Show Oriental Statecraft J Ao llo part put which gesture plays In Oriental OIl Oat drama Is set forth in a n recent I volume which says that there a fitting gesture to represent every potion The gesture In fact Is described de do scribed as ns dt deaf and und dumb alphabet ol ot the soul There are nine movements of the head corresponding to nine emo- emo mentioned by one authority 24 1 by another 28 movements of the tho single single sin sin- gle le hands and 24 or 20 of the double hands hands etc also hands denoting animals animals an an- trees oceans and other things For ifor example a certain position of or tho the denotes a certain emperor caste ste or planet The translator says rather naively that only a cultivated audience nce can caa appreciate Indian no ac tors tons tor's art I I j Io |