, 1874-02-24

uEIubt aa no alu IN tho 1mperfa IArHAmont, TINT
lo had "nevor droamt OF coding field OF q
| meadow Of German territory" ho doth protest
| too much.
AN UNFoRTuNATE PR1MA DONNA.
It any woman. Is entitled to tho sincere sym-
pathy Of tho musical public, 1t Is Nfmo. Pauline
Lucca. hlisfortunes seom to rain upon her do
| voted head in an uncoasing shower. Before Bho
! camo to this country, she was tho roigning
favorito Of Berlin and the operatio autoorat Of
that city, to whom oven Bismarck and Frederick
Wilhelm did allegiance. Ono day camo Mattin-
gor, younger and faror rival. It was long
and stubborn contest for tho superiority, and 1t
! ended in tho triumph Of Ma11nger. Tho acklo
Derliners transferred their allegiance to tho now
Dive, and, rathor than compete with another for
applause md fame, Lucca broko hor contracts,
paid her forfoits, took tho chances OF over being
allowed to sing again in Berlin, aud tled to
shts country, whoro aho enlisted undor
tho banners Of Marotzek, whose name has
always boon synonymous with misfortune. uar
first season waB successful. Tho panic had not
yet come, and there Was no rival in the field
but, oven in Chicago, whore hor triumph was the
! grandess In dollars and cents, the kettle Of
trouble commenced to boil. Maretzetk, her mar-
agor, and Jarrett her agent, got into quarrel,
| and tho interviowera famed 1t until 1t became
red-hot. When tho aeaaon ended. sho procured
divorce from her husband, tue Baron, at grcat
expense, and Immediately married anoshor Bar
on. Tho frat Baron, who vas in Dor
lin, not rolishtng this summary method Of
losing a wife, has instituted proceedings
to sot aside the divorce upon tho ground
TINT he was not notified Of tho proceed
ings. Should Ills application bo granted,
Mme- Lucca will find horself with two Barons
| on hand. Then came the panic In tho middle Of
tho second soason, which never EXTENDED be-
yond Now York City. After two Or three ueeke'
desperate effort, the troupe vent to pleces and
Lucoa was left without M engagement and with
the modification Of seeing her rival, Nilsson,
winning plaudits and groenbacka everywhere
and, ns no affection has evor been wasted be-
tween those two 1adios, the spectacle WAS not IN
edffying ono to Lucca. Evon while sho was
contemplating 1t, camo new misfortune, for
tho willy Marotzok found some breaches Of con-
tract during tho first seaHon, upon which he
brought suit and recovered heavy damages.
Something, however, must bo done. she
could not remnin idlo in tho midst Of a season.
This would bo loss Of prestige which would
xii! her as an artist. Her plan WAS soon ma
turoa. With tue cooperation Of Mile. lima di
Murska, she organized troupe and sailed for
Cuba. Tho Cuban shower, however, was even
worso than tho American, The troupe lad not
becu singing woek before ono tenor was hissod
ovo1y time ho appeared, and the other tonor waa
olappod into jail because ho had dared
to havo soro throat. Tarnborlk, who
was to bo tho main-atay, deserted tho
| undertaking, and suddenly loft for Eu-
rope. Worse than ali thoso mishapB COM
bIned, tho Havauese quickly decided TINT Di
Muraka was the best artist Of tho two, and,
layishiug ail their favora upon her, left
poor Lucca ont In the cold. Di Murska alone,
however, waa not capable OF carrying On tho
eeason. Tho patronage foil of. Tho principals
were badly in arroara to their company. Dissat-
isfactionB increased, and at last tho company
struck for their wngos. Lucca had no money,
Di Muraka none, and Jarrott mono; at loast, 1t
appeared go On the surface. Then tho mombors
OF the chorus and orchestra, finding that
the principals wero about to leave, sued
them, and tho Court issued m order
prohibiting their departure from tho island until
tho poop1o wore paid. Last Friday, Lucca sought
to escape by strategy, aud attempted to leave
Havana olandestinely Oh the steamer Columbus
Her husband, baggage, aud servants wero on
board, and, shortly before tho sailing Of tho
stoamor, u Indy cloaoly voilod was seen to ap-
proaoh. A committee Of tho chorus however,,
discovered hor to bo Lucop, and informed tho
police, who compelled the whole party to return
to the shore. An Hayans dispatch. dated tho
22d, says: "Lucca, Murska, aud Vizzani sailca
tho amount demanded by the chorus and
orchestra Of tho opera company. The lattor,
meantime, aro compelled to romain on tho island
until legal proceedings are terminated. They
arc iu want, aud several aro III. Jarrett has
been sued by tho principals Of tho company, who
demand q rendering Of accounts" This is not
tho end OF tho troubles. Lucca has engaged
lorsolf to nu]lnann for German opera season,
and whoro German opera season under Rull-
mann will end 1t iB not difficult to 3oresee. Tho
latcat OF poor Paulino's troubles IL, tint Masot-
eek las organized troupe to dispute the fold
with hor, mud placea lima ii hlurslsa at the head
Of 1t. Tho spectacle Of 30 great an artist strug-
Cling with fate will enlist hearty sympathy for
lor, as we'll AZ admiration for tho pluoky man.