As if Massenet’s ghost forbade the opera As if Massenet’s ghost forbade the opera

“How the Dying Composer’s Sentimental Whim Was Invoked by Lucy Arbell, the English Prima Donna, to Forbid Mary Garden to Sing the Title Role in Cleopatra.”

on July 08, 2014 at 8:03 AM
Mary Garden was eating grapes Mary Garden was eating grapes

“God knows some day I hope to love a man,” says actress Mary Garden.

on June 24, 2014 at 11:19 AM
“Why Great Prima Donnas Are So Unreasonable” “Why Great Prima Donnas Are So Unreasonable”

“Because, science tells us, the expression centres in their brains take up all the blood supply, and the poor little higher, inhibitory centres are starved.”

on June 10, 2014 at 10:52 AM
“Too Tired to Attend Opening Night of the Opera” “Too Tired to Attend Opening Night of the Opera”

“Even Mary Garden herself is said to be in a state of mind because Mme. Bourskaya has been given several of Mary’s best roles.”

on June 03, 2014 at 8:00 AM
What would Mary Garden do? What would Mary Garden do?

…Miss Garden never even turned her head, although the noise was directly behind her.”

on May 27, 2014 at 11:36 AM
Mary Garden is not tall; diets to keep slender Mary Garden is not tall; diets to keep slender

“Her manner is straightforward, even blunt at times, though she is a match for any diplomat.”

on May 06, 2014 at 10:11 AM
Miss Mary Garden climbs Mont Blanc Miss Mary Garden climbs Mont Blanc

“For two days after,” she wrote, “I felt absolutely exhausted, and my eyes hurt me from the glare of the snow. But now I feel splendid, and my lungs feel twice as strong and in fine shape for Salome.”

on April 29, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Mary Garden to go Salome three better Mary Garden to go Salome three better

“They now say if they can prevent it, Mary will not dance in Minneapolis, even in seven veils, to make no mention of four.”

on April 22, 2014 at 9:31 AM
Slate a lecture Slate a lecture

Miss Garden has prepared no titles for her lectures, explaining, ‘I will speak as I feel’.”

on April 08, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Mary Garden better Mary Garden better

Mary Garden, it was announced last night, ate a Christmas dinner consisting of ‘sweetbreads, petits pois, and Maraschino punch’.”

on March 25, 2014 at 8:59 AM
Mary Garden runs elevator when the operator faints Mary Garden runs elevator when the operator faints

“There are ascenseurs even in Paris,” said the singer afterward.

on March 18, 2014 at 8:12 AM
Mary est de retour Mary est de retour

Miss Garden retired a year ago, going to the bandit-infested hills of Corsica to “write a book and ride a mule.”

on March 11, 2014 at 8:40 AM
Bortsch Mary Garden Bortsch Mary Garden

“Men have been known to sniff scornfully at the crazy notion of putting beets into soup, but those who protest most violently are usually the first to come back for a second helping.”

on March 04, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Mary’s third law of motion Mary’s third law of motion

“I have never driven a car because it always seemed to me a tax on one’s nervous system, and my only time for driving was when I was trying to store, rather than expend, energy.”

on February 25, 2014 at 8:00 AM
“Opera stars clash over our judgment” “Opera stars clash over our judgment”

“The article was written before Mme. Tetrazzini’s arrival,” continued Miss Garden yesterday.

on February 18, 2014 at 8:00 AM
There’s no business like Mary business There’s no business like Mary business

“We Americans are not so critical of art as we are of showmanship.”

on February 11, 2014 at 10:48 AM
Something besides Mary is outrageous, for once Something besides Mary is outrageous, for once

“The gowns took weeks to make, therefore you will realize how difficult it would be to make a fixed price for gowns created by Lady Duff-Gordon.”

on February 04, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Mary Garden brings another novelty Mary Garden brings another novelty

“Such a costume! A dream in purple!”  

on January 28, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Mary Garden is in love Mary Garden is in love

“Her sweetheart dresses in blue and has big feet.”

on January 21, 2014 at 8:00 AM
“Our Mary” is “tired of it all” “Our Mary” is “tired of it all”

Mary Garden, refused admission to several cities because the city fathers disapproved of her cigarette smoking and thought her no good influence for their young, will wear the somber nun’s costume in life even as she has worn it so often on the glittering stage.”

on January 14, 2014 at 6:00 AM
Unique gal Unique gal

“Mary Garden once said, ‘None of those dumb blondes can play my life.’ How right she is.”

on January 07, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Beautiful slender Mary Garden makes her debut in filmland Beautiful slender Mary Garden makes her debut in filmland

“Samuel Goldfish’s big glass house on the Hudson is liable to need fireproof curtains—and they better be drawn down tight—for there Mary Garden, who says she has never been in a photoplay house in all her life, will start acting in the title role of Thais for the Goldwyn Picture corporation.”

on December 24, 2013 at 7:47 AM
Why, She Would Not Sing Anywhere Else for the World Why, She Would Not Sing Anywhere Else for the World

Mary Garden goes back to Paris to-morrow.

on December 17, 2013 at 8:00 AM
Mary Garden, not unlike Frank Sinatra, has a cold Mary Garden, not unlike Frank Sinatra, has a cold

“Miss Mary Garden, the prima donna, has some definite ideas about American customs laws which would make her an ardent tariff reformer if she were in politics.”

on December 10, 2013 at 8:00 AM