction and the French
language. That is all-no acting. no
outside nonsense--ius, those three
things And in just three years from
he time 7 went there | made my debut
AZ 'he Opera Comique. So. when per-
son SAYS 20 me. II have studied seven
vears or eight years and have not yet
boon recognized" say % myself You
Will never get there"
III, Opera Comique docs not imply
ronr opera or musical comedy. TIL"
d~.r.I., between il and the Grand
opera i- mat while every work pre-
sent,d o.. 'h" latter is sung, ~ the for
nor d.1'ouI,. or the spoken word. Is
s'oV.d TN. works done ,hcrc are ~
A very h.-h s'andard Of opera, and the
y house Is very beautiful affair. seat
ns about 4 iuO. which rs small for
or'rNt.r purposes.
WI" singing ~ tho C"m'puc ono 81
nv MOS d'uSh'fuI experiences wa
m'''n- Nh'l Shud"rS"n. she was one
o' m" most wonderful ana charming
women 7 over knew She came right
r. mo 'na CAV" m" nrlPlh% hahd'
! VIII WITS most remarkable, sine" my
y" ny "'r" ''ih'id"d exactly WIN n'r7.
In'0 '"T ''r nrS' time ! mo- MaSS'-
.'' N.' Nr''" "Thais. In thct hhd
HAV"r mo 1n' nodv N tn" musical World
n an influential way until quite long
IN" after ! had put my foot on the
Stage
'''ni when ! mad" my hrsi %" 70
no p'h1' ~ Nh" '"m.que that a lusl
A 't'' inN "di'ailon B"ior" TINS
nv h''n ought how to learn From
III ''er' repro ,'n'I.iun ] sang J learned
! | moro ana w ~" ana often to-day learn.
h''' ~auc 'harpen'i"r's LoHiSr ana
~" sine" sung n here m America at
M Metropolitan
VI 'onui that hy piece ~ unparAi-
'NN1 good fortune ] had fallen into the
'and, - u' loss genius than Director
e ''Trr N.' was y IN guiding tho desti-
100 = 'aa comGue. lie was wonder
man and Ne just worked with me an
10 m. CON- lH' stage, giving me Freely
y NE vast store Of experience. udd