Barbour County index., 1902-11-19
WHY WOMEN SHOULD SING.
1t Ii Habit Which Makes Then
Cheerful and Helps to Make
Them Robust

Ihere is little or no doubt that the
woman who is even only tolerably
| good looking, but who can sing well
enough to appear in public, finds more
ardent admirers among the opposite
sex than the merely pretty woman
who has no similar ability. Even men
i who are not at all musical feel attract
ed toward a girl who has good voice
/ and is not too nervous to use it, saws
household writer.
| Women who sing are generally
robust and cheerful. This is absolute
| ly true, sweeping as it may appear to
be at first glance. A woman who
would sing we'll must learn the art of
filing her lungs with air in one deep
breath; she is bound to do this or she
won't be able to sing. When she has
| learned how to do this she has learned
one of the profoundest secrets of
| physical fitness, and a cheerful dispo-
| sltlon follows perfect health as night
follows days. A woman who would
sing well must learn the art of putting
| her mind wholly out of touch with
worrying details of everyday life for
at least a given time every "a hours;
a domestic nature while engaged in
her daily practice. Should she do so
she is but wasting her efforts and will
never become singer in the true
sense of the word.
These two points are all important;
they in themselves will be enough to
secure attention from discerning
young wife-seekers, yet when in addi-
tlon to these points there is good
voice as WELL how can anyone have
ground for asking why women who
sing succeed in getting husbands
quicker than. the women who don't?
Women who sing go to twice as many
house parties and picnics as their sis
ters who do not sing. This being so,
it is but natural that they should meet
twice as many eligible young men.
Again, the songstress who is at a
party or picnic is singled out and
begged to add an item to the enter
talnment programme. She accedes to
the wish and for time she rivetS the
attention of all present
Her good qualities are bound to b.
seen, for the simple reason that she
is criticised, as she could not be were
it not for the fact that she stands
alone for space and is the goal of
all eyes. Her own nonsinging sister
may be just as pretty and lovable a
girl, but her most attractive qualities
are not discovered half so quickly be-
cause she is dumped down among the
crowd of visitors and is not invited to
stand up for notice-an inspection.
The girl who sings doesn't know what
indigestion is; she is making her blood
purer and richer as she sings, every
note being a blow at the torpid condi-
tion from which indigestion is known
to spring. AS she is free from this
common ailment among girls she is,
as result, free from the despondency
and gloom that follow in it's train. Her
happy face and laughing eyes do not
fail to arouse first the interest and
then the admiration of some nice
young man who is earning good sal
airy and who is beginning to think that
1T is about time he took unto himself
a wife.
The girl who sings, having learned
how to put away life's little worries
during the practice hour, learns also
how to put them away at other times.
This enables her to keep an eye open
for the pleasanter side issues of life.
She sees the beauty of the sunset and
the charm of a noble action These
things put light into her life that is
reflected in all her words and deeds.
She is elevated for no other reason
than that she is put in possession of
dreams that are unknown to the wom-
an who does not sing. Added to her
gift of voice is the benefit that has
come to her through strictly training
it-for no one will argue that only
voice is necessary to singer. Art is
needed almost as much as voice, if
singing worth the name is to be had.
The girl who sings is asked to become
a member of a choral society or per-
haps choir. Any mere man knows
that directly girl joins choir she
may become an engaged young lady as
If by magic. Girls who become mem
bers of choirs are never old maids
unless they are determined to be so.
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