Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
by Sidney u. MhinpIr.

United News stan Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Jan. IA new queen
is enthroned ut the Metropolitan
with the abdication OF Geraldine Far
rar. after an uninterrupted reign OF
fifteen years. in which. Jointly with
Enrico Caruso. she held the throne
/ OF public adulation, Marie Jeritza,
who took New York by storm six
weeks ago. has assumed the title
without struggle or dispute.
Marie Jeritza looked queen. She
might he described as magnificent"
She is Ave feet ten inches tall. ten
years younger than Farrar. Of fault
less form, and crowned with a mass
OF tawny golden hair that is dazzling
to behold
Personality In Commanding.
She is the personlfcation Of fire
and passion on the operate stage
Her personality is commanding, al
most imperious. on stage
IL she were nc, JerItza." the crit.
!cs have said. she would be Sarah
Bernhsrd,"
She takes the ,hreadtare old op-
cratic melodrama Of 'Pucc!ni' and
Turns IL into quivering NE itself"
ihe% reported after her hrE, appear
ahce. And that marked the passing
., Geraldine Farrar. for Farrzr had
a!~ays been New York's great Togca.
"heh 1t became evident that Jer-
.tzS was the he!r-apparent 70 Ger
aldinc's place In tie hearts Of onSra
!of-!S. ineE began To ask FOR her
H's'pFE VINO she was, where she
laDe from. Il vas the Usual on.ra
s-nssrs story. win an added dash
~ Spec III that II was old Franz
%'Se;. OF Austria. himself. who frs,
thought her 70 the attention OF m.
70; Opera. at Vienna. and gave hcr
lhs FoEa! recognition that broupb,
-eT continental fame nearly ten
cars ago. she was born in Brunn
rEscnp-aloEakia and has sung since
sh9 was .ttle girl. Aside from
mar. II haa been nothing but study
study, study ever since.
Lives the Character.
iieF real name, she confidcs, is not
1er!'za--w which, by the way she pro.
/ 70" "teS 1ie'itza"--but Movarian.
She adopted Jeritza because II w..
80 'I'4cH pfstiier. don't you think so?''
( made Is up. II doesn't mean
anything Don't you think I'm
I clever" she said 1t sounds good
! III anything but Chinese
'erItza explained all the dramatic
mower she puts Into her presento-
ions as "a part OF herself.
won't take a role unless can
actually 1.-Two tho character. ! mus,
be interested in the woman or
wont sing. That isn't Temperament,
us Just common ssnsc. and don,
DO 1t just 10 be whimsical" she saws
INT must DC the person in the
play"
Incidentally. II is noted here tina,
htf greatest successes are the yer,
roles In which singers such as Mar,
Garden, Geraldine Farrar and other.
more frequently found on tho Con.
tinent--haye gained fame. They mus
mUnd
Mr ana Mrs Harvey Crabu an
children OF Memphis. are guests .
Mrs, crabiii's mother. Mrs. ID. I
Mathews.
Mrs, William T. Moore has bee
sp'"alhs the week with her parent.
Mi and Mrs. Alfred Preston. !,
+ |Iechicld' In iiotctoUrl County.
Mss Alice !iogc, Of The Universal
r or North Caroline. is the guest q
Ter nnclc, James 40 otcy. at wal
\ nut Spring"
a j. McConkey Henderson LETT Wed
ntSd"y 20 spend severa! months vii
: ms brother, Thoma. j. Henderson. a
/, Fairfax.
Rev. Norman Johnson o. .Atiant,
a mas accented the call 20 tile pa.
torate OF the BlackAburg Fresh,
terrain Church. and will enter on h
- duties the middle or February Al
.lohhson is graduate Of the Into
Theological Seminary at R!chmon
Mrs Vernon c. Austin was cali,
TO Fayetteville. y. C.. this week +
inc illness OF her mother. Mrs. IRA,
ces NJ. Virgins.
~. a. Derins has returned TO No,
- iolH AFTER visit 10 his son p,,
r. ~" va eoi'et