The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-22
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Nocalled!to Life By tho Musical Debut Of
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Victoria lIuisknnp, ssu,pU
NEw YonK, November ol.-Crowds oI
people, lined tho sidewalk and poured
through the broad open doors Of Steinway
dalllast nlght,to witness tho debut Of Mrs.
Victoria llulskalnp Moroslni, or Nine.
Victoria llulskamp, as she Is now known.
It was not altogether u typical lirst.nirtt
audience. A number Of gentlemen were
in itll dress, and many ladies wore bright
colors. Coupes with coachmcn in ton.
coats, and yellow cabs, whose driycIs
were glad TO have only one, rolled IN
Under The bright gaslighis at The curb, TIT
the majority. Of the people came in horse
cars or on foot. People there were, how.
ever, by the score, md the llow OF silver
dollars through tho little window ut the
box office went on continuously for mn
hour before the performance began,
Ex-Governor Hoffman, with a pink bud
III ms iappeel; Sarony, the photographer.
enn,yeloped in broad plaid ulster; ;ex-Judee
l!ittenhoe1er, tlanked by u score OF youiis
attorneys. passed up the long stairway una
were lost IN the apparently great crowd in
the auditorium. A number OF vocal in.
strtlmontal performances Of which TINT az
Herr Wilhelm Junck is perhaps worthy Of
passing notice, opened the. evening enter.
tainment. Then very pretty little violin
solo was listened to md encorc,l until ,hr
time for the appearance OF the dcbutann
finally arrived. A silence settled on thr
house, foil lowed by Il rustic Of satin Mt thr
stage door, and Mr., Chas. L. Pratt led to
The iootlights the much talked Of bride.
Ihere was II pause OF cxprctution and
the levelins Of II hundred lorencttes as the
icbntantc, without raising her ewes iron,
the music III her hand, stood with stutue.
like conposurc awaiting the first nots
from the piano. Mrs. IIulskamp was
sreetcd with great applause. She was
attire! IN q black satin dress trimmed
with jet, passementcric, cut high TO thr
neck and setting of 4 trim and graceful
iigure. Tho modesty Of her dei,eunor.
l,er cultivated bearing, at once won 70,
nc deb'l,ante all That she could hive de-.
sired, and although She was npryon,
enough Mt first She soon recovered from
this and went through her performunc,
very creditably, She was Disappointing
because she saHg better titan might haye
been expected, but certainly did not give
any indication OF vocal ability or attain,
mentS sufficient 10 warrant her appear.
'nee upon tho CONCERT stage. Her voice
IS Well trained, hnt not ior ,se in public.
y lew OF the upper notes are good and
strong, but her r.nye is very limited ana
the lower notes were feeble and inexpress.
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,''ron being recalled she sang Scndcri's
Don !Dormi Pur.' There was Il little
more sympathy and feeling in her sing.
lng OF this piece, but not enough 10 rouse
any special interest. t".Ad,lio del passaten
from 'Traviuta," was pIeasiurly rendered
lnd won an encore. "llow conM |
Leave You, Then tho due from Lucia
sung with Herr Janck, ended tho enter.
tainment, which III Max Strahosch re.
wes all and little more than
my one expected, but would probably
never create u lurore OH the stage. The
;foen wssa conspicuous featur. in the
TO which II number oi people
were invited. lIc was plainly but taste
!'!lly dress ed i'll regulation full dress, aud
ms halrPlasterca down over The forehead |
N the proper sunday-aiternoon-in.the.
park fashion. ,.r'''s