The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27


speak them-near the front of the
mouth. And that reminds me that
good teeth are indispensable to enun-
citation and the production of the voice;
therefore, If you have any dental de-
hciencies they should be remedied at
once.
1t has been proved that the cavity
OF the mouth is always nearly perfect
IN great singers, and that upon it's per-
lection the beauty of the vocal sounds
greatly depends.
IL is better to practice fifteen min
utes several times a day, especially for
beginner, than an hour or even half
an hour at a stretch.
AVOID the tremolo as you would the
plague. Some very young singers do
not understand the difference between
the tremolo, which is all that is mere
trlclous and destructive, and the trill,
Which is beautiful and belongs to our
art.
Don't be deluded by the notion that
anything can take the place of the
scales and exercises. Success is hard
work. There is no easy road to the
laurels of the singer
Inc girl who is to have a career must
nave something more than a good
larynx to make a great singer She
must nave the genius for work which
is only given to those whom the gods
nave destined for the great heights.
Also she must have a good ear and the
artistic temperament.
Frequently girl has a voice and no
temperament. Again. she has the tenn
permanent and the voice is insufficient.
But more can be accomplished by the
girl with the temperament and less
voice than by the young woman with
tones OF tremendous volume and sweet
ness who is devoid of temperament.
therefore, the girls with small voices
must not be discouraged, for proper
training will work wonders in increas-
ing the voice.
Give me a girl with voice and tenn
permanent and good health and the ca
pacity for real work-ah. then there are
no heights she may not reach!
/ have done quite enough preaching
have not, and for the first lesson. too
The Italians have proverb: "Pasien-
"a, pazlenza! Roma non era fatto mel
glorno' C'Patience, patience! Rome
was not built in a day') Remember
| my little Americans with the beautiful
voices, no singer has learned her art in
day, and every one of them has had
10 pegin as l have suggested to YOU
in this little lesson.
The origin of guipure lace is vrannea
IN mystery, but perhaps the tradition
that IS current in the villages where
II is made may be as satisfactory as
any, says an exchange. It is related
that centuries ago a certain Venetian
sailor returned from a VOYAGE in east
ern waters and brought to his be-
trotned, worker in needlepoint, a
ounch OF the beautiful and delicate
coraine' which he told her was the lace
| made by mermaids living in the coral
caves of the Indian seas Pretty as If
is, said the girl, Il will make some
| thlng far prettier with my needle and
my bridal veil shall be of mermaid's
lace" The sailor lad went off on an
other long voyage and during the
months of his absence the girl worked
day after day with her needle, forming
white dots and tiny stars and uniting
them with delicate brides" till at last
| an exquisite scarf of guipure was pro-
duced, which was so beautiful that
When she wore it as a bridal veil all
| Venice spoke of it in glowing terms of
admiration, and many noble and royal
women became patronesses of the
| young lacemaker.
According to M. Octave Uzanne. a
well-known critic of Partisan life and
manners, the French capital is destined
to lose ere long it's renown in matters
of feminine dress, since the French
women's costume is rapidly approach
ing the convenience and hygienic char
acter of masculine attire, says the
New Orleans Picayune.
M. Uzanne. who has made a
close study of the gradual
evolution of French models
declares in an article which has Just
appeared in the Revue Contemppor-
alne that before ten years have elapsed
rigidly short skirts will become the
fashion on all occasions, while corsets
will be long abandoned and the custom
of wearing wells long prohibited by the
health department. NJ. Uzanne bases
his prophecies on the evident gradual
correction of false ideas of feminine
modesty and also on the pressure
brought by sane and semitic ideals of
health.
The French women's clubs indig-
nantly try to refute the conclusions of
this critic, who to-day further devel-
oped his convictions as follows: ut
has been practically proved that many
women's diseases originate in the Gus
tom of wearing long skirts, which
sweep the dust, collect maliferous
germs, insuring later their Judgment
in the body, while the evils resulting
from corsetS are too familiar to need
emphasis.
1.-The modern course is a tyrant i'm
posed by bad taste, causing terrible
disorders and fatal operations, and is
therefore bound to give place to light,
supple, physiological belts, conforma-
tive to the respiratory movements and
permitting bodily development, while
allowing normal action of the gastron-
onic functions. Health boards are go
ing to absolutely forbid the use of wells,
which destroy or harm the sight, inter-
fere with the proper breathing and Of
fer Judgment to noxious bacilli.
MANY signs show that these reforms
are already in the air in Paris, and cou-
turieres report that French women de-
mand more and more every day 'hygi-
enic outfits, while it is principally for
eign customers from England, the Uni
ted States and Germany who still de-
mand clothes made on the old and I'M
healthy fashions"
Parallel with the development of Co.'S
tune, NJ. Uzanne is investigating re-
ports of the French health boards,
which, he declares, are prepared to
urge, and If necessary, to insist on a
modification of female dress for the
sake of the coming generation.
Heretofore" he continued, "the mat
ter of dress reform has been left to
the initiative of women, but so little
has been accomplished that the day is
not far distant when laws will be made
on the subject. 1t is safe to say that
no latter than 1920 French women, and
therefore the women of the whole
world, will forsake the abses which are