The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
FAMOUS SINGERS.
They Live Fast and Suffer Poverty
When Their VoiEes Afe
H0na.

Gone:
We have as many fine singers as any
country, and the reason is that We are
willing to pay for the cultivation Of the
voice fabulous prices. A millionaire
neighbor of Cornelius Vanderbilt is said
to have expended $4,000 on the mu-
steal education of his daughter. She is Il
pupil Of Lamperti, the Dresden maestro,
and is pretty. Now her father is regret
full. She has hankering after footlight
glories, and the household is upset. Let
with a Lamperti voice IL bound to 90 on
tho stage. Time was when women kept
their accomplishments for home and
friends. In these days they must exhibit
before the vulgar public. "Give me pub
lie gaze and public applause, or give me
DEATH" is the cry.
When singers voice grows husky,
greasy, cracked. there is but one recourse
teaching. Who is Mrs. Radcliffe Cap
erton. of whonl I4anipert says, 'She is
my only representative; and | advise all
prepared by herr" Nine. Etigenie Pap
penheim, the celebrated primal donna,
whose robust lungs thrilled us, is teach
ing the young voice how to sing at the
Strathmore. Del Puente, advertising him
self as '"rhe Baritone," has Il vocal
school in Philadelphia. Victor Clodio of
the Iheater DIES Italiens is giving les
sons IN voice and Opera--Italian. German
and French-in East Fifty-ninth street
Tom Karl of the Bostonians has a
studio in West Seventy-fifth street
where concerts, oratorio and vocal in.
struction are dispensed. Lamperti, l had
almost forgot to mention, was maestro
to Sembrich, Helene Hastreiter, Stagno
Bellincioni and Zagury.
Lampcrti was brute when aneered
He once struck old Campanini in the fac,
with his baton and repeatedly pounded
him on the back. Sembrich often cried
and broke down when he exhibited his
ungovcrnable rage. Rudolfsen allowed
one Of his pupils to practice fourteen
hours day. and laughed when informed
that the victims voice was gone. What
did he care? The more eccentric the
teacher the higher his charges for in
structlon. There is one in this city who
calls his pupils fools and ''idiots.'
They worship him.
Lillian Blauvelt has just emerged from
the divorce court with her chin in the
air, yet Royal Stone Smith announces
that he is the sole representative il
America of the celebrated Bouhy method
and for the past three years instructor
Of Nine. Lillian Blauvelt." Tagliapietri
finds time. between the pool room and the
poker table to teach small class
George Fleming. Perry Ayerill, Theodore
Toedt, Emma Thursby, Myron w. Whit
ney, Victor Capoul, Henrietta Beebe anl
others as we'll known to the public arr
teaching d few favorite pupils.
The average life Of /, good voice is fif
teen years. FAITHS is an exception. Sc
also is Sims Reeves: Smoking ant
drinking have ruined countless male
voices. Singers live fast, and their voice:
suddenly become frogs in the throat
Women suffer all the ailments of the 70
cal chords, owing to low neck and shor
sleeves, consequent exposure and lat.
champagne Shippers. Jealousy kills ;
great many voices Of the gentler sex. 4
voice we'll cared for should last fort,
years. in which time, it should earn NJ
less than half million dollars. Posi-
bly, one singer in 500 has nest egg ant
saves something for a rainy day. The
rest live from hand to mOuth-ride today
walk tomorrow; feast this week. famin,
next. They convert safe investment in
to precarious existence.-New Yorl
Dress