The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-01-19
A FULL LENGTH OF LUCIA
SUNDAY Merc,Iry.1


Those who have seen Iucca, and IN
opera have no idea or very faint one,
what "a charming companion she makes of
the stage. Like Nilsson, she has learned
to think all the world of this country, and
has become thoroughly Americanized.
She has for sometime entertained serious
ideas Of buying real estate in the metropo.
lis, and settling here permanently. In
fact, Lucca has become SO thoroughly
American that she has learned to makc,as
we'll rs drink, morning cocktail, and it is
II treat to see the dainty prima donna"mix-
ing drinks" She is utterly free from
vulgarity, is full of grace in her every
movement, and imparts to her "cock-
tail ambrosial flavor. She has also adopt
ed tho favorite American attitude Of cross.
ing her limbs when sitting, or of resting
her feet on fender or other convenient
article at an attitude considerably above
that of her head In briei, she is the freest
and easiest creature in the world amid her
intimate friends but with oil her ease and
freedom, she is at all times, with all per.
sons, and under all circumstances, a
thorough lady. She never forgets that
she is the Baroness Won Roden,
and although she does not, of late, at
least, care much for the Baron Won Roden
as n man or husband, she has q very high
regard for him as baron. She has deter
mined, since she came to America, to keep
the money that she makes, and not, as
| hitherto, intrust it TO her liegc lord, who,
with the very best intentions in the world
loses the greater part Of it with gay facili-
, ty at the gaming-table. 1t is not true,
| however, as reported, that she contcm-
plates divorce from him, as she has not
yet been able TO forget the days
Of her early love and his fond
courtShip. A divorce, however, has been
strongly urged npon her by certain of
our upper tendon in New York, who are
very DESTROYS Of seeing tho fair and
famous German artists united to one Of
| their number, who has for many months
been visiting her at her home, in Four
tenth street, near Delmonico's, where che
resides under the guardianship of her
| mother and her agent, Henry jarrett,
| and who has been one Of her most profit
able operate patrons, having spent during
tho past season nearly $1,000 IN
boxes, seats, and boquets, to testify
TO the ardor of his devotion
beside sending her lately a superb dia-
mond necklace, and having also gotten up
in her honor a glorious petit souper at Del
monicos. The fair prima donna has done
nothing whatever TO encourage this SWELL
infatuation, except looking sweet and
treating him pleasantly but the opers
management, of course, have done oil in
their power to encourage the tendresse fol
reasons not wholly unconnected with the
box-otlce. "a fool and his money"
One of Luccas little weaknesses is jeal
ousy-professional jealousy. She does
not like to hear Missions name mentioned
and as for Adelins Patti, she cannot abide
her. She takes it particularly hard that
the latter has married n marquis-a rea
marquis, whereas she has only married .
baron, and only German baron at that
As for dress. Lucca cares but little Tor il
She has fair to middline wardrobe, anC
some passable diamonds, but that is all
She is perhaps the poorest of all Tho
great prima donnas, and the most indus
trlous, and the most unassuming perhap
the most genuinely popular-ccrtainly N,
most devoutly religious, attending mas
regularly, and always crossing herself e
the virgin mother before she goes on th
stage.