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Show MMA LUCY GATES j hhhhhhhhhhhhV- iHHHHHHHHmli hhhhhhhhhhhhy! Bni EVAVJ jiHHHFHHHHHWHHHHHBmi!&!iwu' MMmMMmMmflMmU KmW HHHHS mmmmmwVvKt HHHHHHHHflHHDH: r HHHHEEa Mmmmwv&ti HlHk. V CcflHHHHHfiTlHHr v ,K'v?Ji,5r PT? w'r'i I'liilSI "Ty ,fr.HJB mw vw&NHHHHL',S " MW$ BH"V f Vk v xX 3g iHHHHHHHHT t . " av it 1 v t ' . 32H, - vv? EMMA LUCY GATES IN LOGAN CONCERT Emma Lucy Gates tho Utah song bird Is to glvo a concert In Logan. In tho near future. Thoso who re-iricraber re-iricraber hor artistic work at her last concert horo will welcome this good news. When MIsb Gates was here laBt 'summer, sho had a three year's contract to sing leading roles in the Royal Opera at Casscl, Germany. This Is one of tho operas under the direct control of the Kaiser and he considers tho singers his singers or subject to Royal command. Miss Gates was homo last summer enjoying her bjcnnlal vacation leaving leav-ing Utah July 18 In tlmo to spend two weeks In London before opening the winter's season' In Cassel In the latter lat-ter parf of 'August. The Kaiser has-his has-his summer palace In Cassel and tho opera begins their season with a grand festal opening Just prldr to his leaving for Berlin. Before leaving leav-ing forjome last summer Miss Gates was commanded to appear In this opera. Tho world will never forget what happened July 26, 1914. Miss Gates was in London at tho tlmo wnr was doclaredv" When sho bocamo convinced'' con-vinced'' that it was really war and no raero rumor of war sho tried with all her "powers to reach Cassel to be with her friend Miss Romania Hydo and oIbo to gather her bolonglngs; for all her oporo wardrobo, her Jow-els, Jow-els, her own personal clothing had been left behind In Cassol. But ono week after war was doclared sho found It lmposslblo for lovo or money mon-ey o cross the border. -Then only did sho remember that her contract had a proviso that In caso of fire or war it would ccaso to bo binding. After sic wcoks of anxious an-xious watting nnd futllo correspondence correspond-ence concerning her work at Cassol sho managed to securo passago homo ward and has spent tho winter In New York whero sho Jas succeeded In 'establishing a splendid reputation ns - concert singer even in this shorts tlmo. Some time after her arrival In Now York sho began receiving demands from the management of tho Cassol opera that sho appear and pursuo hor contract but on half salary as woro all slngersl All of which sho Ignored until one final command from tho Kalsor himself came which sho an-swored an-swored in a flat refusal. Herrfrlends nro thankful sho Is hero nnd not In war ridden Gcrmanyl Arrangements foi hor concort will ho nnnouncod Inter; but It wU probably prob-ably occur toward ttho end of May. |