/0/16410/coverbig.jpg?v=a07c5b7a455fbd74ffaa4d3f5cafb099)
11

/ 1

TO return to my difficulties at the New York Academy of Music, I was at length compelled to rehearse where I could; one day at the Star Theatre, another at Steinway Hall; a third at Tony Pastor's-a Variety Theatre next door to the Academy.
In the midst of these difficulties I caught a severe cold and found myself one morning speechless. I was su