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day on the same 
principle as a pianist 
plays scales. She 
must be so perfect 
a mistress of tech- 
nique that when she 
/y v is on the stage she 
need think of noth- 
ing but the expres- 
sion to be given to 
the dances she 
executes. 
But the Russian 
dancers are not per- 
mitted to grow old 
in service. A score 
of years represent 
their little day, and 
at the age of thirty- 
seven a dancer re- 
tires on a pension 
which provides generously for her future. 
A pity, indeed, it is that similar encourage- 
ment is not given to students of the ballet in 
England to-dav ! 
And yet, surely, what Russia has done 
ANNA PAVLOVA. 
IN “ LRS ORIENTALES.” 2. IN “ PAPILL^ft . ” 
IN “LR CYGNE.” 4 . IN “LE CYGNE. ,: 
5. IN “ I/AUTOMNE BACCHANALS.” 
6. PORTRAIT STUDY. 
