Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-11-21
WRESTLING FOR HEALTH.
Wonderful Results Attend Latest
and Simplest Physical Driu.


and Simplest Physical Drill.
You may throw away your developer,
your dumbbells OF Indian clubs and take
to a much more convenient and comfort
able means Of exercising your chest
measurement and keeping yourself in
trim. All you have to do is to whistlel |
But you must whistle regularly and &C
cording to a prescribed plan.
German and Swedish professors Of /
physical training have long advocated !
and practiced breathing exercises as the !
best means Of promoting health. There
are many drill schools in this country
where almost the whole business Of the
pupils is to lie fiat on their backs on ta-
bIes and for a certain time do nothing
more than I'll aud empty their lungs
with air. Wonderfully successful results
have attended this method.
Alice Shaw, who has whistled before
audiences Of nearly every nation in the
world, declares that all scientific and ar
tistic practice Of the art must be the re-
suit Of an expulsion of air from the lungs
through the throat and lips. each affect
ing in turn the current of air started by
the working Of our breathing organs. She
AYERS that whistling is really singing
without words. In saying this she Is up
held by the musician Marchesi, who al
lows that what Mrs. Shaw does il 'sing-
/ ing" in all that the technical definition Of
singing requires.
To whistle well YOU must breathe out
long and steadily like singer. No good
whistler ever draws the breath in except,
of course, between the production Of the
different sounds. But it is as a means Of
prolonging life and alternating suffering
that attention is now being turned TO
whistling It is claimed that those sub
iect to ailments OF the throat and chest
may be greatly benefited by this new and
interesting method OF treatment. The
mind is occupied while the exercise Is
going on. This. say the physicians, Is q
great point. The lungs are expanded and
the muscles Of the neck and bust devel
oped.
Apart from its peculiar beneficial re-
suits it is worth while knowing how tc
whistle we'll As with everything else
there Is a right way and wrong way Il
} whistle. Set about acquiring the accom-
piishment in the right way. aud you will
soon become remarkably proficient, bu
an uninstructed novice will be q long tim
, before he can give any one pleasure b,
his attainments.
This is the way to do It: Throw tn
head back, ill the lungs to their capaeit
: and then with the lips and throat i
proper position expel the air. After
[ time mOdulations should be practiced an
il then any airs that suit the taste OF tn
4 performer. A little whistling every da
I. will achieve unexpected success. Volum
: and strength of note will come yer
, quickly. It Is quite possible to 'phrase
/ in whistling as in singing.
8 A celebrated performer can all b,
J. speak by whistiing. so delicately varyir
D and modulating the sound as to make
an expression Of an idea be has In Ii
~ mind. A simple example OF this power
the ''interrogative whistle" which can |
e performed by nearly any one.
q Another professional whistler claims
be able to whistle two notes at the san
20 time. famous French entertainer wi
he was in this country recently whistled Ill
r O nightingale with handkerchief stuff
in his mouth.
a good ear for music is necessary b
AZ fore one can become a really first ella
ne whistler But no other natural quali6C
On lions that are not possessed by nine
We people out Of every one hundred a
so wanted Special exercise Of the lips
Sc supprfuous. The beginner will find th
his lips are a little chapped after pr;
/, tice, but this soon wears of and does /
~ recur. The trill is really attractive a
AZ pleasing part Of good whistling. aud
I'D produce it properly the tongue is ma
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