Show OLD ULD WillOW mow WHISTlE HAS AS TUNE TONE All ITS OWN Small Boy Never Forgets How to Fashion made Home-made Kind With Penknife I I Some Somo say a L that tho art of ot making willow whistles ha has declined but this I may be bo put In tho the samo same category with the theory that tho winters are aro not so 50 cold as tho they used to be that streams are growing smaller and that It Is unsafe un- un safe to go In swimming unless you 1 0 have an eel eol skin tied around the tho ankle I Bo Boys Boy of or today toda can mako Just as ns good whistles as ns ever were whittled b by their grand grandfathers fathers The art ort will not be lost so long on as wi willow trees grow on tho tim hanks banks of or streams and ind knives cs are aro turned out b by cutlers There is no known substitute for tor tho the willow In its manufacture This Is the only onh bark that can cnn ho bo peeled easily and pOE possesses tho the proper toughness The note from tram a 0 willow whistle is IN clear and mu musical unlike tho the tone tono of or any my other whistle under the tho sun There Thera never ne was tho the willow whistle that did not Ilvo forth a soft iott like bell sound which vibrated with tho the spirit of ot spring The They arc aro making willow whistles to toa today to- to day a in the country diligently fashioning fashion ing treasurers from smooth twigs Bo- Bo hind tho the blacksmith shop not far from the Inz lazy brook boys bOs are loosening tho the bark barIc b by tapping the willow gently gentl with tho the backs b of or their knives stopping stop stop- ping pinK occasionally to place the twig in their thell mouths to moisten the skin The tree end alread has hns boon bon concaved and the eon end of or the knife has been run around tho the stick and tho the proper distance dis dia- tance tanco to form torm tho the Instrument Finally tho the outer shell slips slip off orr Th Thc woody part Is nicked tho the lip Is slit silt off ott and tho the sound chamber gouged out Save for tal minor frills and adjustment of or ortone tone the tho whistle is finished It Is Irrepressible It ma may bo be lost but another will take tale its place in ten minutes It mn may bo be sold for tor 2 cents or traded for tor marbles but tho the owner knows known where ho can get et moro more willow It may be taken away wa b by an nn school teacher but Its companion turns up no next t morning Tho Iho willow whistle is ono one of ot tho the cherished treasurers of or youth and most tender memories of or maturity |