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party i recited. I can still see the great tra- lienne standing in the of the drawing room very plainly} essed,and wearing a blacl veil over ber auburn heir. She recited a scene from memory from Racine's Esther, while her brother Felix read his part from a book . I was too young to appreciate the way she rendered the lines but the tenderness of her rich mellow voice still lingers in my memory, and the Sion of her deep brown eyes will haunt me as long as I live. I was not allowed to see her act and was terr- ibly jealous of my Brother when he came home raving about her ra oe } of Phedre. yerformance All he famous artists of Europe . ec Frankfort, foremost a es them Jenny Lind. = ee ae “ ' H ame Starring TO i ¥ thy i ae ; , i I was taken to see Mi = ; Wey sad Peli chews ee ass ' aor = ae, eee : iy ner In the. Daushier of Re ent’ , and I can remember the ; : Nf ink . 1 = m1 sha nO ac , ac — en 4 = hes me —_— f pink Slik gown She wore as well asthe fact that I tho ight her 4 f i ete ee See ae ee miatt ate Glee : +, ts Aid cba ety in very plain , but alas! dulcet notes of the ‘Swedish Night- i - ut 1 wWike ' -— uwaat an i A XT Is al are The ; a »aQj ingale were wasted on my childish ears. The Countess Rossi, better known as Madame Sonntag appeared at the theatre some little time later . She was a handsome and very ladylike woman P oe Ree J peoittscrek sal NOE ose re ae | < aer mre me sR s at ok ie oe hte and was received in society where she behaved with much One Hiv. My Mother told me that the only proof she gave of laving sprung from the middle classes was the fashion she had retained of eating with her knife. It was a red-letter day with me when my parents gave a ball. The invitation list was made up from the cards that had been lefte Woe to him or her who had not left a pasteboard !- ror in matters of etiquette Frankfort was as much a stickler as any European capital , and the non-return of a@ card was an