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How to MAKE
Your HANDS
MUSICAL
M ANY men and women with the requisite ear for
rhythm and harmony have never been able to
master the violin, harp, piano or other similar
musical instruments, simply because Nature has failed
to supply them with the right kind of hands. And even
musicians wliose hands are naturally supple and adapted
for playing have been obliged to spend many years in
tiresome practise of scales in order to perfect their
technique.
A11 this is now a thing of the past, thanks to the in
vention of a wonderful little device for making musical
hands to order. By the use of this even the clumsiest,
most awkward fingers can be remoulded in such a way
as to make them capable of mastering even the most
difficult instruments.
The instrument is the invention of Nicholas
Ostrovsky, a clever Russian musician, and by its use
under proper conditions he claims a violinist, 'cellist or
pianist can overcome the technical difficulties of his
instrument with a minimum of labor.
No More Tiresome Scales—This Machine TEACHES FINGERS TO PLAY
As Mr. Ostrovsky says: “The chief qualities of the
highest form of artistic technique are speed and even
ness. These deppnd more on the structure of the body,
of the hands, the wrists and arms than on muscular
power. The shape, proportions and conditions of the
hands are not only equally as important, but far more
important for the playing than muscular development.”
But very few people possess perfect playing hands as
a natural gift, and they are, consequently, handicapped
from the start. In general the hands of the majority
of individuals can be divided into two types—the over
developed and the under-developed. It is curious that,
whatever excellent characteristics for playing are found
in the ordinary hand, they are almost invariably coupled
with qualities equally unfavorable.
The hand which is suited for the artistic technique
of the violin, piano, etc., must unite size and strength
with flexibility and looseness; elasticity and suppleness
with firmness and accuracy. To create the ideal hand
the best characteristics of both types of the ordinary
hand must be selected and combined, and all the bad
qualities eliminated. Whan this has been accomplished
the hand is in a condition to acquire brilliant instru
mental technique.
When quite a young man Mr. Ostrovsky found him
self hampered in playing the violin by a not sufficiently
wide span between the fingers. After practising assidu
ously for some years every stretching exercise written
Under-Developed Hand, Whirl* No
Amount off Practice Could Make
HIUMical. TIiIn In One of the Type*
of ll»nd to which the New Invention
In off the OreateMt Benefit.
for that purpose, he found that the in
crease was negligible. He then gave
up the attempt to increase the span
by practise, and invented the present
method, by which lie accomplished in
four days what he had been unable
to do in as many years.
By the use of the special little apparatus the mem
branes between the fingers are widened, the joints ace
made flexible, the fingers are strengthened, straightened
and made independent of each other, and the entire
hand is made more supple and elastic.
The new invention is a clever mec lanical device for
giving the hands* a kind of gentle massage, and, though
at first sight the little machine may look somewhat
terrifying, its action is so delicate that the only sensa
tion one has is a soft and soothing pressure. Before
giving a course of “lessons,” Mr. Oitrovsky makes a
very careful diagnosis of the hands and arranges suit
able exercises so that no unnecessary work is done.
A very important question that all musicians and
parents will undoubtedly ask is whether the instrument
can do any harm to the hands if used by inexperienced
people. Mr. Ostrovsky does not advise the use of the
machine without previous lessons, but should people
do so the very worst that could happen, he says, is that
they would be just wasting time. They would not harm
their hands in any way, but they would in all probability
not do them the slightest amount of good.
Not only musicians but surgeons, whose success de
pends upon the delicacy of their touch, have used the
machine with benefit. It has been used with great suc
cess, too, in cases where rheumatism.has settled in the
hands.
When should the young musician begin to use the
apparatus?
"Children’s hands vary In degrees of development
hut usually,” says Mr. Ostrovsky, "a child’s hands ar:
not sufficiently strong before the age of seven years fet
the apparatus to be of any value. When that ago Is
reached the soonqp the child begins to have lessons Id
hand development the sooner it will be able to play the
piano or violin with perfect technique.”
The artist who has advanced a certain distance along
that tedious road of technical difficulties which all musi
cians have to traverse, but who finds himself “held up”
by a series of, to him, unsurpassable barriers will, after
a course of the new system, be surprised how quickly
the “barriors” disappear. Even the finished artist will
find a course of great value, for it will help to prevent
his perfect technique from deteriorating, or when ill
ness, overwark, or age in any way affect his playing
it will go a long way toward restoring his youthful vigor
and freshness of technique.
Another point that will interest great numbers of
men and women who are always regretting that they
gave tip music when they left school. Many people have
found that after using this little machine they can not
only begin where they left off, but can manage difficult
passages that were utterly imposible, even in those far-
off times when one, two or three hours’ practise was thei
order of the day.
How the Oyster Digests Itself
A RE oysters good for us to eat? Profes
sor Pron, an eminent dietitian, says
they are, provided they have not been
growui in typhoid-infectea beds.
He not only declares oysters to be a highly
nutritious food for persons in good health,
but also highly recommends them to many
dyspeptics who can eat nothing else with
comfort.
Unlike most other foods, the oyster con
tains in itself many of the elements necessary
for its own digestion. The largest part of
the bivalve is its liver, and the very moment
we begin to chew it the digestive juices with
which this organ is plentifully supplied are
released and at once begin furnishing valu
able aid to our stomachs.
An oyster contains about 10 per cent of j
protein, together with some phosphorized fats ;
and glycogen. This is a highly nutritive com- >
bination and one which can be assimilated by
the human stomach without undue strain.
Oysters are recommended for most dyspep- s
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The only dyspeptics who should be forbid- ^
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as hefore.
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dry six days before brushing. This time
three out of four of the little animals suc
cumbed.
Only after allowing the clothes to dry fif
teen days did the brushing become less harm
ful. and even then one guinea pig died.
From these experiments Dr Chausse cor
eludes that the brushing of clothing infected
with dry sputum is an extremely dangerou
operation during the first few days after in
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DRESS (WiTH LONG OR
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