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Show There is a concert singer in the west whose voice is not only of great sweetness and compass, but of such extraordinary power that no orchestra ever drowns its tones. Now the husband of this singer frequently acts as her conductor, and he is ever anxious to impress im-press upon the public the fact of the great power of his wile's voice. On one occasion the lady was rehearsing for a concert to be given in a large hall. In one of her songs she was to be accompanied accom-panied by a trumpet obligate Although the performer, per-former, in obedience to instructions from the conductor, con-ductor, blew with all his might ar , main, yet his best efforts were invariably met with a call of "Louder! Louder-" from the insatiable leader. Finally the performer rested his instrument on his knee and, surveying the leader with every evidence of indignation on his purple face, broke out with: " 'Louder and louder' is very easy to say, but vere is de vind?" Argonaut. |