Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-04-24
Jenny Lind.

The Cincinnati papers in extacies about this
traordinary Every body admits that Barnum is
the prince of humbuggers yet every body willing
to &c humbugged The Swedish Nightingale has taken
the city and the surrounding country. Her is in
every body's mouth, and mothers will remember the
birth of their children by this important epoch. The
first ticket bought by Mr.. McElevey tailor, for
500 Why did the poor silly tailor give that enormous
for the first ticket, when it better than
the last! ondness for notoriety which is the ruling
passion with some people; no doubt prompted him. An
example which the vain and weak minded will be
ready follow. II giving money to the rich, whilst
all around him the poor and needy. This very five
hundred and seventy-ve dollars was perhaps, wrung
from the hard earnings of some poor halfpad halfcad
seamsress, who in poverty, hunger and Dirt" might
have sad
" A little weeping would ease my heart,
But their briny bed
NV tears must stop, for every drop
flinders needle and thread"
This same man would, doubt. quarrel by the hour,
with his poor employees, shilling whilst for the
sake of notorety he would lavish hundreds on the rich
Jenny Lind sings WE'LL and deserves to be patronized
the extent of her merit, which, sohgstress very
great She sung all Europe, and the price of the
tickets to her ranged from forty to dol
lar. She the United States under the patron
age of Barnum and the tickets are at once put up
from five dollars, the press subsidized enormous
amounts paid in the Eastern cities for pufs, and the
people all the country catch the MANIA and the
" Divine Jenny" is almost deifed. Every where the
crowd follows her. costly carriages are furnished fol
her accommodation, and fitted for her reception
which in magni6cence and vie with the spendors
royalty. The following is description of the coucl
prepared for her at Louisville:
The spread is of fine lace lined with rich satin,
inter-ined with blue glace silk. The surface o
this splendid counterpane is decorated with blue
crimson satin rosettes, whilst the portion that fall
from the side to the floor is of the richest lace adorned
with bouquets and scroll work worked by the needle o
Mrs. Kean. The pillows encased in pink satin GOV
cred with linen cambria and enyelOped in Brussels lace
with double of Valencia lace edginGs. The cur
tains of white lace estooned with wreaths of pn
and earnation, natural seeming, that TIL
point OF plucking one TO carry away as trophy, ha
not the thought oil sacrege entered our mind at the mo
ment The Tout ensemble of the apartment and furni
ture meet for such guest. Gobles, ever, and
are of solid silver
Now all tins is aping of royalty unbecomng
plain republican people. The price oil the tickets a
puts her beyond the reach of the
people. The middle classes. where is to be found vii
tue and sincerity, in its character excluded
whilst thousands of the gay and extravagant pay tie
dollars for Jenny Lind ticket, whilst their tailor bill
unpaid and their honest creditors in need of tn
amount thus thrownaway 1t estimated that hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars have been expended
the city of Cincinnati, by persons from the country VIII
have come to see and hear Jenny Lind. This money
applied to the Improvement of the country, might hav
contributed much its solid wealth. and given employ
ment to hundreds who are needy. But we have sal
enough; perhaps too much Those who assail folly an
extravaganza, scarcely get any credit, whilst tn
peacock tailor who could afford to pay $50 for tickle
is the wonder of the whole country.