Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.


denly became transformed into q child
of years.
Such a girly-girly voice was never
heard on land or sea. It's effect upon
one who so heard 1t over the wire for
the first time was amusing. A look of
establishment would be seen to over
spread his countenance.
Scarcely could he credit his ears. It
was only later, when he had oppor-
tunity to stand by while the lady tel
ephoned, that he realized how it was
done.
Perhaps IS per cent of the trans
formation was due to the apparatus, but
the remainder was caused by change
made in her voice by the lovely lady.
No doubt she was totally unconscious
Of her lowered soprano its increased
softneSS. its utter good nature (this last
at considerable variance with her true
character, per SCI.
An average good voice. changed dur
ing telephoning to a harsh tone almost
unacceptable, was demonstrated by
an elderly woman.
She was afraid of the instrument.
She had never used a telephone until
late in life, and the whole proceeding
rather flabbergasted her
The result was that when she got on
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to an amazing degree, not for the bet
ter, as in the other case, but very much
for the worse. A stranger speaking to
her would have imagined her the most
quarrelsome woman in the world. Here
was case in which a telephone played
voice sorry trick.
X X X X
To those who really like women (ard
1t must be remembered that not every
one does, either man or woman) there
is no more interesting study than their
voices.
Sometimes one hears it propounded
as puzzle that so many ugly women
seem to catch such fine husbands. But
there is no particular mystery here.
Investigation will prove that in 80 out
Of 100 cases the lady has a beautiful
voice.
Men are susceptible to this charm.
1t will do more to land husband than
the most beautiful face, and the fine
part of 1t is that the gentleman is sell
dom aware of what hooked him.
He will say, If pressed for a reason,
that the lady is good, beautiful, charm
ing, entertaining, or whatnot, and
never once hit on the real reason, which
was simply the power Of a sweet voice.
One would not say that the power
Ol Gtle human VOICE is unique WIFI
women. No, it is a sexless thing, yet
mysteriouSly enough associated with
the distinction into sexes.
The other day we received note from
one who did not agree with our rather
elaborate analysis of why Amos n
Andy are so popular.
Our correspondent suggested the real
reason is their voice quality, and we
haven't any doubt that she Is right.
Since words are things, rather than
mere sounds, the medium of their
communication to others must be some
thing more than mere passageway.
The voice is an essential part of one.
Someway it takes on hidden qualities
which often reveal the inner man or
woman better than all the facial char
acteristics in the world.
1t is almost possible to tell a good
man from bad one by the sound Of his
voice, and surely it Is equally possible
to tell pleasant woman from a quar-
relsome one by the way she talks.
Here instinct, or intuition, is better
than all the shrewd observation in the
world. No man can pick a wife to or
der, but If he will consider carefully
the effect his ladylove's voice has upon
him, he may be reasonably sure whether
he will find it charming across q break
fast table 20 years from now. That is
the big test. Her sweet face, and hair.
may change a bit, but her way of
speaking" is the woman.