In a letter which Clemens wrote to Miss Wallace at this time, he tells
of a concert given at Stormfield on September 21st for the benefit of
the new Redding Library. Gabrilowitsch had so far recovered that he was
up and about and able to play. David Bispham, the great barytone, always
genial and generous, agreed to take part, and Clara Clemens, already
accustomed to public singing, was to join in the program. The letter to
Miss Wallace supplies the rest of the history.
We had a grand time here yesterday. Concert in aid of the little
library.