The Indianapolis journal., 1884-11-24
VICTORIA IN A RAGE.
The COachman's Bride Expresses Very
Emphatic Opinion About Critics.

The COachmans Bride Expresses a Very
Emphatic Opinion About Critics.
New York World.
Victoria Schilling Huelskamp appeared at
Steinway Hall on Thursday morning to learn
what the papers had said of her. She ate little
toast and quail and slipped little tea, then she
took a good cry for she was only half through
breakfast when her husband brought in the pa
pers. At 10 o'clock the storm had somewhat
subsided and she received a reporter in her
rooms at the Belvidere Hotel Elegant baskets
of flowers were placed about the room. They
were gifts Of the night before.
80 sing through my nose, 90 Ilr said Mrs.
Sehilling Huelskamp with asperity. taking a
seat on the lounge beside her husband
''Go and ask Mr.. Agramonte wether do or
not Didn't sing at the Chiekering Hall when
| was Miss Morosini, and wasn't | well received
l sang at New York all last season Ihave been
at the Nanderbilts and-and-" and Mrs. Huel-
scamp almost choked with rage as she recalled
the eneomiums received when she was the
daughter of a wealthy banker Her eye then
caught sight of the morning papers lying on the
table and she gathered inspiration. The Post
Dispatch correspondent protested his innocence,
but it was evident she had admitted him for the
express purpose of revenge against the newspa-
per fraternity and he meekly met his fate.
You see those beautiful flowersN she asked in
quick. hard tones. DO you see tbem| she re-
peated Every one has been pucked from those
baskets to give to those dear reporters. Oh, /
love theml The idea of them treating me SC
shamefully. We've always been good TO them;
and to criticise me in that way when they don't
know one note from another think its down
right mean
But all great singers have had to pass
through just such trials suggested the CORE
spondent
DO you think I'm Patti and can dance all
over the stage and make goose of myself 1
came out modestly and made bow aud sang
my aria I'm not forward"
''No, We don't want to make a sensation out of
this affair, said Mr.. Huelskamp The papers
are making all the fuss. They announced the
other day that l was to lead my wife to the foot
lights, so that the audience could see both of us
and get their moneys worth. | didn't do any
such thing. stayed in the dressing room all
the time"
did you feel agitated?o Mrs Huelskamp was
asked.
Yes was. It was my first appearance, and
of course my voice was not in as good condition
as usual; besides have been sick for three
weeks l don't care; | don't care what they say;
I'm going to persevere and Ill succeed if every
paper in the country is against me. 1t makes
me feel bad, but III stick it out now, anyhow.
Your elopemenJ seems to have set the fash
ion all over the country" said the visitor.
Yes" replied Mrs. Huelskamp Il have seen
eases in the papers. don't care if every girl in
New York elopes with a coaehman. l want
something to happen that will turn attention
from US, We can't go out anywhere without a
great crowd following. If we buy ANYTHING and
in the store goes along from clerk to clerk, Just
as if it had been put on the wires"
IF you are to sing it VIII be better to have
such attention than to be entirely ignored was
suggested.
Il suppose so, but we can't 90 out of the
house all day and it's just dreadful. Why last
night man got into the elevator with us and
rode up, and stared me ont of eountenance, and
acted so queerly that he frightened me. We
had to go down again for our room key, and the
man stood in the hall till we came up. He asked
the bell boy where roomed all manner of
questions, but the boy gave him the wrong mum
ber He was in the house all night"
DO you think he WAS an agent of your
fatherF'
mo; but l can't say. My parents have made
so many attempts to reclaim me that | don't
know what they might do. They never have
been so bold as to make an open attempt to tear
me away
In spite of the horrible suspicion that a man
was after her Mrs. Huelskamp returned to the
subject uppermost in her mind. the reporters.
Il know why they SO hateful. l know just
the reason. but l won't tell They know why it
was too but haven't anything to say now,
| because they have done their worst