Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

bear ON the warmest of human relationships
Many business and professional women ind
out that poor voice Is q liability In their
approach to the public.
1.-THE third phase Of the subject is the
cultural. People are starved in many ways
Some realize this lack In themselves as mani
tested in the way in which they speak the
English language. for q mastery Of the mother
tongue is essential In business. Many now
realize that background Of culture is some
thing which no one ever regrets having: it
means force behind your stroke which cannot
be discounted. Sometimes It takes hot and
cold applications to the intellect through con-
facts with great books music and art TO re.
juvenate such sttfied intelligence
Men and women are coming up shyly and
letting it be known that they have q lack or
need In some cases logic must be prescribed
where there Is too much sentiment special
attention to sociology where there Is too much
tntroversion, the extremely extroVerted must
be balanced with dosage Of philosophy
Sometimes wide contacts with modern drama or
with the monol0gues ef Robert Browning teach
insight into human nature that prohects the
gullible from being victimized by the sharpster.s
AIRS. Renshaw then told of some OF the tome
defects Of which all Of us are conscious.
Stridency and shr1llness are often found To-
gether in the same voice. Such tones are due
to construction of the throat. They rasp ON
the nerves and wear out both the talker and
everybody else W1Cflln nearing distance. Such q
voice indicates the self-centereA, the unorgan.
lied person
The throaty voice we hear behind us In the
movieS-that Of a fapper who tells another
happer in breathy tones "he told me so and
so" and che said such and such'-this voice.
too is exhausting. It is due to faulty CO.
ordination in breathing and belongs to the
thoughtless person who is inconsiderate of the
rights of others.
The prim-precise voice Is given its quality
by tightening of the lips of the speaker. It
denotes repression, often the intellectual re-
preston Of the emotions.
The muscular tone, due to a tight Jaw and
tight tongue is the voice Of q person who Is
"going to do it or bust" Such person often
has the prognataous jaw. He seeks TO do his
VIII by sheer physical force.
Every one recognizes the swallowed tome In
most cases the person who swallows his voice
has unusual voice possibilities. He often has
q high dome to his mouth and can make his
voice beautiful. His lack Of clearneSs is due
TO improper placement and poor enunciation
The high, nervous, irritable erratic income
SiStent voice usually belongs to the man or
woman who needs rest ana relaxation. This
Is an infection disastrous to other people, A
woman with such a voice can upset the atn1os-
phere Of q whole room of people.
Then there is the note Of jealousy Any
normal person recognizes this instinctiyeIy and
reacts to 1t instinctipely
The person whose keynote Is malace or who
Is OF malicious nature has q hard cruel tonaI
quality It. too, is instinctiyely recognizable.
Undue enuSiVeneSS IS expressed In the Yoice aS
wen as in the words OF a speaker.
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