The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07

cd Ut we were speaking about your
N mother" said /.
- We'll, there's not much more
to tell except that she is the best chum
in the world and the finest friend.
Only l have to struggle against an in
herited tendency which l blame her
for. She weighs 24s pounds and l can't
afford to. 1 have recently taken of 20
pounds and that's some encourage
ment''
How did you do it? Tell me, L beg
1t will interest the ladies'.
'.All right she said, I'm game. I'll
tell you anything Are you married?''
II am
We'll, then, here's one recipe. 1 can
recommend it to any woman suffering
from too much tissue. Take 20 minutes
after each meal standing in relaxed
position. Don't move a muscle, and
above all don't speak word. not even
whisper. The whole being must be
quiescent and still for 20 minutes. If
you speak you have to start all over
again else lose the effect That
treatment is severe, but any woman
will get thin doing it; you may be sure
of that
DO you subject yourself to that
treatment?v
Il told you had lost 20 pounds late
ly, and besides no patient should ask
the doctor il he has taken his own
medicine. 1t isn't ethical.
Another fine exercise is rolling Just
lie on the floor and roll over and over
until you are dizzy. At first a couple
of rolls will do for breakfast; after that
the patient can stand more. 1t is he
roic treatment and 1t doesn't give the
universal satisfaction that the other
method does. Do you want any more
exercises for your beauty page:"
T happens that the man is in San
| Francisco who was responsible for
Miss Berri's professional appear
ance. She had been a choir singer in
the First Presbyterian church and had
done some concert work, but had never
thought seriously about. the larger field
which has since opened up to her.
.I'll have to go way back to the Mid
winter fair she said.
John Philip Sousa was there with his
band, and on Fresno day I was permit
ted the opportunity of singing. After
that / went to Fresno with the band
and sang there also. Sousa made me
an offer to go east with his organiza-
ton. He put the professional bee
a-buzzing in my head. / couldn't go
just then, but made up my mind I would
do SO as soon as possible.
In the choir across the bay. associ-
ated with Miss Berri. were Mrs. Grace
Dickman, now Mrs. Clarence Eddy. wife
of the noted organist. shes doing a
great deal of successful concert work
in Chicago said Miss Berri. There
were also Tom Rickard and Ben Clark
After Sousa had gone. my ambitions
began to climb. / studied with Fran
els Stuart and worked with might and
main Then I went to New York and
studied there for about year. l was
able to start at once as a prima donna,
too. 1t was in piece called The Maid
of Marblehead. II was my first stage
experience except for the time that I
sang in Rosewald's opera, Baroness
Meta, which was given for the benefit
of the Woman's exchange at the old
Grand opera house
But this experience with The Maid
of Marblehead.' 1t was wonderful and
it lasted Ave days Somewhere in a
town called Ansonia. where the clocks
come from. they counted us out. and
we got back to New York finally.
Lucky it wasn't farther away from
Broadway.
0\A N UST tell you about my brilliant
Wv success in the III fated comic
sss opera? One of the scenes was
of Marbiehead, the promontory and the
harbor. That was what you call the