The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-05

sue was IN ner PRIME, did not feel sad.
Il was almost as if a ghost had come
out and sung. They were in the pres
ence Of the departed shade Of a mar
velous voice. IN the diumed outlines
there was at times a suggestion of the
old powers. just as in spirit might
be seen the hint Of beautiful Hneaments
that once existed in life.
But it was the ghost.
The audience appIauded and ap-
plauded. The recalls took on the ma
ture Of what may be termed an "ova-
ton" But if her name had been .un-
known, there would have been no such
demonstration. They were welcornins
and bidding farewell to the Patti OF the
past-the Patti whose wonderfully
sweet notes years ago had won Them
the Patti they had read about and
heard about since childhood, the Patti
they had always called the divine"
the Patti whose triumphs form part OF
the worlds history-in short, they ap-
Plauded because it was Patti.
AdeIina Patti is conceded to have
been without a peer in her time. That
time Is not the present. Patti. the
woman, lives. Patti, the greatest sing
er, is dead a memorial service. called
q concert, was held last evening I'm the
tabernacle. She was the central figure
IN her own obsequies. Her Last Fare
Weii' was almost like a dirge. She
sang 1t with the deepest pathos The
audience could not help feeling it The
mouTneTs numbered thousands.
She sang as she looked. Those who
awaited her entrance expecting to see
a graceful, sylmph-hke figure, carried
with easy pOise, charming manner
isms and sweet, pretty. almost girlish
face such as Patti had even in her for
ties. were doomed TO disappointment.
Gone were the slender, chic outlines;
gone was ali the youth. The figure, de-
spite the height looked pUdgy. Through
the makeup on her face could be seen
the lines Of age. Her whole appearance
reminded one of a once magnificent
garment that had been carefully mend
ed and pressed and adjusted and touch
ed up through decades of wear until
even at great age it was we'll pre-
served and gave an idea of former
magnihceuce. That's her voice: 1t is
well preserved but worn and frayed
nevertheless.
But what can you expect?" asks
some one She's past Co.
True. What can you expect2 Those
who went last evening. remembering
4 her age. merely to say that they had
heard and seen Patti. were not d;sap-
pointed. Those who forgot that years
had INTERVIEWED since she made and
Justly maintained her fame were
doomed TO regrets.
Last night she did not dare essay the
high notes whose silvery. rich reson-
ten by those who heard them when she
was at her best Whenever she got
above q certain limit the frayed edges
were painfully noticeable. Sill that old
power. that artistic method is not gone.
Her expression is nearly intact. BY one
who was not making comparisons with
the Patti Of other days her rendition
Of the Jewel Song" from GOunods
Faust" and Vol che Sapete" from
Mczart's lie NOZze di Figaro" would
be pronounced a great artistic treat.
And. barring the pathetic wear exhib-
tied in the voice. ii was. Patti issstill
q great artist. even though her medium
has deteriOrated.
As usual, the popular songs pleased
The audience most. She sang robin
Adair" as her first encore, and Last
Farewell as her second. Her last song,
given as an encore. was Home. Sweet
Home" In that alone did she resemble
closely the real Patti. The song is fair
~ we'll within the compass Of her pres
ent best notes. and some Of them were
gwen almost as well as in the days of
her triumphs. Il was sung with that
acme OF artistic method, that wealth
OF expression and subtle magnetism
which once moved thousands into tears
and sent waves of deep emotion fol-
lowed BY wild enthusiasm through vast
audiences Last night. as she sang it.
she almost regained her old grip on
audiences. She was brought back again
and again by the applause. and she
bowed with much Of her old charm It
was her farewell. Patti made this her
great song once. Many who were pres
ent last evening heard her in that same
old building nearly q score of years ago. /
Many others heard her elsewhere about
that time and before. It is safe to say
that a large portion. as they heard this
song, closed their eyes and saw before
them the scene OF the past and recalled
the notes of that song as they were
then sung, seeking TO keep that memory
intact. They saw IN their vision a mag
nificent audience, listening in breath
less stiffness, no matter in what city
The picture had its setting. They could
feel the mighty. silent emotion as that
one universal chord of sentiment was
touched BY the glorious notes that
fcated out It was a soul talking TO a
thousand souls as one in a language
only she could speak, And when sac
finished, there was q tremendous de- 1
lirious outburst that was a response
from the souls az well as q tribute to
her marvellous voice and her genius as
an artist. II was such things as this
that forced into the background the
fact she was q mere woman and made
he. personality become that of PATTI,
the Divine" IL any person lost such a
picture and the memory Of those notes
and had il replaced by the picture and
the notes of last night, he or she is
doubtless in sackcloth and ashes.
There was a good musical pro-
Eramme. however. Not the least merit
torious was Professor J. J. McCleilan's
rendition of The Pilgrims Song
of Hope" at the r-ss~sst of Pat
ii. who cried as she listened.
Perhaps Anton Heguer. the 'Cellist was Z
the favoTitc- Ills work was wen brought
certO, by l-al0. Dance Of the Fairies
and one Of his own compositions lie was :
Given = hearty encore and responded with
Longing BY TschaikOwski. Hegner is
recognized ss one Of the four greatest
'ceiiists of the world and those who
heard him last evening do not wonder at
his fame. Miss ROZa Zamels the violin
ist was another whose work was appFe-
ciated by the audience. Her solo es tne
Faust Fantasia by Weinaiawsk and SO
well was It played that she was recalled
TO give "Deiuge" By saint Saens. Miss
Vera MaFgoiteF, the pia~tste. APP
peaFed on the programme twice ana after
her first number was given "A cor ital ~
core. Her first number was LISTS Hun
n-arian Rhapsodie No. y and in the second
half Of the programme she PLAYED the !
Fantasie Sisoietto. E8er execution was ]
CIa1idp a. f,aani.lsf am the haritos5e !