At the little town of Wyomissing, in Pennsylvania, there is a particularly comfortable Christmas tree farm. There are, indeed, many Christmas tree farms, for the growing of trees is the business of

At the little town of Wyomissing, in Pennsylvania, there is a particularly comfortable Christmas tree farm. There are, indeed, many Christmas tree farms, for the growing of trees is the business of the place, which, as many travelers will remember, is seated upon the edge of a remarkably windy river—a river that it behooves every tourist to visit.

It is here on this river that families raise their children. One of these children, however, is famous, distinguished from her fellow locals by both an extraordinary musical talent and an early sign of maturity well beyond her age. It is hardly known whether it was her particular affinity for the guitar or her spirited personality that was already too big for one Wyomissing, Pa., but before long she left that particularly comfortable Christmas tree farm and moved to Nashville to begin her journey to stardom.