Pavlova Trains

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 June 1926, Page 11

Pavlova Trains

apostle of Spartan exercise anti a scanty diet is Madame Anna Pavlova, whose grace has prompted many to' call her “The Spirit of the Dance.” Four hours’ practice a day before a mirror is part of her religion prior to fhe opening of a tour, and she always avoids foods which leads to the accumulation of surplus tissue. Amongst them, of course; arc potatoes, and she never eats red nieat.* Butter is some- ; thing to be taken very sparingly, but believes ip plenty of green vegetables and fruit. She does not take milk in her tea, preferring the Russian fashion of a slice of lemon. ‘ ‘ There is a popular conception that a great artist must cat a great deal, that she must have fashionable surroundings,’’ Madame Pavlova told an interviewer, “but that is not my idea.’’ At the end of a rehearsal, instead of lunching at a West End restaurant, Pavlova usually sits in her dressing room and finds sustenance in a glass of milk and two biscuits. This is her daily menu. Breakfast: Tea and biscuits; no bread. Lunch: “Usually my one big meal,” she says. Some white meat, green vegetables, and fresh fruit, or fish and vegetables, but never potatoes. Tea: Russian tea, no milk and dry toast. Supper: Fruit and biscuits. Madame confesses charmingly that she is old-fashioned enough not to have acquired the tobacco habit, nor to have her hair bobbed or scissored. Her advice to women is: “.Keep the body’s weight down to prevent fallen arches in your feet. Thick hips and undue flesh may be caused by aching feet which refuse further exercise. And undue flesh and thick hips will often cause painful feet. Don’t expect your feet to carry more than their share of the weight. Reduce, and' then go walking. For, when it is all said and done, walking is the very best exercise for the body in general.