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Show MELDA'3 BEGINNING. During the years immediately preceding my first and, for me, my most memorable visit to Europe, the late Marquis of Normandy was governor gov-ernor of- Victoria. At that lime 1 i as regarded in Melbourne as a very good amateur pianist, much in request re-quest at private parties, at which J always played, and on very rare occasions oc-casions also sang. At one of these functions, given at government hoiwe, I gave some pongs between the pianoforte selections, nnd the Marchinuess of Normandy, in thanking me, said. "Child, some day you u ill give up the piano for singing, sing-ing, and then you wili become famous." fa-mous." That was the simple comment com-ment thai set mo seriously thinking of a career as a singer. 1 had always al-ways felt fhat I would become a professional in music pianist, organist, or-ganist, violinist, perhaps, but something some-thing in music, at any rate; but from that moment I knew in an irresistible ir-resistible way that T was to bo a singer. Century. |