ext house opened to them at once, and in spite of their
rather battered looks they were welcomed and offered the best the house
contained. The bath-room, chambers and dining hall were free to them and
it seemed as if the daughters of the house could not do enough to
minister to the wants of the unhappy party. The discovery of whom they
entertained only added to the warmth of the reception and finally a
sleigh was found and just at night fall Madam Urso was once more with
friends. Singular as it may seem, she has not found out to this day who
so kindly opened their house to her in her distress. In the storm and
excitement of the occasion the number of the house was forgotten and
there was no name on the door. The family did not give their name and if
it should so happen that they read this, they may know how pleasantly
Madam Urso cherishes the memory of their kindness.

Carl Rosa who was then in Boston took Madam Urso's place at the Harvard
Concert, and on the next morning Mr. Dwight the Treasurer called and
paid her the usual honorarium, just as if she had been present. Madam
Urso remained in Boston and appeared at the next concert as she makes it
a rule always to fulfill every engagement to the letter, whatever may be
the expense and inconvenience it may cause her.

Immediately after the little adventure in Boston, just mentioned, Madam
Urso was engaged by Mr. P. S. Gilmore to travel through the New England
States. This tour was a very successful one and at its close she spent
the Summer quietly at Saratoga and Long Branch. The season of 1867 and
1868 was an exceedingly busy one and engagements were made in all parts
of the country with uniform success. In the Spring she found the labor
and travel were telling upon her health, and in June she sailed once
more for Europe where she spent three months in Bologne and Paris, in
retirement. Though not giving concerts she practiced as steadily and
earnestly as her health would permit. The quiet sea-shore life at
Bologne, the drives on the beach and the charming social life rested her
fully and in September she was once more ready to resume her profession
in this country. To report it all is quite beyond our limits.
Engagements to play crowded upon her from all parts of the country, and
every concert seemed to be more successful than the last. One given as a
complementary testimonial to Madam Urso by the musicians of Boston, in
January 1869, brought out all her friends and pac