TRAINING OF SERVANTS.
VOICE CULTURE IN SYLLABUS LONDON. Oct. 2. The British Government is subsidising a scheme for the training of domestic servants, and has contributed £50,000. The training course lasts 13 weeks, and girls are paid £1 weekly while attending elasaes. The syllabus "includes hygiene, infant welfare, general knowledge, physical exercise, voice modulation, and singing. ?diss Lilian Barker is in charge of the scheme, and says that the general knowledge imparted will enable the girls to. speak correctly and to shop economically and properly. Physical exer cue J necto teach them to walk S^ o ?g. d decorously in respeoUble Wg. ■ Singing is the finest possible ttutttm voice modulation. _' '. : . > ■;'.'" :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18218, 11 October 1922, Page 9
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