Dancing Develops a Beautiful Figure
A fragment describes breathing while dancing and playing a bird dance. It urges choosing steps to fit tempo and motion. The text hints at developing a figure through breath control and performance.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1913
Page
91
Be not afraid to dance toward beauty and grace
The piece profiles Ruth St Denis as America's leading dancer, praising her world wide fame and influence. It argues dancing develops the whole body better than isolated exercise, urging women to embrace movement to improve figure, posture, and confidence. It details methods like "playing bird" and the dawn salutation to lift the neck, shoulders, and chest while fostering courage and joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N Newspaper
America
Ruth St. Denis
United States
Miss St. Denis
Europe
Orient
New Jersey
Gous &S
AMAR
The Incredible Thief Trap That Springs On Demand
An eccentric English inventor William Norreys unveils a self activating burglar trap that drops a thief into a floor pit beneath the counter. The design uses a hinged floor and spring mattress to cushion the fall then a sliding door locks the thief below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Gilbert
William Norreys
Yattendon Road
Horley
Surrey
Russell Sage
Hatching out fish under setting hens in China
A Chinese practice described to incubate fish eggs in emptied hen eggs under setting hens. Workers gather spawn from streams, place it inside fish eggs, seal and set under hens, then hatch in heated water. The method reflects long Chinese history of artificial incubation across species.
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Confucius
China
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Rath St. Denis
Photo BroWeere
Laidlaw
New York
Bird
Dee
Leonard Keene Hirshberg
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Johns Hopkins University
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