The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-09-14
Jenny Lind.
BY rREpR1KA Brennan.

she was lonely and neglected, and would have beer
very unhappy, deprived of the kindness and care Sc
necessary to child if it had not been for peculiar
gift. The little girl had fine voice, and in her lone
Illness, In trouble and in sorrow, she consoled her
self by singing In fact, she sung TO all she did, al
her play, running or resting, she always sung.
The woman who had her in went out to
work during the day, and used to lock in the little
GIRL who had nothing to eniven her solitude but the
company of a cat. The little girl played with her
cat and sung. Once she sat by the open window
and stroked her cat and sang when lady passed by
She heard the voice. and looked up and saw the lit
tie singer She asked the child several questions,
went away, and came back several days later, fol-
lowed by an old music-master whose name was Gre
Illus. He tried the little girls musical ear and voice.
and was asonished He took her to the director the
Royal Opera of Stockholm, then a Count Puhe
whose truly generous and kind heart was concealed
by rough speech and morbid teNper. CreIius in
troduced his little pupil to the Count, asked him to
engage her as ''eleye for the opera You ask
foolish thing % said the Count grufly, looking dis
painfully down on the poor little girl. ssWhat shall
we do with that ugly thing? see what feet she has
And then her face She will never be presentabIe
No, we cannot take her. Away with her %
Inc music master insisted almost Indignantly. -
well, exclaimed he at last, ssf YOU will not take
her, poor as am, will her myself, and have her
educated for the scene and such another ear as she
has tor music is not to be found in the world -
The Count relented. The little girl was at last
admitted into the school for eleyes at the OPERA and
with some difficulty simple gown of black bomba-
zine was procured for her. The care of her must
cal education was left to an able master Mr. AL
bert Breg' director ofthe song school of the opera
some years later, at a comedy given by the eleyes
oil the theater, several persons were struck by the
spirit and life with which very young eeye acted
the part oil beggar girl in the play Lovers of gen
ial nature were charmed, pedants almost 1t was
our poor little girl, who had made her first appear
ance, now about fourteen years of age, froosome
and full of fun as a child
few years still later, young debuante was to
sing lot the nrst time before the public in Weber's
frelschutz. At The rehearsal preceding the repre-
sentation OF the evening, she sang in manner which
made the members Of the orchestra at once law down
their instruments to clap their hands in rapturous ap
piause 1t was our poor, plum little girl heie again,
VINO now had grown up and was to appear before the
public IN the role ofAgatha. | saw her at the even
ing representation. She was then in the prime of
youth, fresh, bright and as morning in NAV
perfect in form-her hands and her arms peculiar
" graceful-and lovely in her whole appearance,
through the expression of her countenance and the
noble simplicity and calmness of her manners. In
fact she was charming. We saw not an actress, but
young girl full of natural genality and grace She
seemed to move, speak, and sing without effort or
art All was nature and harmony. Her song was
distinguished especially by its purity, and the power
OF soul which seemed to swell in her tones. Her
''mezzo voice" was delightful. In the night scene
where Agatha, seeing her lover come, breathes out
her JOY IN raPturous song, young singer on turn
ing from the window, at the back Of the theatre, to
the spectators again, was pale for joy And in the
pale Joyousness she sang with burst of outfowing
love and life that called forth not the mirth but the
tears Of the auditors.
From this time she was the declared favorite of
the Swedish public, whose musical taste and know-
edge are said to be surpassed nowhere And wear
after year she continued so though, after while,
her voice, being Oyerstrained, lost somewhat of its
ireshness,and the public, being satiated, no more
crowded the house when she was singing. Still, at
that time, she could be heard singing and playing
more delightfully."- than ever in Pamina Tin Rauber-
tlote) or in Anna Boena, though the opera was al
most deserted. TWAS then late in the spring, and
the beautiful weather called the people out to natures
piays) She evidently sang for the pleasure of the
song.
BY that time she went to take lessons of Garcia.
In Paris, and to give the finishing touch TO her must
| cal education There she acquired the MARBLE in
which she is said to have been equaled by no singer
i and which could be compared only 10 that of the
soaring and warbng lark if the lark had soul. e
And then the young girl went abroad and sang OF
foreign shores aud to foreign people. She charmed
| Denmark, she charmed GERMANY she charmed Eng.
land She caressed and courted everywhere
even to Hadulaton. AT the court Of king, at III,
houses OF the great and noble, she was feasted Al
one of the grandees of nature and art. But friend
wrote Of her, SIN the midst Of these splendors sh
only thinks OF her Sweden, and yearns for her friend
ri and her people, yogn
One dusky October night, crowds of people q
: most part, by their dress, seemed 10 belong u
upper classes Of society,) thronged on the ara
the Baltic harbor at Stockholm. All ooLIe ana s,
the sea. There was a runor Of eRo "" "a sun
pleasure. Hours passed away and o, sea ~ il
gathered, and looked out eagerly,ed hv ~ uie te
:, length brilliant rocked rose j. seher- 81
entrance ofthe harbor, and ~, Al,,,. a4. a
! al buzz on the shore ,gheIming on <;
h "rhere she comes hooks Of aims al - Us W
er now came thundeds the shore ~ "'u poats
. umPhan way threts marked is WA IL 10 g
i lying IN the hart crowds on the shore NY aarS
bero." Flaseetit Now the Iey;n,b,,p &c pa
as y adyapd laundering nearer, and na :, sne
A. FORWARDED, now again pushed on foann aea,er BY
h waersow 1t lay STILL And there On NY c aha W
nowk was seen by the light of amns -, ,ohs fir
sgale graceful young woman her erss pI hr IGok
Lears and lips radiant with smiles yyav; 1n'an tn
II to herfrends and eountryep ON sho mer OIL
Il Of GSs rm ss aganoqr poor plain, Neglected IT Iite
~ =. ,o,,ner dayswho now came back II tru ,,s.le
"er 'atnerand. But no more noor ~. .p"iu'nph q