The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-30
DELSARTE AND HIS SYSTEM.
EHE STUDY THAT OCCUPIES FASHION.
ABLE ATTENTION IN NEWPORT


Now to Develop Mental. Moral, and Ply ST.
cal Mature Relaxation that Tells
Grnee and Benuty Arc tho Resuits-A
Glance at tho Principles OF tho study.
Can you decompo at wiil3 Do you have
any difficulty In devtallzing?" Have you
learned the poetry OF motion. and IRE your
down.sittings sonnets and your uprisines
madrigals2 Have your muscles n language
your bones soul and Joints eloquence?
Can you disconnect any portion OF your be-
ing and hang 1t up for q nap while the rest OF
you goes on about Its business In short. have
you found Delsarte and have you been intro
duced by him to yourself2
Francois Delsarte was genius who devoted
his life to the study OF human expression. and
to him fate was perverse, as she ever is to gilt
ed souls; no died without knowing that Mrs.
Whitney and tho O. her social stars in the New
port colony were to embrace his doctrines. lie
died without seeing Henri eta Russell tho liv-
ing exponent OF his ethics. the beautiful high
prlestoss Of his religion.
Delsarte regarded mans nature as trinity.
and believed that tho only tru" education re.
CURED the harmonious and simultaneous do
velopment OF the N antal. moral. aud physical
nature. For the expression of tho workings OF
this triune nature therc are three languages
the word. the tone. and tho gestute. Because
that OF these the word only Is universally
Taught and studied In tho schools aud In
society. leaving the tone to the consideration
Of singers alone, and the gesture to accident.
the master spent his thought and study moro
particularly upon physical expression, through
which tho soul speaks over imrevfsctly. rs
through rude instrument.
Delsarte's work included tho law, OF color,
sound. and form In perfect relation AS we'll as
motion. and has given scent llc basis to nrt
CritfCiaD thnnui, "a n, &C N IN bio
teachings only with GenullectinE and Gesicu-
latng. His systsm IS not al invention, but
the scientific formulation aud concise pre-.
eentation OF the natural laws which are the
foundation OF tue art. The last cross OF the
Legion OF Honor given under tho Empire was
presented to this original thinker who lot his
Bo.called system not IN printed books, but In
the form OF charts and cpigiammatic SEN
fences His work |. carried on nov in Paris by
tho younger Dclsarto.' Gustav. and among
his apostles in this country Steele Mackaye
aud Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Russell are without
doubt the most tho ou.hly in sympathy with
the work they present
Dels !rt. taught that every muscle. ioiut and
member o. tho body In its particular work to
perform AS an instrument for expressing tho
soul, an, 10 prepare himself for teaching these
different menib RS to do their work faithfully.
he stalled intomy five years he walked the
WARDS o. no plihis' 10 eluuleu III tue strest' III
public assemblies. in the norRues. every
where Ms subject m II AMER tho stress ana
sway of strong emotion until no had discov-
cred the anatomy and phys ology OF action. To
present tho science thus evolved In full woud
require several numbers OF TIE SIN. Its prac-
tical rrin iples dednccd by pelshrtian STU
dents arc all that can be- comrrrh ndoi. with
out 81 ecial training BY those outside the mys-
tic pnle
The am OF Desartiln gymna''ic' Is SYM
meir al physical d.velupment OF which the
first st'r is the reduction O. the bp@y to n stats
.,a, a,,i'.a,' f., ,,,o,,., ~ nar,,,nv mit,,
tainou ~ III eil'|ehti' nio'' III ''' 'i'oh' WIN
natures laws. 1t deals PARTICULARLY with phys
ical re orm and is not easily learned from
written formulas, for indtyilu,l p,cuIiarties
require tn, perso al criticism and prrscrip-
tion OF savan,s skilled in its nbsruss mys.
terlss Tho DISTINGUISHING difference between
this syst ON II rhysic, training an Others now
inoper",i0n is that while other y,,e ms develop '
muse, ''s pro ess uD rove no. nuSv,o nu'
living ry,hmiral Delsarte exercises is this
DeIsar obseryol that mans m,vements
when governed by his HIGHER impulses wero
not o the Jerking. .nyusting. violent type, but
wore ther III inc IL u g Oh curves an spi'als'
cous, .uenilv il man cultivated these easiiy
COM ,'eu NOV slunss "uu, wv lama,
would 10 not nrouuce pet'er inner coholion
By reason of the reflex action vi these c.ating
movomontsp
Tho ~, a. -o,sos -, ,b,. sv.tor, o-o ,ocoa-
Ane II. ~ eNotc'soS " 'i'' 9'a'e'a "'o neeos
sarly of a relaxing na;ure. and consist In
shaking tho whole arm and han MI carefully un-
III thn ,oints nrn r,,,ycd ,ho u,us,.,o. ,,sn,iv
I'll tue io'hts arc re'aAoi' NO h'us'io" sehtS
put In action, and a tinglnG tecing thrills the
arm, viii Ii is then allowed 10 hang quietly Mt
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tho sid. ash dead. The other parts OF the
body arc subjected In tu!n to sim liar exercises
until every Joint is animated. every muscle
oui'kCEeu' ana NO ,ou| walls III e''lE'hty ~
Supp css tao soul in freedom and icXibiii,y OF
motion.
Tbs second 'ep is. Of course. to utilize this
greater tower OF EXPRESSIVE action. Floating
movements curve, sriias. slow stately Era-
dRtion, from io5o 10 pose. ali executed in
perfect rhythm and wltn grant I"l Iteration.
give cnln, Ont ol over Ne body and move all
members in consc.ou, harmony Win the Will
until ey learn tho greater art Of moving
discorL i bnalshed forever. There is us