Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-28

n succession OF white lace RIFLES aud a
crimson velvet bodice, deco iete and was
rpsplcndent with ylori aus diamonds
worth dozen forum es. She was
pretty when n girl If 'ier photographs
taken then do her no more than JUS
tice but now her beauty Is more sub
dued and mellow. out still sufficiently
ravishing &, capture and hold the eyes
not only Of the lnen but of the women
too. She is not exactly petite, but just
large enough to luok commanding,
and lust small enough towel, TO
make her winsome. Atlantis voice Is
fuii, rich and wonderfully trained. hut
ii Is lacking in the flute-iike and bird
like notes which are the characteristic
features of PATHS voice. Surely
though never did bird warble half so
swettly, nor Lutte give forth sounds
half 20 enhancing. Albani sings from
notes, but Patti came on the stage
without them and with her hands
clasped in front of her. She was very
graceful rs she sang 1.-THE Bells"
or course she was encored
and hal to repeat, but
one repetition didn't near satisfy the
crowd They demanded more, and in
spite of the fact that even n single rep
]
rules of the hall, the audience would
not be quiet until she second time
repeated the last notes. Atlantis see
ond song Part y was as pretty rs the
first and fully as well executed, and
her special admirers did not fail to call
! her back for "a second repetition.
! PATHS second song was John Howard
| Payne's "Home, Sweet Home" and
never before was ii sang so sweetly. /
have heard it n thousand times and |
have heard good singers sing ii, but |
/ never had before n perfect conception OF
| what perfect ballad singing was. The
last notes died away in meloaious
whisper and The singer was gone be
! fore the audience recovered sufficiently
from the enhancing effect of the music
to appreciate the fact. But when they
did notice that She was gone you ought
! to have heard the encore. 1t was kept
up full five minutes before she
would return. when she sang
the old.time favorite within II mile of
Edinburg town" Need / say she
sang it only as Patti could sing it?
/ And need add that it made that vast
audience of five thousond souls wild
with delight? They called for her To
come back II second time, but she re-
fused. The conductor tried to stop
the demonstration by giving the sig
nal for the orchestra to begin, but at
the first indication of this kind the
Juror was renewed, and the orchestra
had to wait. Again Mons. Dupont
tried to put stop to the clamor, but
the crowd would not cease their cries
for the favorite / don't think | eX-
aggerate when / say this uproar was
kept up full fifteen minutes, the
/ whipped-out conductor in the mean
time sitting down with his arms folded
across his breasts and an expression OF
intense suppressed rage on his natu-
rally not cheerful physiognonly. AT
last Patti condescended TO appear once
more on the stage, only to
smile on the crowd and
to kiss her hands to Monsieur
the conductor, when she again went
below. 1t was really very funny the
way these actions were received by the
crowd. They laughed aid shouted,
but renewed their cries for Patti
and believe would have stayed there
shouting for an hour had not Madame
Stahl, taking advantage of Il temporary
lu.l in the storm took her place pre-
paratory to the singing of selection
from Meyerbeers lie Prophete. A
London audience sometime grows wild
but il never forgets what the rules OF
courtesy demand. They wanted Patti,
but as soon as Madame Stahl appeared
they were silent, but for them the
soul of the entertainment was gone
and while respectful, they manifested
no pleasure at Eer singing which was
really fine. She was followed 10y
Signor De Reszke, who by the way has
| 4. I h.an ri
and he sang wonderfully well, but he
too received only formal and heart.
less encore The programme called foi
grand march from Suonod 10y the
orchestra, but as soon as DeResZkC
had bowed himself out of sight ther,
was Il dignitied rush for the exit and
the orchestra played to thoroughly
unappreciative audience.
mentio Ncolino, not to common
on his voice which is good only, no.
on his singing which did not compar,
with De Reszke's. But as the HUSBAND
(?l of Patti he is an object of interes
to those who admire her. He is nc
longer Young man, being evidently
middle aged, but there is much char
acter in his face and it impresses on'
with the idea that he Is man of N
little force. You hear he has II living
, wife and a family ofgrown-up children
, but neverlh less he is TO all intent
! and purposes the husband of Patti
He has charge of all her business mat
tiers, and in public and in pri ate /
!. recognized as the successor (whethe
! legal or illegaD of the Marqui
: de CauX, who now that TIL
divorce court has interferre'
; is no longer the manager (de .jurel q
! the finances of his late wife. Surel
the music-loving world has curiou
= disregard for the proprieties. 1t woi
) ships at PATHS shrine, and even re
ceives hevin private with quite rs mucl
: honor as they accord her in public, il
u spite of the fact that no ecclesiastica
: henediction and no legal decree Ina
J blessed and recognized the RELATIONSHIP
: which she and Nicolini bear to eac
! other. But then didn't George Elliot
y live as the wife of Mr.. Lewes while hi
!, poor crazed wife was still an inmate {
a mad-house. And didn't the worl
: 20 wild over Sarah Bernhard long b'
= fore she gave To Monster Damala til
u legal right to "boss" the Bernhard
. BOYS. who no TO that time had neve
e experienced the luxury of knowing
!. father?