Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1884 — An Artist. [ARTICLE]

An Artist.

, The fitful hare was beaten in the race by the plodding tortoise. Even so in the race of life, steady, intelligent application outruns the wayward genius that rests to-day and hastens on the morrow. Garcia, the famous musicteacher who taught Jenny Lind to sing, once uttered a remark concerning his pupil which youth should study. He said: “Jenny Lind was not much of an actress, and her only genius was in her power of continuous application. The reason of her enormous progress in so short a time was this.: That after a first and thorough explanation, she knew how to apply herself in the right way to study. Her medium notes were very had, but slie used them so skillfully that great critics often spoke of the quality and beauty of every register of her voice. This is to be what may truly be called an artist.”