Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-08
HEALTH AND SINGING.
FACTS FOR GIRLS WHO INTEND
cuLTiVATiN6 THE VOICE.


Requisite No Reason why American
Girls Voices Cann"t o. Trained at
Home-word. of an Authorlty.
Surely there il M reason why American
girls should not bcrome az liue singers as
any on the globe They haye all the requi
Stes OF perseverance, superior mental en-
fowments and ambition The American
singers who have become famous have
been trained abroad, bnt hold that they
can be educated &c hame u they ARE prop
erly taught Health Is the road TO success
In singing as we'll as la other professions
The new gospel ~ music would tench TO
the young women Of America il technique.
physique and grace II IS no Deisartean
fad, or anything OF the kind. but common
sense
There are hundreds Of so called remedies
and little secrets intended TO make the
voice clear and smooth, such Hs eating
dried plums, or swallowing glycerine In
homeopathic phosphgtes Ny secret is
health Body and soul and voice arc 30
nearly connected that the disease OF Que
means the blight of the others.
z Take n healthy woman and you will
never fnd tn her those capricious freaks
and nervous depressious which make life "a
burden to her and her friends. Unfor1u
nately the weaker sex Is granted privileges
which tend to make her enloy the sensa-
tion of enBcting the role 81 nervous,
fading, dropping lily Nine times out OF
ten II size would remove her yceike cor
sets she would soon become healthy rose.
Health and voice are RS nearly connected
as physical aud mental health. aud the
voice Is the thermometer Of health. a
change In the physical state iS first noticed
In the voice and the beginning OF anwmia
has the effect Of making the voice feeble
and untrue lbelnw the pitChl WheGe Is
the young girl who does not suffer occa-
Bionuly in Il more or les. degree from this
sickness OF tuday'
uIl.E's A REMEDY.
What Is the remedy. or rather the pre-
yentiyef The most dangerous enemy Of
health l. tight lHclug Il IL not expected
thai young girl should AZ once recognize
the Tar reaching and destructive effects Of
this NEST peruicou~ abuse, but their
mothers should u+e all their iufueuce to
check d danger 50 serious 20 future gener
atiOus
lAtcing cOmpreSsez that pat OF the lungs
go necessary 10 easy breathing aud singing.
lfthe lungs are 80 tightly compre >Sed that
they cannot expand al the sides they must
find relief by going 70 the upper or lower
part
Every one knows, or should know that
the upper part Of the lungs Is the weakest,
aud most OF the irritatiouS OF the lungs he
gin there u Is BY no means an edifyinR
sight % see n lady singing with hershou
ders, ~ heard 1t called The opposite,
the abdominal breathing, is well enough
for II man, hut IL can become very danger
] Gus for a woman
y Ia spite OF this well known fnct many
!, reno .ued singing teachers make this kiud
g Of breathing the Alpha and Omega Of their
D method for men HHd women alike
I There ARE sDme voices wH.eh have re
a sisted every TRIMMING and could not I've
r killed IN spite of their masterS These
q voices although they exist 10 small mi
: nuTity, viii make the reputation Of a
I teacher. whether deserved ur not But " Il
Il teacher is rnthed 10 chon>e his material
and 70 discard vaiees he doris not think
o worth cuitiyaliug lie ought 70 have sue
X cess with every single pupil The vOicr i,
y like delicate plant. the gardener cannot
produce 1t, but he eau nurse and eultivat'
d Il with most careful love II the voie,
4 meets all the requirements IN the earl,
r days Of training there j. no need TO WORRY
Is about progress later, fnr success Is assured
le sEcEEr oF TilE AIT
. The most difficult part Gf voice cultur
a, should be- taught first. viz the free ant
le easy development u the tome aud eqHal
70 izing Of the registers II "a singer acquire
these they will enable him or her To reacl
the highest point III art The old Singiui
20 master Purpora, uscd To sly that on
N might he nblc to write upon Que piece q
Se music paper all that singer needed for III
- struciiOu
TO In spite Of renowned conseryatories th
a mere tone development Is still the wonder
full secret" Generally the greatest al
~ tentiun IL pHid, uot 10 tone development
sc but 10 Il musical education iH all direction
le and branches How suail n singer succee
ID who has not been taught right Ia the fin
NJ piaceF We know good many sueeee
1T who are taught wrongly, but that is b.
cause they have voices that defy all a
tempts to Kill them He or she will has
10 learn for himself or herself what TO d'
AZ. and do II.
IN Great allowance should be made fc
those who DO not study singing forthe pu
its pose Of making It their profession. III
system that | advocate makes a principi
me point OF the hygisnic benefit To be derive
therefrom, as It combines voice and bod
,ar culture ~ | stid before, "A healthy voil
exists only iu q healthy body Oyerhestts
m rooms are conducive to all tie physical II
and aches known To man No matter ho
"a many heavy wraps are put on befo
leaving superhrnied room, II Is almo
Ia impossible 70 preserve the lungs. The da
gers are too sudden. aud not even the mo
IN robust cuu stand them The body shon
be 50 hardened that it does not requi
md warm rooms
Ia TEACHING CHILDREN.
~ Should children toe taught siugingf III
~ development 81 the ear Is one OF the slo'
IN est but most fundamental parts Of instru
- ton child i more apt To catch {
sound 5f different dialects aud idioms
know this from experiences. because my
ther. being ia the GrrmRu army, WAS oft
~, transferred to different places In the q
,"' pire. and although WAS IN my childho
- years ! rapidly picked up the dialect
,"e each province. and the result wac that
~ ~ spoke all so tlaentiy no one eonld tell whs
80 | was born
Now. this IS IN example for my clai
~ that tile ear and taste OF child ought
'o1 be trained early to avoid that tiresoi
p'' work Of undoing in later years many fau
and bad habits
cannot imagine the feeling Of becumi
tired from singing Unfortunately
the acquainted with the agony of feeling
ace voice fade away and becnmiug only "a :
lrA echo When | wa. eleven years old !
'ail too much on II only conll have sfopr
ol great many teaFs might have heen saw
eau me There WAS silver iiniug 70 the ela
acA that came. lieeBuSe then went through
are careful MUSICAL education. including mel