Show I QUEEN VICTORA AS ROSINA Her Majesty Was Sentimental In Her Youth Cincinnati Enquirer An interesting anecdote believed to bo little known in Anserine Is told of an occasion oc-casion when her majesty Queen Vietorla took par with a common ordinary virtuoso virtu-oso in a duet A famous grand opera company singing In London at the time was commanded to appear hlforf the queen at Windsor Time opera selected ly her majesty was as usual OnE that had been very popular In the earl part of her reign namely The Daughter of the Hog imert and that oItme favorite singer Aynsiey Cooke played ono of his bet parts Sergeant Sulplce prts After the conclusion of the performance with Which the queen was evidently the lighted the member of the company were regaled with a sumptuous dinner and when this agreeable episode was drawIng to a close ono of the chief officials of the royal household came to Ayniey Cooke into the and requested him to come drawing room where her majesty wished to see him The baritone 1Ingly obeyed the command and was cordially greeted present by alt the members of the royal fami The queen asked Mr Cooke if he cullIng cull-Ing In the duet for FIaro and Rosina from The Barber of Seville and the singer replied Yes your majesty I could sing it backward To whIch time queen smilingly said Vex wel Mr Cooke you take the part of Figro and I will sing that of Rosina Signor Palo3 wi who bad acted as musIc master to most of the younger royalists was at the piano and the duet proceeded Cooke In troducCI all the familiar business done on the stage smlNl aprovlngly as time queen stage sang the lorld music pulled out his watch to time her as she 1an the long roulade and at the end the duHlsts were rewarded by a tornut of applaus Cooke used to regard this as one of tho inmost pleasing I recollections rear in his long and varied ca |