New-York tribune., 1903-03-26
SLOTENLY SPEECH.
Hiss Thom pson Criticises A"'er
cans Use of Mother Tongue.

.~HouthfrR mining down the point Of the tongue.
Soreading Il out fabbnees Of the jaws, which leads
many girls TO do their talking outside the mouth
TO the acoomps psninent Of much swallowing even
stutterlns are not congenital defects, only bad
hsh which can be readily corrected, said Miss
Mary s. Thompson yesterday at the last OF the
L.nten talks given under the auspices Of the New
York State Household Economic Association at inc
Berkeley IyceUm-
There vas an unusually large attendance. and
rTezt interest was manifested in the three speakers
Ct the afternoon. who appeared as exponents OF
voice culture. physical culture and the drama
Continuing her talk Miss Thompson said: Since
the dsvs Of the old Greeks nothing has been done
70 improve the quality Of the voice so far as II Is
q speaking voice. Although human speech is the
one thing that interprets the human soul its cor
rect an6 musical expression is the last ana ieast
thing considered in all educational work.
'-VoVels are universal language. Letters are
not speech. How many people are there who pro-
roUuce the word up correctly" Americans are pro-
.-.rhiay careless in their speech Out Of up they
make two syIlabIes-wfiIe feel sat and host
Of little words given two sounds instead Of one
The OF the lips ie important matter 50
many children taught TO use their lips on all
sounds making hideous faces thereby. There is a
system that teaches how TO use vo~els ano conso-
Ysrrs correctly and then how to put them together
Americans are singularly deficient in the matter
q infection. Children speaking neturally often
rUn up the whole scale. and ii ie charming then
sore older person feels inpeled 10 curb them tell
scious This is the greatest mistake in the world.
We should allow the soul to SHOW through the
tone II we Americans could join the ltahan
Ca5ercee with their great variety Of tones to the
FrrIfSh pronunciation OF WOrds-and that, you
know is distinctly different from the American
We should have the most beautiful language IN the
world" -. ,.., - ,
THE Necessity Of Physical Culture was out
lined by GenevieVe StebbinS-
L do not believe in physical culture D.! ltseiI
Ebe asserted when goNned in soft Greek draper1es
she proceeded give her audience an object lesson
IN e{presslor united with rythmical movement
IT is lust as easy she said. TO shut away
common things and take beautiful thoughts, ex-
pressing them in pantomIme. as 70 20 through tne
mere exercises with other thought than seIi-
II every woman could take the time each qay'
when the seen and Visible gets too much tor her,
md going of by herself. lie down to think of
some beaJtftuI thing like the dawn. the stars the
great forests she would find herself akiuE deeper
and deeper hreaths and at the end OF twenty min
1Ttss reT nm feeling ready for the stress
spd strain. If you can't get time Tor that. go
eoroeu here in the fresh air. and MI your iunss'
breathing in right from the ground. In that Hd!
--oI sre getting splendid internal gymnestlcs-
Fverv morning when you get up stretch thrte
times kick out vigorously with your legs take az m
r77overnerrs and above all she deep breatnlng
then shake yourself and button up your ooots
A number Of scenes from Much 400 ABOUT
Nothing given by Mrs. Frank A Fatusoh'