New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-20
PATTI IN PARIS.
HEB DRESSES. HER SINGING AND HER M
VOTED HUSBAND

VOTED HUSBAND
lvRoM The REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or yv,
farls, January Q. .
Nine. Patti has returned here. and xv.s !, -
sung tonight But / hear that she i ,a,a
from bronchitis and is in the hands of DIR. Low.
star OF lesser magnitude is therefore to taks
her place This time her stage dresses ar
charming and defy criticism. But in the mo.s
charming of them she caught the cold from s..
effects Of which she now suffers This dress
is formed Of al under one Of strong lilac and !,
upper one of light silk Grape. gathered in at ~.
waist into very narrow peats which widen ors
at the bust and in the lower part of the ski,,
where the lilac shows through in charming,.
delicate tinge of solor The sleeves are lone !.
the point OF touching the ground loose. and ssap.
less, being open in front the whole way up. Tn.
other robes are rich aid rare in style ana hos
rowed from sixtcentli-cmtury portraits. In n.
bridal one the embroiteries are all in sjlve,
Paste jewels are let into ome of the embroidsr,.s
in the front of the dress AID in the court mantls
Nine Patti to whom Expressed desire when
chatting with her at the Hotel Mcurjce TO sea
and handle her Capulet inery, had me 10 hs,
dressing-room at the Open House L is ora
of the largest there, and communicates with A
wardrobe room In which t,ere is a swine-qlass
and little other furniture. The drcssng-room
is lined with red serge. The smell OF hears
grease pomade sticks TO IL. large screen
stands opposite the door By which you enter.
Behind the screen there is rosewood dressing
table. with mirror screwed o. to it. A clock
stands on the chimney-piece. The Jewels were
brought in black bag. An iroa safe holds
Al Al H. q h al
wearing them. She blazed in diamonds in the
bridal act. and splendid set 4 pearls served
in her hair, on her neck, on tn bosom Of her
corsage, and as shoulder knots nd bracelets IN
the ballroom scene.
Sgnor Nicolini does not sing his wife
Tic is her devoted care-tal>er. lie watches 80
protect her from drafts the instaD she quits the
stage, watches that she does no talk between
the acts after the carmine is lai on her lips,
keeps intrusive bores away, and $ attentive to
all those whom she wishes to tnt as friends
II her throat is parched he drops ,ater down il.
so that no red paint will he swaowed with IT,
lie sees that the water which is : wash off the
face-pigments is the right heat, al oversees the
makeup operations and all thisquietly, sffecl
tionatelv. and without fuss. If ME-. Patti were
more fenderlv used When her ratitude welh
over she stands up, takes her isband by the
hand. and lowers her head, thetop of which
he kisses, the face not being ina state TO b
kissed He does not strike onf he is so un-
assuming and untheatrical, as beg the husband
of a star, or o professional tenor
Nine. Patti has sent me, by w of Christ.
mas card, picture of her elsh home az
Craig Nos. The word castle1s misleading
term. l should say that the hous was originally
a smell one, and then by successive additions
took its present size. The ste is chance
medley and q patchwork one But the dwell
ing .looks cheerful rOomy, cnfortable and
very much home; has the shodsr OF high.
crag1y. heathery hill nearly infront but far
enough removed not TO be in ; shadow, and
commands a glorious vale-wide Gunlt in fne,
weather. and of very diversified siery. river
into which run many rivulets winds through
this vale and is lost in a distant DIXON.
Nine. Patti adores flowers, and srich in green
houses and lighthouses. Her glrdois surrounded
with brick walls, good 10 ripm Ie'hes, apricots
and nectay,nes. She is fond otishing, and
there are lots of trout streams near
r still think il was q mistake, of he. Patti to
sing sn - Romeo and Juliet D part in
the grand act abounds in motifs bowed, one
might fancy, from " the tune the oicow died
Off She has made all that possibl could be
made out of what she had TO sing.M Jean
de Reszke was at as great an advant4 as she
was at disadvantage, Juliet being greT sacri-
feed by the composer to Romeo opera
was composed when it was the thing tgrand
ladies TO rave about operate tcnors fall, love
with them and run away with them. M.ipoal
was then the arch-lady-kller. The Il Of
Romeo was composed for him, but sohow
it fell to a tenor with the name Of Mcho'M
Capoul used to sing not to the prima donnapt
TO the court ladies in the boxes, when re
was a court here. One night he sung to q
another to another, aud so drove them into trt
ports of jealousy. He carried of almost publ
the daughter of Minister of State. he was
son of hotel keeper at Toulouse, and the me
impudent fellow imaginable. HIS hso gre
conquest was Nine. Wilson. formerly Mne' Anc
Grevy, daughter of the President OF the Kepunnc
She wanted her father 10 suffer her 10 eiop
with him to Gretna Green, since 1t was tnougn'
mira dig. to let them be married at the Elysee'
Nine. Patti has promised TO come back ana snug
as Gilda in Rigoletto' for NJ. de hes1Aes
benefit. She has had great--indeed, yey
great--success as Juliet but less great s 1aai
II she had the score of an italian master 70 GeS'
with.