The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-06

life, the soul and the mind. 1t is the appro-
priation OF the sign to the thing. 1t Is the
relation OF the beauties scattered through
nature TO superior type. 1t Is not, there
fore, The mere imitation of nature"
The ladies Of the Century Club, who are
refined. wise and literary, nodded their
heads when they heard these opinions of
the French philosopher. They said moth
their faces chorused, That's just what /
always said art was myself"
Russell caught this look and recpr0cated
it with feeling. In melting glance from
under his soft brown bangs his soul said
'Ah! j see we understand each other"
The ladies OF the Century Club caught
that covert glance.
"He feels with u.s." said they in their
hearts; 'he understands us. How divine
thing Is man when his soul is filled with
the fuIlness which Is art"
Edmund Russell has a pretty face and
soft sympathetic voice which sounds as ii 1t
had been distilled, if you can understand.
You or | could tell all that Russell told
the members of the Century Club and not
evolve a single murmur OF sentimental ap-
prevail, but even in the naked outlines OF
Francois Delsafte's biography he touched
responsive chords In the sympathetic
bo SONS of his listeners.
"DeIsarte," said he, devoted his life to
the studies OF those laws that underIie
human expression.
And he SAID lnat SO tHecliVely that you
almost felt he had sacrificed his life as well
as devoted IL and that Russell was fast fol-
lowing him along in the same road of self
abnegatlon.
But Delsarte was in no respect a martyr.
He wrote books that were based on his OBJ
servations Of the laws Of motion, the laws
OF gesture and the laws of expression. Also
the roles played In gesture by the special
limbs and organs OF the body, the laws of
universal expression and the analysis 0.
individual deviation from these laws. 1t
was after looking into the principles Of
these laws that Edwin Forrest remarked OF
Desarte:
Ellis philosophy has given me deeper
insight into my own art IN fifteen minutes
than | learned myself in fifty years OF
study"
Delsarte believed that mans nature was
a trinity-at least that Is what Mr.. Russell
led the Century Club to believe--and he
further declared that one should educate the
mental, moral and physical units or that
trinity simultaneously and in perfect rela-
ton with each other.
"a trinity" said Russell, us insepa-
rable; separation means death and the final
loss OF the power 10 unite and form har-
moDy."
This assertion sent a momentary culver
OF anxiety through the ladies who were not
certain about their being really well-devel-
Oped uiniteS themselves, but when the
speaker subsequently assured them that
while there Is life there Is hope, they grew
easier.
Then he explained how the human entity
is really Il sort of physiological piano, and
the application OF DeIsartism to its require
ments is like tuning the instrument.
Everybody knows that you may keep on
tuning piano as long as there is peg to
stretch q wire on, and every body chetred up
when the subject of tuning was preached.
From theories he proceeded to dilate upon
the solid gymnastic necessities that are re-
CURED from the student Of Delsartism. and
here be 1t stated that DelsaIte always in
sisted that the ply zeal part OF his prescribed
training should precede the PHILOSOPHICAL.
He explained how 1t is that certain sys-
tenn OF relaxing exercises should first be
INDUCED IN, then series oil more complex
eyolutions; then something else; then some
thing stall more, otherwise and SO forth, to
the end of the chapter.
They are the funniest sort OF exercises.
One Is to wiggle the arm like;the tail of
palsied squirrel till Ii aches.
That makes the hands too tired 10 fidget,
or too loose, or something that way.
But II would be awfully funny TO see the
whole Century Club seeking repose OF the
hands by wiggling the arm in the way Mi.
Russell suggests.
Revolving of the neck is another process
he suggests.
1t makes the head timber.
Then there are whole lot OF other exer-
cises which. If properly INDUCED in and
constantly practiced, would take the stiff
ness out OF the Westmin ster Confessional
ana lend unconscious grace to an earth
quake.
The society woman of to-day makes Rus
sells heart twinge.
10 begin with she wears corsets, and cor
sets are Incompatible with beauty.
linen she has habit Of keeping her
stomach too much en- evidepce-corsets do
il-and he considers that vulgar and ply
steal.
she has lot of o.her failings too but
why enumerate them?
Kusseil can rattle them off inla pleasant,
chatly sort OF way without offending any
pody; lie does 1t with the air of dentist
VINO IS telling beauty that her teeth are out
OF gear. 1t Is all well and good forl he dentist
10 say SO, out 1t would be impudence on the
part OF the outsider.
IL is no use commenting upon the short
comlngs OF local loyeliness at the present
writing. Edmund Russell will doubtless
remedy II before he leaves California.
Feopie will learn to be graceful to glide
preltliy, TO bow with ease and state illness,
10 Iail down without breaking anything
long before he goes away.
Corsets will be forgotten, stomachs will
disappear, every one Will understand art
winch, after all, Is but q science-every one
VIII learn TO be loneliness itself before the
Delsartean high priest lea yes San Francisco.