The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-30
TOBACCONIST,s WONDERFUL
DAUGHTER.

As with learning, there is no royal
road to preferInent in the dramatic OF
lyric professions. The kings and queens
of tie mimic stage are crowned by
ability and bard work, and are not the
the creatures OF aristocratic prefesrncnt
and pecuniary aid Genius will not
down at the beck of caprice, but asserts
itself despite all difficulties. 4 case in
point is that of Cora Roig, d.ughter
o: Tony Roig. of the Academy of Masic
it. New Orleans Tony was formerly
re-l.ieut # Mobile, aud there kept .
c,.-r stand. which Cora used tolend
he ore .he was in her teens. Removing
u New Orleans he opened little to-
b,cc1 store in CommercIal place. which
Cor. aud her mother tended while Tony
m.s rngro.sed in hrs duties at the thea
ter Cora soon became very well known
il the Crescent CITY, and u friend hear
IN her sing a little ditty one day. was
struck with the purity of nef voice. and
became SO interested in the little cigar
girl that no gave her father sum OF
money to be expended in musical tut
ton for her. She made rapid progress.
under competent. teachers. and soon II
was noised around that she had phs-
nomenal voice. The amount Of money
donated by her kind friend WAS not
large, and 1t was soon expended. Then
Cara tried to get an engagement that
would afford an opportunity to earn
money with which to further qualify
her in music. She tried the Rice party
frnitlessly. Sam. Colyills did not dsse
to being : rivsl. sbay, . faf,superior to
Rosear, ntoaids company, sn'l 50 Cora
tried another plan. She hired hall
ana got upa benefit for herself. Sew
ersl singers solicited by. her fsrmsr'
teachers agreed To volunteer for her.
Ia three weeks. by personal solicitation
she sold almost $1,000 worth Of tickets.
The nightof, the concert she found that
all Of the ladies who had agreed to APP,
pear had thought betier(?) of it, and
she was the only female who appeared.
Nevertheless. the concert was . suceesn
especially stinsbcIslly.s The next If
note beard Of the little lady was from
England, where she went alone in
search 1T employment. In dramatic
agency she met an American, who got
her n position as "Hebe" 10 travelling
lina!ore troupe 3 Il wasn't siuchs6f an
opening Tar A--6ndding gcnina. but T.
proved ample for our little tobacconis-
tic hsfoins., She .soon, attracted atten-
tion BY her voice, dssh and chic. and
war promoted to play little Butter
cup" Some one who saw her play this
part called Carl Rosa's attention TO her,
and ths result was that he. after hear
ing her sing, engaged her as one Of the
prima doHnas OF his opera troupe at Q
salary u csc a week and shs-is now
studying "Carmen" under the best of
tutors. and will make her debut in it In
Lond IN in the fall. Rosa Is enthusiast,
tic over her. snd thinks her the most
promising young singer IN England. In
direc. contradistinction to her success
is the case Of smother lady, the dsugh-,
ter of q prominent merchant there, who
spent fortune on her with view Of
qualifying her sfoS the operatic itaae.
she returned from Italy year or so
ago. unable. after oil the money that
was spent on her, to get an openiug
with any good opera troupe. oven to
sing for nothing. A concert troupe was
organized FOR her special benefit, hut
she did rot please tue public, and now
she is ldisg suntlsd " oman for life.