The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-02-14
MISS Yaw.
Some Interesting Facts About the
Famous Singer.

Famous Singer.
From the Charleston News & Courier
Miss Yaw is a nes tyEe. Her per-
sonality is as unique as her voice,
and indeed II stranger could not
meet her without expecting some.
thing out OF the Ordinary from SO
extraordinary a presence. In cold
descripUives she is certainly entitled
to be called Ii beauty; not the Venus
Aph~odite or TriIby genus, but a
gentle Madonna, Vestal virgin, an
embodiment OF Spring. a Iitania
even. for although Miss Yaw is really
above the average height of women.
her perfect and chldlike naturalness
gives the observer an impression of
being with diminutive creature.
.'1be child destined 10 possess the
most remark able voice of history
was born near Buffalo, n. Y. Her
ia ther died when she was scarcely
more than baby, strengthening OF
course the tie between tie mother
and the little ones-who, grown men
and women now, still look omother
as the sum and source OF all wisdom
and virtue. Ellen Bench, from the
maternal Ia ualiy name, sang before
/ she could talk. and in her childhood
VS. especially noted for her ability
to inPrOvlse n genuine melody to
aay words which might ne gwen her.
She Eli occasionally sings Take Ne
Back 70 Home and Mother to an
air composed bs herself at ten wears.
At the unusually early age of four
teen she commenced he singing les
soDs ard gives the nuta hi.. Testimony
that she never had IL 80 r. teacher.
circumstances caused frequent
changes of masters until she had the
go fortune to b. placed under the
tuition of Mrs. Theo Bjorksten, OF
New York With this able instruc-
tress she remained a long time and
finally went to Paris with Mrs.
Bjorksten HI mentor. Here she
studied under Dele Sedie, Missions
tescher, and Bax, of the Paris con-
servatory.
"Her voice created an instant and
tremendous sensation, ard some o.
the finest press notices Miss Yaw
possesses are from the Paris Galig
mani and Figaro. While in the CAPT
TIA of the world of genius, Miss Iaw
was given the freedom of the box OF
Baroness Rothschild at the Grand
Opera, where her singular and deli
Cate beauty must have made her the
cynosure OF that acute assemblage,
and the ladies will be interested to
know that the Parisians used to
promenade slowly by again and
again to get nearer glimpse OF the
artistic dresses, which were sure to
enhance the grace of the mysterious
'Americaine.'
zone word about Miss Yaw's ward
robe 1t is nonsense TO say that she
'atfects' this or that style. The
poe tic nature grasrs al once at the
fitness OF one thing to another, and
this gifted girl has not been left with
out the ability to design her own
costumes. The is not a wild eyed
innovator, who sets herself to COM
bat the fOllies of the existing mode,
but fashion gently yields point here
and there to allow the maiden those
privileges of emotion and of BREATH
ing (how she does breathe, by the
way y which her Creator Intended for
us ali, and with the result OF preserv-
ing al. the lines OF grace and elee auce.
TO return to the history, Mirs Yaw
returned from Paris a l.ttie more
than a year ago and was adv sed by
friends to take a short concert trip
as being the best preparation for
his years metropolitan tour. learn
ing by experience exactly the best
course to pursue both in an artistic
and a business way. To this end she
engaged Miss Lay and Mr.. Dick to
ION her IL soon rs their existing en-
gagements should terminate, and the
Jip party l,iT So. Paul to fill eigh-
teen dates. Such success was n very
miracle. Instead OF three @eeGs and
eighteen concerts tie tour embraced
sixty tour dates, q plumber OF which
we're returns on short order. The
Jiciiogs OF the new voice flashed from
end to end OF the continent, so that
the triumphs of the present season
were written iE the book OF fate be-.
forehand ?"