The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-17

Modern Woman
Pronunciation Marks the Woman.
Even Some Folk Who Consider
Themselves Cultured" Say Ioos-
day, ""Dooty. Don and" Laf

Before a woman has spoken dozen
words. though you never heard Of l"r
before. you can tell FROM her pronun-
citation and enunciation the decree Of
culture and refinement She has attain
ed. 4 Harvard professor goes Sc far
as to say that the pronunciation of the
! single letter M tells whether one il
cultivated person or not THAT Is +"
| saw if one prononnrcS u like 90 i'll
fool she thereby AT the same tim"
pronounces her own doom. 10 get the
correct pronunciation Of long u al
ways give It the sound you naturally
do when 1t begins II word. "a in 'usc
| or usual" as if ii had 4 " before
| it. II is q mark Of correct ana refined
pronunciation to say "dyukc." not
''dook" anG "Syuc." not 500" 1t is
Il delicate anu subtle sound this ono
! of the correct long u" AZ With long
IA SO with 'ew." which has tn" sam"
| sound One who pronounces new
moo" prunounces himself or herself al
uncnItivated person. There, too. Is
that sound of broad "a" the sound
| o. "a" In "ah." Probably half the
| school children in this country say
"laff" and "haT" and "caff." They
| even call grass graf SIS and path
| "pa-ath'' with the same dctestahlc
! fiat sound they use in "haf' ami
| 'laff' In all these words and words
| like them the correct sound of "a is
| ''ah." This is not an affectation Of
| British pronunciation. II Is simply cor
! rect pronunciation. 4 little rra"ti""
will enable anybody 10 yet the deli
cate ''u' just right. Another grevous
| lack among rs is the lack of distinct
| pronunciation. We humble our words
in the throat and roof Of the mouth till
they are oftentmes mangled beyond
recognition. \ clear voice and distinct
| enunciation are as much the marks Of
| the cultured person as is correct pro-
| nunciation
A thriving and progressive women's
club of New York has ruled that no
reporters from city papers shall he
present at its meetings Serves them
right. New York reporters have, by
order OF their managing editors, az
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 know ledge
goes. 1t is impossible to get fair or
even decent report OF a 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.
The sun do keep on moving at ire
mendous rate. The Waldorf Astoria.
one of the SWEETEST hotels and. judg-
ed from its prices. almost the very |
SWEETEST Oh earth. has posted on its
bulletin board the following notice.
Ladies' without escorts will he 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 IL to
turn ladies out Of their feeding places
If they came in hungry without man
along after . o'clock ut night
Orientals all believe in reincarnation
the same soul with its eternal. I'M
breakahe thread of life appearing on
earth i'll a 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 We're born next time would
have a fair chance. like American wo-
men.
King Edward has sense Of humor.
as IL shown by his suggestion that the
impecunious. younger sons of British
noblemen should learn to cook and be
come chefs. earning an honest living
and getting from $1,000 to $.5.nno a
year. The king declared that if this
suggestion were acted on his ma ipsty
himself would see personally that one
Of the gentlemen chefs got the first
vacancy in royal kitchen.
re-
The most unfortunate fate that can
NeVitane q EtdhS iltlit IL " re Inc son
of "A millionaire woman who died
some years ago in indianapolis acrfl-
muiated an immense fortune hy real
estate operations. BY shrewdness,
hard work and economy she piled 1t
up and left it to her son. who spent II
like Il degenerate Roman emperor.
Wrecking himself mentally, morally
and physically.
b. b.
The main thing is to keep good tenn
pered
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| regret very much to see that some
women in country town have been
Initiating men and crying out for lynch
ing and mob Yinlnnre tnwaIri d ,un.nn1,