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takes so long and it is practilly useless to send postcards out as they steal them before they leave the country a gentleman told me. We also gave Orphé a greak Ballet. Is it not funny how some people who can hardly move their two feet let alone dance can make a success and get on the stage for instance in Santiago was a dancer named Ruskia well really I never saw such a fright of a girl in my life and her toe dancing was absolutely impossible and the other stile to she had no grace of body at all and yet she had a theater by herself and even managed to have it fairly filled even although our Co was there. The Ju◊ier still what I saw was a german boy Deilsh who danced on his toes but who was a little crazy for he thaught himself better than Pavlova and came to offr himself to the Co, But the moment he started the B. M.—Mr. Christine stoped him as we were all in hystricics [hysterics] over him, and Mr. Dandre told him he could not engage him as he might be a rival to Mme. Pavlova and really the poor fool behaved if he actualy wanted to turn up in a tarletan and pink tights but someone luckyly warned him. Your dear Mama asked how is X nowaday well I really think she is more cranky and nasty then she ever has been in her whole life & Clue & X are constantly fighting when there is a rehearsal and it certainly

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