The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-09
LADY CONSTANCE,
BARE TOE DANCER,
TO FOUND SCHOOL
Scottish Noblewoman to Take
Pay for Showing Her
Tootsies at Dinners,
PURPOSE CHARITABLE.
Greek WhirlS in Scant Skirts
to Raise Fund to Edll-
cate Boys.
PURPOSE CHARITABLE.

The "bar'foot" dancing craze has
struck the nobility. Lady Constance
Richardson, who has won fame as
pig sticker In Northern Africa, q tiger
killer In India. and swimmer at Palm
Beach and who is a sister OF the Count.
sss OF Cromartie, has been capering
without the sign Of stocking, and in
fcanty Greek skirts, just like Isadora
duncan. for 800 caper. and has an
nounced that she Intends to keep II I'D
Lady Constance has twlrled and pi-
rouetted without stock ings at several en-.
tertalnments given by New York society
fo!k, chief among them being dinner
parties recently given by Mrs. ". X.
vanderbilt Jr. and Mrs. James A. Bur-
den. The enthusiasm OF the guests over
her ladyships dancing convinced her
that she had nit upon novelty and de.
cided her to become professional Her
rrst professional appearance will be at
a dinner TO be given in a few days by
Mrs. Tiffany.
Lady Constance says she Is embarking
on this terps!chorean campaign In or
DER to raise enough money to found
model school for boys in Scotland. She
doesn't believe that the average bows
school gives sufficient attention TO ath-
letics and the outdoor lie. and as she
is one Of the worlds best known wom-
an athletes and has lived outdoors
lot she aims to be a pioneer In the
movement of educating tho young along
these lines.
Her Husband Approves.
Sir Edward Richardson, her husband,
with whom she lives at the Hotel Bre-
WORT, having moved there recently
from the st. Regis, is in sympathy with
her educational ideas and Is evidently
quite complacent regarding her dancing
bart foot"
Il shall take nve nice boys to my
echool in Scotland" says Lady Con.
lance. II think II will be ripping. I.
don't think tho schools here go in for
athletics as much as they should and
] shall teach my pupils all sors OF out
door sports as we'll as agriculture, dan
cling and the usual studies. l shall also
pay great attention TO making every
lad an expert swimmer, as there Is no
exercise which SO develops and beauti. |
fes the human form"
Lady Constance said she hasn't
enough money now to start the school, /
but fully realizes that there are hun
dreds. especially in this country, who |
are curious to see her dance, and she
Is perfectly willing to crafty their
curiosity-for cash. And she gently |
intlmates that It isn't every day that
rich Americans have the opportunity |
to see a daughter OF the nobility OF
Scotland prancng about without slip.
pers or stockings
Made Bathers Gasp.
Classical dancing In scant Greek
draperes Is not the first nor the least
Of her ladyship's unconventional acts
When she appeared at the swimming
contests az Palm Beach two years ago
she wore a bathing costume the made .
some OF the other contestants gasp, but .
she didn't mind bit, and she Won
several prizes.
Another occasion when she caused u
surprise by her liberal ideas regarding
clothing was at a ball given last March
In the Gezireh Palace. in Cairo. She
appeared as cyoe. a sort OF outrun-
ner In Oriental countries. He is sup
posed to be fleet OF foot, athletic, a
modern Mercury, and naturally he
wears as few clothes as possible, going
barefoot and barelegged, Lady Con-
stance made up appropriately for the
part. neglocting no detail.
The school in Scotland Is to be an ex.
elusive institution.
II shall select five OF the incest boys
can find" says Lady Constance. "and .
] shall give each one my most careful
personal attention. Their life shall be
spent almost entirely outdoors and | .
know my experiment will turn out Ave
real men. I am so interested In the
work that I am willing to keep on dan.
cling like whirling dervish until l
have raised enough money"