Show FINE I 1 SOPRANO THESE helen lamont lament and carrie hunking arc both favorites TITO conscientious ARTISTES how flow they what they nave dono and what they propone to lc do lonie iome thing of the of tito T interesting 11 1 ornen omen home lire life nearly every person in the united states who takes tiny Irit interest in comic opera oper a has seen and heard helen lamont lament the well known brinin donna at some time tim corother 0 r other miss lament AN ans na born in III washington ner her family name was la mon sho pave gave evidence of the don of 0 fin excellent voice irnen e en in childhood but she had noides no idea ot of becoming a professional singer she studied thice years with barill brother of the great patti and made her debut on the stage when slie she was 23 yeara old professor sousa of the marine I arine band had bad chairge of the affair and it was upon his recommendation that john A maccaull IacCa ull offered her an engagement in tile mikado she accepted and it was in this ex excellent celent company that she received tho the training which fitted her for the more important w work ork that she lias has since done 0 1011 a 12 1 NIB t Z N f HIMEN HELE LAMONT while on a visit to new york arid and still under tinder contract with maccaull Mac CaulI geraldine 11 llmer the donna adonna of stetsons company which was singing hinging the mikado at the fifth avenue theater was taken sick and miss lamont lament temporarily assumed her role of yum yum later she became a regular member of stetsons company and when miss ii s ulmer went to europe miss lamont lament was made prima donna creating the chat char exter of roo roe maybud in Ruddy gore 1 she then left stetson and took out it a company of her own under that managers name she next secured the traveling rights to Ermi erminie niell and then casino name and made a tour of he country with avery a very expensive company so expensive in fact that whilo good business almost uni verial ly prevailed pecuniary loss resulted she was afterward at the head of 0 a summer company in philadelphia and tor for several summers has baa been very successful in n washington her native city with companies or organized 9 anizel by herself her plans tor for t the be future lave have not been definitely decided upon although sho she ba has s receive received several excellent offers miss lamont lament was married some years ago to charles maccartee MacCa itee a scotchman ag who ho is a nephew of dr bethune Be thime the celebrated divine she his one child miss La lament montis is a woman of queenly carriage and handsome face iler figure is superbly rounded amri carrio carrie hunking hun hull king as she is known professionally is one of the well known american sin singers gersiN w ho lias has found that there is more money in concert than in opera she was born in dover an N 11 but was ivas raised in haverhill moss it was there that she met and married C dustin clun king a young physician who had just returned from germany whither he bud gone to complete his medical ht udies dermaid en name was Wig wiggam glia mrs blunk hunking g early took an interest in musical matters and received a thorough training under tho the best masters in ili boston while she was singing in amateur opera max offered her an eliga engagement gement which bhe accepted to travel with his grand english opera company she sang with this company arline in bohemian girl michaela in bartrim Car nun trim and the leading soprano roles of sey several criLl other operas in the same bame organization which was as strong perhaps as any that ever toured the united states were signor signer brignoli Minniel lauk zelda seguin and several others who have since binco become famous www ailt 2 mm NI ji ta 7 oa yv A 1 canille itcy kiyo mrs mm n then retired from the operatic stage nud and bus bits since devoted her attention to oratorio and concert ork besides beside sing iii le leading adint soprano parts in some of the best church choirs in new york city she is no of the he philharmonic so 0 clety and duglish ruy lili callad company both of new boik where mr ill limiting flunking now re rc sides on account t of the ivl division ion of her surname for purposes mrs hunking lias has been frequently referred to as b bring e ing of chinese extraction this mistake h has as caused tier her no little amusement tor for it Is a fact that she can wrig ling its ii hult half a dozen langu languages ares including chinese mrs flunking iq ii foud fond of dress lome home decoration and dogs she has bits persist numbers of excellent offers fuere to return to grand opera bec because aue they nil all in alved tra eunk and the consequent severance of tho the social ocial i tits ties which m make ake life so plea haut to her mrs f rs flunking 1 what Is known probes Blo nally ns a ligh high priced artiste 11 she il 11 it a charm ing liiK oil omeril I 1 er at ion lonist a brig bright t intelligent and att lady an excellent housekeeper and a magnificent singer her voice beilig of that full round quality sop iio often spoken of and so 60 seldom heard lucy lccy LAWN |