The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-04
BIRDS OF SONG,
Some Gossip Abort Their Lives ana
Their Profits.
Patti and Her SaIary---De Caux and
EieOlini--.G erster and Nilsson
---MinnielRauck-
inc Horke.

NEW YORK. Dec. Gath says. l waa
speaking yesterday to prominent singer
connected with one of the chief companies,
and asked the question of her: How much
does Patti really receive per nightT
Five thousand dollars She has made the
remark herself that ii is almost a preposter-
Gus sum of money to get for one performance
but then she added LAS it was offered to
me- of coarse had right to take it.n
''ls Gcister married woman?'
''Ies- She is Hungarian, and it is under
stood was poor girl, whom her present hus-
band, who is gentleman, educated and
trained She has one child. She is still a
young woman--in her twentics."
Docs the company get along well to-
gethcr!'
Very wei, indeed Patti is 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
yea S work. a.
:" cannot tell you but it must he very
| large. If she only sang once a week half the
year she would get about SI50000 | SUP,
pose that she receives all OF that per annum.
Still, she must be under considerable ex-
| pense. She has u castle in Wales, where she
spends very much of her time. Even when
she sings in London twice 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, suppose, lives theres"
| lie watches at her dressing room door
every night she sings, to be attentive to all
her wishes You can see him there if vol
| should be ON the stage whenever she is dress
| ing He takes her forward, and is ready to
| receive her when she comes off"
| "Hh hat sort of a man is hef'
| lie 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 Some time ago she
met Van Zandt, an American singer whom
she well knew in Europe, and threw her arms
around her and said Only dear, have beer
trying all my life to find happiness--tri
everything else but love. 1 have had a title
great society, admission to great houses and
families, but | am happy at last They may
close their doors against ne, but | am
happy!'
Said |: From what side do yo1 uppost
came the courtship in that case.n
DIT must have been by a 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 site aud 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
fesSlOn, came to the rehearsals and on one
occasion, at least, compelled her to order hin
out of the theatre, because in the balcony
scene in Romeo and Juliet he cried out that
she and Nicolini were entirely too earnest in
their love-making. 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 at
tention and sympathy she wanted The worst
about it is that they say Nicolini has g
wife and children. That may trouble her
mind sometimes with the fear that he look,
toward his earlier attachment, which is evel
liable to break out in man. She gets from
him, however, the repect of one enamored Of
her, and her protector. He, of course, occu
pies the more unfortunate position. People
can account for her revolving from a mar
who bought her in order to enjoy the profit.
of her labor; but they may look upon Nico
I'M as not even legally entitled to do that
vet to some extent receiving them. How
ever, he can earn his own independence. HI
does earn it by his voice. She owes to tht
public her talents, not her happiness Never
theless, there is shadow arising from thi:
intimacy, but the law interposes and will moi
allow it to be sanctifed, since she is not fret
from her husband, nor he from his wife"
Does she still haveto pay money to tn,
Marquis de Caux?n
"No The English courts made decision
or a law, | forget which, that when woman
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 HauckF'
"She has married a German journalist
whom l understand to be well-bred person
and also to have respectable means. She i
now the court singer of one of the German
courts. She is an American girl, littl
, willful and jealous, but with some decide
character, and in some parts she is a remark
able singer-such as Carmen
rs Nilsson richf'
nilsson has made much money, but he
marriage was not fortunate in worldly poin
of view. her husband was speculator VIII
took her money and lost it, and went insane
What remained his relatives endeavored t
get. She also lost money in American in
yeStments She is making money, and it
to be hoped that she is more than indepenG
: ent. A little of the peasant adhereS to hel
While singing in New York this winter sh
D 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 til
Cincinnati lady who has been singing in Ne,
York"
ooh, yes. She met with quite loss fe,
days ago. She lives at the Belvedere hote
with her sister. They have rooms on til
b fourth floor. Mad. Pappenheim has room
close by. The Yorke girls, having occasion fc
: a moment to run into Pappenheim's room
+ did not close their door They returned an
J. had to dress for dinner outside When the
1 came back from dinner they found the
watches, jewelry and the sisters purse ha
been stolen. Miss Yorke has been suppor
ing, To some extent, her younger sisters o
q her labors, although she has wealthy unc
in Chicago who ought to come to her su,