New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1926, Page 27

Tito Schipa and ‘the bride his voice won Temperamental Tenor If You Marry an Artist— LWAYS trust the \ \ v{x I 1d part Musicians ARE hard to get tlong with, but vou must unde m—and that can be Keep in I that no woman can think age \ singer daoes not belong to his wife, but to his public Never go behind the scenes Leave your husband to his work Love Can Be Managed in the Most Artistic Environment, Says Antoinette Schipa, as She Tells How She Keeps Fires of Domestic T,anquillity Glou‘ing [.” the HO’nC Whe’e She One error which Mme. Schipa believes the wives of many artists make is the practice of visiting them at the opera house and [S Parl‘ner fo a Famous O/JCI’(IHC glar y zoing behind the scenes. This she never does. but religiously permits her husband fo live his artistic life without interference ]/' YOU marry a mugician, an artist, a person esthetically inelined—Ilook out for the artistic temperament! That's what the world says, and points to the wany domestic wrecks strewn over the rocky reefs of artistic entanglements. Yet one gave only . . : ik S R N J an audience, he actress, or a musical genius, or a great painter. That's becanse " ;. 3 2 D s o Sl et : s lamena the world and his wife make more of the smash-up of a famous the full glare of the li tht. The public fails to note the Nime. Schipa 3 5 g ide fr IElbRoREAN D YIS and 1 for that; conse- hundred or more divorce case ¢ rd lay Nittle- never e loves them And it is NOT true that all artists are so temperamental that artist- : i g 8 ; R Bt hen he & hous hen Tito is away for long months on it is impossible to live with them in domestic peace and tranquillit hushand with ; 5 ’ b : e o an iing worries, L < \ 4 . : spending ' 1 ; t ov 'g printed R When their 1 g 4 - 4 Ll : . surlede iy wtoinette was a French girl formerly, now an American bary Ry 3 Along comes Antoinette Schipa with the following story of how she is tremendously and altogether happy with one of the best- known operatic tenors in America. Curei to sing opposite voles to her in the Chicago Civie Opera N 4 ¢ g Tord to let n ever) < the same Company. How to handle a temperamental husband is here told el & & 3 W or shé il ! e . Mexico and : A 5 DRe ignorance ; > 4 f ys, “Better wait,” I wait d T . St for him by Antoinette herself in an intimate sure of wedded life that til sh s > e f 5 with his debu L e sparkles lile a rare jewel against the dark picture of petty divorce 'l'\ b ¢ s ad e . Jus Pl - 1 bel canto . 7 w B ) i squabbles rampant everywhere in America today e L 3 ey &, bt eried citizen, the wife of Tito Schipa, famous tenor chosen by Galli- i ; 3 ) ¢ \ 3 g ) hee ot . si ‘L' :‘L;, il‘lfl:r' By Antoinette Schipa ! %\ AN S TARND i o sk T thinks of the beauty and calr : know well In an Interview I' POPULAR opinion, musical hus- into a secluded c f llroom I bands seem to be regarded as to watch the dan ently, we 2 ¢ i is is th Now, a v frankly and belonging to a family labeled “Butter- old lady, whom we knew slight] e the world, ould do from out of heart the real experi flies.” And further still, they are sup- coming toward u IVith her¥iwas 'ai® after a tonr! or ton o i Sy : : R ; : hing to please 1 help along ~ en fa ‘s wife, It is not, per- posed to flit wherever the whim strikes young man. S peepshoson (hieeiviontha, e s i h . . ve far that aps popular fon, but it them, being temperamental, or, in At friend i . : . e : i } plainer language, unreliable. Before I “Don’t ¢ p e L B b, ‘ \ such 7 sband, v vif ¢ other day Tit hugging the heard this general verdict, I was mar- 3y that time he was asking me to be. He writes to o S : S e 1 1al ) jokingly, “If ried to a grand-opera tenor. And, it ce. If T had kept the program, I after the concert he swires f 0 | 1 4 ) voman can th the a divorce the girl will go with appears, marrying a tenor of any sort could tell you by counting up just how enthusiasm of \ 3 . st | of herself 4 as st r. inot B ered, | is looked on by some as the apex of n we two danced together, for after encores he has h: il g e e St efore it. hile ime SEEAALEL0N] girl and the moth misfortune. > met during the first waltz we dance e ¢ y thinking of If any sister h followed in my every following number. 1 ur v o composer an ; footsteps or chosen a concert baritone After a while, iftstead of dying, 7k ng sixteen encores he wrote t try to worry him a an; werifices in his prot 1 recent le f. David Seabury or bass, she may care to compare notes 1 had not gone to Nice, I grew so well him, “My boy. you will kil Hatimne Sy § s fe's & is to sustair f New York, s f “Unmasking with me ven the spouses of pianists that there was no excuse for dallying your public.” But he answer 3 he nposing a b a her s f them. A can cook, and Minds," list s of love. and vio ts may elect to join our away from home. Mr, followed Chicago I give everything my m cook for om Madame § lescription of throng. And if one among this multi- me to Paris, talked with my parents, Never do I go behind the scenes at working at it; therefore, ; s G & good married life , unite two tude finds things going 1 smoothly d we two became engaged. Imme an opera performance. Some the door find work 1 t f g: ) s it should of the varie Prof. Sea- than she would wish, perhaps my little diately ahead of us was the tragedy of back stage to help. I think it wrong. do. Would a business X it will g bury ate love ership love. experiences will be of use. separation. He was under contract to It is a matter of taste. A man is calmer beside him at the office s h rked joes not belong to his wife Prof. Seabury' 1 tollows If I were not so happy I should say sing in opera in South America and moments without his wife. A on knotty problems? k not it to his lic. Sh es not need to my troubles started with the influenza, would be gone for months. The wed- banker would not think of taking his W I T order to remember for because of it the doctor ordered me ding was to take place as soon as he with him into his private office HERE are many worries a musician i t season wy husband from my home in Paris to the Riviera. veturned. Voila! At last he did return, business put a tense strain on his \nm.ll be spared i t i ppearances opera He said I would die if I did not go and one sunny morning we retraced our mind and executive ability. No matter g in B conuent ; neert the latter he was nt Sec or panTand to Nice. So I went to Monte Carlo, steps down the church aisle together as how attractive a prima and 4 knowledge of illnes i f r months nd; du k i L ¢ # as the where it was much gayer. At 18 years man and wife to whom the tenor m nake in home How can a man and f r nent I ¢ wi im s € tis t to see the Getall faereie And what do you think? While he cpera, I know that it al, but sing his best when his heart is heavy Always there are I jo; forces & 100 per A girl friend accompanied me; we was in South America something hap- only play. I t my I t with the fear of bad W th ¢ ple he t sce; nt basis both loved music. At the opera they pened that, perhaps, often happens to never a wrong thought in 1 ? Our baby a, i f ¢ there a sther people who m T gave a matinee of “Lucia”; we girls a tenor. He did not tell me of it until out him. 1 know that ves 1 She fell ill; he was « 1c N attended. A young man named Tito after we were married, And yet the hat h not lie to him. And s yrote T husbar rn in Leece, Italy Schipa sang the Edgardo. His voice circumstance was one of which some my mind it is a woma fir: vord about the babhy vself unt ] o they ad n. Many from that ¢ was ravishing. My girl friend wept ot musicians, would have been duty to understand herself and ti ed to k t casor 3y that sectiol ! n America. Some- deeper erience in human 1 throughout the performance. “It is so proud. A amental Brazilian lady understand her husband. When as we times, quite unexpecte will bring Four Emotional ] beautiful,” she kept repeating. et him cially Loving him madly, | n is learned, the mo icult is a piece of m . oth from t 2 to tv them home to emotion ttraction, rded him with letters to that is over. The rest is casy. 3 ( 1 else in the world 1 he not Thi epared sud ¢ A sense of magnetic 1\&,\\'111: the influenza made me sct. She was worth eight million. t made different simply by ar- understand. Talk to of mu 1 der t 1 moments every dear Fift ip love e—The sense of di for mas- X peevish, but it irritated me to think Again voila! Do you know what b ceremony. Temperamer they he knows everything. At night, w here turns in and helps, and we to * a home and be that any one should weep because a It was th There is on! re the same after 3 fo he m relax, 1 say to hi i RS ¢ ? children voice was lovely. On me the effect was 3 girl in the world for me; she it. The trouble t ¢ enga come out of the moon.” e g t singi fo needs more than § Propinquity i in the *“Contact 3 E d she lives in Paris. ments are too short h contract- z.,n.:‘rv to the wotion nere pract mini n. If Tito gets cb neighborhood act, I heard some ¥ e she is better than all the r i rn the other’s virtue is their silent distraction and t 5 he calls me in to hear it it The desirs the mother or The same race, politics and the ng in his voice that thrilled me to 2 ns.” nd defects. 1 was engaged nearly a finite care in detail w the end he asks for my opinion. If [ h. Frigid love—Marrying for a new happiness manly tenderness so always trust my husband Had 8 half. But even if we women American pictures that make the 1 v, “No, I don't like it, it's not good,” lunch basket The search for security deep that it fi me with a sense known of this circumstance during that we understand our bands delight of many a wearied ng it, unless by request. tl protec A great many modern strong protection. u agement I would e trusted pretty well, it 1s, 1 think, singer. For next season's concerts he is learn- marriages are built on this alone, That night my girl friend and I crept him then. Now, when he returns home to examine our cl ers to discover Musicians have strange stior f ing many American songs. As he says, p i