Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-17

La rOrZd Qel Destino" in the Metropolitan Opera House. Mother was there with my sis ter Carmella, but fathers business in Meriden, Conn, kept him away.
 At the conclusion of the perform ance there was much applause, and went before the curtain with Caruso and de Luca and Mardones and Chal- mers to acknowledge it. But I was not really satisfied until the papers ar- rived next morning with the critical reviews. No one who has not received verdict In the dispassionate form of cold print can comprehend how it af- fects one to read of success in attain ing ones hearts desire. With the krey hgnt or dawn creeping in at my apart ment windows, read each criticism as starving person might devour sud- denly acquired food.
 [ Sing as a Child.
 Now that have made that confes- sion, feel that can tell in order how 1t all came about As a little girl I used to sing, and also studied the piano. At the age of twelve I sang for the first time in the choir of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in my home town, Meriden, Conn. By the time l was fifteen I played the pi- | ano fairly well. and one day the pro- prietor of a .Meriden motion picture theater offered me twelve dollars q | week to play rhe pianf, and sing a few songs while the pictures weer being 'hown. l obtained my mothers per mission to accept and made my first IeDut wholly excited little girl, in that little motion picture thcaipr.
 Several months later the owner Oi the rival Meriden motion picture the Ater offered me fifteen dollars II week 10 appear in his pincp of amusement accepicd. Very, shortly l won my 'others permission io sing twice d week in Fl ilr;iier in n nearby town
 Cabaret and Vaudeville.
 Fy inc lime I was seventeen had progressed to singing in the daily mu- sical programs given in New Haven (Conn) hotel at several times my for mer salary. My next forward step was into vaudeville at the age of twenty. With my sister CarmelIa i prepared an act which we played together in what Is known as small time" vaude- vile. loved the applause-aEd we got 1t. But at times, when realized that was not singing my hest, the ap- plause somehow hurt. I did not want to be applauded out of kindness. What longed for was appreciation that was deserved.
 Efna1lv [ copO n .cTo ence made me happy with their ap- proval. But the effect of their ap- uiF'''.' vas to make me work harder than ever. It aroused within me an hblding ambition to strive at all times to give my best For the public @b'uld have every consideration fl is live IS entitled to the artists best ef- Jrts.
 iake Singing Lessons.
 At the end of our first year Carmella and graduated intor'bIg time" vaIde- vile. Our salary now enabled US 70 travel with every comfort and to save little money. Such n condition Is conducive f0 mental ense. which is helpful to ambition. no natter whar the theorists say about starving genius iD m attic The genius drives the starving man to work. Bui the sfarva- 1tion does not stimulate the genius.
 l was now planning definitely for a real singing career. hut wasf al- ways suspicious of teachers One day alteacher heard us sing in a. New York vaudeville theater and induced Car mena to take some lessons. When heard her marked improvement after she bad been studying less than three weeks. ! consented to go to see him myself But to Induce him to give me