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Show PRESERVE CHARM OF VOICE Proper Care of Organ Which Nature Has Bestowed Is Essential Duty of All. A sweet voice is a powerful feminine femin-ine charm. One also admires fine masculine voices which are sonorous and full. i We should, therefore, be careful of this organ which nature has bestowed upon us, and improve it if possible. Coarse., shrill and harsh voices may be softened by care and study. A woman w'h a peacock voice can never charm. SSpeak in a low voice, but distinctly. Loud speaking denotes ill-breeding, and sometimes shows a domineering spirit. Many people drown the voices of others in a discussion that they may themselves attract the more attention. at-tention. To keep the voice at a proper tone, never call from one end of the room to another, nor from upstairs down, nor at any distance where it becomes necessary for one to shout with all his might, as this coarsens and roughens the voice and in time ruins it. There are persons who, when spoken to, pay no attention, either from abstraction or from indifference, to anything which may proceed from others. The person who speaks is then obliged to raise the voice and repeat, re-peat, and thus the habit of speaking loudly is frequently formed, These things occur In families where but little politeness is observed between those who owe one another as much consideration as is due to outsiders. out-siders. One should never cry out under the influence of anger, indignation or pain. These cries forever destroy the harmony har-mony of the vocal chords. Children should be prevented from screaming when at Dlay. |
