Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-07
PRIMA D0NNas' JEWELS.
They Must bs stolsni Order 10 Give shs'z
Ow ners Success,



How does lady singer become woIl /.
famed? asks 3 ieuiileton writer il tae
F;apkfurien ZsitUng, and gees on to ex-
plsia thss their only royel road 20 fortune
is TO have some Of their laWelfy stolen
from them. 3 9li-like Innovation, hsr-
moGy, strong voice, scrobst-Nke tech
nique, Impressive expression, distinct
ness Ct pronunciation, lively action, and
Sn sstractive appearance ought to secure
fame to lsdy artistic. But only those
will ss7 his who have lived in
hermit-nka retirement, fer in order to
baccme famous 8 lady singer must Ct
least have been roooed few times. just
now G new candidate has presented her
self sa qualified Ger the part OF the prima
donna rssoluts Miss S!grid Arnoldson,
the attractive young Swedish girl, VINO
hiss hitherto been like sll other singing
birds OF the opera and the concert hall,
has suddenly risen above them al, ana
her impIessario sencs out the notice In
great delight Last she, toos has oeen
robbed. The object was, Ct course,
case With brscsle g, earrings, etc, given
tG her By empresses, queens ana princes.
The impfesssrio WAS nearly IN oes-
pair when 1t appeared ss il row of pearls
rad been overlooked by the thieves; the
clouds Only vanished from his face when
II was found that the pearls, too, were
gone. A thief, remaining undiscovered,
belongs as much TO the cuff. OF phe-
nomeIely famous singer SIS does her IN
dispenssble rnugs pot. S'e chn not 90
withcu. 8 drawing room Frs D.oyolo.
Tie lack Of perfect shape does not sig
nifty, the lacB of thisf would be ruin.
Adeiine Patti has been robbed by night
ard by day, In Europa END Amer'cs,
or shore aud at Sea, in Lot l.
and on railway tysins. Aud Callo Is
Patti End Christine NILSSON znd-but 1hy
u.ent!ol names? an incredible smouGt
CT di1monus ana Jewels have disappeared
il this way without ever turning up
again. But the lady sr!isles are generous,
compassionate, forgivlng; they do not
prosecute the thieves; tney DO not go 10
the police; they do not offer EeWsr
Perhaps they know that the gold in their
thrCat can easily be coined, aud thaE
tie ripping shakes can soon be
changed into lows OF pearls. They
axe eGsy-go;ng, and soon forget their
lose. But the wonder Is that the august
donors should still continue 10 present the
singers with dleuoncs. They might nave
learned OF experience that every precious
stone they give TO them Is doomed 10 De
stolen. A roysl present to 8 lady ortiste
which does not get stolen has missed its
onjec,, ana cases have indeed &C :urTed
where presents were stolen which were
never given. The thieves belonging to
the latter ct.t CORY are most favored
By the impreessrio. According 20
rough estimate which statisti-
cisr has made coEcerniog thef.s ct
jswels from lady sr istes, .wels Of the
value El5 900 900 have been stolen from
singers during tie LAST decade, and how
ever greatly the abilities Of the police OF
different countries msy difar ia Other
respects, they are siike all the wcrld
over in never troubling the thieves VINO
victimZe prima donrss But there re-
IA sins one consolation to the friends Of
the fair singers, and that is, that however
frt q 2sntlv they are robbed of their jewels
they are still ornamepfed vita the same
amount II ieweiry even directly after the
thief. has occurred.