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Show ON FIFTY CENTS A WEEK. Tho anclont provorb "Whoro thoro's a will thoro's a way," has once more been oxomplined by Miss Clara Loewus, tho i 7-year-old Pennsylvania girl, who, de termined to study tho violin, worked hor way thr6ugh tho Ithaca Conservatory or Music artd lived on nrty cents a weok whilo doing so. "I had no troublo finding work In Ithaca," she states. "Minding babies, doing do-ing housework, helping in a dress-making shop and other employment which I could do and continue my studies woro easy. To live on nrty cents a weok was not hard. Bread, peanut butter, dairy butter, but-ter, cocoa, potatoes, rlco and beans were my mainstays, and I thrived on them. "I havo never been hungry; I have novcr rolt ratlgucd, and whilo pursuing my musical Studies I rclt Joyous and con-tonted, con-tonted, knowing that I was doing what I had set out to do. My violin seemed to whlspor words or encouragement, and I rosolvcd to continue my routine regardless regard-less or what people might say." Furthermore, Miss Loowus Intends returning re-turning to the conservatory in tho Fall when she expects to contlnuo her studies and thrlvo through tho Winter on tho samo scanty rare. Now York Exchange |