Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-09-13
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~ think says an old habitpe cf the
theatre Id New York, THAT nine out o.
teu rfeGt muoical artists come " some
unhapp1 end. Take BrignolL Tor 10.
stance. BE simply fCllsd In nloney::
For years there was . steady dfluge q
gold on him. He practically had tho
earth. He might have been living
now, Q mIIIIcpAire many times over.
HIS succtssA unlike that Of many other
fayoritea was not Short-llved. he
arg longer 10 tho United States than
any tenor who has besn here before OF
since. Int be was like I'll the rest.
The money which fell into his etlMers
fsII into 4 sieve. He always lived =
the Everett House whom 10 New York.
He bad spent 70 f1uch money there ~
his prosperous days atthe proprietor.
when be died, left . verbal direction
that BriKn0li should always hpve 2 free
homs there ~ long ~ be uved. ~
died there absolutely pennilese. ne
was bufisd By the eontributions 81 Ms
friends and admirers
Then there was poor BusinL
What . sad fate he hndI He came
here twenty-five years ago. frpn lsouth
America, and appeared 81 the Academy
The public ido1iEsd him In torrents.
He was wonderfully c0mpanIonable
man, and was loved personally - vel!
as admired artistically. In spite Of al
the wealth that came 70 him be was ale
ways poor. His liberality knew no
bounds. He was the prey Of parasites
and hangers on from the start. He
married knally q Miss HiDckley. Of
Albany, and out Of that marriage grew
q tragedy. He loved his wife dearly,
and when she died It broke him down.
He entirely lost bis voice. With biz
only child, . daughter, he went TO
live In London, but returned 10 New
York. where his daughter, who had
then grown up, married . well-knoWn
young dentist She died, and II drove
her Husband crazy. Hc hunted oil
over the city with . pistol for the
doctor who attended his wife, with tho
firm intention OF killing him. Not
finding him, he blew his own brains
out. Soon after this Susinl, childless
widower. without pcnnyin the world,
went back to London and tried TO make
. living giving music lessons. His
career there was short. lie was get
ting out Of an omnibus in the street one
day. and was knocked down by cab,
and died few days later in a hospital.
He was buried in the pottcr's field, ]
think.
Great, fat, good-natured, sweet
voiced Amodio! In the dull season,
when he bad no engagement. hn lived
at Delmonico's on credit, paid bis rent
in promises and his tailor In tho same
coin.
He had one tailor, howevc-, who
was not complacent. He dunned and
dunned. and Amodio promised and
promiaed. At last the tailor had his
revenge. He met Am6dio in upper
Broadway one afternoon when the
street was crowded with people.
Now are you going to pay Inc that
bill or notr said he fiercely. grabbing
AmodEo by the sleeve. i want my
money; I've got to have it.
but how can ! give you money
when / haven't got itS AmodIo said
10 his good-natured voice. You are
an unreasonable tailor
Then Of with that coat; that coats
mine crIed the tailor.
"A crowd had gathered, Of course,
and shouted and roared at the fun,
while Amodio pulled OIL the coat and
handed 1t over with . flourish to the
tailor. Then he went on his walk 10
his shirt sleeves, shaking his fRt Sides
at the joke and stopping to tell every
acquaintance he met of his adventure.
Poor Amodio died Of yellow fever
on n voyage homeward from South
America. A man who was on the
vessel told me that after Amodio's body
was thrown into the sea the sharks
fought for II like tigers,n