The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-05

| - dW u constant ItilrG W Nnlf 'SltNl lIls
| SD,lad. aud a. YOU request icide> to ash quns-
| ions, would like you to give some advice how
| public speakers and singers can keep their
| thlOalS and voices in healthy condition
"Ncfy ttuy yours,
90. +. H."
| After due consideration Ot tie Question pro.
pounded bv this reader oi the salad ! feel that
| the field TO be lowered in answering IN detail
| lie question vas 80 large that | could do no
better than ta occupy my allotted space by
giving excerpts from paper on the subject which
ptcpatcd last winter and which read at
| the meeting OF the Pan. american Medical Cow.
| gnrs, in lllvamt. cuba. last January. and which
will answer in general way the question Of
G. f. IL.
Man. in lis arrogance. which prompts him 10
proclaim himself the lord Of creation. drvat es
| more and more from nature in his progress Of
| civilization. and the more civilized hc becomes
the more artificial he is. and the further ic-
moved from what nature intended Him to he.
| But nature le,cnts aud Furnishes sooner later
any interference with or non.Obscrvancc OF her
| nniniIngcablr laws: ey"ty student pf ma
| ,nr. every philosopher ancient. mcdiaeycl or
| modern, knows aud proclninS, and therefore.
| whatever is artificial. whatever is strained and
sought for to produce al Iiitcii,l effect Is uu-
| natural. and rs such. harmful 10 the individual.
| rs VOL, contrary to ant. wlici, ia nothing
| hut tue lu"ailIllloN of nature. II h'i,h an "N'
| preston il allowable. and consequently the dire
| results, in onr btanch oi ant. Of man. really
| inferior but eg0iisicillv superior knowledge.
| show themselves in tho cracked voices we hear
| IN concerts and chnrchcS. and in III" p.l'. rma.
! ciaed FORMS barely hidden lv the flowing d'a.
| prlics oi The Grcciah toga Of oul m"dcin d-vo-
! tees to DrlsWt.ln
| Man. gifted with ari uIt" speech. the only
| distinction from and sign superiority over
! the II. of ilp lninu, ~ IniS
| ~ nature common tn all prarics. derived in its
| primitive form from nature nom natures
| teachings in the shape OF Natural noiscs and
sounds. and beautiful in the idca,ixat.uu ut tlo;"
| very natural noises.
| This gii,. mtculltr speech, consists in the tx.
preston jof man to NAM OF thoughts. ideas de.
silc$ and emotions. and as snol the mere imit,.
| tioIs Of natural noises and sounds, without
| idtililatou ot their realism will not and could
| not express abstract ideas and lr.rtfr', emo.
| iio,s. nor couil il impress Will, aud cali iu,il.
| similar ur in.lcutical mind nictmcs
| Tie mind OF The auditor is impressed bv t,,.
| musical How o! language. the rlNtiu!i,al melody
of speech. and l,y the nuiute,u,ntcd ,co,,cucc II
| ideas, all ot which in harmony produce a scn.a.
| ,ion Of satisfaction and call forth his higher
| emotion. For tLis reason ,h.io,i, * coun,.l
| a> one Of The highest branches OF fine su
| \, Here aIr in all ether branches Of 1nc art
| certain fundamental prlrcirI.s moro or loss
scientific, and al.o ctbi, al as well a> ronyen.
lional rules. wlicl, form ,h,. b,.is unon wl;,l,
| IN. artistic rroln,tiur ,,sts and w,icl, ,bo,,lI
| n, ,I,roup,,lv u,d,r.,,od and ,orrc,.l, aurI;,1
| Ly fbc uii.is =, ,I.o tIer, ,,. .,.nniit, ,ii;c
! Al and conventional laws coyornirr ,. am -,
| Rhetoric ~, ,ni,c nr,I,,,ii
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