Show lender New v Y York orI Girl of f Ij Fifteen Summers First American Prima Ballerina aai t jie e first American prima ballerina I Ehe he Metropolitan opera house and first and only American girl Irl to toe ice e her debut on that famous stage k this double distinction which bes' bes bes' bes be- be irs s' s to Miss Eva Swain the fifteen fifteen- old f-old New I York ork schoolgirl whom e tor Casazza Gattl-Casazza has Just chosen of several hundred applicants for fort t most important position among the thet t dancers next season 8 ason j bery ery American singer er or dancer prefab pre pre- i fab 81 appearing at the Metropolitan come to us after years of ot 4 tron on the boards In Paris v Vienna ienna or orB B other European capital But Miss fin is In has nas divided her quiet young youner life ireen een her fathers father's home at No JIG tOne Hundred and Seventh street this ibis country place In the tho Catskills over cover sho has been studying the thet R t for tor only three years ears whereas of ot the famous European dancers t a decade of hard work behind t. t when the they make their first pub- pub r id E With nth n Fugitive e t Smile hen I went to ash aak her about her herY iy Y remarkable achievement writes i Mooers Marshall In the Now New World I found foun a n slender shy sIn 1 dressed sly girl Irl who doesn't look a n. over her accredited fifteen years ears has thick waving 1 auburn hair and andT T narrow gray byes Her Hor face Is oval healthily pale and her herI herthe I the weak point of the average tf rican a beauty Is delicately and ish is- is h Ively cut She has a fugitive smile which one finds ones one's self watch- watch ic j you really begin to study studyIng ping Ing until you ou were twelve I Ici d. d ci dJ didn't nt t take up stage dancing tillie till ie she shet he replied Yes I know that it ft t t. girls begin when they are six or fen U. U Madame my teacher M i her er first lesson at that age t Jut ut naturally m my people had no about making me mo a dancer 1 no no relatives connected with the re e. e My father is a law lawyer er and 1 i I grew up like any other girl goto goto go- go to dancing school and parties but Ing only the regular social dano dan- dan Y ft o t r Liked cd Dancing i I was always alwa's very ven fond of them ever ver and tho the winter before I was Wase e ve V I was was vas asked to do some fancy tancy sing Icing at a a. charitable entertainment regular dancing teacher drilled me meme me onus simple little things thing's and people iod od to like them Then for the first firstI I I thought of going further in the rk k k and m my father and mother took down to see Madame Ca D said that she would take me for a ar kr r r. r and then she could tell whether a as worth while for me to go on we ve been with her ever since three threes ra s 8 In all ut how much time have you OU ked each da day days I asked Three Hour flours n Day free hours every afternoon except exceptIng ring lag the summer months Miss Missan n a In e explained Until the last six piths I also have been at school school- fular ular lar school Then it was decided a it t tI I didn't get enough fresh air all and andI andU U I came out Besl Besides es the dancing ons with Madame I have to do my m ai an hour and a half halt a a. da day daI I I Iap Ip ap p these up through the Bummer summer at are the they Really Just of or the different motions that go to toke toke t Eke ke up the steps kicking forward backward and sideways and up In Iner iner ler er to keep all aU the muscles exor- exor ad d and In trim And d do you have to eat special gs gs I Inquired Oh yes es she assen assented ted cheerfully cheerfull reals particularly rico rice are pre pre- for me and soups and green stables I must have very little Ice or candy and no rich cakes or ori i I pastries In fact tact my whole diet Is very vory simple Just the plain nourishing foods and no experiments with the things that make people ill III sooner or later Never Worn Vore Cornets Cornet I I have never worn corsets In m mv my life or an any sort of tight clothing M My shoes of course mum mot tit lit m me perfectly I abhor high collars and never wear near thorn thom But Dut I tr try to keep m my dresses simple or rather mother I tries One can wear comfortable clothing without looking like a freak How about social life I see my friends but mv my teacher doesn't t like me mo to keep late Inte hours She says that the dancing Is such violent exertion that I need plenty of sleep in order to get back the energy I I lose ose And she doesn't like liko me to do o much social dancing because It puts m my feet in wrong positions The movements are so different from those used In toe dancing Lives LI In ID the Open I For the thc same reason I am not al allowed al- al lowed to ride horseback as It exercises the wrong muscles I drive a great deal dealand dealand nn and I am devoted de to sailing salling I dont don't mind giving up the more mote violent sports as I get so much cx exercise e in m my dances And Madame likes me to keep a n great s deal in the thc open air all I always alwa's sleep ina In Ina Ina a large room with the windows wide open and antI in the summer I practically live outdoors Dancing puts a n big strain on the heart and lungs and though mine are arc beautifully strong now I want to keep them so And you ou plan to make dancing your life work It Like Plying Oh yes es she breathed br exultant exultantly If It anI only I succeed i liere ere next winter 1 want to go abroad to all rill the great capitals and nd dance I like It better belter than an anything else els In tho the world Im I'm no not a bit frightened at nt t the Idea of appearing ap pe Pc rin before e a crow crowd cr d l in the Metropolitan Metro Metro- politan because when I be begin ln to dance I forget e everything and everybody Its It's like lIlee flying It gives I es one the strangest sense of power and Its It's a n joy I that's worth all denials and I a Please say I thin think Ie It Is a splendid I career for tor a girl ended Miss Swain with shy eagerness Of or Of course COUlse It I means lots of hard work but Its It's worth while And after a tine lime one can actually actually actually actu actu- ally create beautiful dances besides dancing them I wouldn't ask for tor I greater reater happiness |