The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-26
PAUL ALTHOUSE
FAMOUS TENOR
HE WILL SING IN KATO
EVENING MAY 81
ORPHEUS CLUB EVENT
Life Story of Young Man Who
Has Accomplished Much In
Musical World.

The appearance of Paul Althouse
is eagerly looked forward to, for we
are reading constantly OF his mar
velous success throughout the
Iounry in many respects he
sands alone among modern tenors
Tor it is rare that one singer should
20 successfully MI so many posi-
tons of eminence. he has origina-
, ted quite a number OF important
operate roles in the country, he has
more than successfully filed man.
parts previously made famous by
Caruso with whom he was on in
innate terms 1t may not be gensr-
ally known. but Enrico Caruso had
what he called his singing pets" TO
whom he was pleased. to refer at
times in an affectionate way, and Mr.
Afthouse was one OF them During
the first tryouts Althouse under
went before he was accepted by the
Metropolitan Opera company, the
greatest tenor in world remarked
TO critics that he was firmly con-
WINGED that Althouse was destined
to be the greatest living American
tenor a title he now holds according
TO the musical press OF the country
Caruso and Althouse on numerous
occasions have appeared on the
Opcdd dAA anu AWAY
with tremendous success.
Reading, Pa. is the home town of
Paul Althouse, leading tenor OF the
Metropolitan Opera company. He
began TO sing in the church choir
when he was six years of age. At
the mature age of ten he was So
prano soloist in tn Christ church
choir of Reading and at the age of
fourteen he first started to sing
tenor.
Was Mixing Chemicals -
When Paul was not to be found
on the cheering lines OF football
game or harmonizing with some OF
the boys in front of the postoffice
one could generally find him engag
ed in mixing together lot of chem
icals with about as much skill as a
soda water clerk makes with a
milk shake. After four years ex-
perience at high school work Paul
tried a hand at the business col
lege stuff. Not liking that depart
ment of life he next found himself
connected in the chemical depart
ment of the Reading Iron works. IL
Mathewson did some wonderful
pitching. This so enthused Paul
that nothing would content his
mind until he went to Bucknell.
There, he got the Mathewson spirit
IN the threat instead of the arm.
Leaving Bucknell he came to Phil
adelphia and went TO work in a
bank but the Russell Sage and Otto
Kahn life had only one attracuon-
rnoney-and so long as il did not
belong to him why stand about and
met Percy Rotor Stevens, the voice
teacher, who heard him sing. Since
that time he has risen from being a
singer of rich talent to the very
highest pinnacle of musical dis
tinction.
How to Sing Well
To sing well demands something
more than voice. Voice is essential,
and the degree of its warmth and
color and flexibility and power de-
termines its worth. But the singer
who commands his auditors, who
touches the chord of their respon-
siveness, must possess resources
other than voice alone. The singing
talnt and emotion are other re-
quisites. Musical intelligence is
yet another, So, too, is the capacity
to enunciate distinctly the text
which is the heart of the song be-
caus the story is there.
Paul Althouse has gained his
pre- minent position among tenors
because he is a singer with voice
who sings. At the Metropolitan
Opera house he has proved for nine
successive seasons that he deserv-
es place among the elect. On the
concert platform Mr.. Althouse has
demonstrated again and again-year
after year-that he is an artist
Come and hear Mr. Althouse IN
Concert with the Orpheus club at
the Orpheum theatre Wednesday
evening May 81.