The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-19
A GREAT STEAMER o. FIRE.
mr. PTRfIOTs TDIIrE or WYE.
NIEfE S.EHICI

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Tue Passengers IT ta, iowa is.iir...url from
thrir Bcltas ~ va might "rG '-r.... o.
TorriSi, tu.prnsC- sce5ar.i's Jo...pluious,
o. the Voyrrr.
Nine S,e3 .ch arrived lest NJ at on D .'.umcr
Iowa rom G.~.uw. accomDani,d hy her uri...1l
suite and her crtrc dramatic comu..v ar,e
number Of iricu g awaited lr. cn ticwlrri and
accompanied her to the Bclr.I .., u..... v.,,.
apartments lad been engaged. Mar.-.r Drlu was
among tie gentlemen Who received ana ,.tor.I
her.
The Iowa arrived late, having bo,n delayed in h,-
passage by bal weather.
On the third Day out fire occurre no mi mi rh' IT.
tho engine room. The flame reached No., latriw.y
and filed tic steamer with smoke. ricra vctc one
hundred and ni,y passengers AID Il l..l alarm en-
sued. All rushed from their bed, to g.. - tc~s aud
passed several hours there. The Ere vas extlg.
guished in less than two hours.
In view of the arrival Of Nuc. $ cllcb
and OF Ter speedy appearance o, TIC Iouitccotl
Street T catre, few facts in rc.i to ho. career
may not be Yi hodt interest.
She Is 50 Years OF are, and therefore In the ma.
turity other powers. Riga was h,r brt'nlacr and
she Inherited from her maternal pr,usf.uur. the
author BlumaUcr. as from her parents uoh mc-,.
bers OF The opera, a good temper. as well o. ntepi.
years OF axe, she was brought Up by her nNcrst
Cologne, and showed early SIGNS Of poetic abtitjip
the childish verses she composed on her No.. lors
death. While quite little girl she trirl 10 li,on
the charges of the family by giving singing lessons
81 an aim 81 oomnll pricc. and uruu Tie labor
and anxiety incurred IN this pious utr, broke own
her voice and bad to give NJ her cii-hc plan OF
appearing In optra. Slc was about til,in @ stion
Ms govern, So when her mticr received an appoint
ncnt 1t the thcl're in Nurombor', where, alter
short prnba'ion she herself apparel ia s.l1roue
and other minor rjo'.
\ compliment nom the director Roo ;sr seoi
lent lY overl card by the Young actr, inspired her
with z,al Tor tragedy md in her next c1e ,ou.oat
40 Casscl. where she was winning golden .u.u uua
as juvcni @ scubrcttc and earned her fgpst Of
" II oollet Sc Cn az, ctionSte play nor o0u nauiy,
this tcr doucy declared i'sclf m request 10 tho
diroc 10 be allowed 10 play Juijc or Vfits AtnrR.
D..auUointcd in this, she throw up her rcucut
went 90 II mburr, aud obtained from the manager,
nr. Maurice, an engagement to play GaStTo0eH or
star paris. betuni1r with Gre'clsq in Go'th,'s
Faust" In thi. T6le she estabishc Ter claim 10
the character q Grst-rate trlre1iln ami for mc
| tine went on extending her repertoire viii such
characters a. IirienHs LecoVrrsVr, N,H22e, anI
others AMI making rapid progress IN ART know. edge.
Her IIaulur. rcyutruon secured her an engage
mont frJs. L4upc. Of tho nollurg Theatre 20
Viofms " cgc she was on;iil,a,tic.,iy welcomed.
aud where her artistic fame properly takes ts rise.
! CCr,an starring ou.i-cmouts at Munch procured
her en- ur-cut Invitation 90 join tie corps OF tho
Royal Theatre cot Blv ria; b1. herc1otrlct forbade
Ills. anI .hs f.usi1rd in Vienna, caluiu. thr al.
uiriton oi thc public On the ono hand, aud on The
! ohor The esteem and affection of many pog..nal
| r.. .nd4. foremost among whom mus' DE ltr'.al-d
the Ar,hlu.rg-s sophia aud TIE l.iuc d. .c .bers
Of tie Cont.
| Her Cd.irvB, or STIRRING o1,t-.mers during
the Vicuni s,ilarn, were mot NiH .i. woo, brilliant
tos'imo. als s;idouts to-cu l-Ut piorc -,'H. mcJ-
a's. wrcaths Ds.quo,-, aaI the like; AND Gee same
cfthr-l .sn continued To welcome her vr.r .,ie in