Show TONES OF THE VOICE SOME CURIOUS FACTS THAT AIK NOT KOT GENERALLY KNOWS KNOWN it is a curious fact that the tones of civilized races are louder and harsher than those used by savage tribes in de ong people wha are classed as ci civi v Eed tm d it will commonly be found that the lie more highly cultivated up to a certain point speak in the sharper tones ot course when cultivation and refinement have reached the point that the tones of the voice have become a matter ametter of attention and care the rule no longer holds lor for then low well modulated tones are acquired as an accomplishment the philosophy of this peculiarity seems to ta be that the same energy and vigor which give certain races the leadership in advancement are accompanied by unusual nervous strain and we are aware how flow plainly nervousness is indicated in the tones tone the people of new england englad speak in a sharper and shrill er voice than their cousins in old EkEr england laud they are also more intense in feeling and more eager in ia action that this difference is not due to the influence ol climate is apparent appa reut upon a comp comparison trison of our people with those of tile the domi dominion pion to the north and east of us ua it wanly as climate or other agencies may affect the entire character of a people that it has anything to do with the tones in which they speak commonly as we approach thearon lea we und the voice awer lamerand and sotter but then this is donlynn keeping with the whole life of the people which shows less of force and earnestness than ot of emple who inhabit the temperate zone it suggests that they are too indolent to raise their voices the writer recalls that he has more athani otice oace teen asked by persons from brazil and from the spanish countries of south America who were newcomers new comers among us whether those whom they overheard were really scolding for they discovered no petulance or ill feeling except in the tones of the voice such questions ors are calculated to awaken profitable reflections youths companion P anion |