If we all worked at what we could do best, not only would more work be
done, but most of life’s friction and worry would be eliminated.
The English are a ballad-loving people, and few singers could
sing a ballad like Antoinette Sterling. She sometimes, but
rarely, sang classical music. She knew where she was the
strongest, and she wisely kept in that direction, with the
result that she shared the same popularity which the English
people extended to Sims Reeves, the favorite tenor balladist. It
was enough to insure the success of a new song to have it sung
by Madam Sterling, and success in London means heavy royalties
to singer as well as composer. (Text.)--Chicago _Tribune_.
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