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Show A Women's Voice. There is nothing so charming about a woman as her voice, provided, of course, that it ia a pleasant one. Yet, unlike her other attractions, she does not know the value of this possession, for she cannot accurately judge how it sounds to other people. peo-ple. With her face the mirrored reflection enables her pretty well to see herself as others see her, at any rate to a greater degree than any gauge she can put on her owa voice as it sounds la her own ears. A young lady whose tones were purely musical said one day: "I never was so surprised in my life as when a man told me my voice reminded him of Bernhardt? Bern-hardt? s. I always did enjoy listening to her, but when I knew that my tones were similar to hers, it was just like a fascinating game to hear my own self as others heard me and realize that that was the way my . voice behaved be-haved whenvl used it." Strange as it-may seem, we, none of us, know exactly bow our own tones strike the ears of others. - We can . 1 modulate, but never actually change them, andij wottfd d subtle surprise mauy of u& .... .-- to know how very different oar voice from " " what we imagine it to be. ' |