Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1914 — DEFIES THE TOUCH OF AGE [ARTICLE]

DEFIES THE TOUCH OF AGE

Great Songstress True to Her Childish Vow That Bhe Will Always Remain Young. Madame Patti has certainly discovered the secret of eternal youth, and has carried oat her childish vow, “I will be young as long as I live." She lives for her voice, and begins her day by standing before an open window, inhaling deeply. She is always out of doors for two or three

hours every day, and the element* do ! not frighten her from her regular daily : exerciser - T ' ~ H ' m I Madame Patti Is a great admirer of i the Jewish people, and she constantly wears what is called a mezuzah, a small ease containing a Hebrew parchment scroll, Inscribed with a passage from Deuteronomy, which ie usually affixed to the doorpost of a Jewish bouse. She is also very fond of birds, and' at her residence she a large colI lection of stuffed songsters from all

over the world, as well ae many liv« parrots, which are great favorites with ben — —-—; ■ ——