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Show GOT IT OVER WITH Lily Pons, the opera star, used to suffer from actue stage fright before be-fore every performance. One night she was to sing in an outdoor concert con-cert before a tremendous audience. The weather was threatening, and the management could not decide whether to hold the concert or call it off. Every few minutes bulletins were brought into the star's dressing dress-ing room. The concert' would be called off. It would go on as scheduled. sched-uled. It would be called off. In the meantime Miss Pons had such a severe attack of the jitters, she was forced to lie down. She was still resting when it was definitely announced that the concert would be held. "But Miss Pons cannot perform tonight," said a friend. "She is too upset." "Oh, I might as well sing," decided de-cided the tiny soprano. "I've already al-ready had my dizzy spell." |