Show I Utah Girls Girl's Enchanting Voice Wins High Praise Eastern Critics Bestow Unreserved Unreserved Unreserved Un Un- reserved Praise upon Singeing Singing Singing Sing Sing- ing eing of Miss Gates Emma Lucy Luc Gates tho ho Utah Ions songbird i Is causing c. a great l furore furor In metropolitan musical l circles She Simo is rivaling the time much much- toasted Italian diva CurcI Gaul-Curd and In comparing the two t prIma donnas the critics have not showered all their praises on the time Italian singer but ut have sa wild said 1 1 that Miss 1189 Gates too has Imas a voice as worthy worth tho adoration of oC the musical world TIme The most extravagant timings things have been bean said laid of oC Galli-Curci Galli yet et in the amidst t tor of or It all nil Frank T. T Finck of time the Now New York Evening Post Iosi and tho the musical critic of oC the time Now New York l Evening Mall Mail have havo pronounced pro pro- floUnced the voice of or Miss MItis Gates to be beof beof of oC nn Rn oven even more luscious 1 quality When sime h appeared In Donizetti's TIme The Night BI lIeu Bell II at tho he Lyric theatre last May lay Mr fr said paid he be wa was waK able to bestow on all her the time most niost unreserved of praises Ho TIE said She Sue sang 1 th tim airs ot or Donizetti with a n voice oleo of luscious beauty I an Intonation of or enchanting purity great warmth a 1 surprising oase pase and anti spontaneity i elt city eity exquisite taste and style There are arc only two artists In the UtA us Metropolitan opera who imo can give the time musical epicure as much unalloyed d Ill pleasure as ns did Miss did Miss Gates la last t night A year a ago o Mr Jell the manager of the time Columbia company for which Miss l Gates Gate sings 8 appealed to Charles L. L Wagner a ner the time manager of McCormack and anti a of Galli to take Miss Gates GateR After a week of oC consideration tion he replied that ho could not do cIa It since Inc the tue voice of oC the two great singers ers were so nearl nearly alike 0 In quality antI and tone that the time voice vole of one would kill the voice Olce of ot the otho- otho Mr Wagner ner had bad al already already al- al rend ready spent OO 00 on Gaul-Curd Gaul anti and felt th that l he Id not take another singer In cr whoso voice so successfully rivals rl the time Italian Ca favorites The one great handicap that Miss Gates suffers Is the fact that she la is American born bora Unfortunately that maids adds a n burden which the foreign artists do not have to b bear ar But since Mr l Finck's criticism of oC Miss Gates Gotes discussion and enthusiasm has arisen in the metropolitan musical circles and many of the foremost critics are arc beginning to see that Miss Gates merits as unreserved praise as has been lavished 1 on Galli Miss Gates Gates' last laRt appearance In tho the I Miss Emma Lucy Gates J JI I w r l S k kr r i f 47 l ir 4 j. I east before returning home for the tho summer sum Bum timer mer will be at the Newark festival April 30 I |