New-York tribune., 1919-06-22

school devoted to the arts of the the
atrlcai and concert stages. The project
which Nine. Guilbert has had in mine
Tor some time, is the outgrowth of tn.
summer classes so largely attended
in the East the past two summers and
those conducted in San Francisco las,
spring. Between terms the French
artist will again make several short
tours, going to California in the spring
Of. 1920. She will also give her Gus
tomary series of recitals in New York
Nine. Corinne Rider Kelsey, who has
not been heard in New York since she
sang In performance of "The Mes
siah" with the Oratorio Society some
three years ago, will be active in our
concert halls next season. Daniel
Mayer announces that she will make
her next appearance in New York at
an Aeolian Hall recital in January.
Joseph Bonnet, the French orsanist,
Will appear in three recitals in the
Ocean Grove Auditorium, July 8, 4 and
8, just before his departure for France.
The concerts will be under the direc-
tion of Joseph A. Fuerstman, of New
ark, N. j., who entered the managerial
ranks last season by giving a series of
concerts in his city. The con-
certs employed some of the greatest
artists in the American operatic and
concert stage. 1t is understood that
he has already arranged for the ap-
pearance of Galli-Curci. Mccormack,
Heifetz, the Boston Symphony Orches-
tra and other equally prominent attrac-
tions next season.
Richard G. Herndon, director of the
French American Association for Mu-
sical Art, returned from Paris last
week after having arranged to bring
to this country number Of new art
lists from France and Italy. Magdaleine
brard, the young pianist, who was
heard here last season, will return for
nifty concert appearances. The Sociata
des instruments Anciens, with Henri
Casadesus, will also make a transcon-
tinental tour. Nine. Raymonde De-
launois, of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, and NJ. Raoul Laparra, the
composer. will appear under this di
rectlon. A group of new French art
lists will be announced next week.
A correspondent of THE London
Daily Telegraph" gives the following
account of recent interview with
Miss Emmy Destnn. whose name has
been heightened since the war:
When l entered Nine. Destinnova's 5
room the first thing that caught nv
eye was huge sign bearing the word
welcome" That was put there for
me by sweet little English ladv ~
said the singer, "but l have left it for
my friends. After an absence of
nearly five years duration you will un-
derstand, perhaps. my intense JOY at
being once more in England the coun-
try whose people played so great a
part IN the redemption of my coun-
try"
Tell me all about it," begged
rather vaguely
WELL" said Destinnova, al have had
an unpleasantly hot journey of three
days and three nights. having come
from Prague which, do not forget. is
IN the Czecho-Slav republic and I am
cooked to turn. At the close of the
Covent Garden opera season of 1914 /
went to lovely castle in Bohemia,
there to enjoy fishing and other out
door sports, but the war damped nv
keenness. as | am such warm patriot
that l could not think of anything but
the great conflict. Despite statements
to the contrary, sang in America
in 19l4'15 and 1916, enjoying full
measure of success at the Metropolitan
Opera House, New York. That. how
ever, is merely in the ordinary run of
artistic work.
"On> my return to Bohemia I was
denounced as spy, and no human be-
ing was ever more vigorously searched
Not only was every stitch of clothing
closely examined, but women officers
inspected my skin to see that no secret
messages had been conveyed on my
body by means of invisible ink, which
could be made legible with chemicals.
10 make certain the officials took
possession of and destroyed my liquid
dentritice and all other toilet prepara-
tions. This humorous episode took
place on the Dutch German frontier. |
told them that if they wanted to dis
cover any information had they must
open my head and examine my brain.
That invitation they declined, and so
am here"
In point of fact Destinnova rendered
signal services to her country, in a
manner that it is perhaps not alto
gether wise to repeat. From 1916 until
the signing of the armistice she was a
kind of free prisoner On no account