The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-11
JENNY LIND'S ROMANCE,
The Love Affair in the Life of the
Nightingale.

1
No one could see Jenny Lind and 10
fall under the charm of her perfec
naturalness, freshness and originality
Although her features We're irregular
she was anything but plain; her com
pleXion was fair; she had abundan
fiaNen hair and the most wonderful
gray eyes, beautiful figure and hand
and arms and graceful movements. Her
was not the slow, sinuous grace, whicl
has its own charm; her movement
were light, decided and expressive
She always seemed to do everything
more quickly than anyone else. A,
this time she was studying the part O.
"Susanna'-a Sweet part she SAID i
was, and had the partition of til,
"Nozze' always on the knee In tn,
evening she Gang her Swedish songs
and then we all went out to listen tt
the nightingales singing under the
magnificent old becches. She had /;
passion for the song of these little
sisters" of hers, and used to mimic them
and excite their rivalry, so that the ail
was filed with music.
| 1t was strange that it should have
been the fate of my father. writes C.
NJ Simpson in the New Review who
was entirely destitute of musical sense,
TO be OF use to the most celebrated
singer of the day. 1t was in 1S4s she
had resolved to give up the stage and
had atfianced herself to MIR. Claudius
Harris, young Indian officer, brother
to Mrs. Joseph Grote, whom she met t
the Palace. Norwich. My mother and
l had just returned from our drive one
cold afternoon in April, and found in
the hall a note from Miss Lind for nv
mother, asking her to beg my father to
call on her next dayto meet her trustees
about her marriage settlements, either
at three, or, if that were not possible, at
nine, p. III. 1t so happened that he was
not free at three, so he went to her at
nine. She did not expect him, and was
quite alone. They entered at once
upon business, and my father soon
found out that she was very half
hearted about the matter altorether.
Indeed, she could scarcely have found
partner less suited to her. Mr.. Har-
ris and his family were intensely low
church, and they though: that the re-
mainder of the great prilna ,lonna's life
could not be more appropriately spent
than in atoning for her theatrical
career. The attraction to Jenny was in
her lovers goodness. She said he had
such pure mind"
But when she was first introduced to
him she said to Mrs. Stanley: ''What a
dull young man. Nothing could be
more true He was heavy and stupid.
but tall, fair and good looking. The
Stanieys supported Jenny in her reso-
luton to give up the stage, and so in
deed did Mrs. Grote from different
reason, for, in spite of her intense SYM
pathy with her young friends artistic
al career, she saw that the strain was
too great. Jenny was worn out bv
fatigue and emotion. She threw her
SELF INTO every part as if she herself
We're suffering the woes of the hero
me- unlike other great actors and
actresses, who succeed in making their
representation to a certain degree me-
chanical. But her essentially truthful
spirit could not do this The tears she
wept in LA Sonnambula" came from
her heart. We had more than once the
stage box, and could see that she was
almost overpowcred by her feelings.
She had led this trying life for upward
OF ten years, and she longed for rest
and the peace and regularity of domes-
tic life. The manager of Her Maiesty's
theater, Mr. Lumley, was in despair.
IL was almost ruin to him to lose her.
ana he urged for at least few fare
well performances; she offered instead
a series OF dramatic concerts Only one
took place.
Although the "Flauto Magico," which
was chosen for the first performance.
would seem to be Independent of act
ing, the libretto is so eminently stupid
and undramatic, yet. in spite of JENNY
Lnd's splendid singing, the whole of. |
iair 1eil HAT, to her great disappoint- |
ment Never before had she met
with cold reception. Mrs. Grote and
Lumley entreated her to give the oper.
atic performances but she would not
yield. AT length my father succeeded
where they failed. They suggested that
harris could not object ii he really
loved her; he urged the unfairness of
disappointing Lnmley and finally the
termination which a
failure would put to her whole career.
80 she promised to give six farewell
llghts. Lumley was overjoyed, and
sent us boxes for all six The enthu-
'iasm OF the audience knew no bounds.
Yet no one could believe that the sing
n, in the very plcnitudc of her powers
she was only twenty-eight), really in.
ended these to be the last of her tri.
'mphs But it was SO, and after the
'nrtain fell on the last of the six she
leyer appeared again on any stage.
ir. Harris had consented to those
performances, and he and Jenny were
nee more on good terms.
She lived ut this time in little house
cry near us 1T was called Clairyille
ottagc; 1t was covered with roses and
Keepers; 1t had pretty garden, and
vas thoroughly rural The backs Of
he houses in Brechin place now oc-
upy the ground. She and Claudius
larris often Joined our country rides
ie generally fell TO my share, and l did
ot lind him exciting company. Lord
.ansdowne sometimes joined us and
'lso came to meet them ut dinner, but
" did not venture to invite anyone 4
lHe, except the GrOfAs and n,1a or t,S., !.