Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06

tanned first and foremost that one must
entertain beautiful thoughts before one
can do beautiful dances. Then she told
them how to have ornate ideas.
Miss Thuma, arrayed in becoming
and close fitting black, stood before
her auditors in position statuesque.
Her arms slowly and majestically were
lifted upward until the limp fingers
touched above her pompadour. She
calls it mental circle" Her eyelids
closed dreamily, and in musical ac-
cents she delivered her tenet from
Pittsburg.
"To dance In a way that is lovely
and harmonious one must reach the
SOUL" she said. 1.-THE soul responds
with its flow of personal magnetism.
and 1t is then registered at the brain.
which is, as you must understand, the
seat of ali intelligence"
How truew murmured several fem
mime hearers.
"Then the mind, or, as I might say,
the mental force, gives out this soul
feeling continued Miss Thuma in
done we will have completed the true
harmony of the soul"
isn't it lovely?" whispered slender
| girl to her masculine neighbor.
"Greatr' said the man, who repre-.
scented st. Joseph, Mo.
Miss Thuma, as If in heavenly rap
| ture. went on:
/ aEnron toe IiETnratrf oil &c
in man. Mental force is related to the
mind. All spiritual force is related tc
the heart. But. remember. life force
| is the inner atmosphere of ourselves
When we have fully cultivated the
soul we multiply personal magnetism
| although l prefer to call 1t soul mag
netism."
| ut must be help in barn dance.
Uuttered the man from St Joseph, Mo
| Il have one line of thought which
! call a Vision In Garden Fair" sale
Miss Thuma. all oblivious Zone may
| imagine one is meeting Apollo in
garden of Eden or one may picture tn,
tete-a-tete of Romeo and Juliet Sh,
is in balcony, we may conjure, ant
he calls to her. She is appraised of hi
presence here. Then it is his heart t,
hers and finally his lips to hers"
Il wonder if Missouri would stant
for It," said the man from st. Joseph.
Il have still other modes of though
which must be absorbed by tn
dancer" said Miss Thuma. There i
the Vision of the Accursed,' in whicl
the reviled one is cropping onward. on
ward in Stygian darkness Then Their
is the Vision of the Graces.' kaleidC
scope of fitting. blending goddesses
with garlands intwined All this, m
friends. will tend to give you complet
control of the centers mental, physica
and emotional, and finally you wi
have attained the true grace of mind"
A patter, refined and delicate pal
ter, of applause vignetted Miss Thr
mas address: then bunch of the me
got up and jigged about to see if thei
emotional centers had rusted.
Miss Thuma lined up all the othe
dancing teachers and showed ther
how to act out the soul stuff. She ha
them raise their right hands and no
the palms gently to waltz time. The
they were ordered to sway their lei
hands gently attuned to the pian'
Next the forearms were brought int
play. Gradually, almost imperceptibl.
Miss Thuma coaxed her pupils into M
lions that grew more and more stree
uous. At length the affair became
hopping. dipping, swinging ordeal tn;
was neither soulful nor pleasant f,
the stout men. Once she had the
| pose as Mercury. Did you ever see
200 FOUNDER initiate Mercury?
| When it was all finished the part
was still in an unsoulful mood. TIL
was proved when Isadore Sampso
| the general instructor, proposed
| teach them new ballet step. I'll
men demurred.
/ Jaw, show us the buck and wing
they shouted.
And so it came to pass.
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