The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-05-27
The Articles Written by Tesrazinnl.

The Articles Written by Tetrazinni.
have been the recipient of num-
ber Of questions regarding the arti-
cles published in some of our news
papers, purporting to have come
from the pen of Nine. Tetrazinni, one
of the greatest exponents of colora-
ture art now on the stage. These /
will answer in one.
The diva declares that American
and English speaking folk talk
through half closed teeth. In an
other part she says to relax the jaw
to the utmost and the greater the
space that one can feel below the
place where the jaw Is attached to
the skull, just below the temples and
in front of the ears, the more relax
alton one should have in the throat"
l have tried this but do not think
that l am the gamer. e. o. N.
Some American and English speaking
people do speak through half closed
teeth but fortunately not all. 1t Is a
pernicious habit and goes hand in hand
with the harsh voices that the Ameri-
can woman gets the credit OF having
among foreign nations. The southern
woman does not speak in such shril
tones as her northern sister for several
reasons. She does not have to contend
with the rigorous climate that the north
ern woman has throughout seven or
eight months of the year with the at
tendant colds superinduced by the over
heated apartments, hotels, theatres,
churches, etc. The other is, that she
does not have to try to make herself
heard above the roar of the elevated
trains, the subway, the surface cars
etc, where the din is never ending The
higher the pitch the further it carries
and it is perfectly natural for the wo-
man living among these surroundings to
adopt herself unconsciously to her SUI
roundings, and make herself heard at all
cost. L do not intend this in facetous
way, believe me,
1 have in mind a pupil who went
abroad. On board the steamer she was,
as usual, the life OF the party, and as a
fast ocean greyhound makes a great
deal of noise as she cuts through the
water at a tremendous speed, the girl
naturally raised her voice In order to be
heard. It was almost a week after she
was again at home before she stopped
yelling" as the family called it. She
was perfectly unconscious of it.
The second thought of opening the
throat wide Is a very necessary one,
but 1t cannot be accomplished by open
ing the mouth too, wide, for to illustrate,
take a glove stretcher. AS you open the
long end to stretch the glove, the other
end in your handHcloses and vice-versa.
II you opepstbe mouth too wide in drop
ping the Jaw youf Invariably close the
throat. accomplish the opening of the
throat by the yawning exercise. Feel as
though you were yawning with the
mouth closed. This sensation and the
accompanying relaxation which takes
place. in all normal throats will open
the throat and give space for the tones,
This exercise must not be practiced too
long at q time at first. One pupil said
that she felt as though there was wad
of cotton In her throat and upon ques-
tioning her and examining the throat it
was found that the feeling resulted from
muscle firing. 1t is well to be ambitious
TO accomplish much in the vocal line,
but pupils must remember that the
throat is a very delicate organ and to
make haste slowly is the only way in
voice culture" Overtiring the voice
does great harm and must be guarded
against with great care.
Which Foot to Sing With.