SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY 1. 1910 9
Ii by ki-yis, and down tlie front stain- I :>pot in front. And he's al»out as quiet and if' Elsie d<*-sn une the time Mrs. Sloane Cheney string of yelps and • Well, jump jump \u25a0 mouthed as ICL-ie is the other way. We was in you see? "Can't you into the on the comes the toy terrier. Whirlin' aftei •• half an hour, and he ... his conversation :i>adster and g< fetch her"' " him sails that fancy shepherd's crook. Whoevei H..wdy do*' and :Goodby." "But, Look lure. Sadie,'! says 1. Suppose she's made the shot meant well, but aimed bad; for while iVrhaj»s Klsie give him much chance to say changed her the dog scoots <>ut between us with not a hair didn't por :v. for she's an easy and fluent converser. Also "She mustn't change her mind." says Sadie. touched, a couple of electric light globes and a • for, and i;<»es t<> smash. thinks a heap <>f 6>inny. as she calls and "What am" 1 giving this tea anyway? Go celain umbrella stand in the hall him. monologue. And, say, a real •: :any back\var-i about showin' itbefore strangers. get her' "' Tln-n comes the for ,': we hadn't h;irdly settled heiore she piles i>'•;. sun says 1, grabbin' my coat. "I was ladylike statement expressin' dissatisfaction with -.-. got ; ' • • his lap. kisst-s him twice on the bald spot, and iu>t .i \u25a0•:" suggest it." things in gen'ral, it was a hot article. Xothin' nut ol r on a call 1 the way; know, but more emphatic. •:~ himifhe ain't i,<'in' to give his littleElsie a great And as long as I was sent out hurry you or less - - I that gasolene I cute, j'c.-.r ig. Bunny don't do anything of the kind. the throttle until has little First off couldn't believe that the cooin' little • just sits there and lets her maul him, as uncon- dam only here and party with the sterling silver laugh could hit any- rned ifhe was in a !>arber*s chair havin' his face such shrill ii"te< as that, or put so much temper and assaged and his nails manicured. But maybe tabasco into her remarks: !>ut gradually Ihas to- u've trio! pettin' « drugstore cat. admit that the voice is more or less familiar. It 1 says Sadie, gel again. Elsie Allair's. Ilooks across the doorway .^ Kurl Well!' when we home stairway. \u25a0 like and nods my head towards the m't say I think much of him. He acts a eh?" •\u25a0•den man. But Elsie is iiist too charmingly cute "Something gone wrong, says I. • fnvThing; How ingenuous! And how original! Kurtz, he only shrugs his shoulders. special?" says. dn"t -;.e l<».k t<»" sweet in that shepherdess cos- '"Anything I .-,.\u25a0"' . hardly tl:ink. though^ Ishall have them "Xot that Iknow of," says he. Ibelieve th< it of artistic temperament." t r dinner just yet ; but Iknow what lam g< »inj: call an evidence for "Oh!" says I. Been goin' on long?" \u25a0 do. 1shall give a tea for her!" ' •Reg'lar chawmed-to-meet-yuh stunt." says 1. Can't say." says he. "She was at it when I came, nth sandwich and icecream trimmin's, and a five- about twenty minutes ago. Igather that i! began with something about the way a new dre-> • cc orchestra behind the rubber plants?*' was what. sends rush order for the fitted." That She in a \u25a0 .:!- be engraved next day. and when she comes You'll excuse me for buttin' in," »ays I."but 1 tc was over special get Fhere's an after- out her list she ]>uts in all the topnotchers sent to her. :nake noon tea doin's at house, and Mrs. McCabe wa- I.• knows. She's consulted Mrs. Purdy- and Mrs. our . rombley-Crane about it, and after hearin* Sadie's expectin'" her to '^ iescription of Elsie Allair they've both consented to Iknow," says Bunny: "but it no use now." \u25a0'Wouldn't interrupt and remind her of tl \u25a0 land for meetin* her at our house, no matter what • do"to \u25a0'- w< luld it? says 1. \u25a0 .;-- a fit Mrs. Sloane Cheney throws when -In late. r«f "Idon't job," says he, movin' over to a \u25a0•\u25a0 up against her. For the lady has been want the t^ycotter porch chair and lightin' a cigarette. "You're wel- \u25a0 aniong the invited guests, and -he's s"ure U> luded c< ime to try, th<>ugh." ._• -
ACCIDENT OF SUCCESS IN GRAND OPERA impresario way Oscar Saenger. the vocal ex- \j • despised beside the vaudeville to k t iiiIopera, from the By Warren was in fellowship highest priced John pert, he had no suspicion" of what store for him. FROMI *suppertum~ to withthe sang Pagliacci" aria. firmament, is the amazing trans- Harrold the Ridi in the operatic \u25a0"What do you think?" asked of Saen young Hammerstein rmation that has befallen Orville Harrold of them; ger. I Indiana, whose recent successes at the Man- ought t-. get it cultivated. He grew to believe incie. .i Caruso; but .i-> a commercial proposition are part of the cur- but the discrepancy l>etween his salary and the New "Not iltan Opera house in >Cew York next thing in sight," Saenger • • rate vocal lessons was disheartening. Being about the best answered musical season. Harrold is an interesting addition York for \u25a0\u25a0 )«.m'i resourceful, saw an avenue oi hope I talk so loud," whispered the impresario, but- \u25a0 of grand opera accidents: observant and he c long and illustrious list vaudeville, rather tonholing Saenger and leading him out of earshot. "I [n the operatic world, elsewhere, some art' born t<. in where the open sesame is assurance as a etch and presented n'l talked business with him yet. Come around .:• others itby dint of hard work, others than art. He worked out little atness. achieve Fifty dollars a week for singing . irrow and we'll decide what to do with him." .-\u25a0\u25a0•• it thrust upon them. These lathr are the acci- himself t<. a manager. something called I was his Instead of a vaudeville booking, Harrold ;igned .< • \u25a0::• -. favorites god Chance inthe grand 'When Tenor Me. Bass" the of the great con trad to ing in grand opera. And it wasn'i v con ••\u25a0 swift reward. ra game. Through vagaries of ... tem- \u25a0 the the were sight, when his agent forone year, you maj besure. The problem a"bouI • ••km of the human vocal appant- Tho.se vocal lessons in and the delicacy of vocal ii ''ii a.i. olved; for nexl day the young \< able to the d<*or secured him a hearing from William Hammerstein -. this dens rx machina keep open turned to Saenger, who was given in \u25a0 opportunity operatic neophyte. the Victoria Theater. When the Napoleonic Oscar man was over to the in, making machinery and tru< lion to prepare him forgrand opera and to "do ;: \ littleout of the ordinary is the operatic adventure Harm who invents ci^-tr ; a theater of varieties to produce revenue lor quirk \u25a0 \u25a0;'• young Indiana, who may some day conducts man from opera enterprises^ heard from his son William Details oi the ensuing process art tnereh technical; \u25a0 \u25a0•\u25a0 preeminence in the field <