Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-11-03

with Brignoli. Verger and Vienxtemps very
often. for Strakoseh gave Miss Nilsson I'M
| limited awav with regard to mourning oinner
hills So that she used TO invite nearly every
penteel man who was presented to her' at
least once to dinner and champagne. lnese
dinners were feasts for the gods. Inc TAX
inc and laughing, and joking, and aneedote
teiling ard merry-making that were gong on
thsreCwere there ever such jolly dinners!
Pri,rnoli was full of fun. VeTger was luller I;
nd Miss Nilsson-well, | shall not say how
she did cut up.
like every one, is quite cynical. She looks at
the fowerv enthusiasm with which she Is
| aattered through monetary spectacies, ana
has an eve 10 the main chance. II you rave
| about her in newspaper, she likes 1t very
we'll she is a business woman, and knows
| exactly how much it is worth. But Il you
rave about her to her face, pay her pretty
compliment or so, she'll laugh and look quite
pleased. but she will no more believe that
| YOU mean it than she would suspect the man
/ in the moon of addressing her. "Ihese peo'
ple come here and hatter me because am u
famous great singer she will say after you
! are gone. "because of that, II were poor
and unknown no one would tell me IN WITTY
and beautiful" Is she right or wrong? She
is smart. and knows the world. In western
CITY three gentleman were presented to her,
| and. is her custom, repeatedly entertainer at
her table. She was very afiable and kind to
/ them made them believe she was the mno-
c,ntest little chit in the world; and they
went away delighted. When they were gone
she said she thought one Of them was smart :;
but not honest the other honest, but not
smart and the third neither smart nor hon
est. She was right. too, but she had no right
! to express such an opinion.
An angel has no business to think anybody
wrong. Miss Nilsson is not an angel she Is
something much better Qor who would IKE
an angel, Tapping her wings and chanting
forever the praises OF supernal joys ohe Is
a GOOD woman. When she was IN Chlcago
! sbe went some 30 or 40 miles to sing for a
! Swedish church. The concert over, some Or
" old Swedish women stood in front OF the
room where she was, probably too much de-
| lighted bv her singing to 60 away. She
| came ont and embrace them. kissing each
one cordially. She could not know that
/ somebody saw her. and from other things
which I have seen of her. l suppose that It
was a natural impulse that prompted her TO
the kindly osculatory performance. believe
in spite Of her headsJTong mind and lmperions
| disposition. that she has kind heart. In
her room she looks much prettier than on the
stage the gas makes her face look wan
brings her big check-bones into prominence
and Is altogether untIyorable to her appear
ancc. At home she looks ireshcr and bright
er; her face looks fuller. the cheek-bones DO
not aprcar to he 80 prominent; the eye beams
! kindler-she is a better, pretter woman
When she talks and smiles, as she does with
every word. she j. beautiful. Ia Newport
she was quite belle. Baron Nehloexer, the
new German ambassador, told me she wac
the best dressed woman there, and believe
| it. In her room and on the street she dresses
very ulainly-she Is not very fond OF dress
/ Her intended. Monsieur Rouzand,a very well
bred Frenehman Of small stature and fiery,
mustachios, Is also a man d very plain taste
and they seem to he exceliendy suited to one
another. They have known one another
eight years, and quarrel very little They
will marry SOON. May they be happy
Fanny Fern tells Of an aged female wh'