Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1881 — When to Use Gestures. [ARTICLE]

When to Use Gestures.

A writer in the Golden liule rebukes the tendency to a gushing and over-fine style in literature as well as in oratory, and emphasizes a useful hint as follows : A young lady in France, placed under the tuition of (we think) Madame Clarion, was constantly offending her teacher by excessive action With her forms. She was in the habit of flinging them about in a supererogatory way; Which tore passion to tatters, “in Ercles vein.” After many admonitions, the lady resolved to tie Ker pupil’s hands to her sides with a piece of string. “Now,” said the girl, “ I can’t move them at all!”

“Go on with your part,” kindly replied the other, smiling. And go on she did, with elocution all the better for action the less. At last, on reaching the climax of her part, her excitement herted her little wrists, she burst the strings, and, as your Chairwoman would phrase it, she “gestulated” with great vehemence. Wh en it was over, she apologized, with tears in her eyes, saying she really “could not help it.” To her surprise, her instructress praised her action this time. . “That; m'6n is what we want. Reserve your vehement displays of feeling till you cannot help making them, and they will be both appropriate and successful.” Surely the lesson is a large one. Quiet energy, with readiness to strike the iron when (but not before) it is hot, is the secret of success in most undertakings.

It is remarkable what little bites a woman takes when eating in the presence of her sweetheart. WhaLa little mouth shfe has then! nibbles with her little white teeth like some dainty squirrel eating a hickory nut. But wait until wash day comes. Watch her when she goes to hang up clothes and gets in a hurry. By the time that she gets the big ends of fifteen clothes pins hid in that mouth you will begin to think that it is a pretty good sized hearty mouth after all.— Bloomington Bye.