Show Even Enmes Has Mer Temper Chicago Inter Ocean It is said that Mme Emma Eames has a temper A member of the Grau company calls it a devilsof a temper Her refusal to sing at he Metropolitan opera house In New York one night the past week when every seat in the house was sold out on the promise of her appearance ap-pearance recalls stories which floated around In Chicago about the beautiful singer On the stage she appears all sweetness and grace At rehearsals she terrifies the stage manager more than Patti ever did One morning she broke up a rehearsal at the Auditorium and almost disrupted the company by refusing re-fusing to take part In the proceedings Mme Eames wont you even walk through your part for the rest of the people asked the stage manager in plaintive despair No replied the prima donna loftily And then she had a chair carried out on the stage andbegun to direct the chorus Beside himself with rage the nIna ager said Madame Eames if you are going to direct this performance I aught as well go Certainly she replied I can get along very ivehl And then there was nothing for the matiager to do but put on his hat and leave Madame Eames positive refusal re-fusal to rehearse keeps the rest of the company In hot water on the evening of the performance They never know what place she will take on the stage and watch her movements with nervous attention Mr Grau they say also has his troubles trou-bles with the star attraction He never knows when Madame Eamea will me fuse to sing Still as remarked the woman who told this story that amy be a part of the price a manager of a prima donna has to pay and Emma Eames sings too perfectly to be sils pensed with She knows It too |