The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-30

and sen forth its breath. Scores of
ologies and isms are doubtless
very essential to our sweet girl
graduates and. youthful Phi. DIS,
M.D.s, LIDS, etc., but a healthy pair
OF lungs, with the deep, rich, sonor-
Gus utterance of trained vocal organs
VIII De much more useful to them in
treadlng the thorny way of life. The
Vitality given by a perfect oxygena-
ton OF the blood increases the power
OF mental as well as physical applica-
tloh; SO, from a strictly educational
point of view, III children gain by
being taught how to breathe and
speak correctly.
VOICES WHICH WEAR ON THE NERVES.
1t Is quite as important to attend to
the enunciation as to the quality of
the sound. No nation in the civilized
world speaks its language SO abomina-
bly, as the English. Familiar con-
~versation is carried ON in inarticulate
smudges of sound, which are allowed
to pass current for something. as
worn-out shillings are accepted as
representatives of twelve-pence.
When English people begin to study
singing they ale astonished to find
that they have never learned
Ito speak. 1t is the lesson
OF speaking correctly, OF giving
each vowel and consonant it's proper
articulation that is needed to be
taught. Teachers claim that their
duties are superintendent, and that
there Is no time to attend to more; the
cultivation OF the voice need be any
thing but irksome to those in charge
OF children, and the general nervous
ness and breaking down of those who
have taught for any considerable
length of time can be partially, in
deed greatly, avoided by attention to
Il voices of those, in charge. 1t
seems that the aggressive, disturbing
quality In a voice does much towards
unnerving and wearing out listeners,
and the ordinary conversation of the
majority OF people. both young and
old, Is incredibly slipshod. Call your
lovely daughter and bid her
stand quietly, in the last Delsar-
team attitude of respectful atten-
tiPn before you; scan her closely; her
personelle is entirely faultless, she is
clothed a merveille; from head to
foot, from shining locks to dainty bot
tines all is CONNIE il fault. Tell her
to say-well-almost anything, and
AOS VAN tSAO Ia a1IIGuldllOut IIlGX
will be either sharp, with rapid. I'M
distinguishable syllables, or a drawl.
with flat voweIs and curious slurrinr
of the consonants. You will almost
fancy that you have been adniring
the exquisite coloring of the peacock's
spreading plumage, and the hand
some bird has given voice to its pride
in your admiration.-EmmG L. Nc
La0Gn in the PhdIGdelphia inquirer.
How to Sit Properly.
A proper sitting position requires
that the spine. should be kept straight,
and that the support needed for the
upper part of the body shall be felt
in the right place, says Caroline LIE
Row in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Therefore, sit as far back as possible
III the chair, so that the lower end of
the spine shall be braced against the
back of the seat. Ii this back is
straight the shoulders will also rest
against it; if not, they will have no
point OF support. and it will be found
they do not need it. This position
make no strain upon the ~liganents of
the spine. 1t allows a proper position
VI - oAiOdA0ClS9 OO11SCH uELlUlY Oh Tile
chest, consequently of the lungs,
the body. Their work is carried on
naturally and comfortably, as is
also the circulation OF the
blood, which, in a wrong sitting posi-
tion, is seriously interfered with.
With the feet resting sqnarely upon
the floor, the hands resting squarely
upon the lap, perfect equilibrium and
consequently perfect rest of the body
is secured. There is no strain upon
any part of the body; no muscle or
organ is required to do more than it's
legitimate amount of work. The arms
should never be folded, for this posi-
ton not only causes strain upon the
spine, and all the other evils already
referred to, but, in addition, places
the weight of the arms upon the
stomach and the diaphragm, thereby
increasing the labor of digestion and
respiration. Placing the hands behind
the back, or folding the arms behind
the back. If possible, is a good atti-
tude to take occasionally, giving, as it
does, the fullest expansion to the
whole upper part of the bodysoid
Waste of Woman's intellectual Power.
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, de-
clares that in the women of America
lies the nations best hope of intellec-
tual advancement, because leisure is
what is needed o rsuch advancement,
and our women have leisure il an i'm
measurably greater degree than our
men.
Mrs. Van Rensselaer's plea is for the
utilization of this leisure and wealth.
SO that our women who now gener-
ously exert themselves to raise funds
for hospitals and churches and other
such charitable and missionary work.
and those who spend their time and
their money in social display, might,
II this same force were properly di-
rected, become the patronesses of art,
OF the sciences, and the leaders of a
higher intellectual life than almost
any American community now can
boast OF.
There is indeed a prodigious mis-
direction Of energy, if not q positive
waste. Under modern industrial
conditions it seems improbable that
there ever will be any great degreeeof
leisure enjoyed by mem of greatieapa-
city, for it is a remarkable fact that |
the leisure of forcfbie ilfan seeelnsto
have disappearedfro1nStl world with
the advance of our modern industrialI
system, and it is not the less true that
the leisure of women then for the first