DANGER IN FLOWERS.
SPECIALISTS WARE SIEGERS. Berlin, Sept. 14,
An emineut throat specialist here has discovered that the perfume of certain strong-smelling flowers is particularly dangerous to the voice. He specially mentions the violet, the rose, the lily of the valley, the narcissus and the white lilac. He asserts that a singer can never sing so clearly in a room where the scent of flowers prevails. The well-known vocalist, Marie Sasse, informed her doctor that onco between acts she lost her voice from smelling violets. Christine Eilsson discovered that the perfume of roses impaired her voice, and carefully removed all strong-smelling flowers from her house. Similar testimony is given by the famous bass singer, Delmas. Mine. Rene Richard, the great Paris teacher of singing, noticed that girls who came to her classes wearing flowers alwavs sang better when the flowers were removed into another room. Faure, another great authority, says violets are most dangerous, their perfume being as hurtful as tobacco or alcohol.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 247, 26 October 1901, Page 3
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