The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-07

entered the brain OF man.
knew her we'll
Perhaps you think my line Of acquaint-
ance is peculiar.
Not at all.
l am older than | was when l began TO
record scenes Of New York life, and in the
thirty yesrs Of hard work here necessarily
made thousands Of acquaintance, in all
strata II life. Some Of them developed into
friendship. one of which / am now pleased
TO remember was that Of Mrs Foster.
Some years ago l had occasion TO go 20
the Tombs frequently. | nave spent the
night with men who were TO lie hanged the
next day. have seen them write and heard
them pray. have cut their hair and given
them whisky. have read to them from the
Bible and played cards with them. Many
noted man and woman have spent doleful,
disnal days and nights in that whitewash-
smelly place with whom have talked to my
own satisfaction and possibly to their help.
In Mrs. Fosters little reception ROOM have
witnessed scenes OF dramatic intensity
husbands bringing letters aud refreshments
70 imprisoned wives, mothers weeping
over daughters, lovers mute in the presence
OF lovers grief. sharp lawyers
scrub women, foul without and fouler
within, young girls jeering at women older
than their mothers, condemned women
waiting 20 be sent for life to a prison cell
but among them all Matron Foster was as
serene as a May morning. Nothing ruflled
her. She was as composed when every
muscle In her body was taxed to hold a re-
fractory prisoner down uatil a straight
jacket could be brought and adjusted, rs
when knitting blue worsted stocking in
an hour of leisure. remember when Eos ter,
the car hook murderer, was struggling in
the tolls, hoping to be committed, the
matron became greatly attached to his wife
I .Naf IL
demned man as IL he had been her brother,
and attended to the comforts Of his family
III thousand ways.
ROMANTIC YARN
Some years back, so long ago that the de-
tails are gone from me, a very pretty girl
shot her lover in a saloon, corner OF Broad
way and Fulton. | think her name was
Harris. ! met her in the matrons room
and together we took quite an interest in
her case, which was leniently dealt with by
court and jury. She was beautiful woman,
and having had great provocatlon was very
| lightly held by all who knew the facts.
Mrs. Foster was as kind and gentle with
her as il she had been a baby
hundreds OF sick men, confined in the
| Tombs from time to time, could bear ample
testimony to the savOriness of Mother
Fosters" soup. the succulence of her made
dishes" the revivifying influence of her best
kAooh bctA QUO was ub huAlOus 10 earn an
honest dollar as anybody, and believe her
kitchen, from which she served such OF the
prisoners as cared to pay for it Il better line
| OF food than the prison menu afforded, vas
a source Of considerable profit.
But for all that she gave away geat deal
Bosh never influenced her, but true senti-
ment always caught her She combined
| the blutfness of a sea dog with the considera.
ton OF n mother. the discipline of camI
with the helpfulness Of a nursery.
| When Patti first appeared at the academy
| of music. Mrs. Foster INDUCED in Ter first
extravaganza and bought tickets night after
night in order that che might see the
woman who personiled as nearly as mortal
could in her venerable eyes the angelic
sylph.
A FEW WORDS ON PATTI.
The first time saw Patti was in 1850. in
| Quebec or Montreal. in a huge ball room
| opened in honor Of the Prince of Wales
then travelling In America. She and her
| brother Carlo were under the tutelage and
guidance OF Max Strakosch, then middle
aged man Of some promise, but not mucl
performance. Adelina had two sisters
Amaiia, who married Maurice Strakosok
and Carlotta, who was lame. She and CarlC
| were rather in the way, and were as vet un
developed, although even then the mau.
agerial greed of Strakosch felt an itohinI
when Carlos bow glided gently over hi
| violin and Adelina's cadenzas fell upon his
ear. met them very naturally, and haC
jolly evening, running away from
Strakosoh to have a little dancing and par
ticipate generally in the festivities of the
| occasion. Adelina was petite and full OF
fun and the color of a properly bronzed
canvas-back duck. Her brother was a
prodigy with the bow, and the family wisely
endeavored and determined to utilize rather
| than cultivate their talents. The Young
folks were sent concerning about the land
picking up an odd $25 wherever they could
and il their selfish uses had had their way
neither of them would have ever risen
Carlo was bright. handsome fellow, very
much married IN later life. and after an up
and-down career died suddenly.
Adelina kept on.
Being q woman she had brains enough Ia
see that she was being used. Others LIVED
on the fruits Of her labor. Little by little
as the woman developed. her head came t.
her rescue and she determined to be wba
was-a great artist.
Another member Of the Strakosch family
carried her to Europe, and had nice, sof
thing of it for years.
Art in Europe has better chance thar
here.
Why?
Give 1t up.
l only know that Patti might have 70
manned here for years with no perceptibl,
increase in fame or fortune, while as sooI
as she opened her mouth on the other sid
competent judges said Here is genius
we must take care OF it." And that is JUS
what they did, using but not abusing hel
marvellous powers In all the great capital
OF the world, until she wore a dadem
upon her brow. her Golfers were over.
flowing with shekels and every drum.
mer in the universe knew her 70 ha "a No
l, warranted not to fade"
What's thatl
Not to fadel
Alas, even Patti must fade.