The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

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M—, it would be a recommendation to her not to go
to Italy, as she has been advised by some friends to do.
My humble opinion is, that the recently adopted
method of Italian singing is not the most natural
and healthy. The, proof thereof is, that we see only
a few of the singers in our days who know how to
preserve their voice, having once been in Italy, and
there acquiring the habit of forcing more sound out
of their lungs than nature intended they should. I
never went to Italy myself, for that very reason.
After having heard all the modern Italian singers, I
was well 'convinced that my voice never would have
been able to preserve its natural elasticity and its
character of high soprano, had I undertaken to adopt
the same forced style of singing as is now-a-days
almost unavoidable in Italy by the frequent per-
formance of Signor Verdi's operas. His music is the
most dangerous for all singing artists, and will con-
tinue so to be until the artists themselves shall better
understand their own interests, as well as that of the
beauty of the art of singing, and refuse to sacrifice
themselves to a composer, who by no means under-
stands the exquisite beauty of the real Italian singing,
that cannot be surpassed by any other nation. Miss
M— will find, both in London and in Paris, masters
fully qualified to instruct her in all that is deemed re-
quisite. A year's residence in London and Paris will
enable her to judge of the progress she has made, and
also the propriety of spending six months or one year
in Germany, the land of real music, in which the true
artists can only acquire the genuine stamp of art.
Germany offers perhaps less excellence for the singer,
for the German language is very hard to pronounce,
and often changes the character of the sound ; for in-
stance, the quality of tone in singing out the Italian
Word dolore, and the German word schmerz, will be
found different in its results, and infinitely in favour
of the former. But to wish to become a good artist,
with a good artistical conscience, and not know Ger-
many and its musical masters, would indeed be as
great a loss for the artist as it would be to the public,
before whom we ought to wish to give a right impres-
sion. I know what Germany is to an artist, and with
all my veneration for the true Italian singing school,
I really believe that, unless I had taken the German
music as the groundwork, my knowledge of Italian
singing would never have satisfied me, and my
musical faculties would have been undeveloped and
unfruitful. What I therefore wish most earnestly to
impress upon Miss M—'s mind is, that she should
try to combine Italian song and German music, the
one being as necessary as the other ; that she should
try to avoid false pathos, as the same law exists, to its
fullest extent, in art as in life ; that she be true to
herself, try to find out the beauty of truth, as well in
the simplest song as in the most difficult aria, and the
great secret will be hers—the most powerful protector
against envy and malice will be on her side."

onions, and one apple; add a gill and a half of water;
cover as usual, boil for one hour and a half.

WHITE CREAM.---Put into a basin a quarter of a
pound of sugar, a gill of pale brandy, and one and a
half ounces of either melted isinglass, gelatine, or
calf's-foot jelly ; stir it well, and add a pint of whipped
cream; proceed as before. Rum, noyeau, curacoa, or
other liqueurs or flavours may be added. When
liqueurs are used, add less sugar.. If you have
any ice, use only an ounce of either.

FOREIGN BISCUITS.—A quarter of a pound of
butter mixed with a pound of flour, dissolve a quarter
of a pound of sugar in half a pint of warm new milk,
pour gradually to the flour, dissolve half a teaspoonful
of salt of tartar in half a teacupful of cold water.
SOAT.—As every necessary is advancing in price,
with a prospect of a continuance, I feel it to be the
duty of every lover of his country to prevent as far as
in his power such an affliction, particularly to the poor.
I will not enter into detail, but offer a few remarks on
one article, viz., tallow : a large quantity is consumed
in the manufacture of soap, and as a considerable
quantity of yellow soap is used for the washing of
common articles, both linen and woollen, also for
scouring and cleansing tables, floors, &c., I have
proved the following composition to answer in every
respect, full as well as soap for these purposes, viz.,
Fuller's earth and common soda, prepared as follows :
—Dry perfectly by a moderate heat, 7ths . of
earth : dissolve 11b. of soda in two quarts of water
(softis the best), which pour upop the Fuller's earth;
stir them well together, so that they become intimately
mixed, and add more water till reduced to a soft paste,
so that it may become smooth with a knife, or ground
as colour through a mill. This used in the same pro-
portion as soap, will be found equally efficacious, at one
half the cost. Thus our consumption of Russian tallow
may be considerably decreased, a further advance in
tallow and soap prevented, and our enemy's means for
carrying on the war partly frustrated.—Correspondent
of the Builder.

[DECEMBER 4, 1855;

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done when the weather is mild. Na'ling' -- to,,
b t '
enough job for even a warm winter's daY, ")I d ese
men out to it in very cold or wet weather 3°0044
them to do a fair day's work indicates bad dto
ment, and a want of anythinc, like due,retirr't st°o
welfare of the workmen. Look 6
over the "n"lidireiv;,,° I
frequently to see that all is keeping we11',.31,-,l9isee
any tainted with disease, so as to prevent L-- c 0
from spreading. A letteuio
fit KITCHEN GAEDEN.—A good stock of. 1-rettill P i
for use should be put into cold trowel:oo°s, '9O
where they can be protected from frost ,"grioa) „"1:e
straw shutters or some other efficient C°'-‘,.'ater:,-ed‘
see to securing a good supply of endive for els99;011
Cauliflowers coming in must be frequentui,-,0 le, ea
and those not wanted for use should be taf'i trt'et of
stored untirwanted, for these cannot be salle,i'o4l is
to the weather after this season. Take 3‘`:ber,le-t,6
frosty mornings to get manure wheeled on ';3llt
wanted, and get all spare ground trenched
..7/-
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up as soon as possible.—Gardeners' Chralt''

FASHIONS.
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WINTER CLOAKS, varying in shape and -
now constantly appearing. Those compo;'o d.
.ible
or coloured cloth at present enjoy a consil',,%itb
of fashionable favour. They are trimmedobse.
of velvet, plush, or fancy braid. We by
some cloaks of grey cloth trimmed with I
rows of braid, figured with a pattern, in
the cloak, on a ground of blue, green, or
Bands of plush, in shades of black, gre,
and presenting a good imitation of chine]
effectively employed as a trimming. S(
are composed of cloth, having
the upp(
surfaces of differed-colours, a novelty IV,
on its first production some time ago. In
is a favourite colour for cloth cloaks.

Many ladies, of acknowledged taste,
paletots of black velvet. They are so WI:
to show the contours of the figure, and t''
full at the lower part. They descend to
the knees, and are fastened iu front fro
upwards by a row of buttons. The slee'‘
and of the Venetian form. At the thro
finished by a small collar with the corn(
On this style of paletot there is no
trimming of any kind.
We mentioned, a few weeks ago, that
would be much worn this winter. Jack& oactlt,
and coloured cloth, we observe, are now bei°r° c 0;
especially for young ladies. A jacket of
just completed, is trimmed with bla .
it a,i,5" 0e
soutache, set on in an arabesque pattern
in front with small steel buttons ; and tP 00:1
which are partially loose, are finished at the be ;0,
turned-up cuffs. This jacket is intended t 0 Oro
with a skirt of grey poplin, figured with °.,11) 0:0(0‘0,
black and pink. The skirt is trimmed 181 sicienre t!,
black velvet, a row of bows passing up each fear,e
to form a tablier. The collar and under-alee coayi
batiste, ornamented with needlework. l',ebe
bordered by a row of Valenciennes ; and
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sleeves are in two puffs, separated by a 111/4.1,0 avid
of black velvet, fastened on the outside of of "oi
a bow and long flowing ends. Bracelets° of 06$
velvet, fixed by bows and flowing ends, arbleece
the wrists, and form a termination to the Tfll
the lower end. „,
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Among the most admired of the nevi tiotli
be mentioned several composed of moilee,po
They are made in black as well as in coloorf the
and are trimmed with one deep flounce the V,.
material, descending from the height 0'
This flounce is cut bias-way, and is set 00by ri
fluted plaits. It is finished at the edgeh•• t°ll
hem. A ruche of moire is placed as a he9-11-11j::A
flounce. The corsages of these dresses4,3l;yaa 61
and closed from the waist to the throv Gieev°l
row of buttons or bows of ribbon. Thena
either of the pagoda form or in puffs, than bobv
ornamented with no other trimnslitt' vio/e'dir'
ribbon. One of these dresses, comp
excellent of 05'1
another of slate-colour moire, are in
The Lady's Newspaper.

LIVERPOoL: ti e Writ
Printed and Published every Tuesday ~lornir►r, by -3,.. re Ike
ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, of No. 7,,e'r"—tSoe. 'y
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