The morning news., 1889-05-30
VOICES THAT SPOIL PRETTY FACES
Why Should Not the Voics be Trained
for ConverSaUlol.
From the Neto York Fashion Ba:ur

1OT ROuV SFSAGlOI
From the Neto YORK. Fushioa Bdsdr
Yesterday, waile was waiting my turn
in the ''tryingoa" room of Nine. l.,
fashionable modiSte, a woman came in, so
beautiful tina l stared at her almost rudely.
She was a Spanish blonde, with brown eyes
aud lovely CHESTNUT hair, and ju-t eAough
enlbonpoiat to mold her figure into Juno
queenlineSs. Then her mouth with such
a moH h there should so voice of Eotlau
sweetness
waited to hear her speak. TIE first few
words dissolved the spell. The harsh high
voice rasped my ner> es like the grating OF
a saw. Sac had some trievance to re ate
| to madame about her former dresSmaker,
and, for a mortal hour, it seemed TO me,
that disagreeabls voics Went on and on in
| the same high ke u It'll the Juno le3uty
ceased to EN- perfect in my eyes, and saw
| flaws in the compiexio and nard. surfact
look, like q polished Florida seabean, in the
| brown eyes.
| The voice marred ALL Why did nature
give so beautiful creature such discord-
ant voice! Was it on the principle of COM
| pensation-of impartiality, rather-which
seems to forbid her bestowin all her good
gifts upon one mortal beingl Rarely does
she dover one individual with perfect
beauty, and more rarely still does she bind
beauty intellect and goodness in wreath
| for one brow. 1t is said Nine Recamier
was thus crowned.
Could Annie Laurien have been "all the
worldn to that poet lover who has immor-
talized her if her voice had not been low
and sweets" Her "snow-drift brow would
not have won such praise, perchance, but
| for the sweet voice that was to her beauty
| what fragrance is to the rose.
DR.. Holmes, in his picturesquely extrava-
| CANT way, describes the effect of wCmau's
voice uron him--i ldependently of her face
or qualities. for she was only a German
chambernald in a hotel, lamentirg in
broken English over a lost Key. He de
clares that a fair woman possessed of such
a voice would be too dangerous thing to
| 60 at large.
Ugly women have been noted for social
| success when their only charm was de
| liciou., sympathetic voice. Oae sees its
power even among uncultivated classes,
where it is presumable that the music Of a
voice would hardly be appreciated.
| once heard young back Hoodsman of
| the north Georgia mountains twitted by
one of his male friends upon having mar
ried SO plain little girl.
You alters went for good looks so, Jim,
how comes it you did marry for 'en.
| Sues my cousin; but I'm bound to say
when beauty was a-hein' banded round it
| give out afore Ter turn come
"Well, | reckon that's So" admitted the
bridegroom; but lori Sues got a way er
| tallln'-so swee like, 'twould coax the mo-
lasses outer q ginger cakem
Why is not more attention paid to the
cultivation of the voice, not for singing or
reciting. but for common conversation
We have teachers of elocution and teachers
of vocal music, and our fair ones are
usually able to give us banquet il the
way of luscious trilling aud highly spiced
elOcution.
But banquets are only occasional treats
What We want is that the everyday vocal
fare to which we are served should be of
higher quality We want more finely
nodulated voices at home and in our public
places Defects in voice, either natural or
acquired by habit, are seldom corrected by
mothers at home or by teachers in the school
room.