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Anyone who begins to learn ventriloquism should stop upon the first sign of hoarseness. Loud conversation, loud reading, immoderate laughter, rapid walking and running causing the breathing to be much accelerated, tend to fatigue the vocal organ and are therefore imprudent actions to any one pursuing a course of training directly dependent upon this organ for its ultimate success, like singing, oratory and ventriloquism. The ventriloquist should exercise particular care.
Now just a word as to the care of the throat. A gargle of tepid or cold water, beginning with tepid, aids and strengthens the voice, while hot water will take out any soreness that may result from the exercises required for ventriloquism. A cold compress applied to the neck over night works wonders.
This may be made by dipping a piece of cotton cloth into cold water, wringing it, and after folding into a convenient size, binding it around the throat under a strip of flannel. All so called cough drops should be avoided. If the throat feels dry and harsh, half a teaspoonful of glycerine a few minutes before beginning will lubricate it, and any hoarseness before beginning may be broken up by sucking a lemon.
It is also a good thing to daily massage the throat by bending the neck back until the space between the shoulders is touched by the back of the head. Resuming the natural position, turn the head and touch the top of the right shoulder with the chin and do the same with the left shoulder. Then beginning in the notch just above the breast bone rub or knead from below up to the lower jaw with a light pressure, yet firm enough not to slip on the skin.
Of course I need hardly add a word as to the importance of keeping the teeth clean for the ventriloquist. Brush them at least once a day, after every meal if convenient, to preserve them and keep the mouth sweet and wholesome. I would also recommend a daily lung bath in order to strengthen and develop the lungs, which will not only give one added power for vocal elicits of any kind, but will also improve the general health.
Standing in the open air, or in a room before an open window, take a long, deep breath through the nostrils until the lungs are well filled, then open the mouth and slowly expel the air. After a few seconds' interval repeat the process and continue in this manner for ten minutes.
By extending the arms straight out before the body and raising them above the head as breath is taken, the exercise is made more effective. It is also a good idea, after filling the lungs, to hold the breath for an instant and lightly slap the chest four or five times to quicken the circulation of the blood in that region.
Many students start out bravely to learn ventriloquism but soon tire of the practice and give it up; but those who go about it in the right way, using intelligence and discretion in the frequency and amount of their practice and remaining patiently content to become perfect in one thing before taking up the next, invariably succeed.
According to the old Irish saying, "Patience and perseverance got a wife for His Rev'rence " and so it is with the ventriloquist or in fact with anything worth learning, either for amusement or profit; and this art is productive of both, whether one takes it up simply as a hobby or avocation or with the determination to make it a means of livelihood.
