Show MADAME AMALIA MATERNA I A Call Upon the Great SingerThe I Concert ToNight A reporter of the DEMOCRAT called this morning at the Walker House and had the pleasure of a short chat with the great Austrian singer A woman of magnificent mag-nificent proportions a pleasant smile ama am-a face that is the picture of amiability and good nature seem best to describe this artist She greeted the reporter most cordially and commenced a rapid conversation in German and English assisted in the latter by her sister who accompanies her about her California trip and the experience ex-perience of the overland journey She is as enthusiastic as a child and evinced the keenest interest in everything she had seen and was impatient to see the surroundings of this city of which she has heard and read so much The impression im-pression she makes at once upon her caller is that he is in the presence of a womanly woman one endowed by nature and circumstances with remarkable intellectual in-tellectual accomplishments and filled I with a genuineness of purpose and sympathetic sym-pathetic feeling rarely encountered nowadays now-adays and at once justifies in that capacity ca-pacity at least the wisdom of the great Wagner in selecting her for the great dramatic roles in his immortal music drama which she has so successfully created Her voice we only know by reputation which characterizes it as being full rich and sonorous possessing a volume most remarkable and a quality that brings tears from the very hearts of her hearers The concert tonight will verify to us all these qualities The company supporting her is of acknowledged standing in the musical world and insures the most sumptuous musical feast our people have had in many days The popular prices which remain unchanged un-changed for this engagement will surely I make itself felt in the large attendance tonight |