... thes suprima. donata the yutoung, was to be plaved, and the prima donna was the young, lovely, and wiorhipped Claudine, the Jenny Lind of that time and place. The house was crowded, and the first act succeeding beyond all expectation, the audience were in ...

... cholera, or the railway mania, has 'been that esthetic epidemic which mn1aybe styled LI:iiolatry. The strange passion for Jenny Lind's singing is, howuver, only the climax of the fashion- able rupt~ure for Italian hnusic performed by Itaiiin' Itcompanies ...

... imply thattheirfaceswerelike apig's.-s(Laughter,) Therre was a lady who was mentioned la*ely as coming forward- te eclipse Jenny Lind.-(Laughter,) . It wassaid she had' n superior voice; but because her beauty woulj not stand the test she wouldn't do.-(Laughter ...