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Show 1 J MUi iMn1! Citnr. ?" Mis Minnie Tracey, who haj re- (? turned from Kurope lo becomo n mem- it Ixr o( llo Metropolitan Engllih grand L pera company, Is a daughter of Col- ? oncl John Traioy, well known In the i literary and political circles o( Now I "York and Washington. Hbo was born I 1a Albany nnd studied music first In t 4lil city under Max Maretiek, who wss P a confident ot her ultimate, uccs (that he ptrsuaded her ptrcnt to send r (her to Paris, where she became a pu- tf IPll of Marie Basse, for whom Meyer- ibcer wroto "lAfrlcnlne" l Eighteen months later MUi Traccy received an offer to sing lilaa In tho . flrat production ot "lohengrln" In p Trench at (lenern, tlwllnrland, but her . Htudlra had not been completed and ho was compelled to refuie the en- gsgoment. Hewever, tho director! of j tho opera at (line-a had jot forgotten t tho rotioK tlrl Tho tf.lowlng spring they wrote to Mmo. Baste, saying that the city would pay the expense of herself her-self and pupil l( aha would brlnK Mis J Trarey tn Genera to ling beforo the f, ommlltco of stockholder. Tho re- i milt of the Journey woi a seven months' contract. Scene from i 'Tonal," 'The Huguenots" and "Illg- j ulclto" comprlied the apctl.il bill In .'r -which aho made her debut. At tho onclulon ot Ibis engagement Mlaa ' Traccy sang In Nice. Marseilles, Oilro, s Monte Carlo and Ilordeaux. t Bho waa then Invited to Blag In Milan nnd Ouo.i Bhe won an eipeclal triumph In the latter rlty na the j' hrrotno ot Massenot's "lo Cld." In 'tier repcrtolro are Included "L'Afrl-t "L'Afrl-t calne." "la Julve," "Aldn," "II Trov- Titore," "Ixihcngrln," "Tannhauser," 'Itobert le Iilable." 'Ilerodlade," "I J'ropkete," "rllgurd" "Cavaltcrla litis-4tcana," litis-4tcana," "Don Glovanna," and "Faust" lln addition to bcr operatle experience 'Mint Tracey boa sung In encert In many cities, among them lindon, Der-, Der-, din nnd Paris. Bho recently appeared Jn the latter city at a concert ten-, ten-, &, dcred to IhQ Ajmcf lean commlatlonera M-. to the Vari exyoiftlon. i i .1 |