New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-31
By Frederic S. Law


;-.-r with -. a-D4-e-tIv delighted expression
SPIDER ere often draw from their webs by
music tT-etTy ras le-- e record 81 the spider
That always appeared on his ha-pSlChord when
he PLAYED. and Michele -la-rates the tragic
HISTORY - a similar enthusiast that lost Its
HE through devotion 70 = Youthful vlOlirISt-
IsI60re be-that1rlle, . noted v-rtuoso O. the
eighteenth century. as . child Wa condemned
. many lonely hour O. practice on his Tlolln-
4 sDlde- 1IrSI listening from nook II the
Wi. ll--le tv little gained sufficient courage
tC creep or The music stand and finally went
50 1a- . 70 station itself on the bow arm -
TIE delighted child Unfortunately ne had Z
s-eu-uo-Le- VINO came II one Cay and saw the
music loving insect Oh his arm one killed Il
with blow q her slipper The death Of ms
D. Wa s. great . shock 70 the boy that he
Eel -zl---l-lg = he aoC- md was II tor three
months
Ever the -:-1id mouse forgets lear II is
10. -o- MUSIC / VII venture boldly INTO
vel lighted room under is influence. L often
seems 70 be hvpnotIzed. Even after i ceases
= IS -1cr1C-lless q moves only with C1ftlclllty
gIng mice. too. ar not l-lk-loWn -Aet
c:l---7 II Z high clear tone not unlike that OF
canary though this = 1a7e accom-
Dogs as Tone Interpreters
TIE most interesting eI'eTl11.s.-'s % YER
those designed 70 test the aDl-tE O, do8s
. distinguish tones Of different pitch, re-
-e-lv carried 70 q successful issue by German
10 Il = ce--4--. tone tl-st using small organ
containing nine pipe each producing CIiitr-
~ octave Il the same tone, later piano and
ammonium were employed with similar r.
suits after feeding the animal TWO Or lEret
---0e- = -h,s manner. he struck . different
-e--rl a-6 while tins Wa heard he heId tfle
Tod - his cIt-ched hand SO that the animal
----7T -r- reach i i often took but I'VE OF
SIX tests Il rms nature 10 accustoI1 the dog 70
~ difference between the Two SOUNDS -
sized the food with certainty "flell Ille ~
rs heard but patiently Te1Ta1ned with tlle
latter. whether the hand was he4a open %
4 "a, EXPERIMENTS proceeded. they were
z.-e-g-7.-f1v made more complicated, ana II
zvaz discovered that dogs posses Il! t'-
me ez- fo- variations II pltch ~ II y ~
We tome vve-e made lar apart tAeIl s-ei-
brought together until they were 5-l-s = -.
--.--, mari but their sense o. pltch sun ie
- med 1,-le--l-g. tn food tone was d4"at
---~r,-Iz,-6 10 matter how neaT is nelgilDo1
~ g-Iv this. i wa found after the tram
mo had lasted sometime that TINS tC1S 90 -
tt Glzt1rg 1lshed II com DiIl-,iot- W. -.
conc and not merely II harmonic TeI4llI ,
,,-,-i- -l.-r7 but n disCords that WOuId pu@~4e
musician 70 decide whether Il Wa PlI7'-''
Different dogs were schooled on different en-.
N he. some On high and others on ~ -
fr.- The result Wa the same IN al -
.-.I1z ~. time required for training V-Ileu
&c 1.-.,,s--.1 -7ets-7ces Moreover, Il va
- lot specially difficult after dog had
- --.-r4d on one tone 70 change II ana u
accustD-u i = another . -,,,,,15
T. NV, 81 III. scope Of these tests 1t "o U4.
seem that the git Of absolute pllCh C@til ~,
te denied the dog. since the se4fcUSd - -.
~ he'd at once, not only Al 'h'
tegIurlng ot everyone bll e''-'
.-.-.-.-..--..s f..--vrt-f-T them