Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18

years in your own household and
4 through early teachings or real fear of
| the visitation Of want, hunger and grear
pFiyatiOns you have been converted into
i a person who boards ND everything
/ from scraps of dress goods to medicine
/ bottles and salye boxes. 4 bonfire is
often more beneficial in a household
| that stacks and stacks of unnecessary
| articles that merely court moths, YER
min and germs. When an aAicle is
no longer OF any use to you and certain
| ~ of no benefit TO anyone else. It shouId
| be destroyed. There are so many things
/ " hch should be burned First the old
| clothing that is of no use to anyone,
| old letters that may contain family Sc
crets that would be damaging to others
| in case they fell into the hands of some
subscriptions person. Old kitchen arti-
| cloes too worn for use or too dirty tn
be cleaned, should be burned. MANY
| nedicine bottles containing few drops
! of medicine will be set aside and nos
| medicine has spoiled. Rancid oint-
ments are boarded and used, and these
lopened boxes are regular nests of germs
! To get rid of old crockery. broken
glass and the like, it is best to throw
these articles into barrel and break
| the pieces into smaller particles. By
| doing this barrel will hold all the
broken articles besides the tin cans
| and lids. that will accumulate this
winter. Keep it outside the house and
when it is filled, it can be taket. from.
the premises and destroyed. When You
clean, house this fall, do not throw
bundles OF old papers, carpets and the
Ike iR the basement to accumulate
damp, dirt and be a thing to breed
germs. Do not be wasteful, but do get
rid of rubbish. | once saw woman
lit the curtain below her sink to get
| cooking vessel and l saw an ac-
emulation of filthy scrub rags. stove
rags, old rancid grease pots, dirtv
fruit jars, broken crockery, dirty catsup
| bottles and her scrub bucket, soaps and
brushes. Out of this den of filth was
brought the kettle in which her meal
was cooked. So this is what mean by
wedding out Objectionable things in the
house, thereby making room for what
you really need.
| Women Who Speak Poorly.
What's the matter with club women's
voices that they can't be heard from a
public PLATFORM was the question asked
by man at recent Bryan reception
given by wOman's Democratic club Mt
the Waldorf Astoria. The question was
repeated to Granville [leiser. who is
training 200 members of New York
Women's clubs in the art of speechmak-
ing. Mr.. Kleiser ought to know. for has
he not written shoals of books on voice
culture, speaking in public and the like?
Moreove" he has every opportunity to
hnd out on Friday evenings, when groups
OF twenty-five clubwomen Mt A time
mount the rOstFum at the West Side
Auditorium and say this in chorus: "Ba-
pI, be-pe, bi-pi, bu-pu, boo-pSn. hoi-
poi and some more
70 the uninitiated it sounds like the
oabbllngs OF a day nursery docE but as
7 hatter OF tact it Is really when trans.
lated the first principles in platform
speaking. They are called articulation
exercises. Later on model speeches will
be assigned, first to be delivered in mi |
son, then individually. and the women
are even now quaking in their boots at
the thought
1t was one of those Friday nights
when the vocal gymnastics were i'm fuu |
biast that Mr.. Kleiser took time TO ey-
pam why it is that club women and
american women generally. for that (,
matter, need voice training so badly |
American women. he thinks stand more |
IN neeG of cultivation in this respect |
than those of almost any other nation, |
Furthermore he is of the opinion thai |
the public school teachers are more 70 !
bIane for the nasality and Shrill high !
pltched voices of the present generation |
than any one else.
am not at all surprised" said Mr.. |
ANtoANNA5 tiidL gOu dSh inns question |
about club women's voices for | have !
been struck with it time and again Mt
club meetings. Nine cases out of ten |
you can't hear the speaker five rows |
away from the platform. But what an |
pies to club women, strictly speaking. |
applles equally to all American women. I
Most club women speak with half |
closed mouths. When they start to sneak |
the voice can't come out They vocalize !
pack IN their throatS so that they can J
not he heard three yards away
Ihen, strange as it may PERHAPS |
seem, club women, and other women |
also, are timid, naturally so. They have !
been brought up to be afraid, and This |
diffidence has the effect of constraining !
the voice. They speak in whispers, and |
q whispering voice is very detrimental |
to good, pure tones; that is. to a carry
ing voice.
]. ,'Then also they too often have too
Hght mental conception of what they /
are trying to do. Because there is no |
thought of force IN what they want TO
say 1t falls far short of the mark They
get mp to speak and the result is thar |
because of the breathing quality. timid-
10y and lack of force they make no inn
preston.
Even if the occasion arouses women
70 forget their difficulties and they speak
right out in meeting their voices are hjgh
pitched and shrill. Without doubt this
shrlli, penetrating voice is the product of
a NOISY city. One is constantly endeuvor-
ing to talk above the turmoil Of the city's
streets, and this ruins the best modulated
voice.
Il was particularly struck with the
SOFT, melodIouS voices at the Roycroft
shops when | visited East Aurora recent
~. one young woman especially who
took me through the shops had the most !
delightful voice. | am sure il could have
been heard in an audience of 300 people.
Yet she had no training. The only way
can account for this is that they live
in 4 quiet atmosphere.
Our national defect is nasality. and
this is noted in the club woman's voice
as it is in those of women generally 1t
is SO common that we are pretty gener-
ally unconscious of it. l was struck with
this popularity Wuen | was abroad
year ago. was told too that the way
they recognized Americans over there
was by their nasal, twangy voices.
Another reason why Our women have