Show S SOMETHING TO THINK kj ABOUT oy F A WALKER THE PLEA PLEASING VOICE A A T NO period of on our existence does AA the pleasing voice with KB its thu albal intonations and lucid articulations fall to win an audience and respect there la Is a compelling charm lo III its ita accent its deliberative sweetness and enunciation which to Is well nigh I 1 irresistible I 1 sis als tible whether it pr alses or condemns a cirr carrying ying impressive quality which sways the bearers bearer at will abild and yet with all the power invested in the organs of BE speech ea roen men and women in their oral intercourse with one another are habitually careless they have a few set words and phrases which go round and round their dial of conversation like the hands of the clock incapable of doing anything else or of stirring a single new pleasurable emotion such voices narrow and dampen the spirit of expectant hearers until they they could go suddenly deaf or vanish in the air whether the rasping discords come from the lips of vestals or scullions scull ions tile the effect produced Is always creepy and depressing to the refined and this would seem to show the importance of a pleasing voice at the fireside the desk behind the counter everywhere to in fact where tired ears ore are pausing on tiptoe tip toe for a soothing sound to assuage theli their pent up op nervousness ou ous ness if you would succeed beyond the mediocre you will ond bud that it behooves you to cultivate the pleasing voice not one that Is marked by nf at fec faction tion but by sweet soul strains st ot tuned to discriminating and del delicately kately adjusted ears accustomed to pure accent and undue emphasis nothing to Is more destructive to a sales leemans leg mans success than a loud coarse and brazen enunciation with a touch of authoritative command in every vowel and aspirate and this applies not only to the salesman but to every man and woman in oil all walks of life and especially to those who are dependent on others for a livelihood the discriminating employer naturally gives preference to him or her who habitually uses a pleasing voice in company with a kindly smile and courteous manners in all kinds of weather and in all sorts of business c by mcclure newspaper Nw paper syndicate |