Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-07-31

A, Assss.s Tell. How 10 Il Dees-psns's
~ a~ttlaa Hurt.

A., Ass,..s Tell. How 70 Il Dee~-Dsns~
sf Getsiss Hurt.
.'want 20 know how we fair SAID tne
beautiful. graceful woman why SO.
,hI. w.y. F1rst your knee, and then your
hin. and then your shoulder. and you arc
down and the graceful figure WAS prone
ou the carpet with ouistrc,chei arms
Fy,ry fold Of her lace drspsry In the prr,-
ties, possible place, not an men 81 n
ankle or CLEAN ~ the snowy sks
visible. and the falling has ben a. no's
les. and graceful A. buitsrnys az ana
swuop down % the heart OF Ose. ihsn.
with supple grace and qules. sf"'
spring. she was ON her fce' VA
In this way-sldevsy-, you 80. ana
With dip and curve and sweep OF ,n.
lace drapsrie-. down she noaied esNn
and nolseloss a. q swallows downssru
sweep. and she lay apparently lfsie.,,
with her face hidden. Another n'ue
,prtng and she fostei backward into
chair 80 limp and faint that even tho
smile on her lips hardly treasured you
that u wasn't an actual sudden fAintnes
1--WE are taught In the schools, anu
prArtloe on rug At home hrst' you NOV,
and % course We gvt many bruises Nhns
learning. We fall first 90 the Knee ana
then 90 the hip. the shoulder. and down.
OF course We do this very slowly AZ mr.,
and awkwarily. but We do u over and
over again until one fall blends Into the
other 40 completely that you cannot as
tIngulsh A. oh. yes. v Il hard Al nrs',
but AL thew IL to II Il 10 tAko AL the
will out 81 your b,dy and COLLAPSE MAJ:
your muscles involuntary and inspired
With the part you are playing. 40 that AZ
the propcr time you will fall almost IN
consriousiy. and then you won't D. hurt.
our promp,er tainted the other night
ami len and hurt himself very badly.
Now. 1 could fall in . faint hundred
times and not b. hurt-Jou So my fall IL
AN unoonsciously mechanical action- lou
20 into a familiar rom In tho dark and
YOUR body will unoonsciously take the
nght direction 90 avoid coming In con
Tao, with the objects In tho room. 40 my
boiy takes the mechanical curve and
noise requisite 90 avoid hurt without
nv thinking anything about II IN make
myself perfectly incrt-give myself al
up. you know.
II have been hurt several times Thc.e
old fashioned sloping stagr- Scre trvarh-
erous Affairs. and very often when plAy-
ing ON an unfamiliar stage Ne were hurt.
4 rvmember gulng down bang on my noss
onoe-almo.t broke a. Everything wAs
darn for minute. and then there flashed
out all tho CONSULTATIONS known n man.
and several NOR. that haven't ben de.
covered. bat went on with my part and
no one knew. Then bal another fall
that made my hip black AL ovsr-thought
that would never gvt vell. for had %
fall on IL every night. no matter no" u
hurt.
'Are We afraid ~ being HURT Oh. no.
We arr constantly In danger. urcat heavy
things ara hanging over our beads that
II some stacy carpenter shall blnnder ~
some picce % machinery brcAk, would
come down and make short work of "a.
had q heavy iron bar fall not four Inches
from my fAoe once. and q man cut my
forehead with dagger. and other people
have accidents. bat we don't think any
thing about them after II Ia over. Like
nervous peopls on shipbuar,i fancy bcfory
they sail that they arr going 10 think 81
their danger all the time. but two days
out they will forget AL their fear AID fesl
a. safe as on land ~ No thrO~ our.
selves down on tho boaris and roll "a
sofas and down terraces and cut % chairs.
knowing W. might hr'ak our bono.. bat
never thinking % H. No ono ever did
such fearfully dangerous thing A. that
Miss Fctter. though. II seemed strange
the papers didn't sPsAk o. Il b'forc. for u
jus, seemed cruel Tor her to endAngcr her
her health and even her life Just 10 make
one moro funny point In the play.
men say sometimes that women fall
morv easily and lightly than they them.
selves. This may b. true. Tor women arr
supple. 1.-THE and elastic and no; - tall.
Tor the fall l. Just a. mechanical People
only watch the pretty eury,s and graoc.
ful sweep % AWOmAns drpcry. and DO
not So the mechanical studied action
underneath We foat down very grao.-
fully. but tho foAilng IL done a. aocu.
rAiely A. . problem In geometry. New
York sun.