Ernestine Schumann-Heink was famed for her contralto r├┤les in Wagner. A friend exclaimed in horror on finding her before a performance devouring a vast steak. ΓÇ£Surely you aren't going to eat all that alone ?ΓÇ¥ ΓÇ£Not aloneΓÇ¥, replied the singer, adjusting her napkin, ΓÇ£with potatoes, of course, and then apple pie and whipped cream.ΓÇ¥
