The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-18
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field, ILL.,. changing cars three times.
with no concerts between Springfield
and Topeka, and looked forward to
the rest in this city.
I'VE must have rest" madame said.
"A career is jealous thing. 1t wants
all our energy and we must have the
energy to have any success"
"Altho you are accustomed to trav-
cling. you must find it very tiresome,P
-.Oh, very they both agreed.
How do you think travelling condi-
tions in this country compare with
those in other countries?" L asked
Particularly with regard to hotel ac-
commodations? Not that expect you
to say anything in praise of Topeka's
accommodations"
Pleased With Hotel.
"Oh. this is a paradise" madame
exclaimed. This hotel is wonder
full place compared with hotels in
other countries" she said. Then she
proceeded TO tell of the foreign hotels
without heat. without bathing facili-
ties and capped the climax with a
vastly entertaining account of a hotel
in Guatemala where she said the
rooms were not better than horse
stalls, and the only way to take a
bath was to pull L rope and have a
bucket of cold water come tumbling
down on one.
Fine Living Conditions.
zone reason I like this country bet
ter than others is its fine living con-
ditions, and it is oh, so clean" she said.
What are some of your other rea-
sons for preferring to stay in Amer
ica?" I asked.
"Oh, they receive me so well in your
country. They seem to have such a
great appetite for music. They appre-
ciate so much. Here in America the
concert is enjoyed, 1 think, more than
abroad. Nowhere are concerts sup
ported as they are in America. Over
there they may like the opera better
than in this country, but they do not
have much interest in the concert
abroad.
What part of our country appeals
most to you?"
Visited All Parts of {. S.
"Oh. California" chimed Mr. and
Mrs Samuels. simultaneously and EN-
phatically. They said that they had
States.
DO you expect to stay in this coun-
| try indefinitely? I questioned.
NO" Mr.. Samueis said. I'VE are
expecting to make a world tour SOON
The other countries feel that you
are giving America more than her
share. 1 should think I said.
"Oh. yes" Madame admitted 81
get letters all the time from other
countries urging me to come Spain.
especially is very Jealous Spain is
insisting on my coming there. But we
can't be free. you know. These Amer
lean managers are too quick. Long
before we finish a contract, we seem
TO be signing another"
In Europe But Once in Five Years.
GalIi-Curci said she had been to
Europe but once since she came to
America five years ago. That was last
year when she went to Paris. Her
mother met her there, coming to the
French city from her home in Milan,
Italy. II was in Milan when sixteen
years old, that Gal1i-Curcis voice was
discovered" by Mascagni. composer
of the famous "Cavalleria Rusticana y
Planned To Be Pianist.
She had planned to be a pianist, she
said, and had studied piano intensively
since she was five years old Even
now, altho she has a husband-accom-
PIANIST and there is no need of her
playing the piano, she practices piano
as we'll as vocal music. One of the
most enjoyable features of a CALI
Curci program is the singing of one
or two familiar American songs to
| her own piano accompaniment
| me that she would give the Topeka
audience. that treat in the concert
Tuesday night.
1t is an interesting fact that Henry
| ]. Dotterweich, manager of the To-
peka concert series, was a student in
piano in Berlin under Josef Lhevinne
at the same time that Homer Samuels
| was a pupil of Lhevinne. Lheyinae
/ gave a concert in Topeka last season.
| Galli-CurcTS accompanies and Dotter-
WEIGH have enjoyed renewal of ac-
quaintance in Topeka this year and
| last
Two questions I had stored up to
ask the world-famed singer had no,
yet been preached. One was:
What do you think about a girl
! having a career? There is so much
| discussion of whether it is best that
| she have career or that she have a
! home? Many who have careers think
| it is possible to have both? Do you %
| Either Career or Home.
| mo. I do not think one may have
a real home and a successful career
together. One must either have one
or the other The career is a Jealous
| thing, 1 repeat. We can't take any
time and strength away from it. And
then if there are little children to in
iterfere-there is not career." was the
answer she gave.
Il discourage young girls from en-
tering upon a singing career" she
continued Every day have letters
unless they have great health. great
energy and are willing to put lots OF
work on their chosen career and be
! prepared for disappointment, they
should not enter upon it"
| Does your wonderful career satisfy
lyou?" I asked, rather needlessly. j
Thought.
She Is Not Satisfied
at am thrilled over it. of course. But
I am not satisfied" she said I'VE
still have time to dream of things
greater, much greater, than we have
/ achieved"
My other question TO which much
desired an answer. took more courage
to ask. I was afraid Of being re-
buffed, as was when I asked it OF
Kansas music teachers in their con-
lvention in Topeka This is the ques-
Ition:
She Likes Jazz Music.
what do you think of Jazz music ~
Il love il Madame GaIU-Curei