Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20


told me, when | cutercd his COMPANY,
that to be a success prima donna must
have good voice, energy, energy, energy,
be linguist, but especially have energy /.
Well | never have been accused OF
lacking Il, I'm one OF those creatures
you rarely lind q healthy woman, and that
you know has great deal TO do with
keeping one In good spirits"
SOMETHING Auour sCFNrs.
"Dcoth and Insanity scenes I've studied
great deal. CroiEette set all Paris wild
by her great death scene IN "Sphlnx." II
was actually rumored tho French wilt
believe almost anything that the deathly
palor on her tace WAS produced by a
powerful poison, FOR (which she afterwards
took an antldotc. We'll, think |
have studied the portrayal Of death
until can Invoke all is incidents.
Insanity | studied at the asylum In
Bloomington, H., In all It's phases, and
from the Inmates there / got my idea OF
It's characteristics. II TX difficult part,
In playing which was so wrought up
That ! was advised by a physician that II
| persisted In Il there was danger of It
affecting my mind ~
\ rRiMA poNNA's ROMANCE.
"My historyj yes, there Is n spice Of
romance In II. commenced singing
when but eight years old, and gave con.
certs all BY myself For hesu issued
little tickets about SO long tthc prima
donna measured on half inch ON her
tngoi) az 20 cents each, reduced rates TO
large families, Woll, kept op singing
and the press boys God bless iem!
| helped me To push ahead ! remember
how Kind the Detroit Free Press was.
They had u bin Of $500 against me for
printing for one of my concerts, aud /
wasn't able 10 pay H. The business mana.
gut said "nevcr MUD, little urli you viii
be great some day. We viii lust call the
account square - Now have all my print
ing done by the Free Press, and that IN
yestmont OF $3.50 haR paid II thousands
OF dollars. When | went 20 Europe 10
study, the story OF my childish efforts had
preceded me, ! was very kindly received,
and since then success came oaslly.n
a CoNirosER's TMmuTE.
"What Is the proudcst "reminiscences OF
my lifoS liue IN my score of Faust,
written there by It's great composer,
Gounod. | sang before him At
Paris, aud taking my score
he wrote this sentence, Voi1 iusto
claire, cgalc, lumineusc hlcn timbree |
keep that score under lock and kcy aud
wouldn't part with Il for worlds"
ASAN ARrisr
Miss Abbott grow very enthusiastic
over this compliment from the great Gou-
nod, and noryously sketchcd ON blank
piece Of paper before her. CHANGING
down she laughlngly held 1t up, with the
exclamation.
"Sce, have drawn railroad track
The paper she held up bore three lines
Intended TO be parallel, but were ~
crooked as the course OF a man returning
home from the club at 8 O'Clock In the
morning
al never could draw she
said, with pretty little Sigh. "My
horses and my dogs always had 20 be
labeled 70 preserve their Identity"
The reporter lntlmatcd that he would
like to keep the paper as n gem of the
Abbott art In railroad architecture.
owen, then, let me Label IT, and the
prima donna wrote in hand that WAS
anything else but icminlnci This isd n.
II. truck.
CoMING BACH
"Where am | gOlngY had intended
20 visit Mexico, but the revolution down
there has disarrangcd my plans In CON
sequence | shall 90 North after comDlet-
Ing tour OF the state, and II has been ar
ranged to-day that | am 10 stop over IN
Fort Worth on my return. will he back
here the fret Of January TO play another
engagement Of three performances
Faust, Somnambula and Troyatore."
A DRESS SYMPHONY.
"Ycs, wear some lovely dresses IN
"Troyatorc." You want them Tor the
ladiebi Well Ia the hrst act, cOurt-traiB
watcr-lilies and dark green leaves on Il
white ground -billows of pnle-green
crlpOn compose tho front embroidered
white pearls panels Of dark green velvet
-cOrsngc cut heart shaped sleeves,
cripon- Worth's idea OF a nymph rising
I from the sea. Queen Isabella ordered q
duplicate Of this dress for Princess Louise
/ Ferdinand of BnyafiB. The bridal dress
Was made By Pingat, The great rival OF
! Worth II rs 81 white embroidered MORE
antique with pearls
court train, Queen Anne collar. The
4 last dress Is black velvet
/ That Is the description given by the
prma donna Of her tollelies as near as
/ the reporter could catch II, What ne
1 don't know about dresses would illl sey.
eral oncyclopediaet aud II " not IN
7 probable that the ladies may ind some
I degree Of yagueness 10 the terms, or That
I The cOinnos may strike Ia ihe wrong
F, place.
with grasp as warm as her greeting,
! the lovely little singer babe the scribe
good.bye, and be left convinced that The
operate stage holds Of least one woman
whose temper and whose life Is largely
made no Of sunshine.