The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Did You Hear?
About Jeritza's Opera Contract
and HaddOn Chambers's
Last Play.
BY LUCIEN CLEyEs.

all probability the glory re-
fiected from the former Imperial
Opera House in Vienna will CEN
ter exclusively about Nine. Jeritza this
season. She Is enough for any OPP
cratic theater to be proud of as an
ambassador of its traditions to another
country. But when she departs at the
end Of a few months there will be no
body else to carry on the same glories,
since 1t seems certain that Nine. Selma
Kurz will not, after all, make another
journey to this country.
| Giulio Gatti- -Casazza gave the ia
nous colorature soprano Of the opera
in Vienna a contract by which she was
to sing a number Of her roles at the
Metropolitan. 1t is probably In view
Of the fact that she is unwilling to
make q concert tour here and feels II
! TOO much of an ordeal to undertake
| the journey for her comparatively
! brief operatic season that she is to re-
main In her own country. So Nine.
Kurz will remain in Vienna When
she left here early last spring it was
with the announcement that If she
came back it would be in September
in order to accustom herself to the
climate before she appeared at the
Metropolitan.
"The contract served its purpose ad-
mirably whether the singer return here
or not" one of her friends said the
other day. Manager Gatti has shown
himself courteous and conslderate TO a
! ton ri
had the contract with the opera TO show
as result OF her American concert tour
and everybody has been made comforta-
BILE BY the engagement So there Is no
earthly use why the soprano should take
the trouble to return"
The "saIIy" Calendar.
Flo Ziegfeld, Jr.,--he is still Junior I'm
| spite of the gray hair-llas about made
/ up his mind to go to the theater to-
morrow night. He has decided on the
New Amsterdam, although Miss Billie
| Burke is at Henry Miller's Theater. lie
is not going to see sally" so much ae
TO watch the audience. He wants TO
see how It will react to her first ami
versary. For Sally" is a year old to-
morrow night Mr.. Ziegfeld hopes TO
be able to tell from the looks of the
audience how many moro years OF her
life will be spent at the New Amsterdam
Theater. In the meantime he has pre-
pared a Sally Calendar" for the next
year
These are It's chief points: Miss
( Marllynn Miller has not missed single
performance. Leon Enrol was out once
on account of tonsilitls. Only one
change has been made in the cast since
the first night and that was the sub
sttution Of Miss Kathleen Martyr for
Miss Mary Hays. Even every member
of the chorus is the same. Every nem-
Der OF the company will have new cos
tunes for the beginning Of the second
year OF the play. Every seat has been
sold for every performance since the
first. sally" is still on In London and
three companies are touring the British
provinces. The piece will be given soon
! In Berlin, Vienna and Melbourne
! Tn the box with Mr.. Ziegfeld will be
\ the author. Guy Bolton; the composer,
l'Jerome Kern. clifford Grey and Victor
! Herbert II IL from this box that Mr..
| Ziegfeld will make his speech. II every
! body listens closely Il may be possible
! TO hear Mr.. Ziegfcld announce the date
.on which he will open the New York
! enga cement OF the second "Saily" COM
pany.
ola Friends New Face.
Two good stories were told by tho
| speakers at the dinner for David Bclasco
at the Bitmore Hotel the other night.
| Claiming Pollock related the converse
tion when william Gillette took George
Broa adhurst TO visit his farm and showed
| him the inclosure where the goats were
kept One of the animals licked the
actors hand as he stood by the paling.
Even the goats love me down here"
said Mr.. Gillette.
Hes hungry and wants TO be fed"
observed Broadhurst skeptically.
There was silence for second.
We'll, Broadhurst," Mr. Gillette went
on after evident deliberation. After
while you get TO be so old you take even
that feeling for love"
Augustus Thomas was seated next TO
Miss Lynn Fontanne who was receiving
on all sides felicitations on her engage
ment to Alfred Lunt
Miss Fontanne," Mr.. Thomas began,
"has just been telling me the manner in