Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-10-04
M.fLfEE:T IN MEN FORK.

Maria Garcia was the mos. acco..-
pii,liea vocalist. the II. ,st drsnat,c sing
er, III al Respect, tue most e.f ed Musical
artist, Of mo ltrn days, ani e i..d such
beauty of r.on n.I charm OF manner
that ele became tie most supreme OF
Prima tlonnas--a sort OF women who
from their first appearance have b en-
accus oued t. sxe the world ut tleir
feet. Size WAS the idol If soci y i'll New
York, aud WIS hardy less admired u d
beloved 10y the general pubic Such q
Gre lure had not be,h seen before for
ha'f Il century, and was not to he seen
again Tor quie as long. Her voice WIS
II cont'ato which c.a'led her to sing
with equal east tie Iuilsic of "SeMiram-
lde" and "Arsace." r r
A an actress she was made, wv nature
equally m stress IF the g,aua, the pa
thetic, AID the CAV. Her ia..e WAS, per-
hap,, not iii all y ints regularly b.aui-
fn: but 1t vas tull Of beauties each
eminent in its kind, and had an ever
enduring, always,arying charm. Her
dark, bil hit eyes fisciilat d ail OH whom
their brilliant gaaces fcli, and by her
smile, which revealed brilliant and
beautifully. shaped teeth, not only all
men, but even all ~omc 4, seem to have
been carried captive. Her figure was
SO eXqu si;ely beautiful in all points that
it was somewhat eXtravasantly said that
she might be studied for an improve
mant upon the enus de- Meiici. The
pose of h,r dslntily shaped head upou
her slr utler, Was M appeal to aimira.
ton, aud her graceful carriage would
have been iigu lied liza | she been little
taller. L the power OF varied express
sion in her face There seems TO have been
no iimi'; Int that most natural to it,
I'D most commonly seen upon it. was a
fascinating rnilatAin OF happiness from
her own sou 10 al wit in her l. au.uce.
Nor di,i iicf mauuer aul her look beiie
her TUE. According to ali ev.d nee,
she WAS as goo! us she Was beautiful
and iuscinIii %" US good as an arg l."
There /, no record vi any other such su.
pr, macy, persona, veal AMI dramatic,
exc, pt i'll the great Gabrielle who turned
tile head and won the heart Of all Europe
three-qnarters OF Il century Def re h r;
~ Ia, I, I. lev,
and i'll al that makes woman most al
muablc ana ;oyai!e.
1t is greatly noteworthy that the ca
repr OF such woman As this rhouid
have hoen really begun and shaped IN
New York, the New York of 1925. But
so it was. In New York she received
the fist rscngni ion OF her taleut>; in
New York she first felt the glow of tri-
umph, sal was gorsc ous f the possess
sion of sustained power. In New York,
too, she passed from maileuhood to
wifvhoo}. and acquired the name by
which, n ,twi h-'nndng second mar
ringA, she WAS n.tr~arl always known,
ana W Ii he kno~n while til, world reads
the history II music. She h Il not been
long upon II. stag. Of the Pack Tnea.er
when H. Franco Eugene Na,ibrau. n
Trcurh merchant OF NV York, proposed
marriage to her. He was - wears Of
age, she IL III. she was willing. AMI
after brief opposition GA the part OF
her ia her she became Madame Malihran
in March, lS2 ;-only four months after
her appearance here, ahd in the midst
of her operate AMI social SUCCESS
Eichnrd Grant While, in Century
MuoaaiRe.