Chapter 11 HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF-REV. H. HAWEIS ON WAGNER-H.R.H. AND WOTAN-ELLE A DéCHIRé MON GILET-ARDITI'S REMAINS-RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO.

TO return to my difficulties at the New York Academy of Music, I was at length compelled to rehearse where I could; one day at the Star Theatre, another at Steinway Hall; a third at Tony Pastor's-a Variety Theatre next door to the Academy.

In the midst of these difficulties I caught a severe cold and found myself one morning speechless. I was su