The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-07-19
PITY PATTI,
The Low Estate to Which the cantatriec
~ Eas Fallen.

G The Low Estate to Which the cantatric
! rF Eas Fallen.
{ Patti says a sympathetic FrencI
! chrOnicler, is now adrowning woman
l whose face is only seen floating on tn
! water. low changed frOmsNIay, 1868
when the MarquiSe de CauX, just re
turned from st. Petersburg and Wen
, ma, began her famous Sunday sOiree
at her mansion, NO.T154 Champs Ely
sees, where she Was the hOstess of al
that was high-bOrp and all that wa
: celebrated i'm Paris. Her husband
sisters, says the writer, did the hon
: Ors with her-the Countess de RuculO
and the Princess de Ginetti. Tn,
| Princess of Walesiwas there i'm a deli
ciOus toilet of pink faille and natura
roses; so was the Prince POniatOwTki
who has since died without the hap
piness Of seeing the diva appear i'm on,
I of his operas; 80 was the fantastica
Princess Metternich, with, her unique
! pearls and her iSimian but fascinating
ways, cOquetting with the tall, well.
imbed, dull, Russian Grand Duke
Vladimir; so was ,Auber, now at rest
so was the Count desmond, who now
Il gives the most disreputahle balls in
4 Paris; so was Alboni. In short, il
was an exceptional festival, which at
tracted all the glittering people of the
last days of the Empire.
Now all is changed. Even her
faithful satellite, "Loulou," has left
her; Louise DamO, merchants
daughter, who, becoming infatuated
| with Patti, renOunced home and the
hope of marriage, and devoted herself,
body and soul, to her service, superIn>
! tending everything-her house, her
| drPsSing-rOom, her travels and her
toilet. PATHS most devoted wOrship>
| per of the other sex was COttrau, a
| Neapolitan, the most considerable
l music publisher of Italy next to Ri
| cOIdi, of Milan, whose constant strug-
| gle with his eye-glass is legendary in
Paris, the contest ending invariably in
his dropping the glass out Ofreach and
making the widest salutations at ran
| dom, some of which involved him i'm
| queer misadventures. COttrau was
i fanatical believer in the diva, "into
the splendOr of whose glory he dashed
himself headlong," says the wonder
| full author of this wonderful tale,
'even as Il sea bird goes against the
| lantern of a lighthouse"
Having advertised his hopeless pass
sion to the amusement of all Paris,
the poor man retired to Naples dis
| gusted and disenchantcd. Another of
her adoreTs was the old Marquis de
Chavanat, nobleman old enough to
be her grandfather and magnificent
parsonage, with a wonderful of white
hair. Hewas as madly in love as if
he had been a collegian. Not being
rich, and finding it expensive work to
travel about. and pay for seats at the
opera all over Europe, the Marquis in
vented a Patti champagne, which he
advertised in all parts of the COnti-
nent, billing i'm advance with the cit
les where she was to sing. The cham
pagne sold, of course, and so the old
Marquis lived everywhere in style,
and kept always near the object of his
great and innocent passion.
The Marquis was the first man to
unearth NicOlini. 1t was at st. Pc
was established at the same hotel with
his goddess, was out that evening,
when a servant, passing by the apart
ments OfNlme. Patti, heard some one
moving about. The servant thinking
there was a theft therein, gave the
alarm and raised the household. The
old Marquis de Chavanat coming in at
the moment, was the first person on
the scene, rushed i'm and dragged out
from the closet, where he had taken
refuge, the trembling tenor, whom ne
did then and there trOunce as soundly
as ever NJ. de CauX could have desired.
This was the first whipping NicOlini
received; the last says the chrOnicler,
was from Strakosch, of whom we are
told that he is "a Niennese, which is
as much as to say amiable to the tips
of his fingers, and the most complete
Lapommeraye," LapOmmeraye being
the celebrated physician who poisoned |
so many of his fashionable patients! |
Patti, it seems, wished to buy the vii
La of Trento; Nicolini consented, but |
wanted the title deeds to he made out |
in his name. She was about to yield, |
when Strakosch interfered. From |
words they come to blows, and so the |
great impresSariro caned the great |
tenor condignly, the great tenor howl |
ing the while piteOusly. "Defend !
yourself" cried Strakosch. 81 don't |
like to kill man who doesn't defend |
himself!' Patti, after the manner of |
the Sabine women, and of Mr.. Pick |
wick at Eatrnswill, threw herself be-
tween the pair, thereby getting hear
ty whack on the arm, which raised a
sad welt "That Patti" says Mont |
charm, this seduction, this inettability, |
rene all Europe, which bowed itself at |
her feet, having been goddess in the
clouds, an unattainable idol, having
troubled the brains of kings, broken
the hearts of Princes, destroyed the
hopes and shaken the minds Of the
nobleSt, the fairest and the richest, !
has become, of her own free will, tie |
unlawful wife of tenor turne2 of fif- |
ty, who grins with false teeth, who is
played out, and painted and redOlent |
of sulphur pomade.
Fancy this "ROmeo" clambering by |
a rope-ladder to Outlets" balcony! |
1t was grOtesque, but it happened in
London none the less; more by token
the Romeo was caught by the police
and lugged Off to the station. Patti is
beginning to suffer, and has aged visi-
bly, during the past year. She is thin,
sad and nervous; her splendid hair is
turning gray, and going. AT COYent
Garden the Diva, whose door used to
he heaped with flowers, got two miser-
able little bOquets and only one recall.
Above all, she is a prisoner, for NicO-
lini Is consumed with jealousy. When
she last passed through Paris Auguste, !
the famous cOi6cUr, was only admit
ted after a parley, and NicOlini insist
ed Oh remaining in the room while he /
dressed my lady's hair. And to think |
that for fourteen years Adeliha Patti /
would not sing with NioQlini because
she could not hear him near her! And |
to think that when her friend, the |
Marguise de Tallenay, first hlnted to |
her that scandalOuS Tongues were be- /
ginning to couple her name with |
Nicolinlls, Patti burst into tears and |
satd with the voice Of an injured Sc
Taph, "Ahnut me? And with a |
NicolaSS Why not say with my |
cOachman while they are about it,"
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