Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-10
MISS moRsE,s REMARKS.
Gives an Exposition of she DeIsarte system.

Gives an Exposition of she DeIsarte
 System.
 A select company of ladies assembled at the Delsarte studio yesterday morning and listened with interest to an exposition of the Delsarte system by Miss Adelaide Morse. Miss Morse said, among other things, that many people have certain habits peculiar to themselves, and they always say "It is natural for me" to do thus and so. These peculiarities referred to as being natural are, on the contrary, very unnatural. They are acquired dhabits-perhaps acquired in 8 past generation and handed down to this, but none the less unnatural and objection able, should be got rid of and can be got rid of.
 Everything natural is beautiful. If grown people only were natural they would be healthy, there would be no need of doc tors or of physical culture. Why are chill dren so sttracsivei Because they are nat ural. When self f-consciousness develops @ child loses some of its charm, and 1t takes but few years of training from unfit teachers and uninformed mothers to de- stroy every vestige of grace and beauty the child once possessed. A child never gets tired, 1t runs and skips all day long, stands, mount stairs without any bad eff fects, because the child instinctively uses It's body in the right way, alternately using and resting the various muscles SO there is no strain on any one part, and no part is weakened from neglect to use 1t. When a child goes to school it Is forced to stand | in strained, unnatural position. Then 1 does the child get very tired and lateral curvature is frequent result. Only 8 very small proportion Of children who have been in 6 school few years have straight | epines. Dressmakers are frequently heard | to remark that most of their customers have uneven shoulders, and great deal of padding dexterity is required to give them good appearance; but, fashionable wo- mans ambition is to have 8 handsome gown, 8 straight back is no object to her. | As the Delsarte Laws are no different, indeed no other, than nature's laws, l am anxious to bring them into notice and into favor so that the ladies of New Haven may rejuvenate themselves and so req, their children that they will never need | rejuvenating.
 Delaarte was for forty years an earnest student of nsture's lawe; he analyzee them, formulated them and finally re ducsd them to an exact science. Like any other science it is deep stady, but one ot unfsiling interest, for 1t furnishes ke! to all the beauties of nature and Of art It has heights and it has depths, but will not touch upon them this morning.
 will confine myself to @ practical view c the subject.
 Miss Morse then proceeded to effe ctivsl. illustrate the various faulty ways O standing, sitting, walking, breathing, etc.
 which are prevalent among women of th
 present day, especially among fashionabl
 women, and to point out the evil effect
 upon health and appearance which mus
 inevitably result. But, inquired an inter
 ested listener, "Isn't it great deal o
 trouble to change one's habitta' "Yes,
 was the reply, "Everything in this Tiff
 worth having is 8 trouble; it is a grea
 deal of trouble to dress fashionably
 but we all do it. Why spend 8
 much time and money on clothe
 and so little of either on the bod
 that is to wear the clothes? It Is troubl } to train our minds and our respective ta
 ents, but we would be ashamed not to do il Every bit of raining according to Dslsart
 laws that we give our bodies will help to
 better condition of health, to handsome appearance, to stronger intellectual an spiritual powers and to a more perfect e1 precision of every gift, musical or artistic
 with which any person may be endowed.