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Show Perfumes Bad for Singers. "Great slifgcrs never wear bouton-nleros," bouton-nleros," says a stno manager. ' onco offered a white roso to Jean do Reszke. Ho turned down my offer. 'Why,' ho said, 'I wouldn't wear that roso for ?50. It might mako mo hoarso, and Pm go-log go-log to sing to-night.' Then ho explained ex-plained that all slngors know that tho inhalation of tho perfumo of flow-era flow-era has a bad offect on tho vocal chords, All flowers of porceptlblo odor nro shunned on this account by professional pro-fessional singers. Tho violet Is especially es-pecially avoided, for its oftoct is tho worst of all." |