costume and makeup. Mme. Easton asked the traditional three questions:"Would you like to go to the bathroom?" – "No"."Would you like some chocolate?" – "No"."How old are you?" – "Forty two" the little fellow piped up.But this was nothing to Easton¹s confusion in the last act. When she pressed him to her ample bosom he didn¹t want to let go. Retirement and final years Florence retired from public performance in 1939; her last appearance with orchestra was in a 1942 broadcast where she sang excerpts from Tristan und Isolde using her own English translations. She then taught privately and at the Juilliard School of Music, and still gave occasional recitals in New York. Her final appearance was made at New York Town Hall, in a song recital in 1943. At the end of World War II she moved with her husband to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and they returned to New York in 1950. She was suffering from heart trouble and she died on 13 August 1955, in Montreal, aged 72. Recordings Florence Easton made more than 100 records in the 1920s and 1930s. She recorded for Odeon, Aeolian-Vocalion and for Brunswick, initially recording acoustically, but electrically from 1926. She embraced opera, operetta, sacred songs and popular ballads. She recorded six operatic items for Edison (1927). One of her most important Wagnerian records was made for HMV in 1932: the superb Siegfried "Brünnhilde" opposite Lauritz Melchior (Covent Garden, 1932) "Heil dir Sonne! Heil dir Licht!" (the best recording in her own estimation). In 1933, HMV recorded six sides of Lieder and songs for RCA Victor, accompanied by Gerald Moore. Partial discography Recital 1921–1942 (Arias and songs by Wagner, Verdi, Bizet, Gounod, Rimsky-Korsakov, Puccini, Haydn, Wolf, Dvořák, Brahms, R. Strauss, Schumann. Popular American and German songs) Claremont – Florence Easton; Absolute Soprano (Recordings 1918-1933/1939/1940) Brunswick (original company, re-issued widely for example Marston & Symposum: Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) O mio babbino caro (Creator recording which though beautifully sung exhibits one of the worst Italian accents of any major singer on record). Marston – Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The "Potted Ring") Pearl – Lauritz Melchior Edition Vol. 5 Off-air recordings include two Götterdämmerung extracts from a Lewisohn Stadium concert and 14 items (mainly Lieder) from a recital at the Juilliard School of Music (13 July 1939) – International Record Collectors Club (IRCC). Three Tristan excerpts (two with Arthur Carron plus the Liebestod) followed