THEATRICAL CELEBRITIES.
(No. 4— MISS IDA HOLBEIN), In view of the important and popular • position which descriptive vocalism occupies with the public, a chat in which* . Miss Holbein tells of her experiences is sure ( to be interesting. When seen at her _ private residence, 3, Victoria Parade, Melbourne, Miss Holbein disclaimed any ' pretensions to popularity, but certain it ; is that her every appearance is greeted ; by audiences with deserved applause. ' "You have had a number of successful ' tours, we believe, Miss Holbein," said \ the interviewer. ' "I think I can say that," said the artist. "I have been with Mr. Hany ; Rjckards' companies at the Tivoli, ' Sydney, with the Cogill Bros., with the ' > Messrs. York and Jones, and other combinations." > "How did your recent tour in Perth : result?" "Veiy satisfactorily so far as profes- " sional success went. I filled a seven ■ moiiths' engagement in Western Aus- ■ tralia, but portion of the time I was in- " capacitated through influenza. Terrible > burning pains attacked* me in tbe back 5 of the head and in the limbs. Fearful • throbbing headaches and feverishness f made my existence a misery. Then great J prostration came on, and I became too i weak to exert myself at all. Digestive ) troubles occurred causing nausea and • total loss of appetite, in fact I could eat ■ nothing. Great despondency crept over I" me, and despite skilled medical treat- • ment I did not recover. My weakness - increased until I was in such a helpless - state that I felt I was dying. My friends > at this juncture advised me to take Dr. i Williams' pink pills. I used several - boxes of them altogether, and before I - had finished the first box improvement r was manifest. They seemed to enrich my : blood, to tone up my nerves, and give i me strength. In a week or two a rosy i colour came into my pale cheeks, anil . everyone said I looked marvellously better. A fortnight after that I was comi pletely cured. Headaches, pains, and . loss of appetite had gone, and I felt quite » bright and cheery at my release from 3 sickness. Dr. Williams' pink pills are t a most efficacious medicine. Where other , remedies fail they seem to ?o right to \ the root of the disease." Miss Holbein j speaks truly when she says Dr. Williams' , pink pills go right to the root ' of disease. This is the reason j they cure many apparently diverse I ailments such as rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, dyspepsia, ladies' ailments and ' iiTegularities, nervous prostration,debility, J loss of flesh, after effects of fever, pneut mouia, consumption, dysentry, erysipelas, 1 skin diseases, rickets, etc. Sold by chemists and storekeepers, and by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Wellington. ; Three shillings per box, six boxes six- \ teen and sixpence. Miss Ida Holbein's ■ recent appearances in Sydney with Mr. [ Harry Rickards' combinations have met " with well-merited success.
Among the Guards killed at Belraont . were Private St. John, the champion . boxer of Wales, and Private Hickling, i who played back for Walsall. CFor oontiwatioh of News tee page 7J
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Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 11, 13 January 1900, Page 2
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