Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-13
WILLIAMS
Struggle In New York
Used as an Illustration
Of Hardships
Which Ambitious Singers
Must Undergo
Before They Reach Position He
Has Attained.
Not One In a Thousand Would Have
Succeeded as He Did.
Before They Reach Position He
Has Attained.
Not One In a Thousand Would Have
Succeeded as He Did.

Not One In a Thousand Would Have
Succeeded as He Did.
The New York Sun contains the fol-
lowing interesting story relative to ii.
Evan williams, the famous tenor. 1t
reads:
The prizes for singers in this city
in the shape of high salaried choir en-
gagements are few, and the exagger-
ated stories which are published
throughout the country about the large
incomes of the successful ones bring
each year to New York large number
OF candidates for singing engagements.
They come with voices which have
been praised by their teachers and
many of them, when they find no open
ing for them in churches, drift into
the choruses of the opera. AT a small
gathering of choir singers last week
one of the successful ones vouched for
the following story about n choir sing
er who for several years has command
cd large salary In one of the wealth.
lest churches. 1t illustrates the diff
cultles which one candidate for honors
had to overcome before he reached his
goal.
More than ten years ago a woman
who had taken singing lessons from
an excellent teacher of vocal music in
this city went to a western town and
for her own amusement taught sing
ing to few young men and girls who
had natural gifts In this direction.
Among them was this singer, hardly
lnOTt llidu boy' anu "t 'hul 'iih'
working as a miner The possibilities
OF his voice Interested his teacher.
He was accustomed only to miners s
life. and his natural refinement would
never have been suspected at that
time He improved rapidly and his
tencher persuaded him to come to New
: York and study under her old teacher
you have naturally" she said, "ono
of the best voices that ever heard
With n little training you will be able
to earn by singing In choir on Sun
days about ten times your present
wages"
"Then will so to New York." said
he, "nnd become n choir singer"
The woman gave him strong rec
ommendation to her old teacher and
when the latter had tested his voice
he said "You have an excellent voice
aud with proper training you may
earn large salary with IT,"
every we'll" said the young man
"You teach me until | can get an en-
gagcment and viii pay You"
"rhat would mean too long n wait,
said the teacher.
"why do you say thatf" asked tn,
miner.
"Wcl, to tell you frankly" said tn
teacher, II believe that your voic
4 might he developed with six month
= training That Is, physically developed
10 do the work which you hope to dc
a however you would have to he almos
! born anew. You are rough and M
couth. Go To a fashionable church tC
morrow and see the men who attend 4
4 Study their clothes, manners and N
- pearances. Then think TO yourself tha
you must become outwardly as pr,
sentable as they are and mentally, pc
haps very much more responsive, b.
fore you can gain success. You nee
grooming manners and mental deve
.. opment, and believe that 1t will tai
you at least ten years to acquire them
Fortunately for the young miner, Il
=. woman who discovered him had re
commended him to a wealthy muslc-lo
ing family in this city. When tn
VI heard the teachers verdict about /