Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-30
POOR PALOMA SCHRAM
The Baby PianiSfS Hard Work Has
Wret ked Her Reason.

Little PalCna SchIamm is being TAX
en- 20 her parents home in Los An
geles, a complete mental and physical
wreck. The magic has gone from her
Gtnpled baby fingers and the brilliant
mind that gave such promise is bank
as blank as the ivory keys that she
smiles at uncomprehendingly
The 1O-year-c3d child whose youth
resemblef that of Mozart and whose
future. it was predicted, would win
hsr a name in the world OF music has
been overtaxed her Strength gave way
after q. tour of the United States and
Mexico. Her manager said:
Next year We will go to England
and the continent and you will con-
quer more worlds, my blue-eyed Pa
lOma.''
Think Of it. At 10 years of age this
babe with her childish beauty had ap
peaned before, the fOOtligk.-s of hun
dreds IF music halls, had had columns
written in her praise from the sunny
slopes of the Pacific to the wintry
skies of the Atlantic. and bowed to the
tumults Of app.auding thousands And
all for what? The manager was am
bitiOus-and Paloma's parents were
carried away by the pride in their ia
NOUS prodigy Then there was
something snapped-s0 acute and sud
den that Paloma's reason fed.
PalOma Schramm appeared before
Denver Audiences twice during the
week of December Is last She was on
q tour from San Francisco to the east
and arrived with her father and moth
er, Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. w. Schramm,
the day before ChIfa-mas. In their
apartments was placed a great Christ
mas tree cut from the sunny side of
the mountains near Morrison and on
the natal day OF the Christ it formed
a wonderful picture, glowing with
i. ght and gifts On a glass lake re-
fleeing with prismatic glare the wax
tapers above, sailed Elsa and Lohen-
grin. two dolls dresser to represent the
characters from the famous opera.
Above on the branches rested la Pa
loma'' the wild dove, that the child
brought from, Los Angeles with her
When little more than baby Pa
Iona Schramm heard Emma JUch in
Wagner's Lohengrin and the diva
woke iEto Life the latent genius, the
music thirst of the wondering child. 1t
was the first glorious burst Of song she
had ever hsard and the opera, strange
ly enough, eXerted in her young life an
influence that seems as uncanny as it
is marvellous.
Paloma in Spanish means 1.-THE wild
dove She was named after the beau
tiful chain of mountains Of the west
ern coast of Mexico. When child
her father, who was an electrical en-
gineer, and with his wife, had settled
in pursuit Of his calling in California.
from his native land, Germany, had
presented her with a pair of wild
doves. Before this. however, while
reading TO her one. evening in Los An
geles how, in L0hengrin, Elsa's broth
er is turned into swan and how, in
stead of a swan, a dove comes and
brings The gondola home, a crippled
time dove fell at her feet as if seek
ing protection. UncOnsciously the
child began to MARBLE to her fathers
vein. He was quick to perceive her
talent and encouraged her with the
best tuition possible
Fal0ma's first concert was given
when she was years of age. Her
playing was pronounced wonderful;
people wer6 turned away from concert
halls, artists came to sketch her. The
child was famous. List, Mozart,
Chopin she interpreted with such
skill-genius. if you wili-that eyes
were wet and lips qCf.vered at the nod
CT this small child who could not
touch the pedals. except by aid of q
special cOnErivaQce.
Mms. Melbn heard her pay, caught
her, Kissed her with dim eyes and
promised her gifts innumeraDIe when
She came 10 London She gave her a
box and threw roses at hsr. Padere-
wski kissed her hand and predicted
great things. The famous tenor, Cam
ranani, pressed his lips TO her fore /
head.
And the IcSl chord? A pitiful mes
sage has come from Los Angeles. Pa
Iona will never again appear in pub =
lic.-Denyer Post.