The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06
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natural sequence the French actress sell
dom ogsrdreHses. and she takes 8 special
pride in surfing her toilet &c the exact
tine and place When shs Is supposed 20
he the daughter OF poor bat honest pa
rents she does nat come en- the stage wear
ing = Felix dinner dress. but she thinks
oat what. under such circumstances.
would be proper. and she assumes II. Who
o. as hasn't SEER the exact opposite or the
Engiissg-ssseaklng STAGE
BY ;hs bye. 90 leave the stage. which
few people are willing 20 do. do you real
Ike that just about now everybody Is TAX
Ing 10 Delsarte again. ard young women
are black and blue from tumbiing up
stairs and tumiaing down again and learn
ing how &c dsegsnpose 8henseIves2 That's
an sbominab bic word But It's . received
enc. Decomposition. you mist know. Is
the ability 10 become suddenly BGnp and
then just as quickly 10 use whatever part
Of your body You wish in the most grace
fui way. One OF the beat Delsarfe teach
eFs announced before class the other day
that Ehe could tell Southern WOMAN the
minute she entered room and sat- down.
She claimed for her that she sits naturally
and her limits fall in eass poses. IL seems
unnecessary 10 say that after this was
told / blusfod. But at the same time /
credited * 10 my natural Incidence. Ae-
cording 10 this teacher. the great trouble
with the woman Of today Is that she huF-
ries Every movement expresses her haste.
and there Is no time for grace. You knOss
you can So; 10 a place as quickly hy walk
ing well ana evenly as by trottlng and
stumbling It's funny how the novel of
the day talks about the bearing of wo-
men. At the time that Mr.. Henry James
novels were believed by some people 10
have a certain amount Of interest all the
women I'm them were standing round -
lie made them stand and stand, with oc-
casionally the privilege OF leaning on \
mautieghelf until they fell into matri-
snony because they were 80 tired. Now.
Oulda very compiacently and very kindly.
too. lets her heroines rest among piles Of
cushions. while the heroes bring TO them
good things 20 eat and drink. In reality
they are thoroughly at their ease. Miss
Braddan had rather her majestic young
women occasionally got up and walked
across the room and served somebody with
tea and SO displayed their well shaped
hands and flashing rings" The Duchess
invariably made an her young women
wave large feather fans which calls for a
certain amount of muscular strength. and
then she used 70 let them sway wher-
ever they might be going.
This reads delightfully."-, but when YOU
bring II down 20 absolute truth don't you
think that swaying young woman would
look a little hit like one who was too fun
of-enthusiasmg The namby pamby young
woman who nestles on somebody's shout
der and takes The stlffenng out of his coli
lar went out OF vogue with Thaekerays
Amelia, while as for the heToines Of the
various xo-called religious novels they
simply walk into a room and sit down on
the seftee. ! have often wondered what
settee wac Probably it viii be like a com
Portable sleeper in parior car I'll dis
cover IL some day.
I have never been able 10 get over the
conceit of the man who wrote Ben Hur"
lie said that Dickens would be forgotten
because hts people are common. Why
when "Ben-Hur" is being used 10 wrap up
slate pencils people will be loving Little