New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
All-Day Chorus
OF SAhs,' Las
Leads To Court
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until II. learned that the studio of
Hiss tIuycr was to be near his windows.
lie complained "that his health, Tho
health of his vie ard other members
Of the household arc menaccd by the
disturbance next door, There is only
a single party wall between the two
houses and tic singing lessons given
on thc second floor Of Miss Haycs's
house continue from 70 q. II. 70 $50
.. II. cvci.y veek day, i. was said
Getting on Ills Nerves
"lho :.oise may be DESCRIBED goner-
ally," said the disturbed lawyer, as
Al intcrminablc series Of scales and
exercises sung during 9 largo part Of
the time in the loudest tones Of which
tho pupils are capable. Its intensity
IS such IS to interrupt m: cOnverss-
tjcr. It IS inpossiols 10 talk over the
telephone. Tho racket also ;s getting
on the nerves Of my servants 50 thcy
cannot discharges their household du-
tics, and | cannot fix ny attention on
Anything, or even read. Inc prolonged
repetition OF the same exercises and
me shlill. strained Nnd piercing tones
u tie voices exhaust lny head and
nerves and cause Inc great nervous dis
tress and suifer;ng. The intensity Of
the NOISE ;s greatly increased in the
,are afternoon by The fact that pupils
il tile apparelt.y more advanced stag
are being ilstructed.'
Mrs. Nina Tonnale, wife Of t,.c p!aiy,-
tia, added an esida,it in which She
said
IL IS worse waen pupils try TO reacn
notes which scem to be hiaher than
the range Of their voices At times
the sounds can be only described as
screaming and screecl.iii2. and at such
times The noise is simply maddeMinc.
The noises ring in my head alter The
lessons arc over and sometimes during
the night
DR.. Edward Cussle-, Tie To~ne,e
family physician, said nc heard orc o.
the complained Of lessons given, ard II
and nervous system o. the average per
son. Dr.. Walter y. Lambert, who Ives
at 1l1 Last Thirty-hfth Street. cx-
pressed g similar view.
Miss Lucy Goodman Smith, pianist
listened to one Of the Lessons given bv
Miss Hayes, and wrote in q note hook
all the sounds she heard and tne NUN
Der Of TIMES "Ah' and La" and other
musical syllables were sung. Popular
songs also we're sung, said Miss Smith,
Including "Thc Rosary" and The End
o. Perfect Day"
Opera Stars Divided
il ser-og~ted last night at the Metro
oolitan Opera House, two stars gave it
Us their emphatic opinion that singers
when vocalizing certainly are an annoy
ought TO be segregated. a third mem
Der Of the opera company said that
vocal exercises we're O nuisance oniy
when they were bad.
The Two in favor OF having singing
teachers all in one studio building. or
a. least situated apart from roa-musi-
cal neighbors, were Rosa Ponsellc,
dramatic soprano, and Giovanni Mar
tino. basso.
Miss Ponsclle said that only r few
months before she made her debut the
ncighbors complained Of ller vocaliz-
ine ard she and her family had to
move.
"sineins teachers should be together
a.. S'+N Oe-AAu!i.S, SIG .oo it ~ is LdLQ
10 teach music otherwise without ar
noying some one. The people who OBJ
jected to my vocalizing now have to
pay $40 to hear ne sing, but the fact
remains that they did not care for my
cxerciscs''
"lhe practice OF singing" said NJ.
Nartino, "ccrtainiy does annoy neigh
Dors, especially when II is bad singing.
Teachers should be in studios where
there are none but singing teachers"
Giovanna Martinclli, tenor. was the
cac who thought that vocalizin% when
done properly and in good tone oughc
TO be agreeable, unless the neighbor
was neuras sthenic.
Bot, said tie tenor, With q wave
a his hands, ",,hen the singing is out
Of tune, she max crazce everybody.
And when q woman is bad voice. hate
to say it, bot it oz true-she is worse
than man.
Miss Hayes said last night that the
charges against her we're iraccuratc
and ridiculous. She said that she an,
her sisters were living in the house ana
that they could not stand such noises
as MI. Toanele alleges were raisea
there.
She sad tnat hers was q rtofession
An art rather than a business. and
thac 1T was understood when she Leased
the premises that she was a singing
teacher. No objection was raised thpn
she said.