Show AUTHORS DAUGHTER ON ethel bret harte forced to earn liv ing ina in concert concerts MISS effic 1 bret harte the daughter of the famias writer of early callior Call for nia life has decided to devote herself to concert work Althou although gb bret elarto m mado ado largo profits tron his writings and won a success which beldom comos comes to a writer as early as ft it did didi to him ho he left his family in ver very y straitened circumstances and if it it t opre ore not fur for tho the many stanch frienda friends in the american colony in london f t mrs bret harte would often find it difficult to make both ends meet I 1 with her children aho she has made mide her home in Ilay ay swater over since brot Il hartes artes the family lave been complicated by threat threatened cried loss of eight of one of tho the sens and ho he hai ha been sent to sat switzerland Itz erland in the hope thai that a renowned oculist may perform a successful ore operation ration M sa ss bret harte has had a lang up bild struggle in her work she served a stage apprenticeship with george edwards and doyly carte she has a soprano voice of excellent range quality ani an 1 her one de eire sire Is to bring it to greater perfection her capacity tor for work seems endless and her love of music Is as much of an bentive ln as the money which ehe the ropes topes to bring into th family purse it a ij extremely difficult to trot got a hearing on the concert crage in london here only the well known artists are invited to sing but through the influence nf of the frienda friends ct the american author his daughter will have every opportunity to nake riale the 1 bucce ra which her friends anticipate |