The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

N. ELDoM has a mere beautiful com N bination of music been selected for " a concert than the voice and the bs-p-the one with it's euphonious, eX- ouisite human, qualities-the other with it's vibrant, sensuous, appealing tones and this unusual combination has been saIected bv the "A1l-Star Concerts TOT inc second concert presented here thus ..ason under the sponsorship of Mrs. Richard F. Johnston and Mrs. oriine A. sbipman. Monday evening, April H'
 The two artists who will appear here in the second concert of the All-otAr Concerts are typical of the youth anu talent of the day; Margaret Romaine' voung. talented, slender, but with Voice like a lark; Angelo Cortese, young, tar ented. good looking. with the e&ouo temperament of the fascinating Italian what more could be asked?
 The voice-will have it's beautitul mem hers-the harp it's selections-on the pro- wramme-while the combination or tue voice and the harp will be exqulsi'e'S portraved in brilliant selections.
 The story of Margaret Romaines rise to fame is like a fairy story; IL re@"s like a book; indeed it appears as II el'g fairv godmother with her basketful or beautiful favors were standing py "' tbe birth of this lovely young woman layishly dispensing everything desiraole with a prodigious hand.
 rh,nk of four girls in one family, all rising to fame in the "twinkling of an eye" as it were
 Besides her own phenomenal caree' Margaret Romaine's three sisters ar9 world famous-Hazel Dawn, one or en' most adored of Broadway favorltes' Is one of them, singing her way into iaNof in .sThe Pink Lady, few years aso' another sister, Grace, IS an idol of tne ,,,,,sic world in Milan, Italy, where she makes her home. while still another Nanine. is one of the most stunhins prima donnas at La Scala, and the ilt' tie bittyestp of them all-Ella, wno ls now only ''kiddie," is poetess' sing' CT. dancer and dreamer.
 Just a short time ago an interviewer on one of the big New York newspaper visited Margaret Romaine at her hahu some Riverside drive home, and ashe' her to relate something of her cares' and her affairs, and the charming prlnE donna told the story this way;
 ..It wont really take very long to tel it. for it began not so very long aso when my father. in 1900, to De eAac' moved bag and baggage, kit and kltlie from Utah over to London town, In Mer rie England.
 "Father is prominently connected Il ,ba Mormon Church and he had beei called to do missionary work Tn Lon don.
 He had great success with open al meetings, that is-meetings in the shee and after a time Nanine, who had wonderful voice, though only + year old volunteered to singsat the eNeiliii' meetings This idea was a success lrol inc outset, and after a time we all Joihe in the work and sang to aid my talhe We all had rather good voices nature eng and this work seemed to improve tne' greaty!'
 In the meantime we all iearheu ! nlav some instruments You have warhe me so much about leaving out the lan ily that I will say that learned to p'a inc cello and piano. and we all recer'e oarly vocal instruction rom ia'hei a' ~ mother, both of whom sing Well o' beg your pardon, ld forgotten we ny sister, l must say this, was coniiiiaie ad to sing at Buckingham Palace; 'hs was Nanine. From that time study wy in easy matter for all of us. we wei just full of ambition and worked great deal and without much thought ' further encouragement"
 -l sang frequently in concerts an when d few months later l had an oppo tunity to sing roles in the Opera con'au ii, Paris, 1 began to think that l ha nothing more to wish for, for cohsioer'