Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-19 | Page 8 | Good Speech, Diction Help Beauty Poise

Good Speech Diction Help Beauty Poise Beauty Poise By ALICIA H HART T TN N Nature ture decided decided- what wha kind o ol oj voice you have and there isn't much you can an do about It says Ellen Claire Couch dramatic coach conch at Centenary Junior college and secretary sec ec rotary of the tho New Jersey Association Association tion of at Teachers of Speech Soprano mezzo or contralto contralto- you were bor born with your individual ual voice and to attempt to change its quality and natural timbre i is ts a 8 mistake indeed You are likely to te injure your speaking apparatus disastrously disastrously dis dis- dis and permanently A good many girls think that the rule ule about speaking speaking softly softly means to speak in low ow throaty tones It doesn't A high soprano voice can be ns as soft and well modulated as a S normally low one No woman should try to force her voice below its it natural pitch She may think this produces an nn Interesting interesting inter Inter- esting result but her listeners think only that she sho is and that her vocal chords out rasping grating grating grat grat- ing tones whenever she opens her mouth On the tho other hand attractive eyed blue Miss Couch continued good speech is entirely up to the individual Even education is no guarantee of correct and pleasant diction It is the personal duty of every person to learn how to pro- pro words correctly and to realize realize real- real ize ze that success often otten Is more moro dependent dependent de do- pendent upon tho the p personality as re revealed revealed revealed re- re through pleasant voice quality quality quality ity and unaffected speech than on many things often considered para para- mount For instance every girl at the party may have her hair fixed exactly ex- ex like yours A dozen girls may girLs may be wearing white whito gowns very much like mee your own There may be bo a marked similarity in cosmetic make make- up However one thing no other woman at the party possibly can have is a voice just like yours Our voices and our speech are our very own Wo We should guard improve and treasure them Miss Couch tries to eliminate the prevalent inferiority complex about American diction in her classrooms She Sho believes that one doesn't have to be bo British in order to know how to io pronounce words charmingly There is a correct way and a wrong way to pronounce each word In tho the English language Every woman who cares about the appearance she makes should learn the tho right way