Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20
By Shirley Olympus

9ast is the only notable exception Of course today
yearly of the idle rich the capitals of Europe
Although carried the civilization of his Europe to
the Oentals leaving ndelbe maror blot withe
greatest his invasion geographical negative was
of travel the far east which caused Co
o make his hazardous voyage
Every great geographical change of humanity has left its
manent either upon the place from which the
movement started theocay which has been directed The
putocratc given Europe big tips bath tubs aucous
speech sang And America increased customs house force
Among voyagers movements there always are the
good worthy and the worthless the strong and the
AS each point the journey has been reached OF the
fallen by the wayde until last only the worthy
and the survived to the benefits OF the journeys hard
ships.
Resssnessa desire live in larger world has been the
potent have started the
long journey they sought financial gain But these have
live in larger world is but manifesto
on of the artistic temperament All dreame greater
their environment they always seek larger field And
west being expansive and aow, they have to
We gotten language customs our finance our
from the for the most part Many things
the result of westward movement
nd now get dancers
Like an invading horde Russian and those who claim to be
exponents of Tpschoe have within the last six months
or year taking the United States by storm Scarcely single
edition paper has been without review of big
Terpsichorean performance And strange seem those
danced were according to Russian Very nearly all
from his imperial highness the Cars Own iheaer to
quote of the paybs There hundreds and hun
dreds who the United States 1t would seem from bill
performances that the czs subjects divided into
and dancers with the latter pedo
mating
worthy and But those who worthy
soon Went their way back baen junk
Russian do not count few of the worthy though totally
Unworthy dancers got work on the beefsteak circuits You know
Among invading Joan of Arc leader who
the westward advance dancers, the
being fully repaid refer to the Countess Ihamara de Srs
beled with oundng title But of Mile de Swrsy her title
and her So the younger has the
right to the appeaon In Europe many actresses receive titles
after their the stage ence vapd nobemen into
ing them Countess de swirsky Of the few public perform
want marry just at present You she
rust p years old and She loves her art
fowned upon by many. Europe. But and
IS regarded as one of Russ favotes and her
abroad patronzed accordingly
The countess advent New York eraded far and wide
Some declared her to be "a sensational dance others merely "a
may was necessary for de Srs TO dance in New York but
or twice until Newport took her up:
They always on that still hunt hence monkey dinners
guests Some leader Of the social elite Of Newport decided that de
Swirsy would be Just the When the countess
her performance she turned the shock into real admiration And
that that WAS the way she came to on mn and in New
Countess de Sw Isadora Duncan Pavlowa and Maud Allan
One critic who has seen them all said that de Sv a the most
uncad have heard Of giving exhibition
public view But this critic declared there nothing of
personality carried above and beyond thoughts Wen
saw Maud Allan here not many months ago found nothing
Art has its own @ purifying We expected to be shocked BY
After ALL purity and modey told lie entirely
of the beholder The of civilization make
nmodesty mpurity and immortality Consider African say
Kraft Ebing there notng>so French
heels and French lingerie He says linen all
ways provocative of immortality Custom and the mind
ude OF the individual mean much in such mattersl
In order give concept of dances
shall quote from argument of her "Tanagra prepared
by the countess herself:
There lived in ancient times in province Of Greece a.ype
woman renowned for beauty and artistic accomplishments They
dancing to such perfection that the greatest ancient
world became known by the
In the Ianagra dance. the curtain the countess is
In the Of of Tanagra
Glucks Orpheus awaken her.
beautiful movements of the Her sud-
denly attracted by by the strange
she approaches It, AS hypnozed she strikes chords and
then plays the most modern of compositions the pre-
uds thoroughly awakened thrilling with the spirit of modern
NE she ushe from the stage returning AS