GREAT SINGER’S GENEROSITY
The anniversary of the birth of Jenny Lind, should be something of a saint'? d;iv in Norwich. She planned a great concert for a certain date, and a.n excellent, man. Dr Thompson, who had the management of the town charities, smuggled Dm best of the workhouse girls into'the hall, and stationed them under the platform, where they could hear without beimr seen. Jenny, moved by one of the soiursTha had rung, retired to her room, and discovered the poor charity mites. Informed as to their identity, she asked if there were any special cluiri’t.v she could help in the town. The good doctor frankly owned that there was. “ What we really want is a. hospital for children. There has never been one In Norwich,' 1 he said. “Then J will give a concert for one,’’ answered Jenny; and. she did. When the hospital had been started she .sent someone incognito, all in the fairvtalo manner, to see how matters were running. Finding that all was commendable, she gave yet another concert, which completely established the institution a tale of three concerts ending in the “ Jemiy Lind Hospital.”
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Evening Star, Issue 16628, 10 January 1918, Page 6
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190GREAT SINGER’S GENEROSITY Evening Star, Issue 16628, 10 January 1918, Page 6
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