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WOMEN OF DISTINCTION.

A mezzo-soprano of wonderful range.—San Francisco Examiner.

A sparkling diamond in the golden realm of song.—San Jose Californian.

Worthy to rank among the great singers of the world.—Portland Oregonian.

Her progress through the country has been one continuous triumph.—Denver Rocky Mountain News.

All her numbers were sung without effort—as the birds sing.—Mobile (Ala.) Register.

A voice of great range and of remarkable depth and purity.—Louisville (Ky.) CourierJournal.

She will never lack for an audience in the "City of Seven Hills."—Richmond (Va.) Planet.

The sweetest voice that ever charmed a Virginia audience.—Lynchburg (Va.) Advance.

Has earned the fame of being the greatest colored singer in the world.—Vicksburg (Miss.) Post.

Her articulation is so perfect her renditions seem like recitations set to music.—Kansas City Dispatch.

The indescribable pathos of her voice in dramatic and pathetic selections wrought a wondrous effect.—The Colonist (Victoria), British Columbia.

She scored a complete success as a vocalist of high ability, and fully justified the favorable criticisms of the Eastern press.—San Francisco Examiner.

A highly cultivated mezzo-soprano, of great sweetness, power and compass, and of dramatic quality.—Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier.

She electrified the vast audience of 12,000 people at the Mormon Tabernacle service on Sunday by her marvelous rendition of the 27th Psalm.—Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake), Utah.

In response to an encore, she gave a selection from "Il Trovatore" in baritone, showing the extraordinary range of her voice, and producing a melody like the low tones of a pipe organ under a master's touch.—San Diego (California) Sun.