The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-01

nlghts" were not 30 well attended AZ tho,
might have been. When Patti sune tberf
were good houses" but nothing like til
hooking In OF last year and the year before.
IS not that Patti has gone down in public IL
nation, but that we know now that P,t,yill
come again, as they all do, to this land o,doi-
lars There is no installing the fact thu Patti /
mas taken from Missions adorers some hat In
'nis CITY OF liked principles and theors' Up
on mat band of worshipers who flowed TO
applaud Nilsson twelve years ago, 'he lovely,
osrk-eyed little Patti has had no sfect They
went 10 The concerts of last winsr and vowed
tney mad rather hear Nilsson sir solos in coz
cert than hear Patti in all the sing and glory
Vi the opera. But the personal beauty OF Pat
VI the immortal youth of Ter, as she stands
before the people, together with her wonderful
unstrained voice, has a seft of enchahtmeht for
multitude of perschs which n'thiDg can
equal There has been kind of caze about
ago at sere, ever since she expenditures years
ty in spite Of Hell looking like girl Of TWEEN
appears now there ssenys years, "isnesee enc
people who flock to see her FIR ~ au,.
onls purpose OF discovering the secet Of her
sos'aiei appearances, for their talk ,ftarwaras
ana 'ndeed in the intervals of IL, 80 sa
is NOS OF the singing VI the Diva, An
youtn and beauty During one Of he " no
iormances one Of these interested pers aS' per
overheard saying to her companion was
do you suppose it can be real? Rnt;+,.
not, how does she do it? Look at Ao, ~.
and those on times and the skim Can
have gone through all these years and come
out like this without artificial aids? But il
there is anything artificial or made up about
those outlines, how does she do it?"
When Sarah Bernhardt was here there was
this constant question of reality or artifciality
Sarah was not beautiful like Patti, but off the
stage in parlor she was prettier woman
than when before the footlights I saw her at
the Hotel Vendome the day after her first an
pearance. was sitting very near her. and
the light from window was striking directly
IN her face. In that light her skin looked as
fine as child's, and her hair had lovely
child tint of red gold. The chambermaid on
the floor where mademoiselle h ad her rooms
declared that she knew all about it. that
hair and complexion and everything was
"real"-hadn't she seen "Miss Bernhardt
wash her face like anybody in a great basin of
cold water" have no donbt the chamber
maid might have been entirely in the riebt.
but she had fallen in love with Sarah, as most
people had who came in contact with her in
any mental capacity. There were dreadful
stories even then told of the great artists tenn
per, but she never showed it in Boston. The
people at the Vendome tell now of her suavitv
and sweetness. "She liked everything we did
for her and she said So remarked one of these
TO me net long since, when speaking of her in
comparison with an actress of less fame and
talent. The general verdict is that It is not
the great artistes who make the most tronhle
in hotel, but the small ones.
"hiie the fd5less are tuning mn for the
operatic entertainments, peopse. ara bestirr;no
themselves to keep pace with their socla, ohl;
cations. The great lights--Arnold, CapeI and
Gable, have been succeeded BY Pere Hva-
cintne. The latter has made very pleasant !.
impression. Phillips Brooks received him
with great cordially, and the Pere spoke from
trinity pulpit. He has been giving few lee
lures at one of the small halls to good audi.
ences The night that he first appeared at
Trinity church there was great crowd. 1t
was the minority who could understand him
lfor he spoke in French, and with rapidity),
but people were curious tesoe the man who
had dared the Re.-aa church-who had doffed
the esiiSate's robes to marry, at the same time
that he vigorously held to his right according
TO the older Catholic laws of being minister
Of God His whole attitude toward religion.
bis hberaiity and lexibility have all together
made him many friends here. His VS. are
u accordance in many essentials with the
views of the Escrai protestant churches. He
would place the Bible In every hand.n he
lays. He calls his present standpoint that of
The Reformed Gallican Church. This church
puts the Bible. into every hand, but saws 1t ia
% be accepted more and more in spirit and
not alone in letter. The reformed church does
not teach the infallibility OF man. At baptism
t does not ask 'Do you believe in the Pope?,
put do You believe in God" He spoke SO warm
y OF DIR. Charming, giving hin the foremost
'ank among religious teachers, that he might
have been Unitarian of the most decided
There has been q good deal of
juliet hospitality extended to the Pere, not so
much by the lion hunters as by the earnest
opinions, and the courage with which he had
carried these opinions into practice. His little
ION, Paul Loyson, has been an object of con-
siderable interest, and has accompanied his
ather in most of his visits. To see the eager.
intelligent look of this little French boy. with
,he American blood in his veins, his quick
glance at his father for sympathy or approval.
md the priestly fathers fond responsive
glance, is very pretty, and tells very pretty
story of domestic life.
A very interesting event took place this af- |
ernoon in the Old South meeting house-the
lnveiling of the Harriet Martineau statue.
rhe statue is the work of Miss Wbitney. II,
the long-talked-of statue proposed Just after |
Miss Martineau's death as a memorial for |
America, in consideration and honor of her |
'taunch advocacy Of abolitionism during the |
I'D trying time. The money for this purpose
vas contributed by friends in England, New |
England and New York Miss Whitney, the |
rtist, sat in retired place during the ceremo- |
lies, and afterwards only as the throng passed |
'ut was she discovered and congratulated By |
he friends who CHANGED to see her.
Mrs. Livermore was the presiding officer, |
md after reading the report of the committee,
he made an eloquent address on her own part,
wherein she eulogized Miss Martineau in glow
ng words as a pioneer of thought and action
n all that was progressive and noble Will |
lam Lloyd Garrison, jr., followed Mrs. Liver
more in briefer address, where he spoke of
lis father, and the old days, and the position
4 Miss Mariineau towards this great cause
nth much warmth.
Lastly came Wendell Phillips. 1t is SO sell
ON that Mr.. Phillips comes before the public
ow that the public are more and more clam
rous when he does come. The courteous ap-
lause which had welcomed the other speakers
urst forth into that peculiar enthusiasm OF I
demonstration which no one but Mr.. Phillips
GEMS TO call forth. ia nestsn now He began
uietly at first in simple statement of old facts.
ut as he went on his voice rose up with some
hing of the old passion that fred it in the old
lmes, as he dwelt upon those long gone days
hat meant SO much for the country and that
1ade that country's history what it is. His
ulogy of Miss Martineau was not less than
hat of Mrs. Livermore's, and as he ended,
ointing to the white marble figure before him,
nth that peculiar grace of movement for +
vhich he is noted, he paid q final tribute to
Iov Ito, hop |