Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-05-08

fi,.iit, II the stage. were joyfully welcoming
b q -Hi,t!iu;e. They found. wrote these
g t,,!l witnesses Nile Van Zandt perfectly
3 Iii mentally. though in great grief ard
4 ,nIav, faint. PROSTATE. pallid. shiverins.
".pn-. hut eohtr-ah, very sober!
In French musical journal | find re
e. r,lcd circumstance which l doubt if
cur home papers have noted, but which
throws n strong light on those French
MORAL. and manners which some Ameri-
can, are 80 eager to copy. Marie Van
bandit was tina, night not only tortured
i,.thm the OPP RI Comque but prosecuted
,rfh""t. \ mob of. it was estimated, five
hundred persons posted itself about the
artists entrance to howl at and hiss her
when She should seek to leave the house.
Shrinking with terror from tue attempt to
run the gauntlet between files of these saw
a1c, of civilization. she was actually COM
l.llcl. in her suffering state. to remain at
the theatre until half past one in the morn
inE. and even thea she could not escape her
turmcntorS. \ score of weii-,lressed wretches
--,ome of them doubtless with flowers in their
uttonholcs-escorted her to her carriage,
closed around it and pursued 1t with misses
and wells These gentlemen should be rep
r,srntatIvcs of his Mur,lerous Majesty of
Burinah or the King Of the Cannibal Islands
| must admit. however that the most savage
version of the Van Zandt inclent'-the
most furious attack on the poor little Storm
lcatcn singing bird have seen was in an
american paper. Though one published i'll
lari>. AMI in TIE French language Ii AZ
Isarcl On The dreadful next morning "A
/ uc. violent, absolutely ferocious article. in
which all the sins ever charged against the
ynunE prima donna, of wiiifulnesS. arrogance.
Ir'tHlancc AMI caprice, were stcrnly recapitu-
Ia rl AMI condemned from a lofty height of
manly strength and virtue, and the culprits
immediate dismissal insolently demanded Of
VI. Carvalho director of the Opera Comique.
II seems that this storm of disaffection and
opposition had been for some time brewing
for the charming but changeful and whinisi-
cal American singer. think very likely she
knows better how to make than to keep
i'irnl>-iS captivating but careless. Her
cu,,n,cs have probably been recruited from
her admirers. ! am afraid that no young
singer, however pretty or piqu0nte. can long
H. popular in Paris among opera hdGitH,s
if. not content with reveling in popularity,
he has the weakness to hang on to respecta-
hity and respectable mother-if, in short,
She is not ready to become ''all things
Ia all men, especially barons and
bankers. In my slight, late acquaint-
ancr with Mile. Van Zandt | saw not much
harm III her. except the light-heartedness
and observation-disclosures sometimes held as crimes
10y elderly, dignified, discreet and serious
MINDED people. For her. it is true, the world
seemed too much narrowed down to the stage
of the Opera Comique, with certain little
HDild pddiSc- .imcricdiae in the center She
seemed Ia me to be in danger of intoxication
from more heady Wine than champagne
the extravagant adulation of the French
IrcsS and Of elegant, idle admirers locking
round her. Glowing tributes to her voice,
with it, peculiar, vclvety quality, its clear,
ringing. yet sweet and tender tones,
-hc might have wi:lstood, as an art
ist. knowing how at any hour an ac-
cident or sudden illness might take
that golden gift from her; but far
more hurtful were tributes to the charms of
her manner, arch and saucy, yet full of
certain grace; her quaint elf-like prettineSs;
Ter hayward, willful, witching ways. Once.
! remember. a leading Paris journal, after
reading her a pretty severe lecture on certain
caprices. unprofessonal and dsrespectful to
her public. added Yet we love her, in spite
81. perhaps even because of, her faults. She
II Inimitablc. adorable Now, how can "a
young and joyous creature nuItured on the
swcctmeats and new wine of such fattery,
gain strength and prudence to carry herself
always with sure step and level head"
in the cnvied but frightfully difficult and
dizzy career Of famous public singer! 1t is
like walking across Niagara on tigst-rope
Only through such trials as that endured by
Van Zcndt, AMI which, bitter Us it is, may yet
prove blessing. can the necessary BRAIN
| s.eady!ng and ner,e-bracing be obtained
!; VIII teach the once ret.cI favorite Of
Fs,noh public how unreliable is the homage
| Of people who would think no more of
di>crowning Marie Van Zandt than Of
drCapitating Marie Antionette 1t will
show Ecr how utterly without heart or sin
ccr.ty was the devotion OF musical critics
who loved her because of her faultS'-tie-
,oiion which they were quite ready to
transfer to another object ut the bidding of
national jealousy.
Certain patriotic French journals, on the
solemn occasion Of the trGnsGrcssion and fall
of The strange singing woman las the
Uaahers used TO designate Jenny Lind, or
Jane l.i-nd1, preached war Of absolute
prescription against foreign singers crying:
send them all out of the country! Allow in
| our operas, concerts and Conservatives only
French artists" Let them do it; let them
deprive themselves of young American
VOICES, which, they admit, have in them
something. rich and strange" something of
the freshness and joyous freedom of the new
world. something of the clearness and brill
ancy of its atmosphere. Let them at the same
time prescribe all Italian singers and COM
posers. masters and methods, and see to
what bowling wilderness of native talent
| French opera would be reduced.
Nile. Van Zandt is still under bonds to the
| Opera Comique. She will return there
hravely, though reluctantly, and will, l
doubt not. sing down her enemies, as Emusic
hath charms to sootbe the savage breast"
Whatever the event, hope the semi-Ameri-
can journals Of Paris. at least, will "call or
their dogs" The ill Will expressed by them
ON various occasions during the past year or
81 Las, have been repeatedly told, an ex-
| PLANTATION and an origin personal and rather
"t'y. It is On open secret that the little
| Gr~ 81 the Opera Comique had the ill luck
or the unwisiom to MORALLY offend tha
queen Of the American colony. have been
tod tin; the spoiled Child of song and Sic
COS, thinking herself grievously sighted, and
forgetting in her hot temper the respect due to
G,;". position and colossal fortune, uttered
>'nnr of those unfortunate things (which one