Show one thing he was sure of john mccormack the irish aenoi who made his debut at the manhattan opera house recently has already bo be come a great favorite with his fellow countrymen in new york arthur hammerstein Hammerst eln says that be was being shaved the other day by an all it italian alian whom he often patronizes and who is a great partisan of enrico carusa 1 I asked the barber said mr ham what he thought of mccormack iles hes a fine but hei beb not in carusos class i the ton artist whereupon nan who had been waiting to be al ved jumped up and in a brogue as broad as tho the rast fast river retorted that the italian know what he be was talking 9 about though mr mccormack la Is one of my fathers chief artists I 1 want a fight as I 1 like the barber and the irishman looked as if he could whip tho the whole shop so I 1 suggested that the two tenors were if dif ferent type ANIc mccormack Cormack being a lyric and caruso a dramatic tenor at this the son of the emerald isle roared out 1 I dont care what kind of a t tenor n r johnny M mccormack corm ck Is I 1 kno he be can sing like hell I 1 new york sun |