Last March the S. S. Ile de France brought into the U. S. a French girl who spoke no English. Her name was Lily Pons but it mattered to no one. She went to bed for eight days to recover from seasickness.
One afternoon last week Lily Pons sang Lucia at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera. Boxholders and peanut-galleryites liked her better than they have liked any newcomer in years. And Lily Pons went to bed at nine o'clock famous.
Still, nobody knew much about her. Metropolitan debuts have been dull...
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