Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-16
HOW SHE BECAME A SINGER.
Pauline Lucca's dhe Famous Song
stress Interesting History.
SHE TAUGHT HERSELF 10 SING
A rhysician's ADVICE 90 womex
cyciisss-He Thinks II Health
fai Exercise FOR womea.

years old a chance exhibition OF hot
gift Of song decided that She must be-
come n songstress. The child was a
haif-pay pupil at fashionable private
school IN Vienna. her parents belns
too poor-though Of aristocratlc birth
TO pay the usual fee. Pauline was not
good scholar, and she was very plain.
Poverty, stupidity and piainncss sepa-
axes her from the society u her SCHOOL,
mates and from the attention Of her
teachers. Only one person noticed her
FATHER Jcestrabek, an old pries,, ana
the relieious Instructor OF the school
Tie was destined 10 speak the word thai
s'ouia make her a singer, and thus civ,
her fame and fortune.
The weekly singing lcasnn. 80 ~,
aeheolmatcs brought hours ~ r,,,st
ness. she was not TO orer her uno,,tt
W tlhg-ringing lessons were extra--
tnough permitted TO De proscnt an c,,,.
uNiVn thAt she carried IN and nut ~,
oooss snd instruments. But she n,s,r
y, ,ieu W eV n9mo. singing long and LOUD
N,. ~ ~ she was SURF not TO be heare
NY mother. From an autohlographI
SSl sketch we condsnsc the Story y,
Wuat followed from those seif.taurhi
singing lessons. '""eH
On the day OF the annual exnn,,,.,,,,
she was seated on the last benFN 49,,
~. ~ urcas made OF white musii,
' w,,'S4N eutlalh. Her mother had heer
uheoie 90 buy new dress ior ~ ~
ees,en, suddenly hor NAME Was cet,,.d
ane STOOD UP norvously. failed 10 nm.
tMvr tha questions OF the pxnrnlnc,.
a .i wy down crying. while pupils ana
N,lsitars laughed. Then the oxamin.s
tlvh IA singing began. and All tho pupli,
eaui5 4. lass rose to show what they
Pauline also stood IN. though ths
principal with angry eyes, motioned d.
her 10 Keep her seat. ~
NN "t 4 nr children sang ha- sn--
az the names were called. An haa aat
uvMn altor receiving more or lesa en-
SIoutiuteineht on the part OF the teacher.
tN y, n.ue Pauline nobody seemcG
Dumb, with wet eyes, she looked an
pea'ng az Father Joestrabek, who
i"lI IN encouraging tones:
ne niue one over there must sing
US song before we go,"
sui, said the principal "she can.
~ sins' F@uiine has never had In
~, mlt docs not matter in the least: 81,
must give us song
men turning 20 the girl he asked
What can you singV'
stone Ten from Paullno'a heart
as she heard the words. y can sinr
eNyiything the others have sung. she
sara proudly, and with a freedom from
I self
won't 'S''
- never sang better than on that
Mterhuan. says i.uocA when / had
nnished the iirsi song. and tho APP
plause struck my ears. / began an
other, and sim another, and did not
stop WI ] saw every body crowd round
| my mother shaking her BY the hand,
and cougraiulatlnK hcf On such Jewel
OF daughter
AS ! went towards my mother,
rat fed-iaced gentleman declared be-
| tore the whole school that ! had a
/ phenomenal talent, which must lie cui.
! uVntcd az all costs, He was. as
! learned Afterwards. Joseph Fri, at that
| time u celebrated tenor.
my fatc had now taken decided
| turn for the better Erl sent me to the
\ ehoirmuster q the Church Of 81,
| Charles, Joseph Ruppreoht. who took
| such care In educating me.
! Under his tralnlng I made such
/ rapid progress that four years later,
| when the celebrated singer, TlctienH.
I Tell suddenly ~ / was able 10 take her
| place. singing the solo part at the
/ offcrtory without previous study. 1 had
not even heard II before. but sang It
/ entirely by the notea-l child OF ~,
This Ia the true story Of how became
a songstress,"
Bicycles are brought to such perfec-
ton, says Dr. Richardson, they run
/ with SO lille friction. they are mounted
10 readily, and are such graceful ma
| chimes, that they PROFESSIONALLY must
hold n higher place In popularity than
| tricyCles.
II ~ caRy TO learn 10 ride them when
the learner II properly taught from the
| FIRST, and Il has seemed TO me that the
art OF getting the balanee-whlch IS tho
prime nrt--la more easily attained by
woman than by man. Tho readiness
with which ladies mount and dismount
Is quite n lesson In ease and graceful
ness, especially on those machines
which are provided with u scat In lieu
OF saddle.
There is another and important ad-
vantage IN the bicycle--namely. that in
riding II there IL less vibration than
from the tricycle.. Indeed, when tho
machine In wcll-ntted with the pneu-
matte tire, vibration 10 practically ex-
cluded.
Lastly, the dress Is better arranged
on the bicycle than on the tricycle.;
there In less risk Of the folds OF the
dress being caught In the wheels, and
less resistance from the wind.
Twenty-Five miles n day In n thor
oughly good days ride for even an ac-
compliahed female rider on a moder-
ntely fair, ordinary road. 1t IL good
for women, as II Is for men. to dis
mount occasionally and walk, and II IN
always good for them TO do 40 when
they are climbing long and steep hills.
The change OF movement brings new
sets OF muscles Into play, and saves
strain on the muscles OF respiration.
Far children OF either sex much
cycling Is not good. Girls should not
begin TO ride regularly until they have
reached their seventeenth year. and
not then unless they are strong ana
In training, and ever afterwards.
they should be taught TO eli straight
up In tho saddle or seat. and always 10
have the dress sufficiently short 10
prevent embarrassment 10 the move
ment OF the feet have no doubt as
TO the kind Of seat that should be used
by women; the cushion seat IN In
iInIteiy preferable TO tho saddle.
An conditions being normal, women
eau indulge In the exercise Just as
rniely as men. II secures quick and
nitre cultivation OF the fenaea; II leads
10 a good and healthy Muscular eNer--
cIsa. ii causes nne expansion OF
breathing: the lungs inhaic pure air
IL qulckena the circulation. and brings
10 the mind n free and wholesome
change OF scene. which IL tonic OF
tonics 10 the depression Incident 70
sedentary monotony. L y =
Very usefai.
Lady OF the Honse--I.lsten. Charlotte.
I am going TO give a supper and
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