Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-04
NOT AT ALL SOULFUL.
ChIcagoans Too c-Edmund
Russell's Lecture.
CHICAGO Herald

Sixty-four pairs of dainty hands APP
Dlauded prettily yesterday at Apollo
Hall when Edmund Russell said he did
not like the expression which he had
noticed on the faces of ChicagOanS.
There was too much materialiSm, too
much of the dollar in the look of the
Chicagoan; not enough of sentiment,
soul and feeling. THE Boston girl,
said Mr.. Russell, SIS too outlandiShly
aesthetic in her sweep; the New York
girl is too uppiSh in her form OF recog-
milton. We find faplts with both OF
these dear girls" he continued, but
thew find fault with each other. The
New York young lady says of her friend
in BOSTON that the latter makes herself
absurd by mentalizing her bow,
\ while the Boston woman thus describes
/ the method OF her New York acquaint-
ance: why, my dear, l do not like
your bow. 1t is too suggestive of smart
ness, OF imperiOusneSS. You open your
eyes and your mouth and tip your head
back and keep il there while you count
400; then you nod like a jack-in-the-
box" 1t was then the women forgot
all aesthetic restraint and laughed nat
urally.
what is the real, true, correct way
TO make tOw?" A tall, severe-looking
woman asked this question.
Mr.. Russell replied: 1.-The bow must
begin ut the head and not at the feet.
1t must not be jerk of one joint
NJ the neck, or a bend at the hip,
but should obey the law of sue
cesSion and follow the path of
all true expression. beginning with the
eye and passing like a wave over the
body, using every joint in its turn-any
slip, break or change of time affecting
the truth Of the expression. The artic-
ulation, then, when saying lam pleased
TO meet you, should be full and COM
plete: that is, distinct use should be
made of the teeth, tongue and lips, the
throat being relaxed, and the voice,
borne up by the controlled breath, be
vibrant and resonant through all the
cavities of the mouth and nose" This
explanation was considered clear and
pretty and dainty palms came together
again. Encouraged by applause, Mr..
Russell stood on little pedestal and
made several graceful bows. He
made one bow i'm particular that one
lady cried out was perfectly bewltch-
ing" Mr.. Russell said that it was
bow which he had seen the queen of
Italy make in Rome in response to the
plauditS of her subjects. Yes, it was
bewitchiug," Mr.. Russell said; cit was
a study, though not studied. 1t was not
Jerk. All, no. Her bow was like
careSS: il was in complex rhythmic time,
I'm dreamy. spiral way, bending ut once
every Joint of her entire body
But everybody cannot bow like a
queen or like one of the royal blood, Mr..
Russell. can they, no matter what train
ing they receiver"
"Ahl that's where the mistake is
made. have q case ia point. On the
very occasion l refer to the graceiul
oueen was accompanied by the cousin,
a princess. The young princess Sald 10
the queen: 1 envy your bow. l love
nv people, but l cannot express It,.
WHY was this the case? just because
her nature, which l learned was un-
doubtedly refined. could not control her
clumsy bodily mechanism and make 1T
express the good will which dwelt with
I'm il. As she said. she loved her peO-
pie, but they never knew it. They had
no good of it; the notes would not
sound: the instrument could not speak
in harmony. IL might, of course, have
been caused by embarrassment, or the
fatigueS of Illness, or always wearing
tight clothing, or by a mother who a.
ways said. Don't 90 that, my daughter,
it is not proper for one in your position
aud never told her really what TO Go.
This was all very interesting, aud
everybody smiled approvingly at Mr.
Russell. lie INDUCED in another slap at
theNulgarman Modern education, he