, 1872-10-17


at that time was Of so improper character that
the good people of Berlin had far bettor cause
to be angry With the gelf-willed songstress
than pice rersa. So far as An Mme sbs nuceas 5oss
not go to America for the sake Of money, we
CANNOT but doubt the truth of her -Tenanrhe IN
this respect. Sti1l we do not blame ner 10 iot
leaving Berlin for this reason. It is ey1dens 1na1
on her return from her transatlantic 'Fstar" en-
gagement.: she will bein possession OF casn
capital Of about 170 900 thalers+~ The yearly IN
,terest on this SUM alone viii be more than four
times the amount of the pension guaranteed her
by the management Of the Royal Opera HOUSE
Now that Nine. Lucca has thrown up her en-
gagenent, having taken her departure from the
German capital without leave Of absence, and
against the wishes Of Mr. Won Huelsen, she will
The Rerlsner Borseazeitung, an influential and
usually Weu-infortued journal, even goes so far
as to make still more cutting remarks upon the
subject Of Mime. Lucca's departure. It says:
= Nine. Iucca has started on her journey to
New York without asking the consent Of her hus-
band, the Baron Won Rhaden, nay, without in
forming him OF her intended departure"
The Dorsenzeitung further informs the public
on the part Of the lttle prina donnu--which
the Just mentioned journal promises to lay be-
fore its readers ere long-have induced the
Baronv On Rhaden to institute legal proceedings
Nine. Lucca, however, it is proper-so far as
this action on the part Of Baron Won Rhaden is
concerned-to remind your readers OF the old
Latin saying: audi anerana portem. The Baron,
exemplary husband he Was during the first three
| or four years Of his marriage to Nine. Lucca.
| Indeed, the fact has frequently been man
| toned by: the newspapers that Baron Won
Rhaden is an inveterate gambler, and that he has
squaudered many thousands of dollars Of the
earnings of his wife. Heis reported to have given
| good deal of trouble to tho little prin1a donna
/ of late years, by keeping very 1ate hours, and
conducting himself generally in manner un-
becoming to one in his high station in life. Some
Of the Berlin papers, q few months ago, in COM
menting on the fact that Baron Won Rhaden
would probably not accompany his wife on her
| trip to tho United States, mentioned that Nine.
Lucca, in order to protect herself and her young
| child from want in the future, would probably
hayo to bring suit for q divorce against the
Baron, her husband The sale Of her jewels in
London, in May last, it was said, vas due to the
/ fear On the part Of Mime. Lucca that abe might
| become the victim of another Marguerite Dix
blanc I have reason to believe that such was
| not the case and that the sale Vas owing to
| some domestic difficulties. It will appear as q
| significant fact that, on her American tour, the
prinna donna is not accompanied py me baGon
Won Rhaden, but merely by her parents. She
has also taken along her only child; little girl
nearly years old.
The Borsenzeilung etill calls attention to the
fact that the 18th OF September Fill be the day
| on which Nine. Lucca, IL accordance with tue
lin from Ischl, and informs its readers that
! Nine. Lucca not making her appearance at the
Office OF the Royal Opera House on the 18th o1
the current month, Berlins favorlte prlma dounf
sangerin and member Of the Royal Opera troupe
and that her name will be placarded on ths
posters Of the royal theatres nj over the city
with the announcement that Nine. Pauline