The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-20
WRESTLING GIRLS.

With the following letter a San reporter
went to DR.. F. n. Hamilton for informal
ton:
To the Editor of tie S,m-SIR: My
sister whistles. Should | break her of it
If so, how Will it do her any harm
Ought a girl to whistle ? She says they do.
DIR. Hamilton SAID he knew of no differ
ence between the vocal chords, bronchial
tubes or lungs of women and those of men
that should make the young mans sister
necessarily a poorer whistler than the young
man himself. He didn't see any reason
why a woman shouldn't be even a better
whistler than the young man himself. He
didn't see any reason why a woman
shouldn't be even a better whistler than
some men if she should give. her whole
mind to it. AS to whether they did whistle
or not, he declined to be considered an
authority and as to why they didn't, or
couldn't, or shouldn't, or wouldn't he mod
estly affirmed that he was not a sufficient
philosopher to determine, and that he would
prefer to leave it to somebody else.
DR.. A. B. Mott said: why, of course,
plenty of women whistle. Quite enough Of
them. | should say, Don't you know that
old French pr1verb that "A dancing parson, a
Growing hen and a whistling girl never
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habit and association in youth. | very
much doubt If any girl that is reared in a
family without boys about the house ever
learns to whistle. On the other hand, a
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girl WIN oroIners, ~parncuTarIy II tnvy-
older than herself will be very likely to
pick it up simply because it is not regard
ed as a lady-like accomplishment. | say
she will when perhaps | should rather
say, / suppose she will At all events she
will be shy of letting young men hear her
whistling. There Is no physical reason why
a girl should not whistle as we'll as a boy;
not at least until she begins squeezing her.
self short OF breath with corsets. And it
would be better for health if she did do
more loud-noise making: even whistling, in
her youth, for the developing of her lungs,
than she is accustomed to-"
DR.. Stephen w. Roof said "VVell, while
| cannot say that | nave ever heard a girl
emulate a boys proudest whistling achieve
ment, which is to jam his two fore-fngers
into his mouth until he gets a good hold on
his back teeth, or somewhere. and then let
off an ear-p!ercing note that would shame a
steam whistle, still | have heard a good
many girls whistle quite nicely. I don't
see why they shouldn't, from any hygienic
VI P'JSiSiOSNoA PSAoOhS; III way u hiiSut
be a good thing for them to whistle. One
great consideration would be that while
they were whlstIing they couldn't be talk
ing. Perhaps that is the reason theyare not
oftener he 'rd whistling. But if you happen
to be about when they think themselves
alone, you will very often hear them whis-
tie. think girls in the country whistle
more than those in the city, that is, they do
so more generally. But the popular pfeju-
dice against it is such that women. asa rule.
pretend it would be impossible for them to
whistle. Lots of men would be surprised to
know how we'll their wives can whistle"
A lady who was asked about it, said
frankly, If you won't expose me I'll tell
you why women don't whistle usually where
men are. Their lips don't look pretty when
puckered up for a whistle, and they cannot,
when whistling, smile to show their teeth if
they have a fine set. Surely those are
reasons sufficient why women don't want to
whistle, or at least to have men catch them
at it And yet it is a good thing. You
have got to use a good deal of lung power
TO get out a clear. fine whistle, and the more
you use the more you will have. Do [ know
my society ladies who whistle privately ?
Why, yes, a score of them. Tell you who
they are ? No, indeed. What would be-
come of US women if we went telling things
about each other 2"