FALL LED TO FAME
Accidents often lead on to good fortune. It was an accident which brought fame to Peggy Da}'. Three years ago she was carrying a jar of tadpoles to school when she fell. The jar was smashed, and Peggy's hand was so badly cut that after the wound had healed the doctor was afraid she might lose the use of her fingers. As it was necessary for lier to exercise them constantly her father bought hei ail accordion, and Peggy practised so much that within a year she had won a medal. Though she is still only 14, she has gained four medals, two cups, and two diplomas, and she is now Yorkshire's girl champion. This Sheffield girl is the cleverest of all young accordion players in the north of England. She is hoping to get a band together; but even if her dream of a band comes to nothing she has turned her misfortune into good fortune, and may boast that she has brought music out of a jar of tadpoles.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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