The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-13

more famous they are-the more renowrI
that is theirs-the simpler they are al
ways"
And then we fell to talking about how
the floods had retarded her on her con.
cert tour and the happiness that her com.
ing to Birmingham had brought to me
even for few short hours, and she said
Il ought to be right in Atlanta nov
(vhere she sings in concert within thtI
next few days. studying the two roles
must learn between now and January 81
1920. l am to sing The Love of Three
Kings and 'Aphrodiate' this season, and
both must be learned between now an6
then"
OF course asked her the old bromide
question as to which of all her roles SHE
liked best, and she promptly said:
"Salomel loved it; 1 still love 1t. u
love Strauss and should so like to sins
'Salome' again. but I shall never do i'll
until France reinstates Strauss WagneII
and other German composers to thei
place in her musical catalogue, for "a
France owe all my success. It was ts
Paris that ] created my best roles-iSl
fact, all of them-and the French have
been too good to me to hurt them
"Of course. 1 love Melissande;' lovs
LOUISE love the vital force of this
Louise'-in fact, l love everything that !
have ever created except Queen Fla
meta The music was so abominable J.
couldn't love it. I heard It at the Net,
ropolitan last season, and give you my
word when the music was sung it CANT
as something weird and strange to me-
something ! had never known. Could !
ever feel that way about DeBussyf
Strauss? Never! If I never sing Louise
or 'Salome' for 20 years-if / didn't heaI
the music of those operas, I could sing
every note of them. for it is all in M
heart-in my brain"
81 adore the genius of Oscar Wilde
Miss Garden said, and that Is why
love 'Salome' so much. 1 don't care any
thing about the private life of the mar
who wrote it; of course, his name has
been Observation-Disclosures in the mire-1
everything-but it is his genius that
love-that I adore so.+
1.-THE roles that I have created-mina
you, not copied-but created-are ths
beautiful things in art-the things that
love, and each to me is an inspiration.
am not Mary Garden when sing then9l
am what I sing. In my dressing room
of course-again I am myself-glad ID
chat with an interesting newspaper gin
--or boy-but on the stage-I am 'Thais.
am Louise I am 'Melissande.'"
Many people question me about my
career in the moving pictures. and I am
sure you will be interested to know thai
/ think well of pictures Miss Gardes
said, but not for myself. The moving
picture requires youth-great beauty
and absolutely no brains. You are there
to do what you are told to do. 1t IL
the director who must have the brains
so why should a woman of my nature
and temperament try to do the things
that are not suited to me? I wouldn't
want to usurp the place OF any of the
fresh, pretty, young American girls whs
are so ravishly lovely in the pictures.
love to see the pictures. but don't like
to take part n them. I love something
that requires all my brain power-1ny art
my talent"
And who are they marrying you t.
now?' I asked, "the latest prospective
husband"
"Oh-who, indeed7" she smiled back de.
liciously. Let me sea Russian prince
ah-but what matters it? i shall marry
some day, perhaps, but not until FIND
the companionship that desire; it mus.
be an Anglo-Saxon; not a Latin; for
must stick to my own people; they appeal
to me first of ALL"