Evening journal., 1898-04-25
CULTIVATION oE LIE voIos.

CULTIVATION OF THE VOICE.
Not Confined Alone to Learning to
ns.ea et s1pH-
Tire pospGsor OF . rellmQ.lplate
pleasstnt, rather lowpItrhed ID pelol
nious voice has komesti lof (Which Ne
may feel Justly proud. NfahyfnteignerV
find fault with the American voice
rhey cau it,Iarsh and paspl crude un-
cuifuycl and peDuliart0 Sirrita ting 70
those who are aecustou&o 20 tho rather
koft, someuhdtHquidf fnhountlonsof the
Lntin Tncep. sr
Cniayating the yiea ia generally ub-
dzfstoOd' az l6apHing 10 sing. bnt there
IS foioe culture which goes very far
beyond ;7uything appertaining to ma
kical ihBtgtiotioH When tho child be-
GINS TO speak capo shouIdns haken that
Ii makes the proper sounds instead Of
the unnatuxpIt tone which q Is very like
| " to acquire, The child San initiative
creatorsSSand follows verY closely the
rounds that IL hears from thosa about
Il. If It constantly liste1s 10 any par
hculnr sound, as upatter of course IL
VIII very soon take Il pp and adapt il
hs it's own. OF even ubro importGhce
than the culHtahon OF tho voicO is tho
building Of it No ono need bo told thai
there Is a wonderflI dgantagO in work
Ing upon any struets that has a care
| fuily-planped and properlR-lnished
| foundation The majority Of singers
are given 70 dAtreme faultiness iD4their
| enupciatioD. Thts comes largely from
p very slovenly habit Of speaking, ahab-
| he formed IN early childhood fromasso-
ciation with persons who give very nt-
tie, ~ any, thought to the construction
! of their language, being perfoctly ysatis-
fed, to all appearance, so long ag they
ore able 20 make themselves UNDER
| stood. The time ls well spont tfat 70
loiven TO teachinR the 1ittleones tho cor
rect moduiution of their voices. We
| ali know children 10 whom y is pleas
ure 10 listen, their intonatbon In speak,
ING ssoagreeable npT theirwords seem
so well chosen that one instinctiyefy
wonders X these peculinritiea (for pes
huiiarities they certainly are) may not
| be come. gracious gift OF hhture. Sure
ly child with such o preparatory TRIM
ing furnishes infinitely hetter material
for subsequent culture than opo who
? comes. under HIS teacher shapds. mere
t | hy o hump of crude humanity. In the
II one case every word, work, thought and
9 interest OF the instructor not only tells
o 90 the pupils mind and the formation
= of his chnracter, but II Is a positive
pleasure TO watch and assist In tha un
D.. 4 folding Of such on intelligence. j
~ hi =.
= much more highly gifted. whom In fac
: they ore made greatly superior TO thell
/ fellows simply because they wero.gtyel
; ! "a correct start in hfe. On the othe
Q hand, every endeavor is Ike pulling
d against the stream. Tho lettie ono
: told that Suoh ond suoh a way to pre-
l noupco word 10 correct; that it's voic
= | apd phrosing must be 90 and so, /
"a x5ends three OF four hours dayh tn
, I sohoolroom od6 the remainder OF tn
= 2A.iD tho society Of those whose ever.
/ word and oct ere In direct oppodho
70 10 tho teOOher's preOepts epd exnmpl'
Naturally the child Ia taught to homo
"a sts parents end TO believe that wha
IS they cay and do is right, The logics
u oopelustoo Of this state of things is
- confused and contrafrGtory estimate
90 the childe dutiea Il Is cent to Scho'
ln TO learn, and II IL lesrns thntits parent
Is | arG friends ere wrong the resnltacm
a not but be extremely dtscoppaging.
he Is cafe 70 say that a considerable nun
r ber of the children who go to orr pul
IN lie schooisRye handicapped IN this wa.
Given child weIi grounded In arttci
iatioh, euuncfation, the moduhtion {
the voice, and with correct under
at standing Of the sounds Of the letters,
OF Foundation has been laid upon which
~ u WIN not be difficult TO rear n solid an
- symmetrical superstructure. = N
!. ledger.