Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-17
THAT FANNY.

that HtIie word cOnJured UP! HOW LluCH Oi
excitement and infatuation and eager desire,
and ardent curiosity and frivolous speculation
has been created in comparatively tranquil
community, by the Introduction OF that one
name;-falling like a hand grenade in the
midst of combustibles, it has thrown all ranks
of society into aqblaze. And how many Of
the Editors of the American press, have ran
sacked the English language, to find new
modes of expression and elaborate sentences,
by which to express their admiration of the
foreign danseuse, and the ecstacies into which
they have been thrown, by witnessing an ex-
hibltion of her saltatory capabilities. Fanny
Ellssler alasl alas! what "magic in name!''
How many bottles of ink have been exhaus-
ted-how many quires of paper have been
scrubbed Overland how many pens of quill
and steel have been worn to stump in the
vain effort to "paint her charms, which varied
as they beamed,' and let off small portion of
the patriotic enthusiasm, with which they had
become surcharged while gazing on her Well,
gentle reader, we have actually seen this prod
igy-yes, we too have gazed upon Fanny
Ellssler, and witnessed her performance--"O
XII do tell us something about her then"-says
one of our fair readers-'what is she like?'-
Is she handsome" how tall is she!"-did you
too fall in love with her?' exclaimed half a
dozen more in breath. One at time girls
if you please, and we will endeavor to satisfy
you fully.
Fanny Elssler then is a woman of about
thirty-three years of age, not handsome, paints
well, with large features, and rather pleas
ant and intelligent expression of countenance
Her hair is Of deep chestnut color, and eyes
of hazel. She is about five feet five inches
high, with neat form, great muscular devel-
opement, small hands and rather large feet and
ancles;-and this is Fanny Ellssler. There is
therefore, nothing about her person that is We
ny extraordinary. We had forgotten to as
sure our readers, that notwithstanding the
raptures of her admirers, and the metaphys-
ical distractions with which they have cloth.
ed her, she is a mortal like ourselves. Fanny
Ellssler dances well-with great deal of ease
dexterity and grace. Her most difficult steps
consist in sprlnging forward, high in the all
at single bound-like frightened and boun'
ding fawn, and then gliding off into the more
delicate evoIutions of the dance, without any
apparent effort, in gliding over the stage OF
her heels--in walking on the tips of her toes
and in standing on one toe and elevating he
other foot at right angles with her body whir
ling round rapidly four or five times, as if oil
pivot turned by spring She is very fai
actress and pantomime. Not having seen he
in any other character, we cannot endorse tn
conjecture of our brother of the "Picayune,
as to her capabilities in tragedy. Indeed WI
saw nothing in Fanny Ellssler to justify u
in coming to the conclusion that she had an!
latent properties that had not by some beer
fully appreciated. This then is Fanny Ellssle
"a woman, who, without half the merit of
), sweet or skilful ballad singer, has enjoyed
notoriety that has turned the heads of one hal
of the honest hearted and simple minded citi
zens of this economical and primitive repub
: lie. Heralded to this country as having beer
the "femme d'amour' of the Duke de Reich
stadt;--extravagan.ly eulogised by the fash
ionable Lady Bulwer in her biographical crit
icisms;- pulled by the various interested stag
managers as star of the ,firstmagnitude tina
had fascinated the crowned heads of almos
t every Kingdom in Europe; Fanny Ellssle
flashed before the eager and bewildered gaze
of the good Americans, as a splendid meteor
f brilliant beyond conception and dazzling be
yond precedent. Crowds went nightly to visi
her at the Theatre, and returned to boast t
their expectani, but less fortunate acquaintan
ces, that they had seen a woman who had dan
ced before the King of Prussia and the Quee,
of England. 1t became the fashion to go t
i her performance-the price Of box tickets ros
from two to funlua rlnllarS---fha excitarnen