The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-04

MS estheiIcs. BIS thOds are as tobeIly de-
dactiye as .: syllegism In Barbara, and ia.
fscthe hssTedueed the art: of aft*oFifici&in
TO SCIENCE as cold as Fogtc. +: o., =: -, :
: II sounds .extTaOr11nary at first, :but%tlfe
apparent Etrangeness of: the system grows.
upon one and becomes possible by study =
In fact back East, where Edmund has
toiied and preached, and: ilaep EcatB1 the
harmOnies of DelsArteanism Rmoh g { Il T. cuf-
tnred elect, tits worse than q crime d OF TO.
understand the whys3and Sherefores Of
good taste and elegance IN: everything -
And here be it sthted, that, according: to.
Delsarte,. many various circumstances Of.
environment, depth, area. etc, have to be:
considered even In. the chelce. Of. a soup:
plate. >.s...:s:: ;. : - -.
Edmund Russell would shuddsr If fash.
lonabe woman's bonnet were not liked on
: her head Just so. r.: -. :. ;: :
:. he can tell her where she oasht to pnt
smother pieat in her skirt or where TO let;
cut an extra tuck In hefpettieoats: :. :
-. Nay more. he can explain to her whe Their
she ought 10 set her chin at this- angle or
open her mouth al that; aAd he .csn also
prove TO her the utter folly Of sitting in a
Tose-colofed room when her compilation is.
naturally yellow.
IL you ask Russell any questions barring
on these or similar momentOus subjects. he
;checrfully answers them. and .dilstes.
largely, aud with apt quotations and Incl
dents illustrate said dlalion. he loves to
answer; in answering be loves toGflate.. -:
The writer ones heard him talkfHg for an:
hour and FIVE minutes by the WATCH, in: re-
Hponee 70 q question about iampshade.- :.
a pretty girl put the question. and that
may IN measure account for his going inso:
the question so thoroughly; but long before.
be got through be had proven to the maid
that she was a Hun, or Goth, or a Visi-.
goth, or some equally untutored barbarlau
for ever asking such a question.
a na al <ho ID
for. and 1t was swell sort of piane-ia mp,
too, that must have put q hole In $50 some
where or another.
- Put tie skirts Of a ballet dancer on that
thingp; he exclaimed at the end, with look
at tho :leng-legged lamp 10 the corner. that
would have wltheTed 1t were II built of aug BIT
but metal. " Put skirts on that thingi Why,
my dear, can't you think of some easier way
Of concealing its existence from your
friends ~: -:
Sometimes he goes even further and advo-
Gates wholesale destruction. with all the vim
is especially given that way when any one
brings up the question Of bric-a-brac;:
-'If you've a teapQt so elaborate that
you're afraid TO put tea in it." said he to a
Cleveland lady one day, don't put it on the
parlor mantelpieee, but take it out and
smash it,"
"But my dear Mr. Rissell," protested the
marion, why should j do such:a thiBg2"
~",Ebe reason: are many. madam" replied
. the pbiIosophie critic. Zone reason is that
you will spare DISAGREEMENT to your
mantelpiece; another is that yon will never
have TO worry Yourself lest the thing fall
down aud get broken; an other ls-".
=: But Desarte. had lost a disciple before a
third reason could be given.
Ia fixing up room or In ordering a cos
tune TO be worn in said room Russell does
not recommend his pupils to match any
thing, but to blend all.
Any one, be says, can match a thing, but
efIy few know how TO blend properly.
He has systems and eounter-systems Of
blending, all OF which hinge more or less on
the axfoms referring TO hafmony that were
laid down years ago by Tho ,Frenchman.
Francois Delsarte. =
i. Delsarte, il one remembers correctly, was