MADAME NILSSON.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1188, 27 October 1882, Page 2

MADAME NILSSON.

• ji.oii.lcii Truth.] On the st:Tfe. Nilisson soon lost the pure, passi.it i--j_ --, but not byanynuar.s I insipid oi' nsi-.u' tio^ial style. She got theatrical, •vhi.-'u was not an improvement. In society, no trace remained of ! the quiet pensive manner. An almost I royal aiv was cnhi>atcd. In her j fnutmil slightly in »i.-lv«.\ .:••-> of that of i Mrs. Richardson, h"-.' ■.•>,/- r* •'> thrai c, I shesatexpecl.'.ug i.: > .'::.\..>r.;h:i>p..xl. She • was fiiie'iooki'.ig, c>A 1* or w.v,rniv.vii;i j ; her appearivue to '• -o.v.'t y th-* idea of] natno superiority. :£••• '■>. • - i-v.! *•:»£».;• i 3ef?i:.'iC :-;X'>resh:i»:.' or "i i; :: .\.'-')v. v. hf-id. ' ; Tli«:ie was no r.'.T'W.'':.'.:.:: I: v.-vibUiiy j nor of finical graces. "''" .v...c t :.•> irieii • lat a select party, fo'do-'-!:^* ._ ivier ; i given in her horn-:.' •;:.t. -.he i , A.mphitiyon, who v.-tiA .• • lr! •)•■.. 'ei author, begg-d her to i>...::. :iii > I required a deal of pressing, a /; '■ '■■ t .>-\ turning to a poet, snid :'' Vv --'.'■ - . :- ■ you are ho-.v, but for that v-:-./ i /' Her m ■. i" nor shower! that s'".o v. ■„ - :„- t~ j tonied t) noil iiei" st/)jjjj for £'20 ?lm •••- , and reive the tee be : .ore__Ttd. To ! show Ida gratitude, tho bard, who:.: ..he j sat down, went up and krssed her. Th- j diva reddened up, aid the pr.et only escaped having his ears boxed by stooping quickly. His air of repentance for having taken such a liberty u,et her laughing, and pitcher in a good humour. She chatted for sometime. Her theme was her own theatrical successes a;.d prospects. One cf the things she said on this occasion was, " I emulate Jenny Lind. My ambiton is to make ho-.ip.3 of money, invest it wi-11, fall dospavate'y in love with a handsome man, marry him, and in the cour.-e of time go back with him and n couple oi handsome, i children to Sweden. I should ro like to ride about with them in a nice carriage showing them to old trie, ids." She earned the heaps of money, but was unlucky in her investments ; she I fell in love with a handsome man, who, j alas! passed through a private mad I house to the grave, aud left her a childless, aud almost fortuneless, I widow. At the age of 39 she feels j dreadfully old, inelastic, degtfiusionnee . 'The libels of French journals do not ; torment her, and the proofs of Royal (sympathy that she has been receiving ! tire scarcely a source of pleasure. i Americans press her to make another j tour in the States. When she was j List there she earned 790,000 franc?., j : People went mad about hci\ At a | I fancy fair, where, dressed as Ophelia, j she sold wild flowers, a Tramway Hall I millionaire went up to her and said : "I j shall lay down 5000 dollars, just to • kiss you." No," replied Christina ; i " bur anybody who plear.es may kiss ! my !._.:rj'_t-'Mie rate of 100 dollars a kiss." In. a tow minutes hcrpuvse was stuffed with batik notes. Madame Xilsson's wedding was a triumphal one. It took place under the auspices of Lady Augusta tanley, and the Bean of Westminster officiated. The bridegroom was an simiable Creole. JLh fao-ily was rich and highly respectabh), aod one of hir, uoar relatives was a French Admiral. The late M. Rouzaud Irkl never reason to complain of the giiiu«.<it attentions of other men to hi* wife, 'rat. he was j rendered unhappy by the f".">lir>g that he merely revolved aii-Jimd" her. The I position of Prir.eo Ocisvit to a 1 Soverign Lady c? the Op^r.i ITciv.f. it not an agreeable o_s\ Mr Rou- ' zaud, chafed under a sense of Ids own inlerioity. When hi-; wiivi lost a great part of her fortune in an American speculation, h*>- w- t s glrel-j of the .opportunity to enhoo.-e 1? Is ■ \alue in her eyes by rendering her j more wealthy. He fancied that through j the kindness of some members of the Rothschild family, who lovr.d her | beautiful voice, he might obtain a key j to the Bourse. This illusion brought j with it utter ruin. Stock Exchange emotions hastened the action of creeping paralysis. The marriage, which commenced under such bright auspices at Westminster Abbey, proved a miserable one long before the intervention of a mad doctor was required. When Madame Nilsson discovered that her husband was a lunatic, aud that his mind had been unhinged, she forgave all the injury which he had unwittingly caused her, and acted towards him with thoughtful generosity. He was allowed a suite of rooms in the madhouse in which he was confined, and four servants. During his illness his wife remained in absoulte seculsion. She bore the misfortunes that overwhelmed her with dignity. But in quitting Paris she shook the dust of that city from off her feet. Her sorrows had been aggravated by attacks upon her in the print which last winter gave philanthropise articles of M. Jules Simon and daily instalments of "Pot-Bouille."