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Show Ml Y' S EC KETS if BCMIIY &y Hme.Liraa Cavalieril I-N the mnl tor ot the first impression, impres-sion, appearance is half and voice the other half. Later you may be able to make one forget an unattractive appearance, but wo never grow accustomed to a rasping voice. There is u general belief Hint aa the eye reflects the soul the voice reflects re-flects the heart, and wo instinctively instinctive-ly fear (.he person Willi the hard, hollow hol-low voice, believing thnt it is un echo from a hard and hollow hearL But this, fortunately, Is uoL an Infallible In-fallible guide. The unpleasaut voice may be chiefly the result, of undesirable undesir-able surroundings. For instance, the person who lives In an apartment near to the bricking elevated trains of New York, and who bv the force . of circumstances has to "tnlk agalust them," trying to drown their noise with his conversation, acquires a harsh, loud voice. Our voices arc likely, too, to grow like thoEc of the persous who surround us In our daily life or work. Live or work with a person who Is somewhat deaf and your voice will grow strident and you will shriek at every one. It Is possible and common to begin be-gin llfo with un unpleasant voice and develop It into one of beauty. While good tenchers will help you much in this wny you can do a great deal for yourself. itn a auiet vlaco end talJc to The Pleasing Voice No. 212 yourself. Li.it tn io yuuy own voice. If ids pilch it ioio ana its quality pleasant retain those qualities. Watch over your voice an yuu would a jewel, for U j. a precious jewel in the vusket of your equipment.. A Into, agrccablo voice is an incalculably valuable part of our personality. Talk to yourseir every day for a few minutes. Pitch your voice where you wlsh it to stay, and now and then 'during the any listen to learn whether It has stayed at that pltcn nud whether It keeps thu quality you desire. Govern your moods und you will govern your voire. My vocal teachers teach-ers have all told me that the voiea mirrors the moods, uud advised me. therefore, to govern my moods. You have heard a singer, professional sinew, disappoint her audiences by singing less well than usual. You have known that this was not because be-cause of a cold. Persons In tho audience have said, "Something g wrong, and they have been right. Sometijiug bas hal,nened to lcr spirit, her soul. Something has disturbed dis-turbed the fine balance of her soul and spirit and emotions, and her voice reflects their chaos. Depth. eweetneBs and beauty aro lent the voice by the same qwillt.t" of the character. The beautiful u.i ture finds its expression in n be.u. Uful voice. . Much has been said and ao.ceptet as truth about the beautiful voice' of the South and the disagreeable voices of the North, the unpleasant American voice and the pleasant European one. But it is my opinion that the voice Is rather a clmnicter istic of the individual than the conn try. Aside from the training. Union lug to tho voice, let mc. suggest that you avoid colds and dual (o-luicco (o-luicco smoke as destroyers of ih beauty. Two fruit 8 arc good friends of the voices stexocd apricots ami flga have a soothing effect upon xtwinrd vocal , chords. Chlclcioccd tea cures hoarseness hoarse-ness a.i by magic. Those trim cat butter freely seldom complain of coughs. Milk is a better beverage than coffee during a cold. A singer rests her tired voice by inhalimj the ftteam rising from hot rtiilk. Eating a pineapple often clears the throat that Li we and heals one that is raw A. good test of whether your body is at such a temperature' that yon arc not apt to take cold in that the, skin should never be so hot as to be entirely dry, nor so cool aa to be noticeably we j 1 ftft Mme. Una Cavalieri, M Pornous Living ft j I f, Mr -: In |