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WOMEN OF DISTINCTION.
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We have never been called upon to record a more brilliant and instantaneous success than has thus far attended this talented young aspirant to musical honors. From obscurity she has risen to popularity. She has not been through the regular routine of advancement, but, as it were, in a moment endowed by nature with the wonderful power of song, she delighted the circle in which she moved, and is now enchanting the public. Last evening the hall was thronged at an early hour. In every song she was unanimously encored.

She has always stood high in Philadelphia, where she has quietly lived and acted well her part.

Miss Celestine O. Browne, a very prominent citizen of Jamestown, New York, has made much prestige as a pianist.

The Boston Folio of December, 1876, said of her:

She is a fine pianist, very brilliant and showy as soloist and accompanist.

She was at one time a member of the Hyers Sisters' Concert.

Madam Albert Wilson, of Brooklyn, New York, is one among our foremost pianists and has been highly spoken of by the press—having accompanied some of our best singers. She was prominent with Madam Sissieretta Jones ("Black Patti") on several very noted occasions.

Madam Emma Savaile Jones, of Brooklyn, N. Y., possesses one of those well-cultivated voices. In this she is not so richly endowed with the gifts of nature as some others of her sisters, while on the other hand she is a well-trained and highly cultured vocalist. She furnishes a living and striking example of what a young woman may do for herself and her race, even though Nature