Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-16
DISGUsTED BALLET GIELs
Driven Out of tho National Opera
COmpauy.

Twenty.seNen Italian girls, weary anu
dusty, arrived In. New York from thlcIgo
nj 7 O'Clock Tuesday morning thoroughly
disguised with their western experiences a.
ballet-dancers in the National opera Com
pany, ana asking only one thing-to ht
sent back TO ltaly as soon a. possible. The
girls were discharged last saturday. Ih'N
had little money IN their purses ana no
hone OF obtaining more. When IN Ne"
York previously they had STAYED AT keD'c-
chino's Penzione Italiana, No. Ill east
Seventeenth street. and 10 that haven they
repaired Tuesday.
AT the Pepzione Miles. ANGELINA Oriana,
Adele Desimoni, and Luigia GenOyesi were
retained while other members OF the dts
charged seventeen were sent to the Mar
settles Hotel, Wooster street, TO the San
Francisco Hotel, In Washington square,
and 10 No. 202 east Thirteenth street. Ga
briel A. Bucbignani, OF the Cafe de pOpGra.
In Third avenue, interested himself In the
Welisre Of the girls. Not one Of the seven
teen speaks word OF English. At Re-
kchinops, however, Mile. Adele Pucrati,
a charming little Italian American. under
took TO he interpreter for sllle. Adele Desi'
moni, the most laxative OF the three glib
staying st the Penzione.
alt was while we we're Ia Milan" she
raid, "that We first heard that an English
gentleman was there, anxious 10 engage
girls for the National Opera Company, Il
Rev York. We were doing nothing. W,
were all Of US waiting for an engagement
a. II was the of season. We applied 4
Mr.. Carozzi, the agent, and asked him u
secure engagements for us with Mr.. Parry
who represented the compaDy In Milan
Caroxzi did rs We asked. He told Us Ia
engagement was for twenty. five weeks a
. eco q week. We were satisfied.
"Did We pay Mr.. CaroZzi anything
Why, OF coune. Each one of the twenty
seytn g,rls engaged paid him $40. w
we're not advanced single penny. PEG
pie have SAID that we were, but IL Is no
true. when We arrived IN New York "
bad no money ut all ~ our pockets. How
ever. beioft arriving we found things Il
unpleasant rs we have done siuce we hay
been here. We came by the Inman Lin
ard stsrted from Liverpool. Our trunk
and valises were taken on board ard W
followed them. IGagine our disgust q
ind that we were among the stecrage pas
SINGERS; that we were "a 20 third class be
cause there wasn't fourth.
1--WE ell OF US struck there and then
We left our yalises on board and went q
Dir. Parry, and declined 30 90 As steerage
passengers. He bad promised Us soson,s
class passsges, and We reminded him OF his
promise, which we had not forgotten n he
Rad. lie saw that we were determined and
be gave in--the only thing 10 do. We
therefore got our secopd.class passages.
We got 10 New York. as baye Just said,
with nothing In our pockets. While at.
tending rebearsals at the Academy OF Nu.
sic we were put on half.pay, or $40 per
week. Even this sum Of money we didn't
get regularly each week. We got II all Ia
heap during the lat week, the early part
Of the time being spent entirely without
resources.
swell, last Saturday night, al the close
Of the performance In Chicago, we each re.
stiyed 3 note discharaine us, according 10
tLe nysh rule oi our contract No, ldon't