New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
THE UOICES or THE FAIR.
coMMENDADLE EFFORTS AT sELF.IMrKoVE
MINT.
Lrom go TcId.. WA.AN-I0n.

From Kate Fields Washington.
The average American womm has just o9r ''Fi ,.l
d.frct ii i, h-i voice. All hcr otnc. dri.'i pre-
.iIu.ug her ~ po.-c,- t'N...tc easily G--''l'- 80
I a Ill adartlE ,I-c.pt DIE. sensitive. p,L."
a. ,..d ct,,,r, 40 matt. whether sur come II''l
A connect .cut vlas. or 81 Wisconsin CIV '"r l|
urhil.ug.I hc per,craui- ia most maitc.'' v i".
great world ouisld- a.. ncr NAIVE ""H,"P 80"
er,Ptlv macs mental note or AID pro- els T. p0i
Into practice her Own account AIM sac D.
i',t I'm mi, one rrrat matter that OF l'r voice DID
spdaIing -fhr avenue American woman ha, LOT yet
,ncc,cdec Iudr.d. che seems - be oniy Ih-t a"'"t
ms t. rcaIins ne "t tnG Voices. anyway
H H thirg. Tor IL abroad and one OF the
IT, too and rel or ,cnscics7 plAutndoe about ~
tGrn,rug the cars If our own cOuntryinen aud lh
Vitlng the snecrs and rldicuc o; iorcl-hcfs' Ih7
dreadful inheritance Of Gu,st this mixture o' wal
whine affection and aridnc,>-It IS nara - t'' IU'
Of H. There is no other nation No,%N ." "'c' g.
With ali I'M, n mind. cannot help feeling gan
and interested to know that Amer, an women are
awakening to a sense Of their Lack III t"N r~Pr' J..
and t,nt In somr Of the Eastern CLUES speech
culture" j, the latest motive Tor forming So'lc"'N
any Tbr n,b classes now conducted and attended ia
Ncw- York CIV, bv adic, whom know. 1ir H'Id re-
spectlvcly In West ff;y-ecNcnih ana "'7t ~ """
drcd and twenty ninth atN and r%tN ~ 81 N.. o
rXcclleut Not only l., sound considered. bui manner
Of speech "A, we'll. Certain ltic prov ah,n' o,I
,,r,,rttIv attached and coulatcd increasingly uhuI
tradicatcd Among these the principal ana mos V
nacous are How - for What or ggS Paiu .r
sch Tor Ill., ru lr ~. and clever for good
natnrcd7 Roofing out these tehtaIo u'A' Oh 'peo' -
~ Text comes the exercise in oltcration Of The i4l
"ap Fifteen minutes steady drlll II d'No'," 10 t
V J :" lin W,,t,ru r." which l. % often al itl
# i, impossible for any one I" -p'HN ma H. ,r ~,
rolls ms letter al the end Of "oru' d. ''o
TGe Other day was present at the lat meeting OF
cia". f,r ti,. .rason il very warm our OF uour9
bnt the cool htj, drawing room was Hnlie l'I a., au
lied women and young 9ir'. r Lug ,i Lg Lr.n
the class was Ne" YORKER Nv DIV cc Even year,
travelling m Europe for inc I'1' riN,%,,,l,, and al
Ilcr voice is deeper than ,aIah bcihEuu. S t,r
most As sweet. Size Is Wld"" WV" rnncn,cnt
Ii,Ginc m. a. deeply Interested In speech lnhoS III, IN
a. herself Size Kindly invited me 10 remain ~,
are the chief reason for our ways oi spc'hi"S
pcop, VINO -ccp with their mouths nPan ~ AZ tbiJ
Wn'ne ".drrrd IIypochoudracal or d''onicn,,
soul, usually have hard and la'li, - l,.cs n,eoe
and ioly folk as rule, express U''''' W.
I'M first exercise for the elias was IN a me
o,nctbimg l,e the following: II you 7uoniW a." ,sf
so t,. nv memory rcgarTng anything 40 long ii,
rir This wa, followed by can ~" h.,.' rnIo-
nr,cticr The instructor di,approNca Oh r,nt,,, the
Pl1te i"t ,Lought them bearable proNIulHs uW
1aa W., all" aud not the nasty nllIa Ia. 80 in word,
heard from American, 49, Hnn yonng lady. the
danxn,I,r Tl hard work OF H. The regular western
r,Inn rolling from between her lips uh' '"'
tccRgI W." Hi,nb Mis- blank" she murmued pileo9s
:, ~, & 90. .uarIlng OF a little dog. us really
w.. WON Know Do do drop II I" ..,.,t ,yos
Cnc TO ONE one in IAN adjoining apar'e.p inctIv
outhrr fc,tur, To- can - ~ t. ne hrdiu "'''"'''
M, ham, I,r.hrc,, va the object sought a. i
%, Mary VIII You please 10 pr'"S "''
sor T to' was ,'' the sentence selected The &"yor
d,nrhtcr world call IT ",cisscrz.' ana ia. .' 4, r
,ot shocLingly I'm "hasket" she went over ~ P XVI
n ,rrntV lime, before the teacher VA s1'''n'i
learned aftcrwaId that the Young lazy Tr ~ cil
iiIiuof- However. IL B., not an easy 'a.uLt ~
i'.,Ur' ana ~ , distance and be- heard without inc
Slightest grating II the voice: ,.t - M. .. il
IL tI,.. her
,,, his soci,l place by his manner oi aprr'n no"
dave quite a. mach by his manner, ~ Gin, ,i,h r
msteal precision prcvtncialsms and Western 10 "ia
re- will spoil " ALL