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f m i 12 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 13. 1950 ?The Ptomaine Canary By HELEN TRAUBEL AP Newsfeatures Editor's Note: Just for fun, Helen Traubel, the Metropolitan opera soprano, recently wrote a short '"who-dunit" as a present for her friends. Chief figure in the yarn, oddly enough, is an opera soprano who wants to write mystery stories. And now, just for the amusement of both mystery story and opera fans, we are reprinting the un .vsual story as a short serial, start ing today. Chapter 1 On the stage of the Metropolitan Opera .House, arunniiae waisijei, 1iib celebrated dramatic soprano. was a stately figure commanding the rapt attention ot an audience that literally bulged the walls of that ancient structure. Irom the orchestra Pit the mil sic of "Die Walkure" rose in wild and savage splendor as Otto rurst's baton quivered In the air. Tonight's performance was one that would be Jong remembered and that would find the critics tossing their hats Into the air. Even the musicians and the supers backstage were en thralled. Never before had they heard Madame Wagner sing so mag nificently. Prom that golden throat, poured notes of such voluptuous beauty as to make the senses reel. High in the galleries vocal stu dents felt like tearing up their voice teachers. - And yet no one, not one single person in that vast auditorium, so much as suspected that a great frustation burned like an unholy lire in the breast of the famous prima donna. " It was a frustration of long standing, and one to be carefully considered in the light of subse quent events. At her side the bearded Wotnn briefed her with orders for the day. Brunhilde cut loose with her bat tle cry, "Ho, yo, to ho." The or chestral accompaniment swelled with the turbulence of a storm tossed sea and she galloped off to the fray. Two people were waiting for her In the wing. Her husband. Bill Wagner, and her friend, Lily Furst, the conductor's ex-wife. "You were wonderful, darling breathed Lily. Others closed In for congratula tions, but Bill shooed them off. "You have a few minutes for your next oue," he said. "You need some relaxation. Here " and he thrust a book into her hands. .Brunhide lowered herself Into a chair. At once her interest was captured by the title of the book. EMBALMER'S HOLIDAY. The Jacket design showed a female sit .ting on a gravestone combing her Jialr. i Avidly Brunhilde turned to page one, hoping that this book would be as good as the last which she had finished Just before tonight's per formance. For Brunhilde belonged .to that vast army of fans who find 'scape and intellectual exercise in 'the reading of mysteries. Her vear- 'Jy expenditures were said to keep 'a numDer or autnors in a state ot economic solvence. , As the opera proceeded, Madame i Wagner became immersed in blood, mayhem and detection, oblivious to 'her surroundings until the director 'called, "Beady, Mme. Wagner, your e." i Prom the stage. Frlcka's summons hook the rafters. j Handing the book back to her nusDana, urunnnae opened her mouth, got wired for sound, turned VP the volume, and strode back on She took her cue from the mu etc, trying to avoid the conductor's yes. They were not on eood terms. Otto Furst, a tall, not un-handsome mall, with baleful eyes and a dis ordered cron of hair, had manv fe male admirers. Only a few davs ago a wealthy oldwidow in White Plains had died, willing him her Heirloom Pineapple Here is a lovely Heirloom pineapple design you'll enjoy making and using. Measuring 10 inches deep, the pine apples are large and soft when worked in heavy cotton and Just the thing to edge linen table run ners. Crocheted In lightweight thread, the design Is perfectly bcau- . m I J B fortune. And then, while she sang, some thing else swam into the line of Burnhilde's vision. Faces in the front row familiar faces she had seen them before. But where? And then she remem bered. Thev were faces she had seen on the backs of many book lackets. Brunnuae oiinkea. unable to be lieve her own eyes. It couldn't be possible. It must be some trick of lighting, or wishful thinking, or something conjured by her lmaglna- tion. And vet there thev sat. smiling up at her. a galaxy of her favorite authors. Agatha Christie. John Dickson Carr, Rex Stout, Erie Stanley Gard ner, A. Patrick, Ellery Queen, and many others she instantly Identl- uea. people wno nao entertained her and chilled and thrilled her, made her laugh and kept her awake through many a nignt. Her gaze veereo into tne wings. Bill Wagner stood there, smil ing. Tnen sne Knew, it was true. This was no figment of her Im agination. They were all there, out front. She and Bill had often discussed inviting these virtuosos of gore and extinction to hear her sing and later to meet her person ally, sne was a ian oi tneirs and she wanted them to be fans of hers. Her pleasure was communicated to her voice, and it soared now with new glory. (Why Is Brunhilde, accustomed to adulation and the public, so thrilled at the prospect of meeting a bunch of writers? What goes on after the performance? Read to morrow's thrilling Installment, written about an opera star by an opera star who knows music and musicians the way her writing audience knows cops and corpses.) (To Be Continued) Younr Cotton Charmers Two little dress - and - pantle seta for daughter's Spring times I One ac cents a scalloped yoke with baby chick applique. The other, for more dress-up occasions, is a tier-on-tier basque dirndl. (Two separate pat terns) No. 3012 Is out In sizes 8 mos., I, 2. 3. Size 2,1 yds. 35-ln : panties, yd. 36-in. Applique Included. No. 2815 Is cut In sizes 1, 2, S, 4. Size 2. 2 yds. 36-ln.; panties, yd. 35-in. Send 25C foj PATTERN with Name, Address and Style Number State Size desired. Address Capital Journal 214 Mis sion St.. 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