TO FAME AT A LEAP.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 939, 5 March 1908, Page 18

TO FAME AT A LEAP.

There have been many accidental “dL coveries ” of talent in recent years, but to rise from obse trity to the fame of MLs Sarah Vrubell, who has made such a ’r-'-mendous vocal success in “ Aladdin ” at the Adelphi Theatre. London, is a particularly bright example. Miss Vrubell is of Polish extraction. She is one of 11

children, and was born in New York. She came to England when she was three years old. Her mother keeps a small fancy goods shop in the neighbourhood of Coventry street- On the of a friend, she obtained lhe v shillings necessary, and entered for a scholarship presented by Count ?ss Van Den Henvel at he London Academy of Music. It had been practically decided to give the award to another, when Miss Vrubell arrived late on the scene, sang, and finally won the scholarship. So delighted was the Countess with her new discovery that from that time onward she lias played the par; of the fairy god-mother to the girl. The new star is a mezzo-soprano.