ROLE OF BEGGAR
FAMOUS AMERICAN VIOLINIST. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 7 p.m.) Chicago, May 27. Jacques Gordon Prince, the violinist hid behind the tatters and smoked glasses of a blind pauper on a Chicago street corner, and with his cultured bow wheedled exactly £1 3/3 from his casual unsuspecting audience.
The famous" violinist undertook his beggar’s role to decide a dispute whether the public appreciated music for itself or was attracted by the magnetism-of society audiences and the fame of artists.
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Southland Times, Issue 21095, 29 May 1930, Page 7
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82ROLE OF BEGGAR Southland Times, Issue 21095, 29 May 1930, Page 7
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