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Show oPATTI MAY . COME AGAIN ; Famous Diva Consider-. Consider-. ins: Another Farewell , American Tour. ; NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Adellna PattI, tor the Baroness Cederstrom, as she Is known In private life, is to make another an-other farewell tour of the United States, If the arrangements being made by Robert Grau with the diva are concluded. con-cluded. It woulf, perhaps, require . some close search to determine how many "final" tours Pattl has made of this country, but according to Mr. Grau it is -the Intention to make the one he hopes to arrange really her last appearance ap-pearance In America, Mr. Grau says that he has been try-' try-' lng to get Mme. Pattl to consent to an. other tour for the past three years. He Is inclined to believe that he has at last obtained her consent. He has In his possession a letter from Pattl' s secretary secre-tary which was written from the so- ' prano's home In Wales on December 16th In reply to one from him. The let ter reads: "The Baroness Pattl Cederstrom Ceder-strom Is In receipt of your last letter and desires me to say that she is seri- ' ouely considering the matter and will V pply In the course of a few days. y Tiie inducement being held out to f . FatU ,1s 'said to be 3800 a performance and 40 per cent of all over JS0OO taken In at the box office. His offer contemplates , thirty concerts in twenty-four cities. In the proposed concerts the first part will be devoted to solos by the diva and others, while the second part will be devoted to one act of one of the operas In which Pattl was famous. Pattl last sang In public about two Tnonths ago In Albert halL London. |