The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-10-17

acquired it. present s.tonishishiug fex.
Utility and sircng,h.
IN the winter of Isa3-tt. she com.
snenced in Berlin. her wonderful! career
a. 4 pat.iic singer. snd soon acquired
great celebrity in Germany. IL tie
summer Of 1874 she rctured 10 Stock
l.olm. where she Was received with un.
bounded demonstrations of affection and
Of honor. And ~i.I,ou, going into an
account Of musical tours or the cont
nen,, j, is sufficient il'a, after having re-
peatedIy visited fians. Berlin. Copen.
hagen, Stockholm ard other cities of
the Teuiouic portions of The continent,
che appeared in England in the spring
Of ~. During that SIMMER and two
succeeding oneA she sang in London
aud most Of the chief places in Grea,
britain and Ireland Everywhere her
triumph was complete Each succeed
ing year her popularity became If pos
sible greater. AZ first, and for several
years, Miss Lind sang in the thea
tres,-in the great operas Of Meyer.
beer, Donizctti. Verdi, Mozart. Men
delssohn, Ros>ini. and was scarcely
more distinguished for her singing than
her acting. For the last two years
she has preferred TO sing in concerts.
in which she can get away from many
things in thcairicai pcrformances--for
which she has long had au increasing
rerugnance- - and lay ou, her strength,
upon the choice morceanT Of the bcs,
operas, such as the SomnnmbuIa, Nor
ma, Der Freycht., Camp OF Siesia,
La Figlia del Isegimento, Don Clio
vanni, &c. This course enables her to
introduce The beautiful National songs
Of Sweden, in which her nimi,ablc now
ers appear to as great advantage as in
the most scientific pieces. by pursu.
ing this coursc she is enabled TO con.
,rul with more ease her own movement Is
and command with more certainty the
company which she would prefer. II
is probable that this course she vii
, exclusively pursue, as long as she con
,inues 10 sing in public. These con
ccrts, regulated as she will have them
regulated, together with some Of the
Oratorios, evidently furnish what hel
purity Of heart and Of life prefers and
and demands nor can she desire great
cr success than shc has found in thi
course.
We DO not feel called upon to ex'
press our opinion respecting Miss Lind
singing subject on which we possess
no claims to be heard-but we thinl
tli,, all who hear her VIII agree tha
her unaffected and natural manner, lel
clear comprehension of the sense o
what she sings, her heartfelt app recia
ton Of that sense, the nbsorp iion Of he
soul in the subject--all combine will
the wonderful tone Of her voice, to Civ,
her the irresistible influence which, she
possesses over the audiences. To ihi
must DC added the charm of her excel
lent character-her good sense, he
singular freedom from pride and vanity
her sweet affabiliiy Of manner, tn
great benevolence Of her heart, her nm
affected respect for religion. her piou
belief in the truth and suiIicienry {
Christianity, and her strong desire ,ha
her influence should be in favor Of a
that is good. Probably the world hs
never seen person in similar circun
stances who has possessed disposi,io
80 truly benevolent.
Having made liberal, though M
extravagant provision for her own Fl
ture support, as well ms for the SUI
port OF her honored parents, who r.
side in Sweden, in the neiglborl,ood
Stockholm, she ha, wi,hir the last fe
years, given what may DC called il
mcnse sums TO charitable objects.
is ssid. en- what we believe TO be 20,
authority, TINT during her visit 10 En-
land, nearly Straightforward poun'
sterling. or not much short Of ihr
hundred thousand dollars. were secur
for objects OF charity in tina, coun,
$ by her efforts. And although she d
sires TO appropriate the avails of Il
1 visit 10 our country, to the promoti
7 " tic cuuCdtiou VI pun 'H''N'Cu ih "
: native land, yc, she give. the prince
: sum Of ten thousand dollars-the ii
= iiri,s Of her exer,ions among us--to :
: rious objects Of bene,oience in the G
r Of New York.
This is indeed noble. At tho sai
: time We fear That this generous act "
l. occasion no little embarrassment fol
r has prompted, we are sorry to say
d host Of people to apply to her for h
= almos, every imaginable purpose
ID are not sure many are doing his
d. want Of proper consideration.
of have The ability within ourselves TO
'e all that is n. eded in behalf Of ey'
d. good enterprise, il We would
h. Xbat we ought. And il is bar
p worthy Of US to ask noble hear
n womsn who has come here TO seek,
I'd an honorable way, in which she give
ic full equivalent, lin pure enjoyment,
NJ every dollar which che earns
I'd mears TO bless her now poor, Pro''
~ ant Sweden-,o do what We should
,g ourselves. We say these things
er real grief; for We have been mor,i
to 70 learn how she il now annoyed
ipnumeral,lc letter, and personal
I'd plicati ms, so numerous indeed that