Thesewerefashionablewomen——mostdelicate，sensitiveladies——atwhomheswore。Theywept，stayedon，advertisedhimasa``wonderfulseriousteacherwhowon’tstandanynonsenseanddoesn’tcareahangwhetheryoustayorgo——andhecanteachabsolutelyanybodytosing！’’Heknewhowtobegentlewithoutseemingtobeso。heknewhowtoflatterwithoututteringasinglewordthatdidnotseemtobereluctantpraiseorsavagecriticism。heknewhowtomakealadywithalittlevoiceworkenoughtomakeashowingthatwouldspurhertokeeponandonwithhim。heknewhowtoencouragearichwomanwithnomoresongthanapeacockuntilshewouldcometohimthreetimesaweekformanyyears——andhowhedidmakeherpayforwhathesufferedinlisteningtothehideoussquawkingsandyelpingssheinflicteduponhim！
DidJenningsthinkhimselfafraud？Nomorethanthenexthumanbeingwholivesbyfraud。Isthereanytradeorprofessionwhosepractitioners，inthebottomoftheirhearts，donotthinktheyarelivingexcusablyandperhapscreditably？TheJenningstheorywasthathewasagreatteacher。thattherewereonlyaveryfewseriousandworth-whileseekersofthesingingart。
thatinordertoliveandtoteachthesefew，hehadtoreceivetheothers。that，anyhow，singingwasafineartforanyonetohaveandtakingsinginglessonsmadetheworstvoicealittlelessbad——or，attheleast，singingwassplendidforthehealth。Oneofhisfavoritedictawas，``Everychildshouldbetaughtsinging——
foritshealth，iffornothingelse。’’Andperhapshewasright！Atanyrate，hemadehisfortytofiftythousandayear——andondayswhenhehadasuccessionofthenoisy，tunelesssquawkers，hefeltthathemorethanearnedeverycentofit。
Mildreddidnotpenetratefarintothesecretofthemoney-makingbranchoftheJenningsmethod。Itwascrudeenough，too。Butarenotallthefraudsthatfoolthehumanracecrude？Humanbeingsbothcannotandwillnotlookbeneathsurfaces。AllMildredlearnedwasthatJenningsdidnotgiveuppayingpupils。