Show A Annette nette Ri Ri hardson Writes F om Chicago v The following iLi il 11 i letter from rom h Miss s ho is in Chi Clu Annette sago ciso to hei hel mot mother dim er in iii r l r tone With Annett e Ri Rl hon Chicago Ngo Gold Golde C Cst st stel Sunda Sunday April 17 1927 MY Dear Mother Mother I am having a wonderful trip and ind nd my nix m cold skeins ems somewhat ed cd ems c J I Miss Thom Thongs s joined met me it t Ogden s as planned nl- nl nned Vou rou ou know ow she was s is one of the voice j at the Silt Salt Lake contest She has as been giving me ical hunts hints nd pointers of great value alue There are se several oral eral U of U girls and my radio ladio fiend Mr C of K S SL L on this tillS trai train Miss Thomas tipped the conduct conduct- conductor conduct 01 or 01 as to my Id identity and he went ent through the tra n telling the people i about me mc and ind I 1 liow ow proud he was of the Utah girl o 0 I have ha ha e bee been sho shown shon n special Even Evers one I seems cems anxious n that thit get w ell 11 fl fry fumy my cold for the eon con t Chicago Ill III 55 Aldine Ave Monda Monday evening Ap 1 I I Dear f I We arrived in th heap p big bit city about 9 o 0 clock Phyll e c sC Mis Clark Lewis of Lewis of Hadison Wis daughter of Bishop and Mrs Irs A L I Clark of I ton met me at the I tl tram m and ind I we ve all went ant ent up to the Con I giess hotel and t thet registered it t the it per cheaper C Cai Ca ndell cr liver er an hour notice ou You ou ill ail kno knothe know the vcr very best gravel for b bing mg ing pur purpose purposes poses poses pose Two T T 0 yards to foad and oad Phona Byon Sellers L W M B t u P 0 At Ai dress Wo ds C S Bo c 20 1 51 2 J Fed Federation tl h and n then on to onto the red Fed t luncheon at the tl great audit I met Professor ProCessor Giles Cites of th j University of Utah and others I hn v s and then came on to the I I II II I Iam I am i a mighty lucky girl to Lc have ha Farmington friend I dropout Mrs Irs Air I McDonald d drop lout out of the kies is s it eie ele to C l the diy day after fter the concert when e we e were ere feel ling so bueland tell me cr c co so much about Clue Chu igo and ind then hind hand me a iKy I Iv v to her f fery cry ery beautiful be apartment n We ire are n near ar Luke Lake Michigan 1 and I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall beautiful enjoy bilking t walking 0 o ci el to its beau beau- par parl front Thanks Th n s t Mrs Irs Robert Roberts s telegram The other othel g gels is s in ur her apartment ap were wele prepared to make kc me very el y comfort comfort- comfortable comfortable able abc I shill shall like them Everyone s Ih has been so co 0 kind and ind w onder u tc tc me and everything ever tiling thing and nd evel every so thrilling since the day d thed well ell I can n cint t count back that fat far ext except tillS thus cold which IS about the same is as when I lett you l I Wednesday P m April 20 1927 Well Tell the contest is over as far as asam asani I asI am ani c concerned d dI dI dI I I I was quite 11 ll 11 yesterday witha with Ith Itha a cold any my t ons ons but I went ent through wIth it I II I cant nt begin to tell you how thrIll thrilled I ed cd Iwas I was as to ei c cn en by ti h sing SlOg against those al artists ts for 11 artists they were and is s we an anticipated ill all were ele from three to ten years ears eals older thin than I and andI I hid h much mo mote more c flaming and e pell e ence and ind som wel e teachers teacher I I think I really sang biter better thin I II I did as aJ Bountiful and that you would oud have been pro proud proud d of me meThe meI I The dramatic tic sopranos noe were ere lOUS rousi i I iI oft of t i iii so good that they I were asked to Sing for the one thou dollar prize prize prye offered by the opera men of the th five fi e hundred dollars offered by the Federal on of MusIc clubs lOut Out of the teen or fifteen who I sang in m the em emale lIe artists al contest there were ele or 01 oily y t to o ro contraltos beside m myself sef both rge robust lobust ladies with beautiful and mature m voices I I believe I could hold my myown 0 fairly is I with all bu but t the c lIy CI sop I anos mu h i not notI I thud had this co cold Those three k my bre COIl th as QS I had not heard heal d uch ch before and nd the judges Cle having h their roubles troubles when I left l ft Just after fter II I had h sung and was as feel feeling feeling ing quite lowly lonely iy aw-iy out here a Utahn Mi h S Richardson found me and cheered me me up by telling me how ho young I looked as comp l complied compared cd to mw m Ind so many said sud the thet thc it t at least w were en erg no Easier E to look it t April Well hell ell the thc convention is over ovel and I Iam Iam Iam am to get lined up for work ork and study in all 11 earnestness I hive have so many ny old time friends fi who hive have been be n long planning head ahead for Ol me herell here ind am meet meeting new ne friends e el diy day and every where here whose who e friends fi lends have written Hatten them about me mc so please dont don't worry ony at out ut me Three ee of my mr i old od time young oung men friends front from Utah are aie a p l party ty for m soon They are all staunch L D S and ind getting sonic some somewhere where here in ur studies here and say they will see that I am looked after I cel tamy have h ve been looked after aftel of o 0 every ceery e ery hand so so o far by friends fi II lends ends from both Utah adil Idaho I Please tell ill II ing friends that I still stall love om and will write as fast as I possible cm n get round around to It and nd tell the that I am very n ful to er e c o e a who helped me in m any ny anyway way to come o 0 this wonderful city to stud study and ind tl tI t I hope to be able to stay until I 1 accomplish something 01 worth th while y yI I will iII tell POU ou liter later about my VISit to the L S chuich at Logan square I met so many ny people whom 1 I had and ind IDe about my singing fn n the at and so on My Iy fh t fu t t Sund y in m Chicago go was as as full of events i 1 n d tin ills ns os my last Sunda Sunday in m Uta Utah only I hive have not heard he of my ny o 0 ie e being inspired to write rate i a poem ib ab ut iut me here My l cold is Je we c 1 and my oice roue get get- getting get getting ting n l one more I To b be continued l I |