The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
MRS. E. A. BACHELDER


 visit to prosaic old newspaper office
 brings charm and refreshing delight, and
 whenever this clever woman comes to see
 me with all her enthusiasm over her bwork and her wonderful achievements in the profession she has chosen to fol-
 low, I always feel new inspiration, a new zest, due to her charm and person.
 aIity
 Mrs Bachelder and her clever hus-
 ban, whom Birmingham remembers so
 pleasantly with the Max Rabinoff Grand | Opera company several years ago, when
 that big organization played it's premier
 engagement in Birmsngham,( are very
 unusual couple working side by side,
 each interested in the others angle of
 the business. These two talented people
 are now so identified with the Henry i w. Savage menage that it would be
 really unnatural to anticipate 'Mitzi,' the attractive Savage star" without
 Mr. and Mrs Bachelder-they have been
 associated with her so Ions.
 i Mrs Bachelder is one of the few women in this country who has broken
 into the sacred realm always considered | by mere man" to be his very own-that | of the theatrical press representative and so well has she filled the position that her name is known and honored | throughout the theatrical world 7 During her visit to Birmingham the past few days, Mrs. Bachelder told me some interesting things about Mir. I'm
 pressario'' Savage and his diminutive star, "Mitzi," and, by the way, this same little Hungarian prima donna is the only
 star that Mir. Savage has ever ex- plotted in his 20 years of prominence in the theatrical world.
 i, NFr Savages name stands for everything that is fine and splendid in theatricals," said Mrs Bachelder Such clean, wholesome productions as The Prince of Pilsen,' The Merry Widow, 'Woodland,' and other musical successes, even including grand opera, which have been considered high lights in the theatrical productions of this generation, stand to his credit.
 For years MT. Savage has been leader in style of stage productions, for they do change, and his Merry Widow,
 Madam X,' 'Eyerywoman,' and others brought dozens of imitations,' she con tinued.
 Always seeking for new talent and voices, many music conservatories have been encouraged to send their star stu dents to him. Scores of young singers have received their first stage start and many have climbed the ladder to success under the Savage banner-ths is the Secret of his always good choruses.
 f'The theatre is MT. savages hobby" said Mrs Bacheder He brought the grand operas, Madam Butterfly and 'ParsifaP to this country and presented them in spectacular form in more than 1O0 cities before they were given by the ! Metropolitan Opera company df New York Tn putting a new offering, his is the last nod of approval or criticism | After the composer, tbe librettist the St pa ma ia an nd H. sical director have exerted all their inn | agina ton and genius toward creating | stage effectiveness, a special rehearsal | is called for The Colonel, as he is fa- | miliarly called by those closest to him. ! In every respect it is the same as the | gala opening performance except that the auditorium is dark and The ColoHef | alone is the audience.
 MT Savage has almost uncanny fore 1 sight in the matter of the talent, as well | as theatrical production saida Mrs. 1 Bachelder. 'He discerned the versa !! tilty, for instance, of Mitz, even through 1 the peacefulness of The Spring Maid, and dared to make her gay holden in | 'Sari and saucy street gamin in Pom | Pom, but when he attempted to pro- 1 duce Head Over Heels which necessi- l tated his star prima donna and come 1 dienne becoming an effective figure as | an acrobat with a troupe of notable 1
  many, but none from sMitzi herself. | Mitzi as the top mount girl of the troupe, was praised as the most unique figure of the theatrical season during the long run of the piece in New York. Infita- ticns of this style of musical comedy failed in the early rehearsals for no other player of like versatility could be found.
 ''Mitzi, it is known. is of the stage and for the stage" said Mrs Bachelder 'All pertaining to it is vital in interest N 10 her. As a child she was recognized as a baby genius of stagecraft in much the same way that the youthful Handel was named the child genius of the piano. and at 10 she was giving complete and varied performances without other as- sistance, and at 14 was taken from school to create the leading feminine role in The Seven Sisters
 "Theatrically, it is we'll known that Mitzi can play any feminine role in any piece she appears in, and that she is also etter perfect in every other performers ole and can prompt anyone in a scene with herself" said Mrs. Rachelder. "Her memory is phenomenaly retentive for what is necessary to her. With single .eading of either text or music of any ,peretta she seems to make it her own. But when that particular play is no onger in use it is forgotten almost as ruickIv as if she had simply picked up pair of worn-out gloves and thrown hem away.
 "Outside the theatre Mitzi is something if recluse, and is rarely to be seen on he street or in public places which seems he more surprising when it is known hat She is as fun loving and as ener- cetic in private life as she appears on he stage" said Mrs. Bachelder. But 10 matter how inconsequential may be . proposed change of stage action in her days, or even if it be an ordinary chorus ehearsal that has been called at the heatre, Mitzi will be found observing 1t he combined steel industries of the Inited States
 Therefore. from htis point of view,