The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . nedher guitar and made her way to Toledo, O., whereshe knew Clara Louise Kellogg was at that timesinging, and whom she was anxious to meet. On herarrival she had not the means to p
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . nedher guitar and made her way to Toledo, O., whereshe knew Clara Louise Kellogg was at that timesinging, and whom she was anxious to meet. On herarrival she had not the means to purchase admissionto the opera house, so met Miss Kellogg in her draw-ing-ioom after the performance, and asked her tohear her sing, to which she kindly consented, andwas so pleased with hervoice that, after hearingher plans, she offered topay her way to New York,and furnished a letter toa friend who would carefor her. But before go-ing, Emma Abbott ex-pressed a desire to hearher benefactor sing, andwas provided with a ticket-j for the next nights per-J formance, and for the firsttime in her life, listenedto a, genuine opera. Af-ter arriving in New York,she went to Plymoutlichurch, Brooklyn, to meetMr. Beecher who received? her kindly and at oncegave lier introductionswhich secured her admission to the choir, whereshe first learned to read nnisic. She then obtainedposition in the choir of the Madison avenue. Baptist church. From there she went to Dr. Cha-pins church as a soloist, and there met her futurehusband, Mr. Eugene Wetherell. In 1872 a fundwas raised to send her abroad to complete her educa-tion, to which Mr. Beecher put his name down for around sum. By chance her instructor in Paris wasthe teacher of a child of Baroness Rothschild, whosent for Miss Abbott, and upon hearing her voice,presented her with a check for $3,000 and offered topay her bills for tuition. About the time of thecompletion of her studies, an impressai-io from Lon-don made a flattering engagement with
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