MELBA AND KITCHENER
"I oannot think of all these great men without remembering one of the greatest of them all—Lord Kitchener," writes Dame Melba in the London "Weekly Despatoh." "When he arrived in Australia he was so feted, and so many parties were given for him, that I felt it would only be worrying him to write to him. However, I received a letter, saying: "Don't you think it is unkind of you not to send me even a little line of welcome in your own country?' The result was that I found myself dining with him and the Governor-General and. the Governor of Victoria, at Government House, the next evening. After dinner the three men, pretended to kr.eel to me. 'I know what you want,' I said, 'but I won't!' Kitchener draw me apart. 'Madame,' he said, 'I have been an exile for eight years. Will you not sing just one verse of 'Home, Sweet Home?' I sat down at the piano, and when I had finished there- was silence. iKtohener cams up to me and kissed my hand. And down his face two great tears were rolling. If anybody tells me that Kitchener had no heart, I have my answer ready."
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 91, 17 April 1923, Page 5
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203MELBA AND KITCHENER Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 91, 17 April 1923, Page 5
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