The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-11
Young Lady WhiStlerS.

The familiar air of 1.-The Mocking
Bird whistled through West Forty.
sixth street yesterday morning, but the
music was not that o! a flute, the llageo.
let. the clar onet or the fife. A report.
er of the Herdid, who was pass NC alon9
the street. stopped to listen. for, save n
pretty young lady standing on a door
step. no one was in sight. Still the
twittering and bird-l;ke solo continued
to vibrate down the block. 1t was the
young lady who was whistling, and the
reporter took the liberty of expressing
his establishment to her.
"Were YOU whistling?" he inquired
of the young music maker.
The young lady smiled, turned three
different corners in the tune. worked ir
tremolo half dozen birdlike tills,
stopped and answered.:
"Yes. Why?'
because you whistle so beautifully.
and
well. l think ought to" she int II.
rupted; 1--WE been taking lessons long
enough. and my mouth has grown five
eighths of an inch smaller since l bega1
to practice regularly"
..You take lessons and your mouth
has grown smallcr?' echoed the re.
porter.
"Yes; you needn't look as if l was
telling a story. OF course l take les.
sons. Lots of girls whistle now, be.
ease it S fashionable.
"Who is the pro eSsor?'
"A colored man. VINO used to wait on
us at long Branch"
Where is the conservatory"
"Oh, he comes to our houses twice
week II name is John Wise, bu' he
SAYS it's James Francis Cecil Clay Ac,
comac Upshire. junior to John Wise.
of Northampton Comfy, Va. He is
wonderful musician.
Then whistling will make the mouth
small?"
WHY. of course it VII. A girl that
has four inch mouth can reduce it t,
three inches hy a re rular course o
study. Besides. the pickering of thu
lips makes them fuller and gives them
nicer color"
How long does it take to dock ar
inch off an ordinary sized MOUTH
asked the reporter.
"Oh. | don't KNOW was the an
swer. A girl must never sing, us
large toothbrushes, or take big bites
out of apples. Then, if she practices
all the time when she is in the h0uS
she will probably reduce the size OF
ner mouth in about two years. Why,
can whistle erything, even scientific
sacred music, and you sc how small
my mouth is. 1t is different from sing
ing in choir. The overture from
Tampa " is. perhaps. the most dill
cult selection in my repertoire. 1t re.
quires so much active tongue move.
ment. But fine whistler must have Q
good ear, and good teeth that are moi
too widely apart.
viii YOU kindly describe the
m thod employed by the professor il
lessons to beginners"
"Well, he doesn't allow new pupil.
to sound note until they have become
perfect in the control of their mouths
He illustrates silently with his lips how
they should be drawn up and the stu
dents watch him and endeavor to imi
tate him. Oh! we are going to have
concert this S'ring and then YOU MAJ
see and hear for yourself"
professor" Wise was found in an
uptown billiard saloon, occupied in the
sed ntary employment 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 Ii IS.
"Yes. sar; Pm Profess WISE" he
said, with tantaliz;ng slowness, "ar
I'm an irs ructor in de art OBJ moosic
Yes. sar; it's whi>tlin' wha' 1 teach to
de young ladies of society. Yes, sar.
sum pipe like de plovar an sum like dc
ole jay bird. l cud al'ays whistle putty
tolebel smart as chunk of boy, sar
an den at Long Branch whar spen dc
summers de hotel folks dey hab me to
whistle to EN-. les, sar; an de young
ladies dey like TO larn, and SO l como
here. an am proyess-ah. I've twenty
free scholars, sar, all in de ubber ten
at lees SO da say, sar," and the warbler
walked slowly AWAY. Y. Herald.