The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 12, 1914, Image 1
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VOL. 9, NO. 63, S
REVERENT AND SI
TRIBUTE TO U.S
President Takes Part
monies from Start to
15 SAILORS, FOUR M
Bluejackets and Marines
Vera I'ruz Landed on A
Soil Yesterday.
New York, May 11.?'
from Vera Cruz were 1
American soil today and
and nation paid them trlbv
Two hours before the
astir 17 flag draped coffin
moved from the boat de
armored crusler Montana
ed on caissons on the pla
tery Park. Few witnessed
mony for the sun was but
but thousands later lined
vu nnil'Il 111*3 8IOW proCeSBII
way to the navy yard. P
since the Dewey parade
been such a spontaneous
tion. That, however, ws
tribute to a returning viol
reverent one to the retur
The weather for the occi
not have been better. 11
almost cloudless and ther
enough breeze to stiffen
ashore the thousands of I
flew at half-mast.
THRONGS ARE SII
Silent thousands long
o'clock began making tin
ward lower Manhattan; oi
ed about the city hall,
procession was to halt
others lined the approai
-ihattan bridge, and fin
throng gathered at the
where eulogies were to be
wore little bows of bla<
wore bands of black i
sleeves.
President Wilson arri
city from Washington st
7 o'clock. He was taken t
to the home of his friend
House, and thence to the
take a place in the pro
had at first been arrangi
President go directly tc
yard but at the last mome
son changed his mind and
to the Battery to partlci
ceremonies from beginnin
PROCESSION MO
Twenty-four picked n
lice led the way. Behind
the combined bands of
naughts Wyoming and Tf
hind the bunds 600 bluej
these ships.
Next came the coffins i
At the side of each rode
and at the corner of e
trudged a national guard
Stars and Stripes alone
caskets.
Behind the last caissc
carriage bearing the Pr<
retary of the navy, sen
gressmen and represents
state and city.
The cortege began to
o^clock, the ship'H band
funeral march. The crow
bared heads, silent. T1
skyscraper canyon of 1<
way, past old Trinity i
into the city hall plaza
slon passed.
At city hall, whose c
portico were draped In bl
tege halted while May
placed upon a caisson i
orchids, the city's tribute
so, the bluejackets stooi
arms, and 800 school cl
"Nearer. My God, to Th<
Gathered at the citj
perhaps 10,000 spect&to
CEREMONIES .SIJ
Prom there the route
across Manhattan bridge
t .and the navy yard. Thi
monies, as arranged, v
and comparatively brief.
A hymn by the battli
an invocation by Chaplai
Cassard of Annapolis; th
Wilson's address. Pray<
Stephen 8. Wise and Fa
Chidwlck, chaplain of
Three volleys fired by a
of marines from the Texi
by a bugler concluded I
It was 10:50 when tl
reached the navy yard
Wilson, Secretary I)ant?
Glynn and the others c
dent i stand stood bare!
the coffins were taken fi
(Continued on Pag<
2TH ^ IK b
KM I-WEEKLY. I
I rilT Bl'LOflT TO KAM.KN IIKItOKS. rin
* * Senator Lewis Pays Tribute to Men
' nrjin Killed at Vera Cruz. H
, UL/iU Washington. May 8.? Senator , |J
James Hamilton Lewlq, spoke today, '
in eulogy of the American bluein
Cere- jackets and marines who fell in the Dead
Finish. flrst flRhting at Vera Cruz. y
"Daniel A. Haggerty, an Irsliman,
a descendant of those who, marched
ARINES Patrick Cleyburn from the RAI1
South and Phil Sheridan from the
Killed at North; lnlial
merican "John Shumaker, the German, the F1
descendant of those wno fought for t S
The dead us under Steuben; Cat
anded on "George Poinsett, of the generat- earth
city, state ion of those who marched with ami
ite. Lafayette and. Moun
city was "Samuel Meisenberg, the Jew, the to tc
s were re- child of a people without a country, \73f
ck of the but now a son saluted by every na- part
and plac- tion. not b
za in Hat- I We call to the watching world to Th
1 this cere- attest to the civilization of men the Zaffa
half risen, attachment of America for her Mour
the streets children and the praise and triumph KeaU
>n wind its she ever pays to the hero who serves north
erhaps not her cause." ter c
has there I Santi
demonstra- MILLIONAIRE KILLS no,
" l,,'0,8y HIMSELF WITH RIFLE
Lor; this, a , 27 ii
ning dead. ('liarlcs \V. Post, Cereal Fowl Man- the
ision could ufucturcr, Kmls His Life at kille<
le sky was Winter Home. Palm
e ^US' Santa Barbara. Cal., May 9.?With ^,a'a
*l ?a nn| a bullet from a rifle which he had s'x;
ags %\ i < i fonceajP(jt oharles W. Post, million- Virgl
aire manufacturer of cereal foods, ^1
^b for "killoci himself at his winter home P'ac<
Where today. Evading the nurse who T*
r wa> "jhad been attending him since he re- a sp
lers mass lurne(j from nle Kast a few weeks (leat'
** ago. he went to his apartment, placed ^een
.,no y s" ^he muzzle of the rifle in his mouth servi
? and pulled the trigger with a toe. lo
a *. a Krea' j Mr. Post was convalescent from an tra?l
nUjj *.ar< 1 illness which necessitated a major ^'
sa < . an\ Operaljon sometime ago at Rochester, fere(
/hTM,nn- acth
ipon n r Returning here recently he seemed t,llcl
, , .. to be exceedingly nervous and Mrs. e'
Ived in the ? . . . . . . a?tei
?. Post engaged trained nurses to at- aiiei
"T"y..a"fr|tend hln..
!? ? Mr. Post arose at hlfTtBmTIT horrr*?- jr
, Col. E. M. ... . ... , ?
.. , this morning, had breakfast and barn
Battery to . . . ... , . , . . , !
cession lounged about until 10 o clock when alon
* ... .' .. ,he excused himself, telling the nurse crus
ed that the I . . . .. ., .... ...
on duty at the time that he wished The
i the navy , ...
>nt Mr Wil K? apartment to de down, assis
' , What happened then is a matter of \\
was driven ..... . ...
con lecture. A shot wns henrrl Mra -..I.,
pate in the ? " . " ,
to en 1 'ost un?l a nurse rushed to the apart- rolh
VPS 'n( nient upstairs and found the. million- to e
" " , aire stretched on the floor dead. disa
lounted po- . ... ...
, , Both Mrs. Post and the nurse said aboi
1 them were ? ... . , .
they <1 id not know how Mr. Post peoi
the dread- . . , .. T4
, , had procured the rifle. Its presence curi
xas and be- ... .....
in the room was taken by them to the
.n .< ts ro.n |n(jjca^e that he had planned his flolr]
. _. death sometime In advance. saw
n sinRle tile.
a policeman
t&ch caisson SKXI>S "CLLKT INTO IIKAIN. bono
wit!
Isman. The _ . . ? ... ?
Prominent tireenville Man ( om- neat
covered the . ? . ..
nits suicide. -p
,n came the Greenville Special to Charleston mos
esldent, sec- NpvvR n,,(1 Courier, May 9.?Porter C. won
ators con- Munn. one of Greenville's most pro- G
lives 'of the gr?Mlve younft citibens and a men- are
her of the Arm of Jordan & Mnnn ......
move at 9 contractors, shot himself through the ous
b playing a|head wtth a Pl?tol at 8 o'clock this and
tl stood with morning at his home on North Main peci
irough the street, dying three hours later. Mr. bef<
>wer Broad- Munn had Just arisen from bed when ter
?hurch and the shot. His little six-year- itev
the proces- ?'d 8011 heard the shot and rushed deri
upstairs to find his father lying on Cou
:olumns and the floor clad in his pajamas, with
ack, the cor- hlood flowing from a bullet wound in a
'or Mitchel his right temple. Mr. Munn suffered |a8t
a wreath of a nervous breakdown some time ago Wer
i. As he did following a one-day trip from Marion waj
d at present to Greenville in an automobile, but rUB
hlldren sang wa* thought tl t he had recovered Caf<
?e.** from this. His uustness connections ' 0th<
' hall were w*re In excellent shape and his home 'the
rs. j>i'0 ideal. ^ . yAr
1PI.E. Porter-C. Munn-was born in Ftor- j * n
lay north, *nce and wa? 39 years of age. He Is 1 ?or
to Brooklyn survived by a wife and two little jaur
are the cere- children. His wife was formerly ?nb
rere simple Miss Marion Bostlck of Marlon. Mr. Raa
Munn was a director of the chamber reti
aship bands; of commerce, steward of the Bun- ruB
n William G. combe Street Mtehodist church and iy
en President !waB one ot the city's most process)ve uni
srs by Rabbi y?ung business men. His tragic j y
ttaer John P. dpath has cast a pall over Greenville. ! Wh,
the Maine. ? reti
i detachment Charlotte Paper Hold. aba
is and "taps ' Charlotte. N. C., May 8.? The ma
the program. Charlotte Evening Chronicle has bat
le procession heen sold to the Charlotte News and jthe
President wl". subscription list and advertising I ]
da, Governor I'Mu?' The sale conveys to The News '
n the Presl-; Publishing company the name, good noi
(leaded **hlle w'". subschlpllon list and advertising vj|]
rom the cats- contracts of The Evening Chronicle. ]
! The Evening Chronicle was started aa
? Eight.) |In 1903 by The Observer Company. Qf
IMA SSAf;.*-1I1
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LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY
THQUAKE AND ETNA SUFFRAGE PA
ESTROY MANY TONS MOVES
I Are Numbered at 173, Several Thousan
r'hile Many Are Injured. rade in Wa
LROADS ARE TIED UP. ASKING FOR j
?i(aii<s Near Hurtling Mount Petitions For Each
lee?Affected Zone Presents gress Advocati
pectacle of Ituin and Death. tional Knfrar
taniia, Sicily,, May 9.?A great Washington, N
quake last night brought death thousand women,
estruction to many villages near every Ktate in the
t Etna. The number of dead up , . , _
. . . __ . ,, . . 1 raded along Penn
might was officially placed at ;
with about 350 Injured. A large ^rora the White 11<
of the devastated territory has tol and presented to
men inspected. gress petitions ado
e affected zone extends from ;llj over ^he coun
rana, the highest village on plve hundred ai
it Etna, to the sea between Acl marchers carried tl
s on the south and Glarre on the for y^h member <
i. It Includes Llnera, the con- hoUHe> asking the
>f the disturbance, Pisano and ?ri?tr?w Mnnrioii m
t Vemina. lint Unera alone. ^ t J consUtutlo
persons were killed and 300 in- WOmen
I. In Bonglardo, 13 dead and ..... ,
. . . . , , Massing tliemsel
njured, have been taken from ? ,
' , , steps of the (Tapito
ruins. At Conslntini, 16 were . . .
, , ..... bands and a cliori
1 and many, injured. At Passo ... ...
. ... . . the entrance to thf
io, two persons were killed; at A. .. , ,
? , tliufciastic paraders
ii, iwaive; uu naniu venma, . ...
0 . , . 0 . . of the Women, bj
Santa Tecla, two; Santa Maria .
, , . . , , . of England amj on
inie, eight, Aroitl, four. , , A. ,
... . ,. fore in this countr
lese villages and many smaller ...
. . lar feature of the a
ss were leveled. ?
....... . . stration was witne
le entire district today presented
. . , , ... . .of persons who f
ectacle of desolation, ruin and
ti. Many of the injured had not '' ',Z,,
taken from the debris. All train HANDS
ice had been abandoned owing The bands ther
le collapse of bridges, broken Star Spangled Ban
1 and obstructed tunnels. tion bearers filed U|
ir centuries this section has suf- rotunda of the
J from earthquakes, owing to the special committee
dty of Mount Etna. Yet it is ceived them. In t
ily populated as the land is fer- tors LaFollette, T
vineyards growing with little Owen, Bristow,
ition. Brady, and Repre
BODIES LYING IN ROAD. Madden. Falconer.
. .. . , . , . ,. , llaker, Moss of W
I the central point of the distux- , 1
. , . ., , , ei*ta of Nevada, 1
:e dozens of bodies were lying
g the, roads, many so badly |an nan.
hed they were unrecognizable. ' ( rowds assembl
Injured lay irf the open, awaiting ?' march early in
dance police, anxious to
fhero Linera stood is a mass of as niarred the den
s. Those houses which did not 'l(^ore Inaugui
ipse entirely were so broken as ^ ilaon last year,
inphasize the completeness of the vaM'a
ster. The village consisted of ?fderly. Several
it 800 inhabitants. Most of the walked beside the
lie escaped because the shock oc- The start was
e<l when the men and some of from Lafayette Si
women were working in the a banner twenty I
Is. From the vineyprds, they "We Demand tli
their houses falling and when Bristow-Mondell
r arrived, breathless, at their was carried by M
les, they found only wreckage, of England; Miss
i some of their people buried be- New York and M
?h it. and Mian \p1Hp S
his accounts for the fact that Ington.
it of the victims at Itinera were CAVALRY
uen and children. Immediately b<
en. Trabuochi and Moconsatta Jessie Hardy Still
in command of the work of res- with the Union's
.which is being taker, up vigor- Lena Hitchcock, v
ly by soldiers, firemen, policemen can pag Next in
Red Cross volunteers. It is ex- Barrett Roble, g
ted, however, that weeks will pnss horseback, at the
ire the full extent of the disas- cavalry women. '
can be ascertained; as it is be- 0f me Congress
ed many peasants are buried un- Alice Paul, chai
neath their homes in the isolated Burns Airs Bona
ntry districts. O ? p BeIraont
SHOCK AT CATANIA. ner. Miss E)ale
it Catania, the strongest shork Kent ancl Mrs. Li
ed six seconds. Klectric lights j0wed.
e extinguished and the street rail- . . .
. , ^ , ! The girl chorus
rs were put out of service. People
. . # A. . . v . were a feature,
hed fr?.m -he housep, shops and |
js. Many jumped into boats and Groups of busii
era crowded into the squares. At H<'tr,1S8e8. college
hospitals patients ran to the court KOwn? lawyers, nu
ds imploring help. all created inters:
ifany pitiful episodes occurred. At ^
lglardo, an old woman, the only an<1 Sor,a,,8t Parl
vivor of a family of e'ghteen, re- 'nR amonK them
ered a half wrecked house in jsenatorB an(' rftP
rch for her grand children. She ,n u h,ch women >
irnod with a little girl alive and by "Peo,al (1(
hed in again. Almost immediate- .,hose ,n which i
the house collapsed, burying her now an> 'n
ler the wreckage. MASS-IV
tt Consentlni, a young soldier. Before the pari
? should have left Thursday on his was held at a th
urn to Libya, obtained a leave of ers urged the ado
enee for three days to witness the ment. Mrs. W'l
rriage of his sister, which was to ! Representative I
re occurred Sunday. He Is among presided. Mrs. ]
victims. editor of "The S
Consignor Vigo, bishop of Acl the demonstratioi
ale. reamlned for twenty-four ;of a sixty-six yea
irs in attendance on the injured uiought that the
lagers. had been made j
Refugees declare that the loss is,tions adopted al
great as in the Messina disaster last Saturday. '
1908. ask Congress to
I
12, 1914.
OCAMT WKATIIKK FOIt THIS W'KKK. ill
kULnll I FurccuNt Suvs It Will be Unset- "
ON CAPITOL
weather for the week with micl?
.spring temperatures in the Southern
id Women Pa- states and west of the Itocky Moun- |<"(
, . . tains and temperatures below normal
S inj, on. over tlte rest of the countrv. was the
forecast tonight by the weather bu\MENI)MENT.
reau. SI
? "The weatbw during the week will
Member of Con- be generally unsettled," said the Sli
ng Const!tu- bulletin, "with frequent showers the
Lcliisenient. first half of the week in the middle
[ay 9_ Several West, the region of the Gieat I akes
from virtually iUld the Mlddle Atlant5? :Uld New Nc
England states.
Union, today pa"A
disturbance that now overlies re
isylvania avenue j^^y Mountains region will ad- sh
ause to the Capi- vance slowly eastward and reaca the la;
w"- ""aiim; am MIL wemiei'iiay; i
pted at meetings this disturbance will oe preceded ^
try a week ago. and attended by geenral precipitation ^
id thirty of the eaRt of the Rocky Mountains during !of
lese petitions, one ,ts movement eastward. i
if the senate and "Another disturbance will prevail'")
adoption of the over the Middle West at the end of ' p,
solution, amend- the week; this disturbance will he af
n to enfranchise .preceded by rising temperature and a
be attended by general showers and
ves on the east thunderstorms." ^
1 and with several ? ?i
is of 100 girls at ARMY SURGEON WILL
^^r'The'Maroh CLEAN UP VERA CRUZ
r Dr. Kthel Smyth
ily heard once be- burgeon ( etieml tint-gas lias llcou
y. This spectacu- Detailed to Make Sanitation
ifternoon's demon- Plans,
ssed by thousands Washington. May 9.?Comprehenllled
the immense slve plans for the sanitation of Vera
Cruz have been mapped out by Sur
? f >k. .. Sj
v*w?~a?" uv.hM, "I UIC w
puay. ami will be put into effect upon the (
i struck up "The arrivai Qf two army sanitary experts ^
ner" and 31 peti- detaUed for that purpose. The same ^
p the steps into the method8 which General Gorgar used
Capitol, where a {Q gtamp out tropical diseases in Pan?
of Congress re- ama win be employed. c
he line were Sena- The ttrst step undertaken will be ^
homas. Thompson. to egtabti8h a system for the proper ^
Polndexter and di8p08lUon of waste unless it is ^
sentatlves Sabarh. found that the present city system ^
Stone. Knowland. :iB adet,uate. The next step will be ^
'est Virginia, Hob- the safeguarding of the city water ^
Helverlng. Keating ?antl tlw adoption of methods
of purification.
led along the line There will be a campaign against ^
the afternoon. The mosquitoes, stagnant pools and al
avoid scenes r.uch otber yellow, typhoid fever and malonstration
the day ' lariai breeding conditions, and tie
ration of President inhabitants will find themselves un- j
roped off Pennsyl der strict rules of sanitary conduct.
kept the crowds These steps comprehend the poss hundred
policemen 5illtv Qf a protracted occupation of t
. paraders. the city and conserving the health of 1
made at 3 o'clooV the troops in the event that there is
mare First came a general invasion of Mexico, roni .<
Z long inscribed is given that there will bo no repetl- <
e Passage of the tion of the experience in the nar i
Kesolutlon." U with Spaia. when the army ^aa haahllss
Helen PUlans trapped by lark ot tralnlna
Rose Winslow of perience in camp sanitation and .
iss Annie Salisbury knowledge of how to deal with
. Spencer or Wash- tropical diseases.
i WOMKN. Newspaper Men Made Prisoners.
Jhind walked Mrs. i Vera Sruz, May 9.?Walter C.
bbs, bearing a flag Whlffen, correspondent of The Assocolors,
and Miss'eiated Press; Sutton, photographer
vith a large .\meri- jfor The Washington Post; Oliver H.
line was Mrs. Julia :Hueffer, correspondent for The Lonrrand
marshal, on don Express, and an English correhead
of fourteen jspondent named Rourke were arrestrhe
executive hoard led bv Mexican authorities at Mexico
lonal Union, .V>iss City Thursday evening. They had
rman; Miss siiry ;Just arrived from Vera Cruz and the
Id R. Hooker, Mrs. jpolice were waiting with coaches
, Mrs. Gllson Hard- when the train drew into the station.
Hill, Mrs. William All were taken to jail under guard.
lwrence Lewis, lol- and WhlfTen and Sutton were held
for investigation. The two English- )
and 7 5 flower giris were released, and the officer
who arrested them was reprimanded, i
WhilTen carried only a handbag,
less women, artists, * ? .
women in cap and whirh a copy of the Mex
irses and librspoov ,Can HenUd Th* offlcial who aearch.
.. ed the liar remarked- "That lrln/t r\f
si and were rollow- , " " * I
of the Progressive Kn*,,Bh doesn't go here." Sutton
Lies, many men he- |carrled a ramera' whlph waB conflc'
, including severa ,cated He Bhowed a correspondent's
resentatlves. States 1 credential, signed by Rear Admiral
rote were represent- 1 Badger, but this had no effect.
^legations, as v?re i |y^ontjt?ji resolution this session, and
campaigns for they wU1 do lt Khe Haid sPnator 1
progress. Bristow of Kansas was given ai
IEETING. ovation when he aiose to speak. He I
fide a mass-meeting said no real argument could be made
eater where speak- against suffrage, except prejudice,
ptlon of the amend- J "We will get a vote in the house
'an Kent, wife ot |at this session," declared Representa(ent
of California, jtlve Mondell of Wyoming.
Rheta Childe Dorr, i A resolution that the meeting call
uffraglst," declared oi> Congress to pass Immediately the
a marked the close Bristow-Mondell resolution was
rs strugg'e and i he adopted.
will of the people ! In response to a plea for funds
?l<iin in the resole-1 with which to cmry on the fight
I over the country ! made by Mrs. .Donald Hooker of thn
"We have come to Union's executive committee, $3,000
adopt the Hriulow- was pledged in a few minutes.
* $1.50 PER YEAR v
IADAME NORDICA DIED *
IN BATAVIA SUNDAY
>r Years a Celebrated Operatic
Singer.
\ETCH OF HER LIFE.
e Was Perhaps the Most Distinguished
Singer Ever Horn This
Side of the Atlantic.
IJatuvia, May 10.?Madame Lillian
>rdica, the celebrated operatic singdied
here today, after an illness,
suiting from exposure caused by
ipwreck on Torris Strait, January
St.
Mme. Lillian Nordica was perhaps
e most distinguished singer ever
im this side the Atlantic. The year
her birth, according to the best
icounts, was 1850. She was a
\7,1r* > _
i. UJ 1VVI v. II IJIIMI-I, cl Hit live Ul
urinington, Me. Her childhood days
ter a short schooling were spent in
Boston dry goods store.
As she was tidying up the rolls of
ilico just after the shop closed one
glit she began singing to herself. A
istonier who happened to he delay1,
heard her and marvelled.
"What a voice, child! Have you
rer had it trained?"
"No, nia'm." '
"Will you let me give you lesins?"
"Oh, that would be grand."
And so Lillian started on her mucal
career. By the way, her name
as originally Lillian Norton and
ie was a grand-daughter of "Camp
leeting John Allen," a famous
laine character in the old days. Her
ither was Edwin Norton, a farmer.
For the first two years of her voice
ulture Lillian was too poor to afford
piano. She did her practicing with
he aid of a pitch pipe lent her by
er friends and teacher. She even
arried her pipe to the store with her,
t is related, and practiced with it in
he meal hour.
Her rise was now rapid, however,
lefore she was 16 she had sung as a
oloist in oratorio for the Handel and
layed Societies and had taken some
essons under Profssor O'Neill of the
sew England Conservatoire of Music
n Boston.
At the age of 18 she went as soloist
villi Clilmore's band to Europe where
ler lirst success came in the
rrocadero, Paris. She now became
filled with ambition to appear in
ipera and forthwith sot out for the
lueica of operatic students, Milan.
In 1880 she made her operatic
debut at a little theater in Brescia
as Violetta in "LaTravlata." Later
in the same year she went to St.
Petersburg and to German cities. She
became leading soprano of the Grand
Opera, Paris, and made her debut in
the Summer and of 1881 as Marbuerite
in "Faust."
While in Paris she met Federie
Gower, an American newspaper man.
They were married in 1883, but in
1885 Mrs. Gower set about procuring
c. divorce. Her suit dragged and
then came the news that Mr. Gower
had been lost in a balloon trip over
the English channel. At any rate
balloon and Gower disappeared.
The same year of Gower's mysterious
taking off his widow appeared at
the Academy of Music in New York
city. She did not achieve such a
brilliant success as she did later in
concert and oratorio.
Mme. Nordlca's most sensational
inunit'ai ?ut.-rwis? pniuauiy was ner appearance
In the summer of 1894 as
Elsa in the Wagner festival at
Blalreuth. She was loaded with
praise by the German critics and became
known as a leading interpreter
of Wagnerian roles. She scored another
and, perhaps, greater triumph
the following year as Isolde in Wagner's
"Trlstrr. ond Isolde Q" at the
Metropolitan opera house.
I In 1896 the singer married Zoltan
Dieme, a Hungarian tenor of medium
Ivocal ability but undoubted grace of
person. Again Mme. Nordica's matrimonial
venture proved unhappy.
jShe obtained a decree of divorce in
| New York In 1904, the papers being
sealed.
ller third marriage was in 1909 to
: George W. Young, a wealthy New
York banker. It proved felicitous.
Mme. Nordiea had never allowed her
domestic affairs to affect her artistic
career and she now continued to sing
in many countries.