Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — BEST PHONE VOICES IN U. S. [ARTICLE]

BEST PHONE VOICES IN U. S.

American Doctor Points at Vocal Qualities Lacked by British Users of the Telephone. » London.—An American physician visiting in London has discovered that the American voice is better adapted to the use of the telephone than the British voice. To this defect in the British vocal chords he ascribes the much maligned telephone service of London. “Americans have not pretty soft voices, but their vocal chords are tuned correctly for telephoning/’ said the, doctor. “British voices ate not. They seem to lack the timbre necessary for carrying over the wires.' “It is often remarked that American women are given to talking loudly in restaurants and other places. As a matter of fact, they do not talk any louder than their English sisters, but their voices have a carrying quality which is sometimes rather trying. However, it makes telephone using a pleasure for the Americans, whereas for Britons the phone is alw’ays more or less an Instrument of torture.”