The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-04
atti S Secret of
Youth

Madame Patti baroness Ceder-
strom), who is in Paris, has been tell
ing the Echo de Paris that she is sixty
four The interviewer, of course, pro-
tested, as which of us would notg
However, she is, indeed, sixty-four. She
insists on being sixty-four. What,
then is her secret? ''You want to
know, I suppose, how I have managed
to reach such an age without appear
ano too much damaged? Well, have
done nothing at ali. Up to forty L
stlnted myself in nothing, and ate and
lived as I chose. After forty, however,
I took to a comparatively strict way
of living. Since then I have eaten no
red meat, and have drunk only white
wine and soda. When / feel weak
glass of champagne picks me up. l
never touch spirits or liqueurs. My diet
consists of light food and white meat,
chiefly sweetbreads, Sleeps brains,
fowl, and vegetables. I always sleep
/. with the window wide open in summer,
and partly open in winter, so as TO get
4he cold air straight on my face. l
never get to bed early, hardly ever be-
fore half-past twelve or one. A severe
hygiene and an elaborate toilet before
bed are absolutely necessary to any
woman who does not want to get fat.
That is my only secret of health
The lady passed on to other subjects,
FtSalome'' in particular. She has, of
course, heard DR.. Strauss s opera in
Paris "What a part!" she exclaims.
<fI would not sing it for anything. |
put up a prayer in my box during the
performance. / was so much terrified
by the apparition of the head of st.
John the Baptist. / am a good Cath
ollie and nothing would have ever made
me sing in Biblical play on the stage.
Then Salome ought not to kiss st.
Johns lips. The Bible says it was her
mother. Herodias, who asked for John s
head, not she, and that she gave 1t to
Herodias. After hearing ESalome,
even those who don't like Wagner will
exait HIM. As for me, adore Wagner.
I have never sung his music on the
stage. He did not compose for my
voice as Verdi and GounOd did. But
love him all the same. 1 never met
Wagner, because he refused TO know
me. And the reason was that / refused
to create the part of Kundry in Parsi
fal. Wagner often heard me sing al
Covent Garden, and told my brother
+ in-Iaw. Maurice Strakosch. that he wa:
writing the part of Kundry for me II
K Parsifal. But / thought there was
a great deal of shrieking to do in the
part, and refused to sing it. Wagner
was furious, and never could meet me
All of which has never prevented m'
from lauding his music to the skies. !"
Madame Patti is going to sing IN
private performance of 'tIl Barbiere'
at NJ. Jean de Reszke's house. Th'
host will not appear in the cast, bu
his brother will be Basilio, Signor An
selmi will be Almaviva, Signor Ancona
and Jean de Reszke IS pupils viii suppl!
the chorus. Madame Patti is due IL
Sweden shortly, where her mother-ln
law lives, the mother of Baron Ceder
.strom, who has not seen "her Adellna
for six wears. The diva now will sing
as a rule. only for charity. On he
return to England she will appear II
several farewell performances IN tn'
provinces She was given the red rlp
hon of Knight of the Legion OF Homo
after her last appearance at eharlt.
concert in Paris two years ago Tor TN
benefit of the victims of duty. M. Lou
bet PINNED the decoration on her pou
ice. saving, Ct felt as much pleasur
in signing the decree creating you
Knight of the Legion of Honor as
have in hearing you sing. MaaaIl
Patti. recalling that she was at tn
Rejane theater when the king an n
queen were there during their visit t
Paris this year, added that she was mrs
introduced to King Edward forty-el = a
years ago. in 1859, at New York, afte
her debut there in Lucia dl Lamm l3l
moor at the age of sixteen, when Tn
then Prince of Wales was visiting IN
g United States ineognito.