, 1873-11-30
lean JACQUES OFFENBACH.
From Ii SORT (Paris},

| 9Ian sA1VuEo VFEENpAtH'
From Ia Sol, .tpayio.
Jean Jaoouoa ofrenbnoh TIM comnorcr ~ thu
| n,,N, .A,
ttana Ouonessot 9orolateln, lives III neAutl-
ful house at Paasy. adjoining tho villa OF the lato
| tamentcd nossini. II cost III, Offonb2ol ut loask
oon nm .u.ao. +, ,~,o. H., h,,;,,,, .,,4 u !. l.,
A'''oo' 1Ano' ~ o'e1s 'uo u1u'a'os ou' ~ - an
oFefy respect 3 modol residence,-exactly such
house ~ = man with largo family would like to
'nbshit. ..,..
NY acquaintance with the maestro datea from
his first feeble efforts, in 1s4s, to soil hin songs
| to parisian musie-publishcrs. I remember his
pleasure ~ haVlng Obtained letter OF msroauo.
tion to tho bcrny brothers from Auber. ahat
letter was tho "open sesame " to him. At that
tina NJ. ofYenbaoh vaa aecond yio]once,)jsk At tho
~ n,,,sla 49, 49, ~. aat,u st;n.na hs Wv
! ceiyed did not oxceed rs francs On thia
slondor allowance he managed to eupport
hirnae1y ,na hia v;fo an ,xce,,snt c;r1 rom
ana"e'A "oe n'o n4to' ~ eAso..0n' enA Ao"A
Cologne, rho worked oightoen hours day
copying tho munio composed by her husband.
This faithful vito acted. untii rerv recoutly. "a
,mnrro,aIa n b.r co1obr,tod hrah,rd md In
.aanuoa.n ~ no,s No, n. "u suo
that h.ve ~ nade the rounds rounds Of tho world, v' VAS
written by her, in small, beautiful hand, from
tho terrlbly-Bcrawlod slips Which hor huabanu
handed her, and which shc alono was able to de-
cipher:
haa not aaen nj Madame qUononea noa for t a1 & or
Of her house at Passy, the other day, 7 MAS as
tonlahed ut tho chnnge which hor appearance
had undergone. In those years she had become
portly, majestic natron. She recognized mo
immediately, and informed me, with lattcring
Alacr1ty, tint hor husband would ba dolghtod to
soc ne.
a few minntos afterWard ! was seated oppo..
site him IN his II study: That study Is a sort Of
curiosity in itsolf. t ia . narrow, long room, !;
ncsrly ono-thra Of it Ia occupied By very small
Planino. On tue plansno lies violin, which
bsenssd e. @ e tn sa sf
instrument lay a thick pile OF conrao, yellow pa
per, the last shect Of which wss covered with
! rod pencil.marks; toI ohenbaeh Ur,to6 ~ ma-
| slo N that way, without using tle ordinary
muslc-llnes. Ao Keeps two young isdiea aB aeo-
G e6 s @ 1or bo
tics, and tie pia"i"o sounded wosdeFfally we'll
| II, it, when, at my requcht, he played the over.
| ture 70 hfs un1lniahod oporos.o nchenou."
upon which ho bud boon At work Tor eight or ten
months. -.
| Monsieur onenbach:" sald to him, II
! come to hear from you, II ngfooablo, II you and
LltolI nave agreea % compose sn opefa. ,,,
mo, no. he rephea, autckiyi m: Lltoln
nc Tor M MepGeteedns bettor with my operas than 10
| aoes with Ma.'
/ "Your succeHs is extraordinary indcca," ro-
Joined anq h1ap enrpassea anStnang wo asyG i ever
Seppea eass o''0f0 except Ill Meyer
MOI he sald, boaldlcn mas dlAtanced mo.
uia Dame Blanche WAS glren IN Pars alone
twenty-two hunarea times' whne. my drsnd
tbs 1s a s''n
"But poor Boeldieu die not raup, tho peenni-
sry benefits Of his works. eald, laughing;
"'aad you .,. -,
"oA, know" he replied, strokmg hts mus
tacho complacontly, II know that people look
nm not poor; but have loBs great deal Of
money recently: l9ens, my friond," !"
he continued, "that accursed war cost mo 1--WE
hundred thousand francs ct least
"Ho1 is that asked, IN surprise.
oh. sinco then, my copJrlghts IN Germany
| and Italy arc almost worthless. Even IN Vienna
have grown unpopular, and all simply because
refused to dlso"n my Adopted @ country TAen II Il
| suffer . long time, because sas OF German do
scent. Why, do You bolioVo that my publishers
in 1e71 seriously thought Of 1lscontlnu1ng tho
publication OF my Worksf The tnEratebl-l, Who
Inquired about bis family. ~
"oh, ho said, frightening considerably, " I
An very hhppy father aud husband. ! am do
scended from q very healthy, long-llred fs1n'lJ.
We have neyor had any Scknoss in our house,
o1cept that my eyes arc growing wohk. hoa'o-
times am afraid nil! lose my eycaight ont!fe-
II, and that apprehension almost drives me naad.
Blind! the thought IL too horrible"
"What does your physician ray ?" asked.
"Oh," wan tho thoughtful sns"or. "he does
notwant to alarm mo; bnt heraconmendsm mo not
| picioua. un also rants ma to 20 TO bod ut an
early hour and that he eontin-
unu, .a"S1ms, Hepfixss tts sa,a,a me " 'ae ~
nv n,,ar,, Nav Il hss c,nsa5 M tn r,iect =
| very flnttorinr ofror to pnsg three months an-
nuslly at st, Petersburg, My productions arc
| ri.