Show F I PE81HKALEUTNER i What the Prima Donna lliiiiks oi America Mme PeschkaLeutner the renowned re-nowned German soprano who is recognized the world over as one of the greatest and foremost of living vocalists and whose name in Europe Eu-rope is enough to attract the largest audiences arrived in Chicago a few days ago and took apartments at the Palmer House Mme Peschka Leutner is to be one of the greatest attractions of the Saengerfest Her fame has preceded her and on this her first visit to Chicago she is welcomed wel-comed by thousands of admirers While here she is under the management manage-ment of Dr Florence Ziegfeld the wellknown director of the Chicago Musical College She has been for four years the chief bravura singer i of the Stadt Theatre in Hamburg and has added to her laurels in that city She was in America in 182 and sung at that time in the great Boston Peace Jubilee and in New York but came no further west than Niagara Falls A reporter of the InterOcean called upon her at the hotel and found the madame very gracious and kind She is a lady of about 34 years of age and of exceedingly pleasant demeanor and kindly address ad-dress She is rather large and has a noble head with dark hair brushed I back from a broad low brow her eyes are dark gray with heavy dark lashes and her complexion is clear and of German freshness Her voice in conversation is soft and musical and has a pretty deprecating deprecat-ing accent the result probably of a slight hesitation in regard to her English being correct She speaks English however very well indeed and seldom hesitates for a word with which to express her meaning How do you like Chicago madame V inquired the reporter in a prefatory manner Very well what I have seen I came here but today and have not seen much of the city I have heard that this is a very nice city My friends Dr Ziegfeld and his wife will take care of me and see that I see everything that is to be seen here I expect to enjoy my stay here very much When did you reach New York V Wednesday morning I came on the steamer Frisia My journey was pleasant and it was pleesant coming to Chicago America is a good country I like America and I like the American people Now continued Madame PeschkaLeut ner with charming directness that is all that I need to say But madame entreated her interlocutor in-terlocutor the American people are interested to know all about you Where were you born In Vienna When inquired the scribe with i his eyes upon his paper Madame laughed merrily Really said she ifwas so very long ago that I do not remember Have you any children madame mad-ame respectfully inquired the scribe Yes one son Alfred but I dont remember how old he isand madame mad-ame laughed with great good nature but added soberly tI think that the newspapers have too much about artistes It does not matter to people about my husband my son and my home |