Show AMERICAN GIRL FINDS FRIEND IN CARMEN SYLVA miss margel gluck whose V olin playing brought her to the notice of the royal family of roumania london an american girl margel gluck has been receiving high honors in bucharest at the court of queen carmen sylva although good tor tune gave her the same name as the german composer miss gluck was born in new ork state and la the daughter of james fraser gluck at one time attorney for the new york central railway and donor of the famous collection of manuscripts at alie buffalo public library she Is the granddaughter of charles mellen ler emeritus professor of cornell university it Is about six years since W grant egbert principal of the conservatoire of music at ithaca N Y discovered among his girl violin students one who seemed to be making unusual ress this was margel gluck prof egbert recommended her to try for the conservatoire violin scholarship she did so and won it afterward ho advised her to go to the fa bohemian violin teacher at prague the school at prague was inundated with applications for admi eslon and violinists even of the better ranks were turned away by dozens miss gluck s application failed to bring her even a response disappointed but not discouraged miss gluck and her mother left tor europe going first to berlin early in the spring of 1903 meanwhile prof egbert himself went to prag ie to take some lessons from and through his intercession the long looked for ap came heard her play accepted her as a pupil and she became one of the first violinists in his orchestra after completing her studies with last spring miss gluck went east instead of coming west as Is usual with new fledged musicians in the beautiful city of carmen sylva queen elizabeth of roumania a re at which she was guest of honor was arranged by the american minister and his wife mr and mrs horace knowles and here it was be fore some of the best amateur musi clans in europe that the american girl made her debut shortly after this reception mr knowles received an intimation that miss gluck would be received at the palace of Cotro ceni which was de signed largely by crown princess marle from whom the command came many audiences given by loving royalty to music artists are of a vate or semi private nature but the young american girl was formally pre dented at the court of the crown ann cess first and then was invited to play for the princess and the distinguished assembly present early in the morning on which she was leaving bucharest miss gluck and her mother were surprised by a call from M dall orso the queen s sec detary and himself an amateur musi clan of no little reputation he was the bearer of a private message from the queen expressing her regret that serious illness had prevented her from hearing miss gluck play before she left roumania with the verbal message was a photograph and a note written by the queen although when she wrote it she was too to sli up it read with my deepest regret not to be able to hear you abeln g ill in bed I 1 hoped to be well sooner but I 1 m afraid the illness is not over I 1 can t even sit up in bed im so u ry ELIZABETH just before leaving roumania prin cess marle sent to miss gluck a large 1 bolograph boto graph of herself which she had autographed from the queen she had received a copy of the most sue portrait of her majesty taken in recent years and from mile helene Va caresco the queen s intimate friend who has shown her much kindness miss gluck received a rare photograph of the queen and mile Va caresco toge her |