Melba’s Letters to Her Irish Admirer.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 1, 6 January 1909, Page 55

Melba’s Letters to Her Irish Admirer.

Charles Pollock, the Belfast newsboy, who. in emulation of Sir Walter Raleigh, spread tae best he had—his stock of newspapers—to enable Mme. Melba to reach her carriage dryshod from her hotel when she was singing at the Ulster Hall on a wet night, recently, says the "Express,” has ueen made happy by a gift and a letter from the prima donna. The letter is as follows: — "Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly. "Dear Boy,— I was much touched by your chivalrous thought, for me in Belfast the other day, ami I shall always remember it with great pleasure. “I am glad to hear you are a steady, industrious boy, and a comfort to your mother, ami 1 know you will grow up a brave, hcnourable man. for you have already given evidence, of the possession of exceptional qualities. You readily sacrificed your little bundle to make an easy path for e, and I hope your path through life may be made easy and bright by the kindness of others. ‘T enclose a cheque for £5 to buy you some small gift that will • mind you of how I appreciate your though', abbess.-— Faithfully yours, Nellie Melua.”