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SUNDAYAcolian Hail. tal by Burmeiser
Carnegie Hall violin ctal by Mishel Pasro S:l5
nn, recital h Hppodrome, II, song
recital by Tom BUR- Theaer $3.50 concert
by the Russian Helen Yorke and Leo Ornstein;
City College, free by Samuel A Baldwin
MONDAY-Aeolan Hail rte Warren; s:15
p. by the lnan School of Com
rerce p H. conc g Peoples
Opera House S:15 lta en orer, "Riso-e-to'
TUESDAyAeolian FALL London String Quartet;
Manhattan
House, 8:15 m, l-aln opera ia 1ioc9n4a."
wEDNEsDAlAeolian a recital by wnfred Parker
Carnegie Hall. p Jenny Lind Man
Inan The Jewels OF the
THURsIAYAeo:an Hall piano recital by Phylida Ashley;
Hemus, Carnegie Hail.
Alma Simpson; Manhattan House.
p OPERA "Cavalleria Ruscana, followed by
"Pagliacci"
Hall, String
piano by Buhig; Hail.
Manhattan House. s15
Italian "Madama Butterfly
sATURDAY-Carnege by vidas
Hail. by the London String Quartet
Italian "Lohen
grin; Italian al Trovatore"
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role of Amina than in that Of
Lucia, which is at least little more
dramatic. Because l do not believe
that | ever heard her equal in Bel
lini's pathetic little opera / quote
some Of my comment in The Gazette
on the following day: "As perfect as is
her singing in 'Sonnambula,' so per
feet is also her acting. 1t is all grace,
all ingenuousness, all naIvete. Her
face, which always reflects q pleasant
light, is mobile and expressive, and
the little conflict Of feelings which the
first scene Of La Sonnambula' pro
duces in Amina's heart found the
frankest of telltales in her eyes and
features. Calamity brought a cloud
upon the features so bright before,
but with a reconciliation of JOY light
returned which was as proud and
bright as the voice with which she
intoned the All non giungc.'"
One should think that half column
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
By H. E. Krehbiel

X is q lamentation, which is doubt
Ness as old as civilization, that artists
whose mission il is to reproduce, pre-
sent or interpret the works of their
srtisticaly creative brethren leave
onlv an orarescent fame or rapidly
fading memory when they quit this
earth or their activity. Concerning
the truly great among the reproduc-
tive artists. this is only half truth.
ljrtuosi who are in the true sense
artists may create traditions and leave
a heritage which are not only fra
rrart as memories to those who saw or
listened to thcm, but are also fruitful
and enduring. After the decay Of
their activity they live or in their
successors, who have learned from and
followed their precepts and examples.
To NE none of the great singers and
irstrumenta.ists whom I have heard in
the course Of the last half century is
dead neither Mario, nor Italo Cam
panini, nor Tietiens, nor Patti. nor
Lucca. nor VieuxteEps, nor Wieniaw-
ski. nor " he'mj, nor Rubeastein Gas
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not recall that I ever met her after
ward, unless 1t was for passing mo-
ment; but the meeting of over forty
years ago is fresh in my mind, be-
cause of the reason which brought it
about and the insight into her char
acter which it gave me. l met her be-
cause she had taken umbrage at a re-
mark which I had made about her in
review in The Cincinnati Gazette of
her performance of Amina and wanted
to talk 1t over with me. | was the
more willing to 60 to her because she
had brought q letter from q friend of
mine in New York Cher sister-in-law)
and because All enthusiastic Hun
garian employed on The Gazette
had persuaded me to prepare a kindly
reception for her in an advance article
on her career, which was then scarcely
Mapleson's, or, as 1T was called Her
Majesty's Opera Company, which had
finished Its New York season at the
Academy Of Music In New York and
was on tour 1t was a fine company.
the same practically as that which l
found still housed at the Academy two
years later, after had joined the edi-
torial force of The Tribune | recall
the names of Mines. Gerster, Minnie
Hauk, La Blache and Sinico and
Signori Italo Campanini, Galassi, Foil
and Del Puente. | was on the staff of
The Gazette on February 3, 1879, when
Lucia" was performed In my review
was youthfully enthusiastic abou
her singing. l described her voice
as not extraordinary in its range or
quality, but only in its culture, for
till then I had never heard such lin
pid volubility or such exquisite vocali-
zaton. Its equality Of tone, it's hexi-
bility-her command Of portamcnto
and legato carried me into the realms
of rhapsody. Two nights later she
sang in LA Sonnambula," ard while /
there was no diminution in my admi-
re ton for her art. l was constrained
to remark some thing to the effect that |
she was more effective in the lighter
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

Brevoort House. I went. Madame
was seated at the pianoforte testing
young woman's voice patiently, pains
taking, and giving her serious advice
in a most modest and serious and
affectionate manner. We chatted about
friends and matters in general for a
moment, and then out came her protest
against my comparison of the heroines
of Donizetti and Bellini. She would
not have it SO; Lucia was her better
role; and as for the rest, mon genre
est grand! Come to New York and
hear my debut in Faust" I did not
follow her suggestion then, but in the
autumn of the next year an invitation
from Mr.. Whitelaw Reid brought me
into The Tribune family, and some
time after I saw and heard her Mar
guerite. The impersonation was ex-
tremely interesting, with many individ-
ual touches, and a strong infusion Of
the pathetic element, but it only con-
irmed my opinion that the world of
mild, if modern, dramatic lyricism was
not the proper one for her activities
Her gifts were for operas like Son
nambula," "L'Elisir d'Amore," etc,
genre which was light but in which she
was unique.
Nine. Gerster was again a member
of Colonel Mapleson's company in the
season of 1S83-'S4, when, with Nine
Adolina Patti, she led the Academy
forces against those of the Metropoli-
tan Opera House, when the reigning
prma donaas were Mines. Nilsson and
Sembrch. The rivalry was disastrous
on both sides. Gerster's voice in the
short interim, while retaining it's
youthful freshness, limpidity and hexi-
bility, had gained somewhat in breadth
and dramatic express;veness. Her
style had expanded and promised soon
to compass more than the sentimental
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

Of this sort of honest laudation would
have satisfied any prma donna. But
there was a fly in the ointment. In
comparing her Lucia with her Amina,
| quoted remark made by Catalani
about Sontag in h youth. "Son genre
est petit" said Catalani, "mais ilie est
unique dams son genre" Early in the
afternoon camo Signor Gardini, the
singers husband and manager, to The
Gazette Office He presented the letter
Of introduction from New York and
Madame's invitation to call on her at the
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
The Passing of Etelka Cerster
And Henrietta BeebeIxawton
A Celebrated Hungarian and New York Artist Who
Have Lately Joined the Company of
Musical 1mmortals

pianist and composer), nor von Balow
TO mention only a few who have
gone into the beyond-and there are
many artists still in the land of Tho
i'V'hg whom / no longer hear except
IN an ahectionate and grateful memory
IL IS much the same with those uho
ahVedate me by decades or centuries
'hougn they live only in an imagina-
'ioh stimulated by study of what thew
old and how they did It. All these
artists and many more whom I do
not name are immo ortals to me and
should retain something of the es-
sence CT immortality among that ele
nent Of the worlds people to whose
knowledge, refinement and taste thew
contributed a creative force.
IL Is we'll (and needful in the pres
ent period, when artistic knowledre
taste and ideals are rapidlv decav-
ihg) mat the memories of true artists
oe honored and their artistic virtues
described, so far as they can be, b.
oAose OF their generation who knew
them in the flesh or in their art and
nave survived them physically, For
years my tribute has been paid to
many while alive, as we'll as to many
whose mortality has put on immor-
tahty. Whenever it has seemed best
and not egoistic, have spoken of
chem as l knew them. Intimate per-
Sonai acquaintanceship I have main
Sai~ed with comparatively few, for
reasons which-I need not explain, since
they are obvious. They were artists.
critic and recorder Of their doines.
Our relationship was most happy when
1t could not be strained by the per-
sonal equation.
Nine Etelka Gerster
Among the recent dead is Etelka
1erster-Gardini, whom I heard and
met for the first timo in 1879. do
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Nine. Etelka Gerster

Among the recent dead is Etelka
eerster-Gardini, whom ! heard and
met for the first time in 1879. I do
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

characters Of the Italian repertory; but
at the end Of the season it showed
signs Of wear. In 1856 | met Nine.
Marchesi. her teacher, in Paris. She
told me that Gerster had come 10 her
for help. What happened to her in
America 2" she asked. "Why, there's
an awful hole in her middle register -
| told her briefly the story Of the NV
airy between the two opera houses.
and that while Patti drew only q house
two-thirds full ut the Academy, Ger
ster, on alternate nights, despite Ma
pleson's industriousness in sending out
complimentary tickets ("papering the
house." in the Sang of the theater),
was heard by half houses. At this
her proud nature. stimulated by jeal-
ousy of her sister artist, rebelled
Night after night she few into pas
sion after returning to her hotel in
Union Square, upbraided Mapleson and
her husband, demanded more publicity
and wrecked her nervous system. "Ah."
exclaimed the madame, that's diff
ferent story. She told me i. was the
penalty of having given birth to
child. Now I understand"
In 1887, believing, let Us hope. that
the injury to her voice had been re-
paired, she came to America with the
intention of giving concerts. A series
Of misfortunes quickly ended the en-
terprise. She brought with hoy
young Italian to conduct the orchestra.
but he was so disgracefuNy incom-
petent that after the first rehearsal
at the Metropolitan Opera House the
orchestra refused to play unless q ca
pable man was put in his place. AIciph
Neuendorf was engaged heard PAR;
Of the rehearsal, but had not ihe heart
to attend the concert. ] scnt sub
stitute to say what pleasant -n,nes he
could about her singing for old sake's
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MUSICAL INSTRUCTION
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sake. My idol was shattered. ese
gave concert in New Haven dav
or two later and Henry z. Abbey,
her manager, recognizing the inevi-
table, found himself obliged to abandon
the projected tour Josef Hoffman,
was not in her company, as wss stated
IN The Tribune last THURSDAY. Her
companions were Miss Net.ie Czrnen-
ter, violinist; Nine. Hastreiter. con-
tralto; Signor de Anna. barytone, and
Theodore Bjk0sstan. tenor. The date
Of her first concert was November 24.
1887. Having a brother. DR.. Arpad
Gers.er, LIVING in New York, and many
friends. she did not at once return
I" Europe, and on February 10 and
II, 1888, sang at two concerts wish
the Campanni Operate Concert Com
pauy. She was enthusiastically WEI
corned by her friends, but the judicious
could not fail to recognize the fact
that the charm Of her voice and her art
was hopclessly gone. She attempted
to reonter the operate field in London
N 1890, but unsucce ssfully. In 1895
she came again to New York to fill. for
space, a place in the newly-formed
Institute OF Musical Art. then went to
Berlin and established school Of her
own.
The Singers Rise to Fame
The story of Nine. Gerster's cor.
quest Of the operatic stage is a pretty
one She was born in 1855. in Kassa,
& quaint old town in Upper Hungary,
which lies on the banks of the river
Eernad. running through a valley at the
foot of chain Of spurs from Mount
Hegza. 81 a-the region which produces
the famous Tokay wine. Her vocal
studies were directed by Nine. Marchesi
Continued on next page
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
Ford Turned Turtle.

A Ford said to have been driv-
en- by Councillor Wade. who
halls from Alton. ILL.,, and is con-
nected with Mime Wonka, the
boys camp at Three Lakes,
turned turtle on Highway No.
80 a couple miles out of Eagle
River Sunday afternoon or
evening. 1t is said that the fliv-
yer must have been burning up
the road. at least its battered
condition would warrant some
thing of that sort. No trace OF
the buick, which was claimed to
have caused the wreck. can be
found. Guess it was a mythical
one.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
HOLD PUBLIC HEARING
Conservation Commission
Will Hold Hearing on Deer
and Muskrat Here July 19.

The state conservation com
mission will hold a public hear,
ing at the court house in Eagle
River on July 10Th. They will
take up the question at this
meeting of either closing the deer
season or placing the One Buck
law back in power; also protec.
ton of muskrats.
The commission, realizing that
the last two seasons of deer oil
any sex" msans the extermina-
ton of these animals, must there
fore legislate for their salvation.
The One Buck law was asked for
bv the Villas county sportsmen
several years ago, but, after Civ
ing it TO US, it was somehow
changed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Campbell
of Three Lakes arc touring the
east, principally the state oil
New York, leaving Three Lakes
a week ago. They are accom-
panied by their two daughters,
and will spend some time sight,
seeing. Mr.. Campbells prime
object in this trip is TO learn oil
farm conditions in New York
state. When last heard from
they were at Rochester, n. Y,
and were bound for Syracuse.
They had Travelled through
Ontario. Canada, and had seen
Niagara Falls and crossed the
St. Lawrence river.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
HAS DISPOSED OF CASES
Judge Reid Cleaned Docket
of Cases Last Week-Sev-
eIal Settled and Dismissed.

Circuit court matters were
cleaned up in the Villas county
bailiwick last Friday by Circuit
Judge A. II. Reid, court having
been in session since Monday.
The jury cases held jurors until
Friday.
The case of state VS.. Walter
Scheribel was handed to the jury
at noon. Barely ten minutes
elapsed before their verdict OF
mot guilty" was handed the
court.
Seate VS.. Maurice Weaver,
mauslaughter charge, was dis
missed.
Several issues of fact for court
were dispored OF.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
EFFECT OF BASS LAW
Sportsmen and Resort Own
ers to Place Matter of
Present Bass Law Before
Commission.

At the meeting of the conser-
walton commission in Eagle Riv-
er July 10Th, at which time the
deer and muskrat law will be
threshed out, another vital mat
ter to people of this section is
the present bass law.
What the sportsmen and resort
men want is that the commits
sion show them the benefits OF
the present law-its opening on
July first in this section of the
lake region.
There is a great range in
opinion relative to July first as
the opening datefor bass fishing,
and what the fellows in this sec
ton desire is a plain. explanation
for the lateness in fishing for
that game fish. The meeting
will result in a definite under.
standing between sportsmen and
the commission as regards the
present law.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
RESULTS OF BASEBALL
Sundays Exhibition of the
National Sport Causes De-
feats To Several Teams.

Sundays results In the Nation
al pastime worked havoc among
several of the teams in this sec
ton of the lake region, but ac-
cording TO latest reports there
were no fatalities.
Eagle River played Monico at
the latter place Sunday, and
walloped that team hands down
by a score OF eight and four.
Several bully good plays are
chronicled but none extra excit-
ing.
Sayner had her fighting togs
on when she trimmed Arbor
Vitae eight to FIVE. Spectacular
work in the box by Froelich of
Sayner is said to have cheered
the fans to a frenzy. Froelich is
said to have struck out fourteen
men during the game.
COnOver and State Line eft
and bled" on the State Line
diamond, the former winning
fifteen to fourteen.
Clearwater Lake region was
stirred up Sunday by a battle
royal between Sunset Farm
team and Phelps. The game
was carried into the eleventh
inning before blood was drawn
and knockout secured. Phelps
won the bout FIVE tofour. Some
game, it is said.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
Hurley Gets War Relic.

Hurley'S war relic, a seven-inch
trench mortar presented by the
government 10 the city. reached
sere by freight Wednesday and
thursday morning was unload
81 and hauled TO the city hall.
This relic OF the World War will
EobabIy be placed in front oi
i1soourt house. The gun was
secured for Hurley through the
e-orts OF Congressman Adolf
F1ns = Nelson.-Hurley Miner.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
s.DANARROW ESCAPE
q. and Mrs. G. ID. Sutton
Rarely Escaped With Their
lives Sunday Evening
When Launch Burned.

family launch OF MIR. and
dc % sutton. Mason City.
uru'e who own a summer
Ion Cranberry lake, caught
sunday evening from leaking
j.. blew the top OF the boat of,
.rr the occupants and
RCD 10 the waters edge.
r.kih the explosion occurred
-rr the launch had been
el from the dock on the
r landing At the Everett
sort and go the time was but
,rtre over q hundred feet from
J .t. permitting the occupants
Land very easily.
Mr. and Mrs. Sutton had
--chel 90 The Everett for Sun
av dinner. and were returning
-s Starting the engine Mr..
,rrn backed away from the
sz. turned and was Just start
ahead when there was a ter
ne explosion beneath the en-
E hood Leaking gas from
-rbu-r,tgr. and a backhre from
lie engine made a combination
nat almost shattered the entire
boat. As Il was, Mrs. Sutton
us blown by the force of the
ur'osioH from the front seat
-t8 the stern Ui the craft. Her
f-tss skirt was torn from her
bdv bv the lorce of the explos-
nu as was also the coat worn
81 Mr.. sutton. The boat was
almost Immediately enveloped in
i1mes from gas in the cockpit
and from the tank which had
5gtn shattered. but there was
s1.fcignt time TOR the o cupants
% adjust life preservers and
dmb over the stern into the
ualrr. A swim OF about twenty
rt and they could walk ashore.
Barring torn clothes, bruises
l-i a slight burn ON Mrs. SUIT
tons head. Mr.. and Mrs. Sutton
are none the worse for the acct
dent.
The explosion was so heavy
that the people in the office
az the resort several hundred
Egt distant. were Jared. In fact
those az the resort were OF
thg opinion that there had been
an explosion OF dynamite near
5v
The launch sunk in about FIVE
,ot ct water Just a few feet from
The shore. and it IS thought that
;hy machinery is intact.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
KNOX OUT OF SERVICE
After Three Years Service
With Uncle Sam, Eagle
River Doughboy Comes
Home.

Wilbur Knox arrived vester-
day from Camp Dodge, where he
was discharged from service in
the regular army after a years
service in that branch. Prior tn
that he was in overseas action,
enlisting in regular service at the
signing of the armistice.
At the outbreak of war Knox
enlisted, entering light artillery
service. He. in company with
Tom McGregor of Eagle River
and Alex McGregor of Big St.
German, were sent overseas with
their battery and saw the hard
est of the fighting up to the time
the Germans quit. These three
Villas county lads stuck together
all through the trouble, coming
out without a scratch-that is
Knox was hit by shrapnel, but
refused to go to the hospital. 1t
is said that he hunted up a
horse doctor" and had his
wounds dressed and went to il"
again with his chums.
When the armistice was signed
Knox enlisted in regular army
service and assisted in quelling
riots this winter throughout the
States. He served fifteen months
overseas in Battery B. 10th Field
Artillery. 4th Division.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
IDYLE WYLDE FILLED
Girls Camp at Three Lakes
to Capacity on Opening
Day in July.

Camp Idyle Wyl1e, the girls
camp at Three Lakes, operated
by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. a. Bishop,
has been booked to capacity &C
cording to a report from them
this week. With the boys and
girls camps in this section filled
to OVERLOOKING, there is no doubt
but that the glories of an eight
weeks outing in the lake region
of Wisconsin, will not be belittled
IN the telling when the young
men and women return to their
city homes the last of August.
And the tales ofoutdoor exercise,
camping out trips, canoeing,
aquatic sports with companion
camps for prizes. and a healthy
body as evidence when the vaca-
ton period ends, will fill manv
an evening at home during the
winter months. That the en-
ioyment, mentally and physi-
cally, is 100 percent, is never to
be doubted.
The country in this section
where the boys and girls will
camp is high and hilly, being
over ZOO feet above sea level.
This region is called the Triple
Divide" the lakes emptying
their waters by the Ontonagon
river north into Lake Superior;
east by the Pine river into Lake
Michigan, and southwest by the
Wisconsin river into the Missis-
sippi. This insures perfect drain
age and clear, dry air. Sufferers
from hay fever, asthma and kin
dred complaints find immediate
relief, and a few weeks spent in
this region will add red cor
puscles to the blood and relieve
the lungs of the smoke and dust
of the city.
And the Young man and wom-
an are made better for their out
ing where nature is supreme.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
LAY MILL FOUNDATION
Arrival of Foundation Tim
bers From Grand Rapids
Shows Work on Erection
of Mill.

Monday the first car OF mater.
ial arrived for the Wisconsin
Michigan Lumber Company's
new mill to be erected at Eagle
River this year. The material
comes from the mill now being
dismantled at Grand Rapids,
Wis, and the entire car contain
ed foundation timbers for the
main building.
The concrete pillars have been
built and bottom work on all
the buildings will be completed
within a few days, and will be
ready for laying of foundations
upon their arrival.
The new spur track from the
{. * n. w. main line was com
pleted last week and is being
used for transportation OF
material. Several workmen
from Grand Rapids arrived a
week ago and Superintendent
Knox is having the work pushed
as rapidly as the material ar
rives.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
AN ALBINO DEER SEEN
Guests at Tilden's Resort
Watch Antics of White
Deer on Beach of Meta
Lake.

LanCs
The antics of a white or Albino
deer were viewed on the south
shore of Meta lake. Just across
the water from the Tilden resort
several days ago by guests of
that hostelery, and as a result,
many will be the stories scatter
ed broadcast when the city folks
90 home relative to the freak of
nature they were permitted to
view.
White deer are not an every
day occurrence IN this northland,
but at that hardly a season
passes bur one or more are seen.
Last fall two, a doe and a fawn,
were seen frequently in the fields
adjoining the farm home of the
Dolanskis in the town of Lincoln.
Several have been killed during
the hunting seasons IN the past
and have been mounted and ex-
hibited to admires of freaks such
as Nature pulls every once in a
while.
1t is said that an Indian will
not kill an Albino. believing that
it is bad medicine" to take their
life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
Dancing at Sayner.

Another dance is scheduled at
the Plum Lake pavilion for Sat
urday evening of this week.
Manager Floyd Thomas is Civ
ing the dancing loving public
splendid entertainments about
every other week.