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contralto, Dame Clara Butt, for instance, is very 

 fond of fishing, a taste which she shares with 

 her husband, Mr. Kennerley Rumford. She had 

 great fortune the first time she tried, in Norway, 

 whither she and her husband went for their 

 honeymoon. In the first quarter of an hour she 

 hooked a salmon, kept her head, played it and 

 had the satisfaction of landing it in forty minutes, 

 twenty-eight pounds, and " a very fine first 

 effort" as her husband observed with just pride. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Kennerley Rumford do not, I fear, 

 get so much fishing as they would like, so heavy 

 are the demands made upon their time by the 

 concert platform. But the keenness is there. 

 And their two sons love fishing also, as a part of 

 an enthusiasm for sport generally. 



Miss Carmen Hill, daintiest of mezzo- 

 sopranos, sent a charming reply to my inquiries. 

 " When first I began fishing I think I had the 

 usual beginner's luck and caught a few trout, but 

 I think I loved the peace and rest which the 

 whole day in the open air gives one rather than 

 the actual fishing. My finest catch was at 

 Dubhgharadh in Isle of Arran, where I spent a 

 week about two years ago, and there I caught a 

 lovely trout, weighing nearly three pounds (two 

 pounds fourteen ounces, to be exact), and several 

 others from a half-pound to three-quarters of a 

 pound, but I am afraid it is much more luck with 

 me than good management ! 1 couldn't tell you 

 now what flies I used ! " 



It was very pleasant in various places to find 



