MADAME, CLARA, BUTT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1186, 22 July 1911, Page 10

MADAME, CLARA, BUTT.

In connection with Hie Coronation concert, at the. Albert Hall, tit which Madame Clara Butt was one of. Ihe loading nrtists, it is interesting to recall that this .singer has had very pleasant , associations with. Royalty from the earliest: days of. her career." The late King, then Prince of Wales was present on tho occasion of her famous lirst appearance in GHick's "Orfeo" nt. tho Lyceum Theatre 'in December 1882, and was so delighted with her'.Ringing that lie suggested there ..and then n second' performance. Mine. Butt and her husband also-sang 'many times before, the late Queen VicHoria, both in privatoand at various State . concerts;'and Mnuv Butt recalls'to this day as one of tile'greatest compliments" over bestowed, on. Jior a remark once m.ido to her by the lute yiieen in commendation of tho clearness of her enunciation. "Your English is so beautifully pronounced, Miss'' Butt," said her Majesty, "that it has added greatly to my enjoyment of your singing." ■A romantic story is attached to a wedding which tool; place recently at St. John's Church, Baling, in which the united ages of Hie bride and bridegroom' totalled 141 years. James Thomas Wells, aged seventy-three, a retired post oflieo official, waa married to Mrs. Emma Cosier, aged seventy-one. In (heir youth, they worn engaged, but parted. Each, married and brought up a large family. Two years ago llu-y met again, and (lie nbovo-montioned wedding is the result of thai meeting. Ladies' Costumes during tho month of July, Hlaek or Mine Serges, ,£4 i?.; Tweeds, in browns, greys, and nnvy, Si 17s. Gd. W. S. Bedford, 43a Willis Street.