Show GLORIOUS ENTRY OF PRIMA PRIA DONNA DOM Louisa T Breaks Records Records Re Re- Re cords at Metropolitan Opera House NEW YORK IS ENTHUSIASTIC ENTHUSIAST Remarkable Ovation T Tendered New Star at Introduction to Gotham I New Nw e York Jan 1 13 Louisa Louisa thy th singer who T has been compared with wills Patti Paul Nellie Melba Marcelia and amid nu n a t few other artists of ol some somi name namo and mine lame made her first appearance appear appear- ance unco Jn tn New York on tho time Lyric boards board s tonight at the time Manhattan Opera Orera house She Sho sang th tho part pars of or Vieletta In III La Tra Traviata Never In lii time the history of th the Manhattan Opera house have c there been as many man standees as there were tonight hl anti and the tho audience from a society an and arti artistic Uc point of ot view was one of oC the most brilliant that ever gathered here i Five hundred bundled and three thirty carriages rolled oiled up to the doors of o the tIme house and It fl wa was a noticeable fact that the thc box ind orchestra occupants came caine unusually early carl an arid and were for or the limo most part In their seats when tho time first curtain rose According to Mine Ime own confession she sime chose o La Traviata be be- beaute because cau cause aute c It Il gave savo her hel the best beet opportunity at ut ho limo vcr very beginning of or the time opera She Shear arrived ar- ar rived at the how house o at 33 31 o'clock anti and nutting on a n dressing Ire gown own tested rested in her room com until a light supper was brought to tt her She Slam was in III high spirits an and ask asked 11 to o see lIeo and ansi Mr 11 hammerstein as is soon as they arrived arm Tho Timo musical appeared shortly o 7 o'clock an nd had a a. short consultation with her hel a sho she dressed for rOI her first act I 1 am am not at all nervous she ho tol told Mr Ir ln just ju t before the thc perform perform- thee unco began bes-an and I never fleet was in better voice and health Ten reu Cull At time the end ud of or tho the first 1 act a remarkable remark remark- able ble ovation o occurred There crp ten tell curtain calls antI ant It is I fair fall to say that not ot tot a bouquet that h d belonged to u woman Oman in tho Limo boxes or the tIme front part o of the ime lie orchestra or d dress circle remained Wll l Ith Its owner Tho Time roar of or the time hou house v c clapped und called till Ill II it could do so 30 no more marc but hut those In mont stood up und antI with their th lr applause e enst fist their lowers flowers at the time diva di Twice she else dragged J. to lr tho the rant ant of or tho thio eta stage ago no with her tier Twice Cam Cuni- Q rud s to como come to tIme tho foot foot- o t r. r rf J timid and 1 n D Banal l. l Only 1 on IL toW few did Uld th tho onn lo o whom th thu R i l il IU lt u n T t. t wi I hi Bd Q j vr thes fl r i mu Had hod t heelS e n h hue r. r Bho ahe showered her er ism brother In tei is embraces and PS Cs she kissed Mr 11 lIf too It Itra was ra as hard to tu gut get Ct hot her down to tu time the elt it ty of ur for or the time second Jo net act It Is lit nil mill rl right ht said saM Mr Ir fter the time excitement subsided a lit lit- tle Ic e. e She has lias done lIono all I expected and anti marc ore I am thoroughly thorough satisfied There never siever arf smas s ad J much enthusiasm shown town upon the time part purt of oC uri un opera company I Isem o el i-cr i tho the success u of a prima donna us cia on I ds imis occasion Several times during the time ovation time the singers crowded In Ii time the wings and nn many embraced the time diva dl again gain and cind a again aln as fit tho time curtain fell rell Ic Irn Lome iene t en tHo Only a comparatively small part punt of or the time left leet their seats between tho time acts id nd many mammy of those thos o who did didero Were sere unable to 0 i get through h the time crowd at the tim back of ot ofie if the he ie nu auditorium m before time the next curtain id arisen Society repressed its HM enthusiasm until the he e end of or time till act ad when whon it lit hit crall rally ally went ma mud over O Mrs Irs Clarence nce Mackay was vas In In time the c n- n LS r of or the horseshoe an and occupied u mc potion po 10 tion Just across s rom thi the bowing url urt- 1st tt L Sire SIr leaned leane far forward applauding with Ith- Ith her long gloved hands han s exclaiming Great Great Gnat Mr r. r Mackay hacked backed her or r up Bravo o ol He Ho rol said that lie hc considered tHe quId quality of her voice unexcelled or l once society joined In iii with wills the avos ravos an sand and and the box as us enthusiastic as ag those o who standing room the tho real leal lovs how lov- ov- ov CIS CI'S s i-s s of music I II H CO U IV IS XICO lous Ut III In Sims lIn Jn cd Way Wimy tt for ur Other BY W. W II LEAHY ln San Samm all all' Francisco Jan Jau 15 I 1 I found oun Te To- To b by what may be termed a n. lucky accident While traveling lIng In Mexico In iii the time month of or December in iii 1304 1904 I wandered into tho o onera house in tho time city elt- eltor of or orIe Mexico Ie Ico ono ohio afternoon Tho Tue Mexicans are a music loving people and anti at this matinee they had packed cd the tho theater to hear Lucia An Italian opera company brought blought to Mexico direct cl from Europe was giving a very ordinary performance but the orchestra con conducted by was as excellent The theater was neither better better bet bet- ter nor worse than other theaters In imm Mexico city none being elaborate and antI andall andall all lacking hacking the great scenic productions an and general ensembles In tills this dull environment en and amid in the time title role scintillating In its tho mediocre company like lIko a gem guns of or purest pure l brill brilliancy brillian lanC lan lan- C cy un unset ct I discovered cred Sh She She- Shat was at a revelation She Sho stood out so strongly against that commonplace background with her imer won wonderful erful vocalization vocal vocal- und and her remarkable magnetism that I was amazed an and amid The brilliance of or her imer singing fairly hypnotized Here I instantly th realized was wasa a woman in tn whom all alt the tho arts graces and gifts necessary to a c world great career were combined Personal beauty beauty beau beau- t ty charm chunn temperament und anti with such a voice olce What hat were Melbas find and compared with this little Italian t singer ln er 1 I vaa sas hover so 0 excited In iii my nw life rime Tho fact Is that I jumped up UI mil and amid down amid nud shouted Just as ns crazily as the voluble voluble vol vol- uble ubie Ie Mexicans around me mime In that hour I decided to get for tho tin Tit rh oil San Saim Francisco must have han item her no mutter matter l 1 what the lie difficulties ties tics the financial risk or tho the expense Unknown me II In America lItI time the was wms unknown to public having IS aung only amity in us Europe and Mexico l It but I was certain of San Francisco's musical appreciation gln iVO u II season I was Val not Intending to of or grand opera theist that winter but bull 1 Im Immediately Immediately Im- Im mediately began negotiations to secure tho the com company pan there not nut being time lima to gather ather together tog another company compan from Italy Huh Huhl My l season would have to beIn begill begin be be- gin gill In In iii the th middle le of January an ftH Savage SuHle Sayago Say Sav billed forthe for lor ago age and hla hies compan company wore the tho middle of or February In San l' l Franciscu Fran Fran- run run- chico und and un in March Marcim Moreover More More- over o tIme the Tivoli prices had bud utI become a traditional 11 fifty t and seventy live cents and und to ask two dollars which I 1 would be compelled to do might make malio the a sixty thousand dollar 10 loss I season But I had had man many j years years' ears ears' experience ce in pres operas nn and I was wua confident confident conO- conO dent that achieving a I triumph III In a poorly equipped Mexican I play house would a J. sensation In the right setting An And ie he did l My I Continued ou cu lugo la T It U I GLORIOUS ENTRY OF PRIMA DONNA from rom ln o Quo OUt expectations were fulfilled The rhe town tow went wild wid over her She was with m me for something like sixty live sixtY performances performances perform perform- ances and amid at nt each ach the house hOlse was was no not only sold out but OO to 1000 persons person were turned away made new musical history tor lor San Francisco Franciseo no un 10 other othor singer having haying hav hay ing mg appeared C 65 times in one year t to standing room audiences audiences I ly engaged re-engaged re her for tho Ito following September for COI nine weeks She could coul coul have ha remained many weeks after that I but her contract with wih inter Inter- caprice frankness and fon fondness no for smashing contracts contracts' am and annoying her managers havo have been m made Hl the tho subject of ot much comment al alof all al of which I can not understand for tOl I never knew tin em artist so gracious to toa toa toa a manager In o every Overy ry wa way nor u a woman so cs easy to discipline She t-ho tho was always alwa's l ready ad to do o h her r dut duty took her part so 80 seriously always knew know her music worked hard arid and ant conscientiously was the thc first one In iii lr tho the theater at either cither rehearsals or performances and the thelast thelast last Jast to leave It I is but justice to To To- tm to add that during all ni the tho time timmie she was as under en engagement with wih me I had no tie 10 written contract with her hor yet wo WI never had bath a a word of or dispute I from that t tenth day ay o of ot December 1904 down in Mexico t to the lie day she site left len San n Francisco to fulfill m my predictions of or her in Limo tho operatic world |