Although she burst With rare success on London in in 1907, and was balled as "the new patti," this famous prima-donna had already made a big name for herself in other parts of the world. In South America she had received £10,00 for forty per. formances, and pay-nnnt on an almost equally liberal scale in Italy. Her first sala try, however, was 20 a month, which she received at the Pagliano Theatre (now known as Verdi's Theatre), in Florence, Madame Tetrazzini's birthplace. Curiously enough, neither her father, who had a large army furnishing store in Florence, nor her mother were musical. But as a tiny girl her whole soul was wrapped up in music; and so it came about that she was sent to study singing, and made her debut at the theatre mentioned in 1896. Since then she has sung before the Tsar, the King and Queen of Spain, and Queen Margharita of Italy, and one of her most treasured possessions is a beautiful diamond bracelet, the gift of Nicholas II. Unconventional to a degree, Madame Tetrazzini confesses that she likes nothing better than to visit a music-hall, and thoroughly enjoys herself amongst the pots and pans of the kitchen, for cooking to her is a delightful occupation.

Madame Tetrazzini W.& D. Downey