The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-11
Madame Olive deLaunay Pretty of Face and
Figure Adds Talent to Her Personality
nv DOLBY DALRYMPLE

Returning to the dictatorship of
music at Howard college after two
years absence, Prof. Paul deLaunay
brings back TO Birmingham his lovely
wife, Madame Olive deLaunay, whose
voice, according TO the critics. is I'M
usually pretty and well cultivated
Madame deLaunay is a South Caro-
linian by birth and her talents have
been purveyed from the lyceum and
chautauqua platform, winning hun
dreds of friends and admirers for her
throughout the country.
Meeting Professor deLaunay at her
home town, Columbia, S. c., where
she WAS singing in the choir of one
of the prominent churches there,
while. he was the organist, a romance
began which resulted in their happy
marriage and Professor deLaunay
and his lovely wife have come to Bir-
mingham at the demand of Howard
college, where Professor deLaunay
formerly taught the organ, plano and
French, besides teaching at the Uni
versity of Virginia and other promi-
nent colleges
Madame deLaunay will conduct her
own studio in town, coaching" com
panies for lyceum and chautauqua
work.
Madame deLaunny Talks
MS lttls Sdlu MdudIiG AC
Launay lis a decided innovation, for
few people have ever done exactly
this line of work. So many girls with
pretty voices who do not want to go
on the stage would like to do lyceum
and chautauqua work, and vet. even
then their parents dislike for them
to go out into such work alone among
strangers.
I'm coaching their own companies,
selections can be made of the person.
mel which will please them as we'll as
their parents, and no concern need be
felt about their going out into the
world alone and unprotected"
Happy Collaboration
Professor and Madame deLaunay
for the past year have collaborated in
their work in the high-class motion
picture places of the country, Madame
deLaunay singing the "prologues" to
the beautiful pictures while Professor
deLaunay presided at the organ.
in Chicago Madame deLaunay
studied with Miss Leila Breed. the
well known and popular vocal
teacher and speaking of Madame's
voice and Prof. DeLaunays art the,
Chicago press says:
Professor Paul DeLaunay, organist,
is saying farewell TO us today, and
is going back to Howard college,
at Birmingham, Alabama, to resume
his former position as director OF
music Professor deLaunay has been
since last September, and his many
friends will be sorry to see him CO.
Madame deLaunay's singing or
Smilin Through" as prologue to
the Norma Talmadge picture of that
name, all this week. has proved
great attraction. Not only has she
lovely voice, but great beauty and
charm of personality as well, which
have endeared her to Strand patrons.
The deLaunays will enjoy month $
vacation in the Carolina mountains
before going on to Alabama.
Gift of the Fairy-Godmother
Not content with bestowing upon her
pretty voice. Madame deLaunay'
fairy godmother has also given her
beauty of face and form, which
should always go with singers
gifts but which, alsas, frequently are
emitted.
81 find in coming to Birmingham
that my instructor, Miss Letia Breed,
has several splendid representatives,
among them Miss Sara Mallam ana
also MI. Copper Lawley, who was first
Miss Mallam,s pupil and is now
studying with Miss Breed in Chi
cago
Birmingham seems to me to De
an unusually fine field for music
work. people being tremendously in
terested and with generous spirit
Of co-o operation. which makes 1t easy
for a stranger to come into TINS
community and soon feel at home.