The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-07

View York. Feb, 2s.---As the season
$n& the Chicago Opera association draws
Rstp close the fact becomes more APP
Darens that its enga@ement this year
I AAS IN every sense been "a failure and
q disappear smett This presumably has
Tered The mana cement To sanction in
eddents highly diecredttsble by any ar
xiatic organization The elimination
yves reached the other evening when
y Rosa Eassa, a popular singer who had
1s6AEH dvufEd her usual appearances hY
4 3fltseAs was announced 10 sing in "Thc
n Mashed Ball" The demand for seats
NAs excessive, and there was every
q 1S4deace OF H sold cut house. Crowds
stood in line to purchase seats. AL
thpnah the fact ef Miss Raisa's Illness
swAe Known To the managers, and the
N{4xther fact thar she would not sing
4hAt evening although the demand for
AEttx vas in her homer.
sss NJ hen the uerforma nee began no an
sfDuncement Of Miss Eaisa s absence 81"
1sAds entil after the frst aet--she is
4 Afes Que until the second act, Tho ma
a3Drity Of the patrons thereupon fled
4 sNUt tss the box office for redemption of
2 4ckess isich waS denied because one
ret hs.d been Witnessed. This IL small
6aSfness tssdrea. and more than one
critic, bearing If she questtonabl =
I fnethods left "a disgust
80 5 a. - sss-~' Ni'iN Nt"NtS ~ ''.A
- 1-1e '7Ss aAse'''vht Ahe~ l""t iNalS .
khis fat sheald Zee held secret until
MI tta seats had been disposed Of. And
neSt Of these seats were disposed "a to
1pecrlatsfe X vas considered good
\ ssVf me s''.,, "l',Fs, pV' 'RsS OF"
1 u.s. = ~ >s447 "4tb t9' f"9l'N'
i ~ - H4 zen a" HipF'o1 o.,
ana 1h@tt arr re-" ""' wa"
4 knsd teafT or tFie' "a@a the in8aaF -
{ s psfn7} ~ Noe7 "'FcF"a''h"le "lnt-
ness 1aetHeaS - 60 @hFeouSed. The
! man ssafH' an not 'fOs Ter ex-
\ R's lam '"'t'h '@f0 OF f@iHAo"Is Sc" IN"
4 eAarohA FfA th"tf t'Nsfs-
= 600 "M"F - raiheF 20 %" CHOSEN
-. = re- r"ht pt"FtFo' aha y
I - r. e""'tioeN ~ @1aSlhk l@tters
4 .Ha psa'@o '"as p gn"4s'N ofIofe the
( sA~n@ % tht 'i'sE"t' pptFa @ss"~
J 1aastea
Ss% Nf@ A9fh fh9nES ihP Hi%t!hctlon ~
4s0fe tsaa" A2' lsf *' -t'ae4 places "htfH
4 Maass fsaF ENJOY bnsfc ana drama.
4 Euits naturally no account IL taken OF
| - u A Riuaea. or tn l... or moving
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F.nrtnh4. nlats sr6 ,o,,sIr,7.s 49,
\ slr@,, aad ~ mis- ,-.s. ~. ,,,,tt !,
|ssaruias,e,, forecsst48 At = con aoh thrrn
~ R1ga raj AL tatp -
4 Hon x.,ay h.. ofYare5 FOR ,Tnjfaren Onn
1sf1r1s4 .s..srec, that ,hera were IN chfI.
h S4en n. tbis ejfv whicN IL a faiIaev
AAev~ are theafevs far the Frenrl,
kpanssh Italians. Yidaish German
1asiu~ae. Negroes. and the Broadway
sfement which ba efea clsssifcstfon
A,sfs for the kiddte@ there ts and mas
l4rg beer nothing doing.
Two interesting inteiileen and
3D. TIVE interesting. intelligent and
Aigfsag favorable efforts are now he
Ins Ha4le Il, raetiss-il4l# omission. ana
sstf wniels iy led ly Nancy Van Kirk.
That esehe6tn.iy clever singer Of child
SONG. Miss Van Kirk has long real
sS3sed this need. and beginning next
sawAek. when she viii give a matinee
Tor the Riddles. she Will begin con-
kistsnt and Intelligent campaign for a
arhiidrefi's theater. Her own e0ntrihu-
Atom will be ri great value. because she
more than any singer now before the
0ublSc. nas tiufnbod he heart of child
4 hood ard succeeded i'm depicting 1T i'm
her costume T@e!tats. woman ef
Aose. ana " il ~ done IA New YORK
AT will NJ dcnefn other cities.
S Ana1har brilliant e.xponect OF fhe
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