She knew her name had an importance of its own.

Even though posterity twines no wreaths for actors, it is done in the grateful memory of survivors.

I shall never forget the ennobling and elevating hours I afterward owed to that great and noble interpreter of character.
I am also indebted to Frau Jachmann-Wagner for much enjoyment both in opera and the drama.

She now renders meritorious service by fitting on the soundest artistic principles--younger singers for the stage.
Among my mother's papers was a humorous note announcing the arrival of a friend from Oranienburg, and signed: "Your faithful old dog, Runge, Who was born in a quiet way At Neustadt, I've heard say." He came not once, but several times.

He bore the title of professor, was a chemist, and I learned from friends versed in that science that it was indebted to him for interesting discoveries.
He had been an acquaintance of my father, and no one who met him, bubbling over with animation and lively wit, could easily forget him.