Show VIA IA GREAT TENOR IS FOUND 17 rL FAMOUS SOLOIST DISCOVERED IN RX LUMBER CAMP rinl I WI Imf Quit Stage on Receiving Censure for mil Squandering Fortune and Became and Be-came LaborerSays He tA cut Will Return IN I Seattle Wash Music lovers of six I or more years ago well remember C I A Von Godln the famous tenor who was the soloist with Sousas band for several years and later with Schu mann Helnk His voice was ono of tho best In this country and he was looked upon by critics as a coming man In had the operatic and concert field Then oat he disappeared dropped out of sight nail completely and It was only by an ac 1 1idu cident that he was found In this city a roar > > few days ago isndl Van Godln Is high strung nervous tad sensitive to crltlcsm Ho had In lerited a fortune from his fathor and rhea he had squandered this and received I re-ceived the severest censure from hiss his-s relatives and friends ho resolved toe to-e them all tIes t He accordingly came west and for the last five years has been a laborer In lumber camps at sawmills fish d f canneries and only recently he worked coal In a shingle mill at Bollard lva One night he was persuaded to singH dtA sing-H a local church some of his fellow workers being church members Von Godin sang Dream City a song which he made famous In tho old days A few days later he was struck on the head by a flying timber and was taken to tho hospital On recovering consciousness he was seized with a desire to enter tho old life When ho leaves the hospital ho says that ho will go to work on his voice and ns he knows ho Is stronger and better suited for the life than before ho is determined to seek the first opportunity opportuni-ty to appear on the stage Von Godin was born In Sweden of German and English parents Ho was educated abroad and received his musical mu-sical training under Garcia and Man chesi When 17 years old ho came to America with his parents For a few years he studied at the University of Minnesota where astronomy was his hobby but the wonders of his voice being revealed he was sent to Europe to study He was singing with Camlle dArvllle when his father died and left him 80000 It was this fortune that was sits undoing |