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Show I THE LOSS OF A CARUSC f j In musical elides deep regret v. ill jj i ! le expressed over the serious illness J of Caruso, the world's most gifted and famous tenor singer. 1 Caruso suffered a collapse three I months ago while singing before a Hfl 1 New York audience. He has had pleu risy since early last December and on I Tuesday took a sudden turn for the worse. The last rites of the church I- i I have been feUUninislered, and this (n-1 (n-1 dicates an almosi hopi l - condii ion ;j t'aruso has been applauded by Etuis Etu-is ope and America. He is said to bl UK j greatest tenor ot all times and his n J loss to the stage will be irreplaceable, J 1 Soon after he came to America from aaaaaaa 9 J his Italian home, lie was accused of HH j being a libertine and on two occasion! HH J was openly accused and brought m, HH court for making advances to women with whom he jrai DOi acquainted and 'j ho had Invited bis attention. HH J Whatever may have been th- man's HH J morals, they were not sufficiently of-iH of-iH I tensive to dim his glory as a singer j and he continued to draw record HH houses and hold the admiration of the talent in musical circles. B j Should Caruso die, this generation HH may not hear another voice the equal of his, in fact the history of mal? I voices gives us little hope of another CaruSO short ol a Kieat lapse of time. |