Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-08

n headliner in the Chicago company.
Miss Shaffer will sing at Convention
hall Saturday evening, April Il. The
affair is given by the Cadman club
complimentary to friends of the mem
bers, and anyone who may desire to
near this charming singer should Sc
cure a ticket from some member Of
the club or telephone the editor Of
this column. The program will be
found elsewhere in this paper.
"
While in Muskogee Tuesday it was
our great pleasure and privilege to
meet the wonderful Nine Amelita
Galli-Curci, who is acclaimed to be
the greatest singer the world has ever
known. SO much has been written
about this charming person that when
we met her we did not feel Just like a
stranger and found that much of what
has been said about her is very true
indeed. TO begin we shall tell you
how she looks and how she was
dressed-then what she said
She is a small, dainty little woman
with lovely dark brown eyes that just
sparkle when she talks. She has "a
wealth OF luXuriant black hair dressed
very plainly, yet so as to bring out
he quaint beauty. Her teeth are
like pearls and her mouth and lips are
beautiful. She is indeed n very beau
tiful woman of the Spanish type and
yet having all the colorings of the
Italian beauties. Her pictures GER
tainly do not do her justice. She
was handsomely dressed in a crepe
creation of blue embroidered in lovely
contrasting shades of the blue and "a
delicate pink. She wore a corsage of
pink roses. The one ornament that
made her distinctively attractive was
n gorgeous tortois-shell comb which
she wore in the coils of her beautiful
black hair.
Madam Galli-Curci is the daughter
of wealthy banker in Spain and is
tho wife of NJ. Luigi Curci. an artist
She has enjoyed all the advantages of
child of wealth is splendidly edu-
Gated, speaking five languages flu
entity She speaks good English, so
we were able to converse easily. How
ever, she was reticent when the sub
tect of her phenomenal success in
Chicago this past opera season was
spoken of. She said: 40 yes, 1t is
true. 1t is wonderful to come into
such prominence all in one evening
/ was so very happy over II. But 1t
took years of hard work, years to de-
velop into that which should please
so. You know II came all in one
night"
Then we asked her about the story
that has been told so many times. that
she took her singing lessons from
the birds" She laughed and said: Il
said that in fun one day and someone
told it. As a child and young woman
! used to spend my summers in the
country and | was attracted by the
singing of the birds. / love the birds
and | noticed great difference in the
Al til,
meadowlark one day and at once
caught the beauty of its tone. 1t was
so free. so concentrated in the head
and not in the throat So | have tried
to keep that thot in my work. and I
can sing and sing and | am never tired
in my throat"
Then we ventured to tell her we had
christened her the Jenny Lind of
today" and she said excitedly: ooh. I
am so flattered. | have been COM
pared to Jenny Lind, but so far as
know have not been called that be-
fore. Thank you so much for the
honor" 1t was then that | presented
my friends. Mrs. II. w. Gregg, Mrs.
d C. Acosta and Mrs. II. f Macarthur,
to Madam Galli-Curci Her husband
came presently and the conversation
quite naturally drifted to our country.
Both marveled at the development of
this wonderful land. We were very
proud to boast of the big sights in
store for them in Tulsa when they
visit us soon We told them of some
of the immense fortunes which have
been made in our oil industry and NJ.
Curci most enthusiastically declared,
This is my Country-this is where |
shall want to stay-your stories sound
like fairy stories" They were most
convincing, however, since there were
four of us and all of us could not be
guilty of huge falsfications.
The great Andre Dippel of New
York. who has probably engaged more
singers than any other managerial
concern abroad or at home, said when
he heard Galli-Curci: Take the best
of Melba when she was at her best;
take the best of Patti at her best; the
best of Jenny Lind. if such thing
We're possible, and you have CALI
Curci" Mrs. Chapman of New York,
a woman of great national influence
in clubwork, said: Everybody has
gone crazy over Galli'Curci and | have
gone crazy myself" Galli-Curci sings
at Convention hall April 10.
About Folks We Know.