The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03


an evident effort to be sweet that they are
painfully saccharine, and voices that jump
out at you eXplosively. and monotone
voices, and weak, thin, little voices that
have hardly force enough to carry them
to the ear of the hearer.
Then why will they not attend to enun-
citation? They persist in saying don't
chew, 'praps,' 'nachur; they drop their gs
and slur two syllables into one, and make
of an ain termination simply a nasal
sound to finish the word. In most cases
this poor English is due to nervous haste
to get through what there is to say, and
could be easily overcome by pracucing a
careful and deliberate manner of speech,
thinking how each word looks in print be-
fore it is uttered 1t is only a question of
time and thought, and not often a matter
of ignorance.
THE right kind of a voice has a pecu-
liar and irresistible charm all its own, and
woman in general does not half appreciate
ats power 1t is something that can be felt,
it vibrates sympathetic chords like a note
of melody A woman with this voice
may be homely positively ugly, but with
enc sentence she will arrest a mans atten-
ton, even draw it away from a pretty
woman, and by the rich quality and mod
ulation of her tones, her easy, clear pro-
nunciaion of every syllable, hold and de-
light him as long as she chooses.
The correct voice comes from far down
the thoraX. It is a chest tone, and it takes
a full inhalation of air to bring il forth.
Take deep breath and before letting go
of it again begin to speak, and you will
catch the idea the full breath exhales
gradually with the spoken words and the
voice is thrown out rich and full. 1t can
be modulated to a low, deep tone, with
out losing its quality, for there is reserve
force behind it that will not permit of its
T-.-T.+
tmbre. Did you ever see lot of women
with a grievance, all talking at once, eX-
citedly, irrationally and at the top of their
voices, and then see a soft-Voiced woman
join them and quietly and gently put in
her word? All the rest stop talking in
stantly; there is something about the voice
that soothes and calms it is oil on troub-
led waters, and the others feel all at once
conscious of their loud tones, and asham-
ed of them.
"A beautiful voice is as we'll worth cult
waiting as beautiful features.
IT is a truism to say, at is the small
things of life that go to make up the sum
total of human happiness and comfort"
and yet it is a fact that rs seldom studied
in it's many branches For instance, says
a writer in the New York Tribune, we say:
'So-and-So is a delightful conversation
alist and has charming manners, not real
lZing tndL the dllFdClAOn lies pTAnclpdiiy IN
tactful little ways, that in themselves
seem of little importance.
II was noticing the other day." remark
ed a mutual friend, 1.-THE difference between
Mrs. A. and Mrs u. in the way they car
~ on a conversation. Mrs. A. is consid-
cred to be exceedingly tactful and Mrs.
4. the reverse, although they are equally
clever and interesting woman. l was Won
dering vaguely what constituted the diff
ference, but in watching their methods I
began to see one little thing, for in
stance, seems immaterial, but l dare say
that that alone would make decided diff
ference. Mrs. A., in talking at. the table
or in a room where several people were
present, would invariably include every
one present turning first to one person and
then 10 another, while Mrs. Il. fastened
upon one individual and almost pointedly,
although of course it was unintentional,
left the rest of the party entirely out of
the conversation. This was only one of
many such details which struck me- and
which went 10 make up the difference be-
tween the two women. Since then l have
had occasion TO notice this particular trait
in others, and it always scores for or
against. 1t seems a small thing to re-
member to glance in different directions
while talking, but it shows a desire to in
clude the person to whom the glance is di-
rected in what is going on, and is there
fore hattering.'