Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1910 — His Danger. [ARTICLE]

His Danger.

In these days of almost pre-eminent German music and musicians, it Is rather amusing to read the opinions of former generations concerning Teutonic singers. Frederick the Great was so impolitely unpatriotic as to declare that he would rather hear the neighing of a horse than the singing of a German prima donna. Perhaps in his day there waß some excuse for such a remark, but the times have changed. There, is a divrting anecdote of an Italian who was convinced that no German could sing. A friend induced him to go to the opera where Henrietta Sontag sang. After hearing her first aria, the Italian got up to go. The friend urged him to stay, assuring him that he would be convinced soon. “I know it,” replied the Italian, “and that’s why I go.” *•