The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-23
Trading Talent for Title.
ARTISTS WHO HAVE MARRIED INTO THE
NOBILITY, AND THE PRICE THEY
HAVE PAID FOR IT,

HAVE PAID FOR 1T,
The marital imfelicities of Adelina
Patti, which have been lately spread be-
fore the public of Europe aud America.
have awakened attention afresh to- the
unfortunate frequency of like occur
rences among lyric and dramatic artists
The plandits of multitudes, the brillian-
cy Of diamonds and the perfume of flo
raj offerings at the theater and the op-
era house are not in all cases types Of
homes in which love builds an altar,
and peace aud contentment, unbroken
faith aud perfect trust have - constant
abiding place In some cases ambition
leads young, struggling artists to mis-
take title for the one thing needful.
They barter their hands for coronet.
aud find that all that glitters is not
gold, that such alliances have but one
end - disappointment. On the other
hand. men who have titles and want
gold TO support their extravagancies;
who are proud aud di, solute. bid for
the prize ola popular prima donna. and
make their altar IA Nero place where .
mercantile transaction Is recorded in a
proper, legal manner. These are the
fountains from whence proceed the bit
ter streams thst make barren aud arid
the lives of too many Of the pets of the
public, both as singers and actres es.
Men and women alike are caught in
these matrimonial maelstroms and
wrecked in hopes. in prospects and am
btions
The list of unhappy marriages. of
separations and divorces amoog lyric
and dramatic artists in the Old and new
world Is far too long for pleasant con-
temptation. Mile. Garcia. the celebrat
Cd singer, married man in New York
supposed to be rich. named Malibran
In short time she left him. returned
10 Europe, and, after obtaining q di.
vorce. married De Bcriot. the eminent
y,olinist, Grisi, another lyric star. who
for time, had few. If any. competitors
upon the lyric boards. married NJ. De
Me!oy. q French gentleman. 1t WAS a
mistake. and the ties were dissolved in
shor, time. When 10 this country. in
1854 her name was intimately associst-
e,i with that Of the tenor Mario. Mile.
Alboni. the best of Italian contraltos.
married the Count Peppoli. to be q
countess. Her fate was judicial sep
ara,ion after having supported her I'll
tied pensiouer for hslt n score of years
Sontag. pleasantly remembered in this
country, WAS united to Count Rsssi
He Was a spend,hr,ft aud samesier. and
although no formal sepsra;ion was ever
registered between the parties. still the
union was in spirit dissolved, and the
c1un, lived upon the earnings OF the AT.
t,st rather than the wife The death ol
Sontay and the tener Posrolina. IN
Mexico. WAS surrounded with such sus-
picious circumstances as - Cause con
siderable excitement ~ the time. Su'
sanush Patton, afterwards known ~
Mrs. Wood. in the early part of her ca
raer asa singer, MAS wcoed and won by
ord William lenpox. Of England lie
soon tired ot the pnor singing girl. neS
/ ltsted and Ill treated her. and the c.'n
sequence MAS divorce. She aftcrwar''
married Joseph Wood. popular Eng
li,h singer. and Ia 1853 sas genera
+ fsvori,e in this country. Luocs- who
few seasons sgo WAS 50 popular IN thE
country as M'rgserst< in Faust, anc
other parts. ,rod the path pursued 10y -
many ot her gifted sistees She wa
( divorced from one msn ~ baron Not
Rhaien-ani Lately married csp's''
Wanhofer,
. ps..i - In the same stream and heat
ing in the same dir~ct'o" She nssff'e'
the Marquis lie Caux during The Bona
uArte dynasty. sud II Is .ai's nn'ief pres
..ure fr~ua the Court. aud l. naw oB hei
wav ,o Pan. ,a apply for divorce u
the proper tribunal of that city IL
CAua i. An expensive luxury His nain'
e,sts too much and Patti Is about u
cs. rid of II. She tasted the n.
which lured 90 many young and anti