New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-11

vrote Numbers of people came some with letters
OF introduction, old friends, ana so on: lie wa
very glad TO make the acquaintance OF talenteo
Young artists he received them with immense
kindness, giving them advice. ana sometimes
letters. But hat he absolutely hated was 10 oe
stared az OF the sights OF Paris once MS oiu
friend Carafa came and told him: There is
Russian princess on the boulevard who waited Two
hours yesterday 10 see you pass she wants so much
TO make your acquaintance; what shall tell her Y
" Tel her." said Rossni, " that / am excessively
fond OF asparagus. She need only go 10 fotei es
Chabot and buy the finest bunch she can get ana
bring It mere | shall then gct up, aud after she
has well inspected me in front, shall turn round
aud she can complete her inspection by taxing IN
the other view too and then she may co. lie
rather fond, not only OF asparagus but OF any
thing good to eat, and whenever he was sent some
delIcacy 10 that line, ne enjoyed it in advance by
unpacking IL himself, and then he used 10 say with
delighted looks: Voilaa quot La glore est bonnie
His visitors gone or not gone at II. he put on bis
wig. which until then lay quietly on the table his
big bald head being covered with towel for tho
time being then he dressed, and by o'clock every
day he out he took the first cab he met and
asked him: Est-ce que vos cheyaux sont
unfortunate driver said Non Monsieur lie never
took MIN he would never trust himself TO other
but tired horses and during all ms HE never had
he entered railway carriage Then ne usually
drove TO the Paais Royal in the latter days TO the
Passage de POpera, and walked up ana down IN the
shaded galleries, meeting number OF Irlehus anu
hearing with great interest all the newest gossip
about singers, composers and operate chat in gem
era | remember particularly two instances when
1 was Win MIN, uhNlug met great CoupVrciS oh1
every time he said something worth noting.
Once II was GOunOd who had Just given taust,
and Roesinl stopped him 10 say he had heard OF the
great success the opera had met with. 20
maestro" SAID Gounod Il happy 10 hear
you speak of the of the opera. because all
tine people speak &c me only Just OF the soldiers
Chorus "Never mind" said ROssinl, operas are
not born like men. the head first, the success or
operas born the feet first that Soldiers Cnorus
is what the people understood at once the rest wiz
come IN time. | have often gone through the ex-
perience." GOunOd was barely gone when saw
rather little man with very pronounced JEWISH
features. communicating, the shabbest possible
hat covering evidently clever head. lt was
Meyerbeer: he steered with outstretched arms
straight toward Rosslni, whom he always APP
preached with An humble mock mOdesty and de1ef-
ence as If he held him by far the greater genius,
aud especially If this Difference was due TO the
older man. Louis Blanc told me once that lie was
so struck when first seeing Meyerbeer With thag
particularly vulgar expression Of his face. can
not say that found II so. Jewish ami cunning
expression ! found predominant. ROsslnl had for
Meyerbeer sincere friendship and admiration, ana
| give here the most peremptory denial To al the
Invented stories Of his envy jealousy. etc. was
with ROs-lni when he went TO the Rue klchepanse,
where MeyerDeer lived, and where every day
during his illness ROsslni inquired how he was; and
where one day, the concierge, with the brutality Oh
comm on French people answered ROssinls inquiry,
NJ Meyerbeer! Mais II est mort quOl Z Rosslnt
fell back iauting, and II was only when MeYerOeers
daughter arrived, and he had cried like cnlld
with her Tor half an hour, that he recovered NM
self and took him home.
lie cOud not resist occasionally saying a littlo
witty word tor funs sake, but he never intention
ally hurt ANYBODY | will not deny, however, that
| know of a rather bitter thing which he said TO the
Able Lszt who came 70 see him IN his little room
and who impTOylsed rather madly on the smau
Pleyel piano When he had done RoSslpl S3!d
stupeed. Yes, Haydns Chaos said RosslnI;
/" is it not the Chaos you meant TO representr
List, excessively sensitive. was tearfuly offended.