Show Destiny Led Her to Retire From Opera Singing Marion Talley Says I I NEW YORK April 13 AP AP- AP Destiny gave save the cue on which Manon Marion Ma Ma- rion non Talley is making her exit from the operatic and concert stage at 22 for life on a farm Explaining her retirement from the musical world in which she has made half a million dollars at an anage anage anage age when most singers are still sUn struggling for recognition she said It was destiny I am a fatal fatal- 1st I have always s 's let destiny take talce care of everything And so I followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed destiny when I r announced my retirement She added that It was destiny that made mad her begin singing lessons lessons lessons les les- les- les sons at the age of 11 and sent her herto herto herto to New York to study when pessimists pessimists pessimists pes pes- predicted that she would be swallowed in the crowd It was destiny destiny destiny des des- tiny that sent her to Europe de despite despite de- de spite the protests of ot friends that It would ruin her career Miss Talley denied that her de decision decision decision de- de was actuated by bv disagree disagree- ment with the management of the Metropolitan Opera company She also denied that she was retiring because she was in love or planned to be married She said she had no definite farm farmin in mind but that as soon as she completed her contracts she would begin looking around for one Its hard work to be a a. farmer but I r know I will like it she re re- re marked I r cant can't milk a cow but Ill I'll learn Time never hangs heavIly leav- leav heavily ily By on a a. farm I spoke about wanting wanting want want- I ing to give up singing for a farm two years ago but everybody I thought I was joking Ill have no pigs on my farm I dont don't like them but there will be plenty of everything else Miss Talley said that although she now felt it would be Impossible Impossible impossible sible for her to sing again it was I not altogether impossible that she would go back bacI to it some day I Told that Caruso had once said he would have to S go on singing even I though he never got another cent for doing it Miss Talley asserted Im not that way wa WANTS ANTS TO LIVE In deserting her het career for a farm she Is merely following a desiro desiro de- de siro sIlo to have a grand time living living- to move out on a farm wear gingham ging ging- ham aprons and dig In the dirt It is ridiculous to say that Ive I've had trouble with Mr GattI Casazza or anyone else at the tan My relations with them all have been most amiable I have no enemies at the Metropolitan that I know of Mr Gattis Gatti's secretary came carne to me with a contract for next year just justas as I was leaving the opera house and nd because other people were waitIng waiting wait walt lIng ing for me I couldn't stop to sign It I told him him I I would sea ses him later about it and then decided that I might just as well do now now what I have expected to do all along along re re tire Singing In public was just an episode In my life and life and now Im I'm going to tr try another |