Show I N TOUTS CAREER ABROAD I r I David m In th the London L d Tho Young Woman I I fl fl N N Ii fl fl fl fl I n 1 fl I n U U w w w Camo gro gros groa s slowly In InIn InIn Nj In this country rim Tho M V pie ate success therefore of DC MIu MISI 1 J Nannie Tout rout l I 18 all Al tho the more mora worthY She Sh Is only 18 IS 1 years ears old and onTy onlY her tier debut last Koran Novem r ret pt et she he has baa leapt at once Into pop her ber b and hc had ad d tho ho high honor of oC Buck i to 10 Queen Alexandra at palace pance under venture to think will vill ho bo Inter n I wi Milne The Th day after ICer she sho ho had hart nuns eung sunG to 10 her h r majesty 1 I called at lt tho the young sing sings home and Ind heard tim tho story t ry of oC her herr tr ers s front from herself and r partly partly career party J m h tier her r father Miss Ml Tout Is l s na as lS bonny from of ot the tho healthy American A Invigorating Sir rl reared in III the of oC the tho as ns n one ono could fo ee e The Tho moment this thle bright young to f of ot Ht HI lady Vy stepped on to the platform hall hail with her dail dalle hair jmes down hl her wih back and ami looking lookinG Just Justh Ing hiP h schoolgirl she sho lie is Ia tho the audience bc Iw Inn n to tako Inko an n Interest In II her Thou rhen un out with a 1 when her lovely voice ran rang wih and nOlI volume which rivalled i ii Misi Tout captured every everyone nn one of oC her listeners No one could have on a more Instantaneous critics said rift nC on one of ot our slid wards Olt sard Here Hero Is Ii our now soprano nt at l last lut t It was na her In London I hut but as aH I heard from her Ier fath tr er sh ah had hen been singing HingIng before great reat in America years ears ago ngo I waw aw awan an eo American newspaper In II which her het he I I IJ figured when who ahe h was va but hut lb Ib in J u on of at whom hol her native stale of or expected great things In II tho Iho fu Cu tue IUt I asked her why wh she sho he had not taken professional name more luCre than Tout lout and In true American spirit she railed I Id lii il rather have halo my ramP than any nn other Ho ih tho the un tin unusual usual tunI Isms name of at Nannie Tout rout she Iio Is on Oi oner her er way aY to fame Of Ot hT hr h r early life lo I elfin the following from I Nr Tout who has hns hn so Sl much of ot tho the tYll cal ral Americans manner of oC speech I was surprised to hear he lie wan vaa a Welsh Welshman eIsh nan man by hY birth Yes YI S sir lr I come como from Crom WIe and as ns n n a young yoting fellow I helped fth nonie orne me Tout called It lumber which was wanted for Cor Ma Mil Madame lame dame castle Casto at nt Ho fo jou 3 ou ss 55 I hud had somethIng to 10 do el tb with wll even een When Whon I 1 wan 16 I migrated to 10 tho the states and In settled finally at II Ogden a I town In Utah It I van WS wa then quIte u it 1 small place but hut It lias hM developed rapidly us lS you YOI will wi see from trai photographs Ogden OIIn 11 per ter an nl alive place judging by h b thu which Mr Mf Tout d There here Mete fine broad streets Wll tun tim Inevitable cars running down them Ihrl In lit the city I mry of at prosperity II ct warred d an nn American Amer and Ind have six 11 tc hildren all 11 of ot whom have como OV I Ito to with wih no My M daughter Nun Nan NannIe jiles nIe education was vas of course cours cour c the first reason for Cor or our coming hut but I dont dot regret It on behalf of o f tho the other children reo for they am are all 11 doing will wen WC with their education We lVe I are Irr nit nil ni of or im mis 11 and 11 my m wife mid Iud I have havu hl lf nu renter greater pleasure than when the th children Ing unit and In play piny to us UA In time the evening We Ve have tave hale quite 1110 an mitt In orchestra nt at home I as na nare astre Hire tre re you ou though Just now our first yb Unlit has hns hurt her arm aria and cannot play Wo We ate air nl so I glad gln Nannie went vent to the Royal loyal College of or Music though It I Itis ia IS is a narrow narro between tier her going there and having lesson front from n R fain teacher In II Wales A Welsh elsh friend bo had Imad often orel talked to us u about Nan Nail Naile e s voice olce advised mo me to go KO and see lee leeI I mi J teacher t before I t settled the tho ques lion ton and nOI I was actually on omi my way hen Ihen something to tell me not nott lo t I trouble about It I hut but to take Inke her hor to 10 the he Hoyal College alrAe Well n R little while we went to the college and the secretary pe told me that my daugh claugh daughter tee ter te was below helow the tho ago ngo at lt which stu students dents vern werl usually accepted I 1 crud to him Would Woul you jou 01 mind hearing hel ring her sing HII before toro you YOI reject her Ho lie II said Oh we will II hear her sing I for tor forget get ct what It wan van Wal she chic he sang mug fn but hut when Mr Ir I ell heard her he said at n t once OI We e must make an un exception to tn our rule and sho cho he entered the tho college Now Nol Miss Tout TOlt I want tho the rest of ot the story Ilor from you YOI Well rl I ran can hardly recollect the tho time when hen I lId did Ild not sing cing lnA I begin rinsing ln when I was WIS live liv hl Poppa 7 I 1 guess 1 SS you oU did saul said AIr Mr Tout Then though I never had proper les lessons lel sons I 1 was ivas WIS always Blueing somewhere But nut It vir when hen Dr Joseph Parry came camo cameto to Salt Lake City Ity to act as us adjudicator at II our Eisteddfod 1 In 1898 18 8 that I made Indo my bluest blest success In public We hUll had hadan an nn Just like Iko the Iho Welsh Welch have find end Rne It was Wil simply grand grod to sing I lAno people In 11 the great grent Tabernacle They use that building for nil 11 kinds of if t I gatherings and we operatic airs all al ports of ot and Ind orchestral music there There Thore Is no liner building for fee found cound that I can Imagine than the tho th TIme The people In falt al Lake 1110 City It Ity are re very ery fond Cond of music mi sic and they Ret gt the best liest singers to romo conic there thero Or Dr talked to Ioppa about my having n it 1 real good gooel musical Ju jUt just t ns it another Welsh Welch musician hart talked to us IH again and again Ho Ito 10 told tol u us all ni about the tho colleges over ovel here herC and nOlI the th clever cler teachers and the tho themore wore more I heard tho the moro more I wanted to tn eim c m Bo So nt at last we ve 10 nil packed up tip lp and fame rame about two to yearn ago ngo 1 eI And AnI AI how have 1110 you QU liked tho the coi cot Oh everyone has hus been beel Hi RB nice thee at aid d kind ns as UI they could be bo My teacher Mr t taught Miss cart and Madame and u a I lot of ut other well wol knon known Orl and ho he hut ita ha token taken the tho utmost trouble with my v ve v lie e Ills Js great relt Idea haw been heen to makr it at t strong throughout ltd Its 11 register I was vaa time the understudy for or Hansel when hon time the students gave Han Hansel sel sd tini you know they the give giva a performance of ot some somo work every enry year and nt at tho time lust laet moment the singer ainger w who ho was WIS ims going to 10 take Inke tho the part fell fel III I so O I had to supply auppl her liet place I 1 have havu hat sung sting In lii another students performance sail and It I has been hoen splendid lid practise Of Ot course coure I have been heln going to operas slut and concerts whenever I could coull so RO as ns tu to hear ht r alt all ni the heat best singers I 1 went the tIme other oth r day to hear Patti Pati at ut the time Al l bert hull hul andEs It very cry cr dreadful to 10 say Bay no so I was wun an rather disappointed with wih her nut Hut then father says AIS I ought to have heard Patti Patt 30 years ago ugo Will Wi you tell lel me Inc now about your debut 7 It I want wan nt last November nt at a ballad concert In Bt Rt James hall hll and I sang nn aim ni air from Dor Oer I and She Sho wandered down dOI the tho mountain side two other pieces The Tho audience was so RO kind and an n enthusiastic that I Ishall shall never forget It I I had to an encore and l eit day dY the Iho newspapers saId Bald such nice things about abolt my voice Since thun I have IHo sung suni un I In II Leeds anti other cities but hut ns as I am ani continuing ant my lessons nt ut the college I have haI not accepted many I have lle mae sung flung nt fit lt tho the ballad conceits regularly for lor Mr Doosey Bootey and uld I nm am going to sing In The Tite Creation In n it 1 test few tOl time tIm W Wis u is I nervous at lt my first In London No I dont donl think I was was wall I 1 Ioppa Madame Clara Putt Hutt But Mr Ireene auth the other slag sing singers IIO ers were so 80 kind to me Madame Clara Hutt that I 1 dare ditre to feet feel scared And nd then after the first song snug 1011 that mighty hurst burst of quits quit rC me tIle le How lol did Ild you ou come conic to sing sin before the th lucen 7 Miss 1118 Graham Ashton who II ho Is If lIke myself nn an exhibitioner nt at tile tho Royal college and I 1 were re ticked inked to learn tho tilo part SOURS composer composed by his hIl royal roal high highness ness flees the he Landgrave of or He lIe Jl was staying In lit II London anti and 1111 was uns very ous that his I I S 11 I compositions should be bl by II i the tile ruben lueen Us lie Je Is II not Ilot the Duke of ot fleece Hesse sHe but a 1 relative of ot his ills and Is IA n a I of ot 41 4 years of age 80 io fo we v went and the songs which are aro very Vcr 1 C pretty timId Ind tuneful then one nor 1113 11 n were vera woe told that we st had 1111 to sing them before ll queen at lt palace the Iho next day du Im Ini m glad AlI we st did not nut get rrt longer I notice for or It would have only amIty our In lii tho time afternoon I drove up Imp lp to 10 the time palace and was up lip lP the to u mm beautiful draw Some Somo of ut the time Indle to 10 the time queen came caine and Ild talked to us un those beautiful twins tho the lions Hons Violet Volt Vivian were there 1 hee I no tin tired Iced They The are lra exactly Ix ct alike Ilke and so 10 charming By Ily and Ind by h tho door was wan aH op 01 mcd miamI and 1111 In II coin the leaning on III the tho arm of QC the tIme of or Hes Hesse e who Is 18 quite blind You could not Im In agine anything thing more Informal mm ammo I ni pleasant than what happened Her majesty straIght up to tho tilo thE alone put out omit Olt her hand I shook s look It ItI I hope that sas IS correct She chatted to Mien 1181 Ashton and myself asking me nie If It I liked being at tt the tho college collage coloe and thin where I 1 cain from Then Thon Monsieur Lucian slit sat down to the plane piano and the queen came caine close to us and followed very carefully our singing II n with wih tho tue till full Cul score of ot time the music In Ill front of ot her Tho Landgrave sat ent next to 10 her and end utter after we 0 had she sho said Hahl how much alto sho hurl enjoyed hearing his work worl bimo ennui up till to me inn mt spoke sok In n a beautiful low hay III voice olce BO so 10 graciously and kindly that I you 01 would have hl ve thought she sho had me ml nil ni my flY 1 life llie shook hands with wil Miss and ald myself Iselt amId thanked us UH for or our singing Hinging 11 1 g III then Ihen withdrew from Crom the lie with the tw room Landgrave Vo Wo went vent down n a I corridor with some somo bonu pictures Into another room roam where ten tea lea was served and about live I left let time the palace fooling very ery pry ery ry proud of ot having sung HUl to Queen I had only on I noon loen her once before he torI from rein n I window and amid to think that she hail had shaken hands with wih mo mc 1111 thanked me inc IC for my m singing I We Wo rc American girls nil all ni know time the queens portrait lint but hit there thero lire lre not many who have sung to her antI I can toll ten you OU I f did 1111 feel happy Poppa went oft of amId cabled home to 10 Ogden ORden tho time news nos anti they the will wi ho be to 10 hear that Tout lout hums has hs been beEn to palace What hitt did 1 think of the tho queen Why Wh Just tint that Iho the tile loveliest sweetest lady Ive Io ever seen Been She Sho was 1 dressed In 11 a 1 very Ir ery simple style but anything would look perfect on her imer I sho ella hilts has hia such n a graceful figure I 1 could couil not feel eel nervous In her ares Cure ence Ice because she WItH wan Wil so tO 10 kind ap UI appreciative Oh sho Iho wan sweet I Queen Alexandra hILls has added one nm more moi conquest to the long IonA list of at those who have been heln privileged to In meet In private time the fIrst lady Indy In Ill the land and her ma inn maJesty mi Jesty tints has today no more moro tio I admirer than Miss MIAH Nannie Tout TOlt who I Iwi will lill wi never forget Corlet the March afternoon v she Pile sh had hall the honor of oC singIng be hOe before toro fore till the queen lue n The Tile young singer Is II ex expecting e x to 10 revisit tho tile United States thin summer hut I hope that America will vili wi not ilet rob roll us tie of ot one 01 who promises to tobe be ho a very IH welcome addition to tho the lInt Brit ish concert platform |