I met her several times after our engagement terminated. She was always affable. On one occasion, while passing through Bridgeport, she told me that she had been sadly harassed in giving her concerts. “People cheat me and swindle me very much,” said she, “and I find it very annoying to give concerts on my own account.”
I was always supplied with complimentary tickets when she gave concerts in New York, and on the occasion of her last appearance in America, I visited her in her room back of the stage, and bade her and her husband adieu, with my best wishes. She expressed the same feeling to me in return. She told me she should never sing much, if any more, in public; but I reminded her that a good Providence had endowed her with a voice which enabled her to contribute in an eminent degree to the enjoyment of her fellow beings, and if she no longer needed the large sums of money which they were willing to pay for this elevating and delightful entertainment, she knew by experience what a genuine pleasure she would receive by devoting the money to the alleviation of the wants and sorrows of those who needed it.
“Ah! Mr. Barnum,” she replied, “that is very true, and it would be ungrateful in me to not continue to use for the benefit of the poor and lowly, that gift which our kind Heavenly Father has so graciously bestowed upon me. Yes, I will continue to sing so long as my voice lasts, but it will be mostly for charitable objects, for I am thankful to say I have all the money which I shall ever need.” Pursuant to this resolution, the larger portion of the concerts which this noble lady has given since her return to Europe, have been for objects of benevolence.
If she consents to sing for a charitable object in London, for instance, the fact is not advertised at all, but the tickets are readily disposed of in a private quiet way, at a guinea and half a guinea each.
After so many months of anxiety, labor and excitement, in the Jenny Lind enterprise, it will readily be believed that I desired tranquility. I spent a week at Cape May, and then came home to Iranistan, where I remained during the entire summer.
JENNY LIND CONCERTS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS, EXCEPTING OF CONCERTS DEVOTED TO CHARITY.
| — | — | New York, | $17,864 05 | No. | 46. | Havana, | $2,931 95 |
| — | — | “ | 14,203 03 | 47. | New Orleans, | 12,599 85 | |
| ———— | 48. | “ | 10,210 42 | ||||
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| 1. | “ | 12,519 59 | 49. | “ | 8,131 15 | ||
| 2. | “ | 14,266 09 | 50. | “ | 6,019 85 | ||
| 3. | “ | 12,174 74 | 51. | “ | 6,644 00 | ||
| 4. | “ | 16,028 39 | 52. | “ | 9,720 80 | ||
| 5. | Boston, | 16,479 50 | 53. | “ | 7,545 50 | ||
| 6. | “ | 11,848 62 | 54. | “ | 6,053 50 | ||
| 7. | “ | 8,639 92 | 55. | “ | 4,850 25 | ||
| 8. | “ | 10,169 25 | 56. | “ | 4,495 35 | ||
| 9. | Providence, | 6,525 54 | 57. | “ | 6,630 35 | ||
| 10. | Boston, | 10,524 87 | 58. | “ | 4,745 10 | ||
| 11. | “ | 5,240 00 | 59. | Natchez, | 5,000 00 | ||
| 12. | “ | 7,586 00 | 60. | Memphis, | 4,539 56 | ||
| 13. | Philadelphia, | 9,291 25 | 61. | St. Louis, | 7,811 85 | ||
| 14. | “ | 7,547 00 | 62. | “ | 7,961 92 | ||
| 15. | “ | 8,458 65 | 63. | “ | 7,708 70 | ||
| 16. | New York, | 6,415 90 | 64. | “ | 4,086 50 | ||
| 17. | “ | 4,009 70 | 65. | “ | 3,044 70 | ||
| 18. | “ | 5,982 00 | 66. | Nashville, | 7,786 30 | ||
| 19. | “ | 8,007 10 | 67. | “ | 4,248 00 | ||
| 20. | “ | 6,334 20 | 68. | Louisville, | 7,833 90 | ||
| 21. | “ | 9,429 15 | 69. | “ | 6,595 60 | ||
| 22. | “ | 9,912 17 | 70. | “ | 5,000 00 | ||
| 23. | “ | 5,773 40 | 71. | Madison, | 3,693 25 | ||
| 24. | “ | 4,993 50 | 72. | Cincinnati, | 9,339 75 | ||
| 25. | “ | 6,670 15 | 73. | “ | 11,001 50 | ||
| 26. | “ | 9,840 33 | 74. | “ | 8,446 30 | ||
| 27. | “ | 7,097 15 | 75. | “ | 8,954 18 | ||
| 28. | “ | 8,263 30 | 76. | “ | 6,500 40 | ||
| 29. | “ | 10,570 25 | 77. | Wheeling, | 5,000 00 | ||
| 30. | “ | 10,646 45 | 78. | Pittsburg, | 7,210 58 | ||
| 31. | Philadelphia, | 5,480 75 | 79. | New York, | 6,858 42 | ||
| 32. | “ | 5,728 65 | 80. | “ | 5,453 00 | ||
| 33. | “ | 3,709 88 | 81. | “ | 5,463 70 | ||
| 34. | “ | 4,815 48 | 82. | “ | 7,378 35 | ||
| 35. | Baltimore, | 7,117 00 | 83. | “ | 7,179 27 | ||
| 36. | “ | 8,357 05 | 84. | “ | 6,641 00 | ||
| 37. | “ | 8,406 50 | 85. | “ | 6,917 13 | ||
| 38. | “ | 8,121 33 | 86. | “ | 6,642 04 | ||
| 39. | Washington City, | 6,878 55 | 87. | “ | 3,738 75 | ||
| 40. | “ | 8,507 05 | 88. | “ | 4,335 28 | ||
| 41. | Richmond, | 12,385 21 | 89. | “ | 5,339 23 | ||
| 42. | Charleston, | 6,775 00 | 90. | “ | 4,087 03 | ||
| 43. | “ | 3,653 75 | 91. | “ | 5,717 00 | ||
| 44. | Havana, | 4,666 17 | 92. | “ | 9,525 80 | ||
| 45. | “ | 2,837 92 | 93. | Philadelphia, | 3,852 75 |
Charity Concerts.—Of Miss Lind’s half receipts of the first two Concerts, she devoted $10,000 to charity in New York. She afterwards gave Charity Concerts in Boston, Baltimore, Charleston, Havana, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia, and donated large sums for the like purposes in Richmond, Cincinnati, and elsewhere. There were also several Benefit Concerts, for the Orchestra, Le Grand Smith, and other persons and objects.