Madame Urso deserves something more than a mere passing mention. She is easily the most remarkable violin player who ever came to America and made her home among us. I well remember her as she appeared at her debut in Jonas Chickering’s piano rooms. She was then a little girl of eleven, with the same sad and interesting face that she has now. Yet, when not playing, she is full of fun, and her conversation is richly humorous.

Her playing as a child was very artistic. She made her debut in the “ Fantaisie ” on II Pirate, by Artot, accompanied by her father on the piano, and she won an immediate success.