Word: mme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Died. Mme. Krao Farini, 49, famed "Siamese Missing Link, for 30 years a strange hairy freak in the employ of numerous circuses; in Manhattan, of asthma and influenza, while employed by the combined Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Brothers circuses...
...Among the first to read Mme. Calvé's protest was William J. Guard, kindly press agent of the Metropolitan, who watches over his flock like a mother hen. He fumed, he fussed, he ruffled his feathers, flapped his great wings, said...
...Mme. Calvé knows nothing about Miss Talley's musical antecedents, nor does she know how much work the young girl put in for her career. Calve was a great artiste, but she might have been a greater had she been a better musician. She knew little about reading music, and had to have it fairly drummed into...
...remarks about diversions, I do not think Calve devoted her every minute to study, although she worked hard. Mme. Calvé's remark about publicity ? well, she did not scorn publicity herself, and she knew...
...acclaimed her a "great old lady." Back, way back in his office, where all things are decided, Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza listened to her voice, still gloriously strong and true, listened to the applause, drew up a new contract, for next season. Last week Mrs. Charlotte Grief (daughter of Mme. Schumann-Heink), who lives in Leipzig, sailed for Europe. Mme. Schumann-Heink went to see her off, encountered a group of reporters, took the opportunity to announce that she had signed the contract. "What I did was only a tryout. They wanted to see if I could sing any more...