Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1893 — A Bank in Her Throat. [ARTICLE]

A Bank in Her Throat.

Grassini, the great Italian singer, whs very much interested in the young girls among her relatives, and always ready to encourage any talent she could find in them. One day a novice was brought to her with the unpromising words, “She is a spoiled contralto, and will never do anything on the stage.” But the singer listened while the young girl began her frightened trills, when suddenly Grassini caught her in her arms with delight. “Why, yon are not a contralto,” she said, “but the finest soprana in the world. Your voice is far stronger than mine. Study well. You want none of my help; then is a rich bank in your throat.” TbS little singer was none other than Giulia Grisi. —[Detroit Free Press. In 1616 tobacco was first cultivated in Virginia. t