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Show PartTa Geccrcaltj to CellcfX. An incident in the life of the gifted, warm hearted and lament! Carlotta j Patti Is well worth recording, although to a few persons it may prove a twice told tale. When Miss KeLlogg's mimical ability was to be tested many years ago Ui New York a large number of cards were Issued to the musical critics, amateurs ama-teurs and professionals, to the literary and theatrical world, and lo many high . in the social scale, making a formidable audience for the introduction of the charming young girL The tenor with whom the debutante was introduced was ungenerous on the occasion, for, instead ished in triumph amid thunderous ap 1 plauue. The fate of the future American prima donna was that morning decided, through the ready tact and unselfishness of the little woman in the audience, who proved to be none other than Carlotta Pattil "And a charming picture Ghe made," Bays one who saw her, "marking the time with her tiny hand, in her anx iety to help a woman and a stranger, placing the very crown of success on the otherwise defeated aspirations, by the encouragement of her own exquisite voice; and never," be ndds, "until I hear the wondrous voice of the angela will 1 hear anything so sweet as her lovely of singing his part, he merely hummed so much of the air as was necessary to serve as a cue to the orchestral accompaniment. accom-paniment. Weak and faint were the first notes of the young novice; weaker and more trembling they Beemed to grow, aa if a gonuine stage fright had taken possession pos-session of her. Her voice fluttered for a moment, as if about to desert her, when, distinct and clear aa a bell, from the center cen-ter of the house, the air was taken upand carried along until the debutante gathered gath-ered the courage and heart to show the high quality she possessed, when gradually gradu-ally the beautiful voice in the audience fell away and the difficult aria was fin-voice fin-voice at that morning rehearsal bo many years ago. " Boston Transcript |