The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-23

The audience cheered poor little me until
! thought my heart would beat through
my sides, and the press next morning gave
me such hearty, generous need of praise
that / almost went dclirious with JOY. ]
had attained my highest ambitions. had
made my successful debut as star and
had won the plaudits of my coinpatriots rs
we'll as Of the press and public, and at 21
an age at which most aspirants for opera
tic fame have scarcely mounted the first
rungs of tho ladder. do not believe there
was n happier girl in tho universe than
on that eventful day.
But how l did suffer for weeks before
our little bark was launched For the first
time in my life / had 10 assume response
bility and consult and advise with mana
ger, stage manager, librettist and what
not about every littlo point and number OF
the operctta, every little detail OF stage
mechanism, until i actually grew weak
from worriment AS tho day OF presenta-
ton drew near l became excessively norv-
ous. The last thought which sank into my
brain mt night when sleep ovorcame me
and the first which flashed in the morning
on awakening was, "Will success crown
my effort and put me TO the fore In my
profession or will failure crush my preten-
sions and rclegate me 20 the re0r for all
time to Gomez The mental strain was
awful. Tho climax was reached when the
gentleman who was originally agreed upon
TO write the opera for some reason threw
up the task two wooks before presentation
night. / thought then my heart would
break sat down and had good cry.
That relieved me, and again gained cour-
age. Clay NJ Greene, was told, had
agreed TO assume the titanic task OF COM
pleting the opera within tho brief time
allotted him. He did so nobly. We had
few swift but painstaking rchearsals, and,
wonderful to relate, tho delightful little
opera was rendered without single flaw.
In fact, 1t mado a signal hit and jumped
into instantaneous popularity.
From that day on I havo had n joyous
existence. To quote our respected presi-
dent, my life has been one grand, sweet
song" / have been fortunate enough to
win tho praise of the critics and the public
not only In tho metropolis OF America, but
IN every city we have played ION the road. F"
My cup of happiness Is now full 20 the
brim, for again kind public has accorded
me It's praise and appreciation. "Fleur-do-
lis" tho sprightly opera adapted from the
French, In which l opened this year at
Palmers thcatcr, mas ncnleVcd success
quite as pronounced and every whit "a en-
thusiastic as "The Little Trooper" IL our
company does rs we'll In othor cities ms In
New York, will really believe that 1 am
"a child of fortune" as some kind critics
aver.
attribute the success have attained
In my brief span of life 20 the fact that 1
have adopted profession, or rather branch
of profession, suitable to my tastes and
temperament. From childhood, yes, al
most babyhood, i loved, dotod on music.
IL was the very breath Of my Dostrils. II
Il has "charms TO soothe the savage
breast" what power, then, must IL have
over a worshipful devotcef And such 1
was. II may surprise some good people 10
know that played the part OF tho Mid
shipmite in a juvenile "Pinafore" compa-