Show THE DRAMA TIC SOPRA SOPRANO NO r U w V. n. r out 0 H. H rU Iho little salon Ion was wa U k n up t Lt lh the piano Above ii It and 0 ond of the room hunt laurel laural wr wre eth tha tI tied d with ribbon 1 t l tt red I ii hi if Rold godor ol or or black setting forth k the date of f the performance and her nam name Madame Eugene Eugen Taube The 40 4 ribbons were bright In n th the sunshine Ii y tho though gh the he latent of ot th the dUN date was wu a t tp p decade t Kil Since that thal time Ume- her ner er farewell farewell fare rare well to the bo boards rd of ut the EnI eller Court theatre where for tor twenty years yeara she he had un t dramatic soprano rJ- rJ f the favorite seat wal at o of Madame L b boon n ont one facing this wr wreath wreath-be- bt ath-bt docked wall wail Today in hi the wintry sunshine t th the I leave leavell touched by th the miracle of If the she held In IU hey her l. l hand band k L Ic rmel l to 0 ro grO grow fresh and gree ree t again tn P- P r- r o so fresh find ami gre cret green ai Indeed that when 1 she io 10 clo closed d her eyen fOye ye or lor an In Instant Ill In- stant Mant she abe almost hear the through th the air and the soft swish S with which Ute the wreaths wreath had fallen fullen on r the boards board r memories memori T k the writer her former ue the tenor J I lien herr Stricter w w. wre re among the earliest of oC them and title this letter r to tod tod from him hm line 1181 net et Ct all the past put Into motion I He lie had not heard her sing for or thirty I 4 yearn a hut since they hey wing sang Else Elan and together th the nr first t year o of her u r life liCe engagement at et the ducal thea- thea tree and he lie h had hed U ta n her W with within i n admiration Independent l of nt the I one expressed d for or h h. h hr r voice But BUl am- am m- m hUlon had w won n. n She married Count Coun rh Them Mt the next a on After Arter a brief hut but experience she ehe was WOM widowed In the th busy hucy years that bat had lied followed she hp thought though t at nf it young young- than shu ahe had read of or him and andI I hail had allowed 1 herself r elf at nt such audi mom S to to think of oC him more than the passing pass pa ing irig of friendship S Today roday iche he he had the first direct word S from him He lie had formed the plan of an Amt American He lie would Iv Vagner on a fl scale neale unequalled vf n at nt Itself lIla Ills call came canie cameto to hw her like a n trumpet ind I Will you yu OU come to America to sing sine at my toy Ih I r remember your our ouri i Elsa Ela IM none tins has approached It In all aU the years year since I you OU Now with fr tho thu growth glowth of or time line and experience n e you S ha have learned the and amI Isolde Ah h. how I lon loii long to hear yotiS you S III In the second act III 41 or better y yet t to tc r.- jing the Tristan In It with you Jf JC your you voice is h not H HO 81 fr xh as it i. vY once was was neither Is But Tint you ou f lift havo the tho God given spark nark and rf Z with the routine tradition with J your our art ari and anil your OUI presence which J I gi JI oon can so to well imagine will i more mort titan thou Q mako amends I beg you to come I It I t fool that to lo sin lInK aing with you vou aln would f renew renow m my own youth In Jn art I i There wa was waa muon besides gr great at pl plans n as fu to detail but butto to her hJ the greatness of M hJ project t i j to o make hei 1101 icing lony to tn go r I J shall not put thorn item m Into Immediate v h he went want on these grand grandS t. t S plans but I 1 have t written n to the thorn them all r slun stands for much In Germany Germany Ger Ger- 7 ly name or l ef many and id they will iii come I fe feel 1 tint J I iH-cd iH you ou In 11 the final lirial p perfecting of ot things and und should be ho glad s-Ind It if you would fiftH nali aI at once or a as l Itt oal o a you ou y can I feel I that this l Is IH the Llie crowning y 5 point In rn mv curt career t and I J hope that iV you ohl will consent to shar rp u tt with me nw r for tor that t dare dar I aa It to y you yen U and risk i the 10 loss rt you yo Kh Uc eQ companion- companion I alp saip would mean more to me than thana fall all a the th rest reaL Half Halt an hour later she descended the rh three flights flight of ot stairs to the street f pp a noble ti ure In a gown of oC black velvet that she he wore when summoned sum sum- now on rare rale occasions to Ing I before before- his hI grace race at the palace Her Slier little maid h had ad called ailed a cab Which she entered atone ainne and drove to lo the artistic ar 31 ar- ar I entrance to the tho opera S J It Jt t was WM with a teen feeling of U satisfaction that she alae recognised that things had re remained ye- ye unchanged d in the ten years of her retirement ment In a moment trio toe Herr Horr hearing her voice had joined d themI them I came to you to ae sea whether I still sUII can an sHiv she h he LIf gan her voice a tremulous JI partly from rom the strain of ot ofa a moment bringing ao so many 1 actions and partly from the Import of ot her mission My dear my dear he cried ened now I can cati you ask U it t Only last Jast month at atthe atthe attile the tile palace his grace grace grace- Yes Yog I 1 know It was wu kind of himI him I J did sing aing well wen that morning hut But It is about singing before people who arc are more mere diffIcult to plea please e that thai I came to ask aak vou you I r want to go 0 to America The final words were wee uttered in a atone atour tour tone that Inferred the awe with ICI the undertaking Impressed h herTo her fJ To Po America My dear In my dear But think of or his grace grac Your life liCe contract contract con oon- tract You forget I am pen pensioned now At the worst ot I I. I risk only that My I contract J Jo ended Yest Yesterday she would have said Mill My career Is ended TolJa Today It U was differ differ- en ent t. t Tills This f r. r so eo unlike you rou lie ite e began so what o-what what shall hall I say alLY So thought thought- less lesi America J is far tar s II so ho echoed Wi with Lb weakened enke ed remonstrance I 1 did not come to ask uk you about th the distance she nn answered smiling into his face Cac but to a ask k you to hear hearme hearme me sing ting again Then with wHit sudden earnestness nm and putting lid her hand on onN I N arm To fo ask ul you to tell ten me mo frankly candidly whether I can rl risk k going Do not b hesitate I will do 10 Just Justas as fU you ou say But LInt I 1 hope t hope I hope that my voice will allow altow HJ ItIs UI U It I J Is it concert conceit or opera he lie ask asked d ll professional interest Te-st Te thrusting out other othel emotions emotions' Opera she Mar answered great Wagnerian Wag DC pei s Isolde th thy the Bru n nh I I 3 e. e tell me who directs gr great groat at plan rian I should have read of oC It Hen herr the surely yu remember him I Remember r him Yet Yes and with more pl auro than many others since n He could sing Ring So o ho Iw Is a manager himself no now and In America 1 I tell you ou Eugene lugent ma may be t a small sinai place but its stamp of approval goes the world over Herr Her Strumpet the accompanist was summoned to tn his post and even e reached leached It before Madame finished finished finished fin fin- vaguely ague the outline of or Herr projected undertaking To both manager and accompanist she Iho ho was waR a figure dear as a tradition o of if all the dramatic soprano should be hc held up as an nn example dalI by both of them und and now lOW after I a a. tie de- j 4 Evening Dress Dess I Il l S 1 I 1 t I r I a f. f jf j t I. i I f 4 I. I li l It J L I i H I 1 i LE L' L p E I E lre- lre llo e- e f lr land and hilo hU Iotte l S I Q HV BY CE X L x-n x material Is s prettier for a n useful summer gown than black an aDO ang white Xo o S Swiss muslin it t INuIT quires very vry little trimming and anO Is 18 mo mot mo t I cj when simply has halt the made very ery full ull pleated skirt with three d deep ep tucks run- run This I Trio Tilo WaiSt J u is iu J tt opening over oera o a V or of g short abort t the bla black k Valenciennes tace very sleeves ame or of full of or lace ac to h them and a bEnd band am bw bow of ot stilT with A A. The rho r i It Is also l o of black ct rl though i a pretty bright bright- ribbon ribbon ribbon be bo 1 s well If It Otto ono prefers a little color S. S 1 fI cade cad come ome back to pa pass paa the tae test tNt of ot their opinion like an any young oung aspirant The They could scarcely believe It until the past the past the beautiful well remembered cJ past put e past come came me back to 0 them hoth boU a R as standing there she gave the opening Ihra phrase of oC Isolde's As she sang ng only once ont did lid the Herr hl his po position and It was wu to put hl hand before beCort his hiM face taCE to hide the tears following each other from rom his hia eye eyes eye When she uhe had nl f finished hEd hE'd she he looked from one to the roe other In wistful anxiety her heart stirred l by byth bythe th the th music and by the knowledge f of her friends friends' agitation I Q Eugene Eugene we need you hereDo here here- I Do Po o not go to America You I left ft us mr lor s soon on I you not to go KO then but you would You said Mid id you youw w wanted to 10 retire In your zenith You should have t I waited to mo me you ar are only In th t now no Your traditions your traditions your your art amt my rm child chilli None one of ot them none them none of oC them them them- can approach you ou He seemed quite unnerved and always so 80 placid even p people ople are quite out of tune appeared strangely stirred To ro both of th rh the beautiful pa past past t youth enthusiasm m pud id m m morl nad crowded Into Inlo the room with 1 th th- sound of or her voice so inti- inti ly and so dearly de-arly 8 associated witt I t M I j I i. i l r Jj i r l. l M r- r 11 1 5 ps A ii r r thom all Their emotion r-molion effected hot her oni only with a s s' s I nse u f n She Site felt It her herself about to begin life arre afresh h. h after having set It aside It was wa of or the voice that she had been uncertain And now tiley had given s tier her the answer answel She left thorn them smiling an and and- 1 triumphant and from 1001 that moment moment mo mo- ment scarcely ly realized the routine of or preparation for a n journey in Itself so unusual to the quiet of her life liCe Sho 1 had her eyes eyes- always fixed on tho the I fu- fu U- U lui tume tUle c with which the p past t in memories of or St Herr seemed d strangely ly I commingled Her little colt collection of oC keepsakes and tokens she divided among her friends and of these she had many mam But the thew theT w T wreaths i she sent to the opera to the Herr iTen- Intend nt Those she could not nut give up When 8 she came back she I would have them theta again I Her good-byes good were not said without without with wIth- out tears and arguments had to be met but through it all that strange elation and the thought of Herr ger Grer supported her His letter she carried car car- ried always with her under tinder the folds that crossed the bosom of ot her gown The Tho pressure of 01 her fil fingers rs against it seemed corned to give her an inspiration in answering tho the arguments of ot those friends who would dissuade her from going 1 5 Even iven his grace was impressed with tho tho tIto ci an change e in her manner mannel and the gentleness that tempered her usual command of bearing He made a lit littie little lit lit- tie tle speech to her when he gave her heran a. a an audience telling her that th the pension pension pen pen- I sion aba was hers when s she le chose to come comeback back bach to it and that It if she brought someone else to share hue it she would not ini be B the first fint prima prim a donna who had played that role Then ho he pinned a ad d 1 decoration on her ier gown the Order Order Order Or Or- der of ot the Pink Eagle third class Even this failed tailed to disturb the one absorbing absorbing ab rib- thought of America as she I dropped it into her mea meagerly filled erly Jewel lewel case the last thing In packing I e a a aThe The Tho The rush ruah at New York In landing landing was hastened more than usual for tor it itu was u snowing snowing- hard and of tho the few passengers passengers pas pas- en r she was soon Boon the only one vc- vc She eagerly scanned the last expectant face tace turned upward from th the pier and again questioned cross th the steward but no HI one corresponding to her hel vague ague description of ot Herr was seen Her ner tremulous anticipation anticipation an an- and half hair dread of a meeting meeting meet meet- ing lug that would show so 80 many c changes to 10 both were wore lost in the emotion o of uncertainty and terror that assailed h her r herShe She had written to him a full tun ac so account count u of her plans and the late date o of sailing salling The time had been toe s short shor ort for a reply If her letter had not miscarried mis t carried he was III in or or perhaps n called I 1 suddenly a away by some soma issue of hi his Bayreuth arrangements The German steward who had aided aided aid aid- ed cd In her disappointed search saw he ier thing through the customs and helped her trembling with apprehension am anti and anxiety into a 4 cab When she reached number in East Eighteenth street from which Herr letter wa was directed she Rho could scarcely mount th the stain for anticipation ua tin- certainty fr everything thrusting for tor- ward J in thia hi moment U after ter years of change aim separation He is 15 m lit said lard th the German Woman worn worn- an who met mt her he I J I am glad one o obis of ol his bis tre 4 hu ha has come eime she he said simply as US Ma Madame Tu 1 ln unc uncertainly took tooka i a a. sea Aea Poor Pool man he h.- is very cry bud bad fl lib libis is 15 not always right in his head tead lebas He le ft has bas great dreams always k fw y writing writing- writing until his table and tho the floor toor were full of Capers And always 1 wonderful won things were to come to the them Tb week ft It grew grer t toward 1 the Utile V DIVIDING MILLIONS 1 4 J iI I i u r t or l 7 t k l S 'S t j 5 41 J 4 I j 1 r SI S 1 t 54 f. f It l t I r I i 3 i P- P PV V X t 11 o. o 1 I I 1 S 4 4 S SI I Il i w III a. a r rt f j- j J jJ 1110 i Great nie arc being made at The rite the home of Irs Mis Alle ft G C. C Newport tot rOl f a next month On the date ot nf f the he fete MIs' MIs Moon Moon- Vanderbilt attains her tier l legal al under her hei will A wIt I got 12 I She is the youngest cst of age ace and live direct di- di di heirs hells to the ast t fortune va accumulated d b by the third hc head o of the ne house Alfred will also aho receive e one half of his gre great t t for tor- tune although he ill Ail not be thirty years cars old until October Wh When hen he ho n becomes becomes be be- comes thirty five years arf of or orge age ige he receive lve the remainder He Is be worth about t fifty ft millions AlVs said vaul to S Photograph raph on left eft upp upper Is Miss s Gladys Moore Vanderbilt on oil the time right R Reginald ld Vanderbilt 11 lila on n polo i in pon pony i the of if Is Reginald center a a. farm arm at Sandy Point and below Alfred Vanderbilt's stable and circus To tho the left loft in hi th the upper emit cuts Is Alfred Gwynne driving his four in ant and below him Is Cornellus Cornellus Cor- Cor nellus the el eldest o of time the f family who Ic td el Oril only a ver very small share but has haK accumulated 1 a largo larg fortune him himself I. I for the the- German GermaH steamer st he got worse more feverish more moro Incoherent He sal saId Id U orl loJ si and th that t whan hish en Bh got sot here every thing thinS would come right come right I 1 thought it port part of his 8 but hut I am glad It ir was waA as not YOU nu ire arc the madame 1 |