Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

CthESus D1OnyB1an roYel that night
IN that little apartment.
I'm In love again. she sang the
modern Jazz song In a, melodious
voice. I'm in love agafn." sane
lsadora Duncan, land I'm darn glad
oh, yes. ii was Isadora Duncan.
she from California, who brought
back to the world the radiance OF the
ancient Greek dances. 1t was Isa.
dora in the handsome forties, but as
near to beauty in that sea-green robe
as she has ever been in her life.
Wed Boy Poet.
You remember Isadora. She's the
woman who wed the Russian boy
poet, Serge Yessenir-he COMMITTED
suicide in Russia recentIyS--anS the
woman who championed the soviet
government 50 earnestly that the
United States State Department
looked at her askance.
She Is also the woman who shell.
tered hundreds OF French refugees
during the war. who lost both her
children In a tragic accident MANY
|, years ago, and who in some degree
mas taken in the hearts of Parisians
the place once held by the divine
Sarah Bernhardt.
.tSAN Iie1u uScIi hIliCieS TO the erect
that lsadora was broken in heart and
in fortune and in spirit. Therefore
the writer looked her up to ask how
come
I'm In love again Isadora an.
sWered. which is all that counts al
the moment. The name Of my adored ?
Does It matter? All. we'll; say that ii
'Seraphita,' or anything beautiful
He is an Italian; the most beautiful
Italian that ever was born: the OF
spring Of Apollo and the sun.
Nothing But Love-"
There's nothing in life but love. =
she added musingly.
Well, but aren't there bank.
ruptcy and broken hearts. also: de-
jected spirits
Look at me" Isadora cried com.
mandingly. Am brokenhearted?
| Do seem detected? Am / a forIor11
creature pacing the streets mourn.
ing over the ashes Of the past? There
is no past for any woman, unless she
elects to dwell In il. I'm going on
at this moment to the biggest. the
hardest, the greatest work OF my life.
I'm going in q very short time to
Moscow. In Moscow have q school
for children, where at times more
| than a, thousand children receive In.
struction. They are instructed In
dancing, to be sure: but more than
that, they are instructed In life
IT want to found international
schools for children. SO that the
children Of all lands viii learn to
love one another. My school teaches
what all other schools should teach,
which no school does teach, and which
| Is the only thing that needs to ba
taught-it teaches children to feel and
to express life.
That's all I ever did. I never
danced. / only expressed life, its
depth. its richness. its beauty"
She turned briskly, though that Is
too ungraceful a word, to find the
tack hammer and to nail up another
garland to the child Of Apollo and
the sun, whose name is 8. Franchetti.
though really this is unimportant.
"As for being bankrupt" eyes
roll gloriousIy. at own two houses
in Paris; own car; have chauf.
feur; have q school In Moscow; and
1 have never yet found It necessary
| to charge one penny for giving in.
struction In dancing.
Sometimes I've thought my heart
was broken; but II was only bent q
very little bit Serge Yessenin her
voice deepened with emotion and for q
moment tears sparkled In her eyes
chat was q dreadful tragedy.
adored him. and stiil do. He was one
OF the finest Of men. shall meet
him again some day in heaven.
=, tCouyrisht. 1920