Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-01-27
NILSSON.

surrender to-day.
NILSSON.
A correspondent of the Comnseycfaz
who accompanied Miss Nilsson on her
journey from indianapolis to Cincinnati,
describes her as follows:
The latest hour of a life. however pro-
longed, viii treasure IN memory the
thrilling sensation. The impressive spirit
ual magnetism of Miss NiIsson's social
powers. Her use of the English language
IS fluent. with just enough of rich accent
from foreign tongues to bequeath to her
conversation an air of superb cosmopol-
itanism. You need not IN hot words
compare her to Cleopatra, or fashion her
in pen-picture after any imaginary or
real type of angelic beauty. This is un-
necessary. Yet she IS gifted with fine,
fun form, divinely propordoned classic
and beautiful head, crowned with a lux
Uriant harvest of soft haxen hair; large
soulful blue-gray eyes which emit at win
the brightness and glory of the diamond;
a face of a defined and singular type of
beauty, thoughtful, honest, generous,
kinda study in repose, irresistible and
sation; a laugh as bewitching as her
song, lips carved with exquisite plump
ness from richest ruby, through which
bushes the crimson tide of Hfe-cheeks
to whose fair surface this health-tide
mounts gleefully; and bright white
teeth between which flow those enchant-
ing strains that mystify our reason and.
bewiIder our admiration.
Conscious of her fame and power, go
to Miss Nilsson S presence with hesita-
ting step and fluttering heart; offer your
hand and compliment, and be received
warmly and generously. You are cleo
trifed, and away fly the weakness of
step and fear of heart. You are brave,
surprised, and unspeakably glad. Bid
den to a seat in the drawing-room of the
car beside her, and the compliments of
the day exchanged, I inquired:
Miss Nilsson, what do you think of
America p
"Oh, grand, beautiful. am charmed
with it. 1 shall regret to leave it.
"Mademoiselle, you have Just recently
traversed. 1 believe, some Of our prai-
ries p
''Yes, sir to my qualification and de-
light. The sight was to me inspiring.
What place grand prairie would be
for armies to fight, if we must have war.
But would lay aside those terrible en-
gines of death, and give each soldier a
stiletto, man for man.
Then we talked of Paris and the bonn
bardment, Miss Nilsson remarked
/ s'Oh, how terrible It is that the civil
lied world looks on silently while that
great and beautiful city, with the accu-
mutation of centuries of art, is being
ruthlessly destroyed
While speaking on this subject her
| bright face blazed with animation, re-
vealing the depth and earnestness of
her nature.
Miss Nilsson spoke unreservedly, and
with remarkable familiarity, of our in
stitutions, cities, public personages. She
had met in New York our friend General
/ Schenck, whom she pronounced "a
splendid gentleman, frank, warm heart
! ed and winning in manner" I do not
think his handsome features were re-
/ ferred to Felicitation at meeting Mr.
! Pendleton in Cincinnati was expressed.
He was a passenger on the steam
er that brought Miss Nilsson to our
shores. Art, music, the wonders of our
young Western cities, and beauties of
the Hudson River and comfort of our
railways-all were discoursed upon by
the fair cantatyzce, Miss Carey, Mrs.
Richardson and Mr.. Jarrett participating
and adding eg61zt to the interview.
NILSSON AT CINCINNATI.
Miss Nilsson's selections, astevening,
were remarkable chiefly for delicacy of
execution and rich sentiment. The
/ gems from Faust, first the pensive King
of Thule, and then the deliciouslv
warbling Jewel Song, were rendered
with exquisite feeling and facility. When
recalled she sang the lovely Swedish
ballad Spring and Autumn" T" The
grand scena and cavatina from Lucia y
gave her another opportunity to disclose,
/ by a few artistic hints, her skill in dra-
matte action. In this piece her voice
was brought into sharp contrast with the
soft, huttering notes of flute, and
/ though this is the most dulcet of instru-
ments, her singing drowned it in sweet
ness and made it sound even coarse. AT
the close she came forth and bowed her
| Acknowledgements. The audience clam
ored on, and again she. appeared and
/ bowed, this time with 4 shade more of
| dignity. The applause continued for
tull three or four minutes the. baritone
/ peeped timidly out and disappeared +:
anu Hndlly NilSSOn yleldeQ With q cor
/ dial smile of submission. She was con
/ quered, seemed rather to like it, and in
troduced "The Old Folks at Home, Z"
with wonderful sweetness and originality
In the second part of the programme
she sang: The Harp That Once
Through Tara's Halls, with clear, pen
etrating melody, and almost without an
ornament and for the inexorable en-
core gave that joyous, laughing little
message from the birds of Sweden, en-
titled: Going to the Ball, " archly
/ throwing a concluding kiss to the two or
/ three thousand enchanted listeners.
: At her first concert Miss Nilsson wore
a white silk adorned chastely with
creeping green vines. At her second
appearance she was attired in a rose
colored silk, and last night in blue
silk lavishly trimmed with heavy white
! lace Commercial Of tie 24tH.