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Show Avoid Flattery, Men and Late Suppers If You Would Sing, Declares Mary . Garden Mary Garden says that the successful opera singer must avoid flattery aa ahe would the smallpox and ahe abominates the pretty compliments that come to the youthful aspirant who feels called upon to sing for her friends. Even the members mem-bers of one's family mav give and usually do give false and unprejudiced Judgment that la a detriment to the budding artist. "Artists of any kind are born apart." said Mlee Garden not long ago. "They cannot lie found bv the rules of life and living that are satisfactory to other persons, per-sons, and if they are ao bound, they are likely to suffer for It. All the flattering praises of friends should be Ignored and avoided. The young girl must abandon thought of pink tee o raise and realise that study for the opera Is work, and nothing but work for manv years. For this reason I believe as well aa for sev-; era! othera ahe must break home ties, leave all her friends behind, and go abroad to plunge Into her vocation with no thought of anything else In the world. "She must forget little suppers, flirtations flirta-tions and men. She cannot enjoy these things, although It seems to be the popu-lar popu-lar Idea thst's what American gp jgo abroad to study forand ahe must think more of the development of her head than of her heart. There'll be time enough for -the affairs of the heart afterwards. aft-erwards. 'The girl who goes abroad will have difficulty in getting the right teacher. Sometimes it's a difficult matter. Theyj are very likely to hold out enchanting vistas for the future and the American girl must exercise her wits ss never before, being the beet Judge of his methods meth-ods and whether or not he is doing anything any-thing for her quick I v changing to another an-other teacher and another, even to the fifth or sixth, until she knows that she's getting whst she desires and needs." Miss Garden studied with Trabedello. bat ahe did not get with him after one trial. There were several teachers, six perhapa in all. before she found the- man who understood her voice best and could do most for Ita development. And then In a way ahe waa her own teacher. Just as all successful singers In opera must be. She studied from morning until n Igh t for man y years, learning man y roles which ahe did not ever expect to sing all for practice and In formulating ner lire urogram. Mlsa Garden does not only give advice m the forea-oing, but spesks from experience. ex-perience. Bha la today one of the highest high-est salaried alngers on the operatic stage of the world. She la the Idol of Paris snd drsws blager houses in America than any other prima donna, so her words have the rlnr of authority. She practices prac-tices what she. preaches.- too. having always al-ways realised that hard work la good for an artist as for other people, but that the singer should have plenty of rest and most abstain from manv of the frivol!-Ue frivol!-Ue of the world, which In the popular mind are associated with the stage and its people. She believes that French modern opera is the coming opera, end that the florid Italian opera, has seen its' day and Is fast disappearing, not to return to Its former popularity. . tONOEVITT AKD BATHING. A statement Is going the rounds of the press to the effect that an Indian woman In the vicinity of Calumet. Mtch., who has never taken a bath In her life, has reached the extreme age of 11$ years. It Is not stated whether the Interesting part op the story la the matter of not having taken a bath or the tact of the woman's having reached such an are. Or perhapa both sliouid be considered at the same time. Those persons who are opposed to bathing or who desire "argument" to show that bathing Is a luxury rather than a necessity, and that health Is not a matter of cleanliness, can find plenty nf It without resorting to this laolated case of the Indian woman. Thev can find by the records that the Eskimos were I he filthiest people ever discovered snd the healthiest; tnat they resided for six months In the year shut up In a little den In the snow, ate and slept la the same room whole families of them and that they never bathed. They had no diseases of any kind. and. unless eaten by the bears or drowned In the ocean. Invariably In-variably lived to a ripe old age. But It would be pertinent to ask, who desires to be an Eskimo? It la uno, ues t ionably true that ctea n -tineas Is more an essential of health wlh civilisation than with savagery; this because be-cause of the outdoor life of the vnge. Given plenty of pure atr to breathe and plenty of sunshme or freeslng tempers-Jure, tempers-Jure, to kilt the microbes, snd ona can live for many years without soap. P.ut shut a man up In a modern house, deprive de-prive him of light and air. foster germs through the hothouse process, and soan becomes a matter of life or death, aa wen as a means of eat vat Ion since cleanliness Is next to God Uneaa. Dayton Jtfewa. |