The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-24
Artists and Mus clans

There IS a pretty story told OF Queen
Victoria and Jenny Lind. which shows
how the modesty OF TWO women. me
Queen OF England and the queen II song
caused a noEnentary awkWardness whicn
the gentle 1acJ OF the singer oyereame
IL was on night when Jenny Lind
vas 70 sing al Her Gia3estyss opera
house thai the Queen made her arst
pubic appearance after me naennora bic
Charrist DAY, says the London Express.
For lae great artistic, too. this was a
first appearance, for il was the beein-
mig OF ner season at 3 place where, the
year before. she had won unparalleled
fame. 1t happened that the Queen en-
tered the royal box al the same mo
ment that the prima donna stepped up-
on the stage Instantly d tumult Of &C
elamation burst forth.
Jenny Lind modestly retired TO the
back Of the stage. waiting til the de-
monstratlon OF loyalty 10 the soy ereign
should suhside. The Queen, refusing u
appropriate 10 herself that which she
imagined TO be intended 70 the artistic,
made 10 wledEuent.
Al length. when the situation became
embarrassing, Jenny Lind. with ready
tact ran forward 10 the foouights and
sang God, Save the Queen which was
caught up at the end Of the solo by the
orchestra, chorus and audience. The
Queen then came to the front of her box
and bowed, and the opera was resumed
Mendelssohn was al Buckingham Pal
ace in 1892 and, Of course, there was
music. A favorite song of the Queens
was ITALY" which appeared in Men
delssohn's first book Of songs, says the
London sunday Magazine. She sang
it most beautifully in tune, strictly in
time, ard phrased it charmingly." Men
delssohn has told US; but where It goes
down to D natural followed by D sharp.
she sang both notes D sharpi With this
! exception ii was really delightful, and
] have not heard the last long C sung
by any amateur with such ease and in
! such perfect time"
On Mendelssohn. on the same occa-
/ sion, pressing her Majesty to sing one Of
/ his own songs, the Queen said that If
I I would give her plenty Of help she would
/ willingly DO so" Just as she was about
/ to sing she exclaimed: But the parrot
must go out of the room first. or he
viii screech louder than I can sing"
she sang The Pilgrims Song con
! tuues MendeIssOhn. really quite fault
lessly, and with beautiful feeling and
/ expression. / praised her very heartily
1 and with the best conscience in the
world, for that phrase near the end hav-
ing the lOng-sustained c she sang so
!
/ ing notes-an in one breath. as one rare
" hears it done-that it highly amused
me that she herself should have spoken
/ about the very long breath it required
"Oh. if I had not been so frightened"
said the Queen.
Mr.. Edward Moran. the marine and
! figure painter, is over seventy-0ne years
of age. and has had an interesting ca
{ ri. ~ ~
! was born in England in 1879, and came
! to the United States in 1874. His career
/ began with hardships. but ne successfully
surmounted all difficulties He has ex-
! hibited in London and Paris, as well as
/ in this country. and is an associate Of
/ the National Academy and a member q
/ the Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts
I On MS way to Washington. recently,
to present his canvas The Olympia, to
/ Admiral Dewey he passed through Phil
adelphia.
Here it was he said. THAT I expert
enced most Of the hardships of my life.
came from Lancashire, England, to
New York in the steerage of an immi-
grant ship when a mere boy. and after
stopping there long enough to spend all
my money. [ walked to Philadelphia
working for my board from town to
town by doing chores. In 1874 ] studied
under James Hamilton. to whom / owe
much. OF course. ne could not under
stand my poverty, for I had the air Of
one in comfortable circumstances. but
one day he learned that ] lodged in an
attic room, and that my only furniture
was wooden chair and a copy Of New
York paper.
90 How do you get along?' he asked
g. Why replied, sleep on the
newspaper at night and sit on the chair
In the DAYTIME "
One evening last season, at a famous
restaurant in New York. Paderewski
happened to be dining there at the same
time that the New York G0ldsmiths' and
jewelers. association were having a cee-
brated dinner in another part of the
building. says London NJ. A 2 At the
close Of the feast the pianist made his
way to the cloak room, and was busy
washing his hands when one Of the other
party came in on the same mission. Tee
newcomer stared al the fair-haired Pole
and at last as he dashed his hands
through the water, said:
You're very like Paderewsk: do You
know hiIn?"
Il am Paderewsk.' retoined the
maestro. modestly.
What whooped the American, and. +
dashing at him. shook both his hands
without waiting for the ceremony Of wip- /
ing his own Before there was any SINE +
for Paderewskl to escape the man from /
the goldsmiths' dinner rushed 70 the door +
and calling to the chiefs Of his party /
yelled.
Il say. Brown, Jones. Robinson. Smith. +
al OF YOU. come here. 7 want 70 intro
duce you to my friend Paderewski"
Few people Of the many thousauleg who I
are now paving four dollars seat 20 see
Madame Sarah Bernhard PLAYING Ia
u AislCn. are aware Of tae fact thar
the divine Sarah once played On SuIi-
van, Ind,
il was many years ago. ard Perm
hardt was making tour Of the country
On the way from Louisville % Indian
apolis the train was stopped a. Sullivan
hy the news that serious freight wreck
he'd occurred few miles Up the road
completely blocking The tracks. and
nal king progress 10 Indianapolis inpcs-
slble until the next day u vain the
manager stornea az the railway en-
pl0ves and warmed the wires with frsn-
tic messages - every one ccnnecfsf with
trr road frrr t1e president down o. fha
dispatcher SsrtaiuE ecud - done The-e
was no oths- read fat coald - reach
ed sarah in despair
.rTe~v walLH ea t-e u1araRar ~
Iengta. II excellent French and z-it1
forced caiuuess "e'nee w7 canrot Iaava
toun we give rerfefwsnre here
eaE Madame Errt rfe
also ~ French. Qu.fe fnuoe
sN st eaff fha msu ger ara ~
rt sh3at r. The fiire s-sf
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