Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-30
Sun lay, June 30, 1889,
SCREAMING AT RECEPTIONS.


'HN
OF all the c)ntrivances for amuse-
ment in this world the reception" is
the most Ingenious, and would prob
ably mos, excite the wonder Of an
angel sent down to inspect oar social
Se, II be shpnld pause n the on
trance OF the house where ullr j. W.
progress. he would be puzzled Thu
noise that would greet his r.rs i, iii;
ferent from the deep continuous ruaI
in the streets. il is unlike The hum Of
millions OF seventeen year IncuslS. il
wants tao musical quality OF the
spring conygutions OF the blacGblrls
in the chusluutS, aud he could Lut
compare Il lD the vuCiIyrgirnI IA a IN
matte asylum Tor lHll Q, Iu,ily sub
'tJed an m'rtgueml
He might bc uicapah OF aualyziug
snIs, but when lie caught sight Of the
company he would Je compelled to
recognize Il as the noise Of our highest
uivili auon Ii may not ID, perfect
fortiere are limits tu human powers
OF endurance, but it Is the lar best We
eau do II Is not a chance affair.
He e are selected picked out by special
invitation. the best that soricty can
show, the most intelligent, The most
a 'complishcd. the most beautiful the
lest dressed persons in the community
all receptions have tins character.
The angel would notice this at once.
and he would be astoniShcd al the
numbered such persons, for the rooms
would be So crowded that lac would see
the hopelessuesS of attempting to edge
or wedge his way through the throng
without tearing off his wings.
An angel. in short, would sIaEd no
Chance in one Of these brillian assem-
blies on account Of his wings, snd he
probably could not he heard n &C.
count Of the low, heavenly l ch Of
his voice. His inference would be
that these people had been selected to
come together by reason of their su.
perior power Of screaming. He would
be wrong. They are selected ON nc
count of their intelligence, agreeable
hess and power Of entertaining each
other. They come together, not for
exercise. but for pleasure. and the
more they crowd aud jam aud strtg.
gle, and the louder they scream, the
greater the pleasure. Ii is Il kind of
contest, full of good humOr and cx.
citement. The one that has the Shrill-
est voice aud can scream the loudcsti is
most successful. 1t would seem at
first that they are under a singular
hallucinat,Un, imagining tina! hemore
noise there Is IN the room the better
each one can he heard. and 50 each
one continues T. raise his or her voice
in order Ia drown the other voices.
The secret Of the game is TO pitch
the voice % or two pctaycs above
the ordinary tone. Some threats can
not stand THIS strain tong; they be-
come rasprJ and sore, aud the voices
break; but this adds 10 the excitement
and enjoy maUi OF tIUar who can
scream witt ,.s, Inconvenience. The
angel would notice that if NJ any time
silence wa, called, ln order that ara an
nounccmcul Of music could bee made,
in thcawili Ug-a that followed people
spoke 10 each other lA their natural
voices. and everybody could he heard
without effort But mi, was not the
object Ci the reception, and in a mo-
mcnt more tine screaming would JcgIn
again, the voice, going HIGHER and
higher, until, u the roc. Wyre taken
ytt, n vast shrek would go up to
heaven.
This is not only a fashion, ii is an
at. People have 10 train for il, and
a it is IA unique amusement, it is
worth some trouble to be able 10 sue.
ce,d in IL. Men, by reason Of their
stoiidlty aud deeper voices, cgln never
be ]prohcients in il. and they do not
have 50 much practice-unlcss they
sre stock brokers. Ladies keep them
selves IN training in their ordinary
calls. IL three or four meet IN n draw.
ing room thoyall begin to scream, not
that they mas be heard. for the higher
they go The less they understand each
other-but simply to acquire the art
OF screaming ut receptions.
II half "A dozen ladies mgctiug BY
chance in "A parlor should converse
quietly in their sweet, ordinary home
tones, il might be in accrtain sense
Agreeable, but IL would not be fashion.
able. and il would not strike the pre-.
vailiug note Of our civilization, II il
were true that n group Of women all
like 10 talk gt the same time when
they meet (Which Is a Islander invented
by men, who may be just as loqua-
clous, but not 50 Timber tongued and
quick wi,,edJ, aud raise their voices TO
a shrek IN order 10 dominate each
other, il could be demonstrated that
they would be more readily heard if
they spoke in low tones. But the OBJ
ject is not conversation il is the 81
cial oxhilaration that comes from the
wild exercise Of the voice IN working
off a nervous energy; it is so seldom
that in her own house a lady get a
chance 30 scream. C. ID. Warner in
suaaUfs Maraa