Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-07
PEOPLE / HAVE NET
Pages From the Life Of =
Famous Singer.
NOTES TAKEN At RANDOM
Clara Louise Kellogg On Men and Women
She Has seen--Lisefary People and
Enslish Royzlty-Lincoln-

Ny great regret in life 10 that I did
not emulate the '.chse" IN Burns
poem, who took notes with the view OF
printing them Ii l Lad done 80,
would now have on hand several
solumns Of interesting and, IN some
instances. historical incidents, which
any career as . prinia donna made me
. participation in. As u Is. | carry In
my memory enough to write book
With a good -sized appendix; but many
. bon mot and many . gray repartec
uttdred by some distinguished poet,
statesman, duke. lord, artist, or general
has been dropped into . sea Of forget
lulness from which no delightful Bos-
well can ever bring them to the surface
again.
Being the nrst American prims donna
60 secure attention, both here and
abroad, naturally had many noted
people call ON me. and at receptions IN
she different cities many men snd
women Of letters were presented to me.
1ly friends and acquainrences num-
bered many who will live IN history.
Some OF them are still alive and doing
noble work in their respective voca-
.tions.
ss sAsss
/, Among the most uei'snau' resp
tons where the elite OF society ana the
most famous in the literary world as
senbled were those given by Mrs.
I.m.sr E,eid of Roston- Snch men
:. $1,000, rc,.f.ttow Oliver Wan
Al, u'si.,ss. "a owsi, vere often
nre..,,s and an ons occas,on met
shsrs s,,hc,v Trc,Ionc the Enolish
,a Nv, whoss works rs,e then more
~r iss~ In vooue The discuss;on. I re-
,r.r,h.r rs shon, thu yecompense Of
1850. T~,i,c,~ .s.d he hsd redn~ed
: !. Esev.vv .ffovss - = matter-of fact
80. "a ~vcss - wsnv vords ~ =
80 .nd - r,srv re~ss a. : charssr-
IL reSr.,n.d from, memo tne worc
c,ocev-th. Engl,eh shr;nk from the
word monev-bst mansge 10 convey 10
~. n..rers ~. fact that 4 considersbIe
rons,d erns,on va the main incensive
scr ~. h,s Iis.rsrv lab. do rot r..
81, 49, n,,sI,srt yen.vr made nv him
NssnS,,.l U.~,bcros vss such = ret,r-
80 - ms, IA not meet him. al
she,rc hs came 20 Mr. F;eId's for
shst nurnose- MANY people were in
snc d.~~;nc rooms esnrct,nv IN ace the
suthor ~ tine .scarier Letter. every
c,,rnte us was unsta;rs hat conId
moi summon am fiic;ent courage TO come
down and miugIe with those VINO had
nnly uords oil praise for him.
ssf,m,.es a. AAraAsw It.ec.,.
wneu I rrst saw Abraham lincoln
i,tsis d,a dream that vould soon
,ns.t TWO d,st,nvn,.:.ed General. who
rs,ns.t ans urdsr h;s sdr,in;strst,on
Nv c,rl,sh fancy had n,ctured = nres,-
den, "a be,nc somewhat kineIike. or at
leasf the .g;sss of fashion and the
,rouId of FORM II waa soon ftrr Ms
Sr,s ,ra,,gursf,o, and or the occas,on
~ n,s VET IN xey YORK He attended
= nerformance AZ the old Academv of
N1rs;c and when the peopIe chesred
him sav a tail. gaunt.look,ng and
xerx avkward man Slowly oct mr. and
NV ia hands w..rc encassd in white
glovss and rhsr hang AZ u.eless an.
S~nd vex bv hIs sdss. "Cau he he is,e
nresidsnt ~ tl,e limited States p, I
tnou~ht What q disiIIuuons knew
eftsrysrd that nah hi, awkvara
sr,cr,or was ths raIlant snir,t of a
ers~t and rood man. AZ rms time I
lad not snsg in ouf,l,c. and Was q snec-
s.,or kftsrwaxd met HIM IN Wan.
rotor bas h. v.. too much .nyrossea
-',s ~ ,sar IN show ,nv enfbus,ass~
o. ,,.,sc
~
s' .'..' k
'ehe.a' W. a. oassi n'au "ss 'uo's en-
snus'aseic vss. MUSE .nsn aay vi sne
oiSEsnefais : Knew. Ie'no'''osa nee.-
ii,g hi'n anu 'ss s'r - . .."ns "a .n,.sSo
= sovos s'ss n.s..s'o " ~. ss'1 s snc
latter hsna was - swos.en laon 700
~ "s ~. ., s. -. pGS. on.s',
70 = nc iot nov o..'as " 49,.
r,,,s and Often cane behind the
scenes 10 Wait mother and me. tsenerzl
f,fant never showed any appreciation
whatever for operstic music. I was in
the audience one aay in Chicago. and
General Grant was present. He
ev,ncsd no emotion whatever during
the s,nr,nr Of the opera. but sat skolidly
and uncoucerned until the end.
Nearly every one asks mo IL General
shermsn's fsvor,te song was "March-
,px Through q sorgia.'' and am com
peiied 10 answer ia the negative. His
ears nsd been battered by the popular
tune wherever he appeared, but his
wuacsI soui preferred other melodies.
one day. during his many visits to cur
home. he asked me 10 sing = certain
old-tims song, sud when ! informed