The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-17

ers," continued Mrs. Sinnege, lis not
alone their lack of romance in their
make-ups but their objections to making
sacrifices. What do ! mean by sacrifices?
Let me tell you How can any woman
sing who does not care for herself? l
should say be true to thine own sell, and
you will sing well.
Late suppers, drinking. society and in
fact. any irregularity in ones habits will
of course destroy the voice. Americans
have naturally beautiful voices, but they
do not last simply because of physical
discrepancies due to imprudences, and
temperamental drawbacks When l say
temperamental drawbacks, l mean not
lack of Interpretation or rack OF pathos
but a prosaic conservatism, or in other
words hide-and-seek or the feelings, as
YOU must know that control of the
sentiments will kill the passion &nd bril-
lianey of the voice.
"They call us singers 'Bohemians' You
ask me why? l can only say that we do
that which is best for our talents. We
please them when they need 1t, we rest
them when we need 1t and are only happy
when catering to the promptings of our
talents.
There Is a mistaken idea that Bo-
hemianism' implies the immoral, which
is of course, not the case. Bohemianism,
as | said before, implies independence,
and overthrowing of the conventional
rules of what people can society.
How could it be possible for wom-
an of talent to conscientiously endure
the emptiness of the social world
should be tortured to death were 1 forced
night after night to waste my time and
to come in contact with people who sim
ply exist, and whose ideas never reach
beyond the ace of spades
What do you consider the best method
of caring for the voice?'
There is so much to be said regard
ing this, to which very few people pay
attention, but | will say again that the
one requisite is perfect physique, which
can only come through endless care and
attention to ones self. Moderation In all
things should be every singers motto,
therefore, we must OF course, make
many sacrifices. Still what Is a sacrifice
when we love? There Is nothing l would
not sacrifice for my voice as rar as the
care of it is concerned"
Now tell me, what Goes IT take to
make a SINCERE"
"As l said before physique is the most
important of all requisites. Then must
cal intelligence Interpretation, voice of
course a certain amount of talent,
abundance of temperament personality,
not forgetting a certain amount of refine
ment. which is plainly shown in the voice,
magnetism, and lastly, hard, hard work.
What do you mean by hard work.
81 cannot tell you this, but merely say
that musical Intelligence will suggest the
proper plan to perfect ones art
Now let's talk about composer. The
beauty of the music of the various COM
posers makes it difficult for me to de-
eide which | like best, but I cannot re-
frain from placing Richard Wagner at
the head of the list. His music dramas
are of course marvels of mastery
mind, and can only be appreciated by
people in general. for l consider no one
well informed who does not understand
the dramas of Wagner. They are just as
important and more interesting, II may
say than Shakespeare may be.
'The history of the Nibelung is far more
interesting than any modern novel; and
the story of Tristan and Isolde, thous-