The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-20
QUALITY or BEAUTY
). IN Feminine POSE
Women Are Urged to Express
Thoughts and Words, Ac-
companied by Gestures.
OTHER MOODS ARE SHOWN
Artists Appreciate Perfection of Body
as Just as Important to True Lowell
ness as Charm of Manner or
Bright intellect.

Chicago-Record Herald: Artists p
preciate no quality of beauty quite as
much as harmony found in feminine
poise and gesture. 1t was the great
French avant Delsarte who said that
poise and gestures are but the external
conditions. To each spiritual function
responds a junction of the body. a
good woman is she who is alive to
noble sentiments; a wise woman un-
derstands universal truths; II the
artist is one who can happily embody
these sentiments and truths In con-
crete form.
Though there are many mediums OF
artistic expression none are SO charm
ing and suggestive as the harmony
found in q poise and gesture.
This is bscause none of the other arts
combine so well physical beauty, feel
ing and directed thought.
In architecture and sculpture form is
the essential, thought in verse, anG
feeling In music. The art of expires
sing thoughts and mood by poise OF
the body and by gestures is no less
easily acquired than the singing voice
and the technique governing music.
Needs Beauty of Body.
!. However well a woman's intellect and
soul are, she needs a responsive body
to complete the harmony of her being.
How else can her friends know that She
is beautiful in character and thought
unless she shows it by means of the IN
given her for that purpose?
Her IDEAS may be clothed in words.
her sentiments shown by her voice,
but her feelings are suggested by the
expression of her face and gestures.
The only persons who understand
this attraction are primitives. children
and actresses. though they all use it
differently. Savages more often sug
gest their feeling of joy and anger by
Il laugh, frown n a gesture than by
words. Children use words though they
invariably accompany them by ges-
lures. Actors and actresses know the
value of gesture, and make every eff
fort to have their face and movements
reveal their moods. In learning their
parts they study their gestures with
the same care as their words. They
know that gesture increases the express
sion of thought.
ish girl to tell of her JOY and careless
freedom tina by words. 1t is we'll for
an actress to say that she is calm and
cantented, but she can express this feel
ing more happily by Il serene face and
by keeping her body in perfect balance.
Other Moods Shown.
1T is not difficult for her to change
her attitude TO defiance by placing he,
hands on her hips, and adding to this
a sharp glance and q toss of her hea6
10 one side. Now, if the artist desires
to intensity this expression, she thrusts
her right hand cut and down to keeI
her intruder at Il distance.
Scornful as she may be to an in
truder, she is equally Kind to a friend
This is shown by a steady glance of the
eye and the relaxed conIition of he
Body. AT any time should the con
v%ersation suggest perpleXity, with little
concern she will drop her head IL
thought and rest her chin on her hand
She has even less difficulty in ex-
pressing her feeling of love, revealed
in spite Of itself by the yearning o
her eyes, the parting of her lips an
= the placing of her hand near her heart
Ashamed of the feeling she has shown
she will level her eyes on the GROUND
and instinctively clasp her hands to
gether. Ii the mood be grief instead
of sharne it is told by sad eyes an,
the dropping of lips and the out
stretched hands, imploring comfort.
The greatest actress knows that con
su,nmate art demands the power to in
terpret thought and feeling by wore
and gesture. 1t is The relating of thes
two that awaken pleasure and sym
patfy in an audience. Off the stag
it is only the French women that MAX
extensive use of pose and gestures
That is why they are usually interest
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