Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1881 — Strengthening the Voice. [ARTICLE]

Strengthening the Voice.

For putting the voice in good order for singing or speaking, the following recipes have been given: A teaspoonful of compound tincture of cinnamon beaten up with a raw egg. A raw egg beaten up with a large cup of black tea and good milk or cream. For troublesome hoarseness chew a piece of horseradish. For hoarseness arising from over exertion of the voice, dissolve in the mouth a piece of gum catechu about the size of a pea. To jfreserve the voice in good order, practice daily without fatiguing the voice,' Over exertion and want of practice are the chief causes of disorder in the voice. Rest cures the results of the fonner, and practice thoee <4 the latter,