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OUR SPEECH AND MANNERS. Do Not Compare Favorably With the European--'Pronunciation Bad and Manners Rough. New York Sun. The question why New York wo men of means in increasing numbers are sending their young children to schools in England, France and Ger many was discussed the other day in a studio near Fifth avenue during af ternoon tea. The news that Mrs. Blank was about to sail for Europe to put her two children in an English school started the discussion. "During the last five years I have noticed that it has become quite a fad to send one's children to Europe to be educated," said the woman who brought up the topic. "Fad!" repeated another. "You think then that there is no sensible reason which may be given for taking such a step?" "None, unless it may be that the parents find it more economical or more convenient or more in accord wieh their tastes to live on the other side. Our schools are qnite as good as those in Europe-better, if any thing." "It is not a question of the ordinary school studies," rejoined the second woman. 'SIt is one of atmosphere." "What do you mean by atmos phere?" came from one of the group. I mean that intangible something inseparable .from older civilization which fosters culture and love for art, a love for beauty in the abstract as well as in the concrete. "In busy, hustling, bustling Ameri ca we lose that atmosphere-or rather we have never had it. We know ab solutely nothing of the beaucy of re pose. Repose is not a prominent as set of America's rich men and rich women. "But-and this is enc.ouraging to propagandists of the simple life some Americans are beginning to find that there are some things which dol lars and cents cannot buy. Many of these people desire to give their chi dren some-chin'g different: "Frequent visits to the old world have taught them thiat the atmosphere is different-and as an experiment, if nothing more, they transplant their children, put them in school abroad for a year or two, maybe longer. In nine cases out of ten at least, I am cer tain it is not the thr-ee R's or even the languages they have in mind when taking this step." "Undoubtedly there is truth in what you say," acquiesced the former prin cipal of a onetime well known school 'for girls in this city-an Ameri-can woman who has studied educational systems both 'here and abroad for two-score years ,and more. "I am not. however, disposed to 'be so elenient to ward the New York schools as you are and as our other friends here seem inclined to be. "For instance, I am sure that the bestr of our private schools leave much to ibe desired in teaching, 'spelling and pronunciation. An American teacher who pronounces as well as an Eng lish teac5her is a rarity indeed. There in NN GUN 75c. Sevent) Se "To be obliged to correct the pro- I nunciation of an English child is al- I most unheard of. If the child should need such correction he or she would show as much -mortification as if con victed of poor table manners, like eat ing withi a knife or something of That 1 sort. As a result the English are good spellers. "I was quite amused one day to overhear one of my teachers, an English woman, not long over, say to her class: " 'I do not wonder that you find it such hard work to spell when you pronounce so badly. I dis-cover that nearly every girl -here has spelled "vis ible" with, an "a" before the "b," solely, I think, because she pronoun ces The word exactly as she does 'durable. "In talking afterward this teacher told me frankly that she felt herself completely discouraged at the outlook with her pupils where pronunciation was concerned, and 'she seemed pa thetically happy when I assured her that I did not expect her to work won ders and that few if any Americans pronounced correctly, even not ex cepting American teachers. "Not long ago a teacher, when giv ing a dictation in the class room of a school patronized by New York's elite, in order possibly to assist the spelling o.f the word-although this theory seems almost ri-diculous-di vided and pronounced with emphasis on each syllable the word righteous ness thus 'ri-chus-ness.' And yet that teacher was an accomplished woman of 40. "Last spring the principal of one of New York's exclusive schools for girls found -herself without an elocution teacher. It was too late in the season to get a first class substitute, therefore she decided for the time being to ask one of her regular teachers to take dharge also of the elocution classes, which would then be cut down to half time. Then she looked over the list of her teachers, some of them grown gray in her service, trying to make up her mind which one to call upon. "Finally she went 'to a compara tively inexperienced English womaL' and asked her to fill the gap till the end of thes eason. In consternation the young English teacher listened and then protested. " 'But I have never taught elocu tion, I never took an elocution lesson in my life,' she said. "'That doesn't make the least dif ference,' replied the principal, 'I have made this discovery: You know how to pronounce the English language properly, and you are the only teach er in my school who does pronounce it properly.' "And, by the way, let me tell you that I never heard yet of an English teacher who came to America to teach but got a job immediately, and kept it, too. "Another very obvious reason why European schools have their attrac tions for Americans-is that youths un consciously acquire 'better maners in Europe than over 'here. In New York ~the atmosphere is no't conducive to good manners. 'iChildren are allowed more freedom ever Ww! ew berry as cheap as [w are Co's. {-Five Cents u rherr n America than in Europe. They go :o the shops, they visit theatres, they :ravel more or less in the street cars. "Supposing the school they attend !d is out of New York, there are long racations, which are spent in the hus :le and bustle of thec ity. Now, I am i dyed in th-e wool American. I do iot want to be anything else. But I lo not pretend that the rank and file )f New Yorkers have good manners. "On the contrary, I think in all cir :les our manners are awful. One feels :his more after a few months stay on :he other side, where even shopkeep !rs and mech'anics manifest a greater -epose and graciousness of manner han do. many of our so-called best ociety in America. "I am just back from a'six months ;tay in London,and ever since landing t this port I a-m conscious of being uffled and rasped in the shops, the ;treet, the public conveyances by the >bvious lack of manners. " 'On which floor is the furniture?' [ asked an elevator man in a store this norning. " 'Fourth,' 'he snapped, almost shut ;ing the gate on my fingers. "In England the reply would have been, 'On the fourth floor madam,' nd if space permitted an attempt at a bow would accompany the words. " 'Can you direct me to the rib bons?' I asked a floorwalker in an Ather store. "For answer he waved qhis arm vaguely toward the rear of the place nd turned-his back on me. In Lon don shops a floorwalker escorts an inquier to the departimert mentioned, places a chair and calls a salesman, and if a customer steps into a shop and there is no floorwalker in evi dence for the moment a clerk immedi ately steps from behind the counter, if the customer shows uncertainty, and acts as her guide. "Incivility from car conducrors is so infrequent in England as to be the exception which proves the rule of unvarying politeness. "There is this to be said in favor of the manners of the employees in the New York shops and of th-e transpor tation companies: They are not a bit worse than the manners of the shop pers and the travelers. "My niece .needed q postage stamp the other day in a hurry and stepped into a drug store which is not a su'b station and does not make a point oi retailing postage stamps. "'Will you be good enough to let me 'have one postage stamp?' she said somewhat apologetically to an elderly man who advanced from behind the prescription counter and who it turn ed out was the proprietor of the place. "The man almost stared at~her and then he said, with a ple'asant smile: "'I couldn't possibly refuse that re quest. I should never deserve to have any luck if I did.' Then in answer to her puzzled look he explained: 'It is so seldom that we are asked politely for a stamp that a request lik yours almost keels one over. "My niece came home quite amazed that her ordinarily polite request should have made such an impression; for in England women of all grades of society take their good manners ; a time that you you can no' We have th p to $45.00 I BetterFruits-Better Profits Better peaches apples, pears and berries are pro?uced when Potash is liberally applied to the soil. 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