Amador Ledger-Dispatch, 24 February 1905 — HARD TO IMITATE. [ARTICLE]

HARD TO IMITATE.

Sounds Beyond the Ability of Our

Vocal Organs.

"That man can imitate perfectly the Jingle of money," said in a tone of eulogy a young woman. . ■

"Well, what of that?" objected her companion. "That ought not to be hard to do."

"Try to do it"

The objector, after summoning into his mind the sound of jingling money, tried. "R-r-r-tat-tat," he went. "Br-br-bra-ra-ra, chk-chkk-chk." Then he smiled apologetically, for he had failed. Not by the furthest stretch of the imagination could It be said that he had uttered a sound that resembled moneys jingle in the least degree.

"I knew you couldn't do it," said the young woman. "It is amazing how many simple sounds there are that we can't imitate, try as we will. There is, for instance, the sound of a person walking, the sound of a typewriting machine in operation, the sound of running water," the sound of a .breaking dish. Yon can't Imitate those commonplace noises, and I doubt if any one in the world can. Our vocal capacity seems to us large, but it is really limited enough— as limited as that of many animals and much more limited than that of certain birds. That Is why T honor a man who has extended his "vocal capacity sufficiently to imitate the pleasant, silvery sound of moneys jingle."— Baltimore Herald. •