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Show in THE SINGER'S FORTUNE. "When " Death Separates the Ureal I'p.ttl from Her jV.outy. The death of Nieolini, coming as it has bei'ore that ot Arieijna l'utti, probably prob-ably "means that a large share' oi hoi fortune will fall to American heirs. Mine. Fatti bus few living relatives. Her nearest kinsman is believed to be Alfredo Barilli, a popular musician 01 Atlanta, Ca. Air. haiiili is the sun o: the prima donna's half-brother, who in his day was ateo a musician. 1 he LaJf-brother LaJf-brother was almost grown at the tinu :f the diva's birth, and it wi3 by l.Jm that the voice which was to make he. fame and fortune "was discovered and given its first development. Many id lei are told in the Barilli family of tin strict measures resorted to by the elder Barilli to force his 3roung charge and pupil to diligent study, and of the oft-repeated but harmless punishment; which resulted when in the exuberance of .youth she slighted her tacks arid failed to live up to the possibilities of her wonderful voice. Although in the brief annals of Patti's Pat-ti's life' little or no credit has ' been given to Sig. Barilli for his port in her musical education, the singer herself has acknowledged her indebtedness to - him on the back of a large photograph of herself sent to him before his death and just after Patti's first great European Euro-pean triumphs. Oh the back of this , - photograph, beneath his numeand ''hers, she has wx-itten: "To my first arid only teacher." This souvenir, furnishing furnish-ing as it does almoct the only proof of the elder Barilli's intimate connection with her career, is naturally great Iv prized by the family of his son, who stii! have it in their possession.. Alfredo Barilli, an artist and a man cf taste and culture, has always boen a favorite with his aunt, arid has spent several summers with her at Craig-y-Nos. Two years ago his wife and children chil-dren were invited to accompany him to her castle in the Welsh highlands. Every preparation was made to accept, but sickness prevented them from going go-ing as a family, although Mr. Barilli himself paid his respects and expressed his wife's regrets. During Patti's last American tour, when she sang in Atlanta, At-lanta, the Barilli family were invited to dine with the singer at her hotel, and were the recipients of affectionate favors fa-vors at her hands. The death of Nieolini, therefore, places the Barillis in the direct line cf inheritance, as the indicatipns are that the great singer holds them in high regard. re-gard. They have an attractive and artistic home just outside of Atlanta, in a suburb known as College Park, although al-though Mr. Barilli's musical studio is in the city. There they live a quiet and unpretentious life. They have never flaunted their relationship with the great prima donna, nor by word or deed encouraged the belief that they had any expectations from her. Her photographs, photo-graphs, however, are enshrined in state in their home, and. every detail of her life is followed by them with the greatest great-est interest. N. Y. Time?. g |