Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-17
From the New York World.

WITH The FAMOUS MAESTRO.
From the New York World
a dispatch from London was lately printed
IN the World stating that Mrs. Georgina We'll
ooh had been released from her imprison-
inehI on charge of SANDER This remarkable
woman's maiden name was Trehern and she
belongs to a respectable Welsh family. In her
sixteenth year she went to Brussels with her
parents, where she remained several years. Her
lather was Of a morose temperament and her
mother was rather eccentric. When the for
mer was at home no amusements were allowed
IN the mousse, and when he was absent the
ihotner made up for the past by continued
round OF dinner and dancing parties. Miss
.1eorgina was very beautiful girl and had many
s sian Inc favored one of whom was Bel
gan nobleman. As this gentleman was CATH
oilc MI Irehern sternly forbade the union.
shortly afterwards the family returned to Lon
uon ana GeOrgina found SO many new beaus
tnat the Belgian count was soon forgotten.
captain III the army named Weldon was the
favored nnn9i, one this time, and when the father
again lnterpOsed his veto on account of the
| sultors poverty the lovers ran away and were
married. Her father swore he would cut her
fused to be reconciled to the marriage, Mr.. and
Mrs; w eldon went to Italy, where the latter
an opera singer in Milan. Her father died d,
meantime, leaving everything to his son, who
pin,rdoned his sister and gave her regular
turned to London and took up their residence
in Tavistock house, the mansion that was for
many years the home of Charles Dickens.
Mrs. Weldon abandoned the operate stage,
but continued to sing at concerts. AT a certain
reception she sang SO beautifully that she cap
tufed the famous French composer, GOuDod,
then in exile in London because of the siege in
Paris He fell SO desperately in love with her
went, and finally lived at her house entirely.
She even "exhibited' him at Brussels, where
she hired hail and announced i'll big posters
that she would sing with the accompaniment
of the great maestro, and that they would play
a duet together on the piano, which the author
OF Faust had composed expressly for the Occa-
sion. The count her formar sutton, was still in
town, and he induced his mother TO give a
grand party in honor of his old love. The night
was stormy and rainy, but SO anxious was every
one TO see the maestro and Mrs. Weldon that
the countess salons were crowded with the
tai All the ladies were in full dress, but Mrs.
Weldon was in walking costume, and the
of the and her
scarcely had she bowed to the hostess,
when she said: II have got my feet wet.
win You order some one to bring ME basin of
not Water?' She then sat down and began to
pull of her shoes and stockings. The count
her former rejected Iover-brought the basin
ana towels, and after she had taken her foot
path GOunod got down on his knees and wiped
her feet dry for her. The company was stupe-
no one spoke. The lady rose and sang an air
from the cantata of 'Galia,'' which GOunod
had just completed and dedicated to her. and
every one appiauded. The liason between
GounOd ana Mrs. Weldon lasted a long time,
but the maestro, finally growing tired of it, or
remembering that he had a wife and family in
Parls, took his departure from Tavistock House.
He had left some valuable manuscripts behind
him, including ''Polyeucte' and Georges Dan
din,' which Mrs. Weldon refused to give up.
GounOd then began a lawsuit, and great scam
dal followed, which resulted in Capt. WeldOn's
separation from his wife.
A few months ago Mrs. Weldon sned GOunod
for damages on account OF an alleged libelOus
article written by Albert Wolff in the Paris
Caucus eleven years ago. She accused GOurou
OF lnstlgiting the letter, although the attack
on Gounod was severer than ON the complain
ant, and almost resulted III Il duel between the
maestro and the art critic OF the GauiOis. To
the amazement OF everybody an English jury
returned a verdict in favor of Mrs. Weldon for
$4,000 damages. She has attacked Gounod's
rights as an author in England, from which
the composer has u large income. He attended
the production of his new work, "Mors ct Vita"
III birmingham recently, without being mo-
Tested. Mrs. Weldon only restored the manu-
script to Gounod when she discovered that he
had written the score of "POlyeucte' from
memory. When he got them back he found
she had written her name across every page.
Mrs Weldon manages to keep herself before
the public by a succession of sensational law
suits with her husband and Others. In one OF
her last suits she was sentenced TO prison for
SANDER. She was formerly a beautiful brunette
and gifted with a fine voice, but her beauty is
now faded and her voice is gone. She has lately
grown fat and pOdgy.