Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
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To the present generation the name Of
Adelina Patti Is what that of Jenny
Lind was to a generation past. When /
told a young American girl that J was
going to hear Nine. Patti sing she looked
at me aghast. Patti sing! 1 thought that
she was dead and buried ages ago." To
prove that she was alive and singing
took the young American girl to the con-
cert with me. To my great delight Nine.
Patti gave her old familiar repertoire.
She first sang COSTA Diva" with
''Voiche sapeta" as an encore. Then the
jewel song from Faust with within a
Mile of Edinboro Town" as an encore.
Then 1.-THE Last Rose of Summer"
Home, Sweet Home" and Comm Phro'
the Rye"
No one can truthfully say that Nine.
PATHS voice is as fresh today as 1t was
80 years ago, but every one must admit
that II is marvellous, considering her age,
for she has turned 60. AS for her style
and method, they are unimpatred. 1t
seemed to me as though her songs had
been arranged for a lower key than of
old, but / may be mistaken. Her trills
were liquid and brilliant as far as they
went but the famous one None, they
say, have l." was much shortened. DO
you remember that trill? And then the
way, later that she played with the rye
as a kitten with a ball, tossing 1t higher
and higher, rolling and turning, till 1t
finally ended in a big, round gurgle and
then came to an end. 1t was in the sim
pier things that Nine. Patti was
best-'"The Last Rose of Summer" and
Home, Sweet Home" and the enormous
audience that filled Albert hall arose to
these and gave her an ovation.
AS far as manner and appearance go
Nine Patti was as young and coquettisn
as ever. She was dressed in pale yellow
with a picture hat perched upon her
black and curling hair. To have seen her
running airily up the inclined plane that
leads TO the platform of Albert hall, bow
ing gayly to right and left, you would not
have given her a day more than 20. she
Is a wonderful woman, is Nine. Patti. l
doubt If any prima donna of today viii
have such record of song. Fortunately
for her she has never torn her voice with
Wagner's music. Grand as that music is
II Is death to any but German voices, and
even they cannot long Withstand It's
strain. Patti has confined herself to Ital-
ian operas and English ballads. Since
she was so small that she had to stand
upon a table TO be seen, she has been
singing in public, and before that she
played the violin in an orchestra of which
her father was the conductor. Notw1th-
standing her long life before the public,
she shows few signs of wear and tear,
because her life has been made easy for
stand between her and all worry. She
is never allowed to be excited. Louisa
Loew, the companion of fourteen years,
after her quarrel with Nine. Patti pub
lished the story of her life to the world.
It was not all pretty song, particularly
the part relating to Nicolini, but it was
undoubtedly true Nine. Patti has been
treated more or less like valuable race
horse Her food, her exercise, her rest all
are looked after by specialists, and have
been for years An article published re-
Gently in London paper tells different
story. 1t says she "eats what she likes
she lives as she likes, she takes exercise
as she chooses, and has no physician in
attendance" She has no nerves. If this
be true times have changed. When she
was last in New York she had her own
cook, her own doctor, and her own physi-
cal attendant. AS for nerves, she had
them all over her body. She seldom ven
tured outside of her hotel, and when she
did she drove in a closed carriage and
stuffed cotton in her ears to keep the cold
out.
Nine. Patti has not yet succeeded in
| selling Craig-y-Nos, her Welsh castle, and
she still spends the most of her time there.
The place has cost her fortune and 1t
takes a fortune to run it. Like every