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THE SUN, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1913.
SHE DANCES HER WAY
THROUGH HARD WORK
.;!ova ruts in 1 wo Hours a Lav ot
iarci Exercise Year In and Year Out
and Never Takes a Vacation
p. LoWA. the lncompar
, been a dancer since
was If1 year old. She has
hud ii vacation She will
. tci.' rest unit, she retires
k- A number of million?
ii, lvtcrsburp nround
1, nfl.iii' nnd New York to
.5.1 hope that Pavlowa' re
,. a 1 'tic wax off. Consult rinp
ollth It OUCht tO be
dramatic and operatic stars
ti( m t tret away from her
' .nc a bttt'.trfl.x can be called
:xv. reasons. The first Is
puMn Ilassian. rie-nrh.
; r.n Sianrtin.iMnn. Unshsh
,.ni smith American, won't
Prom one countrj to another
:!n year round. The second
nii r must contantiy M-ep in
t.ast either make a profes
(.'.vancf or "work out" at least
t:i h dsy If the muscle. are
.pplo Vtrj often pjxlowa
realize that Pavloxva if
f V and Mood anJ sinew.
r spr.te. who flits' l.l:e a
trn.v ado-. tie hoard
think of heepinz in tr.m
.-.rou The dancing nu
ll' world those of Pav-
er. the Imperial Marl-
tht TMnce at ?t
.f -.he bullet at l.i Sella.
'..:: t at t!u opera. r..r:s
a: Par..-h r.allet. acclaim
:. create: tevhnkian who
Tlvx have endle? way? of
r -r .lru.na centre- of the
:. 1. ,n record. of the art ot
i; lr.rr Grisl. Ge.-rito and
jvl wa- mo-t fam m- prodo-
v.: :. thfi'e who tl"ck to see
i.,n ta.k of techn. i-i' s-, m
r. i:( one mlc',: ns xxll
" 'had
po-
litul
toes
lit,
1 (
work Th( e.Xortl'cs Ihnt Pax low n how
goes through each da) are c.xuctl.x like
tho-( shi took when as d tiny child she
was first enrolled at the Imperial
Matkriskx Institute of the fiance at St
l' tershtirp.
These ej.erciMS ate nil known b.x
rrench names and include the ilir
ronde di ,1amle. elevation, prand batto
metits fotiettes entre chats and nr.il
escjues and pirouettes llxe mscs are
x'aried l holilinc feet In xarlou
sitioiis. one. two. thiec and four
fixe as follows: heels tocethu.
straipht out. r.ght heel touchinc
toe. feet ilo.-tly touchinc; lift
touchinc ticht too. feet tocothet
Por each position of the fee t tht re .s a
corresponding position f the ha' .
The preat tak i to acquire crace nrd
eae. to Mend the motion' so well tt.it
iiothmp mechnnica! ,s aiarent. It u
(f course In sutmountinc alsolut)
or the mechanical that 1'avU.w.i is
sui'teme. Hut l'avliiwn of couise t- a
senlus a mie dauchtcr of T"riikl. !t
Th uish Va Iowa's art c tnhrait .- t!-t-cercise.
her dancinc defies anals
It cannot le reduced to n comlnna'. f
certa.n movements and attitude
mor- than one can take n square .'
compass tv the drauchts mati'h.;.
composition if a paintinp ly Ciro!
Greure. or suhitct their colorinc
atm. -j'htrf to chemical analys-is.
Is tlie re another fireat artl't at !
ai.'.!e'M creat tcmr or suriM.-.-,
-oprano who mwr has n rest? It w
i seem that thv pre.it dancer stands a
in this matter of no vacations. T.ike
, the sn-ce-'fu'. aetre-s .he is st.irre-.l
The ;:.! m. ke- a !..? .r.d .-ett'.es down
fiictiters' this cominp se.is.n w.i'.i n
''l of "one aftcrnooners" thrown In.
lloee man) a dorr or net reuses would
have the physical enduranoe for the
trnol alone. And us for the opera stars
Jamais Niemalr! piamml. cr of the
Tre'tich, Oermnn and Itnlinn foncstersl
( n transcotitinental rrmci-rt tours ureal
slnpors- nvernpe four or five perform
uncos n we-ek. Compare 'Ta Iowa's in
varinlile elpht, nometimos- ten.
Plnce "Pavlown Is as fupreme In her
art ns the Immortals of poetry and mu
sic In theirs." since she Is not a dancer
hut "a lyric poet' her w..rk max he
well compared to that of the pa.uer
the wulptor the m,oi r lmap.ne
ne of these ntts.s it i lest erne
rank in ft supreme .n his nrt as Pavlown
lets and d ertlssements in the hie n
ertoiri nl hot eonipnn.e Hi fn. t pax
Iowa nrid tut Imperial Itiisswin d.-i ru-crsi
have not a uncle ballet in their repot'
tcufe of a dozen which does not heat
the mark f thi- .mnir wornnn's cenius
1 a a e hoicoprnphU director
I P.i Inn n sins thai if- It wefi noi fir
( the pl-eiit vatict.e to hallets. divert imi- I
ments nnd character dances in the
re-pertn.le she Wnilld never hi' able to
dance em h dn.c Iloinp th(' fuiuri'i i
"( irlentnle." with Its hizarre wild mu
sic of UiiS'in's preat eomposets. one d.l
nnd the eiualnt old fashioned Trench
' Pille Mill Gardee" the net lend" es
sential spice of vatlet.x to the nrt
Still the ii-al answer to "he iiiestlon
of how cnti P.ivlowa do It is found In
her statement: "My art Is my life''."
WOMAN WITH NERVE
AND GUNS IN MEXICO
O
Who Wrote "Hnmlet"
HI. powerful but illiterate political
boss of a Wi'Strrn State Wi.levls-
t nc one of .is prom. nc at i 'wns
has the puest of h nor at a d.' ner, He
side lum sat the superintendent ot
S1.10O1S tnc set mi f i 1 it a'
NK can harill.e sa that trm e Hint
or sojournlnp In Mexico i
safe for an American as ,t was
previous to the recent politi
cal disintegration. Anil yet lorn woman
n lone woman, to travel from cit to
city In this' semi-tropical patvidl'i ol
seenerv 1 not exactly precntloiis pro
vided she understand the people their
customs nnd a little' bit of the Ir lancnape
Amonp the many lessons 1 lentiied ni
rather dear price din int a recent isit
Frustrated Attempt of Train Porter to
Rob Her Experience of Woman
Travelling Through Country
shtnli s
I in.cM
hi ii n
Mi Xii .11
4 I hi
lin i
UTi-
Mexican national color.
known thnt It alone would
tible te-mptntfiin to any
itnifin
, the
nnd
the
mi
of
11c lnuphinpl assured
was quite hnrilllosv
M unknown tollou trace, let,
other lone woman, Poi-koned to rue
in a lone London accent di.-iwled
' It si 'i ms w e are alone '
I apreod thnt we were Mii.n
mil. h alone lor s.ifnt,e
'Von nm afraid?" she int.m.iled
es," 1 said, and
, ,ine of my fo,xr.
What are you t-nine
i . rod
' 1 don't know ." 1 repl.e.l
rvrnt of trouble 1 coulil inkr
' i nnd pound him w.,h t'n
or poibl. ns".is!nati h m w
nc hatpin."
She 1.1 up hod Cnri'lcsle- a I nn
, in of campalcn nernin! tin i m in
My word! IVi ou not kn i
.i Mexioan necro's bond i l.ki n cv u
i. .. And his -km as to,n.h a t. in 1
Ii 1 make this tlip ex cm x c,i t i
x elraxx n xxnik for a ...u.i.ux s'
, .d am conimiiaKx meii.n-: .! s
iitl.in- in thN infiMii.il i in i
nil hoxx do xnu pinin. x. si f
i rohlvr) or a more' hm 'e fit. "
With the e." hv sunt and .In w from
bed
A. ,'''- "e'n a dancer since soes uiinupn eaen .w.x lire e.xucu.x ni.e llUcvf. W).,.k Comiiare ''Pax lowii's In- L customs nnd a little bit of the Ir lanp.iape I m.cU ha., known that It alone xvonld
- , xxiis 1ft vear old. She has tboc she took when as n tiny child she variable elpht, sometimes ten. i Amonp the many lessons 1 lentiied ni i hi an nnitil.le te-mntntinn to nnv
a vainer near price iiurint a recent isit t M. xu ,m
I boss of a Wi'Strrn State w'l.levls. '
K"
MV'HlHfB I I
'V- 'j.'yMBB '
'fTsKmm' f 'A7 .Khf.'MU BSPBlLKcUrN fl ,rSsr"s K avloa and 'Part of ?fer. Company i?eacr fa 'tfeie a rj e
i'.y-AVMiBtftfKHjB AJIIII xx of I mini.
('3(1 v r iPXI i.inii xxluu nix
Jt. y'V' iPl'l ileum
1 1 kHiHKHH III 11,1 '" 'iU'
HIK' IHRImHH 1 1 ,l the
for a '?eie aroa I .
m the waves ot having tech-
Knshsh authority, critic of the
1 !! 7iinc., pots so far as to Bay:
1 have been exhausted In de
1 c Mile, Pavlowa's danctne. It Is
lew that the xvnves, the rccd, the
.m no lonper boast that she Is
'.m, It I tin y who are lllse her."
ri'er for the London Daily Kxprcu
I'lr "All the iictrcs!! in her lias
' : ' 1 int. forpnts the technical per
(f the dancer In the nppe-nllns
"f the inline." Hut the critic of
I. nd in Stmultirtl peihaps explains
'x lt Pavlowa's tethnlijiie Is never
i ni Says the Slamlnril : "The ap
' I'avlowa Is to nil, because It Is
cl'i'iil of perfection to humanity,
tin 'it hmv little vo may Unow of
'ii .f danflnp, no mutter how unln
' ('1 we may be In all that constl
n.e Idea of ilaiicinp as conveyed
"micUh over the far Siberian
i'l" yet the movement, the Brace
tin exquisite rhythm of Puvlowa
11 way to every human heart by
' fence of beauty of perfection.
Win n much else la but a dim mem
nna Pavlowa will live In the minds
all time of the lovers of the mimetic
Vet beneath her Hurpasslntf art there
' technUiue that was pained only by
a yeius of pnlnstnlctnK labor, nnd her
kept fresh and vital only by dally
fiftieth performance, the star up and
takes a vacation. Shu pocs abroad or to
seashore or mountains for the siniinir,
The attraction Is either closed, to open
again in the fall, or another actress
takes the r-tar's part. Of course the
preat majority of actors and actresses
rest all summer.
Consider the opera slnpcrs. Take the
blpgest of them, who are to slnplnp
what P.ivloxvu Is to the dance like
Caruso and Tetrazzlnl. These preat
stars of the operatic firmament elnp on
the live-rape of ten times a mouth, of
course they run a few scales each day,
or are supposed to. I tut two of at the
outside three performances a week ate
nil they can st.ind. P.ivlowa appears
nt least elpht times each week, some
times of tener, for on her meteoric
career throuph this country die and
her company often plve a matlne In one
city and evening performance in an
other, Look at the lenpth of the seasons,
Opera twenty-odd weeks, with a few
additional weeks at Covent Garden, Lon
don,,, for the blar stars, Then rest. In
drama of course the season averapes a
little inure. As for Pavlowa, she fol
lows the seasons from country to coun
try: a beaming sun, she shedi her ll'.'hl
around the whole earth. She elovetalli
her Amcrlciin, Knpllsh, aermaii and
Itus'lan seasons.
And look at the- question of one lilpht
stands! One nlphl stands, the abhor
rent! Puvlowa makes u hundred "one
tpsvofasnctyoVirojcjc or fracrtcc i7 7
dovil III hels, Wolklnp llftx-ltxii week
in the year!
The only other
Used constantly us does Pavlowa Is the
concert pianist. In the summer time
Ipnace Paderewskl, master Polish pian
ist, and llrnest Schelllnp, American key.
board virtuoso, belnp close friends nnd
summer time neighbors, vie nxllh each
other in practising hours each clay. Hut
neither Paderewskl nor Schelllnp would
play any elpht concerts a week. The
physical exertion Is too much for them.
And yet this ellln creature Pavlowa,
II belllK of the clouds, never seems to
tire,
Then consldci "also that Pavlowa Is
practically her own stupe manager, that
she herself urrunb'ca many of the bal-
lu ml tested largely upon the favor of
the boss. Seeking to entertain the.
artist xvho bus Pine- ei t ut man the suuei'liiti-ndeiit iccnlcd
1
him with his best stock of stories,
among others the following:
"Whlli- visiting the primary guide in
one of our schools recently," he said,
"I tnaili! a little talk to the children
mid In concluding I reuiarkeil: 'Ami
now which of 4F0U children can tell me
who wiote "llamli'l'." '
"There was an uneasy silence
among the little ones for u fexv seconds.
Then a small sIiuvit on the rear
benches lifting his hand piped out:
" Tlcaso, sir, I never elone It,' "
"Haw, haxv, haw!" gutfaweel the boss,
"anil I'll I'd the little rascal had clone
It all the time."
to Mexico the chief wele theor To
limit my cniivetsalion to the weather
mid the scenery, to appear to be rather
poverty sti liken and to reduce my luggage-
llguitttlvcly, or they xvonld do it
lltetally to 11 conili and toothbrush.
The annoying misfortunes I sutlcrcd
were, I hope, exceptions rather than the
rule,
Two huge Hunks containing most of
1 fly worldly goods nnd both lu good con
dition when I opened them ill the Vera
Cruz custom house wiulshcil like the
dexv on the griu-s and left no trace of
their fale. The Incldi'iit was entirely
tux- fuull, I iidmlt, for lu the top tray
of the smaller trunk was the joy of my
life, a new hat entirely covered with a
wickedly expensive plume dyed in the
1 h'.u'd an
Interpieter to telegraph to the -tcim-sh
p ntllce to make ceitaln of nix i, Ner
vation, Not suspecting that 1 hid n
Slip It UlllIiTSMUillllg ot Spanish, lie look
till libel l of doubling ilic.util.il cli.iige
for the telegiam and Instead of pending
mi uic'.-ngc gate the operator a long
anioroii tilegiam to some settoiiti In
tia I'm.. Sumo slii" are in.mn.lU eni
because ol the ueixe il lake o i nmiull
t'l ill and adiiiliatlnii blended xxith axxe
prevented nix lcmousiiaiim: wtli him
In the exeiilug I boarded a train made
up of slcepliu; ens scheduled In anlxi
at eia Crux the next mm nine The
It .lilt had scnt iclx staricd xx'.ieu I be
ijlilr aware of the tact thai I was the
only woman and the only American In
I the car In which my berth hid been n.
ccrxed I tang for the poller to ask If
there was nil lllieilgaui'il berth lu some
car lu xxhlih Oleic was another woman.
Helot o I had time to conceal my leather
bag (villaining my sto k of gold colli",
one or two of which I was in the act . f
transferring to my pocket for immediate
Use, I was cmiscloii" of n giiilll half
blood Mexican negro towering nhoxe me
and looking covetously oxer my shoul
der. Ills haliiN twitched ucixotisly as
though he could with ditllcu'ty rivuralii
1 h mself finiii snatching the tittle hand
1 fal of goM. II i If stall d 1 Hied to hide
II fioiu Ills sight.
"Too much money for mm Utile se-
tiiiiilu. he said In nn nine ousix inmiil.tr
in. nun r and I. cl c.l at me t:il I shud
dered. I made no leply, bill U.-lo d hill! to
ti ii.l me u berth In unother car Mu.h
to my surpilsc he returned xxtth an i x
paiislve smile illld bee Untied, lite Into
the forward couch. I gaxe li'llil n llxe
dollar gold piece and congratulated my
self on obtaining safety nt so qna! u
price.
I found, however, that I had Jumped
from the frying pan Into the lire, for
the forwuid car xxns quite deseiled
except for another lone woman like my
self. I sought the conductor and to
lated my predicament and my fears,
ai ii 1 i m gi.ut xouic i mn im aiiiug
ig-sie i mi Milled, Mill now lit not h.ixi
to kei i awake all night Inn .iu sit
up .ir.d llllli these a p.llt ol t'l, t l.
:niU'.u.ng the nxolxeis.
We iefued to have our bettll made
up lor the night and demaiubil nul.x two
pillows nt our adxels.u x He h.i' .l. d
them to us xxtth nn mulinm mullet ami
silUKi'iteil llupildentlx. " hx doll t xnu
go to lu d and sleep'."'
"Things xx 111 piogresM soon." .nd my
lleXV t . U 1 11 . 1 till nd. "II Is now '.i :tii P. -tme
II theie will be need nl 111. -i. Ill
il".e oil lor a couple of houii and xnu
call acquaint .xnutsclf xxlth the led nt
them." and she thrust the icxolxi is Into
my hand.
1 had an innate horror of iliciim
and felt tor the moment tli.it theie wn
little to chooe between Hie illlel ll.llix e
ilaugets of the picseiit sltualion The
two pilos I. used us much goose lleh
as did the porter.
At in I xtlngiilsln d nil the hvilits
in t tn- . nr. I lutaiill,x w..ki mi lueu.l,
Im in ih" ilaikuess I tell that mil lime
had come.
"Iliiiixlnp things u bit. Isn't In"
Whole's tint Utile batter light ' Them
now. I p It tut m il on thee ' sin- com
manded and took the xxenpmts lioiii me,
She I'm thw lib mug im tin potter. 1
I'ould scarcely imagine xx 1 1 it she xvns
going to do. but 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v . I I b.nl faith
In her. Ptesenily the huge form nl' the
liegm wns faintly illsci'iitllile lu tho
ilarknc's,
"Look bile," she 1 1, 1 1 III 1 1.1. i lu ;i voice
hard us nulls, "x.ui light thoe llghls and
do It quick."
"Ain't ymi'se it Utile pniicnl.it"" ho
said, iiiul put his hand I, mull. it ly upon
In I' shollldi'l'.
The wmils xxeie baldly be.xiiiid his
lips XV hell my binx e protect 1 1 ss lit i d one
shut ubiixe the black kinky head ntul
with Iter right hand pressed the cold
glistening Mi el uf the nihi l' leXolxef
iieulnst the tint black lioe that he
thrust eloso to her face,
"Smell that?" she uLctl,
"Vi'S, tna'iiiu," he said siibmis ,
"Will," she ciintliilied, "oit toex nut
of here nnd turn on those lights, What's
inure, you keep tin III lluhtnl I'd t oll
come near us im.iln I'll IUI ' I full
of holes you'll look l;o a slexe."
The lights wele till' 'il 'll without
further lido, and we i neotn ti led no ad
illtintiut dlllleulty Uuriiib' the trip t..i tha
eoast.