"THE ELLWOOD FAMILY."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 4

"THE ELLWOOD FAMILY."

Sir, In ; a recent issue of -your papor appeared a report-headed as above, giving a few particulars of the talented family -referred■: to: - Many of the resiof f Dannevirke will easily remember the astonishing display, of musical genius-,in , .those ; children during their •1? "i that town, and can quite join with Mr. Hupo • Gorlitz in his ' raptures over such a discovery. But Mr. Gorlita's informers have evidently omitted to men/tionythat the Ellwood Family were tutoredin Dannevirke. For about eighteen months, Master Harry,, the. eldest, -who was. then, under twelve .years .of age, .was a pupil: of mine, and being pleased with--the wonderful progress which he made, I spent :with him many hours in" excess of what, ray terms demanded, and at the •examination held,.that vear by the Lond°n. Trinity College of Music, I had the satisfaction of seeing my pupil pass the senior grade with the highest marks obtained that year by anv pupil in.the.sanio grade- in tho British Dominions. So pleased was. the examiner,- Mr Mistowski, with ,tho work of ijiy. pupil, that ' was heard, .to say that Dannevirke was fortunate in having such -a teacher :withm a /radius of fifty miles.: Miss Pauline'. Ellwood, and likewise ''the younger boy, also received tuition "at my hands. ' ; The following extracts from local' papers of some years.afo will no doubt justify the above statements.—l am, etc.," A. LAWSON. Dannevirke,' April 19, 1910. • [We have not space for tho extracts referred to., They, however, bear out Mr. Lawsons comments.]