Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03

American tributes to Pavlowa, great
dancer, whose death removed an unsur-
passed exponent of genuine beauty,
place her among the im1nortals. Many
voice regret that while other artists have
been able to leave for posterity their
works Of genius, only the memory of
one who approached perfection remains
to mark her career.
"She had the world at her feet" says
the Albany Evening News, declaring
that "she was the true poet OF motion,
who could portray every emotion Win
pose or gesture" The Memphis Com
mercial Appeal AYERS that "she will live
on in the history and the glory OF her
beloved art" for "a great dancer inter-
prets life as faithfully as great drama
fist, great novelist or a great actor.
with a tribute to "the breathlesS beauty
If nerfect grace" the Richmond News
Leader holds that "Pavlowa will always
represent the genius of the dance" and
that whenever the dance becomes body
and spirit indissolubly blended, there
and then is Pavlowa commemorated."
Something very beautiful went out OF
the world whsn she passed way" de-
clares the Duluth Herald, recognizing
that "her life was gift of beauty to
the world" and that she expressed the
poetry of motion more marvelously than
anybody in her generation, and perhaps
in any other The Buffalo Evening
News agrees that her work doubtless
would bear comparison with the best
attachments in her line that ever have
been reached" The Minneapolis Star
remarks that "she was. one who de-
voted a lifetime to artistic perfection
with a singleness of purpose that left
little time for the usual vanities and
stratagems of the popular idol"
Quoting a French critic who said that
she docs not dance, she scars" the
of her achievements: "And she carried
the world soaring with her rose
f1uttering on a hilltop lark vanishing
in song, a silvery cloud floating in the
blue, these were her likenesses; and
wherever she moved, hearts leaped up
with reborn faith in nymphs and angels
and airy beings all. The wonder OF
sheer loneliness of its outfowing. Back
of her supreme mastery were marvels
of patient and loving toll, no doubt, and
many a brave battle for visions of
beauty: but when she danced. we who
watched saw only a perfect union OF
body and mind, and felt the perfect
merging of sense and soul. The earth
is fairer because her feet have touched
it, and heaven more real because she
is mingled with its light"
"She has danced her way down into
the long corridors" states the New York
Evening Post, yet there remains in
our hearts the picture of her lovely
presence, as it gave America its sense
of q new art Till she came amongst
us, the dance had been a thing stiff
and armored. The classicism of the
grand operas ballet and the puritanism
of the comic operas chorus combined
to take the soul from dancing. Pavlowa
gave it back She made the dance as
fluid as sunshine upon moving waters.
She gave it life She gave it beauty.
This country will ever be under debt
of gratitude to this great and exquisite
artist"
"Sha danced her way into the litera-
lures Of many lands where her name
stands as the superlative of grace"
asserts the Oakland Tribune. I'm tbs
capitals Of Europe, on American tours,
the far-off islands where she danced
and studied the native measures this
gifted daughter of rhythm left Sher