Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-30

that newspaper biographers should
not have the satisfaction Of "hashing'i
him mp for the public, has told his own
story, as follows:
l was born in 1910, on the 18th Of
October, at Cagliari, In Sardinia. My
father was the Marchese di Gambia. 1
was sent TO the military academy, and
served in the army seven years. I
was aid-de-camp to my father at Nice,
where he had been appointed Cover
nor. At that time the Duchesse de
Berri made her expedition to the
south Of France, and / visited her on
board the steamer in which she was
concealed. My father being ordered
to Genoa, where he also filed the post
of Governor, / followed him thither,
still in the same capacity. When at
Genoa l vas suspected of a~ssociating
with those who were politically OPP
posed to the government, and was in
consequence deputed to carry dis
patches to Sardinia. This being evi-
IDENTIFY a pretext to get rid of me, 1
protested, and was anxious to appeal
to the King, Carlo Alberto, against
what 1 considered an indignity put
upon me. However, the Marchese
PaOlueci showed me the general order
and the note affixed to it, accordingtO
which, If the lieutenant objected to
the duty, he was to consider himself
at the disposal Of the general in COM
mand-Which, in fact, vas equivalent
to my being placed under arrest. In
spite of the advice of my good friend,
the Marquis, l sent in my papers to
the authorities and decided to embark
for Spain. It being some time before
the preparations for my departure
| could be made, 1 had to conceal N.Y.
self in Genoa, which, thanks to the
assistance Of a young lady to whom l
was much attached, l successfully ac-
complished for a month. At the ex-
piratiOn of that time l took passage
on board a boat bound for Marseilles,
intending to proceed thence to Spain.
On arriving at Marseilles and making
myself known to the authorities, [
was received with the greatest hospit-
atty, and strongly advised not to con-
tinue my journey as I intended, but
to make my way to Paris, which adj
vice l followed. l remained in Paris
but a short time, and was persuaded
to join a party going to London.
Being well acquainted with Admiral
Fielding's family, through them l
was introduced to the Duke of Wei
lingtOn. Still anxious to visit Spain,
1 asked the Duke To give me some
facility for so doing. He assured me
it was a country in which l should
make no progress; that the more
energy l displayed the more enemies
I should make, and that the only |
thing / could hope for there, with any
certainty, was q coup de fEsiI. He con-
Guided his advice by telling me,
"AmUSez UO9IS, et je feTGi que2Que chose
pOue UOts pins tdrd." This counsel l
followed to such good purpose that
time passed away, and with it all my
money, until at last l found myself
without any means Of support. I
then resolved to go to America, and
secured a cabin on board a sailing ves-
sci, starting from the Thames, having,
with some difficulty, managed to
scrape together some $40 to pay the
passage. A week before the ship was
to sail I fell i'll. 1 had to abandon the
idea of going to America, and, what
was worse, to forfeit the $40. During
this illness I experienced the pro-
fOJB1deur of English hospitality, and
was treated like a brother by those
with whom l had the good luck to
become acquainted. 1 was urged to
90 to Paris to consult the doctors, and
was taken there by one Of my English
friends in his travelling carriage.
In Paris l improved in health and
made the acquaintance Of the Marquis
AguadO, then the director of the two
theaters-the Opera and the Theater
des Italiens. Twas also intimate with
the Prince B~elgiOsjOso, with whom 1
used to sing duets en- amateur. My
financial circumstances, however, be-
came so serious that l made them
known to the Prince, who insisted
upon my turning my vocal abilities to
account. This was at first very obnox-
iOus to nae. l had looked forward to a
very different are from that of an
which 1 then thought unmanIy
and unsuited to my tastes. But the
would not. listen to my Objee-
tons, assuring me that, were ii not
for family considerations, he would in
spite of his social position go himself
upon the stage. He spoke to the Mar
luis AguadO on my behalf, and OBJ
Lained for me an engagement for three
years. For the first year, which was
10 be passed in study, / received $4,000
for the second $1,000, and for
he third 45,000 francs. For the first
TX months 1 was placed under the
of Meyerbeer, whom l daily
No composer that ever lived
.Ook such pains with his work as Mey- !
and of this / had frequent op-
DOrtunities Of Judging while studying
with him.
l made my first appearance in Paris
IN December l, 1898, in "RObert lie 1
Diable," at the Grand Opera. | sang /
here two years and a halt, and played
n the "COmte Dry" sic Drapier,n Z
md other operas. In 1910 Aguado 1
me sing at the Italiens, where
appeared in "L'Elisire d'Amere." |
'eally forget whether il was in 1899 or
$40 that l came out at Her Maiesty's,
n "LuereZia BoFgia," with Giulia
5risi, but it was about that time. l
vas not considered a successes at any l
and, in fact, my career did not I
until 1872, when l sang in Dub =
in with TambUrini, Grisi and La :
and with Benedict as cOnduc- A
or. After that l returned to Paris.
nd sang the "Rubini Repertoire" in s
which l vas most fortunate. Since j.,
hen my life has passed but too quick y
away in going from Paris to Lon j
every season, and meeting al :
with the greatest kindness
everywhere. In the winter Of 1919 I d.
vent for the first time to Russia, and q
4 1854 to America. London and I
Paris, however. have been the two q
tiles Of which l shall always have
be most pleasant r~ecollections, unless v
be Dublin, where 1 first received
be greatest encouragement. Strange T