Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

LARK ELLEN IN HONOLULU.
Among the many celebrities who
have passed through Honolulu, none
is better known than Ellen Beach
Jaw. or Lark Ellen" as all Califor-
mia loves to- call her, for they seem
truly to be the notes of the lark
which issue from that long, slender
throat, and Honolulu is honored to
have this wonderful songstress here
for the first time. For several years
Miss Yaw has held the distinction Of
being able to sing higher than any
noted singer in the world, her voice
taking the range of four octaves, the.
flutelike tones ascending higher and
higher. On programs she is noted
as a coloratura soprano and her work
has ranged from all forms of concert
izing to the more dramatic realm OF
grand opera. She has made fourteen
tours to Europe, on each occasion
singing in all of the great cities of
the continent and in England while
she is equally well known through.
out the United States. Since the war
she has not been abroad and has
confined herself to concerts within
her own country.
Miss Yaw's home is picturesque
ranch at Coyina, California, a few
miles from Los Angeles, and when
weary of stage work, here she lives
simply and quietly with her 1lother,
tending the roses OF her garden and
enjoying the quiet of home life.
Miss Yaw's husband, We're Goldth
waite, lawyer and man Of letters, died
five years ago while they were stay
ing in Rochester, n. Y, but though
this sadness has crept into her life,
the singer is the same sweet, gra
cious woman she has always been,
and It is still the face of a girl I:lat
smiles at one from out its halo OF
pale gold hair, the simplicity and
sincerity Of her manner being among
her chief charms
Miss Yaw is a great believer In the
psychological effect of music upon
the singer. at makes the singer hap
py," she says. Music keeps ones
spirit young. It makes one like a
child. That is why Marchesi, when
she had taught for over half Ger.
fury, was still a child in many ways,
and as young at heart as many Of
her youthful pupils. 1t was the music
in her soul" And looking at this
slim, girlish, blue-eyed singer, who
has had the world at her feet, one
can but believe Il Is So During the |
years that she was singing and study |
ing in France, Italy and England, |
European audiences went wild-oYer |
her singing and from London to Paris
she was given ovations wherever the |
Tilt Of her exquisite voice was heard
Though resident OF the Golden |
State for so many years, Miss Yaw is
not native Of the west, having been
born near Buffalo, New York, where
her childhood was spent. Her won.
derful voice first showed itself when |
she was tiny girl seven years of |
age, and it was at that time that she
sung her first song In public. She |
began studying at the age of fourteen
and has never ceased that incessant /
study and practise.
Il love to sing out Of DOORS" said
Miss Yaw, in speaking of her work,
"and ] think in those early years
when / used to go off alone to athe 7
woods and sing by the hour placed +
my voice so that / have never expe-
rienced any difficulty in outdoor Sing
ing. In fact Z prefer it. There is +
something about the big 80 Of doors
which calls me and makes me long
20 sing and I am happiest when am !.
doing it." ...-.
As Miss Yaw gazed at the wonder
ful panorama of field and sea and
mountain from the Pail road she
broke into song, and the wonderful !,
Hitting notes of her famous "Skylark
Sons" told something of her Joy of
living. She went out into the fields
before she wrote that song and lived
with and learned from the birds, and
then she set the wonderful song of /
the skylark to music. No voice but t
hers has ever sung it, for no voice can,
therefore it has not been published,
but 1t has been sung for Edison rec.
ords and is well known to many.
Philanthropy is one of Miss Yaw's
hobbies and it is largely due to her