The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-05-18

iisA. and Il has nonrished very much Of late
wears which fact looks little awkward for
the Intellectual character. as well as personal
manners, q the uatSOa Let any elderly person
al s-os,i observation and mcmeyy Try 10 think
what would have been the elect upon roosn
full of people, in his salad days, had a ssoNdy
continuous whistle heeu set up by any enc N
company There were no railroad carriages
for people TO whistle in hut Fancy II any pas.
seus-er in = ssageosaeh bad Ventnted TO wh'suel
We all know that = habit spreads very quickly,
ana that the AabitS oi individuals eecoue the
habits of classes, and in time the habits 81
netSens. Then, i inst the connection between
an individual and his country, through tho
classes viii which he is nest familiar. that
there is between the sentiment q ego'ism and
the sentiment Of patriotism, through the
middle sentiment af pSrSehiality, THIS
particular habit Of whistlipg, therefore, may
have spgead froyn postoy 70 = people, passing
through many steps Of class oon,Sg,oa by tho
way. But ~ srowth--ot habit or Of anything
elss-csn ~ IN without conditions favorable
- life. The germ would s,arve. il all aroand
IL were sterile. There must he some congcutal
rs,SpsiveneSs in tie man or boy who catches
m a trick. and keeps it alive and goipg,
Unconscious imitation is only steps and Il
no, followed up by other steps It will lead
nowhere, snd end in nothing. Let us ask,
then. what Is the meatal ground, what the
nature ~ the man, in whom this habit 81
whiS;ling IS taken mp As a seed and UouriShed
iuio rank and rapid growth. Well. you will
Sna as = rale. though Of course not invariably,
Z that he is suspicious Of observation. and yet
I sou,e..hat desir0us Of being reeoguiSed.
/ Probably he would not whistle If he we've
a cue. II you enter the e0ifee room Of club
I Of hotel, and find him sitting there with no
( bSNiy else. you do not end hin whiSilinE.
T But he viii whistle before YOU have been two
minutes in the room. And ii, On the other
+ hand. yOR are ms, there, and he IS the next
conner. he Will give glance around, aud,
: seeing somebody with whom he is not well
acquainted. will assume an elaborate air Of
Z seeing Eoboiy. will take up book and throw
I IL down again. lock cut Of the window or in
/ the glass, riSg for brandy Nud sOda-water
I the want Of something to drink being merely
Z the want Of something to do-and whistle I'LL
I II comes.
7 Few Freacliuea whistle. and Italians never.
+ The French, indeed, have proveTh on the
Z subsscs, which Is not complimentary TO their
I lively neighbprS, ourselves. When Germans
+ whistle, and i Is not eften they Dc. il is with
I melody prepsnSe. They cultivate odd gifts Of
I amusement, those convivial Teu;ons, and
Ml-4>-aA- S-Al-tN--4A~c e-NAAeS ANUS t~+'-
- an Scconplishueag. But it is precisely
3 because : German whistles with skill that be
I ksspS his endowment Tor service when called
I upoo. sri seldom whistles IN public. or with
E 81. heinz 2skesi The Enslishman who can
n,s whistle does. Do We not all know the
Z ssolii fat man Of few words, but Of enc
I uuceasius sound. who IS - entirely the
creature q habit that he takes up the same
position n regular periods, and If he cannot
Ses his accustomed chair pines neTvOusly in
aacsherS Bnt. in his place OF ont Of It, he
whistles softly and isa-iu0uslya as If he would
never SroT Ghir- his whistle is net the
shril piping q the plebsisn youth, who
suffers nos toe irowSx air 10 slumber, nor the
s,-zs. u lz.er wind to thrill him into silence.
IL Is 5 f1i, TC1nd. soft, haTi-bgeSIbIng whistle
As q an elderly sEsup1s overcome by heat.
T Then there Is the restless man who whistles,
and who, 50 far from gravitating 10 one loved
spot, never sits tive minutes in any. His
I whistle Is the uOst Irritating ct all; Tor be
I seems 70 Dc pcrpstuailT suffering from bad
7 tune IN the head. which he Is vainiy trying t0
whistle away. He Is the uncoHseious object
Ct G&1y uiekRznss bearing, some directly and
Others with iuGenioGS renlOteCsSs, on bis
Z co-Stitutior-Sl Sidney PIccO, Driver, Petrol,
I DeeCy, joel, Oysters Riq1es, Roarer are some
I a the Obvious and elisu2iie pssudonymS with
which he Is Additionally endowed by his
1oluzintanoes- TIE restless whistler Is great
Z 1t lie devils tStt0o- He beats that internal
r1ppeI with his 6nssr nails On the table, On
E tie C-OER Ct his hzt, on anything responsive
10 the dllh1iical drumming L knife or !
/ poker sill serve him IN keeping Up = steady
f tap-tsp-tsp for ss b18 quarter Of an hour IS
ever was chiUs1 On cracked bel- II chance
I should move him 70 Vus his hands IN bis p1cke'
L 5 dad certainty that he will whistle.
For he : The biri Of i'll nose; the prophet Of
disturbance IN the UcEal atmosphere; the
Mother Carers chick Of The ye1si lie sea-
Z L1zefls War.L