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Copyright. 1913. ilif sun Company.
Groat Britain nights Hi s r '1
9
Third of an In
structive Series
of Articles by
the Well-IQnoivn
Dancer,
Ruth St. Denis
T HIS newspaper presents to-day the third
of a series of articles by the most grace
ful woman in America. Miss Ruth St.
Denis is the foremost dancer in the United
States. Her fame, not limited to her own coun
try, is worldwide.
Miss St. Denis has literally danced before
kings, having been received and admired in the
courts of Europe. She is a mistress of the art
of expression without words, pantomime, and
is deeply learned in the grace and beauty lore
of the Orient. She advises her countrywomen
upon a subject in which every woman is inter
ested, how to improve her figure, and tells them
in clear, forceful manner and careful detail how
this can be done. She does not hesitate to
point to the faults in the figures and carriage
of her countrywomen, but while she tells of the
evil she also describes the remedy.
Don’t dance with the feet
• .
Dance from the
alone
thighs, with long, rhythmical
movements. Dance with the
•'Dance with the
upper part of the body, swaying with the
arms and trunk.”
upper
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--The Waist and Hips
By Ruth St. Denis
in all your household duties do
i his. If you are making a bed or
a u uttering your own handkerchiefs
or lifting the baby that has stum
bled and hurt its toe do so in an
easy, untraraniel-
ed way, and grad
ually after a few jA
weeks or months,
you. will be re
warded for the
temporary sacri-
fice to your van- '
itv -by going un- ¥
corseted. The jBEgipPr
freed muscles, «||Ir
awkward after .
their long impris- v j/P ii
on men t, that at.
drst went roam-
ing about your
person in a way
that, seemed to
By Professor William H. Maccabee.
T UB line Bride” whose marriage turns out. un
happily probably wonders why the tenderest
love on both sides, physical and mental fitness
for each other, worldly prosperity and social equality, all
failed to save her from matrimonial shipwreck.
But the unhappy wife who was a June bride is not
the only one who wonders why all these favorable
auspices are belied by unfortunate consequences. She
shares her misfortunes with brides of every month in
the year And the reason is that, although each of
them made no mistake in the selection of a mate, each,
through ignorance of the principles governing the in
fluences of the planets upon human beings, chose the
wrong time for tin* nuptial ceremony.
In selecting the proper time to many it is not neces
sary to have a knowledge of the science of planetary
influence. The main feature to i:e considered, (simple
enough in itself) is to be sure and have the benevolent
planet Jupiter in the seventh house at the hour tic
marriage takes place. The year, the month or the day
do not signify.
The old established custom of having the wedding
take place al noon is favorable under certain corn!:
tions. but not always so. as after events have often
proven.
The month of June has always been regarded a
a fortunate month to marry in, while to ''marry in
May you’ll rue the day.” has also had an equal regard,
but in the opposite respect, if the planet Jupiter be
in either the zodiacal sign Virgo or Capricorn, it is
best to defer marriage during his transit. Because,
while in either of these signs Jupiter’s power for good
is somewhat lessened. But, in the sign Cancer, how
ever, Jupiter is at his best, and his fortunate influence-
ire remarkably powerful. Hence,
the best time to choose fot
marrying would be when .Tup-
iter is in transit through the
sign Cancer: Bui Jupiter is in this / \
position but oict in every twelve / \ „
Next in order of fortunate influences for matrimony
are Venus and the Sun; and when these are with Jupi-,
ter, all three transiting the same sign together, it.
matters not what that sign may be. ii it is on the cusp
of the seventh house; and, regardless of the year, the
month or the day. you may depend on it, the married
life of those wedded at such a time will he decidedly;
happy. Venus alone in this house brings fortune and
much happiness, but nor. the felicity that Jupiter brings.
The Sim also assures success.
As Jupiter is now in transit through the sign Capri
corn, a marriage taking place any time during the re
mainder of the present year vould not prove entirely
successful or promising of happiness, unless the wed
ding wen- to he celebrated when the Sun and Venus
are again in Capricorn, with Jupiter, which will not
occur until December 2b next. But, in order to avoid
an mhappy marriage, never set. the wedding dftte for
an hour that will place cither- Saturn or Mars in the
seventh house, or on the descendant in the western angle
of the heavens.
It is also detrimental, if not fatal, to happiness to
have Ncytiin or Cranus in the seventh house. These
lflanets afflicting tin house of marriage, assert their
evil influence as follows: Saturn, coid, unfeeling, lack
ing in sentiment; deceit and eventually disgrace and
scandal. .\ia; . extravagant husband or wife; illicit,
connections; linal divorce or separation, and sometimes
crime and disaster.
Neptune makes the marriage partner an undesirable
one. causes events inimical to matrimonial felicity to
occur iinexp -ci; dly. and creates an inordinate fondness
for drink in husband or wife, or in both.
I ranus < apses eccentricity in actions-and disposi
tion, and a greater degree of platonic rather than sin-
lllllliiF ‘ Describe as nearly as possible a circle, as a wind sways slightly in a light
W? breeze and nearly wrenches itself from the roots in a high wind.”
; ;1 you appalling, will
a gradually settle
hack into their
roper place- and.
growing ‘firm, re-
aH main where they
ffy belong and adjust
^ Uiemselves to the
harmony of the
body.
The Venus de Milo had
gi ne routs hips. Also she
h; d a stomach, and wji n't
ashamed of it. If you re
flect that the woman who
has not a curving stomach
i s a monstrosity you will
be ashamed of a flat
from the standard will slowly read
just itself to it if you release it from
its imprisonment and give it free
dom. For symmetry follows free
dom inevitably as the shadow the
sunshine, though 1 admit not quite
so quickly, because it takes consid
erable time to readjust one's self aft
er u tortured condition.
The symmetrical body will have
hips and waist neither too large nor
too small, but to use a hearty phrase
that is thoroughly and typically
American, “just right.” How to at
tain these? Of methods I suggest
three.
First, think of straight, lines. The
straight line suggests thinness. Von
never saw a plump straight line.
But, what is far more important,
dwelling in thought upon the
straight line accustoms you to bal
ance, which is perfect adjustment
of all parts of the body. Keep in
mind that a straight line represents
the centre of gravity and that if sucl,
line were dropped front the very
apex of the crown of your head, it
would reach the earth at a point
equidistant between your feet.
II is a well known truth, undis
puted by even the most material, in
fact th<- most material persons give
the best examples of it, that we be
come like that about which we think
a great deal.
Stooping ofteu and letting the
body collapse when you stoop, to
which I have already referred, will
bring the liips into place, solidify
them and give the waist its right
proportion to the body. But make a
practise of stooging. Don't sink to
your knees when you pick up any
thing Bend from the waist, and do
so quickly with the free, swooping
motion of a bird. Do this when you
turn on your bath and the dozen
other things your daily habits re
quire. Don’t make fastening your
shoes a labor. Regard it as a means of
establishing the right proportions of
your body and swoop down upon
your task. Indeed. 1 should like to
change the word from ‘‘stooping’’ to
“swooping." And. of course, we have
understood that you must dance.
You will dance. 1 have before told
you that to dance is to live. Dancing
is life. If you dance much your
body will assume its proper propor
tions. and waist and hips will take
care of themselves.
Don’t dance with feet alone. Dance
with the free, unimpeded limbs.
Dance from the thigh, in long rhyth
mical movements. You have only to
watch Some persons dance to see
that they are dancing w ith their feet,
or at mosit with the lower half of the
leg, for their poor knees bob up and
down absurdly as we see the knees
of an Inexpert and ungraceful walker
rise and fall. The movement in walk
ing should be forward and from the
hips. And dancing is only walking
made a little more complex.
Dance also with the upper half of
the body. Sway with the arms and
trunk from one side to the other,
and as nearly describe a circle as
a tree sways in a light breeze and
nearly wrenches it from its roots in
a hard wind. Settle the hips into their
right place and Xaiure will “place
them.” so to speak. The right plac
ing of muscles is as important a-
the right placing of a voice.
Tc£;h yourself to dance. No one
ever/faught me a dance step.
r~ H o T c
:')TTd SAR-ff/r* ^ V-
one
1 learned
ude, 1 have always found tit
the husband or wife, or t:
the house of marriage in tl
map afflicted by one-of the
cts; or Neptune, lirmuis- t
Mars on the seventh hous
time’ of marriage.
Hence, never, never hav
.planet, in the seventh hous
your wedding hour if you
happiness thereafter. Bet
pone the weddjng date a
times than risk the cot i
Set the date so that. Jupitr
in the seventh house, thus
a happy married life.
Any ordinary yearly aim;
show yon how' to locate a
Jupiter and give you th<
hour.
one
taught me a
dance step.”
MAPI
How the Stars Should Be On Your
Marriage Day to Make it
“Fortunate.”