Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-02-26
CARE OF THE VOICE.


regimen they are compelled TO follow
is very exacting, and allows them little
opportunity to indulge in many of the
enjoyments possible TO persons not so
famous or apparently so much to be en-
Wed. What they shall eat and drink
and other matters of their daily life are
with them questions so serious that they
do not dare to transgress the rules which
they decide are nece ss&r for them to
follow. Nine. Alelba 60 told Sun re-
porter that she had never allowed her
self TO eat any sweets since she became
a singer, and that from certain other ar
ticles of food she felt It as important TO
abstain. Nine. Media is Anger of nat
ural endowments so great that she Is in
a measure relieved from some OF the
labor necessary 10 other prima donnas;
but, like them, she is compelled to fol-
low rules that would appear very severe
to the women that watch her from the
audience and applaud her.
1t is only by such precautions that the
voice can be preserved One OF the
most popular singers in Germany, a
comparatively young woman, has lost
her voice entirely. She was singer
praised on account of her artistic meth
DDS. and as at one time her voice had
been powerful and beautiful, those who
knew her only from her appearance on
the stage were surprised at the prema-
ture failure OF her powers. But 70 those
who knew her in the theatre an explana-
ton was not hard 70 find Her husband
was also musician, and she used 10 90
with him for supper every night to
restaurant where they sat until very late
eating and drinking. The place was al
ways thick with smoke, The woman
made It her habit to meet her husband
there, even when she had not sung, and
they were there every evening for sew
eral hours. To this recklessness in par
ticular the early decay of her voice is
attributed, although she was in the
habit of committing other indiscretions
that invariably astonished her associates.
One night between two acts Of an opera
that was very arduous for her she drank
a quart of champagne and ate box of
sardines. What amazed her associates
even more was the knowledge that she
thought nothing Of taking a similar meal
whenever during the progress of a per
Torrance she felt the need Of it.
Emma Games is frequently seen in
the neighborhood of her uptown hotel
walking briskly In the company Of a
friend and her inevitable daschshund.
She does not c0nfne her exercise to
clear ', GATHER. anS ventures out for her
daily walk win the prot-l -'on of golosh-
es and macintosh, even hen the
weather is most unPromising. Sons Of
the restrictions OF singers life NAV be
gathered from her case. She is never
able to accept any invitations on the
night before she sings, as the require
ments of conversation might make her
talk, or, at all events, laugh so much IS
to strain her voice, Or there might be /
some smoke which would be sufficient /
to have its bad effects. Anything of the /
kind on the day on which she is 10 sing
IS, of course, out of the question She /
scarcely ever touches wine, and limits /
ler food to simple articles. She never 1
caves the house under any circumstan-
,es before : o'clock in the afternoon, as
hat insures the necessary time for the
iailv practice, which might never be
rot through with if the regular morning
lour is passed.
When Tampagno was in this country
he last time he walked about in the
oldest weather, and even when the
now lay deep on the streets, with only
light overcoat on, and made apparent
v no particular effort to protect himself.
3ut he is a man of unusual vigor and
trength. Like the other sing Is. ne
vas always very temperate in his
gay OF living. II used TO be said of
'atti that she had retained her powers
u such remarkable condition because
ne had during her entire career sa-ri-
ced everything to her voice. She has
lways kept its preservation in mind.
can de Reszke's own efforts in this d.
ection are known 10 all his friends, and
he splendid STAGE OF mis- voice today Is
roof of wha, 1t is possible for a man 10 !
o.
lie lives very quietly at the Gilsey
ouse, keep himself in perfect physical
ondition and allows himself 20 indulge
i no food or drink that would prove
advantageous TO him. During his ;
lmmer VACATION in Poland he lives