Show PRIMA MA DONNA A FINE COOK madame miriam ardiff a native american takes delight in housekeeping work every prima erlma donna lias fins a temperament and every temperament possessed by a prima donna la Is nursed and cultured and made the most of As a general rule the temperament possessed by prima donnas prevents thern them from accustoming themselves to the ordinary things of life exceptions there tire are to this rule as to every other the bis big exception Is madame miriam ardini an opera singer who Is gifted not only with remarkable talent as a piano virtuoso and composer but Is also the possessor of a beautiful lyric voice which has won her tame fame in all the large cities of europe while the name suggests the foreign madame ardent Is a new yorker born and bred As one of nine children she soon learned the fundamentals of A N g g 1 X Z i an e 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 e Z X I 1 I 1 a 2 11 A housekeeping then it was discovered that she was possessed ot of a vote voice e which brought forth exclamations of si prise from no less a person than the noted bonet bond of the metropolitan opera company she gave up her domestic inclinations and started studying for the prima donnas goal back again in her native land after years of study abroad she has surprised her circle of friends not by her singing but by her cool cooking ang all the dishes placed before the guests were cooked by madame Ard ardina lill during her sojourn abroad the natives of italy were shocked because madame did her own shopping there no woman does her own shopping but delegates it to her servants |