The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-11
tIuMMlMe IN PuBLIc PLAcEs
Men, More Often Than Women, Are
Guilty of the Misdomeanor.

Men, More Often Than Women, Are
Guilty of the Misdomeanor.
(which is it, men OF women, who
are most given to singingi" quelied
+ the woman.
"Of course do not mean to ask
/ whether there are more men or wo-
men musicians. No one cares any,
thing about that AS long as tho
piece of humanity which claims to
! be musician is one the lover of
music does not care whether it wears
! trousers or skirts.
g But the singer l mean is that in
-dividual you sit beside in the cars or
pass in the street who is humming
a tune. Physicians, / believe, have
proved that such little idiosyncrasies
show weakness of the brain in GER
tain directions, but if it is so it is of
euch delicately superficial nature
that other mGrtals, who have other
like minute weaknesses in other di-
rections, would never know the diff
ference, yet the street singer is fun
ny, unless you happen to be tired or
cross. Then he is maddening.
l sat beside one of these singers
in the surface car the other day. l
noticed him casually as l sat dov IL,
thinking, without putting the
thought into words, that he was
fine looking man. | had a view of
his profile later, and that confirmed
my first good impression.
"IIe was rather past middle age,
just reaching the iron gray age of q
well preserved man. He was rortly,
well dressed and evidently a gentle.
man. He had dignified air, and
his face was almost stern. This ex-
preston was emphasized by the
mouth, which had thin lips pressed
closely together and dropping lit
tie at tho corners.
g | should never have thought of
him again if l had not heard, as
sat looking through my shopping
list, strange sound, which seemed
TO come from beside me. 1t was
peculiar sound, coming at regular
intervals, something between the
sound of saw and the purring of
bass voiced cat, ! turned involun-
tarily to look at the man. The sound
certainly proceeded from his throat,
but there was not the culver of
single feature, and the stern mouth
was as immovable as before.
II was fascinated. ! looked away,
and, with studied carelessness, look
cd back again, again looked away
and again looked back. The same
buzzsaw sound was coming from
the same direction, and there was
still that stern, smileless face.
should almost have thought my cans
had deceived me if those deep bass
notes, which, it seems, must have
been a prelude, had not suddenly
chauged to tuIn, tidy dun, did-y
dun, dun, dun, rising and falling
in the most lively fashion, though
there was no tune which could rec
oSnlze. Evidently my nclBhDor was
not q musician in the accepted sense
of the word, but there was no mis-
taking the fact that the singing,
such as ii was, proceeded from his
vocal organs, though there was new
er once While sat there, so far as |
could see, the movement of a muscle
of that importurbGble face.
You will find woman humming
occasionally, though not so often.
She huns in steady monotone and |
is moro likely to show outward and |
visible signs of it, and l don't think |
| ever passed woman in the street |
who was humming. Why is itl
don t know, am sure, unless it is
another evidence of sex in gray mat
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