FOOD AND THE VOICE.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1604, 23 September 1885, Page 3

FOOD AND THE VOICE.

Singers have the n>pnta:. : -"i r bAnz capricious, says Clara Ijo-.iiv? K'-Hn<;jt in the Oritic, b^cansp ••hoy •-« >\:u'tin2T i M tl»p matter of fo.« j . T's <v- •;••« agf landlord thinks that ■■>■•!-. >, = :o >d enough for one of his •_".! • > is .rood enough for all, making n<< pxneption of the artist. Mme. Patti has en«;o»ntered this landlord, so she travels with her own chef, who prepares her meals for her. This is not caprice ; it is necessity. It is not tint she wants such >i variety of elaborately prepared food,l»ut sh>. wants it to be thoroughly nutritious and digestilik. If she s iffr>rs from ind^esfoi it affjet"? her VO|V '. O"Ms ll'' 1 M'if, file si'l-^r's nn'v v:-:j> ; :. 111-iv^.l-i.!.! n....:r...:ib:: f ■}■■>(] is us irjicuns toil"'* *oi< # « % ;isa rlran^hr of cold air. .\ cel<'b?Mted nrov fessor in Rome told Charlotte Ciuhman that thero were tluve things necessary for a prima donna to do — cat, sleep, and sing. When a singer is sinking, site has to live the most I'.-fjuNi! 1 suid systematic life. She eats !>;■•■ dinner at three o'clock m the ;'•<■> oo't, or fou»' at the latest, and it ;- '■%•'> (I: 1 three honrs' before she goes io thf» theatre, and another hour and a hnlf l»ef ore s!u* sings, or four hours between eating and singing. After the opera she may eat the little supper that is so highly prized l>y all " prof« sio'ial people,'' not because of it? conviviality, for it umstlw» very simple and light, bnt rather because it can l>e eiiten with the knowledge that tnere is plenty of time for digesti-m. Sweets, highly spiced food of any kind, aid tints, must be carefully avoided by the singer, and even icewater is ont of the very w >rst things for the throat. It should never hedrnnk just before singing, for it leews the singer as hoarse as if she hid cMighfc a violent cold. S'ia can-iot. di'i::U. yet the oxe-.-cise of sir/in? miles her wtiif soinpthi'ig to m -i^ten her- t.'»;'iit, with. Different. BPig"lN ns»> liff'-i'tit drinks for refresh ing the throat, Mpoording as their ex-pi-nence has taught them. — The Caterer.