Madame Patti's Unique Fan.
Adelina Patti has a unique fan ; a fan with vellum leaves decorated with gold. On the leaves several European sovereigns have written sentiments over their -autographs.
The Czar wrote : " Nothing brings peace like your song." William I, Emperor of Germany : "To the nightingale of all time." Queen Christina : "To the Spaniard, a Queen who is proud to count the number of her subjects." . Patti was born in Madrid in 1843, but her father and mother were Italians.
"Queen Victoria wrote on the fan: "If King Lear says truly, 'A sweet voice is a precious gift to a woman,' you are, my dear Adelina, the richest of women." The Emperor of Austria and the Empress Elizabeth were content to affix their signatures ; the Queen of the Belgians, with her Royal hand, traced the first lines of '"Tl Baeio."
Thiers wrote, " Queen of song, let ms clasp thy hand," and signed himself " Monsieur Thiers, President of the Republic."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 44
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160Madame Patti's Unique Fan. Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 44
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