Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-12
Fourteen Years Since
She Sangau ReYOir
but Not GOOdby
Sings for a Reporter for Moth
ing, but Taxes The City
$4,000 to Hear
Her

Quite her charming self, as viva
cious, as frankly enthusiastic and as
buoyant as ever, Nine. Adelina Patti,
Baroness Cederstrom, is in San Fran
cisco again for the first time in four.
teen years. She and her husband ar
rived late yesterday afternoon. and
went direct to their rooms at the Pal.
ace-rooms filled with flowers from
her friends. Tonight she will face
again a San Francisco audience in
that same theatre where befell one of
the most thrilling experiences in all
her career.
Notwithstanding the fact that for
weeks she has been singing every
other night and living almost contin
uously in her car, the Craig-y-nos,
Nine. Patti is as well and cheerful as
If she were at home in her own beau
tiful Welsh castle.
It was difficult to believe last even.
ing that Nine Patti was just in from
trip that would have tried the
strength of the most robust. Her good
nature and fine spirits were infectious.
Told with her sense of ridiculous,
it did not even seem so great a hard
ship that she had had little more than
forty winks" on Tuesday night
Something had gone wrong with the
coupling of the steam pipes, and the
palatial private car was about as cold
as a patent refrigerator all night.
Nine. Patti laughed at the picture she
made with her head bundled up like
that of a bit of baby in savage cold
weather
"Why, could hardly breathe" she
said, but it was that or a cold, and
l simply must keep well, for there is
no one to take my place. 1t is not
like an opera company. where there
is an understudy to come forward in
an emergency"
| Father time has not had the heart
to mark the passing of the years for
the most gracious as we'll as the most
wonderful singer the world has known
Without flattery and from the closest
observation, Nine. Patti does not look
a day past forty years. Quite willing.
ly she subjected her smooth, plump
cheek to the scrutiny Of searching
light and her newspaper visitor when
the subject of her age came under dis
cussion.
Candid and Charming as Ever
Some of the good people have said
that | am Go" she said with a laugh,
I"Others have declared that | have
passed SO. Well, | could not be either
of those ages, as was born in 1S43,
There are some people not so inter
ested In my age as they are In my
smooth skin, and they insist upon
knowing what kind of face cream
use. The fact is Shat | don't use any,
and | tell them 50. They want to
know If l wash my face, just fancy!
OF course, do; but in eau de cologne.
It smarts a little, but II is good for
the skin, keeps II firm. For the fur
ther knowledge of these inquiring
friends who really want to know any
secrets | have 10 tell them ! always
add And / do not use cosmetics.
This last fact was quick to be
proved. A fingers pressure on the
singers rosy cheek brought the white
mark to show beyond cavll that the
color was under and not outside Of
her skin.
Diva Tells a Secret.
The secret of no wrinkles" she
went on, "is no worry. That's one
thing / will not do. Above all, | do
not read unpleasant things. The pa
ners | do moi road In q qanaral WaV