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Show WOMAN MAKER OF VIOLINS. To play the violin Is the accomplishment accomplish-ment of hundreds of young women, but few have constructed the beloved Instrument Instru-ment from which such wonderful melody mel-ody can be obtained. Miss Grace Barstow of San Jose, Cal., has the unique distinction dis-tinction of being the only woman violin maker In America, If not' in the world, and. moreover, she Is a noted performer on the instrument Of: her own making. Possessing a fitting environment and Intelligent In-telligent sympathy. . when her desire to make a violin became known. Miss Bars-tow's Bars-tow's family gave her every encouragement, encourage-ment, and sent to Germany for the necessary neces-sary woods.' Altogether; Mx- violins have been completed by her,-' each one a noted Improvement on preceding effort, until the -last instrument la said by experts tj possess a delightfully rich and brilliant tone.- Miss Bars tow has shown considerable- Inventive genius In constructing her violins, successfully . experimenting with the .native redwood as a base bar, and will use more of thst wood in her nytt violin. Philadelphia Press. |