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Show MISS PETERSON OWES SUCCESS TO OWIEFFORT Much has boen said about tho self made man, whto compoatlvely llttlo' ,1s known about tho self made wo-1 mn Yet thcro aro Just as trny of i I heras of him and surely she deserves1 as much, credit, it not more, for her attainments as does the man, . Dut, e yen more than a self made woman, Miss May Potorson, tho young prima donna.who is scheduled to sing here at tho Logan Taborna-cle Taborna-cle on Monday, January 2tlu Is de-( cldcdly a self mado artist. All that this young singer has achlevod, ail tho glory that was hers at the Opera Op-era Comlquo in Paris, and her triumphs tri-umphs in America have been at the prlco of 'her own ceaseless effort and untiring persistency. Dora In a little town In Wisconsin the daughter of a clergyman, she sang and played the piano and or gan as a child. When, as she began be-gan to grow up, her father died, leaving her mothor with nine children, chil-dren, the nocosslty mado itself felt of taking up music aa a means of helping the family. She sang In church, took charge of tho plpo organ, or-gan, directed tho choir and organized organ-ized chorases, and In this way earned earn-ed enough monoy with which to go to Europe. In Europe sho worked detcrmln-'cdly, detcrmln-'cdly, studying as hard as her volco .would pormlt, and earning money i for her tuition by coaching others, playing piano accompaniments and giving lessons In English. Sho lived in a tiny room In an obscure corner of rarls the same Taris that later she conquered whon she made her debut at the opera, that welcomed her in its most exclusive salons and feted her' and sang her praises. Truly, no singer has so deserved success as this young woman from Wisconsin, who by her own efforts gained for herself the position of leading soprano at tho Opera CuM-lque CuM-lque in Paris, after having achieved notable successes in many othor European cities, and Is today on ot the most popular sopranos in I he concert field, and at the Mertopoll-tan Mertopoll-tan opera house in Now Tork Cltv, ., m I |