A MAD SONGIRESS
An extraordinary discovery has just boon ma Jo, a correspondent writes, in i lie private asylum oi Dr. I Hipuis, in Paris. A voiiiur Ixussian lady who entered the institution about IS months ago, and whose malady is stated to be the possessor of a voice of most marvellous beauty. The unfortunate girl's brain is in such a state that she eannot understand a word that in said to her, hut as soon as music i" placed in her hands her senses seem to return, and she renders the most difficult passages with the grnaiest intelligence and delicacy. If Dr. Dupuis can obtain tlio consent of the young iady's friends, ho intends to brin'Z her out at a concert which is to he given shortly in Paris in aid of a charity.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2647, 29 June 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)
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135A MAD SONGIRESS Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2647, 29 June 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)
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