The life and professional career of Emma Abbott . t truly 1never have heard music that sounded bo grand u> me as themelodies he used to play on his violin. Two of the dresses worn on that occasion were particularlybeautiful, one the character, or Queen Anne . the other a charm-ing bit of drapery in which she went to the guillotine. Thefirst was of moss-green velvet and shrimp-pink satin This is in colors and design an exacl copy of the Queen \i Iress on exhibition in the Louvre, but its cost is many times that ..! theroyal garment. The body of the dress is of the moss-colored velvet, and th
The life and professional career of Emma Abbott . t truly 1never have heard music that sounded bo grand u> me as themelodies he used to play on his violin. Two of the dresses worn on that occasion were particularlybeautiful, one the character, or Queen Anne . the other a charm-ing bit of drapery in which she went to the guillotine. Thefirst was of moss-green velvet and shrimp-pink satin This is in colors and design an exacl copy of the Queen \i Iress on exhibition in the Louvre, but its cost is many times that ..! theroyal garment. The body of the dress is of the moss-colored velvet, and thegarniture is something never before Been on any Btage design (an intricate one) is cu1 away in the velvet appliquedon the pink satin. thework on this costume may beobtained when it is stated that the margin r each designclosely embroidered with self-colored silk that it resembles thehard-woven fabrics of Queen , time This appUqm oreut-away work, forms a half-yard bord< r on the skirt and train. CHAPTER XIII. MM A ABBOTT had the honor of open-ing or dedicating more opera houses thanhad any other singer in the world. Andit was an honor, won by the extreme gen-erosity, kindness, endeavor to please, andsterling womanhood, for which she hadgained a a man, or syndicate of men, has brought to completiona house erected for the entertainment of the public, he looksupon that house with pride, and in selecting a person to per-form the opening or dedication rites, wishes to find a star pos-sessed not only of artistic skill, gracious manner and comelyappearance, but of a name known and honored for beauty ofcharacter; a name which cannot by any means be associatedwith reproach. There are such in every profession, yet they are none toocommon; and there are those who attain all possible perfectionin their chosen art, whose names no one would care to associatewith an object they love, or in which they are it is not wonderful th
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