Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-06-26

: walked hungry rom place % place
and once to raise money she rcnt gof
: her hair and sold it. Music was be
! love, and she forgot every discomfor
In the middle OF ner beautiful songs
Once she froze her feet, ana arir
whilethey aehed with the intense pail
which follows The applause of1thl
audience overeame hunger rsOKroN
and even the pains of frozen feet. 81
} Hearing that Parepa was in New
York, she forgot her poverty, and sci
out with the one intense desire to heal
Parepa sing. On she waited towarC
the big city, At Lyons; In Wayne
county, without money or friends
she stopped to sing She had nOi
eaten anything for hours, and actu-
ally sang when very faint and hungry
With the proceeds she bought q good
supper, and continued her way 10
New Z ork. s1g 'sl---I Tlo tE-i tll
Little Emmafanally reached New
York alone, and in the night, putting
up at cheap house called the Wash
ington House. The next night she
hastened to the opera, but to her greal
disappointment Parepa did not sing.
She finally heard PaFepa at Steinway
Hall, but could not succeed in meet
ing her face to face. mi -.- .rr,-
Her money giving out, she borrow
ed fifteen dollars of q lady in the no
tel, and started for the West agai n
Arriving in Michigan, she advertised
three concerts. The nights were bad,
the idea did not take, and she lost ali
her money. To pay her bill she sold
her guitar, but went on, and, hungry
/ n a Nr-e T.,
loon IN the next room, making money
enough TO 60 back and buy it back.
AT Magnokela, Michigan poor success
attended her again. To pay her bill
a gentleman lent her money on, her
guitar, but just then the old Chicago
Opera Troupe telegrsphed for her,and
STE Joined them for seventy.six con-
eerts, the proceeds Of which she sent
TO her mother. 't Dob i=u- ftiw
Now another troupe in the West
engaged her to sing in Iowa, Kansas,
and among the Nebraska Indians,
for seventy nights. .E
After filling these engagements,
Miss Emma sang in Milwaukee and
Chicago, but with poor success. The
people had never heard of her won
derful voice, and they would not come
out to hear one young lady sing
From the latter place little Emma
went to Plymouth, Indiana, Here
she dvertised to sing in the parlor OF
the United States Hotel, but few
came, and her money became eXhaus
ted. Her hotel bill was two dollars
and a.half, and she took her guitar to
the music store to sell it to pay the
rN- Il Nllu4 nnvsk
dress, her only nice dress, to get
money enough to go Fort Wayne,
Indiana, a few miles beyond, where
she advertised for another concert
Having no guitar, she engaged the
clerk in the music story to play &C
compartments. The CONCERT was at the
Evlin House; the few who came were
delighted, and the receipts were eigh-
teen dollars. With this She went back
to Plymouth, redeemed her dress, and
bought back her guitar, and sent
five dollars to her poor mother. .4aI
With bad luck all around her and
knowing that her Door mother and
sisters depended on her efforts, little
Emma determined 70 make one more
bold effort in Toledog Here she ad-
veFtised to sing in the Oliver House.
The small audience, though eRthusi-
astic, did MT pay expenses but the
ehivalrous landlord refused to take
no, sirl', said he, forgetting that
he was addressing young lady,
nGeorge Brown amt aeOing to take
no young ladyis guitar, but you can
stay aud try il agsin.Ns is- Z s--l1o 5ro
Things looked dismal enough. Her
splendid courage began to give out-
Behind her she saw nothing but q
three years struggle with poverty
her sex and extreme youth against
her. The future looked as black as
The kindness of George |
Brown brought tears to her eyes, but |
after it came the dreadful thought Of |
suicide She owed only the nine dol
lars which George Brown was willing 4
TO give her, but the thought Of failure 1
was dreadful. Hope Of ultimate sue
cess always buoyed her up. That day
little Emma went with her bursting
heart, and looked off the ToledoopieFy 1
and the thought OF jumping offstrVg-
yled in. her bosom. Returning 10
The Oliver House, she caught aglimpse
1f Clara Louise Kellogg, who had 1
then reached the zenith Of her fame; 4
but in a moment she was gone. She
with a piece Of musie in
he oliver House. Following along
liter, she encountered Miss Kelloggls !
maid on the stair. .... ....-.... .--- Z
81 do want to see Miss Kellogg" /"
he exclaimed to Petrilll. when /
an I see her? ?'i I'-ia7fss t.a4fl 9ni I
"She's lust gone into dinner. with
Ter mother, but viii be out in mo- {
nent, answered Petrilli, --ris- Ee
In a few nloments Miss Kellogg G
anne out with her mother. -. "a
81 am Miss Abbott" said little I
emma, half frightened, ''but / wish Q
D see YOU so much 'i." Fp.-o % q
'iNever mind, come in, What can q
do for you ~ asked the kind hearted d
iiss Kellogg a4..a.-I 81. ssE.5 sdI ,,Ee
az want you to try nay voice. I do =
hink I can sing, and If you will only ,
ay so / shall be sure said Emma, :
)oking up with her clear blue eyes,
'rWhy. certainly, my ehfid,p said 8
fiss Kelloggts mother, who got up Z
nd opened the piano, butseeing little =
.mmals shabby dress and wild lock- :
be old lady held up her hands and :
dWhy, Louise ! Where has this {
oOr child been wandering ?' =
In moment Miss A bbott was sing y. y
~ one of her beautiful ballads full OF " :,
alive sweetness and pathos.N Asher Z.
Oiee touched those high clear notes, y
hich many Of Us have heard since = :
DIR. .Ehspinis church. Miss Kel-
ggis mother Set in mute wander. =
HIIouise! Louise Ptshe finally broke Je
IT. edo YOU hear that voiee-ho1f - -
is no break there. That =, ~
the voice for mepld- .snar ,ass.mozglita,
That very night Miss Kellogg kiEd- 4,
gave Miss Abbott letter to EFrani, NJ
teacher in this city, under whose of
struction she has been for two years. 70
he also gave her money to come to Il,
eY York, why're she took Q quiet "a
ON at DR.. Elders, and commenced an
severe eouFse ct study with Errani. 60
fter studying q spell she secured, tal
rough fri,-nds, an engagement to ze,
lg in DR.. Chapin's Church at 81 900 ze
r annum. Here the wonderful Ie,
-eetness of her voice became the talk 10
the city end the especial wonder ae
the good msmbets Of the big brown an
me church of the divine paternity, 40
Fifth avenue. Here she sung for oY
rear or more, always remembering Ter
r poor mother, and always true TO II
r Kind benefaetof, Miss Kellogg. i' an
Among DR.. Chapin's audience was An
,arm hearted gentleman living up All
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