New-York tribune., 1884-12-19
cCALCHpS BIG BREAKFAST.
,r, ATOMS OF FOOD TO CoNTRALTos.
,,r,r,y BRANDT NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE HEX
rxrERirNCE.

.,r,x nRAxpr NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE HEX
rxrERirNCE.
,r soeord mart of the programme in the
-, ,,,cy benefit performance came to an END yes
,. ,, I,les IngrahaIn's Court the atennanoc" vi
'asro,t pcrson,gcs OF the proceeding day was IN
sr.,scd hy the presence OF tra"e'h ""''"""' n,""'
.,nown contral;o and mozso-soprano OF the
.ne @ Ne, - opera House Companys singers she cx-
rnear as Que of the solo performers Ia yester
-, r,oeeaings IN showing the cnects OF Mme'
any ,o,s breakfast OF April IL last. which. ac-
-, On the con;ratc. made IL impossipie ior her 70
''"e . rses In 6 Ia prophetic" The hrst thing on
"pPo" "pP,nne was the affidavit OF signhr Ninos, con-
,or Mr. Abbey last year. which was rected py
uu',o' - According TO this. signor Nines had acted
N'. ,,,r all ovor the world (cvilized). lie found on
80, 10 mat there nothing LETT for him Lut 10 pro-
80 are prophcte," and so Natal the septuageharian
s,u-h,v" WAS hurried OF after Nine. Scachi she re-
,.oa ~ sing in the opera. Mr. Abbey walked on the
,sce and after the manner OF a man OF hsconia' SAL"
~ performance; close the house" sisnor Ninesi set
,s,, ,b,, Nine scalchi was prima donna assolnta
60 ,oro, vas exclusively Italian product used TOT
- oopsnmption It meant that its owner was on the
.,,,-,op" shining above a simple prma DONNA MT,
.bhev said the conductor, was not up on ever! oe'"
., onera. but he always acted rs gentleman He was
vster eve nor cOuld he rise to the glory Oh aM'Pc
.on backed by directors ,,,,.
'' TnS 'cpost on OF j. II. Copeston whilom Journalist
,a snrng prgata secretary to Mr. ApDey ICY INC sco
itori ani the world know that he hired Gao uia St
ont TO take Mime. scachi from the spanish n"te. . m
Toprtconih ST. near seventh-ave., to the Meropolhh
oners House on April IL. As lie passed si1tcenth-st
Mr. Copleson took out his watch Its 1nn,' nnt nana
iecged fve points of reaching IL IN. lie fouhn COUNT
InIi Mlne Scalchi and others at breakfast. ne ~
dressed the Count as the nobewan coud speak EgiS @ N
The Cnnut said that Natal had given notice that Mr.
Abbey pnr osed giving lie prophetic" but they all re-
rardcd 1t as jok" AZ any rate @ NINE n W r,nl
sion tried explode the joke theory and Iep@re1l
Mr. stern at this point enesyE1v% ;n and 10 Rycs Rive Jumped
M As one man and protested yehementy 10 be sure
Fraulen Brandt had sung F,dcS on Medhesuas ,, ,at W
fnc Netropoltan and the public might learn anthort-
lively from how much she had eaten before se SAN
how long before size sang sue ate II now neavi
her mentally AID physically, ana .s @ ia D o, iinnd
greatly the true relation CetNeeh solto ""9 Nv ,n
ioo and cont alto ana M Fravin RpSndt
testimony In this line. So with her mal she last..c, =
keep her. 1880 J. m engagement Tor rehearsal at 'e
Mr. Gcfiston rcap2eareh in the gss Q; an mat aiasyit %
Io entered The opera house Too latel The deponent
went to the box-oice for the sad purpose of returning
surely -, ,00o more would have been taken in. -, :.
dieSts already given through his assistant Mr.. stern
then in;erpOsed an objection on the subject ol unas s
declaring that Mr.. Abbey could only nave q counter
rls fSr the actual time in which Mime scach did not
sing AMI that his claim for damages Tor tht amount o
money he returned and would have received was base
Is ne there was no need TO close the Lousc. Judge
Ingraham held this view, thus Limiting Mr H AoneHi
strong point which she faly preciated when was
stage Carpenter Clifford said that the workmen on Apri
II never stopped for lunch. whefeat Nr. klVes suu
Then theirs was not case ot too much luhcht \
smile passed all around. ,
Nine scach telng recalled for another solo, ana
srraking through her boys governess. EvIa lfeNe'
declared that Mr. Copeston said nothing To her OF d9h
ages or of closing the house she had not seen ai,
Kellogg for five years until IN Wednesday Mer reia-
tions to SignOr Nines were not very good Inc gov .
erness after saving cnnlenaly that she had charge o
Nine Scachis little bow, declared tnat sue tnougn'
lie Prophee was put on because OF Signor Nlncs :
site against Nine SCalch. John LAMA mlie every one
smile at his intense efforts to do al the TALKING an eI
tlaning all ahou his position as prOmpcr iOi tmitl
years" The lawyers will begin to sum up the case al
10 q. nj. to-day.