The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-16
MISS EMMA EAMEs.
The American Nightingale and Her
Mothers Grief Over Her Marriage.

Ane American Nightingale and Her
Mothers Grief Over Her Marriage.
Miss Emma Eames, now Mrs Julian Story, is
a Boston girl she studied under the best In
structors in France aud Italy Her admirable
voice and method soon attracted the attention
OF managers, and she had no difficulty in OBJ
tanning an engagement. She has sung with
great success in London and other cities and has
been engaged for the opera season In America
opening In October. She returns 10 London
next year, where she 10 to sing at Covent Garden
theater, under the management of Sir Augustus
Harris. the newly created knight. Miss Eames
was married In London on August j in the his
torie church in Bray, on the banks OF the
Thames. The engagement took place under
most romantic circumstances
civil marriage was performed in London at
the registry Office the Wednesday previous. Mr..
Julian Story has made a great reputation as a
portrait painter and. although he has never Wis
tied America, is as well known as his famous
father. Mr.. and Mrs. story viii spend their
honeymoon at St Aoritz, Switzerland; after
wards they viii go to Venice as the guest OF
Robert Browning's son, who has a palazze on
the Grand canal It is not unlikely that Mr. Story
may take studio in New York His wife's sue
cess in Europe has been little short OF phenom-
email America is certainly the country where
the best prima 6ounas are produced. Her tri-
umph in this country is assured.
A Paris special to the Boston Globe says: Mrs.
Eames, the mother of the well-known singer,
was seen today by your correspondent at 50 Rue
Boissiere, where she is at present stopping. She
appeared to be much affected when your CORE
spondent mentioned the subject on which he de-
sired to interview her, and wept
"My daughter appears TO be under some hyp-
motto influence which Mr.. Story has over her.
1t is impossible for me to understand how he
gained such power, and il is needless for me
to express my opinion of such man. The world
can Judge of him. What can be thought of the
man that tells the mother OF the girl he wishes
to marry that the girl must work to help in his
support. Yet that was what he told me. The
man that induces girl 20 take such step can
not be called man OF honor. had hoped that
my brother would have reached London before
Mr.. Story had induced my daughter to take the
step, for thought he might have been able to
use his influence against il. have feared for
some time that this would have been the result
OF her in atuation- Aside from the inability of
Mr.. Story to support a wife, and his interior
ence here with her artistic career, consider
him morally unfit to marry her.
at is well known that he lived with and was
supported by woman In Paris for some years.
This was cakied on with such audacity, and he
had 30 little respect for my daughter, that one
evening al supper he looked at his watch and
said that he must excuse himself, as he had 70
go to certain place, at the same time mention
liiB tHe uaLlt VI Tue cobtdBt 6uSIt buls WOHdu
lived. Mr. Story has said that my opposition
arose because was jealous of him. Think of
that mother jealous of the love of her
daughter, IL / had been finally satisfied that 1t
was possible for my daughter to be happy with
him, might have overlooked Mr.. story's char
acter had she waited until her professional posi-
ton was better established II seems to me very
horrible that young girl at the outset of her
bright career should thus interfere with her
prospects. know nothing about my daughters
plans. / suppose she will fill her American
engagement in October, although il may be
doubtful whether the Americans will now
throw around her that sentimental idea
which they consider proper to prima donnas
1t Is needless for me to say swas much aston
ished and panied when heard OF my daughters
marriage. l had no intimation of il in the
morning when my daughter left the house for
walk, as supposed. She returned late in the
afternoon, and appeared wrapped in thought. so
much so that it finally attracted my attention.
thought 1 noticed peculiar twitching of the
corners Of her mouth, suggesting half-happiness
and half-fear. Something seemed to tell me
what had occurred, because i must say l. had
lived in fear of such result. became silent,