Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19


Nine Patti TO a young American who
sought her advice. u keep my vocal
powers at their full by extreme care.
but you viii notice. II you have boon
told Of the rules OF my life. that never
make myself sensitive to slight expo
sure.
"Of course a great deal Of rubbish has
been written about my dread OF TAX
INK cold. and I have been Informed OF
the eccentric mans / used 10 avoid Il.
u has been said that ! have all my
clothing marked with cnbaliatlc signs.
and that variation Of few degrees
In the weather will cause me 60 add
Co or take from my clothing, NO and 20
many ounces u my underwear. ] read
also In one crazy paper that I never
pass from heated room 60 tho cold
air outside. except By easy stages. aud
that 10 40 from the concert room TO tho
corridor stairs. then to tho lower hail.
the lobby. the vcutibulc and finally 20
pass into the street. IT, an operation
which takes me half an hour. 'nccllma-
ti1lng' myself MS Eoi
An that In rubbish. OF courHe-thnt
", u ~ rubbish TO say that u took any
such time. I'm careful as every singer
should be, to avoid sudden ana vio-
lent changes. but, on the other hand.
I would warn you not 10 make yourself
too tender. and invite cold by tho In.
Harden yourself. build M YOUR COM
Htltution; don't Occupy ovcrhcatcd rooms
at any time. live out Of doors at least
for two hours every dayand walk and
drive. That's my advice Then. don't
be- afraid 20 breathe plenty OF good
fresh air. even n the weather o. cold
The people who 20 about with muiiiDd
throats. ovorburdoncd with wraps
men singers who turn up the collars ~
their coats at the slightest breath of
air and women singers who hide Them
selves In a mass Of carriage rugs ana
cover their faces with laceH and wool
ems when carriage drlvlnE-arc the
ones who first begin 20 cough,
ION the other hand. don't 20 90 oN-
trpmes and expose yourself lu raw.
damp air, especially at nightfan BE
sensible, and preserve "a happy medium
between wise caution and foolish
| cooling.
~ there arr any special rules by
which ! have preserved my voice they
are pretty well Indicated In what I
have Just said, and IN my invaruhle
| rule OF spnrlng my voice when II N
| not In perfect order. There lies the rcal
/ danger to singers, not In exposure to
| cold air 80 much In singing when ma
/ ture says The voice ~ In need ~ rest.
/ and when the delicate organ should not
| be- fatigued or even used.
Where one voice ~ injured by oN.
| posture 20 cold twenty are hurt by
| singing when the voice n not IN good
! condition. Even when I've had to lose
| $1,000 by missing Il performance I have
! invariably pockctcd the loss for the
/ greater gain. and my voice has outlast-
ed twice over those who began their
! career with me.
THE little things Of life make up ita
total and n little prccaution In sing
crs career f. what counts and adds 10
] tho span OF her stage life. For IN
stance, one should never allow the
throat TO become dry. Keep IL moist.
| The hot. dry air OF an overhcatcd room
IL very bad FOR II. parchng II and tend
ing TO encourage Inflammation, And
when out walking or driving u ia apt
10 become dry and hard, In cold hs
| wen as In warm weather. Let me give
| you piece Of advice. It's n little thing
and yet effects big results. when you
| ure out OF doors always keep "a bit ~
candy In your mouth, to moistcn the
palate and the throat and 10 keep them
| moist.
II never 30 out. summer or winter
| riding. driving or walking, without n
! chocolate caramel In my mouth let
ting Il dissolve ns slowly as possible"
J Alice Nelson's new opera r. 10 bo
/ called The Singing Girl. The name IL
common place enough TO KIN Il, even
with better singing Girl than the fair
| Alice and better manager than the
| foxy" Frank pcricy. Victor Herbert
Z wrote Il and strenuous efforts have
/ been made % get lot Of free udver-
| tiHcmont by creating mystery and send
| Ing out contradictions hH 70 the name.
| The frst Efforts were directed towards
| creating a mystery about tho author
! ship, but Buudmastcr Herbert wouldn't
! stand Tor" that. About the most de-
| plorablc results ~ this mystery method
I ~ NANErNNHNmm To the lufm Fanny
| Davenport. II will be remembered. when
she sunk "a fortune Ia a mystery play
| that proved a most dismal failure when
| put on In Boston. Her manager. Mr..
| Stern, piled mystery over name and
author a foot thick ana then told an
! the world that special trains would car
| ~ critics from all coronera OF the
world to learn the truth that would
] only be announced after the FIRST per-
| Torrance, II was a Joan ot Arc crcu-
| ton, and was such n wrctchcd thing
that even ita name " forgotten, and
about the only thing remembered about
| II IL that II broke poor Fanny Duycn-
| ports heart ana opened the way
! through her death FOR blanche Walsh
to become famous.
Geo, otheringham has Just completed
| Bostoniana. beginning with Thorn be-
fore they had that name
Many music lovers here will regret
| 10 learn that Llgzc MacNiChol. tho well
known contralto died the other day
| from appendicitis. She was one 81 tho
leading singers OF the Castle Square
| opera company, and had many friends
In the West whore she had appeared
both with Emma Abbott and Emma
Iuch.