The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1901, Page 11

things better ith a silver spoon to be born with just at the right ry-godmother ap- h of Los An- and Calve quick-pulsed mother, and n couldn’t de at Edna has promised d she has been a dream. eels, for she t before she dreamed that and had taken and made her a s she was singing, at her feet. she elieve in dreams?” asked n Edna told her of y came true.” o the child. a Calye asking hoped ~for of praise vertise a bene- proposed to le with the The wages e hugs made eack T great d furs orida petite. he world. d hard and ure she was ays loved music. in her little rock- herself. she her eves far ly to help e of music and knowledee of voice. Edna's when she ents meant best help they to be had for the not until a fam- scue with an uld have in- er art wo she studied only for longing would not stretching t to its lowest nd she s and teacher d the child a room and soul her lessons and sing for a recital ould bring her but $25. Miss Carrick who discov- c artist. A vear ago d sing for Damrosch. interpreter of Wagner Did he say no more?” asked Calve in old that he had heard it rinded that a vear ago but half of what it is now. her mother had their dinner with the fairy- d it was a dinner that will ever forget. was the silent one. for ciulness for her child’s s the thought of sep- 11 not steal her awav from i Calve. “She will still be ¥yo aughter. But from to-day I must attend to her needs, give her everything and attend to her education for three years. Then she will be ready to make her debut. She shall sing Micaela when 1 sing Carmen—or, no, she will be an ideal Marguerite.” The diva talked on, carried away with her plan. “I would take you with me to-day, but that is too soon. You will wait and come with your mother and meet me in New York December 20. We will have Christmas together; then when the mother sees that you are happy in your new home she can come away. *No, you must not live with me. You must learn nothing n of the theater not yet. You mu ain sweet and good and pure as yc¢ re now You will live with some friends, and study German, Italian and French, for the | year will be spent in Paris. You m STOT O know French, for my sak., .. r so much is lost when everything must be repeat- ed between us.” To the mother Calve said in parting: “Je suis devout-moi. I believe in le bon Dieu and his wisdom. I shall not let la petite forget that God is over all. I shall arrange everything so_that if 1 die the child shall not suiler. 1 am now responsible to you and to God for the little one.” Before leaving for San Francisco Calve took measures for the pretty things she is to buy for her protege, and these will be sent to her for her journey to New York. M 77/ 7 i) i At the train when she left Los An- geles Calve met Edna's father, and when he saw the great songstress clasp his child in her arms and kiss her again and again he felt that she had found a place in a warm mother-heart. And row before leaving the home where, she has worked so hard for her dna.is busy and happy as a bird. ying French, for she must not sing again until she is with Calve. Then there is the r piano nearly filling the tiny parlor which she cannot abandon she sits and dreams and plays, the faces of Beethoven and Mozart and Paderewski and the rest seem to speak to her from out their es, encouraging her to work, work, t been away up in the air and then dropped away down and had just come up to the surface,” she said as she finished a serenade of her own composition. “But I am so happy. “See, here is a chain Calve gave me.” and she held out a thin gold strand with a strange little pendant. o “That is an Egyptian charm, and stands for strength, force, perseverance. “I felt something cool on my throat and Calve turned me to the mirror. “‘There,’ she said, ‘you must wear that because you were sweet and inno- cent when you came to me and you must be sweet and innocent always.’ “She had on her neck a wonderful /}G///////W////// 7 ) DNA DATRCHE - v THE Zar CALVE Y corzza - RZz—H ‘ . THE DARCH SISTER AND BET DOS nd as I kissed her my I could not She took and said, ould not t. If you can- tine have nothing. u be sham.’ e me a hat that t is so straw with rope of pearls, hand passed ov help ask f my face betw she had br pretty and a bit of “‘You mus! n you ¢come to meet me i York. and I shall e it to wear my- she added, and took the rubber from my red hat and pinned it in and put the hit on my head keep the little et and red hat metimes and met.’ near to her, much. And she first saw her nd when we giving day for watching January. She is with a clear skin, very dearest the smile and good ny a head, she ed. to be a great “I have to be- n so good to me.” e > GE ZEDNA, ZER > >~