Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

performed. sometimes WOnuer1ul dement, IS
derived from operations upon these spurs of
bone and cartilage.
Occasionally the tonsils assume more than
their legitimate share of space In the vocal
sounding box, especially if they contract the
bad habit of becoming irritated and inhamed
BY hard evening work, or little change
in temperature. They thicken and muddy"
the tone If they do it regularly, or oftener,
the only thing to do is to take them to a
specialist, who makes them insensible to
feeling by painting with cocaine solution,
then passes loop of fine wire around, and
shoots them off. Actually this is what he
does. The wire loop runs UP an instrument
called tonslllotome attached to a spring
which is released by pulling trigger, as with
pistol only, instead of shooting from the
inside out" as our German friends would
saw. this pistol shoots from the outside
in-and the offending tonsil falls by the way
side.
Much care should be exercised in surgical
interference, however, as pernicious or I'M
necessary surgery has ruined MANY a fine
voice; 1mpartlng to 1t hard, metallic quail
itv, or even a Cracked tone. Absolute rest
for many months is necessary after tonsillo-
tony, as the entire tract lets down ire
laxes) and the larynx is much more susceptl-
BILE to irritation from dust or changes in tenn
perature. A local anenlia also follows re-
moval of the tonslls, which sometimes lasts
for many weeks.
Good teeth are also essential to good sing
ing and good speaking. They form one side
of the resonance box of the oral cavity, and
are indispensable for proper articulation.
A singer or a speaker with front teeth miss
ing, or heavy rubber dentures (plates),
might as well try to sing or speak with
spoonful of mush or a hot potato in his
l<x ~, liz,
identical, especially as it affects the car
rving power" of the tone
GO the external and internal faces are in
~ dicators of what quality and amount of
sound might normally be expected to issue
therefrom. Other things being equal, the
man with the Cyrano de Bergerac nasal ap-
pendage may normally be expected to have
in truth a bugle in his voice.
The strong, ample iawed lady may have
mind of her own; but she IS also likely to
possess a voice that really entities her to the
prerogative of doing little occasional BOSS
ing" or some light exercise in verbal and tenn
peramental gymnastics.
The man with large emphatic hump d1-
rectly above the collar button of his shirt
may not be quite SO handsome as a conse-
uuence of it,-he could never pose for an
Eros or Ganymede, but he might have
fine rolling basso to compensate for this, and
should he find it necessary to talk to the
children it is more than likely that they
would stand not on the order of their obey
ing those thunderous commands, but obey
at once.
And the man with the high cheekbones
may literally sometime owe his life to them;
for the more urgently we need thing the
more rapidly we set the voice IN vibration
calling for it, and the more rapid the vibra-
ton, the higher pitched the note. Uncon-
sciousy, perhaps, this call is responded to
more readily than deeper note would slim
ulate. 1t is more piercing, and sooner sets
up sympathetic vibrations in an audience or
a crowd. We always yell "Helpl' in our
highest, most penetrating tones. This slim
ulates excitement and interest. II the canoe
tips over, or your trousers catch fire, always
yell "Help!" in high voice. Try to reach
B natural or c, If possible. Otherwise you
are likely to arouse only perfunctory atten-
ton.
SO, in the light of our knowledge of fea-
tural aspects as related to vocal production,
it would be well for all those contemplating
vocal study with a view of making singing
career to examine themselves carefully,
and determine whether or not they are nor
mally destined, from a physical viewpoint,