The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
SHE SANG in HER CRADLE
AS A BABY SHE DEVELOPED A
LOVE FOR CLARET.
Great Singer Talks Very Frankly of
the Courtship of the Marquis de
Caux, Her First Husband-Stories
of Her Youth, Her Parents and
Her Impertinences.

the pubic eye. - woman VINO was
closely associated with her for num-
Der of years, tells many amusing anec-
dotes and episodes of the diva's career.
Patti loves to recall her youthful days
at length.
'Isbelieve I sang in my cradle" she
declares, and was the most weird and
precocious baby ever known.
when only two or three months old
L had a troublesome way of sending
up a long wild cry, directly my mother
ment was tried in vain to soothe me,
until the happy thought struck my
mother of letting me drink out of her
glass of claret. That was all l wanted,
--ld regularly every day at the same
hour l cried for my claret until l
got it.
AS L grew older, my one joy was
to go behind the scenes at the opera
when my parents were singing. The
artists used to bringS me cakes and
maccaroni and peeping through a hole
in the scenery, L enjoyed myself might
lily, watching the performance. My
musical ear was so keen that one night
when a famous artist had performed
her long show piece. 1 toddled up to
her and said in my little Yankee way
Just you listen to me right away Try
to trill as l do! You trill at fiatl'
PATHS MOTHER.
"Of course, to me my parents seemed
the best and greatest people in the
wide world. And 1 doubt, indeed,
whether any woman [ have since met
ever came up TO my mother for beauty
of person and uprightness of character.
She was excessively pious, and never
missed attending early mass. Attract
ed by her grace and beauty, a member
of the congregation used to follow her
so persistently every morning on the
way to church that my mother became
annoyed. One day she turned upon
him suddenly, with her purse in her
hand. Here, poor man. she said in a
plying tone, this must be what you
want; take all l have. And she was
never followed again.
The graf Adelina cherishes with un
ceasing love and duty the memory of
her parents, and will often tell how
her mother, in the pride of her heart,
would join the crowd waiting nightly
at the stage door to see La Somnambu-
Ia, cloaked and bOnneted. step into her
carriage. Mia figiia. Mia Adeiina!"
would the fond mother eXclaim, vastly
enjoying the surprise and curiosity of
the crowd about her.
Patti has naturally met every Euro
pean sovereign. The old German en-
peror was her greatest favorite. When
d naive girl, singing at Hamburg, the
emperor sent her a message requesting
her to walk with him early in the
morning while he drank the waters.
Certainly not" was her reply to the
bearer. Il get up early for no king in
Europe"
The last time before his death that
she saw the emperor, he sent to ask
her to visit him in his opera box, apOl
ogizing for being too unwell to come
behind the scenes, and when she APP
peared he playfully thanked her for the
condescension. oh, now, sire!'' she
replied, with tears in her eyes, Il would
run anywhere to see you"
The Emperor Alexander the Second
of Russia honored Patti by a peculiar
distinction, of which no one but the
celebrated Bosio could boast. He be-
slowed upon her a large gold medal
set in brilliants, and requested her to
wear it on the ribbon belonging to the
order of st. Andrew. He also appoint
ed her his court singer in ordinary.
The Duchess of Edinburgh has known
Patti since her childhood. A few years
ago they met at a RothSchild reunion.
Looking down at the bracelet on the
diVaS arm, the duchess recognized it
as a present of her father's-the Rus
sian emperor. Those were happy
days when you sang in st. Peters
burg!" she exclaimed, adding regret
fully, Tout pasSe, tout casse, tout
lasse."
The Prince and Princess of Wales
have always shown Patti a great kind
ness, most cordially appreciated by her.
The princess she considers the prettiest
woman in England. When Marquise
de Caux, dining at Marlborough House,
Patti caused much CONSERVATION
among the guests, and amusement to
the prince, by exclaiming in her i'm
pulsive way. as she slipped her coffee,
"Oh. sirei Que votre cafe est degOu-
tant."
PATTI AND BERNHARDT.
The occasion of the first meeting be-
tween Patti and the divine Sarah, is
related by the woman who was a close
of PATHS at the time. I'm
on our arrival in Paris, she
says, "-Adeliua was besou5ht by sew
eral journals to cooperate in bene-
fit to be given in aid of the obscure
actress, Sarah Bernhard, who had lost
all her small possessions in a fire. The
Marquis of CauX did not at first like
the idea of his wife singing for an
actress of no renown, but at last he
vember, 1869, Adelina Patti sang at
the Odeon theatre for the benefit of
Sarah Bernhard After the concert,
the latter, clad in a black wooden gown,
timidly approached the great singer
and offered her a small bouquet, and
being too shy to utter a word of thanks,
she kissed her hand. Who would have
guessed that so Insignificant a girl
would develop into the famous Sarah
Bernhard of today, and astonish the
world by her triumphs and her. quar-
rels?''
HER FIRST COURTSHIP.
This same woman tells OF the unique
proposal of the Marquis of Caux. This
noble gentleman had been following
the diva about for many months, in OPP
position to his mothers wishes, and
with but little encOura cement
rom Adelina's family They were liv
ng at the time in the Champs Elysees-
The marquis came daily to the house,
md at last succeeded in securing the
good will of PATHS father and her
1rother-in-law, Strakosch. ''One even
n.y." she says, 1T was after the per-
'orrnance of the "Traviata," the mar
luis remained with US when all the rest
lad left Adelina's dressing room. As
he always retailed minutely the gossip
# the town, Adelina turned to him
With a smile and said: Now, marquis,
What news? what do they talk of in
oaris?' The latest news was the re-
)lv. is that we are engaged This |
vas rather startling, but Adelina's fea-
ures lighted up with charming OK
PRESTON. Smiling. she turned to the |
marquis And why not? 1 hope you
10 not object?'
"At first somewhat embarrassed, and |
hen with joyful agitation, the mar
Iuis stammered out: Oh, no. Ger |
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