READING ALOUD.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 701, 10 May 1916, Page 4

READING ALOUD.

As mere exercise, reading aloud is j very beneficial, because .of the vigour i winch it imparts to the chest and .lungs, white-the menial pleasure to be , derived therefrom is extremelv delightf Irul, especially, in the family circle. When the winter is .upon us', with its j long evenings-, what could • be. more cheerful for the aged and infirm gathered round'the fire, whit' could be more | instructive to the younger, branches of | the family, than the reading aloud/of | some j interesting, paper,, magazine, or : book, and- who could 'do this with : greater grace than one of the daughters of , the. family. It requires no great j effort to attain proficiency in the art of 'reading aloud;' in fact," if is more a j practice than a study, and one which I the interest excited by new books rand [periodicals would,always prevent from j becoming.dull or. tiresome. Were women te adopt thq practice more than thev do | at. present, they would attach to their homes many who are otherwise disposed to go in :search of "unwholesome enjoyments, and would add another chain of [pleasant associations - wherewith to at itaeh the young to the family heartk | Another- -advantage which, it would jconjfer on the fair readers themselves 'would, be the improved utterance and [intonation Which correct reading *wOuid produce; instead of that simpering and lisping which are so • common even among women in the more refinej classes.