The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-08

from Philadelphia To rtishurg, which requires twelve
hours by express train Hut they reckon their
and-a-half 10 eight-and-a-half-day trips between
sandy liOok Tar aud the nearest cape they In
sight ot in ireland. was talking to our engineer
yesterday, and he said; ''They have made little
honest advance upon the times Of the AdrIatic and
Persia IN the days of Cnnar aud coilinss competition
about the only extra feature In the steamship and that
Is twenty years old. -
opposite me q, the table sits Miss Josephine Yorkc
n native Of Cincinnati. | understand that she was
JoScphino Jones, the daughter NJ Miss Won Hoffman,
once sngcr. she left home seven years ago to study
music at Milan, aud Is now the con,ialio Tor Cari
Rosa NJ Her Maiesy's Opera, London. took this
lady for English, t she told me otherwise, although
her large hazcl-hrown eyes aud warn-tinted hair at
the United States, M the Cincinnati Srngcrfcst last
year, but Is ambitious Ia sustain her career and settle
nj home, where she happiness Is natural, not
regulation Of classes.
asked this talented and business. headed woman,
who also has sweet, fresh nature, II there were
many American girls studying In Italy.
Eyes, there were two hundred to three hundred
English aud Americans where was In Milan. 1t Is
sad to observe how few of them have any success
whatever The cost of musical education Is not very
great. lived aud obtained my tuition for about 500
month, The practice of teaching music instead Of
singing 1t has worked iniurously Ia the Italians who
now produce few great singers relatively. Other
nations employ the Italians aud carry away the
Hebrews. Americans, and Russans. The Poles have
much flexible talent. hut In the qualities above grace
AMI sweetness do not rise high. The musical class
may he said 10 hail more generally from cosmopoltc-
from the mixing of mankind. The Jews have the
largest capital In music. Rosa, think, must he Of
that org though his patents are said to lie christian
hy profession. strakosch, who has the greatest living
artist, Patti is like her, Icwish.''
'ls II not hard life for an Americana bred grip
every. II knew what had To 60 through when
began 1t. would have given 1t up In Italy the
disgusting associations of the operate stage are indie
scrihahc. italian singers at home are beneath
charity. The theatres are hardly adapted for human
beings the dressing rooms hcing dcns, scarcely phi.
10 bc overheard by young American girls They can,
| In their language, drop sound on two and make the
meaning of anything usually hidcous. Two Of us
young dtutants from the United states went with an
| American young tenor also coming out, to sing ut
savora, between Genoa and Nice. fellow chose the
occasion to rush upon the stage and up and down the
drcssing-room corridors nearly naked. That is the
delight of those brhtes Our American friend went
| To him aud sad .'rhat may do among such women
as bred You, but If behave before these young
ladies' will break every bone in your body.'''
"Why must you sing In Italian?''
| at Is the only Language In which all the severe
| artculainns are smooiied down, and the language
molis to The music without an obstruction. In Eng
words, are In direct opposition to the How OF sound
Yet, singing In English ms we do In London at Her
Male>ty,s; clear pronunciation Is ndisnensanle to
opera Is the only motive In the audience to have II
sung In English.''
'Do not people Of different nations unherbd each
other for the chancc?''
"The Poles are noted for that. II You get an en-.
gagemen to train yourself upon the actual stage, Il
must he generally III Italy to begin with at the mino
theatres. They give you, perhaps forty francs week
or or about - day, You paying your own expenses
|
drcd francs 10 get that engagement, and pay my owl
expenses. The avaricious italian manager spring
to the proposal, and leaves You oil reduces you to
subordinate part
"After you have reached your present high place
is the trouble all ovcry''
"No. 1t is work, work. work--aiways studying
rehearslng, singing begin to sing again In Duhli
In August We closed In the north of Ireland II
June after ten months OF next to slavery. When W
We're dismissed and went or the same night To Lon
don 1t seemed like emancipation from the gaeys
have had to rise generally by O'Clock In London
La, lt fh..n hans nt nbnnt
gnawing u little cold lunch at the theatre. Then at
had To go back to the theatre again and remain I'll
1880, making about fourteen hours day of neirl
unhrokcn occupation. After that heavy. full sup
per was Indispensable, IN which | went To bed
When new opera is 10 he produced, with which "
are not familiar one must rise near clock Ia stud
the part
tions for such hard work ~
"rhe profession Is one that stimulates the ambitio
to the highest notch anil makes every step gaine
balm to the soul FOR little willie Then ,lisco,rig,
nents supervene and the heart Is kept like ship q
the bilws, on the wave or in the trough alternately
At hest, perhaps there win he high place attained
where triumph Is regular and complacent. At sue
? u place the reward of music is considerable. Whe
D carl Rosa engaged me had tn serve an apprentice
ship I" sing AT low salary for long period. At y
5 and told Rosa that 1t was now wholly matter
business with me. named the salary required an
several other things, and said also so much r,
qnire and must have hut leave to yon either To ri,
me eonrt on not shall not lie any credit to you
= London II do not Keep my carriage lie exclaimed
# Hear this child, thai / have taught everything an
r established she wants to dictate terms to me-
NO., said !: ! only want to obtain the reward
- | my work. ion know that In England artistes ~
o judged by ey,ernals. To ride In Omnibuses and |
u recognized as should be would ninre the whole con
/, any lie deferred his answer for a day, and the
said: cannot get along now without you, and tol
| plain do not intend To. -
d, | 'ls 1t true that you must conform In London
" traditions and appearances -
:, THAT is why expect to make my home ultimate
=. IN An erica The tyranny of habit is eHerythin
II | In England If you undertake Ia make u new poii
or feature In any bit Of acting singing, they wi
say: What Is thatY 'riiiens Or Colson did not d
> that 1t Is piece of audacity and an innovation
y, | The newspapers viii come dawn you. They gi'
" | you M latitude at all Yet, II You do 1t once
twice, and return after period and then repeat Il
same Innovation, they Will now commend it, brcau
a they had seen 1t BEFORE
,e rs newspaper criticism Just in England?''
, 1t ~ variable. The London Times, In which Oi
n line Is preferred 10y singers and actors half colun
4. somewhere else, las German critic, of pain
taking and conscientious character who is as el
thusiasiic when his taste Is met ms II he was a
y tisie. The Germans are catholic IN their feeling f
. altistes. The English are the victims of precedent
&c The London AtheDdum Is perhaps the most cnns,
a cred Of the weekly nnsrial critical journals.
j. gives equal attention to literature, music, aud pain
ing.n
"ITow do You find the different temperaments
g Great Brtalnr'
II scotland Is noted for the rrgid way they listen
d opera: Ireland for the audacOus way the audien
takes the entertainment ont Of the conpany's hsn
ID sometimes; In England style and precedent contr
y almost everything. Yet London success goes roui
nt the Kingdom.''
what Kind Of treatment do yon get from yo
-, equnlsT believe You sang with Minnie Hank
~ 'she Is u New York girl brnsque and sometnl
nj mean, but with redeemng Independence aud bur,
of Of generosity. She refused 10 sea the Prince Of Wal
"a when he came behind the scenes to congratulate he
al saying: Tell His Royal fighness that unai
te TO- come now, AS am not ready. She Is at 9th
si II rather " too r ready I to an,e
, cal!ed for. ! remember that once when we WI
& called out together two bouquets were thrown. Il
he read the card and turned 10 and bowed and sal
T. For me- The second she picked np aerward, ~
o. the card, and bowed again and grimaced to me,
III Ing 'oh, this is for me also. At ilie stage exit
u the curtain, bowed her out, and, remaining, how
az by myself 10 the audience. They perceived The Il
u courtesy, and gave roar Of applause. II she h
h possessed the true spirit Of an artist aud woman
No NJ would laye y divided the bonqnrls ilonel both ",
M however, when she left the company, and / forga
her, and We parted irends.'
a.. 'ls tafl Rosa rich ~
:. every. HIS wife, Parepa, left him . fortune
~, m f7j, 0Oo and he was rich already. Rosa. while fo
~ 4 Of money making, rs also conscientious musioia
m h Incapable of irckery 10 gain The ends of art. And
W. Is manager Of such comnand and VIII that the win
,o company feels his authority, though he Is
nv nor brutal. II you ana We'll spoken of anywhere
viii come and tell You Of It, and II you do well in
l.s part viii applaud yon His business aud artistic
y | agcr IN London, while MaplesOn failrd'
= artist Y''
III ''rhe greatest Of all favorles Never the supre
artist She Is now. In her nature is thc Hebrew co
po ness and sens. Of self hut In her singing Is alm
divinity She Is generous of praise 0r favor at lin
"a, and came voluntarily Ia compliment once. As
r her rewards, they are enormous. No 0ns kno
~. | how much they are. Although She had tO pay
~ husband, tie Marquis de CauN, a large aniOnni
Ie damages on anony, she Is rich, aud can bu alwj
~. ~. IlCll.f
A. 'Wlnt sort of perOn Is NIcollnI, her lover go
n 'Iir Is common looking man Oii The stage; llk
coarse farmer lie Is from The suuth 0f France.
Ice wen he makes mp 10 play aud sing he becomes beau
rn | iul. Then with his LeId parted helOw, he In
- Ike The painting of christ linls married man.
am 1t Is story that his wife waylaid him and Adalint
Milan with all their children, and tried To TN
NtiiDl On l'aiii. Eui she SAYS she Is 80 happy 4
iui she fears II cannot last The breaking Of ihe
st: siIalnts She had with the old Marquis de CauN
Ier given her u sort of ecstasy. think she tried 4,
np goh while 4" do her part by the Marquis, but he
ne lowed ef 10 the theatre and tIod TO Interfere with
lnt stage business, particularly with tho love seen
n finally he marched ler home. NlcOlini took her pa
W. and behold the intrigued 10 see them play Rol
he aud Juliet exciting, II 1, moi acting; II is sim
IN OyingN
rs "What has become Of Sims Reeves, the Eng
M. tnnUrf''
nus 'IIe SIN sings, though his voice Is gone,
IN stl dlsappolnts audiences and gets his sa5O night
lrd Mr.. James Orlnes, Of Richmond, Va, Is Onu Of
DIV passengers, with his wife aud two children ~
Of Massachusetts people, and have leading conn
nus tiOn with the Consolidated Telephone CouIpanic
al the United States. Mr.. OrIHes Is a small man "A 70