The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-22
PAVLOWA, MARVEL OF PHYSICAL ENDURANCE.
 EXPLAINS SECRET
fBy Minnie Minturn.)

On the stage Anna Paylowa, declared by the experts to be the greatest liv- ing dancer, and pefnaps the grea test since Terpsfchore, the Muse who in- vented dancing, seems to the beholder to be but an airy, fairy spri9e from another world, to whom the demon stration of the poetry of motion is a gift of the gods, rather than an art attained through years of toll and la bor. .se.
 Yet we know that the illusion is false; that ~PavIowa is a ''sure-enough'' woman of flesh and bloodt and that she must, have earned her supremacy by unremitttng and unfA gging toll, and retains it by the same, method.
 Even that disciple of streunosity Col. Roosevelt, is not such a marvel of. physical end trance as the wonder full Russian dancer. From years end to years end, with never a respite, Anna Pav1owa travels about the earth and up and down in it. in every great city of Europe and North and South America she is known to enthusiastic millions. She never stops. her energy never flags, she has no 'foff-season.''
 How can she do it?
 The secret is simpIes very simple It ts-ouch !-hard work! .
 You too, fair lady and brave man, might attain symmetrical development, health, ease, grace and remarkable viri1ity by following the Pav1owa method True Pav1owa was only ten years old when, at the imperial danc- ing school in St. Petersburg, she be- gan those exercises which she con- tinues to follow for two hours every day. At your age, you cannot hope to become another Pavlowa. Still, by fol- lowing the recipe faithfully, you may win the blessing. of, health and vigor- if you have the ambition and the per- severance and the energy to stick to it. As of course you haven't! dare you!
 The exercises used by Pav1owa, in common with other Russian dancers, for developing. supp1eness and strength and endurance and grace include the H'p1ier,' f1e grand battements," ''Fonde de jambe,,' fouettee, entre. chats, e1eva- tion, pirouettes and arabesques. The list reads like a, menu. but they are not so difficult as they sound
 The exercise called the e"p1ter''s is an improvement on the full squat of the gymnasium, and is very like it ex- cept that the heels must be kept on the ground. Four different positions of the feet are used in executing the pier. The easiest is with the heels about ten inches apart, and the toes turned, outward as far as possible. In the second epositionsone foot is on tip toe and is supported on the other foot, which is5aat on the moor. The feet, of course, should alternate in these posi- tions.s Another position for perform ing the plier is with one foot flat on the floor and the other extended back ward The fourth position can be ac- quired only after experience. It Is with one foot in front of the other, with the large toe of one foot touching the heel Of the other To perform the plier. in this position will at first be impossible to the average person. With the feet in these positions, the plier is merely a matter of squattfng as far as you can. At first it would be, just as we'll to hold to some firm support with the hands.
 The grand battements" is-s-sh- just the high kick under a more fmpos- ing name. The feet are planted firmly on the floor, heels turned in and about a foot apart toes turned out, arms extended, with one outstretched hand grasping something tangible that will prevent the high kick from becoming a low flop.
 In the t'e1evation,'' the same foot po- sitions are used as in the plier. To perform the leYatiun-elevate! Rise on the tips of the toes, at the same time stretching the arms and the en- tire body. Start the movement with the hands at the sides, and gradually extend them.
 OtA0E 040IC1S6S are taught the pupils of the Russian dancing school, but the ones described are those most used. At first they go through the drill awlxwardly and mechanically, but those who persevere finally achieve the capacity to go through the most intricate motions without apparent ef- fort.
 While few professional dancers de- pend upon dancing itself to keep the supple and the body and mind fit, yet dancing, of the right sort and under proper conditions. is in itself a wonderful exercise. The professional dancer, man or woman, is usually well and symmetrtca1ly developed. Natu- 1 rally the leg muscles are better deveI- |