Evening star., 1922-01-29
SCOTTISH JENNY LIND" CLIMBS TO FAME
~ ON STRING OF FAMILY HEIRLOOM PEARLS

bright as a sunny day. But again she
was to meet trouble. One day she un.
expected encountered an old friend
who was in deep financial waters
She gave him the whole Of her re-
maining money. As she calmly ex-
plains: THAT was the end Of that.
and found myself face to face once
again with the old. old dihiculties Of
finding means to 60 on with all my
resources vanished. Help came at q
critical moment and ! found myself
getting offers OF singing. engagements
which at least enabled mo to live and
90 on with my st,.dies."
BY 0is time she had been able to
leave the slum behind her. but she
was still waiting fer a real chance to
begin a career. Suddenly 1t came
with an engagement to sing at q so.
ciety function at the Aeolian Hall
And here again the freakish god OF
mischance took hand. An auton1o-
bile. was to fetch her to the hall. II
she set out to walk. That journey
was q sorrowful way for her. At a
time when she should have been on
the stage she was only halfway to
the place. At last she arrived. fear
ing that she had missed the greatest
chance Of her life. But luck once
again favored her. Amid wild rush
she was dressed for the platform.
With half dozen people racing
against time, one removing her hat.
another her shoes, two others her
dress. she was got ready to face the
ordeal of her first important audience
with a difficult program Of classical
music.
In that audience was Sir Thomas
Beechan, then preraring for his sea-
son Of opera at the famous Royal
Opera House. Covent Garden. Let
Miss Greville describe her experiences.
II was bundled on to the stage more
dead than alive. . . sang when
was nearly crying to 80 home. Song
words came out OF my mouth. but the
only words that were beating them
selves in my brain were-'In another
minute I shall be going home"
TT says much for Miss Grcyille's art
that despite the handicaps under
which she suffered she SO impressed
Sir Thomas Beechan that he decided
to give her a part at Covent Garden.
There she made her debut in opera.
taking the part Of the Queen OF the
Night in 1.-THE Magic Flute"
Among the adventures OF her fight
for fame must be told one that might
well have ended the matter once and
for all. She had gone to the south Of
France and there young Frenchman
fell violently in love with her. He
was so badly hit that on being told
that Miss Greville was returning to
England to continue her career he
implored her to give it up and remain
in France. This she very naturally
refused to do and so great was his
anger and disappointment that he all
but strangled her.
Among her greatest admirers as an
artist is the famous conductor of the
Russian ballet. NJ. Ansermet- He
met her soon after Sir Thomas
Beecham. and she sang for him song
composed by'his friend. Stravinsky.
So delighted was hs with her render
ing Of it that he jumped up from his
chair and. taking her by the hand. ex-
claimed: MY child, in three years
people will be CON Ing from all over
the world to hear you sing that song!"
Today she is an acknowledged
queen Of song in England. At q re.
cent concert Of hers at the Queens
Hall NJ. Ansermet accompanied her.
coming to London specially for the
concert
Already Miss Greville has had tri-
umphal tour Of the British Isles. At
Manchester. Liverpool. Edinburgh and
Glasgow she sang no less than thirty
aoeh conrarf