may not have so richly endowed her as it has some others of her companions.
Madam Adele V. Montgomery, of New York City, has been by many very competent critics regarded as the colored pianist of America. She is certainly an expert at the piano. She has accompanied Madam Bergen in many of her concerts in the Eastern and Middle States.
Miss Emma Magnan, of New York City, is sister of Madam Montgomery, and is quite a noted pianist, and at the same time sings very sweetly.
Mrs. Josie D. Heard. We very much regret that somehow we failed to get any response to repeated efforts to obtain the facts of this very excellent lady's history. However, suffice it to say that she is a valuable part of the best society in Philadelphia, not only from a strictly social stand-point of view, but as a talented, faithful woman; popular not only at home, but throughout the country, because of her sterling worth as a woman in the full sense of the word—ambitious, learned and true.
We take pleasure in quoting the following poem, "I Love Thee," as a specimen of some of her many and varied writings:
Thou art not near me, but I see thine eyes
Shine through the gloom like stars in winter skies,
Pointing the way my longing steps would go,
To come to thee because I love thee so.
Thou art not near me, but I feel thine arm.
Soft folded round me, shielding me from harm,
Guiding me on as in days of old—
Sometimes life seems so dark, so dreary and so cold.
