In the Newark, N. J., public library is a statue of Benjamin
Franklin carved in Carrara marble. It embodies an incident
in his life. When a lad he bought a whistle from a playmate,
giving all the coppers he possest for it. He whistled all over
the house, until his brothers and sisters told him he had paid
too much for the whistle, laughing at him until he cried from
mortification and chagrin.
Franklin was not the first nor the last to pay too much for the
whistle. Music is not the only thing that may come at too high a price.
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