St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-09
SCHOOL FOR CANARIES.
Teaching the Little Yellow sorgsters t.
Marble.

i Teaching the Little Yellow sorgsters Il
Warble
/ Canarles make good songsters anc
pleasant companions if well trained
says the London Express.
/ Years Of experience has taught ex
|perts that if they wish to get the best
results they must use the Saxon spe.
cies as trainers. These birds, which
are known impressiyely as "profes,
sors, have either been taught BY
other birds or BY people who are cley-
er at playing in manner initiative
Of Whistling.
The industry of training the
young idea fourishes in the Harz
mountains, and especially at An,
drearsberg; for nowhere else are
the birds so conscientiously brought
up. Indeed, it is thanks to the won
derful patience of the peasants Of
those parts that the birds succeed in
learning how to modulate their notes,
| producing silver sounds, varying the
series of notes within a given scale
and introducing variety of notes in
to the long frills, embellishing them
with many grace-note.
| Hitherto these results have never
been obtained elsewhere, for those ex-
ported cease to transmit their vocal
qualities in perfection after one OF
two generations.
Two schools for canaries have just
been opened in England, where the
musical education of these yellow
warblers is intrusted to curious bird
organs" which have been brought
into England from the Harz noun
tains.
These instruments are quite as Gu
rious in sound as in appearance. They
consist of large cylinders full Of wa
ter. These slide one into the other
| and are moved by a chain on pulley
attached to fixed bar. The musical
box is placed at the top Of the ap-
paratus.
The ssbird organ" produces a plaif-
tive and monotonous sound, resem-
bling the noise of water rolling over
a bed of rocks and Of the wind sough-
! ing through the trees.
It seems that these sounds have the
effect of tanning the birds and MAX
ing them docife and easily amenable
to discipline.
Nothing is more curious than the
interior of the "classrooms" where
these lessons are held. The walls are
occupied by lines on lines of cages
ranged in rows. The pupils are nat
urally kept in grouped classes ac-
Icording to their degree of education.
The debutantes have their kinder
garten, while the eanaries who have
the misfortune to possess weak or de-
fective voices or false methods of the
gentle art of Warbling are the objects
of special attention.
Finally those who have made a
successful debut are put under the
persuasive influence Of more perfect
ed bird organs, which are worked by
electricity and are remarkable for the
richness and finish Of their velvet
like tones.
Whenever a pupil is considered to
require it, it receives individual tut
ton, the best artists thus produced
afterWard serving as teachers to new
corners.
This musical eonservatoire for birds
was founded by a couple Of mountain
eers from the Harz, who established
themselves in London a few years ago.
The little girls of the proprietors are
responsible for all the care these birds
require, and they have become amaz-
ingly expert in nursing them and cur
ing them of the little ailments to
which canaries are heir. Indeed.
these little maidens contribute very
materially to the good work carried
on by their parents by their intelli-
genee and industry.
The New England Beaches.
The maintenance of beaches along
the New England coast is being sue
cessfully accomplished by the