The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-28
DELSARTE PRACTICE
An Interesting Lecture on the Popular
System in Practice.
GESTURES AND ACTIONS
Mans Walk Is the Index to His
Character : Professor War
mans Instructive Talk In
the High School Room.
rURES AND ACTIONS

An attractive and appreciative audi
ence comfortably filled the High school
auditorium again last evening to listen
to Professor Warman's second lecture,
which concluded the subject begun on
Thursday night and illustrating the
manner in which the Delsarte system
is applied in practice. The professor
first took up the homily of infection.
the rising and falling, and stated that
infection was an excellent key to hu-
man nature. A rising injection denotes
Difference, while a falling of the voice
denotes strength and certainty on the
part of the speaker and all domestic
animals may be governed by the fall
ing OF the voice. backed up by the
proper spirit.
Words form the weakest part of Ian
guage unless they harmonize with the
voice, infection and action. Precision,
harmony and ease form the trinity of
grace. Ease does not constitute grace,
it is only one element Of it, for a person
may assume an easy position and yet
not be graceful In regard to the Del
sarte system of physical training, so
called, the professor sald that Delsarte
never received any physical training,
never taught it, and died from the
want of it. The system should not
supplant but should supplement heav-
Ter exercise, that we may not become
muscle bound. We can never fully con-
troll the body until we cease to control
1t publicly. We should endeavor to be
graceful in order to avord being awk-
ward.
The professor then gave his cele-
brated prescriptions for the cure of
nervousness and worry, summing them
up in five short words; Don't be ner-
vous" and Don't worry" Exert your
will power and save your nervous
force. Impatience never hastens a tar
dy friend or poky street car and wor-
ry never did any one any good. 'Sit
down and commune with yourself once
a week. 1t is refreshing to talk with a
sensible person sometimes" Professor
Warman then illustrated a variety Of
walks, and showed how each mans
walk is an index to his character. An
assassin advances upon his victim with
a slouching, stealthy movement be-
cause he moves in the animal plane,
near the level of the serpent. 1t is
good sign to have a large nose, because
1t shows that you keep it out of other
peoples business and give II a chance
to grow. The chest is the seat of honor.
and any true man. when insulted. will
strike his hand upon his chest before
resenting in words. When you see
sidewise movement of the eyes of the
man who is insulted, there Is a sidewise
purpose back of II. and he will stab
you in the back whenever he gets the
chance.
The last trinity analysed was that of
speech, gesture and voice. Don't
make gestures" said he; "let them
make themselves. They will then be
graceful and natural, not mechanical
Every public speaker should have his
voice, body and thought under COM
plete control, else he Will make an I'M
favorable impression upon his audi
ence. Let the gesture express the
thought and harmonize with it," The
speaker said that he did not use the
term "decomposing movement" in re-
gard to Delsarte exercises because 1t
was too notifying. "Devitalizing"
was preferable, and to illustrate this
movement the professor performed
number of difficult and graceful &C
tions that were bewildering. THE
whole law of the Delsarte system"
said he, may be learned in one hour.
but 1t takes five years of patient work
to master it,"
The lecture closed with two panto-
mines illustrating the language of ges-
lures. and the subject was concluded.