The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-12-02
Singers Win
Happiness
Together
ny HORTENSE SAUNDERS
y. y. a. service writer


NEW YORK. Dee. a-The voice
N with tho smilo wins
Put that down as a golden maxim
and first aid TO matrimony as well
as mere propaganda on the part OF
the telephone company
The success ot tho voice and smile
combination Is demonstrated in the
romance % sofia Charlgbois, the
opera singer aud Fortune Gallo,
manager ot the san Carlo Opera com,
pany,
sofa Charlcbcis was formerly a
san Francisco girl who had studied
music and had operate ambitions,
Slgnor Gallo was bandmastcr with
dreams or branching out into grand
opera.
IIo organized his initial operate
company In san Francisco and he
issued call Tor local talent, Many
e.me ana few wcrc chosen. after tho
usual manner OF procedure at such
times. Among the last TO Try out her
voice was sofia Charlchois. .
She could sing and she could smile.
sho did both exceedingly we'll. ac-
eordlng TO slgnor Gallo, Her voice
won her an engagement with tho
opera company, and her smile won an
engagement ring nom the manager
before the season was over,
This occurred IN 1911, quite some
time ago. but l HAYS Slgnor Gallo's
word for Il that the voice and smile
combination stin holds him.
"Of course after our marriage.
which occurred At the end OF the first
season. my wife kept ON with her
career" he told me, "She has sung
In my company ever since. We have
Travelled all over tho country and
Europe together and have travelled
all the ups and downs OF good and
bad seasons. We both arc supposed
10 be temperamental. and suppose
We are. But orr temperamcnts and
our careers have never jeopardized
our happiness. but have rather con-
tributed 10 IL,
II am sure my wife would not
have been happy had her marriage
meant the sacrifice OF her career as
a singer. And she very gratifying!y
assures me that her career without
marriage would have been most in
complete. As FOR me. she Is so bound
up in my plans and my successes that
I cannot imagine what life would
have held FOR me without her, SO
you can classify US as two happily
married persons who believe that
careers and marriage mix perfectly -
The musical career OF Sofia Charlie
bois is that 81 an ambitious
American girl who had advantages,
studied, and made good. but Il Is not
quite so colorful or typical Of what
this country offers as that OF For.
tune Gallo.
He arrived at Ellis Island. stcerage,
from Italy, with II cents In his
pocket, few clothes done up in q
large kerchief. and no English words
ia his vocabulary
Incidentally he has very nice
smile himself. and suppose II was
his genial Latin manner. and his abil-
ity 10 land on his feet after any sort
Of a tumble that expedited his Jour
ney from clerk at 81 week 10 opera
niagrrate. and boosted his original
capital OF IL cents into a very sub
stantiai bank account.
He has been a gas collector, poll
tIclan. secretary TO a travelling band.
advance agent for road companies
stranded and solyent--has organized
his own bands. brought Duso and
Pavlova TO this country and for ls
years has managed and kept on the
road the San Carlo Opera company,
the only operate enterprise in this
country that has ever made money.
His achievements as we'll as his
romance spell success.