“Bena
Bellefonte, Pa., August 26, 1927.
NAVY DESERTIONS CUT DOWN.
Washington.—Cutting down an
alarming number of naval desertions
by preventing the deserting type of
sailor from ever enlisting in the first
place is a new achievement of the
United States navy. How this has
been brought about, largely by means
of a special psychology test, is an-
nounced by Commonder D. E. Cum-
mings U. S. N,, in an account to ap-
pear in the Personnel Journal.
In 1923, the number of men who
were unable to adapt themselves to
navy life had grown to excessive pro-
portions, declares Commander Cum-
mings. Almost one-third of the sepa-
rations from the navy were deser-
tions, and only 44.6 per cent left the
navy by honorable discharge or trans-
fer to the fleet reserve. Courts-mar-
tial were at the rate of 13,000 a year,
with an enlisted force of 86,000 men.
Altogether, a serious situation.
To find out whether general intelli-
gence has any connection with the
ability of a man to make good in the
navy, the O’Rourke general classi-
fication test, prepared and standardiz-
ed by Dr. L. J. O’Rourke, now director
of research of the United States civil
service commission, was put into use.
Five hundred men who had deserted
and been apprehended were first
tested, and also 2,000 recruits. The
scores of the deserters ranged con-
sistently lower than those of the re-
cruits in general.
if men who made a score lower than
30 on the test were not allowed to en-
list, 22 per cent of the deserters
would be eliminated, and only a com-
paratively small percentage of men
who might make good would be ex-
cluded. Further applications of the
test confirmed the relation between
low scores on this particular test and
the likelihood of delinquencies and
failure in naval life.
It was also found that men who
had gone farther in school were more
likely to make good in the navy than
men who had had poorer educations.
This is not surprising, Commander
Cummings points out, considering
that enlisted men are called upon to
perform highly technical work, such
as aligning turret guns, figuring bal-
lastic corrections, handling radio com-
munications and materials, and in-
numerable other things requiring
greater intelligence, initiative, re-
sponsibility, and education than was
required of sailors in former days.
Tests on recruits during the last
year designed to show more definitely
that intelligence has not progressed
very fast, owing to the fact that de-
sertions and courts-martial have de-
creased so greatly, Commander Cum-
mings reports.
All Roadside Stands Must Meet State
Beverage Laws.
All roadside stands and small
drink dispensing places must meet
the requirements of the State Bev-
erage Laws the same as large bot-
tling plants, asserts Dr. James W.
Kellogg, director-chief chemist of
the Pennsylvania Bureau of Foods
and Chemistry.
These State laws have been enacted
to protect the health of the people in
every possibly way. They prohibit
the placing of ice directly in soft
drinks for cooling purposes and like-
wise make it illegal to use polluted
water.
“Special agents of the Common-
wealth are paying particular atten-
tion to the method of bottling and
dispensing soft drinks this summer,”
Dr. Kellogg says.
“All bottling plants are being vis-
ited periodically to make sure that
conditions are sanitary, that bottles
are thoroughly cleansed, and samples
are selected for examination of the
chemist to determine their composi-
tion and sugar content. Roadside
booths and other small stands dis-
pensing drinks are being given espe-
cial attention to make sure that the
drinks are free from ice and that pol-
luted water is not used. The inspec-
tions also include the home made
drinks offered for sale such as root
beer, which are required to be made
and dispensed in a sanitary way.”
Quack Grass Serious Menace on
Average Farm.
Quack grass is a most troublesome
weed and a great pest in cultivated
fields. With its thick mat of root
stocks and drought-defying qualities
it is a serious menace on any farm
still it has some interesting qualities.
Analysis shows it to be a very nutri-
tious grass and live stock are fond of
it. The writer has seen sheep stand-
Ing in clover back-high reaching
through the fence and feeding on
quack grass, nibbling it to the ground
it does not winterkill or summerkill.
It is more than a success everywhere.
Quick growing and aggressive all the
time. Its nutritive ratio shows it to
be a balanced ration, superior to tim-
othy or red top and equal to the blue
grass. It gets onto the job early in
the season and is there late in the
fall. A valuable grass with very bad
habits.
Commercial Air Transport Firms Ask
Information.
Officials in the department of State
at Harrisburg, have announced re-
ceipt of a number of inquiries rela-
tive to the incorporation of air trans-
portation companies and landing
fields. The majority of the proposed
companies stated that they desired to
engage in both mercantile and pas-
senger husiness.
Department officials said that air
transportation companies would be
required to have the approval of the
public service commission the same
as other similar companies. They
also will be required to have the ap-
roval of the new State aeronautics
commission, created under legislative
enactment of 1927. The commission,
which is to regulate aeronautics in
Pennsylvania, was named last month
by Governor Fisher but probably will
not organize until next month.
They showed that |!
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Many Women Workers
in the Middle Ages
The Middle ages, too, had their
“feminism,” and the way women’s
problems were solved was not very
much different from today’s.
In the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth centuries, just as at present,
it was necessary to take care of un-
married women, and this could not al-
ways be done by means of convents,
although a greater number of girls
went in convents then than nowadays.
The crafts excluded women often on
principle but in practice women
worked in almost all crafts during the
Middle ages, as simple workers sa°
well as at the head of enterprises
The professions in which women ex-
celled were, of course, those which
were related to the traditional fem-
inine work, as weaving, cord manufac-
ture and the textile crafts in general.
Many women became leading seam-
stresses, Feminine tailors were far
more frequent during the Middle ages
than now. The gold industry always
had a group of feminine and a group
of masculine workers. Women often
were barbers, and feminine musicians
played in most of the wine inns.
Women were teachers not only in their
convent schools but also in general
schools. Above all, there was neve»
a lack of women physicians.
New Zealand’s Fjords
of Surpassing Beauty
The marvelous fjordlund of New
Zealand is described by those who
have seen it as the most wonderful
in existence, surpassing in beauty the
famous fjord country of Scandinavia.
Milford sound, which offers this
wonderful fjord scenery, is situated
about 1,000 miles from the Victorian
coast, off the southwestern coast of
New Zealand. As one enters he finds
himself surrounded by the perpen-
dicular sides of enormously high
mountains, the tops of which are cov-
ered with snow. And in the sound
country of Alaska, there are great
terminals almost on the level of the
sea; but what differentiates these
fjords used only by foot, is a walk of
36 miles over a tratk so precipitous
that only 10 miles can be covered in
a day. During this tramp across, a
3,000-foot mountain must be scaled
and descended. While a few venture-
some spirits surmount these obstacles
each year, they are indeed few.
Bunkered!
Two men were discussing golf
courses in general and a little nine-
hole course in particular. Eventual-
ly the conversation turned to a cer- |
tain 18-hole course.
“I always think,” said one, “that the |
little nine-hole course is far more |
difficult than the 18-hole course.”
“Well, one would expect it to be
50,” exclaimed a friend who did not
play golf.
“Why?” asked the two men, simul- :
«aneously.
“It is obviously easier to get a little
pall into one of the holes when there
are 18. It would be twice as hard
when there only nine.”
The Difference
An inspector paid a surprise visit
to a village school. The teacher, who
was of decidedly corpulent build, pro-
ceeded to question the children as fol-
lows:
“Now, children, tell me in what way
+ resemble a clock.”
fhe response soon came. “Please,
iss, you have a face,” “ You have
hands,” and so on.
Then came the question: “Tell me
some ways in which I do not resemble |
a clock.”
There was a long pause; then piped |
a small voice:
have no spring.”
“Flease, miss, you
Richest Man of 300 B.C.
Interesting information about Croe:
sus, famous rich man of ancient times,
is reported by the Detroit News. The
gift he presented to Delphi, 600 years
before Christ, would be valued at
about $300,000,000 in modern currency.
It included a pyramid surmounted by
a lion, both made of precious metals;
two bowls of solid gold large enough
to held 5,400 gallons each, besides a
present of $13 to every man in the
city. And those were the days be-
fore there were oil wells or steel
trusts and modern methods of getting
rich quicker.
Married in the Cemetery
An unusual wedding occurred in
neighboring state. The bridegroom
was an undertaker, whose father had
been an undertaker before him, The
ceremony took place at midnight in
the cemetery before the father’s grave.
Asked why he was married in this
way, the bridegroom said: “Well, I've
been to the cemetery so often on sad
occasions that I felt I should like to
come here just once for some happy
event.” . . . Couples afraid of be:
ing too happy might try this,—Cap
per’s Weekly.
Golden Rule of Life
The Golden Rule, in various forms.
is found in the literature of severa!
ancient peoples. It was taught by the
Chinese philosopher, Confucius, more
than five centuries before the Man of
Galilee started on his ministry. In
the Analects of Confucius appears this
passage: “Tsze-kung asked, saying,
Is there one word which may serve as
a rule of practice for all one’s life?
The Master said, Is not Reciprocity
such a word? What you do not want
done to yourself, do not do to others.”
—Pathfinder Magazine,
Napoleon and Lincoln
Among the Henpecked
The henpecked man can scarcely be
classed as a product of modern times
Historians relate that many of the
world’s most famous men, including
Napoleon, Lincoln and Socrates, were
henpecked. One of the letters writ
ten by Napoleon to his wife, Jose
phine, ends with the postscript:
“A thousand kisses—as burning as
yours are frosty.”
Lincoln, it is said, was henpecked
because he was too shy. Count Mont-
geles, the German biographer of Lin-
coln, declares that Lincoln's wife loved
him superficially, her own selfish am-
bitions predominating, adding that she
constantly pecked at him and almost
drove him mad.
The duke of Marlborough, one of
Winston Churchill’s ancestors, and ac-
claimed as one of the greatest warriors
of his day, was madly in love with
his wife, who, however, nagged him
all the time. In 1704 he wrote to his
wife on the eve of a battle:
“I'm not nearly as much afraid of
my 60,000 foes as I am of you when
you are mad at me.” Next day, with
Prince Eugene of Savoy, he won a big
victory over the forces of Louis XIV
of France.—New York Evening World
Business Man Really
Not Taking Chances
In Portland lives a business man
who not so long ago took to himself
a most attractive young wife. She is
reported to be what is sometimes de-
nominated as dangerously beautiful. |
Recently he took a “traveling man”
home to dinner with him, When, after
dinner, the two men were in the smok-
ing room together, the traveling mar
felt moved to say:
“Mr. Blank, as you know, I go
about a great deal, and I may confess
to you I am an observer of the fair
sex, and in the course of my travels
‘I see many handsome women, but }
must say Mrs. Blank is about the
handsomest woman I've ever met, I
should think you'd be afraid to bring |
other men into your home.”
“Oh, I trust my wife to look after
the honor and welfare of the family,
but I do sometimes find myself taking
the precaution to invite only such
plain, commonplace men as no woman
would care to see the second time.”—
Boston Globe.
Log-Rolling
duppose you are a prominent au
thor. If you can get another promi-
nent author to say something nice
about your next book (which he may
not read) is it not perfectly proper for
you to say something nice about his
next book? Thus a publisher will
throw a book to the lions; that is, he
will send advance copies to the lions,
and each lion will roar a little ahout
it. The roars of all these lions will
be compacted in an advertising cam-
paign, the whole affair being concocted
before the book is out. There is
nothing seemingly wrong about this.
Of course each lion will naturally ex-
pect to have some roaring done for
him later by the author of the book.—
Thomas L. Masson in Patches Maga-
zine,
Powerful Colloids
£ you leave the dishes in which
<elatin desserts have been served to
lie unwashed, you may find them
broken next morning, says Hygeia
Magazine. Gelatin is one of those
substances, neither liquid nor solid,
knewn as colloid. When it dries it |
exerts a force strong enough to pull
chips of glass out of a dish in which
it has been placed.
The same force is exerted in re-
serse direction when dried colloids ab- |
sorb moisture and expand. This was
the principle used by the Egyptians
when they drove a wooden wedge into
a crack and poured water on it. This
caused the expansion of the colloid
in the wood and split the rock,
Insect Types
slodern entomologists, says Hygeia
Magazine, are now classifying insects
according to the same types as those
used for classification of human be-
ings. The *“asthenic” individual with
the lean and hungry look may be
tound among insects 1s among people.
he chunky, round “pyenic” type is
found among beetles, bugs and moths,
while grasshoppers, mosquitoes, walk-
ing sticks and dragon flies are “as-
thenic.” The intermediate types
dominate among these creatures as
nmong humans, and this group is
iesignated as “athletic.”
“ree Speech Invaluable
Without free speech no search for
cruth is possible; without free speech
uo discovery of truth is useful; with-
out free speech progress is checked
and the nations no longer march for-
ward toward the nobler life whic
the future holds for man. Better a
thousandfold abuse of free speech than
denial of free speech. The abuse dies
in a day, but the denial slays the life
of the people and entombs the hope
)f the race.—Charles Bradlaugh.
Bottled Sunshine
shat sunshine may be bottled and
sent to any part of the world is a
scientific possibility according to a
report recently read before the Asso-
ciation of German Chemists in Berlin.
The Germans believe that by means
of huge sun engines along the Nile,
water can be converted into hydrogen,
which can be transported to colder re-
gions of the world in quartz bottles
and later burned for light and heat.
| Priceless Relics in
Old Turkish Capital
Not the least remarkable of the
treasures shown in the old Sultan
palace in Constantinople is a jeweled
reliquary containing a reputed por-
tion of the skull of St. John Baptist, a
gold reliquary in the form of a fore-
arm and hand, containing his reputed
hand, and three swords with inscrip-
tions on their blades, which make it
probable that they belonged to the
last Emperor Constantine, who fell at
the capture of the city in 1453.
Artistically, the supreme treasures
are the sword of Suleiman the Great
and the Sixteenth century case for the
mantle of the prophet. The former
object has a hilt of ivory overlaid with
a delicate gold filigree, and the blade
is inlaid with an inscription and an
exquisite flower pattern in gold, while
on the haft, just below the hilt, are
two curious figures in relief, a dragon
facing a mythological bird. The
golden case for the prophet’s mantle is
an unexcelled example of goldsmith’s
work, with its incised design and sober
decoration of rubies and emeralds,
There are jeweled swords, whisks,
girdles, pipestems, inkstands and ves-
sels galore. These are the things
whose sumptuousness is staggering;
there are things also whose rare
beauty takes the breath away.—Chi-
cago Journal.
Moving Picture Idea
Ascribed to Chinese
sdison himself has said that most
of his inventions are the development
of the idea of some one who has pre-
ceded him, and now some one comes
forth with the statement that the real
origin of the moving picture dates
back to China 7,000 years ago. The
Chinese, in 5000 B. C. had their
equivalent of our “pictures” in their
“shadow shows.” They made figures
of wax, exquisitely modeled and
dressed, a few inches in height and
flung the shadows from these on buf-
falo skin rendered transparent. Mov-
ing pictures thrown on a screen.
A set can be seen in the Science
auseum, South Kensington, England.
It forms part of an interesting collec-
tion of “cinema relics” gathered to-
gether by W. Day and loaned by him
to the museum. These relics tell the
tale in full of motion-picture de-
velopment.
The Last Straw
Our sympathy was appropriately ex-
pressed recently to one of our most
corpulent acquaintances who had gone
to a doctor about his weight and had
been ordered upon a four-day fast.
glass of orange juice twice a day—
nothing more. On the night of the
third day the man awoke from a nap
in which he had dreamed that a thick,
medium-rare beefsteak had been set
before him. Restlessly he went for a
stroll in the park, casting hungry,
covetous glances at every youth with
a peanut and every babe with a nurs-
ing bottle. Suddenly he was accosted
by an individual who said:
“Say, boss, you couldn’t give a poo:
fellow a dime, could you? I haven't
had anything to eat since this morn-
ing.”—The New Yorker.
Ancient Cross Erected
One hundred years after its discov- |
ene |
ery, a Celtic cross more than
thousand years old was erected during
a ceremony held recently in St. Pat-
rick’s church, Ballymena, Ireland. The !
cross was unearthed in 1827 while a
ditch was being dug in the Kircon-
riola church yard, near Ballymena,
and placed in the tower of the church,
where it remained until 1879, when
the church was burned. It was lost
until recently, and was found broken
in three pieces in the cellar of Bally-
mena castle. The cross is of rough,
hard limestone, 22 inches long and
about 3 inches thick. The insecrip-
tion was carved early in the Tenth
century.
Odd Sea Birds
Frigate birds or men-o’-war are
birds which are found on the island
Ascension.
named Fregata aquila by the natur-
alist, Linnaeus, in 1758. They are
now known to be confined to this lit-
tle oceanic rock. These odd sea birds
have bodies about the size of those
of ordinary barnyard hens, with mon-
strous long wings, which spread as
much as ten feet. Their bills are long
with hooked tips, which make them
dangerous weapons, and their feet are
so tiny and so weak that they can
scarcely waddle.
Wearisome
“The man who means well is as
distressing as a camel’s hair under-
shirt,” said J. Fuller Gloom, the hu-’
man hyena. “He is so free from evil
intent that he greatly resembles a
dead clam. On account of his inno-
cence he is always getting Mto pre-
dicaments that no one else would
think of, and after becoming em-
broiled in trouble he expects, because
he meant well, that all the rest of us
will drop whatever we are doing and
rush to his rescue. I am weary of the
well-meaning maw.” — Kansas Cit)
Times.
Fragrant Memories
Youth is the time to build years oi
nelpful, friendly, neighborly acts. This
done, the world will enjoy the fra-
grance of lovable personalities as age
goes down the western slope of lite:
a fragrance, too, that will linger after
we have passed to the great beyond.—
Grit.
al
The original species was |
. llves afterward.
Surgeon Well Placed
Among Nation’s Great
Selection of Dr, Ephriam McDowell
as one of Kentucky's two representa-
tives in the Hall of Fame—the other
is Henry Clay—is a reminder of the
great service this surgeon rendered
to humanity. He blazed the way of his
profession in abdominal surgery when,
in 1809, he performed a difficult opera-
tion that never had been tried before,
saved the patient's life and enabled
his profession to save countless other
Doctor McDowell
was literally a “doctor of the old
school,” the type that thought nothing
of the monetary return from his prac-
tice. He was an adviser of the people,
often in financial matters as well as
being the custodian of their health
and that of their children. He was
born in Rockbridge county, Virginia,
and had ample opportunity to study
the science in which he early decided
to spend his life, After obtaining what
medical education was available in
America, he attended the University
of Edinburgh and on his return from
Europe located in Danville, Ky., in
1795 to practice. It was there that he
performed the operation that made
him famous.—Kansas City Star.
Succession of Ideas
Produced Motor Car
The history of the motor car began
over 230 years ago, when Street, an
i English inventor, first utilized oil as a
i
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motive power. It was not until 1870
that a really practical petrol engine
appeared. It was the work of Julius
Hock, of Vienna.
The next name connected with the
progress of the motor car is the most
important of all—that of Gottlieb
Daimler. In 1883 Daimler made the
first small, high-speed petrol engine;
all previous engines had been huge.
clumsy and slow-moving.
Two years later he installed his en-
gine in a motor-bicycle, and at the
same time fitted boats with motors and
ran them at Paris.
The boats attracted the attention o.
aevassor, another famous pioneer, who
at once saw the immense possibilities
in Daimler’s invention. He bought the
French patents from the inventor. Le-
vassor invented a system of transmis
sion—a method of taking the power
from the engine to the wheels—and
with a few small improvements this
system is in use today.
Perfectly Plain
A ten-year-old girl had moved from
Indianapolis to a farm in southern In-
diana where the language of the
Hoosier schoolmaster sometimes still
exists in reality. Many of the school
children’s expressions were like Greek
to her and called for translation by
her schoolmates or mother,
Jne day she inquired of a school:
mate why Imogene was out of school.
“She’s got a risin’ on her head,” was
ene reply.
“What's that?”
“Why, it a raisin,” was the ex-
planatory answer.
Repeating the conversation to her
other she learned that Imogene had
a boil or abscess on her head.—In-
dianapolis News.
It Does
in a lesson in pursing a sentence,
che word “courting” cawe to a young
miss of fourteen to parse. She com-
menced hesitatingly, but got on well
enough until she had to tell what it
agreed with. Here she stopped short. But
as the teacher said, “Very well; what
does courting agree with?’ Ellen
blushed and held down her head.
“Zllen, don’t you know what court
1g agrees with?”
“Ye-ye—yes, ma'am.”
“Well, Ellen, why don’t you parse
hat word? What does it agree with?”
‘Blushing still more and stammer-
ing, Ellen at last replied, “It agrees
with all the girls, ma’am.”
Plenty of Ignorance
fhe uneducated have to pass
through life with crippled powers;
they have not a fair chance of con-
tending in that struggle for existence
upon which all have to embark who
are obliged to earn their own liveli-
hood. Few, if any, industrial opera
tions are so entirely mechanical that
a man will perform them equally well
whether his mental powers have been
developed or have been permitted to
remain dormant. Ignorance takes
away a considerabie part of the power
of a man to acquire the means of
living.—Henry Fawcett.
Reply Not Recorded
Mildred, age five, having been bor:
in a day far removed from the dark
ages, had never seen a man with «
beard. One day an uncle who pos:
sessed a crop of rather short whiskers
came to visit them. After the firs:
salutations had been given, Mildred
stared at her newly found kinsmar
with intense interest.
WBvidently arriving at no satisfac
ory conclusion, she asked: “Wha:
kind of fur is that on your face—fo>
or rabbit?”
Start of Honeymoon
ALhe honeymoon journey is stated t
nave had its birth in the reign of
George IL of England, declares Gas
Logie. It became, declares an author-
ity on wedding customs, ‘‘a recognized
bridal institution in the aristocratic
world in the earlier days of George
III's reign. Many years passed before
modest gentlefolk in the middle rank
of life presumed to imitate their bet
ters in respect to this convenient cus
tom.”
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
“The spell of woman, whether for good
or ill, is more subtle and more potent than
anything in the universe but the love of
God.”—The Inner Shrine.
New York.—“American women may
be the best dressed in the world, but
they have the worst speaking voices.”
Miss Clare Woodbury, who has spe-
cialized on speaking voices for a
dozen years, and has coached many
women in the fine art of good speech,
made this remark emphatically.
Miss Woodbury described her avo-
cation—acting, she said, is her voca-
tion, but she successfully manages
two careers—thus: “Discovering and
salvaging the speaking voice.” She
was herself discovered at her New
York studio, in the East Fifties, sal-
vaging notes from lectures she has
at various times delivered before col-
leges, dramatic schools and her own
private pupils. These notes, she ad-
mitted, are being assembled for a
book.
“This book will be a labor of love
and hate,” cryptically announced Miss
Woodbury, who, in spite of her icon-
oclasm, proved to be a pleasant young
person, a brunette of the athletic
type, of Bryn Mawr background. Her
own speaking voice has considerably
i more force than that usually prescrib-
ied by the diction teachers. “Don’t
(take my voice as it is now for a
model.” Miss Woodbury begged as
she began to talk. “It’s too dominat-
ing in quality. One gets that way
telling other people what to do. It’s
a fault, however. The voice should
be musical as well as vital.
“You see, I love good speaking
voices,” Miss Woodbury went on to
explain. “I hate nondescript ones.
And 80 per cent of American women
are included in my ‘hate’ category.
“I cannot understand the indiffer-
ence of our women to how they
speak!” Miss Woodbury marveled,
not without real pathos in her tone.
“Time and money are lavished on
hairdressers, beauty culturists, mod-
istes, dietitians, jewelry—but not a
penny nor a moment on voice! And
no matter how beautiful faces and
figures are, think of the illusion
smashed when a woman opens her
mouth to speak uncouthly. It’s so
stupid of women, too. A well-bred
speaking voice should be the first aid
to social climbing and the country is
full of social climbers.
“In no other country are women so
indifferent to the importance of their
speech.” Miss Woodbury lamented.
“Of course, the English language is
the easiest to desecrate. The speech
of the most uneducated French or
Italian peasant is not nearly so un-
pleasant to the ear as the slovenly
sounds that come from many of our
| social leaders. English is not natural-
{ly a musical language, unless well
| spoken. But what charms, what dis-
tinction, what real brilliance it has in
; the mouth of a cultural speaker!
| _ “The English language allows great
! individuality in diction.” Miss Wood-
{ bury pointed out proudly. “But how
| few women take advantage of this!
{ Most of them never even learn the
| fundamentals of projecting sound.
{ Foreigners say we talk through our
noses. Many of us do. Many more
{talk from the back of the throat. And
; We never use the mouth at all to help
| the sounds take form. Our general
|
| Speech is on a dead level, consum-
mately ugly. I am not speaking at all
| of grammar, eloquence or pronuncia-
tion. I mean just sound as formulat-
ied and projected.
“Every woman has a voice of her
own, the same as a face of her own,”
‘insisted Miss Woodbury. “Most Amer-
ilcan women never find their own
voice. That’s the trouble with so
many systems of teaching diction.
. Suppose the student has a coarse,
common speaking voice to begin with.
i The teacher makes her imitate a
musical cultured voice. That’s all
I very well, but the student who imi-
. tates will never have anything but a
{false voice. In moments of excite-
| ment or emotion she will go back to
+ her original voice.
“Finding your own natural voice is
the first step in speech culture. Your
real voice will be found to harmonize
i perfectly with your personality. This
i voice will really express you and not
; some one else. It will come out with
ease. Every woman can find this
(voice for herself. Once she has it
- placed her next step is to nurture it,
develop it naturally and make it ex-
| pressive by means of education and
practice. We are all extremely sensi-
| tive to the voices around us. 'T know
‘women who unconsciously affect the
| speech of the last person they have
| talked to. But this is only one phase
of ‘false voice.’
“It’s ridiculous! All around are
| women reeking in riches—everything
{ about them is expensive except the
{most exyressive organ of their per-
sonality! And that’s cheap!”
|
i Seafoam Candy.—Put three cups of
i light brown sugar, a cup of water and
{ a tablespoon of vinegar into a sauce-
‘pan. Heat gradually to the boiling
point, stirring only until the sugar is
dissolved. Then boil without stirring
until the mixture forms a hard ball
when tested in cold water.
Remove from the fire and when it
stops bubbling pour the mixture into
the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs,
beating constantly. Beat until it be-
comes quite stiff, then add a cup of
chopped nut meats. Drop from a
spoon on buttered tins.
Graham Gems.—Beat the yolks of
two eggs in two cupfuls of ice water
or milk. Add gradually, beating well
in the meantime, three and three-
quarters cupfuls of graham flour.
After all the flour is added continue
beating until the mixture is light
and full of air bubbles. At the last,
{ fold, not beat in, the stiffly whipped
whites of the eggs and bake at once
in the heated irons.
Peach Bombe.—Scald a quart of
milk, add a heaping teaspoonful of
cornstarch mixed with four table-
spoonfuls of sugar. Cook until the
mixture coats the spoon. Mix a pint
of whipped cream and one pint of
raw peaches pulp to the scalded
milk. Freeze to a mush, turn into a
{ two quart bowl, mold and pack in ice
“and salt for two hours.