The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-16
EVOLUTION OF The VOICE.
POSSIBILITY or MANS LOSING THE
POWER OF SPEECH.

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The sounds OF the voice Of the human
being are. like those OF all animals
and OF all instruments, the result OF
vibration OF chords, and are grave or
acute according to the size OF these
chords. There Is little reason to doubt
that the hrst sounds made by animals
were low down In the musical scale, but
az the voice, guided by instinct, was more
ana more used, either Tor the purpose or
amusement or to inspire terror, they
would naturally, In the case OF many
species in which there was more pro-
nounced development OF the Uranium, be
made more in the head and become what
we now call head tones. This change
was more rapid In animals living on the
land, the voice OF those whose habits
continued to be amphibious remaining
much the same.
There came in the course OF time to be
great variety in the voices OF ami
mails, determined partly by their size,
but generally by the circumstances in
which they were placed. The different
species OF the feline race living In forests
cultivated the higher tones. The lion
adapted his voice to the vast desert spaces
where he roamed and gained scanty
subsistence. The dog In his wild state
notes OF the scale, and expressed his hos
tility only by barking. Since his domes-
tication, having acquired n sort OF human
sentiment, he yelps and whines in tho
higher tones to express feelings that are
but imperfeotly understood The cat
initiates the high sopranos. The morse,
having long neck ana a head nearly as
long, initiates In his neg hing most OF the
modern tonors.
The animals OF the bovine tribe produce
the voice from low down In the throat,
only occasionally venturing on certain
higher and exceedingly unnatural notes.
A great variety OF tone and compass IL
i found among the birds, from the shrill
scream OF those OF ravenous kind down
to the parrots, among which are 'ound
the basses, baritones and contraltos OF
the race The singing BIRDS combine the
high and low tones with extraord mary
fiexibility OF voice and a perfection OF
vocalism at which they arrived probably
at very remote period OF tho worlds
history.
Man inherited from his immediate
ancestors, the apes and monkeys, voice
of considerable altitude, in whoa tho
lower tones were almost unknown. The
monkeys chartered to their fellows from
Jrcc W iIec III buTlll HtHu tVlS7, buo
natural vocal expression OF weak and
timid race in whose physical formation
the head had begun to hold an important
place. The upper notes OF the register
were characteristic of the first man, al
they still are OF the savage tribes and
peoples and OF the half civilized mem
bers of modern society whose voices have
never been subjected to discipline.
The voices of country people accus-
toned to magnificent distances and con-
versation at long range are, II not keyed
higher, oftener used in the upper ranges
than those of city people, who feel
obliged by the necessities OF good breed
ing to moderate their tones. When
man is self-contained he uses the N ddle
and lower tones OF his voice; when angry
the voice mounts gradually to the head.
II the gentler sex would oftener bear in
mind the eulogies of Shakespears and
Scott OF that voice gentle and iow which
is an excellent thing in woman they