Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-03
YOUNG LADY wHIsTLERs.
The Art by Which They Reduce Their
Mouths aud Give Their Tongues
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New York Herald.

New York Herald.
The familiar air of '"Tho Mockinp
Bird whistled through West Forty sixth
street yesterday morning, but the music
was not that of tho flute, the flagolet,
the piccolo, the claricnet or the fife. A
reporter of The Herald, who was passing
along the street, stopped to listen, for,
save q pretty young lady standing on a
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 liberty of expressing
his astonishment to her.
"Were you whistling2" he inquired of
the young music maker.
"The young lady smiled, turned three
difficult corners in the tune, worked in a
tremole, half a dozen birdlike trills,
stopped and answered:
eyes. Why2"
because you whistle 80 beautifully,
and"
"Well, l think l ought to" she inter
rupted; ''I've been taking lessons long
enough, and my mouth has grown FIVE
Fights of an inch smaller since | began
to practice regularly"
"You take lessons, and your mouth has
grown smaller" echoed the reporter.
eyes; you needn't look as if | was
telling a story. OF course l take lessons.
Lots of girls whistle now, because its
fashionable"
"Who is the professor2"
ga oolored man, who used to wait on
us at Long Branch"
"Where is his Conservatory"
sob, he comes to our houses twice a
week. His name is John Wise, but he
says it's James Francis Cecil Clay Aoco-
mac Upshire, junior to John Wise, Of
Northampton county, Va. He is a won
derful musician"
"Then whistling will make the mouth
small2"
"Why, of course it will. A girl that
has a four inch mouth can reduce it to
three inches by a regular course of study.
Besides the pickering of the lips makes
them fuller and gives them a nicer color.
"How long does it take to dock ar
inch off an ordinary sized MOUTH" asked
the reporter.
sob, l don't know" was the answer,
"a girl must never sing, use large tootl
brushes, or take big bites out of apples
Then if she practices all the time wher
she is in the house she will probably re-
duce the size of her mouth in about two
years. Why,I can whistle everything, ever
scientific sacred music, and you see how
small my mouth is. 1t is differentiation
singing in n choir. The overture from
"Zampa" is perhaps the most di6icult
selection in my repertoire. 1t requires
so much active tongue movement. Bu'
a fine whistler must have a good ear, anc
good teeth that are not too widelyapart.
"Will you kindly describe the methot
employed by the professor in lessons t.
beginnersf"
"Well, he doesn't allow new pupils t.
sound a note until they have become per
feet in the control of the mouth. HI
illustrates silently with his lips how the.
should be drawn up and the student
watch him and endeavor to initiate him
Oh! W. are going to have a concert thi
spring and then you may see and hea,
for yourself"
professor" Wise was found in an up
town billiard saloon, occupied in the Sc
d~entary employment of watching tw'
athletes from Columbia collegestrugglini
with a game of pool. He was a short
grizzly. pated man, of galnboge tint, witt
a smooth face and large lips.
"Yef, sar; Pm Profess Wise." he sal
with tantalizing slowness, ian I'm in
structor in the art OBJ moosic. YET, sar
It's whistlin' wha' | teach to de youn
ladies of society. YET, sar; sum pipe lik
de plovar and sum like de dam ole ia
bird cud al'ays whistle putty tolebe
smart as a chunk of a boy, sar, an den o
Long Branch whar l spen do summers d
hotel folks dey hab me to whistle to EN-
YET, sar; an de young ladies dey like t
larn, and 30 / come here, and am n pr'
vess'ah. I've twenty-free scholars
sar, all in de ubber ten; at lees 30 da say
sar." and the warbler walked slowl
away.