Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-03-14
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Stories and Characteristics Of
the Fa-c.s S:-yer.
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Tie So, f.ot4I.a was born in
1876 and tAtFv4ose st Tie present
time sixty y1ars o.d. 1t is tLis latter
fact that makes the world wonder.
That a wonldu threescore years Of age,
4 woman who had won her crown as
queen of the opera before many Of the
fathers and mothers Of today were
born, should be announced for sixty
concerts IN this country the coming
fall is something tLat tie public can
not quite comprehend.
It is a mystery to Us. Must there not
be some mistake? Can 1t be possible
that the Patti we are to bear in the
coming fall IS the Patti who by her tai
iGnIaLic voice charmed III fathers ard
mothers more than a generation ago.
II IS the same identical Patti. There
is no doubt about it. But can it be that
she can still sing? Undoubtedly she
"A sing, very superbly, else the best
judges of vocal music in the world
would not pay her 100000 for the tour
nte she Is on the stage, $3.50 a second.
Yes. you may depend upon it that
Patti-Patti at sixty-can still sing and
sing like Patti. 1t is said that this
wonderful woman does not show her
g by twenty-five years. Not behind
sunlight she looks, we are told, like a
woman of thirty-fve. What is the Sc
cret of her youth and power?f 1t is
what a great many people would like
to know; ii is what | am now going TO
tell the people. In the first place Pat
it's fine mental and physical condition
is the result of PATHS own applied in
~IelIlgenCe ana VIII power.
When she was a mere child, she said
to herself, Il will be young as long as
| live" and she has bent every energy
and purpose of her life toward the full
fillment of that resolution. The great
singer was born with good sense. and
having that she realized that her first
thought should be about her physical
health. Accordingly she has always
taken excellent care of her body. She
has never been a drinksr of alcoholic
liquors. She has always been a plain
liver, p~referring to rich dishes the fare
that was wholesome rather than in
viting.' She has from her earliest
youth beer a great stickler for outdoor
exercise. The winds have blown upon
her, the sunshine has bathed her. She
knows what 1t is to be in close and low
ing touch with the dear old Nature
wherce comes the of life.
In the meantime Patti did not over
look the fact that she had a mind and
that it was the privilege of that mind
to think and to revel in the immortal
conceptions of the intellectually great
of all ages. Nine. Patti is an unusual
ly bright and intelligent woman, and
there is scarcely a theme upon which
she cannot talk with charming inter
est. Furthermore, this wonderful little
woman has taken good care of her
heart-that is to say, of b una ar
fectional side of her nature, She has
never allowed herself to become sour
or cynical. She has always been able
TO see a bit of blue in the darkest sky.
From Craig-y-Nos, the home of the
great singer. comes this story: She was
out walking one day and. feeling thirs-
ty, called at a cottage by the wayside
to ask for a glass of milk. When she
had finished drinking the milk, she
opened her purse to pay the cost, when
the peasant woman raised her hand in
gentle remonstrance, saying, There is
nothing to pay for the milk, but will
madam kindly sing to us n of her
sweet songs?"
Patti entered the humble home and
sang in her most superb style "Home,
Sweet Home" Fhe astonished and de
lighted ~cottagers listened in raptures
and rendered their distinguished visit
or warmest thanks. Then from an in
ner apartment came Il feeble voice.
please sing that again. 1t was so
beautifnl.'
THAT is my daughter. who is dying
of consumption" said the cottager.
she is so fond of singing"
Patti visited the sick girl, sang the
song to her and gave her a sympa-
thetic word. The milk had been paid
for by melody for which the world
would have gladly paid thousands of
dollars.
Such. then, is Adelina Patti. Is it any
wonder that she is still young and
beautiful and full of song?
PATHS perfect physical condition and
her undiminished fund of animal spir-
Tvs were revealed in an odd manner
upon the occasion of her last London
appearance in concert. While she was
singing a heavy and exacting aria from
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