The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1902, Page 16

THE SUNDAY CALL. — 2 How the great singer trav- els, some anecdotes from her summer trip of last year to the lack Forest of Germany, and what her repertoire will in- clude for this season. - I y—— ORDICA is on her way to us once more, this time dissolved from opera. She is to sing in recitals that are all her own. She, with her manager, her ac- companist, E. Romayne Simmons, and two sisters, Mrs. Baldwin of Boston and Mrs. Welker of New York, make up the y who are journeying across the con- ent in & private car for the song re- cital tour, which is to extend through the East, West, North and BSouth of the United States and through Canada as well The car is named Brunnhilde in honor of the role in which Mme. Nordica has made some of her biggest triumphs. It has been especially fitted for her use, so thet the diva may experience as few @iscomforts as possible in her long jour- ney that will cover four or five months and many thousands of miles. A genuine brass bed, daintily draped, is in her own room on this car, taking the of the ordinary berth or couch. A ed dresser is also there and easy- all upholstered in as fragile ma- es in your best boudoir on terra A bath opens out from the room furnishes what Mme. Nordica calls ; she always says that the she is not a perfect traveler Is likes too well to be clean. car are several other sleeping g rooms and dining room and The rest of the car is set aside the observation section, which takes ving-room, music-roons are Nordica's favorite books. ere are some charming book shelves 0 0dd corners, little curtained remind Nordica of her own e has brought with her on her of her treasures as she can carry, so that the dreariness desk occupies one corner of singer keeps up with e and enlivens the trip riends on paper. e piano. Therefore s the room where the privileged few here Mme. Nordica 1 time to time with oose from her long In this room in Pennsylva- ber. Since r way west ome swell creations. of gold, is embellished with ed by experts at 60,000 francs; enother, of grass green velvet, is ed, except for exquisite neck include a tiara and a col- in their brilliancy. mportant personage in g the country in the de is a diminutive dachs- w months old, which is the t and most highly prized pet. was presented to her tegent of Bavaria on the & of the new Wagner Theater in when, by special invitation, Mme. Isolde and Elsa- in the emonies. It was considerei 1 or, for she was the to appedr in the thea- at the dedication of eat German master. is blue in color and is a mest y I fellow who g and seldom barks, collar presented to the Duchws of Meck- e daughter of the s at liberty to have n of an an- “Green Cave’ royal aft treas- nst the law to r in the Black ned wonderfully in Germany, she oc- a book every Gotter- to be able to few tips that are n wri to * er sum- leaked r husband, n a little vil- mmer the during this too lazy to en- lling musicians an- ere, but when they in readiness an audi- besides Mme, Nordica put in an appearance. fteen minutes passed in waiting, then madame had an { ion. She confid- d it to her husband and he disappeared. In half an hour a procession was seen coming up the street. Mr. Dome had eweakened the villagers and on the strength of an Invitation to be his guests they dressed themselves and came to the concert, which, 2s a result, was begun by the comforted musiclans at about thé hour when it should have ended. Nordica has in her repertolre, this sea- son a little of everything. She furnishes the entire evening’s entertainment her- CoPyRIQHT PrHoTos Self. One of the things which has'attract- ed most attention is a lullaby. & ““The Southern lullaby which I have been singing is not a ‘coon’ song,” she said. “The music is by Ethelbert Nevin and the ‘words by Frank L. Stanton. Any one hav- ing the least acquaintance with Nevin's music would know that it could not be ragtime. It is a stmple melody, a sweet little Southern lullaby, which I have sung as an encore after a heavy programme of the most difficult music—just a little fun and relief for the moment, you know. “I like to keep up a varlety of musie. My programme contains every known style of ballad—German leder, French chansons, Hungarian, Itallan and English ballads, besides selections from opera and oratorio. “I am determined that the featurs of my concerts shall be range and variety of what is best, and the programmes tax my volice to the fullest capacity. Some sing- ers give @ whole evening to one styls of composition, and for some of the audi- ence it may be delightful, but in a general way it does not gi~- compl- ‘e satisfac- tion.” The fact that she is able to do this, that she has developed her voice to such a oreadth of power, is the result of hard work, which she loves. She has little pa- tience with people who are easily discour- aged. There i3 a story told of her which shows her views on this point pretty clearly. During her visit to this country last sea- son she offered to give an hour each day to a young kinswoman who had a prom- ising voice. The hour set for the lesson was 11 o’clock, and at 11 each day many warbles could be heard coming from the diva’s room, where her singl..g school of one pupil was going on. One day the pupil failed to appear. Madame Nordica met her later in the day and anxiously Inquired why she had not come for her lesson. ““You were 117 she asked earnestly, with a veles full of sympathy. *‘Oh, no,” replied the girl in an off-hand manner. “But it was too hot to work."” “Hot!" exclalmed the diva. “My dear, 1f you expect ever to rise to the top, you'll find it hot all the way up. —_——— GIRLS USUALLY DO. “Have you Moore’s poem: inquired the sweet young thing. “I think so, miss. I'll look in & min- ute,” replied the clerk in the bookstors. “By the way, here’s a filne new story, just out. It's called ‘Just One Kiss,’ and—"" she interrupted haugh- “I want Moors,’ tily.—Philadelphia Press.