Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-06
NEW YORK GOSSIP.
nc SALARIES FOR SINGERS IN GENE.
RAJ, AND PATTI IN PARTICULAR.
Row the Great Singer Lives--Campsnini--
New Professions--The Escort-The
"Trouser-Turner." tho Eye
Painter, and tho Pro-
grcssivc Dentist
Especial Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dis
pAtchl
Nv YonK. Arril 3, Iso0.

Especial Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dis
patch.l
Nrw YopK. April 8, 1890.
Good voices are not rare IN New YORK,
but they are appraised at n value winch
would lead ono TO think that such was the
case. The recent engagement OF Milo.
Clemontina dc We're o. the sopTano-soioisS
at DIR. PaxtOn's church a. weary saiarS OF
$4,000 indicates this. Ii 10 belSNcd that
this sum is the highest ever pau cH 10Y
singer in America, although thero nte sew
era in this city who receive rs high as
a.. 500 and 49, COO The salary Of choir
SINGER. however. Is not always criterion
Of his or her value Sentiment and pride.
enter into the matter largely. and OF course
the financial status of the congregation
has much 60 do with H. III is not 80 much
. tho wealth OF the general body oi worship
,oers rs tie presence IN the congregation
Of SINGLE individual of ailluence that de
tor,uiuos the exceptionally high salaries
pa,d. In DR.. taxton's church. for IN
stance. there are several men OF immense
wealth. az JAW Gould and the Standard On
Inagnates John ID. Rockefeller and John
81 flaglcr.
TTSoRs AND SOPRANOS.
II is said that these mon make additional
contribution for TIA payment OF nlgh n
churches here the solbisis got from $500 10
u. 200. Sopranos and tenors are Tatod
somewhat higher than contraltos and oas-
PCS. and Of late years there las been a ten
dency TO nav tr'fe moro for the tenor
than FOR the soprano lbls Is explained
not so much by the comparative rarity OF
tenor voices o. by the organization OF new
choirs COMPOSED entirely of men ana boys
1.-THE latest fashion,, which h&s Ied 10
greater demand for tcnors. f0r the same
reason bassos have now little higher COM
bensation than cOntraltOs.
PArTl's VOICE A MINT.
speaking Of big salaries brings me quite
naturally e. the subject 81 Madame fatti-
NicolIni. who is making her latest fare
we'll" here. Patti gets $1,000 per night, or
E?O0, 600 for the season. She IS domclled
ike a queen at the Hoffman, ana l have
learned from an authoritative source-the
manager OF the Hoffman himselt-exactly
what il costs 70 live IN such style. She has
twelve rooms on the parlor floor. including
the bridal apartment, Tor which she
tnys the trjfing sum OF $40 per day. Her
meals. with those Of Signor Nlcollnl, al
though extremely simple as rule, average
a cost OF so a day and are served IN her
private .dininc-room; carnage rs AZ DeF
disposal at - per day, and the board OF
Der retinue OF servants cost another
800 This makes total OF little
short of 500 per day. without
extras. She lives quite comfortably on this
eum. She is q deyOtee OF Billiards ana mas
BAD billiard-table brought up TO ner
rooms for her exclusive use.
LOSING BEB HOLD.
Rut Patti is not the fovorite she once was.
A few years ago people considered her ut
Ve less than divinity. But dlvlnltles
come high at the prices charged Tor seats
al tho Metropolitan Opcra-HOuse, and she
Isn't raved over TO the extent which was
erstwhile the fashion. She asserts That
this is positively her last proie slonal visit
90 America She Will be wise # she carry
out this resolve. for She is certainly losing
her hold on the public, and no one knows
better than herself how pitiable 10 the lot
OF a waning star.
cAMPANINI.
Imet Carpanlni in the lobby Of the Me-
tropoltan q few nights ago. He had been
IN 10 hear TamagnO, the tenor who has
usurpcd his place in the public eye, but
not in the public heart, for that no new
favorite can DO. lie was enthusiastic IN
praise Of TamagnO's voice, and ! could see
That the sacred fire had been reklndled IN
his own breast He told me that the opera
lions on his throat which he has recently
undergone were entirely successful. and
that. although his voice j stu weak, he
hopes TO have it IN trim for operate WORK
10y the opening OF next season.
ELS POPULARITY.
Csmpanini was o unique figure on tho
pperatic stage he was beloved 10y oil who
knew him, and was the most simple, unat-
fected fellow imaginable. tie was man
with whom no primG donna ever quarrelled
or ever made soft eyes TO that had any reaI
.ueaDiug in them. In the tender scenes or
courtship. "a in "Faust," he was an ideal
lover. He neither Overdid nor underdid the
part, and he bad good mentor IN pair OF
bripht eyes belonging to Mrs. Camp0nlml,
who invariably watched HIM from the
wings. Should he return to the operate
stage he Will receive an ovation OF welcome
greater than that ever given singer or
this generation.
Professional CHApF~ NSs AND ESCORTS.
About the oldest business enterprise in
this city Of odd enterprises Is recently
formed "bureau for lady chaperons and
tady escorts" For some years past lu-
cratiye branch of the business OF the dis
trict telegraph companies has been the fur-
nishing OF messenger boys to accompany
ladies when going out at evening alone
and for other occasions when an escort was
desirable. This grew in time to he Gus
tom with ladies in q household where there
were no men, and the present bureau was
established TO provide better vice. The
"escortS" are now young Won OF good
character, intelligence, ana refinement,
and they are furnished nc any hour OF the
day or night on payment Of moderate
fee. They accompany lone, Torn females
on shopping tours. to parties. sightseeing,
70 the theatres. or wherever else they desire
10 60. The peculiar conditions OF metro
politan life make this service great con-
yenience, if not necessity, and 1t has
proved so successful that branches are
about to be started to provide better ia
eilties.
THE " TRoUsER-TURNER."
Another odd instance Of enterprise is
the trouser-turner." In an article on
economy among young men of taste but
limited means, published in daily paper
come time ago, attention was drawn TO the
fact that trousers OF suitable material
could be turned inside ont and made over
30 as TO serve as new ones. \ wide-awake
tailor near Union Square saw the sugges-
ton and soon afterward had a sign hung IN
his window which told that the speciality