Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-08-30
x.,,. s,a,. aud More Toadyism.

: New Stairs aud More To"dSism'
I'm imitation of Barnum's great Jenny Linz
speculation, Mr.. Hackett has lately brought u
yer to New York couple OF vocalls'S-poss'oiy
prettv rood sinners for educated ears-who DIG
fair 10 create an immense fiTOr in the fashlohaolt
opera- poinr world, and 10 develop, as is usua'
/ upon the arrival Of the most ordinary iore'g"e'S
vast amount Of disgusting toadylsm' Inc pro-
/ fessional names by which those distinguished
stranqerso have been heralded, are Mario (alias
Giovanni Candia-Angfce Jimmy CANDY and
Grisi, pronounced greasy)-the former a ma"
and the latter woman-nothing more MI
Hackett, the cnterprising gentleman who import
Cd these wonderful vocalisis, has engaged them
FIR FIVE months. giving them S05,O00, and he
paying ar their expenses, tavern bills carriage
hire, servants, SC. Forty thousand dollars are
deposited with the Earrings as the security money
thew are to be paid after every third performance
and if Mr.. Hsckett fails to pay them at the pre-
else ,ime-if he is in arrears day-the engage
men, is instantly avoided. and they have the right
to return at once and receive the $4,000 deposit
ed with the Earrings as the penalty of the bond
The New York papers are already engaged in
the work of blowing these singers into an lmpor-
lance which the best singers in the world never
deserved, and the probabilities are that people
will suffer themselves to be fleeced by MIR. Hack
EFT most immCdera,ely, Excitement will soon be
generated in Gotham to the highest pitch, under
the influence of which tickets will go off rapidly
at 500 apiece, and thousands DO rapidly transfer
red from the pockets of fashionable fools to the
gaping purse Of the enterprising Spectator In do
sol dos. According to the New York papers, Ian
quaue is inadequate TO describe the wonderful
vocal capacities of these great Italian artstes.-
Mario is said to be the incOmparable tenorot the
Old World, and Grsi, the charming Grisi,
(thOugh possibly as ugly as u witch,) has swept
All rivalry aside. Grisi is the Divinity around
whose shrine the dots of upper-tendom have al
ready begun to cluster and 10 kneel. The TACT
that at musical entertainment in New York
few nights ago, the fourth piece on the programme
selected The attention" of the unrivalled canta-
trice. is forthwith blazoned to the world, and Mr.
Allan Dodworh is henceforth immortal. because
she requested an introduction to him and compll-
meuted him highly on the performance Nest
fortunate Mr. Allan Dodworth! Surely he was
born in lucky hour to be thus honored.
The New York correspondent of the Baltimore
.qmerican imagpes that the public are so much
interested in all that relates to this new celebrity,
that he furnishes full particulars of her costume
on the occasion of her reception. 'Her hair was
plainly dressed, presenting no ornaments whatev-
er. She was attred in light straw colored SILK,
with three heavily embroidered aounces OF green
&c. The bodice was trimmed with embroidered
frills, matching the flouuces. Dress, low neck,
trimmed around the edge with lace. Ovee her
shoulders hung scarf With the exception Of
four elegant bracelets she wore no jewelry."
1t is to be regretted that this description is so
incomplete. 1t would have been much more sat
isfactory to the public, had it furnished exact In
formation as to the color of her shoestrings or the
texture of her hose. Meager as it is, however, 1t
will soon work thorough revolution in the fash
ions. Men will ape the cut OF Mario's neither
garments. and women steal the pattern OF the for
eign lady's flowing scarf, and we may expect to
see the market soon flooded with ''Greasy Bon
nets and Candy Halls" Jenny Lind and Kos
suth have had their day; Mario and Grisl VIII
have theirs They will blaze away brilliantly
for a season, gull the people, make fortune, go
back to Italy, 5uild-,a priucely country residence,
live in retirement and opuence, and be forgotten
by the funkeys now so captivated at the pros
pect of hearing them growl and squeal together IN
foreign tongue. Alas for the gullibility OF our
American people!
We should not neglect to state, for the inorma-
ton of an anxious public, that Mario and Grlsi
are man and wife. She has passed the limits OF
forty, and he is said to be many years her junior
They are accompanied by seconda donna, an
Irish woman whose name is Donovan, but who
calls herself ''Signorna Donovani'-tor short.