New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06


of child this morning 20 the church whers was
baptized. TO be placed on the altar. They are bet
ter there than decking ont my parlOr II the
] least | might do. | really think that # God
had not helped me last u ght | must have broken
| down after an the worry and torment ah0Ut those
| wretchel dresses, aud the knowledge when I was
on the stage that they were a. unsuitable "a they
! could be. As there has been for some day7
charity fair overhead the noise 81 the people coming
and going and walking from stall 70 stall distracted
| me. But was praying 9ll the timc thar was rot
singing IN the first act. ana that kept noe mp did
not show any sign Of wea ,lness to the public in the
| fountain scene. But | think | should
! have gone off the stage 10 cry had II not
! been for the lady who seconded nc
! When first turned my back o the fooJhghr- and
walked toward the fountain, mentally cried. God
/ help me. She said: Courage. Courage. l
whispered / can't got on Courage size re-
! peated. | suddenly took heart and did not iear
! failure for the rest Of the evening. But between
the first and second acts father thou ght well 20
make me drink strong broth and Bordeaux vine, a.
! | had been unable 10 eat in the daytime. 7 then
felt that it would not do 10 get fairly well through
| ny ordeal. II was necessary 10 do my best But
! as was unused to the theatre was uncertain
! about the pitch which l should give TO my voice.
At the Opera C0miquc | had TO put forth al IFS
| power
! One Of the trials OF the evening was the stage
! irexperience Of GayGUf. lie was more like IN
CT clio in his treatment Of me than an EdJGlaO. lie
more tlan simulated jealous rage and knocked me
about in good earnest, and flung me a. hard IS be
coud on the boards Luckily knew how 30 fall.
II did not mus; have been seriously hurt. kept
my wrists out Of his hauds much as / could. be
| cause / was afraid that if lie seized
them. ugly black marks would ne the con-
sequence. There were times. TOO, when
was at a vocal Disadvantages owing 10
tn, tremendous power with which he gave ont
his notes in the angry passages. Gayarr6, in the
softer tones IL the most delightful tenor that l
know, He ought to have been more pathetic and
less violent. However, in way his violence did
ne good. It made me forget everything but my
part | was AFRAID Of the scItuo,. bur having
warmed up and grown forgetful Of everything that
cowed me or made me hesitate, all fear vanished
and sang as | should have done were the whole
audience formed Of old friends"
In the dreaded slcflOr the finest vocal and other
qualities of Emma Nevada came ont. The spanish
tenor has strongly Accumulated phvsiOsnomy
One would say that the emotional side If his uatnre
was formed at buI-fghts. His voice "a not infe
ror in its soft. yelled tones 20 Marios, and il IS
capable of expressing the most stormy passion. As
an OtheilO he would be inImitabe.
Emma Nevada lives wiJh her father III spacious
fat ii the Rue Phasburg which is situated in the
new quarter that is growing up around the Pare
de Nonceau There is no pTetenslon 70
luxury in any of her surroundings.
Cheap carpets are spread over the floors. here is
just enough of furniture for convenience and II is
OF plain sort AZ l have mentioned, theatrical
trophies are sent Catholic church. and there
nothing anywhere symptomatic OF vanity OF self
worship. was after waiting for q few moments,
shown into the singers bedroom. She sitting
propped mp with a pillow. The hedstead was OF
vanished pItch-pine, cuItained with very cheap
printed calico. A knitted white cOyerlet was
thrown over the feet There was pile OF the
morning papers beside the cantatrIce. A.
she faced two windows looking south-a po-
stiou IN which a French cdntatTIce si-er "a
fatguing theatrical evening would never allow
visitor her-I could well study her
conntenance i cruciix was above her head. On
one side of the bed there was large japanese
screen. which, with an immense looking and
the object of piety just mel, were the only cost
.v pieces of furniture IN tie chamber Ino.iaed
that the plllow-case was peri"cty PLAIN and the
II AInedt ll' sa-LleAl wa. 81 !e'oste.
Miss, AeyadaS way brown mar va
timely 55 5Te4 BorgHP weak 5 57e ra ae .1g y
W1zom, her father, came IN soon after dld. and
whom be had gwen her spoonful o. tonic MY
turr sat down on The side If the bed The quiet al
lection expressed f. III manner was a. tJL ming rs
her Chi like confidence in him. observed thar
Whenever size aive the talk which ran 0u between
IA re,l aous turn. hs went 20 the window, or 10
walk about the room. sic could not help express
3ll Tie tavor which the journals showed Ler
was o cause OF religions th3qktrl1e she
was agea4biY surprised to lind thar tA'
radical ones, which il wss 20 DE imposed LI 1ap-
tsn would nave turned ~ iIn'i re- were --.d t-t
in some highly euIo-i-tlc. Vi. Wins article
| ia Ia IigrO was 10 The same ,tdin, which, iLdt
critic being IN comp Iel musician. E1. thing
I I'D De-
has much more breadth than one finds Iwgug Euro
pean veTts.n Sue talks more like a Methodist OF
( deep conviction, than person reared by INK
vc,sdst father and Pra-by teIldl missionary. i
gives her evident plcesure ~ think over pr0rlden
! tiIi lcadmgs.' " hen she was chatting WITH nc
Years ago dear friend made me n present ola
book which long daily read and hope 70 read 10
tae end Of my HE 1t Is called rood Tor
erclse be ed on text from the BiDle. nave been
struck with the coincidence between III events Of
my life aud tie texts the beads OF tho lessons
for the days which such occurrences took place
For some time have not regularly taken NY Food
dressmaking ] got so tired that l
had to sit down win my aTpps
f COCK and T Ts1 to f laaiSn Tie dl 9f
! thing did in opening il TO see what was the
text Tor the day Of my baptism. II was: Verify
say unto you. except man be born Of water and
the Spirit he cannot enter INTO the Kingdom OF
God. then looked TO SEQ, what VIZ the teZt for
| yesterday, the day OF my debut II was; 'UneSS
We become cOuveTte !, aud a. a little child, &c shan
| not enter into the kingdom OF heaven
Miss Nevada emphasized the word % converted, 70
! from which | imagine that she wished 70
! infer that conversion 10 Roman Catholicism was
! ,ental 70 eternal happiness had no wish 10 !
| argue the point but suggested that conversion
| from vanity and from beng wise in ones con-
ceit TO a state OF childish simplicity Of mind, was
essential 10 every kind of mental moral growth.
/ Without this simpeneS- and snglcns9s OF mludtt
/ " impossible to attain greatness Of any sOIt.
scientific had 10 put away small prlde. and, Ia
| facing truth 30 enancipate themselv YES from pre-
conceived ideas. one Of the greatest
! cases Of freedom from egOtism was
/ Shakespeare One never found 2 trace Of
| " self or moi in his writings. He tells us