Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-05-07
imaginable character nearly year of

dry scales.
zone day famous musical directo
put up at the Hotel de France. Woult
he listen to her playing? Yes.
she sat in her usual place In TIT
orchestra all the evening, and then. neal
midnight, with her violin under bel
arm, called at the the Hotel de France
The great artist had been treated to
banquet, and was still sitting in the
dining room. There were g0blets and
champagne glasses on the table, and
after talking about music for few mo.
ments, he took fork, and gently tap
ping on wine glass, asked what note II
was. 1t was E. And this one! A. And
this one? d. And so on. He was greatly
pleased with the experiment, and said
he would hear her play. Only you must
mind, don't like false notes.
81 never give 'em, sir
"He laughed, and she began to play
She was a bold, sturdy player, and as
tOnished the director with the graceful
sweep of her small arm. At the close he
cOmplimented her i'm a cordial manner
and hoped she would go on with her
studies. 'Oh!>she would; she meant to
study all the time
"The first real piece was grand Oc-
casion. She played it through hundreds
of times. Hours were spent over one
note. A week on single page. One
passage she could not get right; forty
seven times she played it before her
master would would let her off. NOmat-
ter. she must play it right if it took all
day. Tears dropped on the violin, the
master was still more enraged. At last
she did it right, played it over several
times. went home, and never played it
wrong again in her life.
"At last there was to be a grand con-
cert something quite out of the COM
mon course; and it was decided to bring
out this young musician with her wonder
full violin playing. The Italian opera,
the French opera, the dramatic corps, all
the grand families, every musician in
that old city, bought ticket.
THE concert began and went on. The
orchestra played, and the artists sang,
and then there was little rustic and
hush of expectation as they brought i'm a
box for the child to stand upon so that
all could see her.
"And then slight, blue eyed girl, in a
white dress, white satin shoes, and a
pink sash appeared.
Nat the piano sat her teacher; and her
father stood by her side to turn the
leaves of her music.
But moment before she had been
carried away with the pink sash and
dainty satin shoes; now she put the violin
to her shoulder, and stood ready to play.
1.-THE tone came, strong and true. The
notes were in exact time, The people
were hushed to painful silence. In
his excitement her father turned two
leaves-the small player inclined her
head and in pretty, lisping whisper
said You've turned two pages, papa
The page was turned back without a
pause, and the music went on. 1t was a
brilliant rendering of .mOSt difficult
composition.
1T seemed as if the great musicians,
the painters and the people en- masse
never would stop clapping and cheering.
The leader of the orchestra offered, in
the name of all the musicians, to crown
her young head with wreath of roses.
The attempt was amuslng-the wreath
slipped over her shoulders, and fell to
the floor, and there she stood in the
midst of i'll
'Then they brought wonderful Paris
doll, and set her quite wild with joy by
it to her.
with the doll under one arm and the
violin under the other, she bowed her
thanks from the middle of the wreath.
Then they cheered again and laughed
and stOrmed her with flowers" Mrs.
Gordon paused. Madge and her assOci-
ates were ON her their feet.
Il am glad you told us-we cannot
guess-Only, mamma, great genius
would not have had to do all this" said
Madge.
: "Only genius would have been patient
in other words, patience and constant
drill give genius wings" answered Mrs.
Gordon.
Tell us. please, and we will practice
like her, without any more Words" came
frankly.
Camilla Urso,' answered Mrs. Cor
don.-L. Bates, IN Wide A,cake.