Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-25

ANNA BISHOP.
 as singer. She, however, was ambitious to become prima donna, and tho fact led to considerable trouble between them.
 | At this opportune moment tho real lifo SvcnSali, M BoScha, appeared on tho scene. Ho was a Bohemian by birth, his talent as musician was as marked as that of SvcnSali. and an aversion to soap and water and n strange German French English dialect wero two moro of his marked characteristics. Tho harp was his pet instrument, and by tho ad- dition of pedals ho had so perfected it that they could play in many keys there toforo beyond tho roach of harpistS. Tho moment he met Anna Bishop he obtain | cd great influence over her, and under his instruction and management shc hu- came world famous singer whoso re- l nown at tho timo was second only to that of Jenny Lind.
 Sho left her husband and started on tour of tEr world under tho direction of Boscha. Their relations wcro purely platOnio and professional. it iS said, but so far as her artistic career was con Cernod sho Was mero pupprt in his hands. She could do nothing without him. and seemed to sing merely because ho desired her to, When ho was com pollrd tu rrlinQuiSh tho leadership of tho orchestra. her singing lacked force and sweetness and lost its Stylc. tunr and fidelity of execution. She did not break down aS completely. it is true. as Trilby did tho night Svcnyali's hvpnot- ic eyes wrro robbed of their power hv death. but sho showed plainly to tho members of the orchestra that her in spiratiOn all Camo from BoScha. When tho maestro was ill. the members of tho orchestra were wont jokinSly to re- mark that Bishops brains wcro sick abcd "
 Frederick Lystcr, tho well known author, composer and opcratic manager, who was BoScha's assistant conductor and chorus manager during Mme Bishops tour of America, Is confident that the character of Trilhy. so far as tho musical phaSo of it is concerned, was drawn from the career of Anna Bishop. and that SvrnSai was Il somo- what colorcd picture of Boscha. "Bos- cha. " ho says, taught her all her songs and taught her strictly i'll private Even l was never admitted to thcSo mysterious lessons. Sho was sweet, amlahlo woman without strong feelings of any kind, and sho sang as if in dream. Even when HOScha was pittiuC her against Jenny Lind, in New York, sho seemed to take littlo interest ill tho rivalry and allowed Bose ha to do all tho fighting. BoScha was n tall, p0rtly, handsome man with somewhat tho cast of Cuuntvnanru attributed to Svvngali, except that he was better looking
 Like SvCnEali. hu spoke many Ian guagCs, but nunr correctly and Inc used to say: II N"S porn zu PraSuo, und l cannot Splk Chairman Inf many years zu London. und cannot spik AnghSrhc! In Paris pass, oh! fiery lun. taimr, ulld cannot spik Nrrutch! haf nu lang witch. l cannot spik nuIzinS at all but un", dcuN. dhrrr. flower und dam. " Like Svrngali. tuu. hu was very vccun- tric and usually Gnt tho hc~t If every one in money matters.
 So much for the prototypes uf Trilby and Svengali. and now for Du Maurier's connection with them. Tho young artist was friend and protego of Sir Henry R Bishop and knew both Mime. Bishop and BoSCha. He heard the stories of BOscha's strange influence over Mme Bishop and was always the woman's champion. claiming that Boscha's infiu- ence was spiritual and not of n character debasing to the singer, It Is said that he often remarked that the career of the strange pair would furnish the ground work for an excellent plot for novel
 That actual persnnages were described in the book is proved by the row James MacNeill Whistler made over the char Acter and picture of Joo Sibley. the Idle apprentice.
 consisted of portfolio containing the title deed to the estate of SchOenhausen, which had been bought for 1, 800, 900 marks from tho man who, half . cen tury before, in times of financial depres- sion. had purchased tho estate from Bis marck's father. This gift from tho om- perOr is spoken of as the most impOr- tant of all, in spite of tho fact that it was not tho most valuable. But Bis marck. notwithstanding his warlike and businesslikc qualities, is and ever has been a man of sentiment, and tho Schoon-
  easily first ill his affections of all his possessions.
 Bismarck's expeDses have been much smaller since his retirement than they were during his official career. They aro still considerable. however. one of the important items in his yearly Outgo be- ing the amounts expended for tho main tenanco of his many guests Here arc somo figures madc year or two ago showing approximately what his vari ous properties yield:
 Salc of timber from FriCSlrichsr1ih ..... .SaNOU Agricultural produce from Fri,,lrichs-
 ruh ....................................... AoOO Agricultural produce from Narzin. ...... 7.5SU Agricultural produce from SchOen-
 hausen ............. 500 From his manufactories, distilerics, etc. SoNO Total ,SoO
 This income may have suffered some