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Show Zip' SIEE IMITATES MliOS. wLmli SI VO Jl YOUNQ WOMAN WHO SINGS LIKC IteJ'J fj NATUIIC'S SONOSTERS. ' Ill hn Tmiort iu In. Hi. ii.ptha I lool, (It..n ml.-M,. tllmlr. r S lllrtl from tho lluck to Hi i,4ow l-ark, or lb, MghlliiasU mill Tlini.b. (It ll straight frein tliethront tliat Mini ' Mnbilbteihinson lets loose thatwon-dcrfnl thatwon-dcrfnl flood of rii pllng, lulttcriug bird ki w melody. Blj, It Is really very rimnrkablo what this HRJ inodctt ami Kinllo fared loung girl VM, docs, bholssuchiiiery quiet ami tin- Hill i obtniilvo )oung js-non at lint sight HI: thattbo surprise w hen .hoglvetijou tho ! ' lint Intimation of licr gifts U all tho greater. When In hen cry artless wnyshobo- 1 gins lnr lltllo recitation about blrdj, BiR I and then suddmly breaks Into It, and mmt , ', from tltat moment goes weaving and j winding all through It, that liutnclom VC S ll'ike chain of all tho liquid bird racl- !JK oily of an entire forest nnd meadow hltd tj cnhesira, the effect is quite startling. Ift bhnt our i ) ei, and j ou nro no lunger j In tho frowzy ntinnpnero of a theater. 1 j 1 1 In am arly morning lit Juno, and on J,i aruoutlnthowoodsuoniewhirc. There Iti nro no eloctrlo lights nnd gas jets. It It J! i hlnxln j nuiniuer sunlight. It is the odor IV ' fo"Mt, not of tho footlights, that li comestojon. Certalnlyit liincryas. WiKlKM touUhliuj thing to bo dono just by tho fSJIfj loosening and contrucllng of local llEe' chords, with the lal sable aid of brou- l'( Jlj1 '-'' lul- "n'l " thcrux, IWlIi A "CM"k '""x oirr, koAfc.Vfel Mfsi StqilKtiHon Mi)-a, nttd ufterhrtr- rQi fclSli 'D! ,ur m "n 1uil 1'" l"rel ,0 hclltt i) j!H,':fi' It, tliat lit can lmltMoany bird Hint rl'tWil wean wings an 1 feuthen, and o ringi vinwWk mil fnithi warn lrtof tho anntoralcul lUUkU' tiiulimtnt of all Unli, it amoiinU to 1 1 1KB:- )lug tliutkho can Imltato them kll. 1 1 E RmI " bhoian (rlro the juilklou and nontrh- fIIUMI olous ''qutcL, quack of Ihocomtnatlto iHI'i and crlou inluded duck aaaictiratily VU i , ' 'an Imltato tho giddy, .oaring IWu:', tongof thoallllllnBkylark. Hju Big. cry ctrly oi-qnlsltloii with lar. hlio Eh took to talking bird llnjo almont as f oon mjBk i u ho took to talking tho louml torn Urns merclal Kngllth of Michigan, v, hero f ho IJRJ wnitliorii. mam fchu 1 a trim American girl, Min JSW btf( henion, and rho ha ulni,lI In tho jBjm ' lt Aiuer.ian bird noilcty. Ikr wiffl' rerH.rtolrolaluot eiclmltily that of CMffi ourown ett aluglng Amtrictn blrJu. K) H" lu Kngland recintly,andi icked KiW tHithonongj of tho thrush, lilghtlngalu E i and kj lurk Jnst to thow theno ttan of l V "gIt"hhlidorriUiatihiiru!igu(ri mi ' y enough, an 1 that an) body who lud if ' l 1 had ii courto in an Aim rictn bird lnu.lo ' coincrvator) lould do them lint It l iff. J whiUHWrwill, tho jillow breoit, l(f " tho chlunlco, tho ridUril, tho citbird Jj. I tholmadarlarl,tlioiiwalloi,thobobo- t" ' liukaud.ofcoyreo, tho robin with tho J! I rcdval.tcoat thoooaro tho Wrdi, good AmcrkaiK all, whoiw uonga tho lovn i 1 Then the cin gho to Krfectlon tho 1 weird, melatcholy cry of tho loon ond I con j li o liko tlio quail that ) oil lmvo I ' oulytoihut juur ejou and fancy that I j vou oro out In tho brown itnbhlo of the fielda. Xiilhor tho dolmstio gooN) nor tho graro nnd roerend owl cm lrt clafM.il exactly among tho merry warbling war-bling Hingiteri of tho feathered bind, but they each hao a method of ill rial-iiigilbuptrotal rial-iiigilbuptrotal now eiix iranxro. v It wa Iui ly for her own umuicnunt that iho tint developed her remarkablo glfta of Imitation, until now alio ha found that ho can turn It tu a aourco of I rt.llt, and tl.U iho h iUig. Her blnl languagn i-ducutlon woaonh juit Ugun in tho country out In Mlclil Kin. Whin ihowai n cryllttlo girl ho camo to Now York to lit o, and ulnco then oho ha had to depend ujion bird ktoreo and upon mch bird aa itio und her frleudt xwkui for her tultloiu Now, to coino li.uk lu tho phyilologl cal featuroof tlm matter, thiro aro a gooil luiuy lt-oiilo who will till )ou just exactly how Miu Btcpheniiotl dues the.0 womUrful linllntlous. It Is nothing mora thin whittling puro nnd altnplo, many if tin m will ay. Tho vi ry kn andknoliu oneo .nccr inn atwhlv Uin. Nobody conld whlitlo lu that way, they wi) , with just tho whistling apparatus furnished by nature. .Miss l)t( henson, they will till ou, has sonio Inginlotu llttlo mechanical deilco for ln-iking Iho souuds, which shg conceals lu her mouth. All this makes the gifted bird soloist liugh. bhiuutildliot whUtlou notu If sbo trieil, tdiosus, and as for carrjlng scinelhinglrilitr month you l.ato only towntih herasshoghes imitations to lw convinced that tills is ull rubhuh bho biiur ly hisn mar 1 lous don lopment of tho vi al chords, which liasUmdo velopcd by j ears of practlco that lgan when aim rui n intra ehlld mid whin tho throat lauwdes and final chords wero illact and fixtblo TI10 rounds como straight from tho throat, us was remarkid at tho Ixglunlng if this article, ar-ticle, and as jou cau sen eery ihilnly )oi!nlf if jou nro near by whtn tho Imitations ur glicn. You will then 1 ry distinctly olmervo tho throat flutter, as docs that of a lanary when ho Is soaring soar-ing up In tl o hl;U notes of somo cf Ills dlzilist trills bpcakiig it trills, SUM Stiphenson aa)s these ilirlously inouh, aro the easiest nnd least tiresomo 1 f tho bird tongs to luiltlto. It U tho short, sharp tnltters and tho lon, wailing crlos whiih aro tlio most trying New xork World. ' |