Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1895 — Simplified Elocution. [ARTICLE]

Simplified Elocution.

A new b ok, bearing the above title, byEdwin Gordon Lawrence, teacher of elo cuticn atd director of the Lawrence Bohool of Aoting, has just been issued.— Simplified Elocution is a comprehensive system of vocal and physical gymnastics; it contains explicit instructions for the cultivation of the speaking voice and gesture; directions for the production of breath, sound and speech, and a thorough explanation of the mnscles nnd organs employed: rules for articulation, modulation, emphasis and delivery: postures and movements of the feet, body arms, head, eyes, etc. To the treatise is added a Complete Speaker, consisting of s&lectionß in poetry and prose suitable for recitation, whioh, as the author says in his introduction, “are not chosen on account of their newness, but from their intrinsic merit and their adaptability as ex roises.” The worn, is designed fo* the especial nseof teacher , actors, students, colleges, schools and all those who wißh to perfect themselves in the noble art of expression. The book, which contains 232 pages, is handsomely bound in cloth and gold, and will be sent securely packed on receipt of SI.OO, postage free. [New York: published bytheauthor. 100 West42d Street.] All school teachers, or those contemplating teaching, should bear in mind that the Newby bill, which passed the last legislature, requires instructions to be given on the effects of alcohol nd narcotics i n the human system. This bill goes into effect June 30th, and the applicants for teacher’s license after that date will be required to pass a satisfactory examination on this subject. Hicks predicts the heaviest downpour of rain during the month of June that has visited this country in years and urges all sections where it is possible t > plant crops that can be matured by these rains to take advantage of them. One of the laws pas ed by the last legislatnre requires juries to be chosen in public. This will do away with intimations of unfairness in their selec’ion. Alfred Thompson and wife left Tuesday morning on a visit to their daughter and family, Seattle, Washington.