Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1897 — [?]uable Voice. [ARTICLE]

[?]uable Voice.

There are height* to be reached la every profession, and It is not to be wondered at if lh-,SQ of his own profcsslos ere considered superior to those of any other by the eaihuslastio artist. Martin, the popular French singer, found food for reflection in an experience which he had ▼lth a cab-driver. The inoident is related by the author of “Souvenirs d’un Chanteur. ’’ Martin hao u roioe of great compass tnd most agreeable sound, of which ha was decidedly proud. He had a weakness for drawing oat compliments upon It, One day, aa he was oelng driver, hrough the streets of Paris in a cab, he law some one passing carelessly in front of the cab. and In danger of being run over. “Whoal" he fried in his most sonorous u>nes. The w.aohman turned around sxcltedly. “O. monsieur!’ he cried, “what * oeautiful ‘whoa!’ Ah, If I only had a •'oice like thatl* “Well, what would you do If you had?* tsked Martin, with a smile, believing Rat he had been reoognlzed, and please? at the Idea chat his reputation extended »ven to the drivers In the streets. “What would I do, monsieur? Faith, I should become the first coachman is I’arlal*