The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1912, Page 10

—— eo ee gO i ba as REFUSES FORTUNE RATHER THAN NG WN GRIND OPERA Singer of S Exclusively. Sacred Music L ’S WISH. Sirota’s First Aim Is to Popu- larize the Old Melodies of the Jewish Race. Gerson Sirota, the Russian cantor, who te heralded asx the nearest rival fe Caruso, is not seeking to pull We Jaurel wreath of fame from the brow Of the Itallan songater. fe & singer of sacred music, @mmounces poritively that bh Gerson Sirota the offers of the Amorican 1n The arrival of Gerson Sirota is oy Méered to be the moat Important event fm the history of America Judaien, In every Jowish household in New York the fame of the great Russian cantor ts eown. Thousands of Russian Jews who heard the cantor sing in the Fatherland have tok! of his wondrous voice to their children and their chi y in Ne Will be the honored quest at dovens ot | Feceptions and banquets. Gerson Sirota resembles more an tm- Presario than a singer. Ho might also Be mistaken for a Kurstan nobleman He is about five feet eight inches in height and broad of chest. And, al though the greatest singer in Mussin @04 probably one of the foremom song. eters of to-day, he is not temporamen- tal, He ie an unassuming Indiv! who impresses all who met him w fe wholeheartednens and sincerity. H emily hobby in his beloved Hebrew melv- and his only relaxation from nis | © @tudy ie walking. Every morning Sirota) gets forth for a five-mile walk, for h that 00d health ts one of the ‘Dest foundations for w volce, @PEAKS SIX LANGUAGES—ENG- LIOH 16 NOT ONE OF THEM. Brote does not speak Knetish, but he Gees speak half a dozen other tongues, Russian, Yiddish, German, Polsh foery Frenoh. Through an ter he told of his fo work and began his singing carcer | of ton and at the age of #ix- @ fall-fledged cantor in a syn- Odesm. His father hefore famous cantor in Odessa 7 his son to follow tn his | Sirota married at tho age teen, for according to Jewiwh tra- | cantor should be « married) rete wanted to be a cantor and married, cantor in « Jewish synagogue chants ritual service. He is assisted by « ohotr, In Tlomatska Synagogue Warsaw, where Sirota is cantor, he | eccompanied by a choir of sixty Vetoes. This synagogue is the largest the world. @rota, who is thirty-olght yeare old, ‘Was born in Padolow, Russia, With the 8 if i ii ry $ i Be t “My aim in life is to popularise among the Jows the old melodies of the race,” @alé the cantor. “Many of these grand G44 melodies are dying out and the pres- emt generation ie rapidly losing them. CHAZA! Warsaw.’ ered the greatest Blrota’s cantor # fore Bho de ment was OF WARSAW, ARSAW, CARUSO'S RIVAL, WHO SPURNS GRAND OPERA, | In several cities Sirota ts the Brookiyn, Ju sume! first tor all my fe, stage would be who which time he will slow fre at » Sirota 4 “Of all singers he 1s con ae, Mr, Loew ¢ hott handed down m by the RESPECTS WISHES OF MOTHER NOT TO SING IN OPERA. Ko Into of my m that 1 be and t and to ke of forty-t will *| basement, 5 | plant THE EVENI es HEROCULASES ‘AFTER SAVING NE FROM AMMONIA Deadly Fumes Fill House Fol- lowing Explosion and Ten- ants are Overcome. Jt was only through the pluck and de- termination of two men that nine per- fons were rescued from suffocation by Jammonia fumes to-day in the apart: | it house at No, 619 Ninth avenue. The lives of two entire families were tm- perilied when the ammonia tanks in the uueed for the cold morage of the Olympic Market, whieh o¢- | cuptos the two lower floors, burst and Milled the butiding with deadiy fumes The (wo men were Robert Strahl, en kineer of the storage plant, who had June 1 is pumping machinery when the tanks burs and Hugo Gute freund, proprietor of the market, At first Strahl was almost overcome, but he crawled on his hands and knees from the basement and notified Gut- fre f the accident, ‘They entered the bullding to reacue the inmates. When they reached the third floor they found Romeo Hammer, his wife and their three children gasping for breath and rapidly being overcome, The butiding had become sv permeated by , | the ammonia fumes that Gutfreund had to wrap Mra, Hammer's head in @ vel In order to get her out, She was to the street and then the on were taken out, Ittle Angelo, years old, in his crib, and the four other children, with faces muffied, piled on top or under Gutfreund's arma, In the meantime Strahl made his way to the fourth floor, where lived Joseph Ristuccta, his wife, Mra, Mary Barno, hia sister, and his twenty-twoemonths+ old baby. ‘The entire family was acarce- ly conscious and Strahl, who felt himself , | rowing weaker every moment, had to . | work quickly. Jewish singer to ‘court of family om the oy: jew because of cred a great distine= known from Fins the Chazan of It was said of Sirota mily in Warsaw ok his head. brew melodics meant mi the plaudits and the do! _> PCKED HER WITH A POLE. Mrs, Helen A. Marzanovieh, who lives with her mother avenue, at from his One ma The His beloved He to him t rs of Amert No. 181 Midwood to-day appeared be ce Marean in the Court in her suit for separati her husband, Lawrence 8, Masai lared one evening, after a quare sleep, her hus the treat. Mt for a separation, but devied the woman alimony on the he was living with her wince her mar- and was not | the house was still filled with ammonia He started to the street, carrying @rs, Ristuccta and with the baby clinging to bie neck, Twice he started down astaire and twice he had | to return, #0 strong had the ammonia fumes become. The third time, with his face enveloped in @ towel, he managed to stumble down the stairway with his charges, but as he reached the sidewalk he collapsed. A moment later Gutfreund | Appeared in the doorway with other members of the family and all save Mra, Barno were out in safety. Mrs. Barno was misaing from the res- | cued and whon the firemen came they | began a earch of the house for her. Floor after floor was examined and at, lant Mrs, Barno was discovered on the root cowering behind a chimney.” As fumes it was decided not to try to take her down the stairway, #0 she was car- ried down a ladder. A great crowd watche’ the rescues, and there were repeated cheers for Strahl and Gutfreund, also for the fire- nm when they got Mr: Barno down in in who suffered xperionces was ety, ‘The only p any fll effects from (Free the Obieagn Record-Heraid.) “I feel sorry for poor little King Man- Il congratulate you." Why?" For not having anything more im- Portant to feel sorry about.” —— 2. ——— “SPABERIBS AND GRAVY.” A new Comie Series, by George Mo- Manus, author of the Newlyweds, now eppenring in the Sunday World's Funny Side. If you want some one make you laugh, “Let George Do It. NG WORLD, SATU FIRE THREATENS HARLEM THEATRE BEFORE MATINEE’ Firemen Didn’t Respond Until They Smelled the Smoke in Engine House. E | The West 1 Theatre was menaced! ¢ for a time t day re that started fn the two-story Pleken Bullding at ya er, RDAY, HIS WIFE REPORTS xcitement of Talk With Former Justice Van Wyck Alleged Cause. Sharies W. whose uted by: Morse, the convicted bank- pelson sentence was com- sident Taft, and who came the southwest corner of West One | back to New York in what physicians Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and « wl to be @ condition of mortal Bt. Nicholas avenuw There was al pesved a bad pirht last night. delay in turning in the alarm and when | excitement amd exhaustion of the the firemen got on the scene the blaze |day before had proved tov much for him was burating from the by Picken Building acroa a six foot and lictin- at t > walls of the theatre. The hour “18 12.30 tock, fortunately too early for the matinee crowd and the | theat attaches were the only persons in the bullding out the fire hore, but {t was not esar: to turn | ho on the water as the flremen confined the blaze to the basement of the Picken | tal Bullding. ‘The ground floor of this building is oe- eupied by small stores and an agenc the Metropolitan Life » second floor, Manager y of Insurance Com- wa agenc rying out important ri and storing them in neighboring butld- inge. Although the halls were full of wmoke the typewriter girls worked as valiantly as the male clerks in salvas- ing the documents. The fire started near the boiler tn the band had spent. She said: 3 Dasement, which, acconling to the fire- result of a call yesterday—that | (ni EH men, was full of rubbish. Smoke issuing | !* Of several cally—Mr, Morse will pos!-| ¥ \. ied from the front basement windows gave | tively see tio one to-day, Not even om IN — the first intimation of the fire to a Bie. Will be admitted to his rooms. | Norfolk é. ‘ , 3 passerby, who hurried to a fire alarm | He was fl a night bea excitement. heseis y - mt oa. and he bad a most 9 Went. : “I Our antiquated fire alarm system was oor i S eatahesa. ta ae | 4 w! responsible for a long delay in turning |e i tert Fry aa had to oy —% in the alarm. ‘The citizen opened the | 0° iv" that dc ae ay Paseo | : Le Ae relist Math ag ash ard CRT Sy much worrted over aim) ey Ee j dell ring, he thought he had turned in} {Nt Ne at Pope ala ; i t the alarm, when, In fact, he had com: | On itemen » ep him from y Pleted but half the operation. He did) ‘p, rowler was at the Morse home cone ty = not know that tt was necessary to open | | : : : p another door and pull down « lever to| “ly to-day and went at onfe to his he 4 patient, When he came out he sald Lees = sr - ee tastad re eneraneaiie sok | that there was really nothing more to : remen in the fire house in Hancock |e said than that Mr. Morse had had eae place, in the vear of the West End ‘he: | 0°00! vine, ACTIVE SECURITIES. @tre, amelied the smoke ten minutes “It is nothing serious,” he added; States St 000, shares: Readin tho Ineffectual attompt to turn In| ist the rewult of the visite of ree | Tage hase Tul Oup, ahares:, Heating, Harm and investigated. They Hl) sugay, I have asked that in future eases koe Li Se es be copay rom lhe be Kept from all excitoment—from —SEEoELxy»—— == | basement was ablaze. og which might tend to upset The only ein the building dam- | 2" | United aged tagency in the extreme west ‘The fire did not ponetrate collar. Lew Dockstader and his minsirels are was the Clear playing at the West land. The sati performance was given this after: although the street car lines in ¢ Hundret and ‘wenty-tifth street w blocked until after 2 o'clock, 8 FOLK OUT OF THE RACE. : | to Will Not Seek Indorsement tn Mis- | pad | tr sourt for Presidency, - ,, |to him, He read the newspapers again ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10—Hx-Gov. Joseph | today, and appeirs to have @ good | W. Folk to-day announced his retire- | appetite. ment from the race for indorsement in Missour! for the Presidential nomina- tlon at the hands of the Democrats. He thus agreed to @ proposal made by Speaker Champ Clark, who wanted Mr. Folk to agree to a divided dele- gation, Mr. Folk did this and at the sel N je released all of his friends from | 8 giving him their support. At his home oat ive Augustus Van Wyek wa beneficial to Mr. Morse's condition. Dr. M titan | 28 ¢ Metropolitan Mr Ka | there until Inte last night. "| WIFE. SAYS Mrs. M. Sixth aven ing, spoke of the unqufet night her hus- ren SECLUSION IN APARTMENTS 18 | Not one-third of them nave been shown JEALOUS RIVAL KILLED death last 1! quarrel between {wo men over @ pretty the Miiano apartments, West Fifty-elgiii gtreyt, he re- yesterday from hls former Ice of te Supreme Court, Ho was the only to the man's ained t about an It was impossible to learn after- d what had been the nature of their 1k, but evidently it did not prove very pur Fowler, who accompanied Mr, rae from Atlanta and hae been in tant attendance upon him ately, home yester- 3 o'clock, some time after visit, and etl EXCITEMENT OF CALLS MAKES HIM WORSE. wher went downtown in a elevated train this morn- MADE MORE RIGID. of the freed banker- than ever like @ for- Jrient to-day. Cards the door downstairs, phone connections were veal apartment even personal f the ob) sident ‘Taft's vation were turned away by the Mr. Morse was not able| nin was tremendous again | Since coming home he has re- ived up of 800 letters and tele: ams fi 8 and acquaintances. | WRONG BOY AT DANCE. Elghte 0, TH ear-old Joseph Henley ot | h street, who was shot to ght in a dance hall at Nos. 10 Avenue D, was the victim of a FEBRUARY 10, 1912. MORSE SET BACK, PASSES BAD NIGHT, name of Sui ‘The two men had quarrelied in the| midet of the dance and one of the pair had been ordered out. He got to tie door when young Henley came aiong with several friends, intending to leave for home. He was mistaken for the ri- val and the youth at the doorway whipped out a revolver and shot him through the temple. A surgeon said he | was dead before he init the floor. The slayer excaped and no one police could find after the shooting knew who ho was. Susie had fled i the panic. that foliowed the shooting. Lieutenant Deerin; got a line on Suate to-day. He heard she lived on Norfolk street and was recently married. Henley's brother, Samuel, who had gone to the 15 cent dance with him, @aid that the slayer was unknown to him, and that he knew his younger brother had never seen him before. ——_—. WALL STREET Holiday conditions provaiied in the stock market to-day. Selling of stocks, | which first represented the efforts of room traders, gained considerable force | as the session progressed and almost bottom prices of the day were estab- ished at closing time, when leading shares were from 1 to 2 points lower. and of net change final figures are as Amal, Am, Copper... Many People imagine they cannot digest Ale and Stout, but try once Whit- -bread| Ale or Stout There’s a GREAT Difference St. James Tmporting fe. (importers), girl known to the police only under tne This ts Kitty, so sweet and pretty, Just arriving in the city, Sad and lonesome. 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