The New York herald., 1922-05-16
Dancer Flies to Berlin With
Young Poet Husband at Cost
of 20O,000.000 Rubles.
TO TOUR WITH PUPILS
TWENTY-FIVE Children Will Ac-
company Her to America in
the Fall, She Says.

Special CdbIc TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1922. by THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Berlin. May ID. \
"The Russian people are very lovable
and l intend to go back there next year
hut it is great to return to a place
where one can have warm water, nap
kns and comforts again declared isa-
dora Duncan to THE New York HERALD
correspondent here at the Adlon Hotel.
She spoke Of the lack of food and drink
in Russia and of the difficulties she had
in heating her Moscow palace and
school.
She arrived with her young husband.
a symbolst poet named Serge Yessenin.
a man with bushy yellow hair dressed
in blue suit and white canvas shoes,
despite the cold weather who sat up
primly without Joining in the converse
tion, because he speaks only Russian.
and even in conversation with his bride
he Is obliged to depend largely on the
sign language.
HE is Russias greatest poet" said
Miss Duncan in speaking of her new
husband. ''but of course l., am a bit
prejudiced in his favor"
Made Trip by Afrpiane.
She said they had come to Germany
by airplane. the fare costing 100000. 600
rubles for each of them. After week
in Berlin, during which she will visit
Elizabeth Duncan, who is running
school on the palace grounds at Pots
dam, she intends to go on to London.
The dancer said she had accepted an en-
gagement to make an American tour in
November with twenty-five of her Rus
sian pupils between the ages of 4 and
IL years.
Miss Duncan said she did not fnd
work in Russia easy. "The Soviet Gov
ernment promised me thousand pupils
she said. but / received only forty. and
found 1t necessary to contribute toward
their food out of my own money. But
admire the sacrifices of the Russian in
tellectuals, who continue to work de-
spite hunger and privation. Stanislawski
head of the Russian art theater. who is
going to America this fall. has been
forced to subsist only on bean porridge.
Miss Duncan proposes the use of air
planes to carry food to the Russian peas
ants in districts where the train service
has broken down. but she Is not sure
who will supply the arpanes. She
praised the American relief work.
Not Troubled by Politics.
The dancer said she did not bother
her head about politics while In Russia.
only assocating with NJ. Eunacharsky.
the Minister of Education who. she said.
Is delightful man. She added that she
was trying out the effectiveness OF the
new Russian law courts by seeking satis-
faction against the first violinist of the
Moscow orchestra, who had accused her
OF receiving a. gift Of sealskin coat
from the Russian Government. She con-
tends that IL is an old coat which she
had taken with her to Russia. Her Mos
COW acquaintances say, however. that
she picked out the Soviet sealskin coat.
but when the Government. according to
the new economic policy, later sent her
heavy bill she would not pay 1t.
Miss Duncan would extend the bene-
hts Of her Russian school to the children
OF other countries by founding schools
not only for dancing, but having also
philosophical and social aims and by ex-
changing teachers and holding a sort of
annual Olympic games.
Irma, one Of Miss Duncan's old pupils,
is remaining In Moscow to accompany
the children she will take on tour. These
children will make the trip by ship d.
rectly from Petrograd to New York.