South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-17
Natural Repose
Secret of Grace
Mind Must Triumph Over
Body Before Beauty of
Movement is Possible.
BY MAUDE MILLER.

bI CLAUDE
"RepOse Is most attractive when it
is attained naturally, but il can be
managed throuh environment, tool"
So says Miss Phyllis Terry. who is a
daughter of the famous Ellen Terry,
and who has had environment as we'll
as heredity for her backing
Miss Terry is TO appear in Twelfth
Night" at the Liberty theater begin
ming Nov. %.
There is nothing" she said $50
beautiful as repose. because TO me IT.
is a mystifying kind of beauty. Any
one can be active, AMI in these days
Of dancing, when IL seems as though
one simply must dance because every
body else is doing it. it is almost a
relief to get away from IL and do
something that every one hasn't be-
gun to think about.
when you see woman absolutely
relaxed. and there are very few who
really do relax and know how to go
about il properly, you find a novelty
first because she is different. and then
you begin 10 notice points of beauty
about her.
There is a whole-souled something
about her appearance, a lack of pose,
an absence Of trying to ape the i'm
possible, which is restful because it is
natural, and it is beautiful. in q
beautiful statue you never see rest
less motion; il is most disquieting TO
any one who appreciates the natural
to find n woman who is always put
ting her different charms or parade;
her best points forward, as II were.
"Of course il is the Junoesque ma
jestic type Of woman who looks most
beautiful in repose. 1t is she who
must make her outline of form count,
for it is impossible for her TO be
graceful and quick without being
grotesque. To the large woman be-
longs the wonderful heritage of de-
liberate action, and she must make
the best of it.
Beauty of repose is gained through
adapting oneself to ones circum-
stances. After the mind has tri-
umphed over the body in this respect
one can begin TO show repose in
smaller things also. Be on the watch
constantly for pointers. One can
learn more by watching and initiating
than in any other way. The hands
and arms can be made to show this
repose almost Immediately.
THE lifting of an arm or hand can
be made into a poem If one desires,
and the very best way possible TO
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to practice the arm movements OF
aesthetic dancing. Afterward one may
learn how the entire body may be
made TO move in harmony. each part
attuned to another until all is a thing
OF exquisite grace and beauty.
Aesthetic dancing is beautiful be
cause II fosters just this grace OF
movement in women, il teaches them
TO be graceful first. and gradually
they learn without extra application
how to be less awkward, how to man
age the body properly, and how TO in
dictate repose in the very smallest
movement or relaxation they may
choose to use.
THE movements of the head are
very important. II is important TO
know whether ones head falls i'm
mediately into a beautiful position or
whether the neck angles are stiff and
uncomfortable because they are not
natural. The position of a head on a
beautiful pair Of shoulders is most
important The chin line should be
studied and the eyes should be rolled
up or dropped just as the position is
most becoming.
BE careful to have ones entire
body doing the same thing at the
same time, so that each beautiful line
seems TO be a part of the next. Con- !
tour is everything. and if one is not
naturally graceful IL is duty TO prac-
tice grace. A woman was never in |
tended TO be awkward, but she must |
help herself to the attainment of large !
things through the seemingly little |
thingS that often seem at first with |
ont any important at all.