The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-28

BY MARGARET e. SANGSTER.
The exceptional woman to whom
God has given a glorious voice OF
great breadth. compass and sweet
ness has the world at her feet, Her
voice is d gold mine and during the
wears OF her triumphant career mon.
oy is rained upon her without stint
and She has flowers and compliments
and the alteration Of thousands No
ono else possesses her power to
please the listening world If art
has done its best to develop her nat
ural gifts and II, in addition 70 tho
music of her voice she is endowed
with Il great soul, sympathetic and
passionate, refined and sensitive, she
reigns over all hearts an uncrowned
queen. whose sceptre sWays the mu!
titude as the wind bows the golden
heads OF a field of ripencd wheat.
Such a voice is seldom found OFT
ener it is bestowed upon a peasant
woman, who has spent her childhood
in out of door work, than upon the
favored daughter Of a home Teplete
with luxury and alive with culture.
This is why we are sometimes terri
bly, disappointed at the chasm that
seems to lie between the woman ana
the artist, the one being, it may be,
coarse and sensual while the other is
beautiful and satisfying But the
truest artists must be great in their
ryy7i
their art. if they are 10 rise TO the
top of the profession.
Good voices are often utterly
ruined in childhood through the fo.lg
of parents and teachers, who allow
them to be strained too early Real
musical training and hard work, so
far as the voice is concerned may be
gin in early airlhood, but must MOI
anticipate that period Although
Girl may have pleasing voice and
good ear there is no reason to eXpect
that she will one day become q fam
Gus singer In no department Of ed
ueation does the probability of disal
poilit'ncat Turk as 1t does here Hun
dreds of young women have voices
that should be cultivated voices fey
ible, sweet and silvery, voices tha
will be agreeable in the parlor aud
the drawing room, and that may
prove acceptable in concerts ana
choirs.
The splendid voice full Of color.
fire. depth and expression, the royal
soprano or the fullthgoated contralto,
is Che b.F,hrlght as ! have said, of
ono here and there, not Of the many.
If one has it, her parents, her friends
or her townspeople should do their
utmost to give her the opportunities
She needs for its fine cultivation
This viii be an affair of time, Pains
and great expense. In this country
the best masters charge large fees for
an hours teaching, and often, after
years Of earnest study and effort, the
voice fails to ulhn it's promise.
There are excellent advantages for
the girl with voice in America
Conservatives in the larger cities
have attracted the best teachers and
a student may gain very much by de,
voting her efforts TO acquirin- wha,
can be- learned here Patriotic people /
sometimes dcclaim against the com
mon anNicy 10 send our daughters !
TO Europe for a musical education /
The gist OF The matter is that while /
We have good advantages here We
s'il lack atmosphere. a girl Who is /
taking her musical gifts seriously /
and who expects to devote years of /
her life to singing professionally I
should go abroad io be taught In !
Paris. Berlin Vienna or Florence she /
viii become one OF a community
where music is as daily bread She /