The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
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she would be able to hold the love Of
Caruso after she had married him little
Trentini went into a temperamental fit.
me, Trentini hold this Monsieur Ca
-ruso's lover" she shrieked. But 1t 10
Monsieur Caruso who must hold my love.
Mine. you see. Trentini can get many
other husbands. But where can Caruso
get another Trentini?
"Pah! / sing to him by the shore. I
fear not the salt air. I flirt with him I
laugh at him. l eat his bonbons on the
Wednesday and Saturday evenings. I
cause this Monsieur Caruso much happi-
ness.
And 1 am happy very much. Why
should / not be happy? Some day We
But now have hunger for him. It II
bad to be separated when you love q man
like this Monsieur Caruso"
But little Emma's love dream did not
last long. There was some misunder.
standing, 1t seemed, between Trentinl
and Caruso as to the status Of each IN
the others affections.
Caruso read most of the foregoing
words uttered by the nght-hearted and
unsuspecting Emma as he slipped his
coffee in bed on the morning after the
night that Emma had uttered them.
Caruso lost no time In ordering his valet
to dress him instanter. And then Caruso
called up all the newspaper men In New
York that he knew and held little jour.
nalistic party in his apartments all on Q
bright and early morning
Caruso denied absolutely the Wednes-
day and Saturday night engagements;
denied the seashore parties, denied the
bon bons, denied the songs in the noon
light and then, wonderful to relate. de-
MED absolutely the engagement.
"She reminds me-" he concluded. re-
ferring to none other than Emma Tren-
TIM, "of a peanut or a cake of SOAP"
1t was the soapirific allusion that hurt
Trentini when she heard it, worse than
did the denial Of the engagement
Me a cake of SOAP" she screamed
across a continent. What does he know
about soap?"
Trentini did not stop with this state
ment. All the lovely words which she
had uttered over her hero Caruso when
she told the world that she was going
to be Caruso's wife were swallowed up
in what she now said of Caruso.
"Caruso!" she exclaimed. "Caruso!
1t ees zee pig! Zee peeg with zee face
like zee sponge!"
Trentini was playing in Chicago at the
time and when she renowned her Ca
russo after being renowned by him she
stamped her tiny foot and shook her
tightly wound curls to give all the point
II am so very sorry I cannot speak
enough In your tongue" she proceeded.
ito say what think Of ices man
Caruso."
Side by side upon her dressing table
at the time were two photographs. One
was picture of the little devil" her.
self. The other was Caruso. The little
star seized the pictures one in either
hand and waved them before her Amer.
lean friends
"Look-see-here ees Mile. Trentini-
here ees Caruso. Trentini marry Caruso
gee peeg head? Eet ees re joke. Zee
gran Joke. Never marry him. never!
Bah! He makes me sick!"
Not yet was she through with the
photographs. She took up her pen and
dipping II In ink wrote rapidly for sew
eral moments. Then she signed her
name to what she had written. This 10
what IL was:
"Look-that face-1ist like sponss.
Those ENTHUSIASTICALLY Caru-
so! What he do without voice? No.
body would marry him then. love him
no more. Please look your face. Mr.. Ca
russo. Use some soap. I say enough.
Emma 1rsntini"
II say enough" said Trentini some
time later. II mean enough soap. Ca
russo never use much soap. When We
sang together In opera he made love to
me. He hold me IN his arms and sing.
When sing he whisper 20 that none but
! could hear. He whisper his love. His
voice make me forget his greasy appear.
ancs and his lack Of soap with plenty Of
hot water.
ION stage and OF he tell me many
times he loves me and wants me to b
mother to his two boys When my mind
vas fun Of his divine voice consented.
Was ever man % tickle like Caruso?
He swear he love only me- Every
time see him he ten me his love. But
when am away he say I am peanut
and . cake Of soapl
TIRE cars. Cas1se. You lose your vosee
anA you nay Seu peanuts On streek 60
nssS ana ~ soap -nnsA spaDi"