Show art versus poverty madame camilla urso who appears here tomorrow to morrow evening with her company and wh baa now reached top round in the ladder of fame as well as beau very wealthy has not always found her way paved with roses when a little girl and while studying under massart in the conservatory of paris she was very poor times her parents who believed devotedly in the talent of their were obliged to deay themselves almost the necessities of life for her sake on one occasion after she had won honors in the conservatory she was commanded to appear before an emperor at his court at versailles so straightened were the circumstances of the family that there was no food for the child to eat before she started for the abode of royalty and her mother was obliged to pledge her last piece of jewelry for a few sous to buy her daughter a scanty evening meal the performance in the court of france then at its mat brilliant and artistic period under the napoleons was a profound success and camillas reputation was made in france then she has often appeared before all of the crown heads of europe aci the vivid recollection of that first experience and how she trudged along the road holding her fathers hand while she carefully carried a pair of satin slippers to take place of her stout boots is probably most pleasant of them all |