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usual photo
graphs reproduc
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shed a new light
on methods used
by devotees and
teachers of clss
lU dancing In pro
caclng their
CAarmlng effects
of naturalness
and sponanelty In
rythmic motion of
the entire body.
They are 'labor
atory material,"
ao to speak. In the
tudlo of MlSS
Helen Moller, the
American priest
ess of "natural
dancing" who,
with her pupils,
has become an es
Ubllsliod feature
In the art life of
New York City.
"In teaching the
natural physical
xpresslonof
emotion In rhyth
mic movement,"
says Miss Moller,
"you can't escape
a certain amount
of scientific
atudy. The rudl
menta of anat
omy, to familiar
ize you with each
aeparate muscle,
sinew and Jblnt,
must enter Into
your scholarly
equipment. But
bare theory Isn't
enough. The pupil
roust be enabled
to see those mus
cles, Joints and -sinews
In action
under the brain's
command. ,
"Of course !
am always illus
trating for my pupils, dancing for
and with them, but that shows lit
tle more than the general effect
the constantly changing motion
presents only a Cash of each de
tail. I found It desirable to con
struct a sort of Alphabet of pos
tures In which essential details
would be prominent and could be
fixed for deliberate study. Natu
rally it was photography that solved
the problem." i .
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77re Ingenious System of Camera Silhou
ettes Devised by Helen Moller to Enable
Her Pupils to Study Details of Muscular
Action in Classic u Natural Dancing"
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A Camera Silhouette Fixing for Deliberate Study th
Correct Poiee of Arm and Hand to Expresa
Admiration of a Growing Plant in Flower. .
Being herself a capable amateur
photographer, familiar with most
of the possibilities of that art, Miss
Moller decided that photographlo
silhouettes,, "snap shots" of the
dancing figure, would best serve
the purpose she describes. The
figure "snapped" against a back
ground of strong daylight would
give a clearness of ; outline not
otherwise to be obtained.
Fortunately for this emergency,
Miss MolIere dancing studio bae
broad windows fronting on Central
Park high up In a towering build
lag. So she was able to use those
windows for the background of her
poses before the camera without
danger of challenging the admira
tin of multitudes outside. And sev
eral examples of the result are pre
sented on this page.
One charming pose Is by Miss
. Emily Illlngworth, the most ad-
Miss Helen Moller Poised at the Window
Ledge in Her Studio Ready to Begin Her
Series of Illustrative Shadow Dances
to Instruct Her Pupils in Details of
Muscular Action in "Natural Dancing."
1 vanoed of Miss Moller' s pupils,
who appears with her at the Del-
monlco dinner danoes, at the Bllt
more, the Paderewskl Tollsh Fund '
benefits and elsewhere. This pos
ture Illustrates the technique which
enters Into the management of the
shoulders, neck and head.
The full-length silhouette of Miss
Moller with the flower fixes by
photography the recognized prin
ciple that the true physical expres
sion of any natural emotion flows
from the upper torso the heart.
"As a little girl out on the Mln-
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Four of Miss MolIer'a Pupils Observe Her Management of the Entire
Figure in Expressing Pleased Wonder at Sight of a Young -.
Plant Pushing Its First Shoots Through the Soil.
nesota prairies." laughed the
dancer, "where I was always danc
ing like a wild, free creature, I used
to call this my 'great secret.' I
could not endure the sight of arms
and legs flinging themselves about
like mere appendages while the
body Itself remained rigid, especial
ly the region of the chief vital or
gans, taking no part in the joyous
manifestations. I thought that
this was my own priceless discov
ery that the heart region is both
the psychic and the physical cen
tre of gravity, and that there can
be no true and graceful physical
expression of
mind and soul
which does not
spring from that
centre.
"Later, of
course, I learned
that Francois Del
Sarte had pre
ceded me with
that discovery by
more than half a
century. When
you consider that,
and the Influence
of the Delsartean
philosophy ahd
system upon the
modern art of act
ing, especially In
Europe, it seems
astonishing that
so many famous
dancers appear to
have rigid, wood
en chests." i
This . priestess
of "natural danc
ing," with feet
bare and body and
limbs unfettered
by unnecessary
draplngs, is care
ful to explain that
very young chil
dren require the
very smallest
amount of techni
cal st u d y and
training. "They
have no self-consciousness"
s be
says. "Out of
doors, relieved of
needless clothing
which all chil
dren instinctively
detest they are
as naturally
graceful as are all
ybung animals.
But, different
from their four
footed friends,
they have com
plex emotions and
are easily taught to give them
rythmic physical expression.
"With older pupils, having fixed
physical habits and mannerisms, a
large amount of technical detail
has to be gone through. With such
pupils I find my silhouette alphabet
of fundamental movements very
useful."
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la TkU SkUoyti Mix MolUr's PupiU Are Able
to Not Jut What , MutcUa Cooparata in Sua
tunic Parfscl Belanca of tha Fifur in a Diffi
cult Poa.
YtWa Mlaa Emily llUn-worth, an AdvancaJ Pupil
n4 Aaalatant Clvaa a Shadow poaa Illustrating the
DUtrlbutioo of Muaeular Action . in tha Figure
of a Nymph Drinking from a Shell.
Miss MolUr la a Trying Momant of tha Shadow
Dane, Showing tha Tanae Muaclae of tha Sup.
porting Lag Contraatad with the Airy Grace of
Uplift 4 Arms.
Anothar Silhouatta by Mias lilingworth Illuatrat
ing a Momant in tha Dane When tha Arms and
Torio Are Fre and Muscular Energy It Cos
ceatrated in the Legs and Feet.
Hara Mita Mollar Fixaa in a Silhouatta Detailed
Manag omant of All tha Muaclea and Articulations
in a Trying Moment of a Dance Expreeaing
Joyoua Abandon.
How Neglected Teeth or Bad Dentistry Are the Cause of Many Diseases
By W. F. Johnston, D.D.S.
tCt F. a tooth offend thee, pluck it out." This
I ' was quite true centuries ago; even a dec
. JL ade or two beck. Dentietry then. If we may
style it such, consisted principally of "tooth pull
ton" . .
This operation, as a rule, was performed by the
vllUft barber or the nearest blacksmith the suf
ferer could find.
Later dentistry grsdually arew apace and was
recotnUed as a profession. To-dny dentistry and
medicine are eo closely allied that dentlatry Is
really a specialty of medicine.
tor many years physicians bsve realized that
diseased teeth and poor health are associated. It
Is impossible to successfully treat dyspepsia, anae
mia (poor Mood) or malnutrition unleas the teeth
and gums have been properly attended to and put
in a sanitary condition.
The relation between such conditions and bad
r missing teeth la readily understood. Sufficient
chewing aad mixing of the food with the saliva,
necessary for stomach digestion, Is sn utter Im
jwsBlrillty If the teeth are mlsnln or deficient
Not only Is tbe food under these cimtt- taken
into tbe stomach in aa unlit conditio . mit It ts
lo mixed vllh the discharge from dis a.ed teeth.
This further impairs the work of the stomach.
Naturally the teeth and etomach having been
unable to perform their proper functions the re
sult ta a faulty nutrition and poor blood.
Theae facts have been known to physicians and
dentist fur a long time. Recently, in the last
three or four years, a new danger has appeared,
the blind, painless dental abscess. This little
spectra has turned topsy turvy the members of the
medical and dental professions.
What Is a blind abscess? It la a little pocket
burrowed in the boue by pus. It Is found at the
end of the root of a dead tooth. What causes it
and bow did it get there?
it Is caused by germs whose pernicious activity
results In pus. And the pus forms tbe pocket
The serins may come in consequence of the natu
ral death cf the tooth pulp (nerve). They also
may come from the ineffectual attempt of the den
tist to remove all tho pulp from the- root. An
other source .' the faulty tilling of the root canal
after the pulp or nerve has been removed. These
germs multiply rapidly once they become estab
lished I t tbe pocket.
How may w? detect these blind painless ab
will flud them out. Neither the patient nor the
dentist has the slightest idea of this most danger
oua condition, because these abscesses cause the
patient no pain, soreness, swelling or local dla
comfort. if we only knew It, how many beautiful crowns,
fillings and pieces of brldgework are but the perl
scopes of these sinister and dangeroua little ab
sceaaea. . The unsuspecting patient, having no dis
comfort from bis teeth wonders hv be is sleep
less, tired and run down. I'osRitly he is suffering
from one or more diseases caused by one or sev
Neral of these tireless little abscesses, hard at
work every minute of the day and night supplying
dealy poisonous germs to the' blood.
These germs get into the blood for the very
simple reason that they can get nowhere else. They
are sealed in the Jawbone, which they gradually eat
away and then enter the blood on their mission of
destruction.
At the outset these germs may be few and weak;
many are killed by the blood. Nevertheless lu
time, they multiply In number and increase in
strength. They then enter the blood In a vast
army. Tbe ng continued fight against these
deadly gei.4 gradually Impairs the resistance of
the blood. It ts now powerless to stop their prog
ress, and the blood only serves as a means to carry
these enemies of health to various vital centres of
the human body. They here entrench themselves
and carry out their deadly work.
Now that these germs have located In some other
centre, they multiply very rapidly and may cause
diseane and even death.
These heretofore unsuspected germs have caused
heart disease, arthritis deformans, nervous die
eases, kidney, liver and stomach complications.
8ome surgeons claim they have even caused ap
pendicitis. This disease hss been traced to the
pernicious activities of these little germs emanating
from the blind dental abscess.
Of course, the blind painless dental abscess is
not the only cause of heart disease. It la only
one of many causes. However, it is a proven fact
that these germs of the blind dental abscess do
cause heart disease in many Instances.
They are deposited by the blood in one of the
valves of the heart They and, their secretions
irritate the part to which they are attached, re
sulting in the formation or a small ulcer. These
ulcers will cause a breaking down of the valve
tissue of the heart.
The valve in consequence gives way. The vic
tim has now what Is known as heart trouble.
Small abaecsses are also charged with wrecking
tbe nervous system. Sometimes only one nerve
or a group of nerves la affected, such as the
nertreB supplying the jaws, ears, eyes, hands or
fingers, or it may even be theorem or the spinal
cord. Nervous disorders arising from these same
germs may be headache, neuralgia, lassitude, or
great, fatigue and depression.
A well-known business man of this city who for
years possessed a rugged constitution, a wonder
ruily cheerful disposition and a clean record for
consistent good health, suddenly lost all interest
in hia business, tired almost before he finished
breakfast, and in a abort period developed melan
cholia. Ills physician gave him a most thorough exam
ination. . While he was unable to discover key or
ganic or functional diseases, he noted upon ex
amining his mouth that his teeth were seemingly
iu an excellent condition. Nevertheless he saw
two or three plecea of brldgework reflecting great
mechanical ability on the dentist who made them.
But this physician realised that brldgework and
dead teeth were quite frequently associated. He
realised tho possibility that one or more of these
teeth ssupportlng these bridges might harbor a
hidden blind abscess at the root. He was immed
iately dispatched to bis dentist for a complete X-rsy
examination.
His suspicions were more than Justified. The
X-ray pictures showed that not only one but every
tooth supporting the bridgework was affected with
a blind painless deutal abscess.
The bridges were Immediately removed. The
abscesses were either cured or the root removed.
In a short period this patient regained his health
and normal spirits.
The blood may carry a few of these germs to the
fluid of a Joint in which they rapidly multiply. This
causes the joint to swell and become fixed fend
stiff with attendant pain. rilie limbs are pulled
into all sorts cf unrixtural position and the patient
now has arthritis deformans.
On the other hand, it may be possible for a per
son to hare one or more blind dental abscesses
and yet be freo from any of the above diseases.
However, the blood is being overtaxed fighting these
germs and Its resisting power is being lowered.
This may continue for days, months or even years.
Eventually these germs will find some weak spot
in the body and cause bavoc with the subject's
health.
There is but one safe procedure when a blind
or any other kind of an abscess has been discov
ered, and that is to cure it. or if that is Impossible
to remove the tooth. A few years ago an abscess,
whether acute or chronic, outside of ita discomfort
was no great cause for alarm. It Is only recently
that its deadliness has been realized and pro ran.
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