Morris tribune., 1883-12-05
BIRDS OF SONG.
Some Gossip About Their Lives ant
Their Profits.
Patti and Her Salary De Caux and
NicOlini--.Gerster ana Nilsson
.-.MinnlesHauck---J Joseph
inc YOrke.

speaking yesterday to a prominent singer
connected with one of the chief companies,
and asked the question of her: GLOW much
does Patti really receive per nights"
Five thousand dollars She has made the
remark herself that it is almost preposter-
GUS sum of money to get for one performance,
but then she added Gas it was offered to
me of course had a right to take it,"
els Gerster q married womanT
eyes. She is Hungarian, and it Is under
stood was poor girl, whom her present hus-
band, who is a gentleman, educated and
trained She has one child. She is still a
young woman-in her twenties."
'Does the company get along well to-
gether"
very well, indeed Patti is a very kind
woman She seems to have nothing mean or
passionate about her, though she can assert
herself when imposed upon"
How much money does she receive for
year workF'
81 cannot tell you; but it must be very
large. If she only sang once week half the
year she would get about $4,000. 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, l suppose, lives thereF'
"He watches at her dressing room door
every night she sings to be attentive to all
her wishes. You can see him there il 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 he9'
''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 ii
not as young as she was 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, have beer
trying all my life to find happiness-trieo
everything else but love. l have had a title
great society, admission to great houses anc
families, but am happy at last. They may
close their doors against. me- but l an
happy2n
Said L: From what side do you suppose
came the courtship in that caseg'
'It must have been by little error OF
every side. In the first place, PATHS husband
| the Marquis de Caux, was a jealous, sordid
| unsatisfying man. The silly empress of thu
| French, to befriend him, set up the scheme
| that Patti should get his title and the mar
| quis her money. Each bought the other
Yet she desired to live with him peaceably
| but he would not make allowance for her pro
fession, came to the rehearsals, and on on
! occasion, at least, compelled her to order hin
| Of no IocanSa i'm
scene in Romeo and Juliet he cried out tina
she and Nicolini were entirely too earnest il
their love-making. Her natural feelings, he
false condition, her emotional nature fast
ened to such a sneak as De Caux, che prob
| ably found nearer her original rank the at
tention and sympathy she wanted. The wors
about it is that they say Nicolini has
wife and children. That may trouble he
mind sometimes with the fear that he look
toward his earlier attachment, which is eve
| liable to break out in man. She gets from
him, however, the repect of one enamored O
| her, and her protector. He Of course, occu
pies the more unfortunate position. Peopl
| can account for her revolving from a ma
who bought her in order to enjoy the profit
of her labor; but they may look upon Nice
lini as not even legally entitled to do that
ever, he can earn his own independence. H
does earn it by his voice. She owes to tn
public her talents, not her happiness. Never
theless, there is shadow arising from thi
intimacy, but the law interposes and will nc
allow it to be sanctifed, since she is not fire
from her husband, nor he from his wife"
''Does she still have to pay money to tn
| Marquis de Caux?"
Tho ich ia
or law, forget which, that when a woma
was earning her living by her own labor he
husband could not take from her the recon
pense. Patti can sing in France, too, under
stand, and get her money now"
"What has become of Minnie Hauck?'
sShe has married a German journalist
whom understand to be a well-bred person
and also to have respectable means She
now the court singer Of one Of the Germa
courts She is an American girl, littl
willful and jealous, but with some decide
character, and in some parts she is remark
| able singer-such as Carmen
els Nilsson richF'
'Nilsson has made much money, but he
marriage was not fortunate in worldly poir
of view. Her husband was speculator, VIII
took her money and lost it, and went insane
get. She also lost money in American il
vestments. She is making money, and it
to be hoped that she is more than indepent
emit. A little of the peasant adheres to hel
While singing in New York this winter sh
has once or twice rebuked talk or noise O
the stage, and shown that the extreme mort
of Europe has hotter blood than the south.
"Do you know Miss Josephine Yorke, th
Cincinnati lady who has been singing in Me-
York;
ooh, yes. She met with quite loss fe,
days ago. She lives at the Belvedere hote
with her sister. They have rooms on th
fourth floor. Mad. Pappenheim has room
close by. The Yorke girls, having occasion fo
moment to run into Pappenheim's room
did not close their door. They returned an
had to dress for dinner outside When the
came back from dinner they found thei
watches, jewelry and the sisters purse ha
been stolen. Miss Yorke has been support
ing, to some extent, her younger sisters O
her labors, although she has wealthy uncl
in Chicago who ought to come to her SUP
port"
Arbitratins the Question.
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