Show M r Hillary Hilary Bells Letter Annual OH ou to Europe Singers Are Arc Over tj Prices for Song Birds Must Como Coma Down Maude jj 5 5 g c Adams Money Value to Frohman Frohmann 2 n n n Corr New Neis York March 11 These be b dull dul In tho flue drama drama The Lenten period bears ban heavily healy this year er on Charles Charlea Chule Frohman an nn Ingenious spirit who may ma always be b relied on to give Gin a I a limp fillip of ot interest to the play pIa has hiA gone to huro In search serch at cI new nw pIeces pie for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the multitudinous houses hou controlled by bythe bYthe the theatric trust trust In lila bis hil absence we weare weare Id are arc more torpid than usual in the i In n period The head and ami brains of the thu th syndicate Is a small mIi sUal man bald lie ba II Id clean running to stomach like if Ie an alderman Contrary to general IK I Ile lief le lie he Is not rich for the real rel financial loader loder of the trust Is It Al i Ha 1111 j man who has managed to a maw amass 00 Charles Chorle Frohman the guiding spirit of ot the Octopus la is about 40 0 years ET of ot aK IKe age lIe five feet tet six usia In height of cheerful op optimism and genets rnell popularity Ills His Hs business Is to For Jor each production he lie receives f hl MOO 0 and a I percentage on the plays pia that list are art sue Bur Ills tl Income averages j n a year eor but he lIves lavishly being a I bachelor and U it I U Is not believed belee that lint lit hitS estate tate would amount to much Hl 1 Ie brother Daniel janiel Dniel is l more conservative cn mind and Id U it Is 18 stated that ho he Is IR worth a quarter ter of or I n R million milon At present Daniel hiv hav havIng ha haIng Ing lag only the affairs of ot K Ie H If 1 rn to 10 look after aler Is II easy Euy In mind Ills His JI new Lyceum L um theater Ii Is not nt built buit nail he hI has h no on 01 his hll hands bands Charles Chark however hocer although the y younger brother brotherIs r rIs Is constantly limy busy Ho lie 10 makes a 1 trip til every ever spring to Europe In search of ot n II new w material for tor native authors cannot canot supply hh his hl demand Some years year era ago alO be hue offered a prIze of ot 00 for a J new nw play Pha for Maude Adams Alam Many pieces Noel were submitted but none camP came c m up ui tl to 10 the requirements and In the end ld Mr Ir Frohman was wag compelled mple to accept J 3 M narles Little LUle Minister which yielded In royalties nearly neon 00 to 0 Its Il author This Thin lunn m Mr Ir Frohman start started started ed Id for Cor Europe earlier earler than tan usual lu Ia con sequence of ot the flue announced ton tion ton of ot David Bolasco DIU to 10 sail ash 11 at al mi an 11 early date However ha hu has as p assured II d your our that he lie has hias h no Intention of ot going to this sum JUt rr lie Ho bays hint what wh with his hil four tor companies and Ild n a new n piece n now In for the theater he hI has I ha nil all that he lie al can to furthermore that tho the report of oC his hl going Ing to Eurol l s 9 started start only to 10 alarm Blann the enemy enem may amay ia bo La M so B The at r fent ent Is la not nol tasking much money mon whereas Belas os profits from Mm Mrs Mr Carter and ami Wll L v Id War Var amount to about Abut SIO a week Anyway Charles Frohman no sooner heard lu Iii an art that was R going to 10 Lumpe EUI titan ho hurried hUrrie on tm 0 ahead In order tn tip t tOl se secure cure Ol nil all al tho ho plays plas that were e tu t be I had hd I S S Se far recording to tl the cable reports Mr Krohman bis hs h not had much luck Juck but he hue will wi manage to scratch crat rth h through before Leto the summer nummer U Is I over oer lImA I The Te most m t disquieting man Inan In New nt Rt pre present nt is I Council Our now nol at the th Metropolitan to disclose hi his plans for Cf next nex season m He lie sa 11 says vaguely that his ht In cation lentol Is to tn maintain the standard th Ib l by b Maurice Urau but hut r than In this he lie Is 13 ill sIlent nt Mn Meanwhile th the opra singers What hat of 0 o them Ihm They The Thear are aro ar on 01 the anxious Mt seat Mt About i Ilme time lire Maurice Gru alv always ays male P for tor or the t hI following year eU The Anal ial fortnight of or grand gad opera ora 01 In tn New e I York Yerk has hl Ii Arrived On former occasIons oca lo I tUr h prim donnas lIon and ami In tenors being Ill l Into Mr SIr Ursus mI kiss I 51 1 the ecstatIcally MI I lK bot th I and l CI their lat t l hi k different dl nt He lie say 1 as n nib th leg He lie J refuses to l 1 be kissed bina i 1 family man mn much In kive we t with win 1 H and amI devoted deoC to his hll children n H li I ats fl S a at y from tr t the Metropolitan Ho lie devotes himself to the Place laC j theater So S far tl I as s he H k a l high strung tenor teno and anI haughty donnas dODna don dont t exist This 1 week wk he lie U is I lJ I 1 y with thu th In Feren Z zy ra toni I 4 I of BerI lit a ti I Unlit I I I 1 thi U is I high hIlm nit ait It ll It Ii another m lu stance of or Nero fiddling oyer the bum lug In of Ir f Home lun The Plus lh grand Brand opera te sIngers rs fire II speechless They begun began bell by hiM Ila that never le r no nu never neer could they thov slug nine under tin the of cC f Ilm i n 41 11 because he knew ht ur ii i thu iii PIT IWI Pt crt art 11 of r opeia pel a they the made lud oui oti Iw I tures to ho him Still tHi I he hue i s il n mu I Vow Now Nol they tho hO are mire lost in melancholy With in iii Il a 1 l lIttle while they the will wil re reo turn lun to J and Losle 1 hm hao hUl iH tit 1 asked 1111 KI tl p come buck back luk to ti 1 America Poof loot eFfect cried a mu r lost last week Wyk what care car I for tor thin little itt man 1 I go 10 to Monte Carlo Cailo I 1 engagement t for tor one two three years jears eAr I abandon Ib bando America merlea forever Corne I S Secret M Courted He lie le know knol nothing He lie know le not nol the iran gran ran ir uI I I sign hm with wih U La lo for tor t three year ear What thiat will W York do then theu A third I go to St t hurl There Thore timey y art Here lore th the they y do not not The Time I f u a tle Uce 1 milan man How low I shall he know of pit grand opia 1 I wash Hath my may 1 hands hand of ot him hll 1 I loVe M 11 1 Iran irali but M on rl ned l All Mi Al this tIme Courted says CI und lie tho singers lter are ar very et ery un an UI Because why Ameri merl America Amerla merla ca a Is II tin tIm 11 only country where whore they lucy can lilith 1111 There if e not ot an house in iii France IVance Italy nl 11 oi at I In Iii which they thy icy can I as 11 much as B ty I y tako lii In n from UK tie 1 Mme Mire m Melba who used to I 11 l e tl 60 n mu night at It the Metropolitan till tan tl is IC I earning 30 a n night this season clon clonIn In n Australia Au le do lp elle whose u with us UI averaged 2 WO a pei iii toi now flew mum must be le U d with Ith k i night In II ParIs Pails Mme Mire CHIve Calve who took Ick t uk in 1500 a II night from coma us at itt in la engaged In making makin love lol to tn toi i I i t mind imri lr other nonsense stud and Int tier hoi hoin 10 n iii in ParIs run mallet not amount amount In 10 muth I 1 limi iii i thin Ihal 1300 10 u a I night who iU b i II J jno IIO 0 a n night this 01 from fromi p i 1 MI Il l I Is worth about I ii toll V W O a I night In lii 1 at 1000 00 a s night V fib ti U not hot earn ear much more than thant rl t HI ii I n i night in Iii II Europe I It If Indeed ro so o 1111 inn li m R i for the lessor lesser eri they lucy iii lii 1 shIfts to make muke ends end moot Ilet Oi in Ill th flu i I 8 COMING co mw DOWN DOWNA IOWA A i thing U is I that these th little and have all tl grown ti ut lit t stint Hilt Maurice final brought them themo tl tO o A was wun a sylph s the slit he made Ild lin debut at the Ule Metro Metropolitan politan timid and now nI she he Is a sister of Pal I Our i ur singers have prospered e ex cx and each of f them thew possesses Pose Posen Al R n i bank account Mr Me Ir Cot Con COI l I to tf I this lii The rum rl new ne I differing from rein his hi 1 t believes that thaI there lisle sro RI HS aa good tl t halt h 1 In the sea MeR as mis al over ever ele caught Maurice frau rati maintained that tu t the thus opera would not nol b be successful without great Knat t names name on the lie program 1 and an that tIme lip Metropolitan i IllOn aton must be bt a nil fail failure fal ure liis 11 If I Jean de Huke Nellie Melba Mel Met Metha ha ba Emma r lma Calve did not attract auret and Mme the tle public Well M Jean Ind MIa have hav been heen absent brnt II for tor two years eAr Calve alve for tor ont one yet t receipts at the thc box have ha 1 been ns use great rl t as a A olp ever In these times tm 1 grand opera Is IB ft n social rather tItan an 11 artistic fund mud Ion The giand ot Of widely Y must mURt have hao havea a place to display their gown their Jewels their beauty beRt such uch HS tie 11 It Is 1 Tho rho annual horse horH show II ho 1 exhibits In Iii walking dress dres Most Moat I t of at heat th I are hideous lint but INi they think Ives beautIful so eo what does do It matter mater So 51 SI SIlon long lon as aA they the sit sll In the box boxes e 8 all New Ness NewYork York will vili crowd clowd Into the lie auditorium to tl see ce them wi In spite of at tho flue vain mum Imaginings lags ings In 1 of ot the tIle we BO go 10 to took lok nt at fashionable fa society unit licit to study net art art Knows this He Ike knows knowl that limit lie hI can singers in Franco and Italy Ua who me are willing to come to America for tor next nExt door dOr to nothing unit und who can give rIve almost almos ns rue good an ac tic account le count of oC iw nM Ui Is l rendered by bythe h the flue present high bight priced company Wal Walter Waltel Walter th ter tel acted on this economic when he lie began his hula n II few rel years yearn ago Ho lie 10 brought over at a Blow low price singers who were vere engaged en 1 by h Grau at ut a I high I gh price lam for ex cx example ample who ilio beginning with Dam Iam roach at t 00 a night eventually earn cain earned ed 1000 00 n a from coin his hula rival There again a all h is I De Do March the flue present tenor of ot the Metropolitan nt nl 80 0 a night who was brought over oer by b Mapleson at III O Take Toke for tor another ex cx example el ample She was time the contralto for or a 1 lit little lt lIttie tie tle te company which stranded In London Iou on Mme Mine 1 me Nordica hud hid heard her hersing hersing sing and when the flue organization came cameto cameto to grief our prIma donna went In search of lt the flit contralto She Blue found loUHI In a cheap lodging house and despair surrounded by b her hur tribe of oC children and husband Nordi ca en persuaded Ornu to engage Schuman fur for or s iG a week wak and the central contral contralto to wan rejoiced at nt the offer ofer Nowadays this would turn up lice her wholly democratic nose si ut lt anything lest less than titan floG 00 u a Singers who came caine here lucre It t 0 a II week now demand 1000 a n night and und Mr Ir Grau arsu who Is 18 a ln man granted their claims Conned will wJ not submit to this extor extol extortion Hon tion In his lui forthcoming trip trl to l Europe I he hue means IUIS tt tc secure good gool nt at rca rea reasonable rates rales and auLl thereby to declare a dividend to hula his hil stockholders Conse Cones Consequently there Is woe among the Oran Grou antI and tenors tenon t nor At J they were we wroth loth roth at O t the idea of ot attending re cc rehearsals henr ron rein nw they lucy are lre fearful lust lost Mr Ir curled flail not rot auk ask them item to slag sing ling The Tho new ne although A Aman aman man nuart of ot great In making remains uncomfortably si al silent allent silent lent and In hits his hl our opera o ra ringers ari ar s the molt mott unhappy In town ton Within a fortnight thu hue Met Metropolitan season will I comae COlIe lo I b 0 an end nd Alter ler that mat a brief tour tor and a I return ret urn ft t may 14 t b b for Cot y IR ars It I may Iny bet be 0 forever to tn the th economies of G Europe CONCERT TOO Trouble Tn In concert to tO j Walter r l m h having failed In lii his hl hi strenuous attempt tu to tl succeed Urau In time the lint h at his hll energIes on the Uie task tak of ot occur Pig Ing In complete control of 01 if th the Walter Valter Is II a I great man for tor tiC financial support In the lie begin ring of his hll lit career Andrew Andrw Carnegie built cracKle Carnegie hall for fos 0 him bin and Ind when hi Iw started hula bin German opera Olta backers a anty nty supped stepped forward to 10 our cur ouri or punK i He lie came within one mIc I of o getting the Metropolitan sal and orr i etch loh men were lr willing to put up any amount of money mOle tn to Insure hula his success aUr In that venture When Conned se secured 1 secured cured the operatic management Dam fh r turned turne his entire attention to the th PhilharmonIc It I needed money loney Ho I Ii Immediately raised Hut lut the had hud n a I string It to It I one eril nI nt of ii v whIch was U gripped gl tInny tn lit the flat nt cf it fC the tie conductor After ter considering Uio matter for or seine Mine Im time the I IH nl declined bis ht hi offer declaring that list I H ancient Independence mu mut must t lie he hm ThIs decision has produced strained t Il I n feelings ln between tha society nd tid Hi Iti leader led antI and anI th lr the end nit if I t he matter mater materPO ray pay PO be b to leave I Walter Damrosch without an orchestra Hut he lie U Is no noone one erie orl oft off o than lisa Alfred Herts who his has h corned more mr applause than wa was H ci at by b any anT other oilier arft at It the Metropolitan this his Ihl tun This Tl admirable able oble obi Wa III conductor conduct or gate ge 4 ui up a afine ane afine fine ne position pU Jn In Germany OraY believing that tha lu In would III lie be settled td for lift life lt at It the he Metropolitan which undoubtedly he lie would have hav been lieen but bt for tor th the change In management ma ment Unless Un Mr engages I him Mr Ir liens J z will 11 be b out of o a aI I It Ion for his b former toner chair Is I tilled 11 d A th th hue tester tenor teor abandoned hi hil his court cour pension nalon and an a royal II medal meal 10 to re me to America this season aa with Dean Urau winter Herr l r lost It In Inal Vail al alI i and hl hit hiM chief hief object dar dur durI li im I f the th next rit ft C fw W seasons an In I NW New N York Yo w v s I line bal VP n hi hl his money bt rein reini i in I ki kit krs rs lot Iut If 1 Mr Ir Con on dues dors do r n t 1 i t Mm him ii Itil tho Ihl I he r mati tenor ten renal must musti ut i q 1 1 r Mi ti III I UI fl for tor torI forC I C 1 un XI t I 1 brisk break down dow of o y J c i j t 11 q i Hou mute more dla di cords In music than can ln be b noted by hy th li liam Hi am r tn I nt u i o i clue im AJa Jia baa nai 11 received her last loit dot dol In firm Augustin Only In his lila wiil the l to M hi his favorite ac 10 tress tresa tr thin the tb scenery lel ry of The Tin School for or Scandal Much Ado amid As Au You LIke it I the coth furniture used YOI In lum Time The Shrew costumes tapestries uH pit turus armor enough e to fill 11 an n auction ut with wih 1600 IW lots loin The rIme sale Ile Occupied n it 1 we week k and resulted In the time ag receIpts of mule alc ar fees advertising and auth Gul other xi an and l Miss Mil Italian Hahan should hould get gel W 0 for or her hem treasures That IK is not muot so iso a had bail In this lila country are nr soon son n n utter their Purled of or ui 1 li Is end ended d Ml Miss s and Duly Dimly both have hae pained slut out of ot tho of lt the average piny goer goor WOOl ThIs collection with whim wih the tha Kner y tier triumphs of ot the actress 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