Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-30
YOUNG LADY WHIsTLERs.
The Art by Which They Reduce The
Mouths and Give Their Tongues Pla

The Art by Which They Reduce Theil
Mouths and Give Their Tongues Play
The familiar air of the knocking Bird
whistled through West Forty-sixth street
yesterday morning, but the music was
not that of the flute, the flageOlet, the pic.
colo, the clariOnet or the fife, says the
New York Herald of the sd inst. "A re-
porter who was passing along the street,
stopped to listen, for, save pretty young
lady standing on door step, no one was
in sight. Still the twittering and bird
like solo continued to vibrate down the
block. 1t was the young lady who was
whistling, and the reporter took the lib
erty of expressing his establishment to her.
''Were you whistling?" he inquired of
the young music maker.
The young lady smiled, turned three
difficult corners in the tune, worked in a
tremolo half a dozen birdlike trills,
stopped and answered:
Eyes. Why?"
because you whistle so beautifully,
and"
''Wen, l think 1 ought to- she inter-
rupted ''I'ye been taking lessons long
enough, and my mouth has grown five
eighths Of an inch smaller since l began
TO practice regularly"
''You take lessons and your mouth has
SIOWn eCuOeu the ICpOItCI.
"Yes; you needn't look as if | was tell
Lots of girls whistle now, because it's
fashionable"
''Who is the prOfessor?''
ga cOlOre0 man who used to wait on us
at Long Branch
''Where is his conservatory -
"Oh, he comes TO our houses twice a
week. His name is John Wise, but he
says it's James Francis Cecil Clay AccO-
mac UpshiTe, junior to John Wise, of
northampton county, Va. He is won-
derful musician"
"Then whistling will make the mouth
smallg"
"Why, of course it will. A girl that
has four inch mouth can reduce il TO
three inches by regular course Of study.
Besides, Tue pucH ,l,..iig Of the lips makes
them fuller and gives them nicer color"
Elbow long does it take to dock an inch
off an ordinary sized MOUTH" asked the
reporter.
"Oh, l don't know was the answer.
"A girl must never sing, use large tooth
brushes or take big bites out of apples,
Then if she practices all the time when
she is in the house she will probably re-
duce the size of her mouth in about two
years. Why, l can whistle everything
see how small my mouth is. 1t is differ
ent from singing in a choir. The over
ture from 'Zampa" is perhaps the most
difficult selection in my repertoire. 1t re-
quires so much active tongue movement.
But fine whistler must have a good ear,
and good teeth that are not too widely
apart"
"Will you kindly describe the method
employed by the professor in lessons to
beginnerSY
"Well, he doesn't allow new pupils to
sound note until they have become per-
feet in the control of their mouths. He
illustrates silently with his lips how they
should be drawn up and the students
watch him and endeavOr to initiate him.
On! we are going to have concert this
spring and then you may see and hear for
yourself"
professor" Wise was found in an up
town billiard saloon, occupied in the Sc
dentary employment of watching two ath-
letes from Columbia College struggle with
game of pool. He was a short, grizzly
pated man, OF gamboge tint, with a
smooth face and large lips"
"Nef, sar; Pm Professor. WISE" he
said with tantalizing slOwness, San Pm
an Instructor in de art oh mOOsic. Yes,
saT; it's whistlin' wha' l teach to de
young ladies Of society. Yef sar; sum
pipe like de plOver an sum like de dam
old jay bird. | cud aPlays whistle putty
telebel smart a a chunk of a boy, sar, an
den at Long Branch whar l spen de sum-
mers, de hotel folks dey hab me to whis-
tie to 'em. Yef, sar; an de young ladies
dey like to larn, an so l come here, an
am prOyess-ah. Tye twenty-free schOl-
airs, sar, all in de ubber ten; at lees so
da say, sar," and the warbler walked
slowly away.