New-York tribune., 1920-06-13
6,8OO Sail for
European Ports
On Five Liners
Colonel House, With Health
Improved, Goes Abroad
for Rest; Denies Report
OF Diplomatic Mission
Zionist Delegates Depart
Douglas Fairb nks and
Mary Pickford Start ON
Their Belated Honeymoon

Five transatlantic liners bound for
BSisish and Continental ports eft this
port yesterday carrying a summer
exodus of $500 passengers.
The Red Star liner LapIand, for
Antwerp and Southampton, had the
largest passenger complement, carry
arrivals at the pier was Colonel Ed
ward. NJ. House, who returned to this
country from France about eight
months ago in broken health. Mrs.
House accompanied him.
The right hand man of President
wilson appeared to be in good physical
condition as he walked aboard the lap
land and informed his friends that
his health had greatly improved. He
denied reports from Paris that he was
gong abroad on diplomatic mission
dealing with affairs between the United
States and the Entente powers.
My trip abroad" he said, "is purely
one of recreation. 1t has been the Gus
tom of Mrs. House and myself to go
abroad every year for the summer. Of
course feel trife lonesome going
eastward when the Democratic con-
vention lies to the westward, but need
the, rest. No, l cannot say that | have
or nave not favorite for the Demo-
cratic nomination, because that would
be talking politics, and have said that
l will not talk politics."
Colonel House was informed that he
had double among his fellow pas
sengers. He smiled and said he would
like to meet his double. Later when
he was introduced to John T. Vance,
a hotel owner of this city, Colonel and
Mrs House agreed that Mr. Vance bore
striking resemblance to the Colonel.
Herbert NJ. Johnson, executive direc-
tor of the Chicago Opera Company,
who, with Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein
and Fortune Gallo, of the San Carlo
Opera Company, has taken over the
Manhattan Opera House, which will
compete next season with the Metro
poiltan Opera House, sailed on the
Lapland, to be gone about six weeks.
Mr.. Johnson said that apart from the
business Importance of the deal and its
Offering to lovers of grand opera the
taking over of the Manhattan Opere
House and the perpetuation of it as
temple of opera had sentimental sig
nificance in that it was virtually carry
ing out the plans and ideals of Oscar
Hammersten.
In the personnel of the singers who
will appear at the Manhattan OPERA
House, he said, would be many who
gained American recognition through
the efforts of the great impresaro
The seasons at the Manhattan will be
divided between the Chicago Opera
Company and the San Carlo Opera Com
pany, both companies to have an op-
portunity to appear in the principal
cities of the East and Middle West.
In announcing his plans for the fall
and winter season Mr.. Johnson said:
Our list of sopranos will include
Yvonne Gall, Amelita Galli-Curci,
Mary Garden, Rosa Raisa, Florence
Macbeth, Toto Dal Monte, a lyric So
prano, and 1rma Vigano, dramatic So
prano, whose contracts were made by
Mr.. Campanini, and Olga Carrara,
Margery Maxwell and Maria Santillan.
Among the mezzo- sopranos and con-
traltos are Nine. Gabrielle Besanzoni.
Cyrena Van Gordon, Dorothy Francis,
Rose Lutiger- Cannon, Frances Paperte
and Carmen Pascova.
"The principal tenors who have been
reengaged are Alessandro Bonci, Ed
ward johnson, Forrest Lamont and
Tito Schipa. Joseph Hislop, a Scotch
man, who sings in French, Italian and
English. will be introduced as a new
conner. The barytones are Georges
Baklanof, Desire Defrere, Hector Du-