The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-12

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rottea manure twell-rotted cow manure is
unexeelled for this purpose). in which has
been Incorporated some finely chopped
sod. Spade tiiis compost thoroughly into
the sod ia tae bed, and with The back Of
! the spade mash all the clots or humps.
Bear in mind that this spading and work
| ing Of the soil must only be done when
the soil is hi good condition as regards
moisture, for If the soil is worked When
pasty or too wet, the chances are that Il
viii be ruined for the whole season. until
the action of frost n winter weather
~iraparts to ii again its natural friableness.
In setting ont the roses in the bed do
not neglect the a~ll-inaportailt irming or
| the soil about the roots OF the plants.
This should be done by trodding the soil
well with the feet, Immediately about the
base of each p~lantybut not over all the
surface of the bed.
Most of the harsh. disagreeafble voices
that CRATE upon our ears daily are more
the result of bad habits than originally
faulty organs The nasal tones so COM
mon in America are caused by contract
ing the throat muscles, and the voice
is muffled for want of proper breathing.
there not being SQiiCtCiil III ih lily 0fo
to produce a full, round tone
The ear should be trained to recognize
these disagreeable qualities and correct
them. With head erect, throat muscles
relaxed, and breathing deeply, practice
muscle speech: you can make the eN-
| ercise a drill in pronunciation as we'll.
repeating one word until you can produce
it in a full. mellow tone. then a sentence.
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Do not let the er of offer sound like
the or of mirror, nor the yr of zephyr
like the ur of sulphur. 1t is an excellent
drill TO make. lists of words, as scandal,
parcel, pupil, couple; pillar, porter, Sem
ator. molar; Latin, chicken, ETC.. and
with listening ear speak them repeated
ly till the nice distinction in their vowel
sounds is clearly recognized and inn
pressed upon the memory.
In This exercise the mouth must be
well opened, and all the muscles employ
ed in correct speech must be facile and
flexible. Much of the slovenly, slurring
speech We hear is caused by a habit
of rigidity in these muscles. few people
| moving them sufficiently to make the
necessary distinction in ound. But -ou
cannot say dog with the muscles of
| speech in the same form required to
! utter the word through, and the recogni-
ton of. this fact is the first step in re-
form
Practice especially in this way the
pure u%tterances of vowel sounds in I'M
! accented syllables, where ar, er, ir, and
or are often pronounced alike as ur.
The slurring of these and other final
vowel sounds is one of the commonist
faults of American speech. ana there is
| nothing the cultivated ear recognizes
| more quickly than their clean and dis
| tinct utterance by persons of culture.
1.-THE trouble in an allowance for
housekeeping expenses comments a
man who has evidently suffered, sis
that the best of women seem unable to
| resist the temptation to pinch the table
in order to save for some outside ex-
| penditure. My wife has few desires of
| her own, but is so eager to get various
| Injuries for the children that if l did
| not make an earnest protest now and
| again we would be kept on a starvation
diet. l have found that this is true in
| other households. Women seem TO be
| eonsfitutionally opposed 10 paying out
| sums of money for what can be eaten
| right up-that is, if they control the
money. 1t is a Common joke tnat When
a woman goes 10 luneh by hefsen, pay
ing the bill, she4takes very little, order
| ing quite a different meal if her hus-
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