The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-09

trate them. Aftor explaining how nearly every
voluntary muscle OF the body could be trained
to express the moods and tenses Of action or
passion. she began with the fingers. and said:
The thumb. for instance. Is almost Their
mometer Of life. My father noticed that the
ward the centre es Of the palm. He used to 60 to
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Tomsn VIE 9S carried babies held their thumbs
Nine. Delsarte rose from her chair and fold
ed her arms as II she were holding baby IN
them She pressed the fingers together. with
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She swayed slightly from side to side. as IL
Sleep. and the mlschie.ous. careless expires.
sion Of her face was 80 suggestive of an easy
laughed ana INTO
With a comic. deprecatory look Of horror Nine.
Dssarte threT 9p her hands and said ,.t,.,
showed me. Here is how the mother holds
ne she toided her arms in almost tho same post,
ton. but spread her fingers siishtis apart;
han she grey up her arms snd
ical Grandma was all she said. but every
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fingers. Now take the elbow. Ny father
sticks his elbows out as far as ne can when he
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ludicrous fashion. Then she drew the elbows
That Is the way the sergeant walks He
has already become accustomed to his au-
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dignity a little. and this is how he does it The
General on the other hand. who is supreme in
tatiously at his side. like this. land therein.
to a. great degree. lies his dignity OF deport-
4 father The in laying out his 1EnsPss
= sutins the action ion e the word Mmo. De!serte
drew her arm N, STRAIGHT y, up and down and then
diagram stood complete "a the afr: Then she
h the ne Of the which
Nine. Deissrte explained the emotions which
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he throws his head forward. like this. and
smiles so-and Sole t'aime!"
There was u burst Of applause.
That's how it is My father spent whole
day repeating the sentence. II est beau. a
chen THAT dog is beautifully You can
hardly imagine In how many ways this simple
sentence may be expressed"
. Nine. Delsarte tried 1t in half dozen ways
that were oil expressive, but differing greatly
from one another. She then explained how
the idea OF grandeur could be expressed by
the hands and how the various degrees OF sizo
could best be expressed by gesture.
My father always said that he learned
great deal from the pose Of the gladiator. in
the statue {, vi which all Of you doubtlessly have
She arose. stretched one arm before her and
the other behind. and bent her head forward
She laughed cheerily as she said:
1t isn't very imposing attitude for, q
woman. but In a man think It is q splendid
pose. You will observe how the forward arm
expresses strength and power"
After some further discourse on the subject,
am going to recite for you Laiontaine's
fable OF the rat that came out into the world
and marvelled at its size. Probably many OF
you will not understand the words. but trust
the gestures will mako them clear to you"
The audience followed her closely and were
surprised TO find that they understood the
fable, perfectly The poor little rats surprise.
and his joyful recognition Of animals which
his mother had told him about, were marvel
lousy expressedlby Mme Delsarte's gestures.
and when she finished and made her bow
there was final. hearty burst OF applause