The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-11-02

WAS it Carlyle who said, mo man
w will ever know what his wife real
iy thinks of him?" Does Mrs.
Joseph Russell, fashionable, wealthy and
the mother of two children, really know.
what Mr.. Joseph Russell really thinks
about her delightful dances?
My impulse to dance controls my very
life. l simply must express myself-must
express my God-given individuality in
dancing" she declares.
Mrs. Russell realizes that many a man
is so selfish that he would insist on his
wife expressing herself for his own private
eyes when she feels the impulse coming
on her. But her own husband takes
more liberal view, she thinks-at least,
whether he likes it or not, he has to stand
1t.
Very frankly Mrs. Russell says: "I
think that the husband of to-day realizes
that he must let his wife express herself
in her own way or else he will not be able
to hold her"
The modern husband" the charming
dancer continued, mo matter how virulent
his cave instincts may be, simply must
bury them under the veneer Of civilization
and acquiesce in his wife's desires, when
the wife feels that she is a distinct per.
sonality
Take Mr.. Russell, for example. In the
beginning, when / took part in amateur
theatricals and first did solo dances he at.
tended all my performances. Nowadays
he refuses to do so, but he does not refuse
to let me take part. He is interested and
pleasant enough, but sometimes / think
that the cave instincts are about ready to
break through, He restraints himself.
however, because he wisely realizes that /
must express myself, my God-given indi-
viduality."
Mrs. Russell, who is well known to so
ciety in New York and on Long Island, is
well qualified to discuss the wife as an in
dividual and her modern instincts. Her
dances given at the beautiful Arabian Fete
in the outdoor theatre on the Long Island
estate OF the Roland Conklings, were the
sensation of the day. She danced with all
the finish and ardent fervor Of a profes-
sional, and yet she is one of the leaders of
Cleveland society, a graduate of Vassar
College and the mother of two sons, aged
eight and nine!
Sucn lnterpretatlYe work can be done
only by one who has devoted years to
study and practice, and usually by one who
has sacrificed all home ties and social
pleasures, but the lady from Cleveland is
authority for the statement that she has
successfully accomplished the seemingly
impossible.
my home in Cleveland" she asserts, ais
as well managed and my children are as
well trained as though / devoted all my
time to them In fact, / think that my
dancing helps me to be better wife and
mother"
Mrs. Russell is student OF Kosloff, the
Russian maestro, who has trained more
Russian dancers than any one man. To
reach her present high place she has
passed through several schools of dancing,
parlor, French ballet and Greek being the
outstanding ones. These she feels that
she has outgrown. or at least wearied Of
There is a graceful and yet forceful aban-
don to her interpretations that leaves her
audiences breathless and filed with amaze.
II is difficult. indeed, to imagine this vi
brant, whirling, chiffon-draped figure, pre-
siding over a family tea table or bending
materially over a baby's crib. 1t Is even
more difficult to imagine her toasting her
husbands slippers before the open fire and