New-York tribune., 1884-11-03
PATTI AGAIN IN NEW-YORK.
MR.. MAPLEsoNs TROUPE ARRIVES.

Inc tUy OF Berlin, which arrived OH quarantine
early yesterday morning, hal on board no less a
person than James II. Mapeson, formerly manager
OF Her Majesty's Opera Company. and at present
manager Of tho italian Opera Company. which this
day week will make its appearance Mt
tho Academy OF Music. With Mr.. Mapleson was
hs entire opera company. the only members not on
board tho CITY of Berlin being Madame Patti. who
arrived however. yesterday on tho Oregon. ana
Mile. Emma Nevada who will sail IN veeks tiins
from, the other aide upon tho Urania. Az good
looking. bigh-spifitcd aud ecninl m ever MIR. Ma
peson walked Into tho Ncw-yorh Hotel
about II n. NJ aud secured his usual
room which luckily happened to he vacant Iie
shook hands with the whole establishment aud
called them collectively aud individually his dear
boysn, placed rliuce hot house rose In his button
hole. and thus armed for victory strobe forth O his
battle ground. the Academy, where for the next few
hours he plunged into the details Of tho operaic
campaign. Ne iheu vent on board the nlachbrd,
which had already steamed WI the hay with III
sctiptons Uf welppine aud a setehadna band 10
maei hin hnh went oil to meet Nine Patti, ~ The
Oregon had hpeu sahipi.
NJ, MAfitsuN ~ ctsthN iintHrs,
When bp had returned ahl had bpeh tpfinehnh
ht hiH dhnhf, iha gallant tUluhinai=ntlnhhl hhh
apefaiosmanaeef pfnsaei one chubby hnee 0vef ihe
either ali lhnn dis nufaei
hid you hnar ut iha trouble we had with tho
Cuslom House officers Nof Wa dear hoy, u
was The funniest thing imaginable You know the
WIGS used by the chorus people are their own peon-
liar property and as hay have been IN uso for hye
or hix wears hcy were ilttle used-np last year.
We accordingly took them over to Z
man tSo II LoSdp Sd" S o Gs made ' Them "9S so
new that the customs people swore nat they we're
new. We swore that they were old and there
were lots OF swearing generally. They SAID the
.tnrn alni has A. unf N
| As yOn know, that baggage usually CONSISTS of u
| pocket handkerchief, so the clam was absurd.
Then An elc that half the chorus were bald,
and therefore their wigs were necessity. All to
| no purpose. We had 10 nay the duty under protest,
| and Tomorrow there will be procession OF hity-
| four dark -visaged Italians down to the Custom
House to swear that their wigs are tools oil their
| trade. 49,
| the Backbirl to meet Adelipa. The band had bccn
and the members were all tired out. Only two
Patti with two uomboues, could we SO we sent
| them home to sleep with the horns aud the drum
aad started without a band. After good deal of
| trouble got ALONGSIDE the Oregon ana went Oh
| board and put nv foot in i at once
" Put yOur foot in what T.
a bucket oi dirty water. 1t was mighty cold
| can tell you too, dear boy. Then when
| Patti was ready we found that permit OF some
SORT was necessary before we could take her on
We went to Quarantine, saw the doctor VINO Is a
| mighty nice fellow, and got line from nm, WIN
| winch we returned to the Oregon. Patti was Just
ready to step on board when she shrieked out for
her parrot I think Ben Butler is ts name. She
must have Ben with her. The blessed parrot
was found at last, and Patti got safely on
board, but she lost ono of her maids. HQW--
ever she was glad to escape spending the nlght
on board. and with her diamonds on one
side aud the bird on the other we got her safeiy 70
the dock and so on to the Windsor where she Is
now."
THE PROSPECTS or TIE OPERA SEASON.
"Uow did vou manage about Nine. PATHS guar
| antecsv
Mr. Naplesou winked portentously as he an
swcrcd: 1--WE won't say much about that just
now dear boy. Well see what the directors are
| going TO do about It. but for the present we'll be
mapuanimou4 might refer to last sea on aud say
that should be surprised if the British Govern
meut were to attach Sir Garnet Wolseley $
sword and uniform when he returns victori-
Gus from Khartoum. But Will not
| draw any parallels. ] have. returned az u con- con-
onrror Italian opera nj the metropolitan has van
| shcd from existence. | paid Patti SS.OOO III cash.
| thinking that the directors would as usual guar
| ont.e ,ile amount Of the assessment when conih
| nav her the other $4,000. tho remainder oi the
a,nount of the last SIX nVnts of her engagement hi
| 81. 600 night. WelI, there was some nltnn. 80
managed to persuade her that II womld bc ~ rlgn'
| md she has come imagine il Will be all right.
| inere was something said in the telegrams apont
| Nilsson which don't understand. suppose they
| mean Nevada
VINO FORM rnE COMPANY.
| "As 10 your companyF
"That will surprise you all. have been ever
snce left here living on the railroad. travelling
from London TO PARIS, to Milan. to Vienna Dodg-
ing the ouarantine aud rsking thc chocIn ~ NV
easy work. have got magnificent company n nnn
! there IA ho' o,,s,sS noN,s,,S annuly the de.
fcicncy. There is Nevada for instance I,ne,,
Aud there s cetti whose voice IL oi ssa' M ,,sn" ria
| and rcnness reminding me oi dear od ll,chs'
| t arcinnli. my leading tenor. comes nrNt 10 ini
agno ID Mosinl. lie ~ young goon-iooI@,nR @ a""
hoa n auuerh voice, DE Anua, the Leading Oailtohc,
has voice equal to GaIassLs yolco hoh LOU,
years ago. He has the high notes which
| nowadays are Indispensable 20 oati'9nes, r,e,
Bassctti, my secoud tenor - IN American from
| Io,,,u lila real uA,ue IL liassntt and he has u
| charming voice Scalchi, Lahlncbe ana 'he'u-
bini I need ANY nothing about, an yo" al A"o"
" hen you aptlcipato u good sea9on -. ,,.
Tho best have ever had. raiti opens ~ ,.nr ,nr
ab'e' nc"y "syd tue w, "S''" ope" ' ia ~ La Son.
uan,buhJ feel that tho way ~
clear before mo . ana Tim. Tim, I',pn paI,,
that th" fact OF ~ being 'ho ,N, WV" w"h m NV
favor. Of courrc. though. expect the directors
wall help me to some rNIon'.
A CHAT WITH MME. rAili'
| Modome Patti, sign0r Nicolmi the parrot ana
thc diamonds. arrived at the Windsor liotel aboht
half-past o'clock last evening. M"dal.'
Patti was dressed in ciose-h'
ting dark travelling dress brisn'eie'
by u brilliant scarlet plastron IN 'front.' enc
seemed thoroughly wearied, and her first saiuta-
| tOn was:
lam so tired that | can barely speak AN
delighted to have got back, though II was ut 'ho
| expense of tedious, rough voyage. ieei ih'i"i'
choly, too ior tins Is really and positively '"o i"''
| time shall come to America"
| Have you passed pleasant summer
"Delghtful. We had lots of Americans STOP
ping with us at the Castle, ana 'no p pi'o'
arovs dearer 10 me year after year
! sang in Liyerpool Just before sailing at the Phi!-
harmonic, but before that had good ohg rest res,'
We hal very rough voyage over anu 'no no poos ~,
steward tell and broke his leg. ihGh a S @ ahomi
Maplcson came on board, he told me nP aoIuI