Another event of importance in New York is the opening of Mr. Linlcoln Kirstein's School of the American Ballet, "Mr, Kirstein is, naturally, interested in' turning out well trained professionals, but there is a class beginners. Bar exercises come frst. [These are the "grammer" of the ballet [Children of the Imperial Ballet Schoo! in Russia started with these exercises, fand Pavlova practised it to her dying day. The Bar exercise is very simple hold the bar with the left hand, kick forward with the right leg, bring the foot back to the floor, heel out. Then kick to the side and to the back, raising the leg always from the hip. JO more advanced exercise is to jump land while in the alr touch heels together. Two clicks are a triumph for beginner, although Nijinsky, the [great Russian dancer, could click his eels ten times before coming down ain, 'A new game that is adding sor icitement and relaxation is called "Ral tte," which is squash in miniature. [The table is the size of a, ping-pong table and like that only with a back stop at one end. Tt is played with ping-pong bats and balls and is good Jexercise. New York also boasts a Jin Jitsu Club. "Lessons gre two dolia Jan hour and the instructors claim that In early summer the oriental poppy is one of the showiest plants on the herbaceous or mized border. It seeds very freely, with the result that, by erossing and selection, a wide range of colour is available from blush white to crimson. To obtain plants for flowering next summer, geed should be sown in a spare corner the garden, If sown thinly the seedlings may be left in the seed bed till September api then trans—ferred to the position where they are to bloom, a woman attends once a week for year she will be able to defend her-Self from anything.
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