Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1910 — VOICE OF ENGLISH WOMAN BEST. [ARTICLE]

VOICE OF ENGLISH WOMAN BEST.

“Catbird” Tones of Americana Due to linH<e in Speaking. — The devil hath not in all his quiver’s choice An arrow for the heart like a sweet voice. —Byron. Surely the women who screech out their conversations in a high catbird voice have never been brought to a realization of how excellent a thing is a soft voice in a woman, the Denver Republican says. The English women are conceded to have much lovelier voices than the American women, and it is only because the English women take time to enunciate clearly, speak gently, in soft, low tones. The American tfomen have just as musical voices as their English sisters, but the American woman seems to be in such mad haste to get it said and said first that no thought is given as to how it is being said. Children always have beautiful voices— A child’s voice never gets on one’s nerves. It is only later in life that the voice loses its sweetness. How often a pretty face loses its charm the moment the owner speaks, and. on the other hand, a most unattractive woman will, when speaking, be irresistible owing to the beauty of her voice. A certain gentleman gives as his opinion that women as they grow older become victims of the nagging habit and the querulous tones develop in consequence.. If this is true, it is time woman cultivated the happy habit instead and thereby add to her charms the wondrous fascination of a voice “ever soft, gentle and low.”