The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-18
PEERLESS PATTI.
Her Large Income aud Costly Tx.
trayagance.
How the Diva and Nlcollai pass Their
Lives.
scraps from The Slager's Life story

"Hov much money does Patti receive Tor
u c,unot 'ell you; hut II must he very
large L enc 0liy sang once a week hal the
year she would get about $4,000. tup-
pose that ehr receives ali ~ that per nnnuni'
Still, she must DO under considerable eI'
pense. She has q oasllcin Wales, where ehs
spends very much oi her time. Even when
she sings IN LondOn twice week she viii
come down all the way from Wales 10 doso
She can run down IN seven or risht hours
and 80 back again"
"NloOlini, | suppose, lives theftf'
He watches ~ her dressinr'room doof
every night SHE sings, 10 he gitruitve To ali
her wishes. You can zee him here II 80
should be ON the Stage whenever she y
dressing. He tak,s her forward, anu IL
ready 10 receive her when the Comes
on."
"What sort Of man Is hey
Gle has been very much misrapreRen ted
He IL \ gentleman; an artist, man OF re-
! fined feelings and OF thorough taste. HIS
voice Is PROBABLY not as good az q was, shd
she is not M young Ms she Saa, but sue ~
hsppy with the man, Some Time ago she
met Van Zlhdt, an American singer whom
she well knew in Europe, and threw her
arms around her ana said. My dear, |
have been trying all my life 10 find happi.
nesi-tried every thing else but iove. l
have had n II 10, reA' society, Omission TO
great houses and families, but | am happy
at last. They may close their doors against
me, but Gm happy
TuE ATFAIR WIN THE MARQUIS.
Said /: From what side do YOU suppose
came the courtship Ia the castf'
cit must have b. en- by littlo error on
every side. la the FIST place Paurs Lus
band, the Marquis de Caux, was jealous,
! sordid, unsaiisiyink man. The slly en-
/ press OF the French, 10 belriend MN SET up
| the scheme that Pdtti should get his iitie
aud the marquis grt her money. Each
bought the otuer. Yet sne desired 10 ave
with him peaceablyl but he could not
make allowance Tor her profession, come TO
the rehtarsGls, aud on on occasion, at
least compelled her TO order MN oui OF
the thealer, because Ia the balcony scene
i'm Romeo and juliet he Grief out that sne
and Nicolini were entirely too earnest IN
their loye-making. Her natural feelings,
her iase cOnditi n, her emotional
nature fastened tO such sneak
as Do CauN, she probably found
nearer her original rink me
attention aud Hympaihy she wanted. Ihe
worst about it Is that they FAY Moo lni has
a wife and children. That may trouble her
miud sometimes with the lear that he l0oks
iowa DIS his earlier attachment, wmch is
ever liable % break ont in mau. She gers
from him, however, the respect OF ore
eunmaed OF hey and her protector lie,
% c0ur.v, occupies Zoe more unfortunate
position People can account 'ur het re-
voting from mIu who bought her an or
der 10 tul'y i"e 'T"is %. h,i laooIi pu'
thry may Look upon N!C1liniH not even ic.
cBIly enuttu lJ 90 tuut yet Co some extent
receiving ihCm. However De eau earn i3
own iudeupud nee lie DOES earn 10 by his
voice. She owes io One public
uLaTALEETs. F1r HEH HhlPiN Eis'
rNaverih.It.s. there is q shadow arising
from tnis intimacy, bat the law intCrposes
and will not allow DO 10 .e saucuned, since
she is not free from her husband nor he
from his wife"
DOCS she still have to pay money to the
Marquis de CauXf'
mo. The English courts made decis-
ion. or a law, / forget which, that when
woman WAS earning her living by her own
labor her husband could not take from her
The recompense. Patti can sing In Fiance,
too, understand, and get her money now
De Caux endeavored TO get her lewelry At
the time she was 10 leave him. He proba-
bly saw that she meant to go, as they ngd
ouarreled, without tears. But she sent
word TO her agent TO have her jewels locked
up in the Bank Of England, aud he could
Lot touch them" -,
ooh, yes, she is remarkable woman.
She is one OF the best liz GUSTS In the world,
Hardly prince in Europe, educated as
they are In the languages, eau speak as
many as Patti. She can address you in al
most any language spoken in Europe. She
has warm nature, is a beautiful actress
indeed, is one OF those almost tropical
products where genius is inborn. Wealthy,
world. renowned, not yet old, woman
looking for some relief in domestic life from
her excitements. she could hardly make
love to any greater singer, but he would
feel the Invitation. To this man Nicolini
she has been perfectly true, is deeply
wrapped up Ia him, and therefore, Is fulfill
ing her engagements with the nations be-
cause she is happy. In the wretched con-
dition she once lived in, or eveh in maiden.
hood her voice might have passed away"