Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-03-21
The Favorite Dishes and Manner OF
Eating Of 0p ratio Artists.
Nicolinl in The kitchen-Patti at Dinner
Nine. Sembrich's Eccentricities at Meals
Her Husband a Knife Swallower-henry
Ivino's Fondness for 0ysters-Emma Alb
bolts Peculiarites.
st. Louis Sunday Sayings.

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their peculiarities than is learnt by anybody
else in or around the hotel. Particularly do
they become acquainted with the inside life
of actors and singers. Eating Is one OF the
most prominent diversions that theatrical
and musical artists have while enroute, and
the private waiter is almost continually with
them during the day. A SAYINGS reporter
met one of these p. w. yesterday while the
p. W. was enjoying few hours off, and en-
gagged him in conversation.
YES" said he in answer to a well directed
question, "I have had the pleasure of wait
ing on lots of opera singers and not few
actors. don't like the warblers, though
they're terrible kickers. Do they kick much!
Well I should whistle. Why, they begin
kicking lust as soon as you open the door,
and they never let up until they're in the
hack on the way to the railroad depot.
What do they kick about? Everything, but
principally eating. You set dish before
them, they look at it, explore it with fork,
sniff at it and then turning up their noses
ask IL that's the best we can do in this coun-
try. They keep on declaring themselves
sick of our dishes, our people, our scenery,
and our everything else until one of you
newspaper fellers come in and then they're
dead stuck on all we've got here from the
fog outdoors to the poor ventilation we've
got indoors. Oh, I've heard them
TALK TO REPORTERS
and know the gags they give them better
than the reporters themselves know. What
do they eat? Well, let me see."
Patti" continued the p. W. after slight
meditatory pause, sis good steady all-day
eater, and keeps Nicoiini dancing to and
from the kitchen the whole time she's in a
hotel You see, Mic. superintends all the
cooking for the Madame. She is fond Of the
usual French dishes. Stews or ragouts are
all she eats, and everything must be served
hot. She takes every kind of stew, and
never eats desert, or drinks tea or coffee.
Wine is her only beverage and that fine
brand of claret On days when she sings
she dimes at o'clock and then has lunch
after the performance.
"Nicolini doesn't get left. He can eat
about three times as much as Patti, and
SCOOPS the whole table clean before he lets
up. Me. sometimes takes a bit of roast
meat, but it is only seldom.
"Nilsson eats stews the same as other
singers, and touches no tea, coffee or ices.
It's funny about that; none Of the warblers
will take ice cream; they hold up their
hands In holy horror when you mention the
dish to them. l guess they're afraid of
catching cold. Nilsson gives her orders to
a private waiter and is very particular, but
does not have superintendent in the kitch-
al never served Brignoli but once or twice
when he
DINED WITH NILSSON.
They were here during one engagement and
were always together. BrignOli was hearty
eater. His favorite dish was beef. He al
ways ordered a steak about three fingers
thick, and ate 1t almost blood raw; he
wanted It left on the fire just only long
enough to be warm. He was great wine
drinker, too, and seemed to grab everything
that came his way.
"Campanini eats in the dining room. His
hobby is onions and garlic. Beef, too, he is
very fond of. Salvini, the actor, used to cal
in the dining room too. We had an Italian
in the house who fixed up few dishes fol
him, but beyond this he ordered from the
regular bill Of fare. All the actors with but
few exceptions take their meals i'm the din
ing room. Rossi, l believe, had private
waiter; his fOndness is mushrooms and
watermelons.
Henry Irving has his meals in his rooms
He dimes about pm, and lunches after the
performance His principal dish Is oysters
Blue Points-of which he destroys two OF
three dozen raw at each meal. Besides
oysters he eats freely of fruit, and when he
Is not drinking Apollinaris water he is sip
ping tea. When Miss Terry dimes with hin
the fare is more varied. as the lady partake.
Of meats and washes them down with Eng
lish ale. Irving does not drink wine.
1.-THE wine drinker Is Lawrence Barrett
He gets away with
A QUART OF MUsfM's
Extra Dry at each sitting. Barrett is a ligh
eater. Roast beef dry and well done. with
little pastry suits him. He dimes at ther
walks the floor awhile and then throws him
self upon lounge pulls his coat over him an,
goes to sleep until about 6:45 p. m. when
take him cup OF tea and sandwich an,
see him no more until ten the next morning
The tea he drinks right away; the sandwich
he carries to the theatre and eats betwee
the second and third acts.
"John Mccullough orders from the bill O
fare and eats In the dining-room. I don
know that he has any favOrite dishes.
Fanny Davenport, as you know, is die
ing herself and avoids all dishes containin
fatty or sugary substance. She suffers
great deal trying to keep herself down
acting weight
"BIt there isn't any variety about actor
or actresses eating. i remember the time
when song and dance fellows like Pat ROOF
ey would call for two or three pieces of pi
alta meal, but those days are gone, and a
the dramatic people, except few, eat yer
much like other folks. The singers thong
never fail to interest me; they have got sue
funny ways OF doing things. Nine. Semi
pleased me better than any. She was
A LIVELY LITTLE WOMAN
and was always hollering. Yes, | mes
Nilsson were together great deal. Semi
rich never sat down to her meals. Sh
would wait until you put the first dish O
the table and then would attack it, If
was bread, she grabbed 1t up, broke off
piece, put It In her mouth and went ava
to look out the window while she chewe
on Il. When she got through she came bac
hollering, got piece of something else, an
was of to the window again or else st
walked up and down the room, chewing an
hollering until she took the notion to CON
back for some more. She would eat piece
of roast or fillet of veal but preferred stew
like the others. She took little tea, br
mostly drank claret Her husband, lit
black-whiskered fellow, ate with his knit,
] hate to say this because the Madame wa
kind enough to give me $40, going ava,
and during the week gave me S. BILL"
Tips? Oh, yes, they all fee US at the en-
of the week, giving us IS, 50 or $40, as tn
notion takes them or the amount come
handy"
Society Women Aping the Demi Mond.