New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-17
I HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
Hints as to the Possibilities of
Psycho- Physical Expression.

Boston, Feb. 10 Psyche physical
expression remarked the Cheerful Pessinst.
has been neglected but am glad to see that
its advocates are now coming TO the front and
spreading the good news of it's virtues far and
wide. Psyche physical expression isn't pat
ent medicine or a form OF X-ray treatment. In
fact. it's not meant to cure diseases of the body.
1t is designed TO correct mistakes or the mind.
/ II is a mental process whereby you can I'LL up
! the fuel tank of your think motor when it runs
dry. It's cheap. dirt cheap. and isn't controlled
by trust.
Psyche physical expression properly applied
don't use a paint BRUSH makes the ugly girl
pretty. It doesn't affect the topography OF her
face. If she has snub psycho-physical
expression won't take out the snub. But IL she
! thinks constantly that she is pretty the express
sion of this thought will be manifest in her face
and be read there by observers. who will not
notice the ugiiness OF feature. 1t will be COM
pletely overshadowed by the sweetness of ex-
preston.
only recently a teacher of psycho-physical
expression in giving lecture at the Waldorf
! Astoria in New-York City told how a small
homely awkward girl could come to have the
appearance of a tall. pretty. graceful creature
The recipe is this:
Repeating the words I tail and beautiful
and sway from side to side like tall pine tree
one sways from side to side. Don't do this in
public, however. Some one might say, oh.
splash? Continued repetition OF this thought
and swaying will soon find expression in move
ments that give suggestion of height and
make the features more attractive. ] once knew
a woman who kept repeating like tall
pine tree until she felt the pine needles stick
ing into her. Another said. I like a pitch
pine tree SO often that she stuck to everything
she touched.
Conversely, if one is like lath and wishes to
get fat, psycho-physical expression will do 1t.
To gain this effect, sit still in a chair and re-
peat, i am like washtub-' Constant repetition
of this will make you waddIe in your walk
and your movements will be suggestive of a
beer barrel promenading down the saloon cellar
stairs
Perhaps you are prone to that tired feeling
when you arise in the morning. A psycho-phys
ical expression eye opener is what you need
You take your eye opener while you are dress
ing. Begin by saying Attention. and repeat it.
tunefully, if possible. until 1t brings a mental
and physical attitude of response. and the body
and mind are on the alert, because the feeling
as well as the thought have possession of the
individual. Be careful about the tune Don't
say it in ragtne. Some classical air IS the
best
With the mind in receptive condition saw T
am ready and at the same time bring the palms
and fingers OF the hands together with empha-
sis and affirmation and in perfect rhythm In
tuneful, measured accents. continue with I am
ready. and then. I'm awake in mind and soul
and body keeping it up until the whole body
Is alive with the thought and feeling
If your wife is saying these things while YOU |
are trying 10 finish your ante breakfast doze /
don't throw a boot at her. 1t will make her /
go for fatiron, which will be fatal to the tune
and he
10 make the psycho-physcal vaccine take
Having reached cheerful and interested
state of mind by both physical and mental ex-
preston, you prepare for the days work put /
ting aside all thought of wrong and anxiety |
De repeating Some good news is surely coming! |
Hurrah? If the postman comes at this mo-
ment with letter from the gas company saw
Ing, Your meter will be shut off if you don't
pay your bill, and you have only your car
1are to the office in your pocket, don't worry. /
Continue to shout, Some good news is surely |
coming! Hurrah" 1t may be your mother-in-
law or writ of ejectment for non payment OF /
rent, but, nevertheless, if YOU have repeated the
words properly they should bring the radia-
ton that is necessary to give out what you
know and can do. When you feel this radia-
ton coming shut off the steam or your
house will become uncomfortably warm.
This exercise for that tired feeling is espe-
cially recommended for servant girls who are |
late in arising and oftentimes miss the milk .
because they haven't heard the dumb waiter !
CALL Help her if she has difficulty at first in |
mastering the process. If she doesn't say at |
tention' tunefully practise IL on the plano with |
her. Get out the tape measure TO make sure /
that she says 1 am ready in measured |
cents. Be sure TO explain to her that she must |
bring her fingers and palms together with en-
phasis and affirmation and perfect rhythm, and /
that she must not let her attention be distracted
by burning chops or the fact that the overflow |
from the sink is flooding the kitchen. To insure /
perfect rhythm it Is advisable to have metro |
nome standing by and beat time with rolling /
pin. Have dictionary handy and take pains |
to show her how to bring her palms (explain |
that you don't mean the artificial ones in the !
halD together with affirmation and emphasis |
When you hear her shouting I'm ready don't |
be deceived into thinking she means breakfast. |
You had better plan to breakfast down town |
while the rudiments of psyche physical express
sion are being learned.
Having convinced ones self that there is
without calling in a plumber. comes to say /
ing, AIS well with the world You can do |
this with safety II you havn't read the mornine,
papers If you haven't read that all Europe is /
on the verge or war as a result of the Disagree
ment over Morocco between France and Ger
many; If you haven't read that more Jews have
oeen massacred In Russia. more officials muir
dered by anarchists. more Christians killed by
Turks more men and women persisted in
wrecks on sea and land, more starvation more
suffering from disease. more strikes more rob-
berries, more murders more insurance and poll
teal graft more lynchings and more of a few
other daily activities of the worlds great cities
why then you can say "Alrs we'll with the
world
WHAT though the teething babe is bowling
and the tired and sleepy mother shouting in acid
words at you to take the brat and do few
world
This expression. according to those deeply
versed In psyche physical lore. brings the person
usually Indifferent out of the plane of mere
M iHal .oht