. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . iggling and fingering of embarrassment. Self-con-sciousness is betrayed in the hands more than inany other part of the body, because they are mostfree to manifest it. The little child is not con-scious of hands, neither is the adult when soon as a woman enters the drawing-room orgoes out in public a consciousness of hands begins,and she cannot feel at ease unless they are occu-pied with muff, card-case, fan, or parasol. Themoment the mind is deeply engrossed the con-sciousn
. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . iggling and fingering of embarrassment. Self-con-sciousness is betrayed in the hands more than inany other part of the body, because they are mostfree to manifest it. The little child is not con-scious of hands, neither is the adult when soon as a woman enters the drawing-room orgoes out in public a consciousness of hands begins,and she cannot feel at ease unless they are occu-pied with muff, card-case, fan, or parasol. Themoment the mind is deeply engrossed the con-sciousness of the hands vanishes and the fan orparasol becomes unnecessary. Character has such an influence on the bearingof the body that the mind is revealed by the firm, erect bearing of youth expresses ambi-tion and the consciousness of strength. The timidheart has a faltering pace. The listless soul hasa shuffling gait. The villain walks with stealthytread. The plodding mind is enclosed in a lumber-ing frame. The dilettante walks with finicking, theinvalid with careful step. A restless spirit betrays. A example of harmonic P°j?> rln by Florence Fowle ^dams (B S, Werner, pubmonic poi<»a, they could guard their pupils froamong children. ir edilateraJ Pantomimic Actionators understood har-iurvature so common GRACE IN MOTION. 199 itself in nervous manners, while a walk of quietdignity betokens a well-balanced soul. Since the ideal of grace lies in the perfection oforganization, the physical manifestation of a mindwhich has attained self-control ought to be grace-ful. Ideally this is the case, but, the ideal of asound mind in a sound body is rarely if ever real-ized. Either the mind is out of balance or themuscles are not the obedient servants of the are musicians who keenly appreciate thepower of music to whom utterance is impossiblebecause the fingers and voice have been untrainedto expression of inward harmony. There are ar-tists who through techn
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