Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-04-04
RACE OF MOVEMENT.
is AN ESSENTIAL IN THE ART OF
FEMININE LONELINESS.

conscious Ease of Motion Is Typ
cal of Refinement and Good Breed
ng and Is the Natural Inheritance
the GentIewoman.
is an amazingly intricate problem
" any human mortal should raise hiS
her eyebrows and proceed to scot at
other human mortals desire to be at
ctive and pretty. Surely the desire Of
. beauty seeker is contemplate only
en- it breeds vanity microbes and thus
.racts from the pursuit of mental beau
In rational, hygienic, good sense
lutifying the tremendous value OF nav
your wits with you is not overlooked.
Why should one not wish to be sweet to
ow, pleasant to talk with, dainty and
ely to look upon? There is no reason
the face of this happy old world of
3 against it. 1t is entirely natural,
oily consistent and quite normal.
,hese are distinctly the days of correct
oming. The dust must be moved from
IS intellect and removed from the tips
ones walking boots. In the most trI-
detail the results Of cleanliness are
infested. To go about with ragtags
iting from your silk petticoat is to in
t society-so long as you possess
die and a bit of thread and five min
of spare time. To perambulate like
autocab is to make a waddling silly
yourself and to impart a picture OF
ward locomotion upon pedestrians,
are entitled to look upon pleasanter
Is. To be stoop shouldered and dou-
up with a contracted chest is to
lually nip off years Of your life, one
the other, like the paper pages of
ndar.
nong the lessons TO be learned in
school of self beautifying is that of
iring a graceful carriage. To lop
lunge like a schooner in a gale, to
k along with ungainly, angular
des, as if you were made of sheet
with tin rivets for joints; TO toddle
lessly here, there and off the side
k, like leaf blown from tree-these
hods of perambulation are not lovely.
lily, they aren't.
omen of the stage understand better
1 any other class the tremendous i'm
.ance of beauty of face and figure.
even with these two very important
lirements they realize that they are
past graduates in the art of loveliness
they have cultivated a certain grace
novement.
0 move about with an unconscious
that is typical of refinement, good
ding and the natural Inheritance of
gentlewoman-that is grace.
make sharp angles of yourself every
you sit down and to look like tc!e-
III pole or a bent over Christmas tree
time you stand up-that is awk-
dness.
verything that helps toward mental
,hysical beauty culture assists IN the
Iirement of graceful movements.
athing exercises that fill out the chest.
ms that are properly cut and fitted,
themes that round the muscles and
the flesh firm.
lie de Lussan, in an interview, was
toned concerning the cultivation Of
efulness. Being herself remarkable
I we'll poised head and charmin2iy
eful carriage, she spoke with author
'erhaps you have noticed" she said.
grace and ease of movement of a
e child. But, strange to say, when
child grows older it may develop
the most awkward youngster in the
d. My own experience has taught
that that very awkwardness which
8 so inexplicable comes with the
al of the age of self consciousness.
forgetfulness Of self is destroyed
with it the natural ease Of motion.
tage grace must have a natural
:" she continued. Years Of expe-
e will round off the rough corners
h even the most graceful possess at
but there must have been the Unborn
tfulness of self to work upon. All
have seen women, and men, too,
every motion in the ordinary pur-
Of life seemed the personihcation of
>. and vet, that very same person,
a position where the gaze of others
ed upon every act, develops the most
rkabIe degree of irregularity of
ment, plunging the individuality for
me being into condition so distort-
at the victims own mother would
lzzled.
for that reason, | say that grace
,ularly stage grace-comes not Of
but rather after long experience has
hit back that lack of self conscious
possessed by the child.
lie purpose must always be to throw
outer self. the constantly recurring
hts as TO what some one else thinks
one. Interest the mind in the role
playing, but keep in mind that
poise and perfection of movement
lecessary to success. That is all.
title details, like the pose of hand,
weep of a gown, will take care Of
,elyes. As matter of practice
the ways and means to overcome
les. But while on the stage live
Dart and forget SELF" - Chicago
Herald