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Show sr. MISS RAMSEY'S LUCK jBaPf Letter Written to Her Parents' HaF , From Germany. ;K HOW SHE IS PROGRESSING i , Sanjr. at a Gnthcrlnjj ol tho Richest nml Y" Moat Talented Peoplo In lbrlin, y A- Gortnany. , it- - ,fm, 3 Tho Resent Evening Noub ol Satur- t: ')k" day published a letter ol Miss KJmmn ltamsoy written to hor parents. (Miss I ItninBor is a jouhr lady who Is wd i known In Lelil mid 1ms a host o( frlcmls ' .' , hew who will bo delighted to. see the success she is making In tho musical art, . Vrf and tho honor i,lvui her. The letter Is as follows: t u , Berlin, Germany, March 7, 1002. LOA.' Djar Ones at Home: i r V There was a grand reception given bv 5 Count and Countess Tlele-Wlnckler .t I their palatlcal homo In Berlin.' Nq one i " bat court people wcro present. (The 1ft - great rooms of tho Tio!e-Wlncklcr pal- ( fljo were richly decoratea with ba ks of flowcrs,costly tasesnnd rich slken hangings. Tho room where I sang was k. beautiful.bejond description. Ono sldo i, of it was supported by Imuienso pillnm F of marble richly caned and ornament. I The (Jountcsa.von Hcroldingcn it friend of the hostess, called for mo in herpnii prlvato carriage with liveried coachmen and tjotmon. I .fell "real smart" ruling in tho llnest turnout In Berlin, and at tho sldo of no nt the prettiest and wealthiest titled uumen in the empire. When wo reached tho .palace, what t-ctmed to mo aliiiust nsvvarm of servants serv-ants in IiuihIsoiik' llvtry, swooped down lipou us lo conduct m-) into her grace' presence. Tho countess received mc very cordially indeed and mad me feci at homo Irom the llrst moment. - ' fBucii" a dn,rihr"Tf' richness, costly jewels, diamonds, puvrls and elegant women, with their still more elegant court gown, and stifF. Htrafght-baekcd German ollieiuls in all the dignity of O'Mirt uniform and hrneH buttonsl A eight woil worth seeing and I wished you nil might havo been there too; for it was an opportunity of a lifetime, I saw what few foreigners eer have a chance In sec the Insldo of real court society life, I almost wondered If such woudeiful diamonds could bo real, thero were so many and thay wcro so largo; but I reincuibertd that this ws u gathering of tho very wealthiest people in Germany and they wouldn't daio p'lt uu (iiIbu Jewels. AMUHPUL PMNOH. Well, nil iMh hasn't anything to do with tho prince. When I went Into tliu rccoptlon room. 1 tried to pick him out of the brilliant assemblage, but all German Ger-man olliccrs look iiltUo to mo, and as ho wits In olllcerb' unlfoim, I could not do-' do-' clde. The story books always used to tell us that by liia uoblu beating and patrician features, etc , ono la always ablo to tell the prlm'e, no matter how or whero ho may lie situ But this was ' a meeting in real lifo. ' Finally I asked some one near to show mo whero the royul guuxi was, Then I saw u tall, well formed, toMlerly joung fellow engaged in nniKIni; n series of stlfT bows to a gtoup of very delighted ladioB. He had a lather loiiiiuoii, uninteresting uninterest-ing faco, alittlo too ft to conlorm to tho Ideal of what a I'liuco Olianniug ihouldbn. Ills hair was of no part-i. part-i. ' Icular color that I remembor, so I think II shall call it golden But his eyes wero blue deeldely bo; and merry vvlukllnj eyes thuy ,were. After ho finished tho painful ordeal of bowing, hi'.faee lookod n little inoiu Interesting. Ilo la it through musician ur.d fiworod ui witli somo flnoHolcctlons on tho viollucello. Huiau uuistor ot this instrument, but, of tour&e, never playain publloonly toau.uae lilu friends, I was Bitting very near him whilo ho played and IpVl n good chance to watch his expression Just bcfoio lio began, an accident happened to ono ql tho cello strings. Ho turned to mo with a funny littlo laugh and ''winked tho other oyo" oh no ho did not actually vvinkiut he positively grinned, so that ono would novor Imaglno he ws a prince. Ho was not a bit "stuck up" or proud, but was as soclablo and jolly as any of tint com- "When lio bJgon to play I was soon In dreamlandt His hitherto uninteresting uninterest-ing faco was now full of emotion and every bar of the music ho brought out seemed to bo written in his countenance, H scuned completely carried nway as every ouoof his hcareis certainly was. I tried to realiiso where I .na that I was in one of-, tho moit brilliant, and exilusl'.o society circles of Iluropo, nod i tho presenco of a real, livo prince, who waB plavlng for. mo as much ns for any of tho others But I finally forgot to realize nny thing und the prlnco was .'out In tho musician SINGING FOR ROYALTY. Thero was sjarcely a breath after he finished, and lit that charmed silence I gained inspliatlou lo sirg a I have seldom sel-dom sung in nil iprliff. Thnt silence was almost a praycrzAl It-asl for mo It was, ftnd T felt buio liar lird would glvu urn strength to do as.ucll In fting an the princo had dime In plavin, and I was not mistaken. ;My "ico ch'iio out 10 round and with w little-ffTor1. Many and Iu'lful wero tho com" pllmenti I rcTumd ?rnm all: counts barons, grnts and tho piinco hlmsell, who seemed very mutlr dellghtf d I thought what h plenusro it would have given yon all' to tue tho-o great ones of high degree lay aside 1'ieir dig uity ami liteialljr 'rush to congiatulatr mo. Thov all said I had touched their hoirts. I hope I dfd the prince's. "Onovory dignified and very gouty old count Markgralvqn Karak hobblrd up lo mo ami with' a courtly bow told mo that he musf cxprms his phwisulo, toorlIlflrhWV,''6VTuv1?ll,rtrca'8urc chest In that little whltethroai of jours, and I must tell jou how I lniu been charmed " The best and hostess wcro simply over-joyed that I had madn such an impression on their guests, and begged mo to stay to supper; but 1 thought it better to go while they were all pleased with me. Nevertheless, it was an honor and n great compliment to be invited to remain, as that, is not usually tho caso on such occasions. They did not treat me as a lured iiok'6sionnl,Tjui morollko ono of themselves, although I had senso enough to Unow thoy would not hae done to had I not pleased them. AT THE Ol'KUA. I sang thrco songs, Tho next day tho Louulesi enclofcd a round sum of 100 marks, which In this land la a largo sun)', A few days later she sent mo tickets for tho ltoynl Opera, it grand aflair, at which tho empress was present pres-ent with all tho forolgn embassies, I had choice scats in tho parquet, and took Mis. Dr, York with mo. Thero 1 saw ilio prlnco In tho loyal box, hut do not think that ho saw. me. Tho best o' it all Is, tho count and tho countess both said 1 must sing nt their next reception. They very often entertain tho kalsor and it was only by accident that ho was not thero tho evening I sang. Tho count Tlele Wtnckleis is tho innB tcrol the royal hunt and accompanies tho kaiser on all important expeditions. He is the wealthiest noble In Beilin.and recently gave the kaiser n little supper which cost over ten thousand marks, Not much for a small lunch, is it? LUCK-OIt TALENT. The Tlele-Wlucklera are at Ihu head of court tocioty, una favor with them will mean much to mo. I won't brag yet, but there arn, or may bo poialblll tics for me this next season, I have been congratulated as being tho luckieul girl In the American tolotiy for it is so dllllcult for ftudents, especially Amorl' isns, to gain udmlssiou into such secluded seclu-ded realms. I think 1 should got so conceited, don't you"? Then, pcoplo would begin to think, perhaps, I did know a little bit. AN OLD T1M14K. Oh, and there's somoUiIng elbo I want to add. 1'ho world is not so big after all, for I met that night an old gentleman who had been in Utah years ngo, in the dayu of Brlgliain Young and tho Indians. Ho know' inoro of "the Continued on.page 4, Miss Ramsey's Luck. Continued Fiom Page 1. country anil Mpnke much bolter English than Id). I It-L him do most of fie talking, for it pleased him to recount Ills experiences to n good listener. Iu this way I made 1dm think I was a very interesting young person. I got n chance dually to s.i) something some-thing of my mountain home, nnd wo grew qulto friendly. Ho called me "Miss Utah," thowholo evening without with-out once asking how many wires my father had or whether I bellevul in polygamy. Well, I suppose this is all there la to say on tho subject, but you nil have reason to be glad that your little goo.l for nothing ''Em" lias hnd such a privilege. priv-ilege. If anyone else In tho state, nr I might say, iu tho United States, hnd had such nn experience, they would mnke n grcr.t stir over It, see if they wouldn't! But becntiso it is only "Em," why it isn't considered very much. You never mind, I'll do oiiiethltig yet. I ntn not a great singer by nny means yet, but I'll get there some day. Another thirlg, tno: I may go to Italy for a whllo this Bpriilg for a good rest and change. J. have wurktd loo long without a vacation, and now 1 begin to feel it. Don't bo surprised if you heur any roporto about my being ill; for I run only in need of rest nnd am going to tnkoit. My now nddrets ia Luilier Sir, 14a. ijvo to all EM. Sunday Al'tcrnoun Services. At the services Sunday afternoon held in tho meeting Iimisc, Uhhon Cutler presided. After the tegular opening exercises tho birhop read 11 letter from tho presidency of the stake The letter referred hrlcllv to n practiiuof some of tho Vojng people congregating ot tho depots on Sunday afternoons to meet tho trains. The letter pointed out iu u kind manner tho iiuwisoness of such n practice and asked the joung people to quit such n habit. 1 Tho word ot warning, we hope, will be heeded by those who have been guilty. Tho word ot warning is timely nnd, knowing tho young people of Lehi Its wo do, wo feel safe In s lying they havo too much respect tor themselves to be found indulging iu n practice; which will in any reflect upon their behavior., The speakers who addressed lbs meeting nftor the rading rf the letter wcro Presidents James II. Clarke, A. J Evans nnd llishop Cutler. Piesidciil Clarke was thu l.isi speaker and said it might bo supposed by some that ho hnd como this atternnou for the purpoao of commenting; upon thu letter which had just been read, but lie assured as-sured tbu en giegation such was not the case. Put lie said ho would be pleased if the young people would heed the warning Iu tho tpliit It was given, lit expressed himself as b-.dng much plinstd to hi present with tho people of Lehi. He believed tjiey wero 11 good people Tor their past record indicated that such Is tho case. Ho felt stiro that during liis late sickness tho faith of tho people had been exorcised in his behalf and lie felt grateful to tho brethren and sisters for so kindly remembering him. President A. J. Evans made reference to tho letter read by llishop Cutler. Ho felt quite sure Mint the oung who bad been guilty of tbu practice abided to had no evil intentions whatever. IIo called tho attention ot tho peop 0 to tho' remarks ot President Joseph F. Smith in regard to Hie indies taking oil their ImiB during service iu tho meeting lioue and said that tho high lint law as it is culled is n good one, nnd while it only referred to places ot amusement ho thought it would be 1111 excellent plan to carry it out in our mauling houses', iu speaking ot tho talouts ot thu loung he lofened to tho honor which has been beslorted on Miss Kinina Rimsuyat n leccptiou given her by a Trine of Germany, llishop Cutler Hindu, jro-ferencu jro-ferencu to the new meeting house nnd mill th.it the Indies need not ho nfrnld of catching cold if thev had to tako their hats o(T in (lie new inuetlng house fur it would be ptuperly ventilated, lie nailed ihu attention of the ijw'u portion of the meeting that ho luloinled to call them together shortly to' sue what they havo to say about Iliilslilng the new meeting houeu and paving up the pu-sent indebtedness. Tho llishop gave notlco that tho stake (onferoiiUo would be held bore in the pavilion -In two weeks. r 1' |