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THE IMMORTAL SWAN

GLIMPSES INTO LIFE OF ANNA PAVLOVA

DANCER WHO REFLECTED ALL THE MOODS OF NATURE

(By Eric Dancy, in The "News-Chronicle")

Spiritual Energy

The forthcoming wedding is William Cecil, and has for many announced of Mr. Hugh William years been given over

THERE has been only one Par-Ballet School in St Petersburg. MacPherson Dulles mercantile Ministry of Pensions.

lova, and it is no fummery to She could have remained with the assistant, of 236 The Peak, and The responsibility for putting Miss Therese Sander, of Gravel-the place in repair and restoring say that abe was incomparable. Imperial Ballet and danced six pita, Bough Beech, near Eden-its residental character rests with Technically, least difficult of all times monthly, to retire on a State her dances was her "Dying Swan";pension at the age of 35, when a Hong Kong, Mondzz, Oct. 25, 1936.bridge, Kent, who, is en route to the Office of Works.

it was imitated universally, but ballerina is still young. the Colony by the s.s. Antenor.

As the Ecclesiastical Commission never an imitation succeeded, nor

Be it was not ambition which de The xx. Burdwan left Singapore has scheduled the palace, which could succeed.

It was the delight of critics to cided her to join Diaghiliev in yesterday morning and is expected contains much medieval work

an historic monument,

It analyse her technique, and ber Paris. for in the personal sense to arrive in the Colony next Friday as

it Parlova was never ambitious. looks as though the bishop will film will permit them to see enter into possession without much, more closely.. Her technique, we was the easy life which did not What was clearly a consider-1st & a.m.

shall be told again, was nigh per-attract her. She had the spiritual ed Government statement upon

The P. & O. ss. Carthage sail-if any, personal expense. the development of defence go-

ed from Singapore last Saturday

That must be a rare experience. Hfect, and there will even be some energy of the practising ascetic, licy was made at the Conserva- and is due to arrive in the Colony

jastonishing revelations which only and must express this quantita-

tively too in physical work cinematography can show. tive Conference last month by

next Wednesday......

Your Daily Smile!

Success she ignored, even when But that was not her miracle. Sir Samuel Hoare. It was reas-

Anna Pavlova mastered technique, it was fagrant. Criticism, în re- suring in spirit and substance. Three destroyers left harbour

name? Well who and having mastered it threw it to lation to her art, she welcomed; Its keynote was determination this morning at 9 3.10, ou exercises JEWELLERY Clear proof was given that the and EMS. Kent resterday few would rave about caviar if it was the winds, to be natural-accord-she studied it, and, where she

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She never could, profited from it. ing to her own nature.

She stunned used it to amaze. She learnt to

her to "Giselle." subject her body so perfectly

with

own favourite

earth and gravitation and more as holm the most connoisseur of if with no effort like an ethereal European publics took the horses being, translating her audiences from her carriage to draw her back to her hotel. Her fame made with her.

itself almost in a day.

results of cumulative value. De- Lo Han Chun, aged 2. living finite progress in all depart at No. 258 Cheung Sha-wan Road, Just take this comfort in your soulher mind that she could transcend among her ballets, and in Stock- In the midst of your worries- and ments is already apparent, na-was admitted to the Kowloon Hos

fretx val construction has proceeded pital yesterday, suffering from the

unknown poison, The football never could score a goal more quickly than the Admir-effects of alty expected, the general rate which he took in mistake for some Were it not for the kicks it gets. of advance will soon be greatly medicine. accelerated. But in outspoken

Four cases of diphtheria and two phrases it was made clear that the Government are still very cases of typhoid fever were report ed to the Health Authorities dur far from content with strength of British defences in ing the 48 hours ended yesterday. relation to the hugely expand-| - A report has been made to the

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Jane: "My Scotch boy friend sent me his picture yesterday.”

Joan: "How does he look?"

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Child-Nature

Sbe travelled Europe, and foot

30 en-

Her nature was a child-nature. She carried with her all her life and mounted police had to protect

the her after performances at stage-.

the her childhood impressions

Edward VIL and Jane: "I don't know yet. I haven sustere and the melancholy of the doors. had it developed."

winter at Ligovo, mowdrops in the Kaiser commanded her. The Ger- Russian spring, the riot of summan Crown Prince was mer. Ta her art she reflected all thralled by her during her first moods of this nature, and public appearance in Berlin that tries. There were declarations Police by Mrs. Barnard, of No. 5

"I see that a university professor the

drive

danced its song from the top of he had the first two rows of the obviously addressed to a larger Garden Terrace, that she lost a

stals emptied during an interval away insects.” audience than that at the Con-valuable brooch between the Glou-thinks radio may be used to

"But how is one going to be sure ber head to the tips of her toes.

-Contrast was hers, and the most that he and his suite might come ference, to the nation, the Em-cester Hotel and her residence on pire and indeed the world. Not Saturday night. The brooch was that they are listening?"

delicate of pastel shades For the down and see her better.

The Kaiser. stood up and shouted many countries will read with worth $750, and was in the shape!

range she commanded of facial ex- regret the significant notifica-jof a plain gold bar set with five

"A writer says that only a seventh pression, she might have been his approval from the Imperial the War, the Americans at her tion by the British Government Pearls.

of an iceberg appears above the great actress: this range belonged Box. She had Europe, and, during

too to her voice. that the supposed weakness of

The Hong Kong Branch of the face

whole feet. She toured the world, per- our Empire has been a disturb-

"Hah! He's probably never tried to Anna Pavlova gave her

Love For Nature ing factor in international po-English Association will

o life in her delicate infancy had been lities; not many countries willence its activities for the Ses-get to the bottom of a dandelions life to the ballet. And the whose forming in nearly 50 countries.

During these travels, Anna She Wanted a Pair Like Them!, despaired of she was a seven-} find the promise that a greatly sion 1936-7 by holding a general strengthened Empire must be meeting at the Helena May Insta-

A lecturer had been describing months child gave new life to Pavlova developed her love for a stabilising force for peace tute on Tuesday, November 3, at

5.15 pm The first part of the some of the sights he had a ab the ballet, when it was in stagna-nature; and several times, as with 28 the diversion of the the Californian poppies, derived unwelcome.

the road. "There are some spectacles," tian meeting will be devoted to

privileged

from it inspiration for dances she It was laid down with more statement of accounts and the he said, "that one never targets.”-

"I wish you could tell me where I She could have chosen an easy composed herself, in costumes she precise definition than we have election of office-bearers. Mr. P.

can get a pair," exclaimed lady in hitherto heard in Ministerial Leung, B., will then speak the audience.

“I am always. mis path, when she had completed her herself designed.

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