The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
YOUNG LADY WHISTLES.
The Art by Which They Reduce Their
Mouths and Give Their Tongues Play.
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
The familiar air of 1.-THE Mocking Bird wills
tied through West Forty-sixth street yesterday
morning, but the music was not that OF the
flute, the fageolet the piccolo, the clarionet Of
the fife. A reporter who was passing along the
street stopped to listen, for, save pretty young
lady standing on a doorstep no one was i'll sight.
Still the twittering and bird-Hke solo continued
to vlbrNte 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 whistlingl7 he inquired of the
young music maker.
The young lady smiled. turned three difficult
corners in the tune, worked in a trenolo, half a
dozen bird like trills, stopped and answered;
Yes. Why
'Becar 20 You whistle so beautifully, and
well, think | ought TO, she interrupted
I've been taking lessons long enough, and my
mouth has grown fve-elghths of an inch
smaller since began to practice regularly"
You take lessons, and your mouth has grown
smaller2" echoed the reporter
Yes; you needn't look as if was telling a
story. OF course | take lessons. Lots of girls
whistle now, because it's fashionable
WHO is the professor"
"a coored man, who used 10 wait on us at
Long Branch"
Where is his conservatoPyl'
ooh, he comes to our houses twice a week.
His name is John Wise, but he says its James
Francis Cecil Clay Accomac Upshire, junior to
John Wise, of Northampton county, Virginia.
He is wonderful musician
Then whistling will make the mouth smallF'
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 pucker-
ing of the lips makes them fuller, and gives
them nicer color
How long does it take to dock an inch off an
ordinarily sized mouth!" asked the reporter,
"Oh, | dom 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 pr0ba-
bly, reduce the size of her mouth in about two
years. Why / can whistle everything even
scientific sacred music, and you see how small
my mouth is. It is different from singing in a
choir The overture from Tampa is perhaps
the most difficult selection in my repertoire. 1t
requires so much active tongue movement. But
a fine whistler must have a good ear, and good
teeth that are not too widely apart
"Witl you kindly describe the method en-
ployed by the professor in lessons to heginners!
well. he doesn't allow new pupils to sound a
note until they have become perfect in the con-
troll 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. OH We are going to have q concert this
spring and then you may see and hear for your
self"
professor Wise was found in an uptown
billiard saloon. occupied i'll the sedentary employ
ment of watching two athletes 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.
"Yef. aar; I'm Profess WISE he said, with
tantalizing slowness; AN I'm an instructor in
de art oh moosc. YET, sar; it's whistlin wha'
teach TO de young ladies of society. YET. sar;
sum pipe like de plovar, an sum like de dam old
iaybird. cud alays whistle putty tolebel
smart as a chunk of a boy, sar, an den at Long
Branch whar / spend de summers de hotel
folks dey hab me to whistle to EN- YET, sar:
an de young ladies dey like to larn, an 50 |
come here an am a profess ali I've twenty
free scholars sar ali in de ubber ten; at least so
da say sar,7 and the warbler walked slowly
away