The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-03

the training in harmonic poise OF bear
ing.n Then comes the relations OF the
principle of trinity to thought and &C
ton, and after that ''vital division treat
ing of the different physical elements.
After this Nine. Delsarte carries her pupils
into the moral DIVISION" in which the
pupil learns, for instance, that the torso
has three divisions: The mental Zone-the
seat of consci ence, honor, manhood ana
womanhood; moral zone-seat OF the anec-
tons; vital zone-seat of the appetltes-
The science of expression now begins to
unfold and take on complications. Inc
training of expression in the eye alone Is
on the most scientific basis. Mime. Del
sarte follows strictly the teachings ana
terminology of her father in describing the
amplifcation of expression in the eye. lee
terms "normo-conientrlc," "concentfo-eA'
centric ''excentro-normaP' and so on, are
bewildering to the beginners or the onlooR-
ers, but soon begin to mean something.
the nose is made eloquent by the mere
shadow of a wrinkle. Senslbllity, aggres-
sion, sensuousness and other phases are
Illustrated by the noStrils and Wrinkles
over the nose. The mouth naturally affords
field of profound study. The grammar
of pentomlne" leads the way to the voice,
of which Delsarte made a deep study.
Nine. Delsarre here as elsewhere takes oc-
casion to illustrate her fathers theory by
personal efforts. Her father wrote num-
| Der of songs for her that he might in them
and through her voice illustrate his theo-
ries of vocal expression The few who
| have been admitted to Nine. Delsarte'S
salon chats since she stepped OF La Gas
coigne last week, say that to hear her sing
is an experience of notable kind. but
| few people are likely 20 hear Mime. Del
Sarte sing. Like her father she is ex-
tremely independent in her ways.
| If Nine. Delsarte is to touch physical Gull
| ure on the highly aesthetic, the elocut1on-
try and the musical sides, Jenness- Miller
! is getting at it on the side of dress. JenneSs-
| Miller started out upon the line of dress
reform pure and simple. Her sister, Mabel
| Jenness, took up physical culture. Mabel
Jenness succeeded better than her sister.
Women liked the fundamental ideas OF
physical training better than they did the
ideas of dress reform. What Mrs. Miller
said in hel lecture about identifying the
form and the complexion excited much
more enthusiasm than what she said about
the divided skirt. The result has been that
Mrs. Miller now lectures very largely upon
physical culture with dress reform thrown
in. She may have the consolation Of know
ing that she has leavened the dress reform
loaf. The divided skirt is steadily increas-
ing in favor, and its chief advocate here
has received the sincerest fiattery OF lmlta-
ton Mrs Miller and her growing circle
of disciples Insist that the divided skirt is
indispensable not only to dress reform but
to physical culture. Nine. Delsarte does
not agree with her. Neither do some other
authorities. But the theory is firmly en-
trenched.
Mrs Miller says that physical culture is
making great strides in this country. bu
that we have only begun TO see what 1t /:
going to do for US. Meanwhile Mrs. Miller
is insisting that women shall have plan
waist.
William Blaikie, the author of "How t
Get Strong" is New York laWye: wht
has done as much as anybody in this coun
try to make good health and a strong body
fashionable. l was talking with Mr.
Blake the other day and found him jus
as enthusiastic Tor outdoor exercise as n
was three or four years ago when his boo
first came out. 1--WE need plenty of practi
cal teaching on this subject of physica
training said Mr.. Blake. ave Ameri
cans are not as thoughtful about our phys
ical development as we should be- / be
lieve in the simple remedies of wholesom
natural exercise. l get people to walk VIII
have been riding too much. and enjoy max
ing d reform in that direction, if in n
other.n
Edwin Checkley is another teacher an
writer who has been doing a good deal tt
ward stirring up the country on the sui
ject of physical training. Checkley, VIII
is the author of book called "a Nature
Method of Physical Training is the apo:
s tie of the straight spine and slow breath
ing theory. He beat the long distance bi
cycle record without any special training
and is an conoclastic opponent of all th
! train ng theories. IS and, sit, w.lk an