Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1910 — Relying on Heredity. [ARTICLE]

Relying on Heredity.

Fred Latham, Mr. Dillingham’s stage manager, had inspected a hundred applicants for positions in the Dillingham choruses. From them he had selected a dozen eligibles for final consideration. They stood In line. “What Is your name?’’ demanded Latham of the first one. “Schumann-Heink,” was the reply, as a good-looking youngster brought himself to the position of attention with a click of the heels. “Apy relation to Madame Schu-mann-Heink?" 'Yes, sir; son,” replied the young man proudly. “That’s enough,” said Latham, and Hans Schumann-Heink was enrolled to support Elsie Janis in “The Slim Princess."