Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-28
Modern w oman
Pronunciation Marks the Woman.
Even Some Folk Who Consider
Themselves "Cultured" Say Toos-
day, Dooly. : Toon and Laf

| Before woman has spoken dozen
words. though you never heard Of her
before. you can tell from her pronun
citation aud enunciation the degree of
culture and refinement she has attain
ed. 4 Harvard professor goes SO far
as to say that the pronunciation OF the
single letter su'' tells whether one is
q cultivated person or not that Is to-
say, II one pronounces ~ like 100" In
fool she thereby at the same time
pronounees her own doom. TO get the
correct pronunciation Of long u" al
ways give it the sound you naturally
do when it begins word, as In use"
or usual as if it had q ~ before
| it. 1t is a mark of correct and refined
pronunciation TO say "dyuke, not
sdook," and aSyue." not 500" It is
a delicate and subtle sound this one
of the correct long su." AS with long
.su,'' so with .ew,v which has the same
sound. One who pronounces new"
moo pronounces himself or herself an
uncultivated person. There, too, is
that sound of broad "a, the sound
| Of "a in "ah." Probably half the
school children In this country say
.laff'' and "haffs and "catf." They
even call grass "gra-a-ss" and path
.pa-a-th'' with the same detestable
fat sound they use in "haff'' and
alaff.'' In all these words and words
| like them the correct sound Of "a is
"ah." This is not an affectation Of
British pronunciation. It is simply cor
rect pronunciation. A little practice
will enable anybody to get the deli
cate s'u's just right. Another grievous
lack among us is the lack Of distinct
pronunciation. We humble our words
in the throat and roof Of the mouth till
| they are oftentimes mangled beyond
recognition. A clear voice and distinct
enunciation are as much the marks of
the cultured person as is correct pro
nunciation.
A thriving and progressive women'a
club Of New York has ruled that nc
reporters from city papers shall be
present at its meetings. Serves them
right. New York reporters have, by
order of their managing editors, as
| they themselves admit, jeered at and
made fun Of the women's club proceed.
| ings from the word go" Except In
! two journals, so far as my knowledge
goes, it is impossible to get fair OF
even decent report Of woman's meet.
ing in any New York newspaper. In
this unenviable position the newspaper
editors of the big foreign city at the
mouth of the Hudson river stand alone.
| N9
| The sun do keep on moving at tre-
mendous rate. The Waldorf Astoria,
| one of the SWEETEST hotels and, judg.
| ed from its prices, almost the very
| SWEETEST on earth, has posted on its
| bulletin board the following notices
Ladies without escorts win be served
! in the restaurants at any hour" why
shouldn't they be?' you will say. Well,
| the fact is that some Of the New York
city restaurant keepers have hitherto
been such elemental creatures as to
| turn ladies' out of their feeding places
| If they came in hungry without man
along after 9 o'clock at night.
&ss
| Orientals all believe in reincarnation
the same soul with its eternal, I'M
breakable thread Of life appearing on
| earth In succession OF bodies In
| order to get all kinds of experience.
/ The queen Of Siam said recently that
she hoped the women Of her country
when they were born next time would
have fair chance, like American wo.
men.
King Edward has sense of humor,
| as is shown by his suggestion that the
impecunious younger sons Of British
noblemen should learn to cook and be-
come chefs, canning an honest living
and getting from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year. The king declared that II this
suggestion were acted on his majesty
himself would see personally that one
Of the gentlemen chefs" got the first
vacancy in royal kitchen.
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/ The most unfortunate fate that can
overtake young man Is to be the son
| Of q millionaire. a woman who died
! some years ago In Indianapolis accu-
| mulated an immense fortune by real
estate operations. BY shrewdness,
hard work and economy she piled It
up and left it to her son. who spent II
like a degenerate Roman emperor.
Wrecking himself mentally, morally