JENNY LIND IN STOCKHOLM.

Otago Witness, Issue 1952, 23 July 1891, Page 36

JENNY LIND IN STOCKHOLM.

All of a sudden the whispering becomes louder, changing tone altogether, while every head is directed towards the ante- chamber. On the threshold stands the host, and by his side, shaking hands with him, a young girl, with an abundance of curls round the pale cheeks; a gown in simple style softly clings round the maiden figure, and there is a dreamy, half -absent, and fascinating look in the deep-set eyes. The hum is' increasing still more when the old nobleman leads the yisitor into the midst of his guests ; but he has not time to pronounce her name ; it is already on everybody's lips, and is now flying round the room with a subdued sound — Jenny Lind ! Jenny Lind ! A crowd gathers round the plain-looking young girl who, for the last few week"s, has, as Alice in «• Robert leDiable" and Agatha in the " Freischutz," captivated and enchanted both themselves and the whole Stockholm public. Somewhat monosyllabic at the start, amongst all these strangers, ,the guest begins by and "bye to shake off her reserve. She smiles an incredulous smile when one of la jeunesse doree compares her to " la divine Malibran," and laughs openly at some old general's grotesque flattery. To a sentimental inquiry as to what heavenly thoughts had filled her mind when, the preceding evening, she had, as Alice, embraced the cross, she answered, a little hesitatingly, " I believe I was thinking of my old bonnet." — St. James' Gazette.