In 1900 a girl of sixteen stopped Kubelik as he was leaving Queen's Hall one day, and asked him to hear her play. Kubelik was sympathetic, heard her, and, delighted with her wonderful talent, personally introduced her to his master, Sevcik. Two years later the girl made her debut in Vienna, and to-day is one of the most famous violinists in the world, and able to command record fees. In her girlhood days, however, she knew what stern poverty meant. So reduced in circumstances did her father, an accomplished harpist, become, that he and his daughter tramped from town to town, until Miss.hall's playing attracted the attention of a well-known teacher, who was astounded to find that, although only ten years of age, she knew most of Bach's sonatas by heart. Some music-loving people came to the rescue, and little Marie was placed under proper instruction. Miss Hall is a native of Newcastle-on-tyne, her father being a harpist in the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Her father wanted her to learn to play the harp, but she preferred the violin, and he very wisely let her have her own way. And now she possesses a magnificent Strad, valued at 1,600, with which she charms her audiences. She has one sister and two brothers, to whose care and education she has devoted much of the money she has earned by her genius.

Miss Marie Hall Fleet Agency