| Show i M bl FA r ilL 17 frI A Harvard Alumnus Classmate of President Pr Roosevelt He Is Known Also as a Prominent and Extensive Real Estate tat Operator In Boston i S long as aa humanity remains as OJ It n I 1 has been and still It I It t the tho spectacle Hp of or one line of or the th hu human j man race tl ged In III the oper q i of fir piling up n II million III 1111 on dollar jP i 1 u period of ot a IL few short weeks week j never cease to Interest Whatever iI Ah tho moralists ts huv to tu rJ Ri shy l the comparatively trilling of ut money It undoubtedly lends 1 n I an 1111 Interest to the personality of ot j iJ nry V Savage the tho Yankee i IUt to know that hal I he Is I even now no In InV ti V liu very el net act of u doing the million dollar 1 1 slithered from trustworthy urel Indicate that thol from a single and fj exceedingly cc buoyant operatic production 1 Is making a n profit each elleh that would uld be regarded by b most r 0 of hC us as liS a l fair return for a n years la Ill labor bor hor charming ot or this 1 i profit from Mr Ir viewpoint nt al h kast Is that U It shows not he hI remotest of ot the close cloRe of or the present season there will be three companies In hi the process of or tho Impresario Into n millionaire The rhe two companies li liv playing one In III NI York city lIt the i oilier her in Chicago lire established lu In Jime theaters and aro re a l pat lint patronage fP that Is simply phenomenal seat in III either elthel place Is fi Sold six weeks In advance tudes t de of or would 1 be bo ur ill 5 Chilli loudly for admittance or III moro more i i their turn At Atri present ri is I thc of oC the houses seems to bo the only real limitation to tho Hi III Hint F ono nt the box 1 season It will be III even more as nil R According lo fo his present In III IIIi i Sir Ill Savage will be tho Solo pro plO pi letor of six Merry Widow compa companies nies s moct full fall and the should be something to 10 startle the dramatic pHI mid ol operatic world It In quite enough j to t tho th lucky lcy possessor of n golden goose googe to devote all his hl energies I t organizing and as M I i marly t Widow WIlow projects as all he h hi i that t is Js precisely what he Ill In III tt J lo do l After America there will t In bo bc conduct d 1 f JI thiJs HenlY W lo p l doubt Its Is III cort c ln to 10 follow W Corne the nil chrul cili power to t work wonders he In not tho man to become l fn the th exercise of ot It ItA ItA A A Merc M rc Accident A years have passed PM cd sineo Mr 11 Ha iio entered the operatic arena That entrance was waa the tIl result of ot an all accidental speculation 8 in which h ho found Involved without much his l t it Willi m III Str when hen he hew w ial well known In III Hoston ng AS n It In real IMI estate that lit found himself with u Il bur burden den which gave overy ory evidence ot oC ex elt expanding Into the proportions of ot the tra traditional white whit At that time lime ha ho Interested In tin building ot of the theater In hi DoKton H II wasa Wll a pUro and veal e In III ho had luul no other Intension U It Itlo lo o happened that th contractors threw tip 1111 the Job and lutt the tho unfinished build buildIng Ing on his hands There was nothing to 10 tobe be except to III the total of o tho business and that la what the disgusted real estate speculator lator did llo Ho completed the structure HUrl and arranged od with a l theatrical man manager ager ll er to open It it 1 I was not iv u success One of ot discouragement demonstrated the tho fact that something radical mum mumbo bo he done Finally to tl the thc dismay of ot his friends and backers announced his determination to run 1110 theater to supply the attractions and nud to direct dind the s of or the concern He no Will was reminded that he lacked 1 tho necessary In such matters that It wan a u unlike anything olse under the sun and that It required u IL special training He Ill was 1111 quoted as aR another Instance of ur a IL successful business mon plunging head hend headlong long Into a pool which wan certain to engulf him An Idea Idoa That Made Milde Good It seems however Hint Air Savage was dominated dotu 1 by hy a n Idea and when wh n he ht plunged Idea os responsible sible Ho He believed tho American public would to hear the he 1 b st op up operas eras sung In tho in inthe In Inthe the light of the tho word orrl of or nil ill previous undertakings or a II similar nature It was WM n B to 10 hoW hold but hll t It wan Wat an n lid ton con to il at lafy himself hn lr thai he 10 nat had not made a 1 mJ talc For the realization ot or hi hll Idea he IB conceived 1 tho project of hili English t Grand o Ill COllI the th lon which has h s hud hilll such a n remarkable In III the tho development of o In hI this country The rho lI UCC I of ot body bod of f nt lit the quare led to the establishment of or u a company In III New York This fills laLlor venture achieved u a wonderful access covering a period of oC i its Iti beginning the work I one by this system has hns been little j I I short of I prodigious No Jess s I works h vt be n sung in III English l most I of or them tUn r lly and In III nil all parts of ur 11 W country The Ih h of or Pr I tho nul no other I ration hns hll I an engagement III lIt at the home of oC grand In III America the tho Metropolitan Opera House In III New NewYork York fori What Air Savage has done to popularize really meritorious opera can be overestimated U It would be squally qu futile to try tr to the and hAve made a u S of ar such lIuch ventures In a n country mil among people reputed ro to bo 11 the tha east of oC operatic ol endeavor rom the first lr Savage has hils hen been a n I In the theory of large I und mJ 1 IlD up I to III his hi lelII Iii I r li vp l the Ih wl I i HI view More Iol than all he h h nn nil lin 10 the tho study f e ii d opera by Hint his h worked great reut to musical ml II m 11 thin country The Th time hUH has come when wh singers of oC the rank are no longer compelled l to tJ choose between the so o called musical mu comedy und ana secondary positions in com companies essentially their or organization 1 By far ral the larger number lIu of those who have mud made a name for ful fuli i In Jl the companies I have been Americans and It has al nI nII I WilY even evell of oC the others that thai they thoy should sing In intelligible I It II lIu been hn Of r Ihl won wonder del der worker Volker Unit he h Is III of It net II Ing III his hili In print ami that any of ot his N however laudatory In his Is la omit omitted ted lot do 1 a not appeal to tn him In answer Co 10 this thle apparent weakness It may be Jc I 11 that his o for tor his own V K 1 itei 82 1 mm l li i j ci fp ti V i HEn HENKY W SAVAGE SUCCESSFUL SU C UL AMERICAN IMPRESARIO I la Is largely and not s He lie values the printed name me of ot W V Savage for worth and I Is II not disinclined to ac accept any business advantage which may come from frum the lIw of it jt however frequent This I really lellI Impersonal that Ihal It Is 11 the fact in made apparent by his persistent and success successful s s ful avoidance of the Per lm Personal onal notoriety seems to bo hc precisely what hu he tries to avoid and for many Phenomenally Successful In His Own Country Henry W Savage Has Even Invaded the Old World V orld With His Ilis All Conquering Musical Attractions years It a u matter of oC grout t dif difficulty to obtain a Q picture of HilB pro promoter moter of or English KUng ung opera None of or his fr n i in la d to dia diS tribute his hIli photographs n oC oCi personal i modesty m Oil tilE the part purt of t H II pro provider vIler vider of or public p bUc which Is as rare UH It in II admirable ule Ho Hint lil Jill name n II is even 11 n belter his hilS fuce us flU a 11 business proposition Ills JUs Clee Is II not nol h his fortune thai apparently li s In III the region just Ills his hat hal ot oC hats hat say lIno or his h suggests on ot or Mr 1111 Savages m peculiar ties and v If J there ID III anything that Henry W een Ie from flom Boston nOS graduate Harvard in President H class ll dislike it il is to be b pointed out ont us IlS ho he enters H 1 anil to people pl Haying I Then goes 31 r Savage Ho owns the show He oven to bo bon n conspicuous nl tor fOI the street and therefore lip hI frequently changes change hl to the Iho authority of an Intimate and admiring friend Mr 11 Sav Re has Ht At the moment ot of writing accumulation of or orno no thon n lids lIh o or high ant and low lo degree high h crowned and low W crowned II broad and narrow of the sombrero breed th h breed and nil all the In Intervening levell ng crossea lIos ClI ven a II comparative recognise the lull t II figure of oC Mr IIII down the UI street but It takes lakes ait An expert to say sa positively whether tho head be him or to some other othel dignitary tary Mr Ing Is I one of oC men who ho seem to be nt fit work lit l all times In the thu day and he Is s a 11 to see ee unless one bus business with His Hiss system s Is II reduced to a method which leaven him little lillIE time Ume for tor leisure Even JIn when he plays It appears a to tu be b done lIone with n to toJ escape from the Importunities nt business Hint ho hamay may take 1 with himself or 01 that he may store up 1111 sufficient fresh energy cn r a to some new nev phase of his multifold busi business ness It must noU ho he forgotten that ho Is IH one of the thC biggest impre impresarios sarlos in New York orl he still remains one olle of ot the lending real estate men i Bos Boston rio ton or lie he bus hus never nevII retired from I his hIM original occupation loll He spends tillen il tha tho thoI I part of or hl time In III New ell York but he 1 well II informed us to 10 Ills busi business ness neRS matters ut tho Asked Atilt how he managed to carry carryon CUrl on two such lIch widely differing kinds ot business at the Mr 1 Savage replied When 1 am In nty Boston of m lIet 1 never discuss dl or 01 t When I am nl nt lit my N York I wll will not talk of f all else flint is h lv 1 keep them kupa Ii rat His Personal Methods A further tutu Into tile the of tills this of American op opu u lie producers Hod may bo ho gained by the II p 1 of the following statement from one who whereof he speaks N cals Mr HII often In Into to tl hoar the trials trill III of or for Important roles Whoever may be iha first to rend 11 a s manuscript or 01 pla a USCIO score It is Js BUN to reach till the hands hal d dor ot or Mr Ir if ir it Il has hns any 1111 value Mr 11 Savage will discuss a play or 01 libretto for weeks week always in the most pointed I munner mailing Ol mill Into the merlin merit or of 00 with wilh in nn eyo ej that ii variably to hit hll value No Noman o ollIan man llIan ever cumo one lIne of or s with willi without t Ikins in pressed with the tho cordial person lit y of r Urn till man as 1111 11 man and his U n in insight sight us UI n 1 producer Mr IB I t tU a U miu who only In well 11 known 1101 names He Is to take tal a it goi I voice or 01 a 11 good Houd manuscript VL and wherever he can It t Since he It has fully CullY established l him hini himI self as II n producer I Mr 11 has hiI sur surrounded I rounded himself with n a 01 u Kii ants wIll who have noted not II for tOI um In his hili Interests He hns no nol only s looted food players but able r administrative and depal It in But however much ho lit to la those about him It II iH n human bl a il murli I IMS 1 his favored corncob Hi As AI it 1 producer Mr 1111 in from the selection of works nd nil Is I interested illI In Ill staging of his productions I Iwho who until twelve years m 10 had hd ti II VIT r entered a II playhouse is I i sj I tutor Is I now nol a Ii 1 1111 1 ii from back 1101 to tu in III inthe the Ih of ot a Il i ilias Ihas has lias been known to III I i h ill i I sown Aown of oC single le C CIn In tho chorus that is 1 to his Ideas la I too WOl ID I Iset ii set right II ht And nd It la IVI too Im II io n mend After a fl pier i has boun lIlen 1010 in Mr III Savage JI w it 1 foil MI IS and then au wild for tin lit uia I script of or one oue or several tI H Ji Iv I hll nil he wants 10 w 0 i hito effect Al least lIst he h s the manuscript anil think it CI 1 Hook book In hand 11 n 1 I |
