Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-18

1880 - - lAhiliar with this great law OF
OPPRESSION governing spontenoitv that
me can apply It's principles 10 anv
thoaght be IL ever 50 old. sDd nj fbe
magic touch it glows with renewed life
sqeh Is the great law circiinr p6rpetu.
any In our midst most potent almost
unknown The truth Of this stnfeneni
may pe asoertained 60 the Satisfaction
o. anyone who will listen to conversa.
ZION with the purpose Of noting The FOR.
NATION Of the thought and not the SENSE
embodied therein. 1t viii be nscsr.
famed also that each and every thought
mas an individuality, that il Is puised
lorth In compact mass. which We have
termed the thought picture.
A SYSTEM OF STUDY NECESSARY.
And now we must notice those per-
sons who contend that there can be- no
system OF study in the art Of expires.
SION other than appreciation of the
thoughts contained IN their subject
reposing implicit reliance on IMPULSE
alone 70 produce the desired effect.
This being true, authors should he tho
most expressive opponents OF their own
compositions. Is this your experience.
gentle STUDENT
Ours has been 10 the result that II
the majority Of authors had no other
medium of imparting their thoughts to
the world, save by their reading aloud.
the world would be a heavy loser indeed
These remarks are not applicable 10
one who, upon the conception OF a
thought delivers il then and there by
the voice without having recourse to
pen and paper, for In that case the
thought is perfectly produced, being
fresh from nature, and the word nature
IS but another name for sp1nianeity
We are often required TO liston tn an
effort made by an "clocuting reader,H
or to an Independent knOw-all, I'M
trained one UNFRAMED by himself, her
self or anyone else trying TO express
written thought Tho voice may be
grandly melodious and bear with 1t a
charm, but we look in vain for the
thought picture.
What is The result Of continued Of
FORTY The answer is, monotony. The
picture is out Of drawing Is blurred
with vivid coioring and we soon tire OF
it, But, when written thoughts are
produced by the voice according TO the
dictates OF the great law OF expression,
they matoriali2e into pictures, that live
before US in all power and beauty; be-
ing So clearly revealed and SO eOmpre-
hensible that child would be impress
ed with their truth and like all truth,
resting upon eternal and unvarying
principles How often DO we hear the
advice "imitate nature II you wish 70
the same time OF little use
80, rftf
conducted to the model. nor is the
model brought TO us. We are merely
told OF a model that is somewhere, the
precise locality uncertain aud In fact
almost unknown. Under such circmn-
stances the student becomes discOur-
aged, disheartened and loses faith in
the existence Of great truth to be-
initiated, or If he perseveres, his crea-
ti0ns are shaped according 20 an indi-
yidual standard that may offend others.
LISTEN TO YOUR OWN VOICE.
The study Of uttorauce 10 apart from
grammatical or rhetorical rules, they
being in comparison like unto the man
uiactures Of artists materials. making
color, brushes, canvas, with propriety
and parfectness, but cannot make the
picture until they have studied the
laws governing economy and perspoct-
i've. So il is with authors and all
others desiring 70 flash thought from
mind to mind By means OF the voice.
They must study to that end and by
study we do not mean tho act Of
standing very close TO ones subject
with a brush in ones hand and a
microscope in the other. We are
not 10 shatter voice-tOne into atoms.
into fragments and then endeavor 10
glue them together with evolutionary
rules. Nor are we, under any ra'
tional circumstances, to purchase a
stock Of ready made gestures to cor
respond with our selections in litera'
lure. Place your subject before you
In the light OF appreciation, then cul'
| tivate the artistic Judgment by study
ing the principal PARTICLES, and Inc
understood particles Of thought dc
eide upon them, try 20 blend them
/ ont of each other with the voice, using
the understood particles as shadlng'
try TO draw your subject correctly
| with all earnestness and Will power
| after this method and you will sue
coed. One cannot perform on the pr
| apo. from u score. without pracuclng
| the scales, hlLuuub hAlnMAAh A4A' NV
After this difficulty h been overcome
the musical current passes through The
| fingers from the brain, uncOnsclously
flowing gently from the brain 10 the IN
strument. from the instrument 10 th'
brain, or surging with irreslstaoi'
passion snd strength. 50 II Is Witt
reading and declaiming. we are u
learn the mechanical action oil the mini
In relation 20 the subject aud thel
earnest application Will develop IN
mower that enables US to expires
| thought without realizing a single ru
diment OF the art.
THE ABUSE OF GESTURE
Elocutlonists, as rule, teach many
gestures with the view Of impartinl
grace. forgetting, or not realizing
mat the proper definition OF grace II
! its association with reading is IN
withdrawal o. all awkwardneas w
must put our subject In frOat Of us ant
endeavur TO keep IL there, with an a..
snniug and modest disregard oil soil
/ II we exhibit too many graceful ges'
ures during reading, the auuleno
will naturally observe our own indlFlo
ueIity In this respect at the expense o
onr subject. And in the same sens
too many graceful waves OF the Folc'
will be detrimental.
An UNFORTUNATE WORD DIsGRAcEn
And now It becomes my duty
shield from ybuse, ridlcule and cor
.,,,,,t a MGR word that has we'll nlgi