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Evening Star, Issue 7259, 9 July 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

Queen Elizabeth of Roumania -devoted : ' such a large amount of time to singing that '. ■« her attendants lately assured her that her ■ voice entitled her to rank with the most celebrated of singers. The flattery bore fruit, for the Queen began to ask herself if .;, these rare vocal gifts ought nottobededi- v; cated to her people. She determined first to. have the unbiassed opinion of a musical ' .. critic, and so went incognita to the French; professor Dumanois, and sang before him ia r Bucharest. The professor caused the Queen .".. to run over the scales, and then to sing a song and an opera aria. Then, turning to her, he said seriously: " You have no vpjoe ■. vr at all, though plenty of musical feeling and > '}. excellent phrasing. I would train you for r , the operetta, but for that, to be sincere, you ; t ' have not the right face!" The Queeri ;..... handed the professor several gold pieces with her card, buying, before she left,* dozen v j, opera airs for private study.—<Pwl M*s, ';.,',.. Gazette.' , ... • • 81. Gounod considers that young , ladies, should devote as little time as' possible to the piano, unless they intend to fallow ~ music as a profession. The <»leblate9§pni- , n poser once lived next door to spinster who strummed the " in Saul five hours every Sunday.—SMwy.