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How a
Knockdown and
a Black ; Eye
(Exchanged Between
Two Gentlemen Ad
mirers of the Lady)
Brought Reco-
nition and An
Engagement
to a Florodora
Beauty.
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lac tw"n ( !! diTrnlt. Ttuo
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rotr4 frb. th tai tw!sr fct tarjr'd
av ora ajy. Bil iter Cr
la a-I J: Cr aai Iut of sore. For
r tar ool to (a to dradtjr combat for
a woa4-rftal. fra'.. rftc-ji trophy?
AbJ tai womlrrfiit. frijlf. prlcrla
trophy ht i It? War a vomaa'a
trofJool rrpotatioa do !!
It a ta rpa'asioa of ta txaatlful
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lord r itxt. Vt::t Tliomrr. taca
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echo of Mt'n'Mtlt'i matla recital at
Andrea and tn terrible 'WUUe met up la
the Ilt. being olhervU the corridor
outside )lt'm'MtI'i dreaslng-rootn door.
"She can't sine'" shouted V.'Ulle. thus
thro Ins blmtelf to the first headlong
chance.
-She caa !nj" Andrea charged back.
-Can't! -
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Aftcr ablch jas all confusion. As a
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' magnet drawt ateel, ao the two flew to
gether and blows fell mightily pommel,
pommel, thud:
Blows fell mightily. A round, red pro
tuberance arose upon the brow of Andrea.
A shadow, saucer-ehaped and plum-bued,
began to clrcla the right eye of Willie.
Andrea's nose suddenly Teered to an
angle and doubled back toward bis ear.
Willie's lips took unto themselves the
general appearance of a pair of steaks,
very rare. When their arms were shoved
down each other's throats In attempts to
tear out and scatter round each other's
hearts, the elevator starter, previously
mentioned, called time, and they limped
away, battered but unvanqulsbed.
As a boxing match the proceeding was
negligible, conforming to no rules of
sportsmanship and operating along no
definite line. But as a garniture of the
career of Ma'm'selle Anna It was lovely.
It took her out from the vague, unex
plored regions of nonrecognltlon and put
her In the front-page class. It estab-
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Hbbed her as a person worth an argu
ment. It stamped the seal of individu
ality upon ber beginning. It brought
her to the attention of M. Gatti-Casazza,
who . gave her the role of Rosina in
"Goyescas" In which she will appear on
the Metropolitan stage shortly. In other
words the row between Andrea de Segu
rola and Willie Thorner, though rather
unsatisfactory to the contestants, was a
climax and a starting point for the ob
ject of their battle.
In the beginning, however, ;what was
the cause of spilled blood and smashed
noses? Lovers' . rivalry? Or did each
aspire to fame as the teacher of one soon
to become famous enough for the exal
tation of two?
No. ' At least there cometh one who
says no. The one is Arthur Lawrason,
himself teacher of vflice, with a 6tudio
somewhere on W. 67 th st.. New York.
"The fight was aimed at me," declared
Mr. Lawrason. "There have been other
attacks upon me. But now I must come
into the open and defend myself!
"Who, you may rsk, is the real teach
er of Anna Fitziu? He Is talking! It is
i-1
I! For proof see!" And he produced
a liberally inscribed photograph of
Mademoiselle, liberally inscribed In her
own clear hand, acknowledging Arthur
Lawrason's responsibility for her voice.
"Eleven years ago she came 'to me,"
Lawrason spoke on. "She then was un-
derstudying Lotta Faust in the 'Wizard
of Oz.' Voice? Ah, she had no voice!
Not even the song, about "Sammy, Oh,
Oh, Oh Sammy!" could she sing! I de
veloped the voice. ' I built ;up the voice
where none ' had been " before. Today
Anna Fitziu is wonderful.
"Willie JThorner? Ah, he came into
Ma'm'selle's life three years ago. He
went abroad with her as her manager.
He introduced her in Italy. A year later
they parted. They are now how shall I
say it? not good friends. .Thorner has
been saying it was he and not I who de
veloped Ma'm'selle's voice!
"And the fight? Ah, I will tell you!
After her American, debut at the Bilt
more Willie went to her dressing-room
and criticized her singing. But he was
etriking at me, for had she not coached
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in
for her debut in my studio? De
Sega-"
rola resented and they fought" .
As for Ma'm'selle, she has little to say.
From "Florodora" to the Metropolitan
Opera is a dizzy climb and it's possible
that her head reels a bit with altitude.
After her "Florodora" and her "Wiz
ard of Oz" days, Ma'm'selle Anna played
a leading part in "Baron Fiddlesticks" at
the Casino. While she was In "Lower
Berth 13," in Chicago, in 1910, Willie
Thorner persuaded her to leave the
musical comedy field and study for grand
opera under his instruction.
After four years with Thorner she
went abroad, studying with Jean de
Reszke, whom she left to appear in opera
in Italy and Spain.
As "Goyescas" is to be sung in Span
ish the choice for the heroine naturally
fell to Lucrezia Bori. The Spanish prima
donna, however, felt indisposed. She
Just wouldn't sing, and 'tis an ill wind
that blows no operatic aspirant any good.
Therefore the opportunity given Ma'm'
selle Anna to appear in the supreme role
of the new opera by . JEariquaGranados..
to be produced-for the first time on any
stage at the Metropolitan Opera House
soon.
Most prominent exponent of Spanish
music, is Enrique Granados. More of a
genius than Debussy he has been called;'
better balanced than Richard Strauss, full
of vigor as Giordano and Leoni and re
plete with sentiment as the Russians,
Moussorgsky and Borodine. He was
born in Lerida and at the age of eleven
entered the Paris Conservatory, where he
6tudied with Diemer, Faure and Mar
montel. "Goyescas" is a series of incidents .
based upon the life of Goya, the Spanish
painter. It was composed by Granado3
for the French Societe Nationale, to be
produced at the Grand Opera House in
Paris, at the beginning of the season of
1914. The war came along, however, and
upset all plans. It happened that Glulio
Gatti-Casazza, general manager of the
Metropolitan Opera Company, was in
Paris when the march of the German
armies crushed out for the time being the
artistic life of the French capital, and he
arranged a conference with Granados.
As a result the world premiere, wit
nessed in New York, was not only a
novelty of novelties a Spanish opera
sung in Spanish but it was attended by
the composer himself. In crossing the
ocean to see his work performed, he fol
lowed the example of Humperdinck,
Saint-Saens, Wolf-Ferrari, and Puccini,
who also attended first performances of
their works before New York audiences.
.An interesting side-light is thrown
upon the character of the Spanish com
poser by the story of a concert in Barce
lona at which he appeared almost at the
outset of his career. He entered the hall,
timid, hesitant, yet dignified and serious.
Thunders of applause greeted him.
"Play something! Play something of
your own!" the audience shouted.' He
hesitated. There were other great ar
tists on the program. But at last ha
walked timidly to the piano and played
what he modestly called a "sketch for a
symphonic poem." The sketch was what
is since known as his famous symphonic
poem "Dante," a masterpiece of con
trapuntal vigor, admirably executed.
And to supplement . the knowledge '
gained for her new role while singing at
the Royal Opera of Madrid and elsewhere
In Spain, Andrea de Segurola has under- '
taken to complete the initiation of Ma'
m'selle into the intricacies of Spanish
impersonation.. ' '
Ma'm'selle is proud of a medal pre
sented her by. the Queen of Spain,
and of another-.' from the infanta. And
she is more proud she affirms with all
the soft French and Spanish idioms
which' years ' abroad have put into her
language of the role she is going to
play in "Goyescas." And yet well,
isn't there" always some sort of defunct
fly in the ointment?
Back in other days, it seems, was a
weddng. The natural result of a wed
ding, is a husband, and such continues
to linger along Ma'm'selle's way of life.
"Did he encourage your singing?" she
was asked.
"Never, never! He thought I had no
voice."
The inquisitive one hesitated and
plunged boldly in . "Is he er pleased?
Have you seen him recently?" '
"He is In Canada," replied -Ma'm'selle,
"but we took tea together about tso
months ago."
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