The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-26
f THEM WHISTLE
DE-. Talmage Discourses on Femil-
lar and Homely Themes

lar and Homely Themes
Il is q prevalent notion that a propensity
70 whistle indicates IN indolent or trivial
nature, writes Rev. DR.. Talnagc in the Chi
cage 7i,acs. When We arc indulgingin it by
soli!oGuy and some ono meets US we stop
short, swapping the whistle in two, as
though we had been doing something
~disreprtable. There is nothing more
'healthful han this exercise. The fac
ulty has beer granted to those Of US
who can not sing much. Though we might
lose our way in q tune if we attempted
che customary soprano or bass. we
ceyel in the sounds which, without
-.ny s,-;.l, rush with the breath through tho
contr:.ct ed lips. Grumblers seldom, if ever,
whistle. The art is left only for the blithe
end cheerful. Whether it is the whistle
that makes IL good cheer, or the good
cheer that makes the whistle, w have now
- time to analyze. This kind Of music is
an inspiring accompaniment of work. Let
two masons be busy ON the scaf1olding,
their strength slike, their hods and trowels
alike, the one who whistles will better set
the bricks and rear tho truestWall. Dc not
rob US Of any Of our helps. What the
world wants 10 n augmentation Of diver.
Oions and entertainments; not less skip
and romp and ~curveting, but nero. God
has no objections 70 tor He would not I'LL
the kitten with play and the lamb with
lrisk and the dog with facetious bark, and
send the night wind around the gable with
mouth full Of whistle.
We know not why women with all their
cares should be denied the exercise, and
yet an ungallant rhyme has for ages for
hidden it. Do tell us something that
women may dol You do not want them to
skate or lecture or preach OF walk too fast
or laugh very loud, and you finish your
long list of prohibitions by saying:
"Whistling girls and growing hens
Always come to some bad end"
There are times in a woman's life WHOM
apsalm- tune does not seem particularly ap-
propriate and q carol seems too formidable
"a attack-the former is too grave and tho
latter o jubiiant-and nothing on earth is
c~Onsonant with the circumstances but .
whistle. That privilege shall not be denied
X We have any thing to say about it.
Soon after going on board a steamer w
noticed . little pewter instrumental that hung
70 the boatswain's jacket On such q SIM
PIE thing you would 9 suppose q man
could make more than ono or two sounds,
but that little instrument Can play Q hum
bred tunes, and at its call cables, cordaga,
rigging, sails, colors, boats and anchor 70
'Sp0nd, and the crew fly swiftly from
hammock te capstan and from capstaE
- ratlin. After eight days of head
wind We heard the boatswsin's long,
keen, ~resounding whistle. 1t meant that
the wind had changed and the sails must
60 up. There was in chat pewter whistle
moro music than in any harp we nave since
heard, and when it fell down again from
the boatswain's lips we re-examined It
"a see where ali that chirrup and glee Of
seund and shrDlness OF blast could hide
Thus We sail on in life, and
sometimes in the teeth Of . head
wind, and it ia tough navigation.
Our whistle, Dangling u our neck. |
seems Of NO use. Every thing il
against US, hut after awhile there is 4 ,
change in the moor, and the wind that was
adverse wheels around and into our favor. |
B6en we take up our whistle and, all hands !
on deck, the sails arise and the port looms |
u0 in the distance. If ut such e time we
mike more noise with our mouth than we |
ought to charge it to the boatsyeain's
81 also, We would DO less hard on all
HI Is Of f-rolicsomeness. For instance, haz. |
let college is to be re~prchendcd, but it ia |
r0wOrse now than it has always been.
n seems that. some timcAgo the students
oSa college disarrangcd thc store signs, in.
ju1ed street lamps, sang discordant songs.
N rdisfurbed b village until q commit
~ OF the citizens waited upon the mayo-, |
q large group of tho young men were
listed, taken before tho authorities,
eatened with tho pcliteatiary, and
tMkx names teiesraphed ~throughout
IL land. People say: What are
OF colleges coming TOT" and "WhaE
a. generation of hayward young
mR are marching on to take possession Of
OuHr institHtions! II staid, orthodox, solid
colleges doao, what may wccxpect Of insti-
buttons reckless and anti Calviuisticr'
~ friends, there is no cause of ALARM:
hid boys ard doing just what their
bo4& Hs and grandfathers did before them.
l0ng as / can rememberI was shown
Nd place on the roof Of the COLLEGE
whore one bright morning
eAe1e- were found a load OF wood
- q mule attached to the load, all
raiAed to that bad eminenco BY the
class during the nisat-soue
IL Me men engaged in the achievement
aftaEward Senators OF the United States
md doctors Of divinity. I r~cprehcnd the
voung men who iii Princeton put IN under.
tAkm's sign on an a~pothccary store, apd
~ them = be moro careful, while at thk
,sme time / give it as my optr.oa that they
sauetimes have overheard the recital in
,eue minister's study, or lawyers cface, of
.ha collaee pranks in which their fathers
luasrandfathers participated Boys will DO
is. boys that turn out good for
While I set myself against all
mischief, a. every n must, and
that when these young men sing 1t
ni96nas for - possible they confine them
~ 70 church tunes and retee g ~ !