Ashland Tidings

SALUTED BY A SONG.
Jenny Lind's Graceful Tribute to Our National Flag.

There is a pretty story told of the honor Jenny Lind once paid to the American flag. It was when she was in New York, more than sixty years ago. The frigate St. Lawrence had just returned from a cruise, and the midshipmen went to hear the Swedish nightingale sing at Castle Garden theater, and the next day they called on her in a body. Their enthusiasm and her graciousness soon brought about a visit to the ship and the acceptance of a luncheon tendered her. When she was about to leave the ship she looked up at the stars and stripes and said: "I wish to salute your flag."

So, standing on the gangway, she sang "The Star Spangled Banner." Silently from all over the ship men gathered with uncovered heads until the ship's family were all assembled on deck. Nor were they her only audience, for borne upon the still air her song had been heard by many other vessels near by, and when the wondrous voice ceased steamers blew their whistles and exultant cheers rose from all sides, filling the harbor with their tribute of applause for the beloved artist and of loyal reverence for the flag she had so beautifully saluted.

-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.