The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-19

Anna Fitziu, the prima donna, smil-
ingly confessed that her engagement
to Andreas de Segurola. former dis
tinguished Metropolitan basso, was off.
| In recounting the circumstances,
| however. Miss Fitziu revealed herself
an iconoclast of the first water. Her
story has all the cIashing elements of
| a Wagnerian drama.
What do maxims and adages mean,
after all. in the face of ones own ex-
| periences? ?" she asks. And so, in the
/ light of her adventure with her erst-
while finance, this is how Miss Fitziu
settled the fate Of some of the time
honored sayings of Solomon, Aristotle,
Omar ct al:
Absence Makes Hearts Wander.
Absence does not make the heart
grow fonder. It certainly makes hearts
further wander"
Long separation undoubtedly takes
| the goose from the gander, or the gan
der from the goose, whichever the case
may be-
while the night pursues the day as
the lover pursues his loved one, a
prima donna's husband will not follow
| a prirna donna all over the world for
| fear of leaving his self-respect behind
| him"
"opposites may be attracted to each
| other, but an American girl should not
marry foreigner
Women should not marry-if they
have not the time"
Some women like me have the wan
derlust and also love a home. If that's
complex make the most of it."
"The artistic woman no longer needs
to wait upon the caprice of her heart.
She can direct it, in a certain degree,
to the spot where it would seem de-
sirable to have 1t alight."
Engagement Declared of.
The understanding that the engage
ment was to be called off was reached,
before her appearance in concert at
the Biltmore on Jan. s.
II had just returned from a long
and arduous tour of the west" ex-
planned the singer at her home. 246
West Seventeen street. I'VE had been
separated for months and months. He
was nervous. He had been in a hos
pital for time. I was extremely nerv-
GUS, too. We just agreed it would be
best to call our engagement off. There
was no one particular point of contro-
versy. We decided to separate on the
broadest possible grounds. After my
concert the next day / left for Cali
fornia, but he didn't take me to the
train. That's all there is to it."
But this was merely an artistic FIN
ish, for there turned out to be really a
whole lot more.
CAS- everybody knows, Mr. de Sc
gurola and myself were engaged on
Nov. 81, 1920. Mr.. de Segurola had
an interest in the Casino at Havana
that took him away for long periods of
time. I went off on long concert tours,
and so we We're separated for i'm
possible months and months. 1 GER
tainly do not advocate long SEPARATIONS
They undoubtedly take the geese from
the ganders or the ganders from the
geese, whichever the case may be.
Nor does absence make the heart
grow fonder On the contrary, 1t makes
hearts further wander. Under the |
strain OF my enga gements and the dis !
fractions of my tour the emotion oil
affection sort Of died a slow and nat |
ural death.
De sssuroTa Praised.
But I want to say that Mr.. de Sc |
gurola is perfectly charming gem
tleman and a delightful friend, and we
shall continue to be the best of friends |
You know he is a Spaniard OF the old |
school, and
Here it should be pointed out the |
famous basso won the heart Of the |
prima donna with his fists and not !
through the magic Of his thrilling |
basso tones. About three years ago |
William Thorner, Miss Fitziu's singing
ma estro, and DE Segurola had an ar
gument at the Biltmore hotel over the |
quality OF the prirns donna's voice. The |
affair wound up in battle OF fists.
The incident concluded with the
basso's Offering apologies to Miss
Fitziu the next day. later developingi
into romance. The engag cement was
announced on Nov. 81, 1920 They
were to be married the next spring in /
Havana, where the basso had taken |
over the management of an amuse-
ment enterprise.
1t was in May of 1927 that De Sc
gurola gave evidence of his romantic
devotion in frequent long -dista nee
telephone calls from Havana. to his
fsnce in this city and gifts of Tiffany