New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-23


lied countries. Possibly something may be
due to the peculiar character of this people
as indicated in the following extract from the
New York Times; but that character is GER
tainly confirmed by the deadening effect of
"protection" on enterprise and industry
| On the general subject here involved we have
| heard the experience of not few employers in
various branches of manufacturing and mechani-
cal industry They complain Of the great diff
Guilty of getting American lads to apprentice
/ themselves to learn such crafts and pursuits as
require time, patience, application and laborious
activity. Our boys are exceedingly smart, intel
| ligent, quick witted and qulck-handed; but they
are, as general thing, little capable of submit
ting to the trying conditions requisite to becoming
expert craftsmen. We recently heard couple
of employers narrating their experiences in their
| efforts to hire boys. One wished lad to attend
upon an office or store; and before the day upon
which he had advertised had passed away, he OBJ
| tanned several scores of applicants-out of which
he easily suited himself. The other needed an ap
prentice-or rather, needed dozen apprentices
to learn mechanical trade, rather light in its
nature, but requiring time, application, etc., to
become proficient in it. Some three or four youths
answered the advertisement but after hearing
the remuneration, (Which was necessarily small at
| tirst) the kind of employment, and the number of
| years service required before attaining the rank
| of journeyman and getting full pay, Young
America turned on his heel and went off to find
{and doubtless to obtaln) easier and more quickly
I profitable employment.
%-s--
The New York World speaks in exceedingly
complimentary terms of new prima donna, Miss
Hauck who, some three or four years ago, re-
moved from this city, with her parents to New
York. The World says:
| Her voice had at this time attracted the atten.
| ton of many amateur friends and, acting upon
| their advice, she sought an Introduction to the
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talent, encouraged her to study italian and conde
the cultivation of her voice to competent
master. Acting upon these suggestions, Miss
! Hauck became pupil in Italian of Signor Pratt,
and resumed her musical studies under the ex-
perienced teaching of Signor Errani, the former
favorite tenor. AT the Invitation of Mr.. L. W.
jerome, the young heroine essayed an informal
debut upon the stage of his private theater, in the
presence OF a very fashionable company last
spring. At the time we recorded the success of this
initial effort. On Saturday evening Miss Hauck
accomplished her public debut i'll the role of
Amina. The result was far more successful than
the young lady's friends could have anticipated,
and we cannot help characterizng this as the most
brilliant debut. with hardly an exception, that we
| have ever witnessed, and in asserting this we bear
| in mind the first nights triumph of AdenR Patti
| at the Irving Palace academy.
| Miss HauGk has a pretty brunette face and
| graceful figure. The simplicity of her manner,
| her quiet look, suggesting confidence in herself
and implicit trust in the judgment of the audi
J
and makes her hosts Of friends. We have rarely
seen an audience warmed so suddenly from indit-
ference to enthusiasm, as was the case on this &C.
casion. The first act established Miss Hauck's
| claims to attention, and the second and the last
left her in possession of the fullest honors that
can be bestowed upon fayorite artist. Miss
Hauck has a thoroughly beautiful, sympathetic
soprano, that brings to mind PATHS exquisite
| organ, being of the same rare type. She sings
with no apparent effort, and for beginner, Ger
! tainly phrases wonderfully. She displayed due
animation, but seemed to repress rather than to
exert her powers. 1t is yet too soon to speak of
the volume of voice. Belnis light melodies do
not invite lis exhibition, nor is it right to expect
full development of strength at Miss Hauck's age.
| With exceeding good taste the debstd9te seemed
to refrain from taxing the full compass Of her
! organ, caring far more to do justice to the com
poser than to herself. This remarkable absence
Of effort at showing off won the good opinion of
everybody. s4bI Non giunge ~ she sang with
chirdlike earnestness and simplicity, and with the
ease and distinctness of bird. The notes fairly
gushed from the lips of this sweetest of American
singers. AT the termination of the aria the audi
ence cheered the young prima donna Justify, and
would have buried her with bouquets had not the
large stock of flowers originally on hand been
previously exhausted in her honor.
Clearly Miss Hauck has entered upon most
brilliant career, for in her the American lyric
stage has found an artistic sister to Adelna Patti
and Clara Louise Kellogg.