make the effort to swallow; C, the fuller, stronger tone; D, prolongation of the tone. Place the fingers as in cut 9, and test the opening of the throat. Practice well, as it is a valuable exercise.

6. 0. Pronounce O as if making a short, abrupt cough, to dislodge something from the throat. In making this effort, throw the head forward, project the lips but do not close them too nearly, and open the throat wide. When you can do this, then try to prolong the sound. This will require some practice.

7. No! Pronounce very firmly and forcibly, No! Prolong the N and make the O strong and full. Prolong the O, as long as possible, being sure to make it powerful. You cannot prolong it more than five or ten seconds, if you make it strong. Let it show your will power.

8. LO! Lo! Pronounce firmly and with open throat, Lo! Then, holding the organs firm, except the tongue, repeat in the same pitch, but very softly, as an echo of the first sound, Lo. After practice, repeat the second, several times.

Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! The heavy type will suggest the loud tone, the light face the soft tone. Keep all on one pitch.

9. Strike Lo! firmly and make a series of the syllables allowing them to gradually die away.

Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo! Lo!

Make each syllable distinct, keeping the vocal tone clear. Try this last practice, beginning light and gradually increasing.

10. 0. Pronounce O suddenly, as if giving a deep, hoarse cough. After several attempts, prolong this tone.

Then increase the power gradually to your fullest limit, making it as full and as long as possible.

II. No! Pronounce No! firmly. Make the M strong and allow the throat to open wide for the O. Then prolong the O, allowing it to gradually diminish in sound. Utter the No! as if angry and determined. It should show the will power of the speaker.

12. Practice Now! Now! Now! several times and holding the throat as in the exercise, repeat the following. Repeat each six times, with the slightest pause between.

1. Now o'er the one-half world-Now o'er the one-half world-Now o'er the one-half world-Now o'er the one-half world.

2. Now I am alone-Now I am alone-Now 1 am alone, &c.

3. All are scattered now and fled.—All are scattered now and fled, &c.

4. Roll on thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll,Roll on thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll, &c.

5. O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers, Whence are thy beams, O sun, thy everlasting light. (Repeat.)

6. So, all day long the noise of battle rolled among the mountains by the wintry sea.

7. Loud and high pitch. Now, glory to the Lord of Hosts to whom all glories are.

13. Shouting and Calling. As if to some one at a great distance, shout and prolong "Ho!" Make the Olong as Ho O, high pitch. Also, “Over,” as "O

Ever! 0:

ver I say."

Ey!" Likewise: "Rejoice! You men of

Angiers! Ring your Bells! King John, your King and England's doth approach! Open your gates and give the victors way."

BENEFITS OF EXERCISES.

The one object of all these exercises is the development of Voice powers. But other excellent results will follow their practice.

1. They develop all muscles of the waist and thus give support to the trunk, and render the carriage of body erect and firm.

2. They will correct bad habits of standing, stepping, careless walking, and give vigor and elasticity to all movements of body.

3. They will improve the general health. They promote digestion, improve the circulation of the blood, and cultivate a habit of full, deep, breathing, thus directly strengthening the lungs and increasing the general vitality.

4. They render the constitution capable of greater endurance, so you will not be fatigued, out of breath, or nervous, after a short walk, running, or ascending two or three flights of stairs.

5. There never was known a case of stammering, stuttering, huskiness, sore throat, where these muscles were in habitual use.

Therefore, for health, comfort, voice, ease and grace of action, and general success, practice these

exercises.

SPEECH ARTICULATION.

I think I love and honor all Arts equally, only putting my own just above the others; because in it I recognize the union and culmination of them all. To me it seems as if when God conceived the world, that was Poetry; He formed it, and that was Sculpture; He colored it, that was Painting: He peopled it with loving beings, and that was the grand, divine, eternal Drama.

CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.

Correct Articulation of all the Sound Elements of our language is most essential to oral delivery. We have studied the production of Speech-Sound; Vocality, Subvocality and Aspiration; Articulation is the forming from this Sound Material the elements of oral speech. These Elements are of Three Kinds :

I. VOCALITY, OR PURE TONE.

They are represented by the vowels of our language, as follows:

A.

I. A. As in ages, aching, wave, spray, strait.

I. E. As in eve, meed, meteor, peer.

I. I. I. 2. I. 3. I

0.

net, message, ferry, pent, wend.
erring, heresy, ermined.

As in idle, time, fighting, fiery.

"pin, picture, mitten, list, wither.

I. . As in over, only, host, gory, woeful.

2. O.

3. Oo. 4. Oo.

U. I. U. 2. U 3. U.

Oi,

on, office, forest, odd, not, upon. As in book, looking, woman, would "mood, food, good, tomb.

66

As in using, bluish, newsboy, dukedom.
"utter, nutmeg, dusty, rusty.

66

1. Oi. As in oily, soil, coiling, ointment. Ow.

1. Ow. As in hourly, bowers, housedog, sour.

II. ASPIRATION, BREATH SOUNDS.

These have no vocality,---they are formed by the compression and explosion or escapement of air from the vocal organs.

THEY ARE THE FOLLOWING.

P. As in pensive, repentance, crept, power, apostle, spendthrift, picture, impulsive.

T. As in tenderly, step'd, strict, stifle, tempestuous, telling, tell-tale, ticklish, terrible.

K. As in kent, kill'st, chemical, likened, trickster. F. As in fester, feverish, fashion, fools, fiercely, fetters, folding, fuse, further, fitness.

H. As in history, heavens, hosts, hit, holiness, hustie, humorous, highest.