The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-27
CANNOT HELP WaIsrLING.

Sad Predlcament of a Favorite Belle
Congressman Daniel.
WAsHINGTo June 10.--Tbere is O young
woman here, whose name l am not per.
mitted TO give, who has peculiar weak.
ness. Her family occupies high position
and she is one Of the most estimable and ad.
mired young women in town. Her pecu-
liar weakness, however, occasionally sub
jects her to no little embarrassment
Ii is whlstlin9. To save her life she
can't help whistlng while walking on the
street or riding in carriage. More than
once have walked behind her on Connec-
ticut or Massachusetts avenue, the swell
pedestrian thoroughfares, and listened To
her indulgence in her favorite amusement.
She Is known far aud near as ''the
whistIing girl" and it must be confessed her
whistling is pleasant TO the enr. Gems
from the operas, snatches Of late songs, and
popular airs trill from her lips ia an un-
ceasing stream.
She can't help whistIing any more than
some women can help toeing in, or painting
their faces, or wearing skirJs so tight that
the authorities really ought to interfere.
The difference is that whstling is innocent.
pure and musical, the only objection 10 ii
being that is little extraordinary and un-
conventional. 1t is a more pardonable
weakness than cigarette smoking. swearing,
or loud, vulgar laughter in public.
One OF our congressman has a peculiar
weakness, almost as extraordinary as that
of "the whistling girl" He makes more
noise than she does, and 1t is not of such
pleasant quality. Ispeak Of RepreSentatiy We
Daniel of New Hampshire. Mr.. Daniel is
fine old man, gentle and graceful Of man.
ners, and of kindly and generous disposi-
tiou; but his voice is something dreadful.
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declines to be kept within proper limits aud
which makes itself heard throughout the
largest Of apartments.
Mr. Daniel boards at the Riggs house,
and in tho dining room, which is a very
extensive Que, his orders to the waiter are
heard by all the guests. Every one is COM
pelled to overhear his conversation, because
his voice rings out and completely fills the
room. When the congressman wishes TO
discuss private matters with his friends or
the members Of his family, he finds IL nece.-
sary to whisper. II he goes to a social
gathering be must either whisper or attract
attention TO himself by talking in such O
loud tone that all the guests wonder what
wild man has broken loose from his native
fastnesses and inflicted himself upon polite
society in Washington.
Mr.. Daniel explains his Inability 10 talk
in moderate, conversational tone, as fol-
lows:
"All my life has been spent iu the paper
mills which my father founded and which
have kept going at Franklin, N. II. was
only IA years old when went into the paper
mill, and as journeyman, foreman, superin-
tendent and proprietor | have been there
fifty-two years. More than half century
In the paper mill, amid the rumble and
whirr Of the machinery, has pitched my
voice 80 high that the loud tone has become
as natural to me as the conversational tone
ia to people who have passed their life amid
more normal surroundings, Speaking in
such q loud tone all these years has changed
my voice aud affected my control Of il to