Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1911 — Health Value of a Whistle. [ARTICLE]

Health Value of a Whistle.

Boys should be encouraged to whistle. It’s a good thing for the lungs and can be made something of an accomplishment by daily practise. To learn to whistle musically one must begin with the scales and then by combination of sharps and flats. After a time a single song may be tried with piano -aooompanlment. It Is surprising what a range of music can be whistled. One can turn from a bass solo to a tenor selection without effort Band music can be whistled. Any selection for the voice can be chirped through puckered lips. It is said that whistling boys are seldom troubled with bronchitis or pneumonia. Many medical men urge patients with weak lungs to whistle as often and as much as they possibly can without causing positive annoyanoe.