a famous opera singer traveling America in her own Pullman Palace Car, perhaps one of the most elegantly decorated, described below (anyone got pictures?)

Apart from the great legend of her voice, Adelina Patti was a very much larger-than-life character ... and a very astute business woman, she traveled the global for her work. But such travel then had it's hazards - not the least being the assurance of payment of a fee after a performance. For Patti, $5000 a night at the height of her powers.The diva's solution was was novel and affective - that