Washington telegraph., 1850-10-23
JENNY LIND.
BY FREDERIKA BREMER.

life.
There was once poor aud plain little
girl dwelling in little room, in Stock
holm, the capital of Sweden. She was
a poor little girl indeed then; she was
lonely and neglected, and wonld have
heen very unhappy. deprived of the kind
ness and care SO necessary to child, if
it had not been for a peculiar gift. The
little girl had fine voice. and in her
loneliness, in trouble or in sorrow, she
consoled herself by singing. In fact. she
sung 10 all she did; at her work, at her
play, running or resting. she always sung.
The woman who had her in care went
out to work during the day, and used to
lock ia the little girl, who had nothing
to eniiven her solitude but the company
of cat. The little girl played with her
cat and sung Once she sa. by the open
window and stroked the cat and sang,
when a lady passed by She heard the
voice, and looked up and saw the little
singer. She asked the child several ques-
tions. went away, and came back several
days after. followed 10y an old music
reacher whose name was Crelius. He
tried the little girls musical ear, and was
astouished. He took her TO the director
of the Royal Opera Of Stockholm, then
Count Puhe, whose truly generous and
kind heart was concealed by a rough
speech aud morbid temper. Crelius in
troduced his little pupil to the count. aud
asked him to engage her as '.eleves 10
the OPERA You ask foolish thing.'
said the count gruffly, looking disdainfulIy
down on the poor little girl? "What
shall we do with THAT ugly thing? see
what feet she has. and then her face!
She will never be respectable. No, we
cannot take her. Away with ner!"
The music-master insisted, almost in
dignantly "Well," exclaimed he at last,
elf you will not 'ake her, poor as [ am, |
will take her myself, and have her
educated for the scene: and then snch
another ear as she has for music is not to
be found in the world"'
The Count reeuted The little girl
was at last admitted to the school for
eIeves at the opera, aud with some diff
Guilty simple gown of black bombazine
was procured for her. The care of her
musical education was lett TO an able
master, Mr. Albert Breg, director of the
song school of the opera.
Some years later. at a comedy given
by the eleves of the theatre, several per-
sous were struck by the spirit aud life
with which very young eieve acted the
part of beggar-grl in the play. Lovers
OF genial nature were charmed, pedants
almost frightened. II was our poor little
u, Lo Ia hor
now about fourteen years of age, frolick-
some and full of fun as child.
A few years still later, young debu
tante was to sing for the first time before
the public in Weber's Freischulz. At
the rehearsal preceding the representation
of the evening, she sang In manner
Which made the members of the orchestra
at once lay down their Instruments to
clap their hands i'll rapturous applause.
1t was our poor, plain little girl here
again, who now had grown up and was
to appear before the public i'll the role of
Agatha / was here at the evening repre-
seutation. She was then i'll the prime of
youth, fresh, bright, and serene as morn
ing in May-pertect in form-her hands
and her arms peculiarly gracetui-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 geniality and grace. She
seemed to move, speak, aud sing, without
effort or art All was nature and harmo-
n.y. Her song was distinguished especial
ly by its purity, aud 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 III
rapturous song, our young singer, on turn
ing from the window. at the back OF the
theatre, to the spectators, was pale for
joy. And in that pale joyousness she
sang with burst Of Outfiowlng love and
life that called forth not the mlrth, but
the tears Of the auditors.
From this time she was the declared
favorite of the Swedish public, whose
musical taste and knowledge are said to
be surpassed nowhere. Aud year after
year she continued SO, though after time
her voice, being overstralned, lost some
what of its freshness, and the public,
being satiated, mo more crowded the
houses when she was singing. Still at
that time she could be heard singing and
playing more delightfully."- than even III
Pamina Gn Zauberaote) or IN Anna
Bolena, though the opera was almost
deserted. (It was then late in the spring.
and the beautiful weather called the
people out to natures pays.) She evil
IDENTIFY sang for the pleasure OF the song.
Bv that time she went to take lessons
of Garcia, i'll Paris, aud to give the finish
ing touch to her musical education.
There she got that warble in which she