The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-14
f THEN WHISTLE.
Dr.. Taimage Discoursos ON Feril-
lar and Eomely Themes.

Dr.. TaimaSo Disc oUrScS on tGC1ll
lar and Eomcly Themes.
1t is u prevalent notion that a propensity
to whistle indicate; an i1-oica: or triv:a
cage Times. When we - inCul.inGin Il IL
s%oli!oGry and Some one lacc;s US we 81,
short, swapping tue whistle ia two, d
though we had been doing sorletEiaa
disrcpCtablc. There i nothing NOR
healthful han lis exercise. The FAC
ulty has beer granted to those Of u
who can not SIM uncI. Though We :n'-i!
lose our way in Il =; Ec ii We attC.-YJcd
the customary soprano CT has. We
revcl in the sound, which, without
any skill, rush with :iie breath through TIC
contracted lips. GrLClsIcrs seldom il cvcc,
whistle. The or: is lc : only for the blithe
and cheerful. Watcher it is the whistle
that makes the good cheer. or the good
cheer that makes the Eh site. VIC have now
no time to analy:c. This kind Of music is
IN inspiring cccoclpan .Iacnt of work. Let
two masons be busy On the sCafIoldinS,
their strength alike. their hods and trOwcls
alike, the n who whistles will better set
the bricks and rear the trucs: wall. Do not
rob US of any of our helps. What the
world wants is an augmentation Of diver
sions and entertainments; not less skip
and romp and curveting. but more. Gcd
has no objections to it or He would not fill
the kitten with play End the lamb with
frisk and inc dog with facetious bark, and
send the night wind round the gable with
mouth full of whistle.
We know not why women with al their
cares should be denied the exercise, and
yet IN ungullant rhyme has fer ages for
hidden it. DO tell US something that
women may do! You do not want them to
skate or lecture or preach or walk too fast
or laugh very loud, and you finish your
Tong list Of prohibitions by saying:
"Wh,stl.rg girls and Growing hens
Always come to some bad end"
There are times in o woman's life when
apsalm-tune does not seem particularly ap-
propriatc and q carol seems too formidable
to attaci-the former is too grave and the
latter too jubiIant-and nothing On earth is
%consonant with the circumstances but q
whistle. That privilege shall not bc denied
il we have Gny thing to say about it.
Soon after going on board q steamer we
noticed pewter instrument that hung
to the boatswa.n's jacket On such 4 SIM
pie thing you would not suppose a man
could make more than one or We sounds,
but that little instrument can Ilay q hun
bred tunes. and 1T its call cables, cOrdage,
rigging, sails, coiOrs. boats and anchor re-
spOnd, and the crew fly swiftly from
hammock to capstaE end from capstan
to ratlia. After eight days of head
wind We heard TIE boatswain's long,
keen, resounding whistle. 1t meant that
the wind had changed and the sails must
60 up. There was in that pewter whistle
more music than in any harp We have since
heard, and when it fell down again from
the boatswain's lips VIC reexamincd it
TO see where al that chirrup and glee of
sound and shri,lness OK blast could hide
themselves. Thus We sail on in life. and
sometimes in the teeth of a head
Wind, and it is tough navigation.
Our whistle, dangling to our neck.
seems of No use. Every thing is
against US. but after awhile there is q
change in the noon, and the wind that was
adverse wheels around and into u favor.
Then We take up u whistle and, all hands
on deck, the sails arise and the port looms
up in the distance. If at such q time We
make more noise with mouth than we
ought to charge it to the boatswain's
whistle.
So, also, we would be less hard ON all
kinds OF frolicsomcncss. For instance, haz-
ing at college is to be reprehcndcd, but 1t 10
no worse now than it has always been.
1t seems that some time ago the students
Of . college d~isarranged tho store signs, in
jurcd street lamps, sang d~iscordsnt songs.
and disturbed the village until q commit
tee Of the citizens waited upon the mayor.
and Q large group Of the young men were
arrested, taken before the authorities,
with the pcnitentiary, and
their nanc t~elcsraphcd throughout
the land. People say: What arc
oar colleges coming tor and what
Q generation of wayward young
men are marching on to take possession Of
our institutions! II staid, orthodox, solid
colleges do 50. what may we expect OF insti-
buttons reckless and anti-C aivinistic:"
tho boys arc doing just what their
fathers and grandfa:hcrs did before them
Al long ns I can remember l was shown
tho place on the roo Of the college
where M bright morning
were found . load Of wood
and q mule attached to the load, al
uised to that bad cmincnce BY the
class durin: the niSht-some
at the men engaged In tho achievement
e1&Arward Senators Of the United States
snd doctors Of divinity. I reprehend the
vonnR men who n Princeton put an under
tsier's sign on an apothecary store, and ]
Uhide thsn - - more careful, while Is the
omesmeIg give e g my opinion tAas they
.omNkimas kavo overheard The recital in
.ome nlaisese's ssnAy, or hwyer's s@lee. at
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