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and she had never become 90 much sst',Stsd ,Ssx
called the atmosphere of the mtslc, rc9nas y
Paris She fnss nSv Rss,sty from rs ssst
saw "a. Am Americans IL Paris Who bad been there
she did. she also saw other. who had 5sen
much. She had kept her clear Americs3} s.,,,,it "
the thing that decided her e 20 hone swa,lSSN =, ~
the aSs Best tv sse S could When shs got there Pos
sibly II plenty Of money had beon forth
coming she would never have adopted this
an end. 60. 70 tho establishment of hcr
teacher, who rallied at the impatienoe of Amer.
leans. sne left Paris after an experience that
naSriy nSS IS: s.. @ 90 She had undonbtedly learned
something about her art but not enough 70 lilt
her above the level Of hundred other Girls.
trio GUS country women who had Inspired her
Her acauain tances IN Parts. viewed her
d .r y pshsm .l. :os
OF failure that Helen took resort in the fiction
that she expected IN return the following
yS.v ycsr %R 81 .ss ss' had come % The dscn
'H:rs .Yea r. know s.,f .nvy you NOR. than can %
,Sst had the courage to 90 back: but have
the money to stay here another year. and
/ wrote TO the people Who sent II 70 me 70
Sh . sI yoa Ss r,s sas sGo making or
progress. that all the MANAGERS In Europe
wanted me, and that my teacher told me
y 70 6s second Niirson put @ none o o. ys.ss .nose
d and In the past SIX months had q. same
chances TO sing for nothing In third,rate
theatres that every TomHn nas o.1 nd nSo1a % say
as can see ! am no neare. to-day 70 the
sort OF debut that expected TO make than
two seven yssrs out asGi Of ten women who
prsSsb The best :sS ever b Sos asl' 70
they only Enewi Why since have been here
heard sh Gy aS .sG .s sns wsG
seem zee % to be having just - hard slms as am ''
This wa: SsS 1 sss wa:
Sssn'sn'p Sssn IN Paris. ar Her family only knew that
she was coming back because aus. .as,n.sd shs had
she she had really found profitable snsasement.
II was a little disappointing that abe was not
to make her debut In Europe. but thsy were
''iGns'sa mater as '"a she had no plane
in New York than she had In Paris. She
was not 80 inexperienced. and she knew
ali. She stopped long enough here to make
the rounds Of their offices. Again vas
the question Of the unknown beginner. They
sssa because ;e'i nobody knew her. Could she pay
$500 OF $500 or $500 to be advertised' They
listened to her in a periunctory way way When When
was no money forthcoming seemed less
one dd got her an sRDeGsSCs s.S a nSsSIn Shs1.y
Il. did that because he threw in soprano
for nothing along with baritone ana
violinlst, for whose services he had been
paid: She was frightened 70 deatn ana
oud,enes ,S % was pleased and she ielt that her
career had begun. The manager did have
confidence enough In her TO get her two or
part of the winter lie paid her $50 and she
deducted from that her travelling expenses.
Apparently tho supply Of SINGERS singer. ,S,,s was
church places could AFFORD 70 1.-Two on such
outside concert work as came her way. II
was too Irregular and the pay TOO meayre
for her TO do more than = eiis. on " ,b pooris s,
m the fees she got from the concerts. She
had 10 be we'll dressed when she sang and
70 have a carriago and an acoompanist 70
month al $50 paid poorly for this,
Her one triumph came when she returned
In hcr native To wn 10 give a concert there.
Il wa. a great event, and It seemed TO her
fT,snds has sesn Hs fulsiis3. 3 They applauded her
enthusastica not more enthusiastically
probably than they had before, and she
thought Of that and the weary months that
had interviewed. This triumph In her own
own did not blind her 70 the fact that even
a living was not To be made out OF her sin ging
in concert a. she had begun here: u was
a question Of teaching OF OF finding soms
means OF using her talent more prontably
than she could In the ambitious way she
had attempted H.
That opportunity came to her unexpectedly
The continuous theatres hre constantly
seeking now performers: One DAY the man
agar. who had got for her the few engage
Monts shc received here. suggested that
she sing for ono OF these. The proposition
seomed To her at first little louder rrocla,
nation OF failure than any OF her plans had
bcen since she came back. but money was
noeded lust then, and she took his advice
That was two years ago. Last spring she
was sin glng In one OF the theatres here
I'm singing in continuous vaudeville.
she said, when set out 20 ne grand opera
singer. and for three years ! have earned
si2 a week for forty weeks OF the year. ]
Suppose some of my fellow pupils In Paris
would think that I had fallen low In the ar
tis,Ic scale but the most successful of them
wrote me from Paris tho other day that sha
had got back there nfter singing oil winter
in one OF the French opera houses In pro-
yincial city and she told me that she had
not been able to save enough from the salary
without writing home for help. so ! don't
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