Article on Herald Attack on Maretzek and Kellogg

[The Herald attacked Maretzek; he refuted the attack.] "The attack struck Mlle kellogg directly. Do you know why this artist merited the enmity of the Herald? She simply refused to commit herself in a society where she judged herself misplaced. Surely, we are not passionate admirers of Mlle Kellogg, we have often criticized her, we don't make her the queen of singers, but, without having the honor of knowing her, we can't keep from conceiving a great esteem for her, in seeing the antipathy the Herald evidences toward her, and in considering the causes.

Mlle Kellogg has been well defended in the American press, but some of her defenders have forgotten the axiom of Talleyrand: No zeal. [Author goes on to cite a mian who wrote to the World, complaining that not only did the young artist have to struggle against the enmity of the Herald, but also that she was not treated with enough respect by her coolleagues . . . .  ] This enthusiast complains that MM. Lotti and Susini, for example, wouldn't bend with good grace to the demands of the audience, which made Mlle Kellogg repeat several numbers. He sees in this fact, very arguable, a proof of ill-will against this young person, and he concludes that the Italian artists are jealous of the American singer. That's a gratuitous accusation, which scarcely needs to be refuted. If its author were a bit [more] up-to-date with the internal story of the Opera, he would know that Mlle Kellogg is unanimously respected and liked, and that she is the first to rebuff similar insinuations. As for the dislike of artists toward repeating big numbers, we have already explained to ourselves that . . . .  the New York audiences is the only one possessed of this mania to encore an ensemble piece or a tiring air, as well as a romantic couplet."