Undoubtedly one of Madame Calve's most striking characteristics is her warm-hearted generosity. Near her beautiful home - Chateau Cabrieres, Cevennes, France, she has established a holiday home for orphans, the accommodation of which permits sixty to be entertained at one time. The story goes that Madame Calve, when a child, wandered through the rugged country of the Cevennes, and selected the chateau that she dreamed might one day be hers. In the fulness of time her dream was realised, and to-day she is the possessor of

Chateau Cabrieres, to which she retreats for periods of rest and pleasure. It is difficult to imagine, when one notes the youth and charm of the famous prima donna, that Madame Calve Was Born As Long Ago As 1866. As a very young girl, she went to Paris, and trained for the operatic stage, and there her voice was developed under three great teachers - Puget, Madame Marchesi, and

Madame Rossini Laborde. Her debut, however, took place in Brussels, in 1882, as Margaret, in

"Faust." She won immediate success, and she was ultimately selected by Mascagni to create the role of Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana."

From that time her career has been one long series of triumphs. She is, of course, the ideal

"Carmen" - a part she has played over one thousand times.

Madame Emma Calve A. Dupont