Rules In Speaking

Speak m ohest tones. Pronounee vowel sounds correctly. gay "It te I," and "He went with me." Speak dletlnctly, but soltly and Blowly. Tronounce the o in "stone" like tliat in "go." Give each syllable its proper value or length. Say "watetcpat" and "trovisers," and not "vest" and "pants." IE an inferior, say "sir" or "madain" in epeaktng to a superior. S:iy 'memorandum" in the singular, and 'memoranda" in the plural. Avoid coareeness and rudeness of speech and language and harsh laughter. Pronounce the letter r ín -vords where '1 occurs as in "arm," "girl," "rubber." Lower the voice and Bpeak Blowly when one wishes to enforce one's authority. Train chüdren carefully to read aloud, both ior the sake of the voice and tin1 pronunciation. Avoul the overdelicaey oí language and afl'fctaf.on of precisión whish bebelong to persons of narrow culture. Say "sir" or "madam" if you have occasion to address a stranger, nslhg the word "madam" íor a single as well as lor a married lady. Tronounce correctly, studying not only the dictionary, but the language of living speakers who are entitled to speak wlth anthority. Pronounco in Engllsh iashion the mimes oí foreign places and persons "which have become Anglicized, as Vienna, Paris, Napoleon. Teach children to say "Yes, motlier" iov fathei') and "Xo. motlier." And tu sny "Yes, sir" ;or madam) to old ppople, or to those wlio adhere to the old waye oí speech.