North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-14
AND THE JENNY LIND TROUPE.

n,pNUM AND THE JENNY LIND TRoOr RI.
ban a.,ssnoudent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
lining from the Burnet House, Cincinna"'
fishes the following interesting notice OF
and the Jenny Lind Troupe: .,,,,
81 have esconced myself here at the nGdI oa ~.
of the Jenny Lind troupe and as distance of Ceve-
no iule H., I;;,Ie idea of the costumes mag
;,ude and maqnifcence OF this Seo" .e,.o
was never before seen. iheIe al: ~ ,honsanJ
""s -" nav-one of them receives one nouSdi'u
now unuel P;J 80, two, one thousand dollars per
ooharS PEI one hundred dollars per day, and so
week ~ ~ ten, five. and two dollars per day. and
on dow maid, This makes an aggregate OF a.
hnnt three thousand dollars per day. on an average
DGu, singing, travelling, or doing nothing.
"1 WTho besides Barnum, would undertake such a
~, md what show in the world, besides this,
ISA'H make it paw! But the wonder as TO the ex-
VS. is nothing when compared to the mysteries Of
the enormous income. we SPEAK oy the card whe IN
m cav that the gross receipts from the tickets al
W. cold here trfe over sixty thousand dol
ieH' II is discouraging fact to US dime-a-day
Ivors that Barnum is sailing down as nett pro-
GU bv the concern about twenty thousand dollars
ysek This we get from 'sone who know"
D. has constant applications for his money, which
- loans freely, but securely. He is also flooded
b invitations by letter and otherwise, 20 devote to
While and private charities, and which he does to
IN eytent The world yet knows not of, but will
some day, we know.
md his associates and think that l never saw so
1.roe business so systematically conducted. He
=; The reiCnnG prince, sits at his table with velvet
eInners oenteel morning gown and blue velvet cap,
with Golden tassel receives messages, messen-
gers and telegraph dispatches from all parts of the
City and country: talks, writes, and dictates 10
clerks the answering business, at the same time en-
tortans his friends with much useful information and
the hest of iokes The great secret OF his success
lies in his perfect knowledge of human nature, coup
led with great boldness, energy and tact in adopt
inc means to an end. He never reasons-conclu-
sions are ever present with him. While another Is
thinking, he is acting, and when other showmen are
calculating the gains, he is counting the dimes.
So much for the hero of this troupe. The heroine
we have not seen-Jenny is as yet quite invisible.
1t was late midnight when we arrived last night and
this morning she, although Lutheran, was off with
Risbon Purcell to mass before were up. She keep
br ouarters closely, takes her meals with her lady
companions Belletti, Benedict and her secretary
live high and quite exclusive.
Barnum paid seventy five dollars per day for her
hoard and lodgings while in Louisville. The last
check from Barnum's cashier handed her yes
terdav amounting to thirteen thousand dollars.
Notwithstanding her large donations, she has
cumuIated from eight hundred thousand to mil
lion of dollars. She is little inclined to he home
sick, and anticipating such event, left loop in
her contract with Barnum, whereby she can stop at
the one hundreth concert by paying B. sixty thous-
and dollars 1t through fear of this forfeiture
that Barnum withdraw his appointments on the
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