The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-22
THE PEERLESS PATTI
Her Love for Nicolini The Marquis de Caux
Her Wealth.

Her Wealth.
From Interview with Manager.
How mucn money does Patti receive for
years work?'
II cannot tell you; but it must be very
large. If she only sang once week half the
year she would get about Sl50,000 l sup
pose that she receives all of that per annum.
Still, she must be under considerable ex-
penSe. She has castle in Wales, where she
spends very much OF her time. Even when
she sings in London twice a week she will
come down all the way from Wales to do so.
She can run down in seven or eight hours,
and go back again"
"Nicolini, 1 suppose, lives there?
He watches at her dressing-room door
every night she sings, to be attentive TO all
her wishes You can see him there if you
should be on the stage whenever she is dress
ing. He takes her forward, and is ready to
receive her when she comes off,
What sort OF man is he?"
He has been very much misrepresented.
He is gentleman, an artist, man OF refined
feelings and of thorough taste. His voice is
probably not as good as it was, and she is not
as young as she was But she is happy with
the man. Some time ago she met Van
Zandt, an American singer whom she well
knew in Europe, and threw her arms around
her and said: My dear, l have been trying
all my life to find happiness-tried every
thing else but love l have had a title, great
society, admission to great houses and fami-
lies, but am happy at last. They may
close their doors against me, but [ am hap
py."
Said 1: From what side do you suppose
came the courtship in that caseY'
1t must have been by q little error on
every side. In the first place PATHS husband,
the Marquis de Caux, was jealous sordid,
unsatisfying man. The silly Empress of the
French to befriend him. set up the scheme
that Patti should get his title and the Mar
quis get her money. Each bought the other
Yet she desired to live with him peaceably:
but he could not make allowance for her pro-
fession, came to the rehearsals, and on one
occasion, at least, compelled her to order him
out of the theater, because in the balcony
scene in Romeo and Juliet he cried out that
she and Nicolini were entirely too earnest in
I their loYe-maklng. Her natural feelings,
her false condition, her emotional nature fast
ened to such a sneak as De Caux, she prob
ably found nearer her original rank the
attention and sympathy she wanted. The
worst about it is that they say Nicolini has a
wife and children. That may trouble her
mind sometimes with the fear that he looks
toward his earlier attachment, which is ever
liable to break out in man. She gets from
him, however, the respect of one enamored
OF her and her protector. He, OF course &C.
cupes the more unfortunate position. Peo-
pie can account for her revolving from a
man who bought her in order to enjoy the
profits of her labor but they may look unon
Nicolni as not even legally entitled to do
that, yet to some extent receiving them
However, he can earn his own Independence.
He does earn it by his voice. She owes to the
public her talents not her happiness Never
theless there is q shadow arising from this
intimacy, but the law interposes and will not
allow it to be sanctified, since she is not free
from her husband nor he from his wife"
"Does she still have to pay money 10 the
Marquis de Caux?"
NO. The English courts made a decision,
or a law l forget which, that when woman
was earning her living by her own labor her
husband could not take from her the recon-
pense. Patti can sing in France, too, | un-
derstand and get her money now. De Caux
endeavored to get her jewelry at the time
she was to leave him. He probably saw that
she meant to go, as they had quarreled
without tears But she sent word to her
agent to have her jewels locked up in the
Bank of England, and he could not touch
them"
rs she an infatuatng womanY'
''Oh, yes; she is a remarkable woman. She
is one of the best linguists in the world.
Hardly prince in Europe, educated as they
are for the languages, can speak as many as
Patti. She can address you in almost any
language spoken in Europe. She has a warm
nature, is beautiful actress-indeed, is one
of those almost tropical products where ge-
MUS is Unborn. Wealthy, world-renowned
not yet old woman looking for some re-
lief in domestic life from her excitements
she could hardly make love to any great
singer but he would feel the invitation. To
this man Nicolini she has been perfectly
true, is deeply wrapped up in him, and
therefore, is fulfilling her engagements with
the nations because she is happy. In the
wretched condition she once lived in, or even
in maidenhood, her voice might have passed
away"