The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-15
AT CASTELMARY,s FUNERAL.
Many Opera sisgers Present sns y Great
Crush nj the Church.

srusu NJ tne shurch.
The Church OF st. Vincent de Paul. at 1877
West Twenty.third street. probably never held
more people than crowded into IL yesterday
afternoon at the funeral Of Armand de Castan.
called CAstelmAry. the bssso who died last Wed
nesday night on the stage OF tho Metropolitan
Opera House. Certainly there were never so
many on the steps of the church trying to get
In. Admission was by ticket only. The throns
at the door was entirely too much for the three
or four policemen who tried TO take care Of IL.
They could only control tho crowd At all BY
allowing only one small door Of the church TO
be opened. This made the struggle sharper
and the crush really dangerous. Many OF the
artists Of the opera company were unable to
obtain ad misslon at all or were only able to
Mile. Calv6 arrived with her com panion. Mile.
Do Waleuski. and she was scarcely recognized
BY the n crowd Finally IN ~ one Of the singers saw =
Caivt!' began to be. whispered through the
suniclsnt 70 clear the way for her. She had to
struggle like tho others to reach the door.
labrs on either side OF the CONN. In front Of
the altar were three large wreaths three feet In
diameter that had been sen. By Mms; Msles
Mile. Cslve. from NJ. and Mime. Grau. and
from must OF the artists in tho company. In
Iityinae sans. and Carl Hs:selfirk played the
"Sanctus'" from Gounod's Saint Cecilia"
mas; on the yiolln, a number OF wrsath' were
The pail bearers carried tho bier from the
church. Then Jean dc Reszke arose and laia
valley, which he had brought to the church
Rssut se: and X. sesu, sH' The fssP brothers o ! .a Dc Resui:
were IN deep moorninR., and Jean WAS very
ps,:; .l hS mar. T:'o s |: ,ss . Sn hi. s Rssi. saf king the he
Maurice Grau. John b. schosnel, and sIGnor
MancinelL On the ether ,lde Of The aisle the
com Jen'on. Signor Cremoninl sat near her.
siga7r -ssaas, w. l.. Ruben. Max Hirscl. VII
irnSo and Gazny were present from The opera.
MIR rrA:;fan. tho artist. with hls wife, sat in
A. the congregation left the Gnu rch the
crowd moved .l-~ly. aud when u got to tho
street Il htted IN zee The celebrities como out.
slow. and the szorts 81 those stu Inside to
reach the street was near producing o panic
%o.1 1 ss:n m 1sss; "a, A' D y Ts'l 1 ,ss o i,:,ls sh ~ sn
hour. Jean de Reszke and his brother got into
a carriage. which halted on Twenty-third
to the body to the Grand central
Depot. Immediately a crowd gathered about
Window at the singers. Finally it was nsces.
rary to have the carriage move on. The body
was taken 10 the kensico Cemetery. where IL
In the party that accompanied the body to the
k ksniiso j..n Is... T:t' wiz iffp sc eSa Ef TS.oSo re
ChArtrsn. Heary Maillard, and MAJ .Hirsch.
represessnting Mr.. Maurice Grau.. At the tomb
Jean LAssAllo made = speech. There were no
other ceremonies. Mr.. LaasAlle said. In part:
ITO the name of tho Oldest OF the artists Of
tho French Academy Of Music. to which you
once belonged. va bring our ndieux. You were
one that honored our art; you loved 1t until
death. God has taken back into the temple OF
music tho soul. of the artist he had given
to you. Tho last chords Of o scene. OF
the composer Flotow received your last
breath and carried II awav in their harmoniss
to that Infinite world where TO mankind every
thing is lost II your death, SO painfully tragic.
Is 0 warning for us who loved you. II remains
10 our memories, as the apotheOsis. of your
artistic life. C~astelmary wa. . man OF intslli.
genco, a man Of heart, rs tactful In the good no
did as he was kind. The great family OF artists
mourn the loss OF one of Its most fervent and
conscientious members-all Of us mourn tina
friend we have lost.
lin tho depths OF our hearts God can read,
my dear Customary, how much you were be
loved. The love you leave behind doos not wish
you adieu. Your memory Will live in IT,"
Mile. Calve~ accompanied the body TO the depot.
Mary smith. so years old, Of 248 West Twenty
seventh street, and Mrs. j; Bradford, 40 years
old. Of .he Grand Union Hotel. tainted In the
course Of the services at tho church and were
carried out into the open air, where they re-
,ived.