netted sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows,

 

I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses, I linger by my shingly

bars, I loiter round my cresses;

 

And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river; For men may come and

men may go, But I go on forever.

 

--ALFRED TENNYSON.

 

The children at play on the street, glad from sheer physical vitality, display a

resonance and charm in their voices quite different from the voices that float

through the silent halls of the hospitals. A skilled physician can tell much

about his patient's condition from the mere sound of the voice. Failing health,

or even physical weariness, tells through the voice. It is always well to rest

and be entirely refreshed before attempting to deliver a public address. As to

health, neither scope nor space permits us to discuss here the laws of hygiene.

There are many excellent books on this subject. In the reign of the Roman

emperor Tiberius, one senator wrote to another: "To the wise, a word is

sufficient."

 

"The apparel oft proclaims the man;" the voice always does--it is one of the

greatest revealers of character. The superficial woman, the brutish man, the

reprobate, the person of culture, often discloses inner nature in the voice, for

even the cleverest dissembler cannot entirely prevent its tones and qualities