Physical culture . Photo by Burr Mcintosh Signor Enrico Caruso, the world-re-nowned tenor since the Frauleinleast this part ofthe world. Thedietetician and thephysical culturisthave been abroadin the land andthose of us whohave come undertheir influence havelearned that sauer-kraut and weiner-wurst, frankfurtersausages and beerare not exactlyconducive to clearthroats, clean sys-tems and uncloggedhead and nasalpassages, nor to abright mind andan animated is a veryexcellent character-istic but not fora public hard some ofus have had tofight to shake itoff—


Physical culture . Photo by Burr Mcintosh Signor Enrico Caruso, the world-re-nowned tenor since the Frauleinleast this part ofthe world. Thedietetician and thephysical culturisthave been abroadin the land andthose of us whohave come undertheir influence havelearned that sauer-kraut and weiner-wurst, frankfurtersausages and beerare not exactlyconducive to clearthroats, clean sys-tems and uncloggedhead and nasalpassages, nor to abright mind andan animated is a veryexcellent character-istic but not fora public hard some ofus have had tofight to shake itoff—to become re-sponsive to thedemands of senti-ment! To do well thesinger must knowthat he is in goodvoice and to dohis best he mustknow with cer-tainty beforehandthat he will be ingood voice. Hishabits must be well-formed and, sofar as possible,229 230 PHYSICAL CULTURE. Photo Copyright* Madame Emma Eames, whose splendid soprano voice haspleased thousands absolutely regular. I refer, of course,to his habits of eating and drinkingand shall, confine myself exclusively totheir consideration. I shall try to make clear first of allprecisely what I mean when I sayin good voice, and, since these articlesare intended primarily for singers, vocalstudents and teachers, I shall not hesi-tate to speak technically. National science teaches and evenphysical science has almost discovered that all things, as manifested to thephysical senses, are, in essence, philosophies, as well as modernscience, teach thus: whether it is music that we hear, the beau-ties of nature that wesee, the fragrance ofpregnant soil whoseodors stir primevealinstincts within us,the feel of aboundinglife in every nerveand muscle—all isvibration in essentialconstituency. And where these vibra-tions are uninterrupted,where the propagatingagents, the manifestingmediums are unch


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