Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15

pert little grimsce suggestive OF ca'eonism
days.
"And what is his mission7"
'aTo disseminate knowledge regarding
the poetry of motion. the art Of dress and
Of identifying our abiding placer sstls-
Hed9"
Mot quite. Tell me more about this
disciple, that has in one weeks time SO
completely upset all OF your pretty heads
and succeeded in making himself the most
talked of man about town."
"Well if you'll take an oath that you
won't laugh and look sardonically wise and
saw nonsense with a contemptuous accent, |
or do anything else disagreeable, III tell you
all about him OF rather all / know about him."
agreed, so help me Fob. FL do nothing
named in the list or anything else disagreeaple'
Proceed"
Russell Comes Well Endorsed.
"wel, TO commence with he's an Endorsed
check and not TO be discounted, for his in
dorsers are the most refined people in England
and America. Personally, he is. in his street or
lecture costume, not a striking figure unless
you analyze him. for he adopts the prevailing
mode of masculine dress with one or two in
conspicuous notifications, and is not in the
least aggressive. But if YOU watch him walk or
move you are fascinated by the 1.-the, panther
AAnS EA@~S "a Las SNAFH
ks"And when you see him engaged in converse
ton your memory fails to ind in its corridors
anyone else so perfectly at ease and irresistibly
charming. He speaks from his big toe up, his
entire physique engaging in the conversation
and his bow is something to be dreamed over,
and sighed over, longed for and practiced. His
lectures and talks are but exhaus-
tive on the subjects he treats. He's a regula-
tor eight-day clock, as it were, with all the
chimes IN musical accord and the mechanism
SO thoroughly perfect that nothing jars. And
with each moment he progresses a point and
tells you something new. He's an artist, not a
specially argist. but a general everyday practi.
cal one, that believes in making ourselves and
surroundings as harmonious as possible.
49,
The High Harmonies in Motion.
HE begins with personality and you just
naturally feel yourself limbering up and grow
ing graceful while he talks. and you elevate
your chest and sway your body a little bit just
to see how it goes, you know. Then you prac-
tics his method of walking as you go out, and
you think Of what he said: Beautiful sentiments
high harmonies in motion; how vul-
gar, everyday. commonplace things ex-
ensis 'n snd fine 81 n And' as Ss''y You OT DOZEN
wish to be commonplace you Try to prevent
your head from giving those quick,
jerky little mods il is SO accustomed to
and you fail Iamentably. When you reach
home you take a position before the mirror and
try to move as he did, and after a few minutes
pTHCIlC6 you are out Oh concert Will IOuTS0lI
and everyone else. Russell included.
But you take up his book, and, after reading
awhile you get up to see if you really are as
stiff and jointed doll-like as some of the
women he describes. You conclude that you
are very much that way, and you Sit down and
try to be reposefuL
bis Suggestions as to Dress.
THE next time you hear him on Dress and
bemoan the fact that youhave given an order for
anew green cloth, as it neither matches your hair
nor your eyes. and he says your gowning should
do one or the other. And you wish you .eren't
going to have so much gold braid on it. for it
certainly will detract from your eyes and teeth.
And you resolve to have the high collar re-
moved forthwith, because he condemns it so
severely and gives such dreadfully good reasons
for it And you think it would be nice to.have
boots to match the costume, so thai the line of
color would not be broken and also that it
would be, as he says, chic to have a special
jewel, even if it isn't an expensive one, that is
individually yours and then wear 1t in harmo-
You also decide not to call in the assistance
OF any more bones OF whales in your attires
because they mar so seriously the contour of
the body. And besides, Mr. Russell declares
that the waist, by Objectionable
garments. with the body in the proper poise.
will decrease in size-a startling and conclusive
argument against wearing boned garments.
You rejoice over the fact that you
didn't purchase that lovely black
you thought of for a new dress
as Mr.. Russell says only fais and plump people
with no lines or cares in their faces should
wear black, as it accentuates every shadow and
makes every line deeper, and you don't mind it
q bit that you haven't a jewel case full of
diamonds, for they age a. woman and do not
harmonic with anything. They are mere spots
oflight and you gaze around you and see so
many little brilliant flashes emanating from
pink tinted ears that in themselves would
arouse admiration and hold the gaze were thew
not completely overshadowed by the little spots
OF light. In all, you firmly resolve to study
yourself and modify style to individuality and
become as nearly as possible a poem in your.
self with appropriate draping,a as that is his idea
throughout. Make the most of yourself and
let dress assist
Ostentation Rather Than Art.
House Decoration is his third lecture, as.
after your body has been cultivated and your
dressing taken care of, you want artistic sur
roundings. And while he talks you think of
Mrs. GrosveDor Green's fat, with portIeres
hanging on large brass rings at every door;
every shelf, dressing case and mantel Uttered
with gimcracks, the corners of the tiny rooms
curta1ned OF and behind them more gimcracks;
the upright piano with a short-sK1rted portiere
on and the top covered with vases,
with dragon candlesticks and with Jap
fans; the floors covered witt filing
and then rugs and then skins; the easy chairs
smothered in tides, Armenian, Turkish and
Persian; the lounges and sofas covered two
y 0CCP WILL cO1d pilOhS anu
fidiesj the radiator concealed by a Jap screen,
and over it some Arab scarfs; China rugs
guarding the hearth; a brass sunfower smiling
from the top of either andiron, and a brass
peacock spreading its tail before them inside q
high 6ligree fender.
'Such is the state Of things that Mr.. Russell
makes war against, and says the modern apart
ments give too much ostentation to wealth
without any regard to art. And you agree with
him when you think of the conglomeration of
furniture, plush curtains, mirrors, gilt frames,
PLAQUES, vases, statues, bronzes and such
things that in so many strictly new
homes bewllder the eye and speak only
of gold. You conclude to study your own
room If you can't control the entire house, and
discard everything that is not really useful and
beautiful and ebdeavor to compose a symphony
out Of the furnishings you already have by a
different arrangement; and to use the side
lights softly shaded in delicate colors instead
of the chandelier that makes you look old and
fatigued by its glaring lighS. You resolve to
discard that immense gold frame that outlines
q picture above your mantelpiece. and the
Diciure, too, for that matter, SO that YOU your
self may become the picture when you lean
against the mantel. A hundred other things
you think of while he talks, for he fairly
abounds with suggestions.
Mr.. Russell at Home.
Then you visit him at his cousins in the
East End is you want to see him in his own
picturesque dress and have a glimpse Of his
wonderful jewels. He's charming in his street
suits, but he's moro than that in his house cos.
TUNES of beautiful shades Of brown or drab
plush fashioned with an air of elegance and
.comforI; his feet encased In soft embroidered
Eastern sandals. and his esthetic head
and hair in sympathy and harmony with
every nndulAting motion OF bis
body. A delicious perfume pervades
lsirsy eievating. Really il isn't the man you