Show UNKNOWN WESTER I ISINGER SINGER 13 J JL L Lucius D Delivered e I. I IVere d T Telegrams e I 1 to Get Eating Mone Money S n O S NEW EW ray May 12 12 M t- t soldier ex-soldier arrived here a a few weeks a Q Ills His arrival caused a no comment Lucius air was unknown rl lw to New i York km as a was NeK- NeK York to Lucius But Lucius i or his friends had told him that that he h a voice and so he came all ail ai the wa way tr fr 11 1 Spokane Wash Vash to learn from so sc i recognized authority and critic of singing singIng sing sing- Ing voices If his was worth cultivating 1 Lucius had a dollar dolar note in his po pocket which was all al hi hO s visible capital ad adhe he was gambling that he had several rhu hundred d dollars dollars' worth of notes In throat JOB AS MESSENGER Unfortunately postwar prices in even the one arm lunchrooms will wi ruin sis flonesome f lonesome dollar dolar in one meal and restaurant restaurant res res- res- res proprietors do not sell sel good fo Q for tor a song so Lucius had to get a a jo JoB JOI and get it quick He i e ame a a t ger In a a telegraph office and then we out and got gat a meal meat When Lucius wads wa a rt discharged from the the- arm army he had at ui tended a performance at at fhe the Metropolis tan lan opera house houses where he heard head la She was the Only singer r 40 New v York that he k knew by voice aa as weft we- we as reputation so he wrote to her for the name of the best vocal teaches in town Miss promptly 3 plied piled giving the name of a famous Irr who asks that hl his name S1 withheld but who said RARE NATURAL NATURAL- GIFT I r found that Metz had a voice of usual appealing quality and deep ing which may best be described as a rare natural gift Me is a range and volume that caused some wile heard his trial efforts to mistake bi voice for that of a baritone l So far Lucius has baa done well He has been engaged by the Reformed church m Ill New York at Lenox avenue and On One Hundred and Twenty third street to In their choir for 1200 a year and andIs Is lff contracted with Lee Shubert for P v years at ata a salary ranging from tO tec S weekly |