DANCED 16,000 MILES.
countess's revelations. stupid and boresome part- *".;:;'- "ner;s. ; -. .- ' LQjnDON, Apil 12. Some : remarkable memoirs have just been" published in St. Petersburgy^by Countess ■LanisdorrT, widow of 'Count LamsdorfF, the well-known Russian statesman;"''' ;•'. ' ■• ; ■ The GpuTitess evidently kept a strict record of all the dances in which she participated from time to time. She is able to tell that she took part in 234 square dances'. 4500 waltzes, and 600 ; polkas, V her ' p«r»ners altogether numbering-. 1700. •'••-. Describing the people with ,-wlio.m she has danced, she . says that she found .1200 stupidj 300 -boresome, 120 offensive; only ; twelve -who were "nice" and: three who "were- wittyThe Cduntess makes the interesting calculation: •' that in all-the dances she ft took part she covered a distance equal to • 16.000 miles.
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Grey River Argus, 24 April 1913, Page 8
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