MADAME DOLORES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 104, 25 January 1908, Page 11

MADAME DOLORES.

0n : the. municipal list'of electors for the City of Wellington appears tho namo of flladame Dolores, -who, has a- voto bv virtue of property she owns in Kelburne. " It will interest.-Wellington residents to hear thatthis ratepayers has been scoring fresh triumphs in flerlin. The Berlin correspondent- of . the "New York- Musical. Courier'' writes:—"An ever-welcome guest in' Berlin is that-sweet, singer, Antonia Dolores,- who gave 'a•."recital at Beethoven .Hall- last evening; her programme was very Catholic, beginning with a number of old 17th and 18th Century songs. Then came lieder by Bach and Schumann, the 'Itigoletto' ■ aria, and modern numbers by Saiut-Saens, Massenet, and others. I was unable to attend the performance, but my representative ..'informs me that tho diva was magnificent, and that her interpretations of the various and varied works were highly interesting. I have repeatedly heard Madame Dolores in several of these compositions," and I must sav I know of no. singer who interprets the old" chansons with such charm and delicacy. But she is also versatile, and •' I remember that her rendering of some G(!rman__songs last- winter, although different from that of our German singers, was delightful; in fact, she won her greatest success with German lieder, perhaps for the very reason that she is so different from German singers." In Great Britain there are said to be 3800 women engaged in medical work and nursing. A substance obtained from the soy bean is used as a substitute for milk in China. Cheese made from this milk is so cheap that enough to feed a man for a day costs less than one-fifth of a cent. Heat together slowly a pound of brown sugar, a gill of New Orleans molasses, a gill of cream, four tablespoonfuls of butter, and a half-cake of unsweetened chocolate, grated. Cook until a little dropped into cold water is hrittle, flavour wit.li vanilla, turn into a greased pan, and cut into squares while warm-