Show beloved singer pleaded for mercy not justice the beloved madame mann heink was a woman of rare charm and geniality she was the first to make fun of her own short comings and was often heard to comment good on her decidedly matronly figure on one occasion a fashionable portrait pa painter inter asked her to sit for her portrait the plump opera star hesitated for a long while before making her decision dont be afraid madame said the artist teasingly ill do you justice ali ah replied the prima donna it justice I 1 ask at your hands it is mercy |