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Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

JULIA, a Dutch contralto. Born in Holland in 1881, she first reon the vic as ceived instruction violin, and a in the various cities little girl appeared of Holland in recitals. At fifteen years the conservatory at of age she entered Amsterdam to have her voice trained, voice culand completed her studies in she made her ture at Berlin. In 1901 début as a singer in Magdeburg, and later gained great popularity throughout by her singing of the German Germany and Italian folk-songs. From 1902-1912 she toured the Continent and achieved a striking success everywhere. In 1913 she made her first tour of America, tours. which was later followed by other CUMÆ, a very ancient city of Italy colony of the in Campania, the oldest Italy, founded about 1030 b. C. Greeks in , in Eubea, and by colonists from Chalcis from Cyme in Asia Minor. It founded Zancle Naples (Neapolis), and in Sicily . In 520 B. C. Cume was or Messina taken by the Campanians, and came with them under the power of Rome (345 D. 1207, and B. C.). It was destroyed A. a few ruins only now exist. CUMANÁ, a town of the Venezuelan state of Sucre, on the Manzanares, a mile above its mouth, where the port of lies on the Gulf of Cariaco. Puerto Sucre It has a national college, and some export trade, but is chiefly of interest as the oldest European town on the South mainland, having been founded American son Diego as by Christopher Columbus's 1521. It has suffered New Toledo in much from earthquakes, and was almost 1853. Pop. about entirely destroyed in 15,000.