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baatfr I Ing Hi owner one of tlie famous singers of the
JL I grand opera world will nevet lr heard In pub
lic. The girl who peisscsses the voice lias re
nounceel It anil her claims P fame ami fortune.
The voice, eleclare-d ly three of the most famous
music masters In the t'nlted States to promise
to rival that rif Pattl aft-T a few yearn of training. has been
stjlled by the self-sncrlflce of the young girl, and she dares
not sing, even around her own home, for feni that her parent
will discover thnt phe has made the renunciation. Neither
her father nor mother knows that the girl possesses the vole-n,
ami few even of her closest friends know that her Hinging has
amused enthusiasm and won the frantic praises of at least
two of the great opera directors of the world.
Iliciiiise this girl considers It her duly U remain at home,
attend to the dally wants of her father and mother, and care
for the house; because she believes that neither money nor
fame would ever recompense them for th" loi s of a daughter
she has given up singing and Is doing housework.
The girl lives on the north side In Chicago. Her parents
are In comfortable circumstances, own their own little homo,
and have everything which they need.
Shows Musical Talent horn Infancy.
Karly In life this girl showed marked musical talent. Her
voice, as a young girl, was nothing remarkable, although It
was clear anil high, and she sang well, with perfect enuncia
tion. Her parents were proud of her voice and denied them
selves that she might have training.
That they made sacrifices for her sake 1.4 certain, sai riflccs
beyond those great ones that ea -h father, and more especially
each mother, must make for c illdren, and which few chil
dren realize until they theniselvei become fMhcrs or unit hers,
when, usually, the realization of ihe Immensity of the moth
er's sacrifice Is borne In upon them.
The girl sang In the choir of a little church, and, nlthoush
she sang well and with excellent effect, n one, even of hi r
closest friends, Imagined that she was anything beyond an
ordinary good singer. Nor did she lierstit think that htr
voice was any rare gift until two years ago.
Suddenly Finds Her Strength.
On one Sabbath day .'ibout two years aj' the girl suddenly
found her voice. She notice d, almost with flight, that her
voice had changed. It possessed new powit, new vibrations,
new force of crpresslon. i.nd she found herself singing ns she
never had nm; before'. Perhaps, so music experts say, she
never had rled to sing before; but the realization of the Im
mensity of lu r powers, Instead of Inspliinj her to reveal her
new found talent to the world, caused her to stop, waver, and
finally modulate her voice until Its high, clear tones sank be
low those of the others In the choir.
No one noticed any change In her voice but she realized
suddenly that she was possessed of n wonderful gift. Alone
she tried It while singing the solos of the great prima donnas,
and the illseovery that she was a great stm;er filled her with
dread and fore boding. Phe knew how great her treasure was
but she was afraid.
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At once visions of herself ns prima donna, singing before
adoring audiences In grand opera, Interpret'ng for the world
the masterpieces of the great composers, thrilling the fash
ionable ones, the music lovers of the world with her wonderful
voice, came to her. and she was tempted to rlnlm her place.
How long the struggle continued Is not known. For weeks
and weeks she debated the ipiestlnn. She realized that a yeer.
two years, perhaps meire, under th great teachers would he
necessary before she would be accorded a place among the
grand opera stars. And then the thought o' leaving her father
and mother came.
St 111. despite her conviction as fo the wonderful qualities
of her voice, she doubted whether It really was as great a gift
as she Imagined. In September of 1!KH sh determined upon
a test to elise'over whether or not she was ceirre'et In her esti
mate of her own powers. Without saying a word to any one
she arranged for a private hearing with th. greatest of Chi
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Says Her Voice Is Marvelous.
For him she sang. After the first song, a selection from
" Faust," the man, usually a cedd, cynlci.l observer, leaped
to his feet, and, rushing forward, grasped ber by both hands
and shook them again and again, telling lur that her voire
was one of the marve ls of the age. Again an, again he pleaded
with her to sing, and she sang, and at the end of the hearing
the man, almost sobbing In the passion of admiration of the
voice, kissed her hands nnd told her that sue would be among
the greatest alngers In the world.
On the way home that evening the girl thought over the
matter. She argued with herself whethei It was her duty to
the world to sing for It -r her duty to he; parents to remain
nnd care for them with her love and sympathy.
But, after weeks of se-cret struggle wltn her pride and am
bition, she decided upon the greater test. She determined to
go to New York unknown and unheard of -and sing for two
of the greatest masters of the world eme a German, who was
at that time with an opera company In New York.
After three elays ef correspondence and a personal Inter
View, In which she explained her desire, It was arranged that
mio was to sing In private for them from th" stage of the Met.
ropolitan opera house. And they selected the songs she was
to alng.
Sings to Audience of Two.
The two men, accustonie-d for years to hi cynical ns to th
ability of women who applied for peisltlons In opera companies,
consented to the hearing more through politeness than through
expectation," but before the first song was finished they sat
taring entranced towards the dim lighted stage upon which
the singer stood.
When she had finished she Was greeted with applause the
applause of two devotees of music two of the severest critics
In the world, who sat together in the big. bare opera house
and pounded their hands together until they were red.
Again she sang anel again to her audience eif two.
When she had finished anel modestly asked what they
thought of her voice one replied with ecstatic praise, and the
other, more businesslike, offered her $10,(tfKi a season to sign
a five year contract to sing for him. promising her four
months of the year in Paris under the bcs. singing master In
the world.
The girl pleaded for time.
She returned to Chicago, and during the next week fought
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BEAUTIES SEEK FAT
OlT are not beautiful unless your face Is fat
at least plump.
So It Is decreed by the women who decide
what be-auty Is and the women of the courts
of Europe and of American society are seeking
plumpness anel dimples.
Massaging and oiling, plumping and
dimpling are occupying almost as muc h time as
housekeeping, clubs, and society. The thin faced woman Is
no longer the favorite and curves In the face, soft contours,
are more desired, nnd harder to produce, than
the curves of the figure.
The edict has gone forth that society
wnmi n must be plump. It has Issued from
the mouths of those who must be obe,yed. and
all society Is rushing off not to the anti-fat
cures but to the anti-leans.
The king of England admires plump
women: all the pretty, titled Americans
who undoubtedly lead the London style s
are plump. The queen herself Is fat In the
face and the belle of Newport Is one of the
plump ones. So what Is there to do but to
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mother and at the end eif the week she sat down calmly and
wrote the director who had made her the offer that she had
decided never to sing again
In reply she received tne combined prosts of the two men
who had heard her slug in New '.oik. Tin y urirei! upon her
that It was her duty to herself, to her fainli.v. to the world, to
sing as she ha.1 sung to them, to cultlvute the great gift thai
had been sent to her.
Makes the Greal Sacrifice.
She rc plied-and 1ij n-r n ply said thai she had thought
out the matter and consldi ie-d It l.er duty to remain with her
AMD APPEAL TO
eluchi ss of Marlborough Is the most conspie uous c x
ample of a plump faced woman in society. She Is tall and
slim and tips the scales at l.C.. She Is slender In the waist
line, bo that lu r funious diamond belt measures only twenty
two inches. She Is slender in the throat and her dog collar
Is Just twelve anel a half inches. Yet her cheeks are fat and
her chest is full. Her arms are plump and her hands are
almost pudgy in their pre tty ilimple-el fatness. They arc like
little pink rolls of butter. There is u Uiniplt- in every knuckle
and her thumb Is little and pink
Four Ways to Get Plump Face.
What docs the duchess do to keep her face fat Is often
icskecl. And there are various replies. A maid who unci'
worked for her, and who left to s. t up a beauty establish
ment, and who now has some of the best society people In
London, says there are four ways by which Loudon socle ly
women make th" cheeks plump without plumping the figure.
The first method of face plumping Is by we aring plumper s
In the face. This Is objectionable and is only done when 1 1 1 . -face
Is thin anel the cheeks hollow. The plumpers, which are
made of wads of cotton shaped to fit the chee ks, are rem we el
twice a day. They give the almost babyish contour of cheek
which is so much admired this season.
The second method of plumping the cheeks Is by massage.
The chee ks are pineheel and pinche d, not roughly, for I his
takes off the fat, but lightly and with the finger tips. This
Is the Japanese method. It is the method by which the fat
face d Japanese' women keep the checks round and pretty. No
matter how old n Japanese woman may he. she has plump,
pretty cheeks. She keeps theni se by gently pimhing the in
every morning. Ne ver eloes she pinch them heavily, for this
takes off the fat, but she gently pats and taps them until the
fle'sh Is stimulated.
The third method of plumping out the cheeks Is by the oil
massage. This is one of the best known means. Oil is poi;re'd
into the hand and is s we ileal into th" skin, which Is first
prepared for It. The skin is heat eel and the oil is niassageil
Into the pores. This never fails to fatten the faec. but it is
a little trying. It takes so much time ami so much patience.
How to Rub in Skin Foods.
There Is another method of fattening, and that Is knead
ing cold cream Intej the face The skin Is heate d hot with hot
cloths. Then, while it Is hot and pink, the cold oiv.mi is
rubbe'd In. This mc tliod Is ope n to the objection of bringing
out superfluous hair upon the face. Hut If y raw eaeuinh. r
Is rubbed In directly afterwards, this Is all neutralized. The
acid of the cucumber will kill the cold cream as far as the
growth of superfluous hair is conceTne-d.
The easiest of all ti e methods Is thai of rubbing mi l
e re am in at night, and it is the one that Is surest. It is posi
tive that this will round out the cheeks In a short tune anel
plump eeut the arms.
To make the arms round and full, wash them in hot w ate r.
Then, while the skin is warm take the oil bottle iu ban.) and
give the si. In a g.-ner-ais bath with It Massage- Ii well with
the palm of the hand, giving It gentle- stroke s to rub the .ills
In. This will act as a ready plumpe r for the- ckln. I'our cm
the oil and rub it In. This Is about the- only rule- to be- re
membered. In India, where iJdy Cur.. in holds court. It Is noticed that
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parents until they died. The men wrote to her and told her
plainly that two. or nt the outside three, years of neglect
ineant the ruination of her voice In all probability. She replied
that her dec Islon was unchangeable.
So, up In the little house m the norlh side, the girl with
the voice Is doing the dusting and housework and attending to
the marketing. She has emit the church choir and sings no
more in public. Only once In awhile, when she forgets for a
few minute s or perhaps her mind wanders tc thn might have
been, the beautiful voic e is raised in song, and passers by Btop
to listen until it stops suddi nly as if with a hob.
And, as a reward, her nmtcr and father say "She Is a
good daughter." . ,
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all the beauties have full faces. No matter how thin they are
when they depart for India, they are certain to eeune home
plump as to the e-be. ks and pink and pri-tly. Last season
a doze n loiulon beauties we nt out to India, most of them thin
face-el from the r epiireinents of the- se ason. When they
rc turne'd they were plump as pigeons.
Beauty Mysteries of India.
There are India beauty se e rets whic h take in the plumping
eeperation, and these se-crcts, which have been handed clown
for thousamls of year, are tol.l to visitors In great e-onfl-eii'iice.
The native servants whisper tlicm, and the visiting
belles allow theinselve s to be experiim nted upon. Ill e very
case the-y are successful, for they are open secre-ts, known
for ages and trieel for generations, until they have- become
pe rice t. The rajah s be untie s are in possession of them, and
the trained servants have? learned them. cSuina- of them ar
pine tlcal and reasonable; others are too fanciful to e ven gain
a hearing, thuugh It is said that. If you will try Hum, you will
be- convinced, no matter how ske ptical yeai are.
The- massage treatment of India Is Interesting. It con
sists of love taps with the palm of the- band, which Is clipped
in native oil. The face Is spatteel and so Is the neck anel tliu
chest. If the patient will permit, the- skin Is baked with mud.
A light, gray earth is inaele Into a mud pie, which Is spread
upon the cheeks and allowed to dry on. It Is then take n off
and the face- is oiled ami spatted. This fs said to work epilckly
and well. I Hit the remedy Is worse than the disease, say
those who have trie d it and who don't like mud.
Rose Leaf Cream Exquisite.
One eif the pretllcst of the treatments of India Is that eif
binding a delicate rose leaf cream upon the face, pink petals
are- plu' ke-el and made up with oils into a thin cream. TIiIb
is spread on tlie face. It Is said to he al It, plump It. and pink
It. The women at l,nue eouhl get the same result with home
made colli cream, made pink wllh half a drop eif something
obtained of the druggist, who has many small pink coloring
sul'Siam cs. The cream should not be rose red, but emly the
faintest and most delicate pink.
I'lumplhi; tic cheeks Is a hiirh art In London, where the
king says his be auties must be- plump III the fare. All de vices
are u.-e-d to make the chec ks round and there are plumping
creams without number. The princess of I'less Is said to
make her cheeks pink wllh rose leaves, which she rubs
elirc-'tly on the skin, and to make them plump with old fash
ioned camphor l e . w hich In r maid mixes. The KngllBh maid
will take sheep's fat and heat It with a few drops eif camphor
until she makes a clear cold cream, and Into this she will
be at Ju.sl enough almond oil to make a paste. This she will
use for plumping the fae-e.
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Don't Wash Face with Water.
Iion't wash your face at all If you want It fat. Keep
rubbing In nils, but do not wash them out. Water baths will
take- the oils out of the fact! woiielei fully. Perspire If you
can. This inake-s the skin fine anel soft. If you want a plump
face drink pb nty of water, but don't ceil greasy foods. (Jrcasy
foiMl.i will make- the- nose nil and the face break out. Try to
le t water be- your main bevi rage, with cream anel chocolate,
e-CH-oa and milk. These will plump out the cheeks like the)
checks of a baby.
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